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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBernie Sanders was recently ranked as the Senate's top leader on global warming.
Is Bernie Sanders the Best Candidate on Climate Change?
He was recently ranked as the Senate's top leader on global warming.
By Ben Adler | Thu May 14, 2015 6:15 AM EDT
This article originally appeared in Grist and is republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
The Democratic presidential primary race got its second major candidate recently, and its first true climate hawk: Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, self-described democratic socialist. Sanders has one of the strongest climate change records in the Senate. In fact, according to rankings released by Climate Hawks Vote, a new super PAC, Sanders was the No. 1 climate leader in the Senate for the 113th Congress that ended in January.
Climate Hawks Vote measures leadership, not just voting records, tabulating actions like bills introduced, speeches given, and so forth. In the 112th Congress, Sanders ranked third behind Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.). In the last Congress, he edged out Whitehouse by one point.
"Sanders is very much among the top leaders," says R.L. Miller, founder of Climate Hawks Vote. "He has a record of really strong advocacy for solar in particular." Miller notes that distributed solar, which enables everyone with a solar panel to create their own energy instead of relying on a monopolistic utility company, fits especially well with Sanders' democratic socialist philosophy. It's bad for corporations and good for regular folks who get to own the means of production.
Here are some of the highlights from Sanders' climate and clean energy record:
Please read more here:
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/05/bernie-sanders-greenest-presidential-candidate
He was recently ranked as the Senate's top leader on global warming.
By Ben Adler | Thu May 14, 2015 6:15 AM EDT
This article originally appeared in Grist and is republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
The Democratic presidential primary race got its second major candidate recently, and its first true climate hawk: Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, self-described democratic socialist. Sanders has one of the strongest climate change records in the Senate. In fact, according to rankings released by Climate Hawks Vote, a new super PAC, Sanders was the No. 1 climate leader in the Senate for the 113th Congress that ended in January.
Climate Hawks Vote measures leadership, not just voting records, tabulating actions like bills introduced, speeches given, and so forth. In the 112th Congress, Sanders ranked third behind Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.). In the last Congress, he edged out Whitehouse by one point.
"Sanders is very much among the top leaders," says R.L. Miller, founder of Climate Hawks Vote. "He has a record of really strong advocacy for solar in particular." Miller notes that distributed solar, which enables everyone with a solar panel to create their own energy instead of relying on a monopolistic utility company, fits especially well with Sanders' democratic socialist philosophy. It's bad for corporations and good for regular folks who get to own the means of production.
Here are some of the highlights from Sanders' climate and clean energy record:
Please read more here:
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/05/bernie-sanders-greenest-presidential-candidate
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Bernie Sanders was recently ranked as the Senate's top leader on global warming. (Original Post)
think
Jun 2015
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Vattel
(9,289 posts)1. Yes, but when he talks about global warming, he isn't talking about social justice issues,
which shows that he doesn't really care about social justice issues.
think
(11,641 posts)2. Yep, he appears to be a single issue candidate on many issues.
It just goes to show you he just doesn't care enough.....
SaranchaIsWaiting
(247 posts)3. '''a single issue candidate on many issues...'''
oh, thanks for that. It's beautiful in it's truth.
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)4. Right?
Well played. Well played indeed!
appalachiablue
(41,217 posts)5. K & R. Always on the right track and ahead of most. Go Bernie!
Feel the Bern!