2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton shares what David Roberts has identified as Obama’s split personality on climate change...
tackling it aggressively on the consumption side but continuing to boost fossil fuel supplies. Thats not as bad as the science deniers on the Republican side, or the climate curmudgeonliness of likely Democratic candidate Jim Webb. But its also not quite the climate hawkishness we need.
5. She promoted fracking abroad while secretary of state. Clinton encouraged developing countries to sign deals with American fossil fuel companies to extract their shale gas through fracking. This is consistent with Obamas fondness for touting natural gas as a lower-carbon bridge fuel to help us move from coal to renewables. Mariah Blake of Mother Jones did a deep dive from last year that found, Under her leadership, the State Department worked closely with energy companies to spread fracking around the glob part of a broader push to fight climate change, boost global energy supply, and undercut the power of adversaries such as Russia that use their energy resources as a cudgel. But environmental groups fear that exporting fracking, which has been linked to drinking-water contamination and earthquakes at home, could wreak havoc in countries with scant environmental regulation. And according to interviews, diplomatic cables, and other documents obtained by Mother Jones, American officials some with deep ties to industry also helped US firms clinch potentially lucrative shale concessions overseas, raising troubling questions about whose interests the program actually serves.
6. Her familys charitable foundation takes lots of oil money. Big oil companies like ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips have given millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation, as have Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich nations in the Middle East. Thursday brought the latest exposé on this issue from the International Business Times, which reports on donations from Pacific Rubiales, a Canadian oil company accused of human rights violations in Colombia. Pacific Rubiales founder, Frank Giustra, now sits on the Clinton Foundations board. IBT reports, After millions of dollars were pledged by the oil company to the Clinton Foundation supplemented by millions more from Giustra himself Secretary Clinton abruptly changed her position on the controversial US-Colombia trade pact. Having opposed the deal as a bad one for labor rights back when she was a presidential candidate in 2008, she now promoted it, calling it strongly in the interests of both Colombia and the United States.' A cynic would say oil companies are buying influence with the Clintons without being subject to campaign finance laws. A Clinton defender would point out that the foundation gives away this money, it isnt going into Hillary Clintons pocket or her campaign account.
7. She has supported offshore oil drilling. In 2006, Clinton sided with Republicans and against climate hawks like Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) by voting in favor of a bill opening new Gulf Coast areas to offshore oil drilling. Obama has opened up many areas for offshore oil drilling, and its possible Clinton would do the same.
8. She avoids saying anything about Keystone XL. Even when asked directly about it, Clinton just refuses to answer. In January she told a Canadian audience, You wont get me to talk about Keystone because I have steadily made clear that Im not going to express an opinion. This, in fairness, may simply reflect her understandable concern that as a former secretary of state she should not take a position on an issue currently under review by her successor. Its also a tough issue for her, though, as it pits environmentalists and climate hawks against Democratic-leaning construction unions and most independent voters who favor more oil production in North America.
http://billmoyers.com/2015/04/15/heres-hillary-clinton-presidency-mean-global-warming/
villager
(26,001 posts)...perspective, or judgment.
No matter how many "gotcha" lines one posts on the interwebs, in support of their candidate.
If there's anyone around to have such a perspective, that is.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Incrementalism and status quo are not the solutions we desperately need in our 11th hour.
We need fierce, muscular leadership on climate change. From Day 1 in office. That's Bernie, not Hillary Fracking Clinton.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)her stance on the issue of climate change or her dishonesty in dealing with these issues.