Harris has yet to outline her plan for climate change. Here's what the #DemocraticPartyPlatform says.
Includes:
"The platform also promises to be tough on Big Oil, as the companies struggle to maintain their grip on the energy industry. Moving forward, the party says it will "eliminate tens of billions of dollars" in oil and gas #subsidies, fight price-gouging, and increase protections against drilling and mining in the #Arctic."
https://www.cbsnews.
"Why is Harris largely sidestepping [climate change]?
According to several campaign aides, this ambiguity is not a sign of dismissal or inexperience — it’s a calculated strategy. A recent study on campaign rhetoric, taking foreign policy as its example, suggests candidates turn to ambiguity when campaigning on complex and divisive issues."
Big Oil calls on Kamala Harris to come clean on her energy and climate plans
https://www.ft.com/content/d85a2ae2-3693-4132-9a48-8e175997f241
This is a ploy to make her take a stand on a divisive issue, and one that particularly affects a swing state, Pennsylvania.
She has no obligation to respond to the manipulation.
Heather Cox Richardson, the historian with a sharp eye for current affairs, observes that Harris has her own terms of engagement with the MAGA GOP.
And it's working.
"[MAGA Republicans] seem to be losing the ability to control the public conversation by asserting dominance."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-30-2024
Similarly for her terms of engagement with the press, and on energy and climate change. She doesn't have time for the BS.
"Hispanic voters preferred #Harris on healthcare policy, by 46% to 29%, and on #ClimateChange, with a 46% to 23% lead, bigger leads than she held among the broader electorate, which also favored her on those two issues."
Harris is charting her own course in her campaign. So far she has:
– dealt with the press on her own terms;
– dealt with MAGA on her own terms;
– dealt with both Big Oil and climate groups on her own terms;
– and now also the polls:
“Let’s not pay too much attention to those polls.”
Looks like she knows what's real - the voters - and what's just a distraction.
For climate action: don't talk, DO.
"Every activist would like their issue to be at the top of the political agenda, but especially in our current state of polarization, that usually means a big fight, with high stakes and the chance of both victory and defeat. At the moment, abortion is the issue Democrats want to elevate into that kind of fight"
https://heatmap.news/politics/dnc-climate-change
Already, Republicans are begging to keep the IRA even it Trump wins.
Two years ago this month, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which both his allies and adversaries agree is the most significant climate legislation in the country’s history. Yet despite this accomplishment, the urgency of the crisis, and the consensus within the Democratic Party on...
Similarly, Dem Senate candidates don't talk about climate much. Even so,
"All of these Democrats can be counted on to support most or all of a Harris administration’s #climate initiatives, just as the Republicans will reliably oppose them, or support a second Trump administration’s efforts to roll back the measures the Biden administration has undertaken. Which is why so much depends on where the #Senate falls after election day."
The United States Senate sits on a knife-edge. Democrats currently control the chamber by a 51-49 margin, but they are defending more seats than Republicans are in this election. In fact, with the retirement of Joe Manchin and the nearly inevitable passing of that West Virginia seat to a Republica...
"The bottom line
Trump can take credit for allowing more leases for oil and gas drilling. The Biden-Harris administration, while it issued permits for oil and gas drilling and production increased on its watch, established several rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels."
To see the real distinction between Harris and Trump, follow the money.
#OilAndGas puts its money on Trump.
Trump aggressively supported fossil fuels. The Biden-Harris administration focused on replacing them with clean energy. Yet, data show the US oil and gas industries still thrived under both.
People writing about the Harris-Walz policy platform now, "A New Way Forward".
You don't *have* to get it through anyone else's filters, you can go straight to the source.
BUILD AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY AND LOWER COSTS FOR FAMILIES Vice President Harris grew up in a middle class home as the daughter of a working mom. She believes that when the middle class is strong, America is strong. That’s why as President, Kamala Harris will create an Opportunity Economy where everyone has a chance to […]
There are lots of takes on the presidential #Debate2024, lots of quotes, lots of "analysis" by pundits.
I think this one is the most salient:
"Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume said the former president "had a bad night." "
Another childless cat lady endorses Harris,
And urges voters to register to vote.
Right after that, lots of people searched on “taylor swift voter registration.”
"Despite gaining national political attention, a crucial benefit of Pennsylvania gas has gone unreported — namely, that it has far lower methane and lifecycle greenhouse emissions than natural gas from Texas and other major producing states, according to a major independent study released last year."
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4871241-pennsylvania-gas-fracking-harris/
On climate, I think Harris' record speaks for itself.
I get the frustration on the part of climate voters, but also right now I think campaigning on abortion issues, inflation, and jobs is speaking to what's foremost on most voters' mind.
https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-promises-bold-action-climate-home-targeted-protesters-1958176
"Harris’ reluctance to make green initiatives a central platform underscores how fighting climate change still fails to resonate with many US voters, even when those efforts stimulate the economy and create thousands of jobs."
And swing states like Pennsylvania are fossil fuel producers.
It's mostly the voters.
They still are most concerned about the economy.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/09/09/issues-and-the-2024-election/
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