What Kamala Harris can say to win the debate's climate question

Promising more clean energy jobs isn't enough. They must come with price cuts.

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Tuesday’s debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will likely be the most important few hours in the entire election campaign for both candidates, as the world assesses how they measure up in everything from foreign affairs and corporate taxes to knockout insults.

If previous debates are any guide, there will likely be one vague climate question, and the temptation for Harris will be to simply brush it off by touting President Joe Biden’s climate record and the fact that a majority of the clean energy jobs created under his regime have been in Republican, red states.

She should avoid this and instead surprise Trump by going on the offensive. She should promise that under her presidency, America will double its job growth across the energy sector and cut people’s energy costs in half. This double-barreled pledge will lock in the youth vote and address her fracking issue at the same time.