Will Democrats Get It Right on Climate Before It's Too Late?

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Will Democrats Get It Right on Climate Before It's Too Late?
Deirdre Fulton
Common Dreams

"The Democrats are not just in a race with Donald Trump," notes an email on Thursday from grassroots environmental group 350 Action, "they're in a race against time to save our communities from catastrophic climate change. If they allow big oil to frack our communities, or drill for more oil in the Gulf, or to sue governments to wreck the planet—they are not serious about climate science."

As it stands in its final draft form, the platform falls short in several key ways, according to the group:

- It does not take a stand against fracking.
- It does not ask that new fossil fuel projects receive the same climate test that Keystone XL did.
- It does not take a stand against the Trans Pacific Partnership.
- It allows new and expanded oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, despite calling for a ban off other coasts.

Regardless of how the final platform shapes up, that movement will be out in force the day before the Democratic National Convention begins, when thousands are expected to gather at the March for a Clean Energy Revolution in Philadelphia.

Even before that, "climate emergency demonstrators" will stage actions across the U.S. on Sunday, "demanding the abolition of carbon gradualism and an immediate WWII-scale mobilization that eliminates America’s net greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and restores a stable, pre-industrial climate for humanity," according to organizers at the green group Climate Mobilization.

[arcane1]

1. No, they will not. Too much money on the wrong side n/t

[Kelvin Mace]

2. Nope

I would explain why, but you know, it's risky to point these things out.

[glennward]

3. Well, they can't do it by themselves. nt