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Live tweeting #KamalaHarris on CNN's #ClimateTownhall.

https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1169190312180404226

#Kamala starts off saying "lead, follow, or get out the way...starting with Donald Trump". Kamala talking about obstruction from Republicans announcing she will eliminate the filibuster to pass things through Congress

#Kamala says she will take executive action and do whatever is necessary. Says she will not be burdened by whatever the next POTUS will do because there is action that can be taken right away

#Kamala now discussing her record standing up to big oil and corporations as AG. She will take on those with a pollution profit motive and make them pay.

#Kamala discussing the devastation of Paradise and says she will change the behaviors by holding them accountable and enforcing consequences. Her prosecutorial background is serving her incredibly well here. #ClimateTownhall

Sidebar: Kamala talks so fast so don't take my tweets as comprehensive. I'm only fast enough to catch about 25% via tweet

By 2045 there will be only zero emissions cars. By 2030 the school bus fleet will be zero emissions as well. Also #Kamala says it's a false choice that you are either for the environment or for the economy. We can do both. #ClimateTownhall

#Kamala says she is in favor of banning fracking. She is also in favor of banning offshore drilling. References her record on tackling the issue as AG. #ClimateTownhall,

#Kamala says she will create incentives to curb the use of single use plastics. Says we should get rid of plastics but acknowledges that paper straws need some work lol

#Kamala says we have to strike a balance between encouraging behaviors and banning behaviors. She would use consumer awareness to incentivize different behaviors. For instance, adding a climate impact to food labels. #ClimateTownhall

#Kamala discussing her climate pollution fee. She will attach a fee to bad behaviors. She will have a climate scorecard for corporations. She also brings up how Trump is distracting us with tweets while deregulating industry. #ClimateTownHall

#Kamala says she opposes selling/leasing public lands for drilling. Calls out Trump administration corruption. Says one of her priorities is public preservation of lands. #ClimateTownhall

#Kamala emphasis empowering communities that are often ignored- disability, native, black, brown, impoverished communities. Mentions CREATING the Environmental Justice Unit as SF DA. Gives examples of taking on polluters in Bayview as DA & in Mira Loma as AG. #ClimateTownhall

That's all folks! Super strong townhall. #Kamala getting to close out with discussing environmental justice and disability policies could not have been stronger. #ClimateTownhall

ICYMI, here is #Kamala's #ClimateTownhall appearance.

https://twitter.com/TheWasBunny/status/1169418123277041665?s=19

Thanks to the predictable disconnect between the substance of #Kamala's #ClimateTownhall appearance and what commentators focused on, I compiled FORTY things #KamalaHarris discussed other than burgers & straws. Stop the marginalization/erasure. #Kamala2020 #KHive #UnitedForKamala

Text version by request:
40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
1.Declare drinking water crisis on Day 1
2.Re-enter Paris Climate Agreement on Day 1
3.Ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on Day 1

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
4.End fossil fuel leases on public lands on Day 1
5.The Climate crisis is a fight against powerful interests so "leaders need to lead, follow, or get out of the way...starting with Donald Trump"

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
6.Congress held a hearing to debate IF Science should be the basis for public policy
7. Get rid of the filibuster if necessary to pass a Green New Deal

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
8. Will take executive action and do whatever is necessary to address climate change because we have just 12 years before irreversible damage

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
9. Will take on powerful interests as she has done before as CA Attorney General of a state of 40 million people & 5th largest economy. She took on big oil and defended the toughest environmental standards

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
10. Pointed to progress as a result of leadership ie pollution in LA from 20 yrs ago vs now
11. Polluters have a profit motive to pollute so will take them to court, fine them, hold them accountable for bad behaviors

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers and Straws
12. Asked about Paradise. Kamala discussed her visit to Paradise and the devastation
13. Provided example of how suing tobacco companies impacted their behaviors and how it could work to deter polluters

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
14. Asked "would you sue ExxonMobil", Kamala replied "I have sued ExxonMobil"
15. Reinforce the EPA that has been decimated by Trump

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
16.Kamala will establish a carbon fee. Carbon fee revenue will largely be reinvested into impacted communities (ie where kids are drinking water out of lead pipes, where wells are infected by bacteria due to flooding)

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
17.Immediately invest $250 Billion into clean water infrastructure
18."I'm not saying there won't be any change" but small changes ie more conscientious about turning off the lights/shorter showers make a difference

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
19. By 2045 will have only zero emissions vehicles
20. By 2030 will have only electric school buses impacting 25 million students
21.Private sector has shown it will innovate and meet standards that set by the govt

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
22. "It is a false choice to say either you are in favor of the environment or you are in favor of a strong economy. We can do both"
23. In favor of banning fracking and has a history of working on that

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
24. In favor of banning offshore drilling and references the work she did for a Santa Barbara community on that
25. Will create incentives to change behavior around single use plastics. Details how people will adapt.

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
26. Details how we need a better government response to the overarching dietary issues.
27.Supports changing the food pyramid
Discusses the power of consumer awareness in incentivizing better behaviors

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
28.Discusses the power of consumer awareness in incentivizing better behaviors
29.Expand the food label to include an environmental impact of the item
30.Climate change fee/carbon fee will connected to bad behaviors

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
31.Kamala will require all elements of industry to be transparent on the carbon imprint from their business which will be scored
32.Discussed the need to undo the damage from Trump's gutting of agencies/regulations.

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
32. (Cont'd) "Donald Trump has got everybody excited about those crazy tweets, meanwhile with this hand quietly undoing regulations that were built up over years.

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
33. Discusses the issue of nuclear waste and doesn't side with Bernie on totally eliminating nuclear waste
34. Russia's outsize icebreaker activity is part of their attempt to expand their territory

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
35.Discusses corruption of Trump administration picking industry executives over public servants to oversee agencies that are supposed to regulate industry
36. 1 of her priorities will be preservation of public lands

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
37. Will empower communities that are often ignored- disability, indigenous, black, brown, impoverished communities
38. Created the 1st Environmental Justice Unit in the San Francisco District Attorney's office.

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
38 (contd) Discusses the Bay View where the avg income =$15K. She took on co's that dumped into the water causing adverse health impacts. No community should be less than those who have money/power to stop bad actors.

40 Things #Kamala Talked About Other Than Cheeseburgers/Straws
39. As CA AG, she stepped in where others hadn't before for Mira Loma. Their babies had the lowest rate of lung development in the area
40.Mentioned her disability plan to extend access and increase resources

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