Irony of ironies, Bernie Sanders has championed climate change for his entire campaign, saying he will do more to address the issue than any other candidate. But an analysis of his energy policies at Foreign Policy magazine shows that if implemented, Sanders' plans would increase emissions substantially, contributing to an increase in global warming. His call to ban fracking and to phase out nuclear power, in particular, could throw U.S. progress on climate change into reverse. “Wouldn’t those proposals drive the country back to coal and oil, and actually undermine your fight against global warming?” Errol Louis, one of the debate moderators, asked Sanders during Thursday’s debate in Brooklyn, New York. “No, they wouldn’t,” Sanders shot back. He called for a massive increase in the use of renewable energy, especially solar power, and said that if the United States took the climate threat as seriously as it did the...(Read Full Post)