On The Green New Deal Resolution

[ancianita]

Some Democrats believe that with the New Deal Resolution, you have to "present what you have."

While it's true that resolutions can "bring more people on board" -- even those who've believed the climate crisis to be a hoax -- Democratic leaders and Justice Democrats of the GND will need to prep, if they haven't already, for legislative and budget challenges that ignore the GND.

While Jay Inslee is out of the campaign, he supports the Green New Deal, and many here feel sure that he'll be part of a Democratic cabinet that implements it.

That a future Democratic president would use Inslee's lifetime of executive/legislating experience to pull this country out of the morass of fossil's grip, is not a guarantee. It's not a given. No national climate "debate" (for lack of a better word) will be part of the 2020 election, despite polls, though there may be random campaign speeches on climate numbers, science and workable projects.

Considering these possibilities, Inslee's package of four projects remain as a long term public good to learn about. When it comes to the current climate events we see, one can't know too much.

Timing is everything when it comes to workable solutions for the climate crisis.

Washington DC should have acted yesterday on the climate crisis. And I get that just to win the presidency and win the Senate is the Democrats' immediate goal. Inslee's plans will have to wait.

In the meantime, Jay Inslee isn't. His paid for projects on clean energy transformation are already underway in WA state. He's transitioning his state out of all fossil/coal sources to clean (as in "not renewable)
energy.

Most who acknowledge the climate crisis see the worth of the Green New Deal. The sooner it's implemented, the better. Yet it's only a start. To solve the climate crisis will take more and longer action, and not just from other countries.

Inslee's 4-level climate crisis package extends the Green New Deal from the nation's economic sectors to regions to global. In scope they are bottom to top.

Primary candidates need not endorse them. We don't have to "know" them. But rather than walk away from these plans, we Democrats can be more familiar with them, then file them away for future reference.

-- “100 percent Clean Energy for America” — a plan to get to 100 percent clean energy in electricity, new cars, and new buildings. https://www.jayinslee.com/issues/100clean

-- “Global Climate Mobilization” — a plan for reshaping foreign policy around climate change https://www.jayinslee.com/issues/global-climate

-- “Freedom From Fossil Fuels” — a plan to phase out US fossil fuel production. https://www.jayinslee.com/issues/freedom-from-fossil-fuels

-- “Community Climate Justice” — a plan for a just transition to a clean economy.https://www.jayinslee.com/issues/climate-justice

Good luck winning your third term in Washington, Governor Inslee.

[calimary]

1. You'll always be my "first love," Governor Inslee.

[ancianita]

2. Mine, too, calimary.