BIden in Nevada

Climate Change

Biden calls for a $1.7 trillion investment over 10 years to address global warming and says the initiative would create 10 million new jobs. The investments heavily skew toward new industrial efforts and represent closely tying the Green New Deal to economic development through expansion of renewable energy technology, electric vehicles, support infrastructure, etc.

• His plan also connects to his infrastructure and transportation policies, in which he places a strong focus on passenger intercity rail and intracity light-rail systems to reduce the use of private vehicles and therefore cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.