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Sanders turns the heat up to make Clinton a real climate champ

The Democrats' platform will be tougher on climate change than Hillary Clinton might like, a welcome outcome of Bernie Sanders' popularity

By Matthew Nisbet

22 July 2016

Clinton waves in front of a stage curtain while Sanders emerges from the wings behind her — Leading from the fringes?
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Thanks Bernie! Hillary Clinton’s tilt at the US presidency is poised to turn a deeper shade of green after pressure from her former rival. Democrats gathering at their national convention in Philadelphia on Monday are set to approve a platform that .

A non-binding road map for the party’s elected officials, it proposes strong limits on the fossil fuel industry and sets a target for the US to be completely powered by renewable energy by mid-century. This goes further than and…

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