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Donate to aspiring Democrats running for state legislatures in blues states with red State Legislatures or split governments. > Back in 2019, [David Roberts] w
by VintageCool 3y ago
Donate to aspiring Democrats running for state legislatures in blues states with red State Legislatures or split governments.
> Back in 2019, [David Roberts] wrote for Vox that there is one weird trick states can use to ensure good climate and energy policy. That trick is: giving Democrats full control of the government. It has worked in California, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Massachusetts, New York, Hawaii — the list goes on.
> The 2022 midterm elections brought Democrats full control — with trifectas of both houses of the legislature and the governor's office — in four new M states: Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Minnesota.
> Does the one weird trick still work? Well, you’ll never guess what happened in Minnesota last week.
https://www.volts.wtf/p/minnesota-sets-out-for-net-zero-emissions#details https://www.volts.wtf/p/minnesota-sets-out-for-net-zero-emis...
- amrocha 3y agoNot everyone lives in the US
- lmm 3y agoThey passed a law that "commits" them to doing something long after the end of the current legislative term, assuming it somehow avoids being amended or repealed until then. Have they made a concrete difference e.g. measurable reductions in emissions, or is this just feel-good party-politics?
- jplusequalt 3y agoIt's better than the republican party removing environmental protections during the Trump administration.
- akomtu 3y agoThis should be added as the 4th option, right after carbon credits.
- willcipriano 3y ago> Donate to aspiring Democrats running for state legislatures So they will blow up a natural gas pipeline and cause the largest release of greenhouse gasses in human history? How about so they can fly private and scold poor people for not caring about the environment enough? Would be better off buying the carbon credits.
- SamBam 3y agoI'm sorry, are you actually suggesting that the Democratic Party blew up the Nord Stream Pipeline? Or that they fly on private jets more than Republicans? At the end of the day, they passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which is the largest piece of green legislation ever passed in this country. It's not perfect, but it's better than anyone else in this country has ever done. I don't care if you're still annoyed that Al Gore sounded like a scold, that's at least some heading in the right direction, while the current GOP platform is for defunding all green energy and funding more oil. The two parties are not the same on this issue.