STATEMENT FROM NEXTGEN CLIMATE PRESIDENT TOM STEYER ON TONIGHT’S REPUBLICAN DEBATE

“By ducking the climate crisis, the Republican presidential candidates put our country at risk and make clear they are unfit for the White House. When asked about climate change in Miami—where climate change threatens more than 6 million Floridians—the candidates reiterated their commitment to their fossil fuel backers over the interests of the American people. By propping up dirty energy companies, Marco Rubio and John Kasich are embracing shortsighted and dangerous policies that will pollute our air and water, poison our communities and damage our economy. We have a moral obligation to leave a safe and healthy planet for our children and grandchildren, but the Republican candidates would take us backwards with policies that will endanger our nation for decades to come.”