With A Bernie Sanders Candidacy, Clean Energy Technology Is Central To Policy Discussions
With a Sanders presidential candidacy, clean energy issues take center stage.
Bernie Sanders
Republican Tax Bill = $1 Trillion Lie That Will Bludgeon American Taxpayers
People are jumping with joy because the federal tax credit for electric vehicles and certain incentives for wind and solar power have not been eliminated by the so-called tax reform bill Republicans are ramrodding through Congress. But beware; the good news is far outweighed by the bad. American taxpayers will be hammered by this legislation. Here is a sampling of criticism about the bill from Bernie Sanders, Michael Bloomberg, and Robert Reich.
Bernie Sanders Appears On Colbert And Talks Climate Change
It’s no secret that Vermont senator and former Democratic presidential nominee Bernie Sanders is a man that likes to fight the good fight. He built an incredible campaign and motivated a huge number of people to become politically engaged by pushing a mandate focused on addressing inequalities of many kinds.
German Solar + Wind Record … Tesla Model 3 Book … Boring Machine + Electric…
Crazy week last week, eh? If you got a bit too caught up in Donald Trump’s shocking decision to fire FBI Director James Comey (because, apparently, Trump was sort of sick of seeing Comey discuss the FBI investigation into potential collusion between Trump’s campaign team and Russia), perhaps you missed some of our top stories.
Interestingly, the top story of the week got shared by Bernie Sanders on one of his Facebook pages (his US Senator page), but the big burst was thanks to a reader submitting it to reddit, where it rose to the top of the reddit homepage for quite a few people.
Democrats, This Is A Wakeup Call — You Better Fuckin’ Wake Up!
If Democrats, Greens, and Independents are disgusted at the result of the election, and super fearful of what is to come, that could lead to an unprecedented progressive movement. Donald Trump could have been a gift that indirectly produces more good than harm. But that means three things:
The Climate Policy Rift On The Left
For years, climate policy was a simple “Left” versus “Right” battle. On the Right, we had a long list of climate deniers, and on the Left, climate and clean energy policies. Congressional Republicans could be relied on to obstruct whatever climate and clean energy legislation Democrats proposed, from cap and trade to … [continued]
What World Climate Can Expect From US Presidential Choices
“This year, every vote is a vote for or against climate change,” says Nick Stockton on Wired.com. Citizens of the United States have to make a real choice about climate this year. Through their coming Presidential choices, the people will define the policies that represent our national will. Our votes in November may … [continued]
Are Clean Energy & Other Climate Solutions Next To Be #1 On Democratic Agenda?
Naturally, public presentations by politicians (including presidents, surprisingly) are carefully planned in order to not only make a stand-alone point or push an individual policy at the present moment. They are also geared toward framing future discussions and building up support for broader and deeper policy action on a topic. In … [continued]
A Presidential Candidates Pissing Match?
Originally published on the ECOreport. In the midst of what is probably the ugliest pre-election contests of recent memory, one of California’s best known solar companies has gotten into the act with a campaign of its own. For its “Who’s the Brightest Candidate?” campaign, Sungevity used its remote solar design software to calculate how much solar … [continued]
2 Tips For Hillary Clinton
Okay, let’s make the obvious explicit here: There’s no way CleanTechnica is going to support Donald Trump/Drumpf for president. He is apparently one of the remaining, extremely fringe, genuine global warming deniers out there, and he has been hating on wind power for years. There are other reasons to oppose his … [continued]
