Guardian: Bernie Sanders launched a new climate campaign on Wednesday, aimed at fighting global warming by banning new coal, oil and gas mining on public land.
The Keep it in the Ground Act co-sponsored by the senator and Democratic presidential candidate aims at plugging one of the big gaps in Barack Obamas climate change plan: his administrations continued sanction of fossil fuel extraction on the governments lands and waters.
The bill, jointly introduced with Jeff Merkley, a Democratic senator...