Young climate advocates are urging President Joe Biden to “run on a bold and progressive agenda” in his 2024 reelection bid by taking a series of big moves on climate change and other policy issues.
Organizations including the Sunrise Movement included a list of climate demands as part of a broader “youth agenda” unveiled this week.
“The climate emergency is here,” the agenda said. “We need a mass government mobilization to do everything possible to keep people safe and end this existential threat from claiming thousands of lives.”
Among the groups’ climate demands: use existing laws to reject new oil, gas and coal projects; ensure that the United States achieve 100 percent clean energy no later than 2035; and guarantee free health care and safe housing following climate disasters.
