Obama's Stance


Obama would seek to implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gases to what many scientist believe to be a safe level. He also stated that he would make the U.S. a leader in the global effort to combat climate change and thus would help pass legislation to better that effort. Obama would also seek to establish a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard. This standard would help promote the switch to non-carbon fuels. He would also develop a plan to help spread eco-friendly technologies through the world including “third world countries”.


Biden's Stance


Biden has sponsored many bills to help maintain the environment including a 2006 senate bill that stated “global warming is a threat to international stability as well as a risk to the environment and our economy”. Biden said this when asked about the environment “ the scientific evidence is clear: we need to take significant steps toward worldwide reduction of greenhouse gases to avoid terminally altering our climate.