Beto O'Rourke: Four-Part Framework on Climate Change (New and VERY Aggressive and Specific!)

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1) Start Cutting Pollution on Day One and Taking Executive Actions to Lead on Climate
2) Mobilize $5 Trillion for Climate Change with Investment in Infrastructure, Innovation, and Our People and Communities
3) Guarantee our Net-Zero Emissions Ambition by 2050
4) Defend our Communities That Are Preparing for and Fighting Against Extreme Weather

A FOUR-PART FRAMEWORK TO MOBILIZE A HISTORIC $5 TRILLION OVER TEN YEARS, REQUIRE NET-ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050, AND ADDRESS THE GREATEST THREAT WE FACE

Climate change is the greatest threat we face — one which will test our country, our democracy, and every single one of us. The stakes are clear: We are living in a transformed reality, where our longstanding inaction has not only impacted our climate but led to a growing emergency that has already started to sap our economic prosperity and public health — worsening inequality and threatening our safety and security.

Escalating Harm and Economic Imperative
The costs of climate change will measure in the tens of trillions of dollars, in lives lost, and livelihoods devastated and destroyed. We are the first generation to feel the climate crisis, and the last generation with the ability to avert its worst impacts.

Threatening the Health of our Children and Communities
60 million Americans live in a place where the water they drink is unsafe. 140 million Americans live where the air they breathe is unsafe. Our aging infrastructure and unchecked climate change will only make these unacceptable facts far worse.

Exacerbating Structural Inequality
Climate change has a distressingly disproportionate impact on poor and minority communities across the United States and around the world. Race is the number one indicator for where toxic and polluting facilities are today.

Threatening Our National Security
Climate change is exacerbating global conflicts, reversing social and economic progress, and driving families to migrate in order to escape disasters. The U.S. military has gone so far as to call climate change a threat multiplier, posing new and severe risks to troops and bases.


Read the entire detailed plan here:


https://betoorourke.com/climate-change/?fbclid=IwAR0WyMqQBD1JIThbUO-krC509eDAFTiZmv1O20PbJeF8xvpLstYNaLmA4ak

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1. He's announcing it at Yosemite National Park

CNN talking about it right now.

[dalton99a]

2. But there are no specifics

no information, no proposals, no cattle, etc

And look, look, he is going to climb on a table and show his teeth...

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3. Did you see his Day One section? Holy smokes!

He's not playing.

[dalton99a]

4. Yes, I just read it

It is very timely and well thought out

[Vidal]

7. Bull

He has specifics. Very bold and very courageous.

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8. lol, they were being sarcastic

I'm really surprised that more people aren't looking at this...especially those who care about climate change a lot. It's very aggressive and bold and would be the largest investment on climate change in history.

[marylandblue]

5. Kudos. That's a good plan.

If he comes out with a few more plans on other topics, he's back in the game. Also, he needs to do more TV.

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6. It would be the largest investment in climate change in history

Go big or go home.

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9. Part 1-Start Cutting Pollution on Day One and Taking Executive Actions to Lead on Climate

Beto’s four-part framework starts with a forceful day-one agenda because he knows that delay is tantamount to denial — to misunderstanding the severity and scale of this growing crisis. We will cut pollution on day one, improving the quality of our air, our water, and our public health right away. At the same time, we will create jobs, support communities, and strengthen our economy — not just to compete, but to lead the world in addressing this crisis.

As President, Beto will use his executive authority not only to reverse the problematic decisions made by the current administration, but also to go beyond the climate actions under previous presidents:

- Re-enter the Paris Agreement and lead the negotiations for an even more ambitious global plan for 2030 and beyond;

- Reduce methane leakage from existing sources in the oil and natural gas industry for the first time and rapidly phase-out hydrofluorocarbons, the super-polluting greenhouse gas that is up to 9,000 times worse for climate change than carbon dioxide;

- Strengthen the clean air and hazardous waste limits for power plants and fuel economy standards that save consumers money and improve public health, while setting a trajectory to rapidly accelerate the adoption of zero-emission vehicles;

- Increase consumer savings through new, modernized, and ambitious appliance- and building-efficiency standards;

- Create unprecedented access to the technologies and markets that allow farmers and ranchers to profit from the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions they secure;

- Leverage $500 billion in annual government procurement to decarbonize across all sectors for the first time, including a new “buy clean” program for steel, glass, and cement;

- Require any federal permitting decision to fully account for climate costs and community impacts;

- Set a first-ever, net-zero emissions by 2030 carbon budget for federal lands, stopping new fossil fuel leases, changing royalties to reflect climate costs, and accelerating renewables development and forestation; and

- Protect our most wild, beautiful, and biodiverse places for generations to come — including more of the Arctic and of our sensitive landscapes and seascapes than ever before — and establish National Parks and Monuments that more fully tell our American story.