Share this contentWASHINGTON: Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to tackle climate change that calls for the US government to spend more than US$400 billion a year to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Spokespeople for the Senate's Republican majority leader, Mitch McConnell, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Trump administration has downplayed the risks of climate change and cut regulations on fossil fuels industries. The plan offered by Senate Democrats also calls for reforming lobbying laws to reduce the influence of those industries.Some environmental groups said the plan did not go far enough and called for elimination of subsidies for oil and gas companies.
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