California billionaire Tom Steyer has pledged at least $25 million to a campaign aimed at getting millennials to vote for political candidates who care about climate and energy issues. The number of registered Millennials has TRIPLED since 2008. https://t.co/qEyD7eW8Mh pic.twitter.com/L2Vo1JQ9e7 — NextGen America 🗳✨ (@NextGenAmerica) April 25, 2016 “Today, over 80 percent of young voters prefer candidates who offer […]
During last night’s Democratic debate at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a site that was flooded by Hurricane Sandy, presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton displayed the fiercest exchange around climate change yet. 2nd most-Tweeted moment for #DemDebate: Clinton & Sanders disagree on environmental policy plans https://t.co/XMkmrvpApI — TwitterGov (@TwitterGov) April 15, 2016 “The movement […]
1. Sanders linked climate change to national security in a national discussion on terrorism. In the first Democratic debate following the Paris attacks, CBS moderator John Dickerson of “Face the Nation” questioned Bernie Sanders about his plans to rid the planet of ISIL. Photo credit: Boise State Digital Content / Flickr “In the previous debate […]
Though you wouldn’t know it by tuning in to mainstream media, more than 600 people have been arrested in the nation’s capital since Monday as part of Democracy Spring, the mass civil disobedience campaign aimed at getting big money out of politics, restoring voting rights and reviving democracy. The fight against dirty energy money comes […]
Bernie Sanders doubled down on his stance on fracking ahead of the New York primary this week, advocating for a nationwide ban with a new campaign advertisement and a speech in upstate New York. Sanders pointedly criticized Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for her stance on fracking and other environmental issues and his ad once again […]
Vowing that this is “just the beginning,” more than 400 people were arrested on Monday for holding a massive sit-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, protesting the influence of Big Money on the political system. The actions today dovetail into a series of rallies, teach-ins and direct actions dubbed Democracy […]
Yesterday afternoon, in an old vaudeville music hall in downtown Kingston, New York, Bernie Sanders‘ campaign held a rally “for clean energy and safe climate” to build support for the presidential candidate and mobilize the Hudson Valley, Catskills and Southern Tier to fight climate change in advance of New York’s Democratic primary election on April […]
According to a new report by Greenpeace, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting her have received $138,400 from fossil fuel lobbyists and $1,327,210 from bundlers, totaling more than $4.5 million from lobbyists, bundlers and large donors connected the fossil fuel industry. Clinton maintains that she’s received only about $330,000 from individuals who work […]
Many pundits were caught off-guard by the transpartisan fury over America’s trade policy rocking the presidential primary season. But it’s no surprise to me. I grew up in a working class family in Kenosha, Wisconsin. So I know why Americans have had enough of shiny promises, job-killing trade deals and Wall Street bailouts that propel […]
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