Joe Biden tells young activists he started push to tackle climate change in 1987
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Move over Al Gore, Joe Biden is stealing your shine.
Or at least, based on a video posted online over the weekend, the former vice president may be trying to.
In a video posted on Saturday, Biden is seen fielding a question from a member of the Youth Climate Strike, a group which organized over 100 marches worldwide by young people to protest climate change in March.
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The young woman told Biden about the group's push to get all 2020 presidential candidates to support a forum to discuss climate policy before the former vice president interrupts her.
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"You know, I'm the guy that did all this stuff," Biden responded. "Read RealClearPolitics, it'll tell you how I started this whole thing back in '87 on climate change."
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He then tells the girl to "send what they need," adding that he guarantees he'll "be a leader."
The US Youth Climate Strike Twitter account posted the video along with the caption: "Hey @JoeBiden, we’re happy to hear you care about climate policy, but we didn’t get to finish. We were gonna ask if you would commit to a #climatedebate. Will you?"
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Biden also referenced his history as a pioneer in the climate change reform movement during a speech in Iowa earlier this month.
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In 1987, Biden did introduce a bill, the Global Climate Protection Act, that was signed into law by President Reagan. Its goal was to develop a task force to ascertain the best ways to stem the impacts of climate change.