We are now entering hour 2 of 7 of CNN's #ClimateTownHall. Next up: Amy Klobuchar. Check out @grist's live coverage, and follow this thread for tweets. grist.org/article/live-w…
@grist Klobuchar with the jokes! Day one. rejoin Paris. Day 2. Bring back the Clean Power Plan. Day 3. Reinstate Obama’s fuel efficiency standards for vehicles. “On day seven you’re supposed to rest but I don’t think I’m going to do that.” #ClimateTownHall
@grist I saw what happens when the mines close down and things change. You have to make sure you have the funding so people will be employed, Klobuchar says. Then pivots to environmental justice.
@grist “That day after tomorrow? It’s happening today.” -- @amyklobuchar
@grist @amyklobuchar "He's absolutely right," @ewarren says in response to a question from a shellfish fisherman who laments that the Green New Deal only mentions oceans once. "We need a Blue New Deal. Count me in." #ClimateTownHall
@grist @amyklobuchar @ewarren Warren wants to put a "climate adjustment" fee on imported goods from countries that are polluting. That's how you make climate policy have international ripple effects. #ClimateTownHall
@grist @amyklobuchar @ewarren Last candidate @CoryBooker, at the SEVEN HOUR #climatecrisistownhall. "I'm gonna use the power of my pen right away," he says of unrolling Trump's anti-climate agenda. Says he'll go further -- zero-emissions electricity by 2030.
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