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Left activists are calling for Democrats to exclude the capture of nuclear weapons and carbon from climate protection legislation
by Abby Smith, Energy and Environment Reporter | | May 12, 2021
Left climate activists are stepping up opposition to top Democrats’ policies to promote nuclear and carbon sequestration, signaling a tough debate as the Biden government pushes emissions curb legislation in the energy sector.
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Jean Su, program director for energy equity at the Center for Biodiversity, said there is a prevailing narrative that 100% renewable energy is not feasible because there is not the political will to figure out how to get there.
“Nobody knows exactly how to get there yet because nobody tries,” said Su. “We actually have to try, and we try by setting very strict deadlines as close as possible to ourselves.”
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They say policies promoting technologies like nuclear and carbon capture, or allowing the continued operation of natural gas, damage the health of minorities and poorer regions the most as they continue to breathe air polluted through power plant chimneys, or in mining sites live close to toxins.
“If you want to get to the bottom of racism and inequalities, the tentacles in our energy system are very deep,” said Su. “And if you really want to address this in our energy system, you have to start at the core, which is stopping these fossil fuel systems altogether.”
Washington Examiner
“Nobody knows exactly how to get there yet because nobody tries. We actually have to try, and we try by setting very strict deadlines as close as possible to ourselves. “
Ms. Su doesn’t have to have seen much Star Trek …
“They will continue to live … near toxic mining sites …”
In contrast to living and dying in toxic mining locations?
Are these tech companies involved in human rights abuses committed by cobalt miners in the Congo?
The lawsuit alleges that “the young children who mine the defendants’ cobalt are not only forced to work full-time and extremely dangerous mining jobs at the expense of their education and future; They are regularly maimed and killed by tunnel collapses and other known cobalt mining hazards in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Dell and Tesla are believed to have assisted and facilitated the death and serious injury of the Claimant’s children who work in cobalt mines in the technology company’s supply chain.
Forbes
“If you want to get to the bottom of racism and inequalities, the tentacles in our energy system are very deep. And if you really want to address this in our energy system, you have to start at the core, which is stopping these fossil fuel installations altogether. “
Jean Su just received a Billy Madison Lifetime Achievement Award with a Ron White Cluster tailcoat.
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