Her ambitious climate change goals should appeal to young and progressive voters, particularly supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders, who has called for a carbon tax. Mrs. Clinton has pledged that her policies would put the nation on a path to meeting that 2050 target. Since the political fallout from 2010, Mr. Obama has sought to circumvent Congress on climate change. In that way, Mrs. Clinton could walk a difficult line. Under the Paris Agreement, an accord committing nearly 200 countries to lowering carbon emissions, Mr. Obama pledged to reduce the United States’ emissions 25 percent to 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2025, and 80 percent by 2050.

Source: New York Times July 02, 2016 15:33 UTC