In all the drama over Biden, & all the mockery of Trump's unhinged (yet super-boring) convention speech, I haven't seen much attention to the language of climate politics during the Republican Convention.
But the GOP did unveil new climate propaganda, so let's take a look!
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More outrageous BS from producers who Don’t want to share the cost of disposing of their packaging leaving it all to You as a taxpayer. Food- groceries Existed before plastic & toxic packaging. Packaging Reduction act is crucial for our environment @PlasticsBeyond
.@CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins 32 municipalities, including @nycgov, want you to pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act with the inclusion of 50% reduction in packaging over 12 years THIS SESSION. They're waiting - please get the job done!
Hey climate activists!
There is still time to join former VP Al Gore and many other climate leaders in NYC for our Climate Reality Leadership Corps training on April 12-14! Apply for the training here: https://t.co/FudGUg8VVi
Good news! The Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act just passed the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee!!! Let's pass this bill (S4246b) before Earth Day, @AndreaSCousins#nyisnotdisposable
We gathered in Albany yesterday, over 300 strong, to say:
We want climate action, #CleanerHeatLowerBills, and #RenewableHeatNow!
@CarlHeastie: Stop forcing us to pay billions for new pipelines that are killing us and our planet.
Pass the #NYHEAT Act now! 🧵
📸: @KenSchles
All NYers deserve a cleaner, healthier future! 🌿
The NY HEAT Act cuts pollution & frees us from health burdens. It's a win for our environment & well-being.
@GovKathyHochul put #NYHEAT in the budget! #CleanerHeatLowerBills#RenewableHeatNow
All New Yorkers deserve 21st-century heating and cooling! 🌿@GovHochul, help to ensure a smooth, affordable transition away from health and planet harming fracked gas to more efficient, clean heat.
Put the #NYHEAT Act in the budget! #CleanerHeatLowerBills#RenewableHeatNow 🌎
As we suffer fossil fuel caused heatwaves and climate crisis, it is important to call out who is responsible. #HeatwaveChevron sucks. Divest from FF companies by going electric!
.@CarlHeastie , you missed our chance. The momentum was there to pass NY HEAT and the Climate Superfund. By not passing these bills, you've kicked the climate can down the road again - and we will all pay the price.
@SolagesNY After our friendly chat today, why did you let us down? Don't you know, bees are bad for extinction?
But nothing beats methane for speeding Extinction 4 All. Thank God @NYSA_Majority hasn't brought #NYHEAT for a vote yet.
Gas is good. Greed is good. National Greed is the best!
Without passing the #NYHEAT Act. It has 66 cosponsorships and the backdrop of climate crisis caused wildfires. If that is not enough to act what is? What do we need to do for Assembly leadership to allow your conference the right to vote? @RenewablHeatNow
@CarlHeastie @NYSA_Majority As the smoke clears in NY, let's not forget the ongoing devastation in Canada. One way to show support is to pass #NYHEAT to facilitate the transition away from fossil fuels. Call a vote on this critical, well supported bill! #RenewableHeatNow
@CarlHeastie With 66 cosponsors, passage in the Senate, tremendous grassrooots support, and a climate emergency in NYS this week, #NYHEAT deserves a floor vote. Give the people's representatives a chance to vote on this critical bill! #RenewableHeatNow
It is dispiriting that @CarlHeastie is prohibiting his members from voting on #NYHEAT which has 66 cosponsors from his conference. It also dispiriting that when the climate speaks to us as it has this week, we ignore it. Please let the Assembly vote. @RenewablHeatNow
Thousands of chemicals are used in plastics, many of them harmful to our health.
To protect people & the planet, we must address this problem.
An ambitious global plastics treaty is our best bet to #BeatPlasticPollution.
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