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Entries Tagged as '2020 Democratic Presidential Primary'

Clean Energy & the Department of Defense (in a Biden-Harris Administration)

September 30th, 2020 · Comments Off on Clean Energy & the Department of Defense (in a Biden-Harris Administration)

The Department of Defense (DOD) is the largest single user of energy in the world and, directly, represents about one percent of total U.S. energy demand. Indirectly, considering the full DOD impact (workforce(s), contractors, use of commercial transportation, …), the DOD true energy demand could be well above five percent of total U.S. energy usage and […]

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YJ: Why @JayInslee for President (Ode to a former candidate …)

August 21st, 2019 · Comments Off on YJ: Why @JayInslee for President (Ode to a former candidate …)

YJ:  Why Jay Inslee for President? Focused on climate Legislative experience State & Local; executive experience as Governor Fundamentally ‘right’ on essentially every issue of concern Showed his ethics/morality by voting right way on gun control at risk of his legislative seat — which he lost due to NRA attacks/funding Substantive on issues — knowledgeable […]

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A #ClimateDebate would matter (Lessons from Texas)

June 6th, 2019 · 2 Comments

Tom Perez and the DNC staff have truly stepped into it … explicitly rejecting hosting a climate debate and threatening Democratic Party presidential candidates ready to participate in one hosted by some other organization. By pegging the climate crisis as yet another ‘single issue’, Perez and his team are demonstrating a fundamental failure to understand […]

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Tags: 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary · 2020 Presidential Election · ActOnClimate · climate change · climate crisis

As to Biden’s climate plan, the details aren’t what matters most (at this time)

June 6th, 2019 · 1 Comment

Joe Biden has issued a climate plan: Joe’s Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice. While there are many (good, okay, and, sigh, bad) details, angles, and elements to Biden’s plan to address the climate crisis, that isn’t what is most important.  What is, to steal the words from Oil Change USA’s David Turnbull, is important is […]

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Tags: 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary · 2020 Presidential Election · climate change