Climate Change Refugees

In “Julian Castro’s climate change plan would recognize a new class of refugees” by Nicole Narea talks about the presidential candidates new ideas. This article published by Vox, a news site for everyone with stories ranging from politics to sports details Castro’s new plan for refugees that will be affected by climate change. His plan calls for the United States to create a new category for refugees being displaced by climate change. Several other candidates have come out in support of the Green New Deal which acknowledges the fact that the climate is rising 2 degrees Celsius which will cause major migration.

This article is very timely especially featuring the presidential candidates, and Climate Change. This article is fairly objective although it only shows plans for the democratic candidates and not Trump’s plans for the impending displacement of millions. This article also shows a fair amount of prominence as it features many of the presidential candidates including Castro, Biden, Warren, and Sanders.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/4/20849369/julian-castro-climate-refugee

One thought on “Climate Change Refugees

  1. It’s OK that the story focuses on Castro’s plan, and no one else’s. As long as the site’s overall coverage is balanced.

    This is timely because Castro’s plan was released Tuesday, and as you note it’s the only one of its kind so far.

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