State-level action alone is not enough to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. Voters in early primary states have a chance to tell the White House and Congress that they can—and must—take the following steps to deliver the steep reductions in heat-trapping emissions:
- Put a price tag on carbon emissions
- Pass national clean energy and clean vehicle standards
- Fund infrastructure resiliency projects
- Drive innovation
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Stephenson, Roger, Bryan Wadsworth. 2019. What Voters (and Presidential Candidates) Need to Know about Climate Change: Climate Impacts in Early Primary States. Cambridge, MA: Union of Concerned Scientists. https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/what-voters-and-candidates-need-know-about-climate-change
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