As vice president, Harris cast the tiebreaking vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, President Joe Biden's landmark climate law that was approved with only Democratic support. As a senator from California, she was an early sponsor of the Green New Deal, a sweeping series of proposals meant to swiftly move the United States to fully green energy that is championed by the party's most progressive wing.
We have more liquid gold under our feet than any other country by far,' Trump said at the convention. 'We are a nation that has the opportunity to make an absolute fortune with its energy.
During her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, Harris briefly mentioned climate change as she outlined 'fundamental freedoms' at stake in the election, including 'the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis.'
Environmental groups, which largely back Harris, call her a 'proven climate champion' who will take on Big Oil and build on Biden's climate legacy, including policies that boost electric vehicles and limit planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants.
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