Overall, her leadership has involved strong ties to corporations deeply vested in climate inaction, and the apparent execution of their climate agenda.
In contrast, Sanders has made climate change a central issue in his election and time in Senate. He has been a longtime opponent of the Keystone XL and TPP. He has co-sponsored bills to reduce climate destroying "super pollutants;" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 (and advanced a plan to do so); to tax greenhouse gas emitters; and to end corporate welfare for oil, gas and coal companies. He has doesn't take corporate money and has no SuperPAC -- for him, the Greenpeace pledge is only a starting point. He attended the 2014 People's Climate March of 400,000 in New York City. In climate, like other matters, he understands the importance of integrity between funding and policy. In this, as in other critical priorities like inequality and taxes, he has been a model of consistency.
Climate action has been described as the only policy that will matter 100 -- or 10,000 -- years out. The next four to eight years will be a crucial test of our commitment to humanity. Clinton's record, which is not for maintaining the status quo but, worse, for advancing corporate priorities to accelerate climate change, leaves serious doubt that she would pass that test. Sanders' leadership stands him in good stead to promote sustainability, life, and true security to citizens worldwide.
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