"DNC Members Push For Climate Change-Centered
Presidential Debate"
The NY Times:
"The Democratic Party Is Trying to Downplay Climate Change. Don’t Let It.
Surely the party can devote one-twelfth of its debate time to the issue that imperils civilization"
nytimes.com
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Justin Gillis
(Former environmental reporter
for The Times):
"Now we know. The Democratic Party establishment in Washington really believes it is going to get away with running another round of presidential primaries in which the climate crisis is basically hidden in the attic.
The proof came this week, when the Democratic National Committee informed one of the candidates, Jay Inslee, that it had turned down his call to hold a candidate debate specifically about climate change.
People are roasting alive in California towns hit by the deadliest wildfires in the state’s history. Midwestern cities are reeling from deluge upon deluge. Coastal communities are starting to drown from a relentlessly rising sea.
None of that is enough, apparently, for the Democratic Party to choose to put this issue front-and-center in the primary campaign. Not only did the D.N.C. turn Mr. Inslee down; according to him, the party informed him that he would be banned from party-sponsored debates if he took part in any unofficial candidate debate on climate change."www.nytimes.com/…
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"Over 50 voting members of the Democratic National Committee have submitted a resolution"
"Why Won’t the Democrats Hold
a Climate Change Debate?"
"The idea for a primary debate dedicated to climate change has been gaining traction since Inslee first proposed it in April. Fellow contenders Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have also backed the idea, as has former Obama Cabinet official Julián Castro. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who recently unveiled his climate pitch, told POLITICO he thought such a debate would be "great."www.politico.com/...
Why Won’t the Democrats Hold a Climate Change Debate?
Democratic National Committee faces backlash after it rejects calls to highlight climate crisis
.rollingstone.com/...
"in a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll released last week, 63 percent of registered voters nationwide said it’s either important or a top priority for Congress to pass a bill to address climate change."www.politico.com/...
"The Democratic establishment argues
that all issues deserve a space during the debates --
but Climate has historically been left out"
DNC argues climate will still be debate topic after nixing dedicated debate. History says otherwise.
The Democratic establishment argues that all issues deserve a space during the debates --
but climate has historically been left out.
thinkprogress.org/…
"But historically climate change has largely been left out of presidential debates, something a climate-focused debate would seek to rectify.
According to Media Matters (MMFA), a nonprofit left-leaning organization that monitors the media, climate issues are routinely ignored during election cycles. Some 20 primary debates were held during the 2016 presidential cycle, but only 1.5% of all the questionsreferenced climate change. That percentage is better than the general election debates, which did not feature a single climate change question."thinkprogress.org/...
"The Democrats have a moral—and political!—imperative to make climate change a banner issue"
"In a statement, the party declared it would not schedule any single-issue debates, so that voters would “have the ability to hear from candidates on dozens of issues of importance.” That might make sense if the D.N.C. were only planning two or three debates. It is planning 12; surely the party can afford to devote a twelfth of its debate time to the issue that threatens to throw human civilization into crisis.
Infuriating as this latest maneuver is, Democratic fecklessness on the subject of climate change is nothing new. The party has always made that most basic of political calculations — which voters does this issue get us that we don’t already have? — and come up with the answer: none."
Read more: www.nytimes.com/...
· The Democratic National Committee faces criticism for declining to host a 2020 presidential debate focused on climate change
DNC Members Push For Climate Change-Centered
Presidential Debate
"Over 50 voting members of the Democratic National Committee have submitted a resolution calling on DNC Chairman Tom Perez to hold a presidential debate devoted exclusively to the topic of climate change.
Washington Democratic Party Chairwoman Tina Podlodowski reached out to fellow state party leaders and Democratic National Committee members to organize a letter of protest. She solicited support first from leaders in neighboring Western states, then expanded outward.
“It’s a tremendous opportunity as far as I’m concerned to show where Democrats stand on this issue, not just about saving the planet but how it’s an economic issue"www.huffpost.com/...
Biden backs calls for 2020 debate focused on climate
thehill.com/…
The DNC Deciding Against a Climate-Focused Primary Debate
The Democrats have a moral—and political!—
imperative to make climate change a banner issue
www.esquire.com/…
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"Human life on Earth may be on the way to extinction in the most horrible way”
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Sign the petition to the DNC:
Refusing to hold a debate on climate change
is unacceptable
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