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The Candidates on Climate

The three leading candidates for the White House are starting to point out differences in their plans to tackle climate change: Hillary Clinton pushes “green collar” jobs; Barack Obama wants all carbon emitters to pay; and John McCain clarifies his stand

The presidential hopefuls are starting to take shots at each other’s global warming plans. All three favor capping carbon emissions. But Living on Earth’s Jeff Young tells us they’re looking for ways to draw distinctions among their climate change approaches.