BURLINGTON, Vt. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose presidential campaign was endorsed over the weekend by Friends of the Earth, on Monday applauded President Barack Obama's proposal on climate change and issued the following statement:
"I applaud President Obama for recognizing that climate change is the great planetary crisis facing our country and the world. I support his plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants and to promote more wind and solar power and other sources of renewable energy.
"It is time for Republicans in Congress to stop obstructing efforts to transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and toward energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.
"I understand that Republicans, including many of those running for president, are dependent on the Koch brothers, oil companies and other fossil-fuel contributors. Maybe for once they can overcome the needs of their campaign contributors and worry instead about the planet they are leaving their kids and grandchildren and young people all over the world."
Bernie Sanders, Statement by Senator Bernie Sanders on Obama Climate Change Initiative Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/315514