New Energy Gets Into The November Race
Midterm Primaries: Clean Energy Advocates Secure Nominations
Lorraine Chow, August 15, 2018 (EcoWatch)
“…[E]nvironmental advocates were relieved to see a number of climate champions emerge from Tuesday's midterm primaries…A number of high-profile winners even signed the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge…which demands politicians and their campaigns not accept contributions over $200 from the PACs, executives or front groups of oil, gas, or coal companies…[Signatories among the pledge’s 200 signers who won primaries include] Ilhan Omar, who is poised to be one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress after winning the Democratic primary in Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District…Randy "IronStache" Bryce, who is seeking to fill House Speaker Paul Ryan's Wisconsin district seat…Vermont Democrat Christine Hallquist, a former energy company executive, became the first transgender candidate to be nominated for a governorship…U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, who won the Democratic nomination for Minnesota attorney general…Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who won Vermont's Democratic Senate primary…Climate policy has emerged as a divisive issue between the Democratic Party's progressive wing, which is urging a speedy transition to 100 percent renewable energy, versus those who are sympathetic to labor groups…Two months after the Democratic National Committee unanimously prohibited donations from fossil fuel companies, the committee voted 30-2…on a resolution that critics say effectively reverses the ban…” click here for more
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