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The Democratic field continues to grow, making it hard for any of the candidates to distinguish him/herself. One — Governor Jay Inslee — has based his entire campaign on dealing with the climate crisis. Last week, he began to argue that the issue is so important that the Democratic candidates should dedicate an entire primary […]
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“It‘s not responsible to complain about anything that we dislike as ‘socialism’ when many of our colleagues across the aisle are more than happy to support millions and potentially billions in government subsidies…for the…fossil fuel industry.” –@AOC pic.twitter.com/fDjotvBQbI — Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) April 9, 2019 On Tuesday the Committee on Oversight and Reform held the […]
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The GOP response to the Green New Deal (GND) has been largely negative–well, that’s an understatement considering that Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), the ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, recently called the ideas behind the Green New Deal “tantamount to genocide.” The main argument from Republicans has been that implementation of the GND […]
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Governor Jay Inslee of Washington is sticking to his promise of making battling climate change the centerpiece of his campaign for President.
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For all of us “green” nerds who are fascinated by the politics of climate change, not to mention all those Democratic candidates for President, the Yale Program on Climate Communications has a great data visualization site that will provide endless hours of entertainment. Check out their partisan climate opinion survey results for 2018, and the […]
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Yesterday both the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change as well as the Natural Resources Committee held hearings to address climate change, which was the first time in nearly a decade that members of the House discussed and acknowledged the issue.
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