July 28, 2015
By Karl Mathiesen
Clinton’s first climate change policy pitch (click here) – for renewables to provide 33% of the nation’s electricity by 2027 – is bold, but the US must look beyond solar for a clean energy revolution
On Sunday, Hillary Clinton took a first swing at the many-headed carbon hydra. By the end of her first term, she said, the US would have seven times more solar energy capacity than it does today. And by 2027, renewable energy would supply a third of the nation’s electricity.
Clinton’s announcement, which the campaign said would be the first of many on climate change from the presidential hopeful, extends the carbon-saving ambition in a significant sector of the economy. Burning fossil fuels for electricity accounts for 31% of US greenhouse gas emissions. One estimate found Clinton’s 33% renewable target could slice another 4% off the US’s existing pledge to cut emissions by 26-28% by 2025.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Americas chief, Ethan Zindler, said the ambition was high, but within reach. “It appears to be on the upper end but it’s entirely doable given the rapidly improving economics of renewables generally and solar particularly.”...
One of the first policies Hillary Clinton carried from her campaign to potential voters was that of our source of energy and the future that included the well being of children's future.
Tonight on "All In with Chris Hayes" a spokesperson who claimed to be a part of the Fiorina campaign did nothing but complain about how Democrats didn't build reservoirs in California and that is why there is a drought. Amazing. A young woman can't even come to terms with the fact the entire planet named Earth has a problem. The entire planet and not simply California has a problem with drought, fires and danger to human lives.
A young woman could not find the deaths over the years due to the climate crisis as an important FACT to the future of energy.
President Obama has stood at the foot of what was once the terminus of glaciers only to realize how high the grass was growing. A young woman didn't care. She only wanted to complain and carry on as if her words were some kind of political truth that is profound for all to hear to change the course of energy in the USA.
A young woman didn't see the importance of the policies of Hillary Clinton, but, only wants to return to old ways and old thinking.
Hillary Clinton is finding a path forward to a brave new world with technology that will create jobs and sustainable lands for the USA.
The climate crisis is a tragedy. It has been allowed to grow and increase temperatures and drought the lands of the USA. There has been gross negligence of the lives of Americans and their deaths from danger due to the climate crisis. And yet, a young American woman can only see a political victory and completely disregards the fact that human beings are responsible for this tragedy of climate. She sees no responsibility for unwinding the danger or the damage.
There is a candidate for President that sees the future as the challenge that it is and she is dedicated to her policies. I look forward to the world Hillary Clinton has as a vision. It is incredible to realize she is the only candidate with such a vision with policies already written.
By Karl Mathiesen
Clinton’s first climate change policy pitch (click here) – for renewables to provide 33% of the nation’s electricity by 2027 – is bold, but the US must look beyond solar for a clean energy revolution
On Sunday, Hillary Clinton took a first swing at the many-headed carbon hydra. By the end of her first term, she said, the US would have seven times more solar energy capacity than it does today. And by 2027, renewable energy would supply a third of the nation’s electricity.
Clinton’s announcement, which the campaign said would be the first of many on climate change from the presidential hopeful, extends the carbon-saving ambition in a significant sector of the economy. Burning fossil fuels for electricity accounts for 31% of US greenhouse gas emissions. One estimate found Clinton’s 33% renewable target could slice another 4% off the US’s existing pledge to cut emissions by 26-28% by 2025.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Americas chief, Ethan Zindler, said the ambition was high, but within reach. “It appears to be on the upper end but it’s entirely doable given the rapidly improving economics of renewables generally and solar particularly.”...
One of the first policies Hillary Clinton carried from her campaign to potential voters was that of our source of energy and the future that included the well being of children's future.
Tonight on "All In with Chris Hayes" a spokesperson who claimed to be a part of the Fiorina campaign did nothing but complain about how Democrats didn't build reservoirs in California and that is why there is a drought. Amazing. A young woman can't even come to terms with the fact the entire planet named Earth has a problem. The entire planet and not simply California has a problem with drought, fires and danger to human lives.
A young woman could not find the deaths over the years due to the climate crisis as an important FACT to the future of energy.
President Obama has stood at the foot of what was once the terminus of glaciers only to realize how high the grass was growing. A young woman didn't care. She only wanted to complain and carry on as if her words were some kind of political truth that is profound for all to hear to change the course of energy in the USA.
A young woman didn't see the importance of the policies of Hillary Clinton, but, only wants to return to old ways and old thinking.
Hillary Clinton is finding a path forward to a brave new world with technology that will create jobs and sustainable lands for the USA.
The climate crisis is a tragedy. It has been allowed to grow and increase temperatures and drought the lands of the USA. There has been gross negligence of the lives of Americans and their deaths from danger due to the climate crisis. And yet, a young American woman can only see a political victory and completely disregards the fact that human beings are responsible for this tragedy of climate. She sees no responsibility for unwinding the danger or the damage.
There is a candidate for President that sees the future as the challenge that it is and she is dedicated to her policies. I look forward to the world Hillary Clinton has as a vision. It is incredible to realize she is the only candidate with such a vision with policies already written.
