Carbon pollution pricing has emerged as a cornerstone climate policy proposal in recent years, gaining traction in dozens of states across the country and in congress. As public policy, carbon pricing seeks to reduce carbon emissions, while creating jobs, preserving and even boosting economic growth, ensuring equity, and oftentimes investing in renewable energy projects and technology.

With the 2020 Democratic primary campaigns in full swing, we’ve compiled the candidates’ stances on carbon pricing. Attention was paid to three criteria: (1) where they stand on carbon pricing during the 2020 campaign, either they outright support or are just open to a carbon price; (2) whether they have supported carbon pricing in the past; and (3) if there is a specific carbon pricing plan on their official campaign website.

Candidates were given points for each criterion, which were added up to organize candidates into category groups. Each criterion was given a certain point value based on its importance in understanding a candidate’s support for carbon pricing.

Here’s Where the Candidates Stand