11.2 million. That’s the number of American citizens who rank climate change as their top issue but didn’t vote in the 2024 election, according to research by the Environmental Voter Project. For context, Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024 by less than 2.3 million votes. For a little over a decade, EVP has been [...]Read More... from If So Many Americans Care About Climate, Why Don’t They Vote Like It?
I think the current problem is that the politicians who believe in implementing them don’t have the numbers to actually do so, and voter apathy gets in the way of achieving those numbers. There’s been a ton of climate policy over the years, it’s just that for the last couple decades the party that pretends climate change doesn’t exist has been stonewalling climate policy because it would hurt corporate profits.
Except Trump is implementing his platform, he’s trying to sell off public land, destroy forests, and he’s already gutted the EPA and many renewable energy programs.
So you can make up any excuse you want, anyone who cares about the environment and sat out 2024 is responsible for the backslide.
No you’re all just trying to convince everyone the entire democratic party is as bad as Trump which is a braindead asshole take but it’s all fuckin over this thread. All you assholes staying home next month means you support maga.
Biden forced rail-workers - who were striking for safer conditions - back to work. Less than a year later, a train derailment caused a massive chemical spill is Palestine, Ohio.
Bernie led that charge at the last minute, and it still ignored every other demand they had. Notably, the ones that would have made train derailments far less likely.
Not sure where you saw that but it’s actually central to the DNC platform.
Personally, I think this is more of a media diet issue. Climate policy isn’t very engagement-baitey so the Social media algorithms don’t push it.
Platforms are not the problem, the problem is that most politicians do not really believe in implementing them
I think the current problem is that the politicians who believe in implementing them don’t have the numbers to actually do so, and voter apathy gets in the way of achieving those numbers. There’s been a ton of climate policy over the years, it’s just that for the last couple decades the party that pretends climate change doesn’t exist has been stonewalling climate policy because it would hurt corporate profits.
Except Trump is implementing his platform, he’s trying to sell off public land, destroy forests, and he’s already gutted the EPA and many renewable energy programs.
So you can make up any excuse you want, anyone who cares about the environment and sat out 2024 is responsible for the backslide.
Nobody is defending Trump here
No you’re all just trying to convince everyone the entire democratic party is as bad as Trump which is a braindead asshole take but it’s all fuckin over this thread. All you assholes staying home next month means you support maga.
Keep lying cultist asshole
Biden forced rail-workers - who were striking for safer conditions - back to work. Less than a year later, a train derailment caused a massive chemical spill is Palestine, Ohio.
Everyone conveniently leaves out he got them more sick days, etc. weeks later.
Make your point but let’s at least involve all the facts.
Bernie led that charge at the last minute, and it still ignored every other demand they had. Notably, the ones that would have made train derailments far less likely.