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 […]
Entries Tagged as '2020 Presidential Election'
A #ClimateDebate would matter (Lessons from Texas)
June 6th, 2019 · 2 Comments
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 […]
Tags: 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary · 2020 Presidential Election · climate change
Senator Warren’s Climate & Military plan release: a swing w/some hits and many misses
May 17th, 2019 · 3 Comments
Wednesday, Senator Elizabeth Warren released her concept of how she would leverage the Department of Defense (and introduced legislation) as part of a larger effort to address the climate crisis if elected President. Entitled Our Military Can Help Lead the Fight Against Climate Change, this ‘plan’ is a troubling mix of accurate problem definition, reasonable […]
Tags: 2020 Presidential Election · Energy
Bursting of Biden Climate Trial Balloon?
May 10th, 2019 · 1 Comment
According to Reuters, Joe Biden is seeking a ‘middle ground’ climate policy — a return to Obama Administration policies for gradual (an inadequate) incrementalism to reduce emissions while seeking to satisfy those (excessively) profiting off fossil fool(ish) extraction. The backbone of the policy will likely include re-joining the United States with the Paris Climate Agreement […]
Tags: 2020 Presidential Election
For 2020 and beyond, pay attention to @JayInslee: The United States (and humanity) needs a #ClimateHawk @POTUS
January 24th, 2019 · 1 Comment
For 2020, the Democratic Party is rich in good to extremely good options for nomination to be the next President of the United States of America. From Kamala Harris to Cory Booker, from Jay Inslee to Elizabeth Warren, from … to …, there are literally have dozens of (potential) candidates who would be good person to vote […]
Tags: 2020 Presidential Election · climate hawk · Climate Hawks · Green New Deal