A draft of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) climate platform calls for net-zero emissions by 2050, in line with the policy goals set forth by presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden . The draft platform, obtained by The Hill on Thursday, includes several updates Biden made to his plan recently. The DNC objectives, however, do not go as far some of the more ambitious goals laid out by progressives. Like Biden, the DNC wants to achieve carbon-free power by 2035, as well as invest in 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations and conserve 30 percent of America’s lands and waters by 2030. Currently the U.S. has about 26,000 charging stations. According to the left-leaning Center for American Progress , the U.S. was conserving 12 percent of its lands as of 2018. Both the Biden and DNC draft plans call for the U.S. to rejoin the Paris climate agreement. The DNC also […]