At a CNN forum on climate change, the first such prime-time event in a presidential campaign, candidates vowed to take aggressive action to combat global warming.
Fighting climate change can create jobs, experts say, but politicians' estimates might not capture the complex reality of what that growth could look like.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday reintroduced legislation in the Senate that would require public companies to disclose climate-related risks they are exposed to.
Even former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has embraced the goals of the Green New Deal, showing just how far the Democratic field has moved on climate change.