Sanders in Utah

The impacts of climate change pose an “existential threat to our country,” Sanders said on Monday, adding that global warming is “a fundamental moral issue.”

“And that is why we will take on the greed of the fossil fuel industry, and tell them that their short-term profits are not more important than the future of this planet,” said Sanders.

As president, Sanders said he would propose Green New Deal legislation and encourage leaders from other countries to “come together and fight our common enemy, which is climate change.”