Thread on Kamala's pre-VP nominee Climate Plan.
Plan highlights:
Climate Equity Act to enact #ClimateJustice
Net-zero economy by 2045
#carbonneutral electric grid, vehicles, new buildings by 2030
End to fossil fuel subsidies
$10 Trillion investment
kamalaharris.org/policies/clima…
End to FF extraction in public lands
Rollback Trump environmental deregulation
Science-based agricultural conservation practices by 2040
Seek at least 75% of zero-waste
Mfg Jobs, and job (re)training
Reinvigorate national lab R&D & STEM jobs
$60 B to Black universities & colleges
"Leading the world in the technologies and innovations that will help us achieve a clean economy starts with fully funding our federal science and research agencies, national labs, and partnerships. ...
Whether it is land-use change research at USGS, infectious disease research at the CDC, or energy efficiency research at the National Labs, funding our federal science apparatus is critical to our success in a changing climate."
kamalaharris.org/policies/clima…
STEM development for Girls and under rep. Minorities Act
Combatting Sexual Harassment in STEM Act
Increasing teacher pay
Protect 30% of the nation's lands and seas
Make national parks and lands free
Outdoors for All act
DoD, NSC changes to meet net-zero & climate action
Rejoin Paris Agreement
Uphold the US pledge of $100 billion under the Paris Agreement
Show climate leadership by negotiating for large climate pledge
Ratify Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, & Convention on Biological Diversity
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