PA Dem Senate candidate John Fetterman promised to be tip of the 'spear' in transition away from fossil fuels
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Senate candidate John Fetterman, D-Pa., said in 2018 that he would be proud to lead the charge from fossil fuels to "green energy" and boasted his work for the Obama administration.
Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer at Fox News Digital
"We as a country, we as an economy, we as a commonwealth have to acknowledge this fact that climate change is an existential threat to our existence here on this planet," he said during the event. "We can't be arguing whether or not it's snowing in April and climate change isn't real."
"We have to get with this idea that most of our energy has to, hopefully within the tail end of my lifetime, be coming from green and renewable sources in our economy," he continued. "To the extent that the state can affect that — that's really the prime driver as far as I'm concerned. So, I would be proud to be at the tip of that spear."