From Bill
McKibben:
Last night's (actually
longer ago than that) Democratic
debate was a disappointment for anyone who cares about the future of our
planet. After an historic climate summit in Paris
It's too bad, because
Bernie’s new climate plan is the kind of deep, powerful plan we really need. I hope that you’ll sign on to support
it.
It gets us started
fast — 40% reductions in carbon emissions by 2030 would put the country and the
world on a new pathway.
Bernie’s plan would
create ten million jobs — and make sure that they’re shared with those
communities that usually get left out of our economic booms.
But here’s what’s
really important: Bernie’s climate plan comes with unique credibility. Because
he’s worked hard for change when it wasn’t popular or easy. I know this because
he’s a fellow Vermonter who I’ve watched for decades. And I know it in my bones
because, in the early days of the fight against the Keystone Pipeline, he was
almost the only person on Capitol Hill who signed on to help with the fight. He
was dogged, and sometimes he was grumpy, and he never let up.
That’s the spirit
we’re going to need going forward. As the revelations of the last few weeks
have made clear, the biggest and richest of the oil companies, Exxon, knew
everything there was to know about climate change decades ago, and yet helped
spread the disinformation and deceit that have held back progress for a
quarter-century.
To stand up to that
kind of power requires backbone and passionate commitment. And it requires a
leader who can mobilize a movement.
When we talk about
alternative energy, there’s solar, and there’s wind. And there’s Bernie
Sanders.
In solidarity,
Bill McKibben
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