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2016 US Presidential Elections, Climate Change, Climate disruption, Donald Trump, Gary Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein, Nature & Environment
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Here’s how our top four presidential candidates propose to address climate change.
Hillary Clinton – Democratic Party
I won’t let anyone take us backward, deny our economy the benefits of harnessing a clean energy future, or force our children to endure the catastrophe that would result from unchecked climate change.
~ Hillary Clinton, November 29, 2015
On day one, Hillary Clinton will set bold, national goals that will be achieved within 10 years of taking office. Learn more at https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/climate/
Jill Stein – Green Party
A Green New Deal: Create millions of jobs by transitioning to 100% clean renewable energy by 2030, and investing in public transit, sustainable agriculture, and conservation.
Protect Mother Earth: Lead on a global treaty to halt climate change. End destructive energy extraction: fracking, tar sands, offshore drilling, oil trains, mountaintop removal, and uranium mines. Protect our public lands, water supplies, biological diversity, parks, and pollinators. Label GMOs, and put a moratorium on GMOs and pesticides until they are proven safe. Protect the rights of future generations.
Learn more at http://www.jill2016.com/plan
Gary Johnson – Libertarian Party
Believes the environment is a precious gift and must be protected. When it comes to global climate change, Johnson believes that the politicians in Washington, D.C. are having the wrong debate… The debate should be about how we can protect our resources and environment for future generations. Governor Johnson strongly believes that the federal government should prevent future harm by focusing on regulations that protect us from real harm, rather than needlessly costing American jobs and freedom in order to pursue a political agenda.
Learn more at https://www.johnsonweld.com/environment
Donald Trump – Republican Party
Obama’s talking about all of this with the global warming and … a lot of it’s a hoax. It’s a hoax. I mean, it’s a money-making industry, okay? It’s a hoax, a lot of it.
~ Donald Trump, Rally in Hilton Head, South Carolina, December 30, 2015
Energy reform—
- Rescind all the job-destroying Obama executive actions including the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the S. rule.
- Save the coal industry and other industries threatened by Hillary Clinton’s extremist agenda.
- Ask Trans Canada to renew its permit application for the Keystone Pipeline.
- Make land in the Outer Continental Shelf available to produce oil and natural gas.
- Cancel the Paris Climate Agreement (limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius) and stop all payments of S. tax dollars to U.N. global warming programs.
Learn more at https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/economic-vision
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I think that each politician speaks eloquently about their stance. Thank you for sharing this so that people can make an informed decision. And hopefully the right decision.
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That’s my intention, Bernadette. I plan to feature their proposals on other major issues.
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You forgot Donald Trump: “Climate change is another attack on me. They started it, they started it! It wasn’t me. And anybody who says I did, I’ll kick them so hard their teeth will rattle.” Trump supporters in unison: “Yeah! Fuck climate change! Climate change is for pussies and queers!”
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Thanks, Sha’Tara. He sure knows how to incite the crowd. Scary stuff. Reminds me of the “Mad Max” apocalyptic film series.
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I continue to believe global poisoning is a more urgent concern than greenhouse gases (which are part of the natural life cycle). That we continue to waste resources on a grand scale (such as extraneous packaging that ends up in landfill and in oceans), is irresponsible, but the politicians can’t fix that.
Individuals need to take more responsibility for their own excesses. I think Gloria Stein’s stance appeals most to me, but it is totally impractical in the short term. And treaties among “leaders” that don’t engage the public’s support are mere abstractions.
I’m a particular advocate of public transportation, especially passenger rail. I keep saying we should eminent domain the rail lines, and have the infrastructure under public control, just as the highway system is. Private companies could lease use of the lines within various regions and provide cost effective and innovative services. That would have a powerful effect on reducing our carbon footprints.
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Katherine, thanks for keeping these life-threatening issues in the public mind. Climate change, like global poisoning, falls under the same general heading of the “environment” and are interconnected.
For Trump, climate change is but “a hoax” and will fall victim under his “energy reform” – should he become president – which will lead to continued poisoning of our environment: land, oceans, water supplies, and atmosphere.
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Trump is a bag of wind. My point is that “climate change” is an abstraction and political football that leaves individuals feeling helpless to do anything about it. It doesn’t matter whether you believe in it or not, but I guarantee there’s more to it than methane and CO2, possibly the most innocent molecules–from an environmental point of view–being released.
The best way to reverse “climate change” would be to quit destroying the forests. Also, to quit covering the land with pavement and buildings that absorb heat, don’t allow rainwater to percolate into the ground, and generate “hot spots” that create thermals that change weather patterns all around.
You probably believe in government more than I do. These people are not scientists. They are political scientists who are looking at only one small slice of the pie, and the motive is to pay the corporations like International Paper in “carbon credits” to keep them from razing the forests.
By the way, for every molecule of natural gas (methane) burned, you create two molecules of water for every one of CO2.
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“The best way to reverse “climate change” would be to quit destroying the forests. Also, to quit covering the land with pavement and buildings that absorb heat, don’t allow rainwater to percolate into the ground, and generate “hot spots” that create thermals that change weather patterns all around.”
~ According to the experts, such action will have an impact but is not enough. We’ve got to change our entire way of living: our consumption habits, our addiction to oil, our eating habits (cut beef), reduce our population growth…
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Agreed. I live a Spartan life and like it that way, so I don’t understand what drives people to such wastefulness.
It’s like a train out of control, where people act out of habit without being aware of consequences. By mentioning things like the “heat sinks” around cities, I hope to widen the lens to provide a bigger picture. I haven’t read anywhere else about the effects of cities and highways on surrounding weather patterns.
What about tripling rates on junk mail? Do you know how hard it is to get postage rates for different categories? Basically, the less you want the mail, the less it costs them to send it.
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“I haven’t read anywhere else about the effects of cities and highways on surrounding weather patterns.”
~ I found the following studies on the affects of urbanization on climate change:
~ Impact of urbanization and land-use change on climate [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v423/n6939/full/nature01675.html]
~ Sustainable Urban Futures [http://urban.ias.unu.edu/index.php/cities-and-climate-change/]
“What about tripling rates on junk mail?”
~ That would be a great idea! I get far too much junk mail.
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Thanks for the references. You are a good resource.
Glad you like the junk mail idea. Pass it on. In Savannah at least they have put recycling bins in the post office within the past few years.
Next step is to cut the waste off at the source by making it un-affordable to send. (By the way, most of my junk mail is from professional and educational institutions asking for money. My question is, if they are so smart, why can’t they pay their own way?)
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Just another topic that Trump hasn’t taken the time to learn about. He has no idea what he’s talking about with climate change, so says whatever he wants to excite his fans.
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So true, Bruce. While we face drought and fierce fires in California, Louisiana is drowning with an epic flood. But to Trump and his advisers that’s got nothing to do with climate change.
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Trump came out to California and publicity announced to his followers that there is no water shortage or drought out here. Good to know.
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If only 😦 He has the art of dismissing reality with bombastic declarations.
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Reblogged this on Guyanese Online.
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Thanks for the reblog, Cyril. Have a great week 🙂
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How can we trust our politicians when they propose one thing and do another?
“Clinton Transition Team Headed by Anti-Climate ‘Powerbroker’” by Nadia Prupis, published by Common Dreams, August 16, 2016.
Ken Salazar has previously claimed “there’s not a single case where hydraulic fracking has created an environmental problem for anyone”
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/16/clinton-transition-team-headed-anti-climate-powerbroker
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