Green divide: How Harris and Trump’s environmental policies stack up 

As the climate crisis intensifies, the stark contrasts between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s environmental policies reveal a deep divide in the nation’s approach to sustainability.While Harris champions aggressive climate action and clean energy investments, Trump’s legacy reflects a rollback of environmental regulations and a reliance on fossil fuels. Justice40, Project 2025 and the future of the U.S. loom as the November election approaches.Sixty-three percent of Americans support the goal of the U.S. taking steps to become carbon neutral by 2050, according to a Pew Research study. This puts climate action at the top of the issues candidates need to address during their campaigns.Harris has called the climate crisis “one of the most urgent matters of our time” and has prioritized it. As a senator, she sponsored the Green New Deal, which called for public policy to address climate change and pursue environmental justice in disadvantaged communities. The measure never got out of committee but signaled a far more leftist approach to climate policies than Biden. Last year, Harris was the main U.S. speaker at the United Nations Climate Summit in Dubai, where she said, “We must make up for lost time.”In 2022, Harris cast the tiebreaking vote for the...