Harris Brings History of Green New Deal Support, Fossil Fuel

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Harris Brings History of Green New Deal Support, Fossil Fuel Lawsuits to U.S. Presidential Race

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by Mitchell Beer July 23, 2024

No mention of nuclear energy here . . . . (July 23, 2024)

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QUOTE: "After prosecuting polluters in California and sponsoring the Green New Deal as a U.S. senator, “Harris is widely expected to try to protect the climate achievements of the Biden administration, a position that could resonate with voters during a summer of record heat,” the Times says. “A clear majority of Americans, 65%, wants the country to focus on increasing solar, wind, and other renewable energy and not fossil fuels,” based on a May, 2024 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center.

News reports over the last day recount Harris:

• Calling for a $10-trillion increase in climate spending over a decade;

• Endorsing a carbon-neutral grid by 2030;

• Allowing no new fossil fuel leasing on public lands;

• Supporting a ban on hydraulic fracking and opposing offshore oil and gas drilling;

• Backing the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in its campaign against the controversial Dakota Access pipeline;

• Establishing the United States’ first environmental justice unit when she was San Francisco district attorney;

• Joining Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to introduce legislation requiring government to consider the impact of environmental rules on low-income communities;

• Calling for a price on carbon, with a dividend returned directly to households, or a “climate pollution fee” to “make polluters pay for emitting greenhouse gases into our atmosphere”;

• Pledging to convene major climate polluters and “initiate the first-ever international coalition to manage the transition away from fossil fuel production”, in what amounted to an early call for a managed decline for oil, gas, and coal.

“Crimes against the environment are crimes against communities, people who are often poor and disenfranchised,” Harris said in 2005. “The people who live in those communities often have no other choice but to live there.”

When she represented the U.S. at last year’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai, the Times recalls, Harris told world leaders that “the urgency of this moment is clear. The clock is no longer just ticking, it is banging. And we must make up for lost time.”

Times climate reporter Lisa Friedman interprets that line as a “subtle reference” to Trump pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement when he was in the Oval Office, and his promise to do it again if he gets the chance.

At COP 28, Harris also announced a $3-billion U.S. commitment to the United Nations Green Climate Fund, Grist recalls, though Politico reported at the time that the pledge was subject to available funds. . . . "