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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
Fri Dec 20, 2019, 06:29 PM Dec 2019

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 harm’s 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. It’s an expensive proposition to relocate them, and we don’t 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. We’re already doing it,” he said. “Part of my plans literally call for moving people to higher ground because that’s 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 OP
Recommended. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #1
I need to read / hear more about thorium reactors redqueen Dec 2019 #4
Again Sherman A1 Dec 2019 #2
Truly. redqueen Dec 2019 #5
There is a good reason North America remained sparsely occupied at140 Dec 2019 #3
 

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
1. Recommended.
Fri Dec 20, 2019, 06:32 PM
Dec 2019

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.

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redqueen

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4. I need to read / hear more about thorium reactors
Fri Dec 20, 2019, 07:29 PM
Dec 2019
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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
2. Again
Fri Dec 20, 2019, 06:32 PM
Dec 2019

He is simply 3 steps ahead of everyone else that is running.

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redqueen

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5. Truly.
Fri Dec 20, 2019, 07:30 PM
Dec 2019

And more and more people are noticing

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at140

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3. There is a good reason North America remained sparsely occupied
Fri Dec 20, 2019, 06:44 PM
Dec 2019

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.

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