Jacobin Magazine: on Energy & Oil
Cedric Richmond:
Supported fracking, 76% Conservation Voters lifetime rating
Richmond has repeatedly broken with his party on major climate and environmental votes. He voted against Democratic legislation to place pollution limits on fracking -- and he voted for GOP legislation to limit the Obama administration's authority
to more stringently regulate the practice. Richmond has received a lifetime rating of 76% from the League of Conservation Voters, and he scored 46% in 2018 -- one of the lowest ratings of any Democrat in Congress.
Source: Jacobin magazine on Biden Cabinet
Nov 17, 2020
Julian Castro:
Green Jobs Leadership Council: more solar; less coal
Castro created a Green Jobs Leadership Council and voted for an incentive package to bring solar panel maker Nexolon America to the city. CPS Energy (San Antonio's publicly owned energy utility) invested $50 million in alternative energy research
and signed a deal for the world's largest solar installation, approved energy efficiency upgrades to three landmarks, lured green tech companies to the city, inked a deal to build five solar plants, and pledged to close one of its coal plants by 2018.
Source: Jacobin Magazine on 2020 Democratic primary contenders
Feb 15, 2019
Julian Castro:
Supported both fossil fuel and green energy
San Antonio relied on a drilling boom in the Eagle Ford Shale, an oil and natural gas basin. It contributed to the city's poor air quality. This was Castro's "new energy economy": continued investment in and promotion of oil, natural gas,
and "clean coal," partnered with a movement toward alternative energy for electricity production. It was Obama's "all of the above" energy policy, but at the municipal level.
Source: Jacobin Magazine on 2020 Democratic primary contenders
Feb 15, 2019
Noam Chomsky:
Limited time on climate change; US going in wrong direction
Economist Robert Pollin's work on a Green New Deal is the best I know. But the task ahead is enormous, and there is not much time. The challenge would be great even if states were committed to overcoming it. Some are. But it is impossible to overlook
the fact that the most powerful state in human history is under the leadership of what can only be accurately described as a gang of arch-criminals who are dedicated to racing to the cliff with abandon.
Source: Harrison Samphir interview in Jacobin magazine
Jul 12, 2019
Noam Chomsky:
Market can't solve climate change, structural changes needed
Q: How do we move away from neoliberal frameworks that prioritize consumerist freewill to a model that targets, for example, the one hundred companies that are responsible for 71% of global emissions?
CHOMSKY: It's not just a matter of curbing major polluters. Major structural changes are necessary to deal with what is in fact an existential crisis: efficient mass transportation to mention only one example.
Far more substantial efforts in decarbonization, to mention another. Here the market is sending all the wrong signals, lethally in this case.
Venture capital can make more profit with new apps for iPhones than in long-term investment for decarbonization, which is starved for funds.
Source: Jacobin magazine, 2019 interview series
Jul 12, 2019
Noam Chomsky:
Task ahead enormous & there is not much time
Q: If emissions remain unchanged, by 2100 sea levels could rise by more than eight feet. Can we avoid this?CHOMSKY: If anything like that happens, the calamity will be on a scale that is almost imponderable, most severe for the poorest and most
vulnerable, but awful enough for the rest of society as well. And it is not the most threatening current projection. Is there a chance to avoid such catastrophes? No doubt. But the task ahead is enormous, and there is not much time.
Source: Jacobin magazine, 2019 interview series
Jul 12, 2019
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