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Updated: How Do the 2020 Democrats' Climate Change Plans Compare?

By Annie Ropeik & Sara Plourde • Feb 5, 2020

Many of the Democratic presidential candidates will be in Concord Wednesday for a marathon town hall on climate change.

The day-long forum focuses on young voters – especially students working in or studying climate and clean energy issues.

Each candidate will get about an hour to talk about their climate change plans and take questions from students in related fields.

Where They Stand: Comparing The 2020 Democrats' Climate Change Proposals

By Annie Ropeik & Sara Plourde • Dec 3, 2019

Throughout the presidential primary campaign, voters in New Hampshire have said climate change is one of their top priorities. And even as candidates emphasize the dangers of global warming – and detail their plans to address it – many voters aren't reassured.

NHPR’s Annie Ropeik has more as part of our series “Where They Stand,” which takes a closer look at candidates’ policy proposals.

Editor's note, Feb. 4, 2020: Click here to see an updated version of this project with the Democratic field as of the final week of the New Hampshire primary.

Three Areas Where These Young N.H. Leaders Agree On Climate Change Policy

By Ali Oshinskie • Apr 15, 2019

The conversation on climate change has a new vigor in recent months, thanks in part to the Green New Deal. Though it was voted down in a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate, the non-binding resolution has intensified conversation on climate and yielded climate policy packages from both sides of the aisle: Republican Rep. Max Gaetz’s Green Real Deal and Senator Lamar Alexander’s A New Manhattan Project.

Young Political Leaders on a New Climate Deal for N.H.

By The Exchange • Apr 3, 2019

Climate change is a hot topic on Capitol Hill and on the 2020 presidential campaign trail. And it is mobilizing younger Americans: children suing the federal government, grassroots campaigns pushing for the Green New Deal, and student-led walkouts.

As the legislature weighs net-metering and offshore wind, we talk with young New Hampshire leaders about the state's climate future.

Sen. Hassan Calls For ‘Bite-Sized’ Climate Solutions As Green New Deal Makes Waves

By Annie Ropeik • Feb 8, 2019

Democrats in Congress released their ambitious Green New Deal plan this week. It suggests sweeping reforms to rapidly de-carbonize the nation’s economy.

New Hampshire’s two representatives backed the idea of the plan while it was still in the works.

At a ribbon-cutting for a solar array at Newfields’ wastewater treatment plant Friday, Sen. Maggie Hassan said she's still studying the proposal.

But she says she welcomes any discussion in Congress of ways to tackle climate change while creating jobs.

Kuster, Pappas Join Progressives In Calls For 'Green New Deal'

By Annie Ropeik • Dec 11, 2018

New Hampshire's members of Congress say they support the call for a select House committee on a "Green New Deal."

The campaign is being led by the group Sunrise Movement and incoming Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

Her proposed committee would draft a plan by 2020 to move the U.S. economy off fossil fuels, and combat climate change, by creating new jobs and technology in renewable energy.