Democratic Primaries
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"In a statement to HuffPost, the campaign said it plans to fund renewable energy projects to compensate for the carbon dioxide spewed by the planes and automobiles in which Sanders and his staff will travel while they barnstorm the nation ahead of the Democratic National Convention in July 2020.
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"Climate change is already a central plank of Sanders second White House bid. In December, two months before he announced his candidacy, the senator from Vermont hosted a televised town hall with climate scientists and advocates to discuss the crisis. In February, he attacked Trump for ignoring climate change in his State of the Union address. During his stump speeches, Sanders routinely skewers the fossil fuel industry and promises to enact a Green New Deal if elected.
"Over the past two years, hes introduced legislation to set a national target for 100 percent renewable electricity by 2050 and spend $146 billion rebuilding hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with climate-resilient infrastructure and clean energy.
"The announcement boosts Sanders bona fides on the issue and gives him a leg up in a crowded field of Democrats putting more attention on climate change than ever before."
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-climate_n_5c92f29ae4b08c4fec342ff4?fbclid=IwAR2ieDq-q2-apedEv522mor8rUjVqBh7zGfxj7oT-gll5zfj_KCIRebvUgE
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
comradebillyboy
(10,119 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)Thanks for the thread RobertDevereaux.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
RobertDevereaux
(1,841 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Nanjeanne
(4,878 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)But "The announcement boosts Sanders bona fides on the issue" is wryly amusing. Perhaps he can get a photo op with Governor Inslee next.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)"has never (or rarely) talked about this issue before".
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)help create some "bona fides" for him on climate, snubbing Democrats, as he did for foreign policy. He's forced to stand with Democrats, or at least facing the same direction.
Long-time CLIMATE WARRIOR Governor Jay Inslee, all in long before running on this issue could get someone elected president of a garden club:
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided