A powerful group of environmental activists are backing Vice President Kamala Harris' bid for the presidency, with some calling for tougher policies if she wins in November.

The Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Action Fund, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund and Clean Energy for America Action have approved Following President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, Harris has recently praised her climate record and called for going beyond Biden's climate change agenda. Climate Defiance, a group that previously targeted Harris with its characteristically disruptive protests, stated “Harris must beat Trump,” he said, urging the vice president to incorporate radical climate change measures into her campaign as Election Day approaches.

The groups praised Harris for her work on Biden's climate change policies and called on her to continue or even strengthen Biden's environmental policies as president if she wins against former President Donald Trump in November. Over $1 trillion The climate and green energy plan is the most ambitious in American history. (RELATED: Biden campaign tries to distance itself from Linda Sarsour, but Kamala Harris spoke at Sarsour's Women's March)

Biden has passed the baton. Kamala Harris has the chance to usher in an era of equity and sustainability. 🥥🌴

Calling on Kamala Harris Kamala HQ Become a candidate for climate change.

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— Climate Defiance (@ClimateDefiance) July 26, 2024

Climate Defiance did not specifically endorse Harris, other than expressing its view that she should beat Trump, but it urged her to adopt a series of radical environmental and energy policies to show she is the candidate who will “usher in an era of equity and sustainability” as president. The disruptive protest group has long been a magnet for America's wealthy elite and Formerly a vocalist The party said it wanted Biden to drop out of the election and called on Harris to campaign on platforms such as a complete halt to all new oil and gas projects, an end to fossil fuel subsidies, an end to all onshore and offshore leasing of federally-controlled areas, an arms embargo on Israel and to stop “the genocide of the Palestinian people and the destruction of the environment.”

“Kamala Harris has long been a climate champion, whether it be holding polluters accountable as District Attorney of San Francisco and Attorney General of California, leading the charge for electric school buses in the U.S. Senate, casting the deciding vote for the largest-ever investment in climate, clean energy and environmental justice as Vice President, or leading the charge on climate issues on the world stage,” Tiernan Sittenfeld, senior vice president of government relations at LCV Action Fund, said of Harris' endorsement. “LCV Action Fund is proud to support her historic candidacy and to continue working with us over the next four years to protect our climate, defend our democracy, and much more.”

Manish Bapna, president and CEO of the NRDC Action Fund, said Harris' election would “build on the climate progress we've made at home and abroad” and “increase climate ambition” in the United States.

Harris supported the Green New Deal while she was a U.S. Senator. approved Although he campaigned on banning fracking during the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden rejected both policies during his time in office. according to “When the vice president served as California's attorney general, she filed a climate sabotage lawsuit against fossil fuel companies,” she told E&E News. according to To Bloomberg News.

“I have no doubt she will continue the Biden-Harris Administration's tradition of ambitious action and work hard to advance progress toward an equitable and thriving clean energy economy,” Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous said of Harris' endorsement. Meanwhile, Clean Energy for America Action said: [Harris] As president, he will continue the incredible legacy of the Biden-Harris Administration.”

Harris' other positions on energy and climate-related issues include: To support The ban on plastic straws support Policies such as changing dietary guidelines to encourage people to eat less red meat are getting new attention now that she looks likely to come out on top in November's Democratic general election.

The Harris campaign, Sierra Club, NRDS, NRDC Action, LCV, LCV Action and Clean Energy for America did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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