"Climate Change Takes Center Stage as Biden and Warren Release Plans"

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Date

June 5, 2019

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

The New York Times

RFF President Richard Newell is quoted in a front page New York Times article regarding the climate proposals put forward by 2020 presidential candidates Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren. Listed below is Newell's full quote:

"Mr. Biden’s proposal 'would be an effective climate change policy,' said Richard Newell, president of Resources for the Future, a nonpartisan Washington research organization focused on energy and environment issues. 'But for the kinds of shifts envisioned in this plan and the other Democratic plans, there needs to be a sea change in Congress.'"

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Policy Design and Evaluation

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