U.S.: Presidential candidates on the climate crisis
Given that the U.S. uses so much of the world's resources and contributes so much to the climate crisis it is of great interest where the 2008 presidential candidates stand on the issues surrounding so-called global warming. Indy readers are probably already aware that the present Bush regime has the worst environmental record of any U.S. administration in the nation's history. The Republican party, which Bush represents, will attempt to continue that legacy if they once again take office (they literally "take" office by subverting the national election).
So, for the edification of Climate IMC readers here are the official positions of the two major candidates. (Naturally, the Green Party USA has much better positions on such issues, but they have absolutely no chance of winning the election):
The Republican presidential candidate, John McCain:
http://www.johnmccain.com/climatechange/?sid=google&t=climatechange&r=en...
The Republican Vice-president candidate, Sarah Palin (an acurate msm news article):
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/377955_palinenvir07.html
The Democratic presidential candidate, Barrack Obama:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/newenergy
OK, you decide. Which candidate will better address the pressing issue of the climate crisis? Given that all the above are hopeless capitalists, and that capitalism is deeply at the roots of planetary destruction, the choices are....how shall we say...limlted? Once again, it's the choice of the lesser of two evils in the Belly of the Beast.
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John McShame
McCain Ignores Environment and Climate Change in Acceptance Speech. Clean Air Canada, September 6, 2008. "In his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention Thursday night... John McCain mentioned climate change and global warming exactly zero times. He never even uttered the word 'environment'... The closest McCain got to the climate was in talking about energy: We'll produce more energy at home. We will drill new wells off-shore, and we'll drill them now. We'll drill them now. We'll -- we'll -- my friends, we'll build more nuclear power plants. We'll develop clean-coal technology. We'll increase the use of wind, tide, solar, and natural gas. We'll encourage the development and use of flex-fuel, hybrid and electric automobiles. Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power. But Americans know better than that. We must use all resources and develop all technologies necessary to rescue our economy from the damage caused by rising oil prices and restore the health of our planet."
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