Green Party promotes Green New Deal: real action to curb global warming and end oil addiction, create new jobs in energy conservation, alternate energy development, and public transportation
Green Party leaders strongly criticized President Obama’s recent decisions on the controversial tar sands pipeline and EPA smog regulations, calling his support for the Keystone XL Pipeline and withdrawal of smog standards reckless and dangerous to public health and the environment.
More respiratory disease, more dependence on fossil fuels, more greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere — these will be the results of President Obama’s latest capitulations to the oil industry and Republicans. The President is trying to appease anti-regulation ideologues and climate-change deniers in the GOP and corporate lobbies that place profits ahead of public safety.
The Green Party noted that President Obama alone, without approval from Congress, has the power to approve or reject the tar sands pipeline from Alberta, Canada. Party leaders expressed admiration and gratitude to the protestors arrested during the White House demonstrations against approval of the tar sands pipeline (http://www.tarsandsaction.org).
Jill Stein
“The courageous actions at the White House represent the voice of conscience confronting the dark forces of environmental destruction,” said Jill Stein, co-chair of the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts (http://www.massgreens.org). “I am so proud to see that America has so many people willing to put themselves on the front line of the battle to save our future. This action is a defining moment. It is the point at which the environmental community stops accepting inaction and excuses, and starts insisting that our government do the right thing. That courage to speak up clearly and not be silenced is critical for starting to save our imperiled planet.“ Read more »
Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Ecology, energy, Environment, Global Warming, grassroots democracy, US Politics | Tagged: Alberta, Barack Obama, climate change, Environment, Keystone Pipeline, Oil sands, united states, White House | 8 Comments »
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