Thread by @Cajsa

I think it is only fair to show you what @SunriseMovement scores an F on climate just so you know how dishonest they are. This is @JoeBiden's plan for climate change.
#TeamJoe #Biden2020
joebiden.com/climate/

ENSURE THE U.S. ACHIEVES A 100% CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY AND NET-ZERO EMISSIONS NO LATER THAN 2050
Through a combination of Executive Orders and legislation, the goal is 100% clean energy and net-zero by 2050. So how does he get there?

These are the executive orders rated an F by the Sunrise Movement #Biden2020
Methane limits for oil and gas companies
Using procurement to leverage 100% clean energy
Energy efficient and climate-ready buildings and infrastructure.

restoring Clean Air Act standards gutted by Trump
better fuel economy standards
100% of new small and midsized vehicles have electric
Biofuels doubled
better appliance efficiency standards
federal construction/contracts require reduce emissions

Require public companies to disclose environmental risk and greenhouse emissions
Conserve 30% of national land and water by 2030
Permanent protection ANWR
Ban new permits on public land
Include climate costs in royalties

more reforestation
double offshore wind by 2030
So those are things he can do by Executive Order
Now what is the legislative agenda for the candidate Sunrise Movement gave an F?

Legislatively, he wants an enforcement mechanism to make polluters bear the full cost of carbon pollution.
$400 billion over 10 years in research on technologies to reduce emissions - with great detail

Funding innovation by founding ARPA-C, Advanced Research Projects Agency focused on climate, differentiated from ARPA-E (environment)
This is the technologies:
grid-scale storage at one-tenth the cost of lithium-ion batteries;

small modular nuclear reactors at half the construction cost of today’s reactors;
refrigeration and air conditioning using refrigerants with no global warming potential;
zero net energy buildings at zero net cost;

using renewables to produce carbon-free hydrogen at the same cost as that from shale gas;
decarbonizing industrial heat needed to make steel, concrete, and chemicals and reimagining carbon-neutral construction materials;

decarbonizing the food and agriculture sector, and leveraging agriculture to remove carbon dioxide from the air and store it in the ground; and
capturing carbon dioxide from power plant exhausts followed by sequestering it deep underground or using it make alternative products.

Develop technologies to reduce airplane emissions, currently 2%
Accelerate carbon-capture technological development
Support research on nuclear energy to address safety/storage concerns

reduce carbon footprint of America's building by half by 2035 with incentives to retrofit
HUD housing must be energy efficient,
Funding for upfront costs of home retrofits

Incentives to accelerate people turning to electric vehicles
half a million public charging outlets by 2030
restore EV tax credit
new, more ambitious fuel economy standards

Funding to communities for public transit, bike lanes, etc
incentives for energy efficient farming methods
incentives for soil restoration programs
methane digesters to capture emissions and generate electricity

Reduce urban sprawl, encourage density so working people can afford to live closer, shorter commutes, lower emissions
National strategy to implement low-carbon manufacturing, funding upgrades and retrofits to reduce emissions

Green jobs - And remember, one of the reason they grade him an F is they say he is not in favor of green jobs

That was just Part I of his agenda Sunrise Movement grades an F. Part II focuses on "a stronger, more resilient nation"
This is infrastructure investment

Clean Energy Revolution legislative package:
Convene experts to define & develop clean energy zoning and building codes and encourage localities adopt them. Feds will use in rebuilding after disasters.

work with insurance industry so homeowners who reduce risk get lower premiums, expand Community Rating System

Build a new resilient infrastructure economy. Biden will create a new class of well-paying jobs and job training around climate resilient industries. Coastal restoration, bridges that don't wash out, wind resistent construction

The Second Great Railroad Revolution
high speed rail on Northern Corridor, California
train bridge for freight between OR WA
complete CREATE project in Chicago
partner with state and local innovation

Part III, International efforts
Rejoin Paris Agreement
Convene global conference to pressure carbon-emitting nations to up their current pledges
work to get int'l agreements on int'l shipping & aviation emissions

embrace Kigali Amendment on hydrofluorocarbons
Stong controls and incentives to stop cheating
Stop China subsidizing coal exports
Bilateral China-US agreement on carbon mitigation
G20 agreement to end export subsidies of high carbon products

Offer Belt and Road Initiative countries alternative sources of development financing for lower-carbon energy investments.

Reform IMF & development banks debt repayment priorities for development projects, so projects with high emissions, etc become high risk, unlikely to get forebearance

World wide ban on fossil fuel subsidies
Clean Energy Export and Climate Investment Initiative incentivizing low-carbon investment

No financing dirty energy. OPIC & EX-IM & USIDFC will be prohibited from any financing for coal-fired power plants so that U.S. finance is no longer a dirtier alternative to the World Bank.

Green debt relief for developing countries
Quadruple investment in research
Name and shame global climate outlaws
Global moratorium on drilling in the Arctic
More attention on this hemisphere

Make climate change part of national security
National Intelligence Estimate on national and economic security effects of climate change, water scarcity, conflict, state fragility, migration

Direct the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to report to him annually on the impacts of climate change on defense posture & strategy to mitigate risk

NSA and others develop report on threats from climate change and plans to defend/mitigate

Climate resilience in military construction, bases, etc.

Part IV is about standing up to polluters. Sunrise Movement graded Biden an F on climate change and made a point of saying he sucked on confronting polluters This proves them wrong

Biden will direct his EPA and Justice Department to pursue these cases to the fullest extent permitted by law and, when needed, seek additional legislation as needed to hold corporate executives personally accountable – including jail time where merit

Safe Drinking Water
The list of problems is long, this is largely a matter of infrastructure investment,

Then he has a section addressing environmental racism and justice

V. FULFILL OUR OBLIGATION TO WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES WHO POWERED OUR INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND DECADES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
remember Sunrise Movement says this agenda rates an F

protect retirement benefits of coal miners
Invest in new technologies and industries that provide union jobs, high-paying jobs to workers displaced by reduced coal and power demands

For this he reviews what they did as part of Obama administration.
This is a zero-carbon, green jobs, green energy plan and Sunrise Movement gave it an F, which demonstrates what an F they deserve for honesty
joebiden.com/climate/