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Andrew Yang has a good answer for one of the toughest climate change questions
Climate change is already forcing people to move. Yang has a plan for getting them out of harms way.
Almost every 2020 Democratic contender for president has put out a plan for how they will tackle climate change. Some of these plans are quite robust and thorough, dealing with how to transition the economy to cleaner energy, invest in new technologies, and help fossil fuel workers who might lose their jobs in the process.
But few have addressed one of the thorniest challenges of climate change: the fact that many Americans are being or will be forced out of their homes because of severe flooding, wildfires, or other events exacerbated by warming. Its an expensive proposition to relocate them, and we dont have a good track record of getting it right.
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Entrepreneur Andrew Yang was the only candidate to take it head on. First, we should obviously be paying to relocate Americans away from places that are hit by climate change. Were already doing it, he said. Part of my plans literally call for moving people to higher ground because thats what we need to do.
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https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/12/20/21030970/democratic-debate-andrew-yang-climate-change
Almost every 2020 Democratic contender for president has put out a plan for how they will tackle climate change. Some of these plans are quite robust and thorough, dealing with how to transition the economy to cleaner energy, invest in new technologies, and help fossil fuel workers who might lose their jobs in the process.
But few have addressed one of the thorniest challenges of climate change: the fact that many Americans are being or will be forced out of their homes because of severe flooding, wildfires, or other events exacerbated by warming. Its an expensive proposition to relocate them, and we dont have a good track record of getting it right.
...
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang was the only candidate to take it head on. First, we should obviously be paying to relocate Americans away from places that are hit by climate change. Were already doing it, he said. Part of my plans literally call for moving people to higher ground because thats what we need to do.
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https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/12/20/21030970/democratic-debate-andrew-yang-climate-change
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Andrew Yang has a good answer for one of the toughest climate change questions (Original Post)
redqueen
Dec 2019
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guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. Recommended.
And in my opinion, a Green New Deal is also an essential part of the solution. Assuming, of course, that there is time for a solution.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redqueen
(115,103 posts)4. I need to read / hear more about thorium reactors
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)2. Again
He is simply 3 steps ahead of everyone else that is running.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
redqueen
(115,103 posts)5. Truly.
And more and more people are noticing
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
at140
(6,110 posts)3. There is a good reason North America remained sparsely occupied
until Columbus discovered it in the 15th century.
Every year we have tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, sand storms, high winds, droughts, etc.
Europe and Asia do not have anywhere so many problems in one country and so often even in this era.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided