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Bernie's climate play: A federal takeover of electricity production
By Gavin Bade
,Politico•February 2, 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders has put nationalizing health insurance at the center of his presidential campaign, but his proposal to fight climate change also calls for a government takeover of a fundamental segment of the economy — electricity production.
Sanders has laid out a $16 trillion climate change plan that would transition U.S. electricity generation away from fossil fuels to renewable resources like wind, solar and hydropower by 2030. That’s far faster than any other Democratic candidate's target and sets a pace that rivals like former Vice President Joe Biden say is unrealistic.
And like Sanders' healthcare plan, the green energy push would muscle many of the country's biggest companies out of the business.
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