Hello Ward,
At the moment you don't hear much from the climate change deniers. I
wonder why...
Because most of Europe is burning up?
I'm in Washington state andc here it really is burning ... people being evacuated.
As you know, climate change is a serious issue. At least for some
folks. The governor of Washington state is running for POTUS, his
main issue being climate change. Does he have a plan? Apparently
so, as it is basic to everything he claims to stand for, as shown
by his own campaign literature -
Gov. Inslee Promotes Evergreen Economy Plan
Inslee's Evergreen Economy Plan has teeth and stop signs.
This plan will take full time legislative and budgeting prioritizing
effort in Congress.
I can't see how the unions of the Democratic Party wouldn't sign on to
such a great middle class and economic revitalizing plan for this
country, all while scaling Washington's successful climate change
mitigation programs.
This plan is the second major policy announcement from Governor
Inslee’s Climate Mission agenda, a 10-year national mobilization to
defeat climate change and build a just, innovative, and inclusive
clean energy future.
Highlights:
1. Igniting America’s Clean Energy Economy will establish:
-- a ReBuild America Initiative to upgrade millions of buildings over
the next two-plus decades;
-- a $90 billion Green Bank for clean energy deployment;
-- a Next Generation Rural Electrification Initiative;
-- programs to support energy democracy and community-led energy transformation;
-- grants in lieu of tax incentives for clean energy installation.
2. Building Sustainable & Climate-Smart Infrastructure will:
-- make the largest investment in American infrastructure in
generations
-- build sustainable transportation, water, affordable housing,
sustainable communities, smart grid systems.
-- double investment in public transit
-- expand dramatically electric car-charging infrastructure,
-- launch a Clean Water for All Initiative to close the $82 billion
annual funding gap in critical drinking water, stormwater and
wastewater infrastructure.
-- put Americans to work in every community to achieve a state of good
repair; protect public health; and improve resilience to devastating
floods, droughts, fires, and storms.
3. Leading the World in Clean Manufacturing will come from:
-- the federal government partners with industry to increase
efficiency, cut costs and waste, deploy new technologies and fuels
to reduce climate pollution.
-- the federal government makes major investments in domestic
manufacturing of electric vehicles and batteries;
-- establishing a federal “Buy Clean” Program to help close the carbon loophole and support domestic industries and workers;
-- legislating a new Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit;
-- using established entities such as the Export-Import Bank to
increase exports of made-in-America clean energy solutions.
These initiatives allow workers and businesses to revitalize America’s economic competitiveness in existing manufacturing industries, to take
the lead in emerging clean technologies and growth markets.
4. Investing in Innovation & Scientific Research:
-- invest in transformative research and development in next-generation
clean technology and climate solutions,
-- invest expanded scientific discovery, STEM education.
-- increase investment in U.S. clean energy and climate solutions
research -- to $35 billion each year, more than 5 times the current
funding
-- marshal the resources of the federal government, states,
universities and private sector innovators to confront the climate
challenge.
-- invest in innovation in the agricultural sector through a new
ARPA-Ag effort and
-- a Next Generation Rural Clean Energy Extension Service.
5. Ensuring Good Jobs with Family Supporting Wages & Benefits Through
the Above Stages will:
-- create high-paying, high-skilled jobs
-- reunionize and empower workers in every industry with new tools to collectively bargain,
-- ensure racial and gender hiring and promotion,
-- close the gap in wealth and prosperity, which includes
-- enacting a “G.I. Bill” for impacted fossil fuel workers and
communities;
-- repeal the Taft-Hartley Act provisions that allow so-called “Right-to-Work” laws;
-- redouble commitment to national apprenticeship programs and creating
and enforcing protections for gender pay equity.
Let's promote political action that cares for the planet.
The primaries are our chance to set election campaign priorities.
Let's promote thinking about America's future.
Let's promote how Jay Inslee's thinking solves so much else besides
climate change.
-=end campaign propaganda=-
--Lee
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Pork. The One You Love.
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