1/2/2024 0 Comments Living earth joe danielsSo I think the future of our democracy and the future of the planet itself really depends on this election.ĭOERING: On Super Tuesday, Joe Biden was the preferred candidate among voters who said climate change was the most important issue to them, according to a Washington Post analysis of exit polls. And the reality is, we have to really get serious about that, and I believe that all of the Dem candidates can do that, but Joe Biden uniquely has the best shot of winning. ROBERT: When it comes to climate, we’re not gonna make it with another four years with Trump, and it’s very very scary. (Photo: Official White House Photo, Pete Souza) President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden speak with CEO of Namaste Solar Electric, Inc., Blake Jones, while looking at solar panels at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, Colorado. Thirty or so campaigners had gathered on a cold and windy overpass of the Mass Pike on the eve of Super Tuesday. In Massachusetts, where the former Vice President barely campaigned, I found a surprising amount of support for him just before election day. Still, Democrats concerned about the environment give Joe Biden credit for his record on the climate. And a number of regulatory moves it made late in its second term have been rolled back by the Trump Administration. But in 2009 the Obama-Biden White House had missed a key opportunity to put a price on carbon and make a success of the climate change summit in Copenhagen. When Joe Biden served in the Obama Administration as Vice President, he was part of the team that got the 2015 Paris Climate Accord over the finish line. Back in the 1980s as a Senator from Delaware, he introduced some of the earliest climate legislation and became known for his daily Amtrak commutes between DC and home. We covered the Sanders climate platform in an earlier broadcast, and today we’re taking a closer look at Joe Biden’s. The Democratic presidential primary race has narrowed to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden. CURWOOD: From PRX and the Jennifer and Ted Stanley Studios at the University of Massachusetts Boston… this is Living on Earth, I’m Steve Curwood.
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