The mandate for @NancyPelosi’s Climate Select Committee is out, and it’s everything we feared.
❌No mandate to create a plan on the timeline mandated by top scientists
❌No language on economic & racial justice, or a just transition
✅Allows members to accept fossil fuel money
❌No mandate to create a plan on the timeline mandated by top scientists
❌No language on economic & racial justice, or a just transition
✅Allows members to accept fossil fuel money
It even lacks even the power to issue subpoenas, a power that has been granted to other special committees.
The ONLY reason to do this is to protect the corporate CEOs who have unlawfully suppressed information about the dangers of climate change to protect their own profits.
The ONLY reason to do this is to protect the corporate CEOs who have unlawfully suppressed information about the dangers of climate change to protect their own profits.
Democratic leaders had an opportunity to embrace young peoples' energy and back the #GreenNewDeal.
But they failed us once again. This toothless committee does not get us meaningfully closer to solving the climate crisis or fixing our broken economy.
But they failed us once again. This toothless committee does not get us meaningfully closer to solving the climate crisis or fixing our broken economy.
We put the #GreenNewDeal on the map by taking action in DC, but we will win it by organizing support for it across the country — in Appalachia and the Midwest and in places like Florida and California that have been ravaged by climate disaster.
Stay tuned for what's next.
Stay tuned for what's next.
