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Article snippet: MORE is seizing on climate change to help him allay the fears of progressive Democrats without endangering his hold on moderate voters. On Tuesday, the 2020 Democratic front-runner released a climate change plan that went beyond the positions held by the Obama administration, in which he served as vice president. His proposals drew praise from environmental groups. Biden is calling for the investment of $1.7 trillion in “our clean energy future and environmental justice.” His goal is to make the United States carbon neutral by 2050. He also proposes rejoining the Paris climate agreement and claims that proper investment in green technology could deliver more than 10 million new jobs. Biden also has a larger political goal, however — to rebut the charge that he is too cautious and too centrist for a Democratic Party where progressives are in the ascendant. In a video posted on his campaign website, the former vice president promised, “I will not accept half-measures” and pledged to enact “revolutionary changes.” The backstory to those remarks includes a Reuters report last month — furiously denied by Biden’s team — that he was planning a “middle ground” approach on climate change. Biden’s closest rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen. MORE (I-Vt.), weaponized the same phrase, though without mentioning Biden, at the California Democratic Party convention on Sunday. “We have got to make it clear that when the future of the planet is at stake, there is no ‘middl... Link to the full article to read more