Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: COMBATING THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND PURSUING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (Part 5)
Only one party recognizes the urgent existential crisis facing our planet. Only one party believes in science and solutions. 1/21

#Democrats will create an environmental justice fund to make historic investments aimed at eliminating legacy pollution, which disproportionately causes illness and premature death in communities of color, low-income communities, and Indigenous communities.2/21 #DemPartyPlatform

#Democrats will protect children’s health by replacing lead service lines and remediating lead paint in homes and schools; remediate Superfund and other contaminated sites; and ensure housing and schools have adequate plumbing and safe wastewater disposal systems.3/21 #Climate

#Democrats oppose the Trump Administration's reckless and scientifically unsound decision to reverse a proposed ban on #chlorpyrifos, a potent neurotoxin proven harmful to children and farmworkers. 4/21 #DemPartyPlatform #ClimateAction

#Democrats will invest to help farmers reduce pesticide and chemical fertilizer use. And we will set science-based drinking water standards for emerging contaminants like #PFOA and #PFAS chemicals and establish aggressive plans for remediating this dangerous pollution. 5/21

Energy companies should be held responsible for meeting strong standards to protect worker safety, public health, and the environment. 6/21 #DemPartyPlatform #cleanenergy #publichealth

#Democrats are committed to ensuring tough safeguards in place, including Safe Drinking Water Act provisions, to protect local water supplies. 7/21 #DemPartyPlatform #SafeWaterForAll

#Democrats believe states should not be able to preempt local government decisions about energy production.8/21
#DemPartyPlatform #energyefficiency

#Democrats will work with affected frontline communities to develop a screening &mapping tool to ensure racial &socioeconomic equity in federal climate,energy &infrastructure programs & identify areas of high cumulative pollution that threatens residents’ health and safety. 9/21

#Democrats will help reduce heat stress in urban neighborhoods by planting millions of trees. 10/21 #DemPartyPlatform #HeatStress #PlantATree

#Democrats will support locally-driven economic development & commit to directing a significant portion of clean energy & sustainable infrastructure investments to historically marginalized communities to help create local jobs and reduce energy poverty, 11/21 #DemPartyPlatform

#Democrats will install clean energy technologies including community solar, build resilience to climate change impacts, prepare for disasters,expand access to green space & outdoor recreation opportunities, improve public health, and restore ecosystems.12/21 #DemPartyPlatform

Already, the impacts of climate change are being felt in communities across the country, and the American people are paying the price. 13/21 #DemPartyPlatform #ClimateChange #climate

#Democrats commit to reducing climate risks and building back better after disasters and climate-fueled catastrophes in a resilient, green, and just manner. 14/21 #DemPartyPlatform #ClimateAction

#Democrats will empower local communities to become more resilient to the impacts of the climate crisis. 15/21 #DemPartyPlatform #ClimateCrisis

#Democrats will prioritize disaster preparedness for disproportionately exposed, frontline, and vulnerable communities and those who struggle most to cope, including seniors, low-income families, and people with disabilities,16/21 #DemPartyPlatform #ClimateAction

#Democrats will prioritize #DisasterPreparedness so that they can become more economically resilient to
extreme weather events, heat stress, and increases in disease that scientists have connected to climate change. 17/21 #DemPartyPlatform

#Democrats will rectify the inequities and inefficiencies of disaster response, including transparent and timely reporting and oversight and protections and enforcement of disability rights.18/21 #DemPartyPlatform #DisasterRecovery #ClimateAction

#Democrats will ensure #FEMA has the experienced leadership, staff, and resources necessary to coordinate the federal response to climate change-influenced and other disasters,19/21 #DemPartyPlatform #ClimateAction

#Democrats will work in partnership with #FEMA & drive federal resources to, state, local, Tribal & territorial governments to mount a successful emergency response in conjunction w/local emergency responders & help communities recover, rebuild & reinvest.20/21 #DemPartyPlatform

#Democrats will increase support for restoring wetlands, which are critical for protecting communities from sea level rise and storm surge and also act as natural carbon sinks. 21/21 #DemPartyPlatform #ClimateAction