WATCH: Vance does not acknowledge human-caused climate change | CBS Vice Presidential Debate
October 2, 2024
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as posted by the channelWhen asked how a second Donald Trump administration would address climate change, Ohio Sen. JD Vance argued for more American energy production at Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, without directly acknowledging that climate change is caused by humans.
Vance said his prayers go out to people in the South who have been affected by Hurricane Helene before returning to the question about the Trump administration’s plans to combat climate change.
“A lot of people are justifiably worried about all these crazy weather patterns,” Vance said. “I think it's important for us first of all to say Donald Trump and I support clean air, clean water. We want the environment to be cleaner and safer.”
He also said, “for the sake of argument,” he would accept that carbon emissions caused climate change. It is an established scientific fact that the globe is warming as a result of human-produced carbon emissions. Vance added that energy production should come from the U.S., but didn’t say how the nation would generate energy without emitting more carbon.
With just more than a month to go before Election Day, Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz met for their first and only vice presidential debate on Oct. 1, hosted by CBS in New York.
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