Ten Democratic presidential candidates took a swing at solving the climate crisis during a CNN town hall on Wednesday night.
Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar stated her first action as President would be to rejoin the Paris Agreement, which the Trump Administration announced it would withdraw from in August 2017.
"There's an old Ojibway saying that is important to me...it says 'Great leaders should make decisions not for this generation, but for seven generations from now,'" Klobuchar said.
Sen. Klobuchar outlined her first seven days in office, which she said includes "sweeping legislation" with a goal of going carbon-neutral by 2050.
Amy Klobuchar lays out her first seven days in presidential office #ClimateTownHall https://t.co/XbVP0D4cr3 pic.twitter.com/66KPILEVcr
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September 4, 2019 President Trump weighed-in on the town hall via Twitter.
1. Which country has the largest carbon emission reduction?AMERICA!2. Who has dumped the most carbon into the air?CHINA!3. 91% of the world’s population are exposed to air pollution above the World Health Organization’s suggested level.NONE ARE IN THE U.S.A.!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
September 4, 2019
