Bernie Sanders Takes Aim at Fossil Fuel Industry in $16T Plan

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Bernie Sanders Takes Aim at Fossil Fuel Industry in $16T Plan

By Tsvetana Paraskova - Aug 22, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT

Hours after the most prominent climate activist among Democratic presidential hopefuls, Jay Inslee, quit the Democratic primary race, Bernie Sanders unveiled a US$16.3-trillion plan to tackle climate change and bring America to 100 percent renewable energy for electricity and transportation by no later than 2030.

The Green New Deal unveiled by Sanders on Thursday pledges direct investments of a “historic $16.3 trillion public investment toward these efforts” and takes aim at fossil fuel companies.

As president, Sanders vows to launch the decade of the Green New Deal, aimed at reaching 100 percent renewable energy and complete decarbonization by at least 2050. Sanders pledges to end unemployment by “creating 20 million jobs needed to solve the climate crisis.”

“Republicans who oppose our #GreenNewDeal should explain why they don't support creating 20 million jobs and averting climate catastrophe, yet will give billions in corporate welfare to fossil fuel companies,” Sanders tweeted.  

The Democratic candidate, who is running for a second time to win his party’s primaries, also pledged to declare climate change a national emergency, if elected president.

According to Sanders, the plan will pay for itself in 15 years.

One of the ways through which money will be raised for the plan is “Making the fossil fuel industry pay for their pollution, through litigation, fees, and taxes, and eliminating federal fossil fuel subsidies,” Sanders said in his platform.

“Bernie promises to go further than any other presidential candidate in history to end the fossil fuel industry’s greed, including by making the industry pay for its pollution and prosecuting it for the damage it has caused,” The Green New Deal says.

Earlier this year, Greenpeace ranked the Democratic 2020 hopefuls, concluding that Inslee—who just quit the race—deserves the top marks and an A- rating, after proposing a $9 trillion climate change solution. Sanders came in second in the rankings.

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Why do Dems want to ruin the engine of our economy.

While I’m at it, why do Dems want to take away our 2nd Amendment rights

 

 

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54 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

Why do Dems want to ruin the engine of our economy.

While I’m at it, why do Dems want to take away our 2nd Amendment rights

 

 

 

awe  now pitcher u know why ......... most of them have a massive carbon footprint jet setting around the country instead of electric or solar power transportation or racing off to town hall election meetings on hoverboards and segways  you can bet ur last buck when trouble comes into their life they will cry for protection with someone with some fire power to protect their person and property i could go on but its of no benefit to anyone or myself ........ Lets Go exchange rate increase  , cheers

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Do the math people.  If the US sells just 1 million barrels of oil a day x 365 days you can see the economic power of the American oil businesses.  This doesn’t include LNG which is also a huge part of our petrochemical industry.  Who is funding the Democrats, Russia, China, Iran?  Probably all 3 and a few more.  

 

Now a question.  Why should America be the only country to get rid of their Petrochemical industry?  What are you going to replace it with Bernie?  Why do you never hear the Dems going after Russia’s, SA, Iran, Venezuela’s, Libya’s, Nigeria’s, Qatar, Kuwait, Norway, Britain, Brazil, Iraq, etc etc oil businesses.  The Dems only rail about OUR Oil Companies.  Bernie and the Dems are Socialists hell bent on ruining America’s 

 

I would like to see Bernie bring that Green Deal BS to Texas.  I’m thinking it would not play to well for old Bernie.  Don’t Mess with Texas or its livelihood.  

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Sanders is a poster child for Raving, Enraged, Deranged, Psychotic Ultra Left Wing nut Lunatic.

 

All anyone has to do is look to the Homeless Crisis ( and the diseases associated therein ) thats hit Seattle, Wa., Portland, Ore., Los Angeles, Ca,. and in particular Ground Zero for the catastrophic incompetence of Local Govt. officials of San Francisco, CA . . . these 4 cities are run by Liberals; do we want that type of governance or the grossly lack thereof running the Big Show in Washington D.C. ?