Democratic presidential candidates Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein have pledged to put their money where their mouth is on climate, and swear off contributions from fossil fuel companies. Will Hillary Clinton join them?
The Nation and
350.org have issued a challenge to presidential candidates to stand up to the fossil fuel industry by not accepting any campaign contributions from any oil, gas or coal company.
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To affirm their commitment to taking on the climate crisis and “standing up to the corrupting influence of fossil-fuel companies,” the campaign, launched on Monday by The Nation and 350 Action, is calling on 2016 presidential and congressional candidates to sign a pledge committing to “neither solicit nor accept campaign contributions from any oil, gas or coal company.”
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Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley, as well as Green Party candidate Jill Stein, have agreed to do so. Democratic candidate Lincoln Chafee said he supported strong climate action but would not sign the pledge.
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton, along with the 14 Republican candidates contacted—13 of which deny mankind’s influence on climate change—did not reply.
We must get the 2016 election right; our species future depends on it. We have lost too much time in dealing with climate change and we find ourselves in a planetary crisis situation. We need a massive push back against the fossil fuel industry and those that profit from it.
So here is where the rubber hits the road for for presidential candidates. Are they willing to reject campaign money from the industries that are making our planet uninhabitable?
Following the money is the best way to separate those who just give lip service to protecting our planet from those wanting to be part of the solution to solving the greatest threat to humanity .