Bernie Sanders Just Achieved One Final Victory in the Presidential Race

Pushed left by backers of Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democratic leaders adopted a draft platform over the weekend that commits the party to a more aggressive stance on climate change—more aggressive, in some areas, than the positions of the party's presumptive nominee.

Appointees of Sanders and Hillary Clinton met in Orlando this weekend to hammer out the party's policy goals in advance of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia later this month, where the platform will be formally adopted by delegates.

The negotiating sessions went past midnight and were described by committee members as the most contentious in decades, due to Sanders' stronger-than-expected showing in the primaries, which resulted in the party giving him unusual influence over the platform. The draft language agreed to Sunday morning includes an endorsement to support "every tool available to reduce emissions now," which most significantly includes an endorsement for pricing carbon. "Democrats believe that carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases should be priced to reflect their negative externalities, and to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy and help meet our climate goals," the draft reads.
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