hey folk, y'all listening? I want to talk about @TheDemocrats platform drafting process, sorta flying under the radar, and some climate specific things in it. Will use #DNCClimatePlatform.
quick background on the platform drafting process... well, read my thread from Monday. Hasn't been covered in any mainstream outlet yet.
(more background) if you read my Monday PM tweets, or on the @ClimateHawkVote email list, or actually watched DNC Youtube hearings, you know that this sham of a "public hearing" is highly choreographed. #DNCClimatePlatform
Platform hearings to date have been to genuine participatory democracy what Opening Night at the New York City Ballet production of Swan Lake is to joyous spontaneous dance. #DNCClimatePlatform
Ok. On to the substance. Yesterday, IBEW person Austin Keyser testified on something new called the Labor Energy Partnership. Followed by fluffy questions from Richard Trumka of AFL-CIO, and Stuart Appelbaum of murdered-the-DNC-climate-debate fame. #DNCClimatePlatform
and the Labor Energy Partnership is the worst thing on climate I've ever read from a Democrat. Period. full stop. Here it is. bit.ly/2YW2RzT #DNCClimatePlatform
The Labor Energy Partnership has some of the most anti-climate Democratic actors/ orgs: Ernest Moniz, IBEW, and United Mine Workers. #DNCClimatePlatform
And gushing over it took up 11 minutes of a 3 hour hearing.
And gushing over it took up 11 minutes of a 3 hour hearing.
so what's in this LEP into the abyss? Carbon capture. Nuclear power. Natural gas. Mining. "Carbon dioxide removal at scale."
Read it: bit.ly/2YW2RzT
Read it: bit.ly/2YW2RzT
on a positive note, energy efficiency in buildings, and development of offshore wind. But nothing about solar. Nothing about onshore wind. Nothing about microgrids. #DNCClimatePlatform
Nothing, at all, about frontline communities, or persons of color who need to breathe, or an acknowledgment of environmental justice. That's damning in 2020. Utterly unacceptable.
Instead, we have a return to 2008 "all of the above" energy policy. #DNCClimatePlatform
Instead, we have a return to 2008 "all of the above" energy policy. #DNCClimatePlatform
Seems to me that it would lock in climate catastrophe for eons, but hey. I'm not a policy expert. Calling smart people like @leahstokes, @drvox, @DoctorVive, and more to dive into this Labor Energy Partnership. #DNCClimatePlatform bit.ly/2YW2RzT
Now, this is the point where some fierce climate hawks gnash their talons and smash their beaks and wonder why even bother with the Democratic Party??? #DNCClimatePlatform
instead, I believe in finding hope and finding a a way to fix things. So, TODAY @MDeatrick of the @DNCClimate council will testify on a much better plan to create jobs and fix the climate. #DNCClimatePlatform
@MDeatrick @DNCClimate and she'll be testifying alongside newly minted progressive rock star @JamaalBowmanNY! and we'll hear a meaningful addition to #DNCClimatePlatform!
@MDeatrick @DNCClimate @JamaalBowmanNY in fact, if you want a sneak peek on her testimony, read @DNCClimate platform recommendations here bit.ly/3dWmDzn
#protip: you can also become a grassroots endorser #DNCClimatePlatform
#protip: you can also become a grassroots endorser #DNCClimatePlatform
@MDeatrick @DNCClimate @JamaalBowmanNY I genuinely don't understand how the DNC will reconcile horrid Labor Energy Partnership to frack it all with bold @DNCClimate plan to get us to net zero by 2040.
But hey, I'm just a DNC member-elect, no one tells me anything. #DNCClimatePlatform
But hey, I'm just a DNC member-elect, no one tells me anything. #DNCClimatePlatform
@MDeatrick @DNCClimate @JamaalBowmanNY while snipping this thread, obligatory reminder that we MUST flip the Senate to enact any good policy. So, donate to @SaraGideon and oust Susan Collins! bit.ly/2BwBCTu
