Beto O’Rourke Proposes $5 Trillion Plan to Reach Net-Zero Emissions

The former congressman from the oil and natural gas producing state of Texas said he would put the U.S. back in the Paris Agreement, if elected, and seek legislation in his first 100 days in office to set a “legally enforceable” requirement that the nation remove as much greenhouse gases as it emits, with half of that goal completed by 2030.The legislation would include a requirement that public companies measure and disclose climate risks as well as greenhouse gas emissions in their