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Candidate Profiles 2020

President Donald Trump’s Climate Change Record Has Been a Boon for Oil Companies, and a Threat to the Planet

Pursuing an unrelenting fossil fuel agenda, Trump has scaled back or eliminated over 150 environment measures, expanded Arctic drilling, and denied climate science.

By VERNON LOEB, MARIANNE LAVELLE, STACY FELDMAN

 President Donald Trump speaks a rally at an airport hanger on Aug. 28, 2020 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. The rally took place one day after Trump formally accepted his party’s nomination to end the Republican National Convention at the White House. Cred
Former vice-president Joe Biden accepts the Democratic Party nomination for president during the last day of the Democratic National Convention, being held virtually amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware.

Biden’s Early Climate Focus and Hard Years in Congress Forged His $2 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

By Marianne Lavelle
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence greet delegates on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center on Aug. 24, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Credit: David T. Foster III-Pool/Getty Images

A Climate Change Skeptic, Mike Pence Brought to the Vice Presidency Deep Ties to the Koch Brothers

By Marianne Lavelle
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris greet each other ahead of the second round of the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season. Biden selected Harris as his running mate on Tuesday. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

On Climate, Kamala Harris Has a Record and Profile for Action

By Marianne Lavelle

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