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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Greenpeace rating of our candidates' environmental platforms [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)10. Seems reliable to me. Better than League of Conservation Voters.
The LCV is based on Congressional Record. Can't compare the candidates because some of them have no Congressional Record, and Biden's is so long, compared to others.
Greenpeace, OTOH, is going by their current stances, all being judged on the same categories.
But I think it's safe to say that they are all generally pro-environment. It is alarming that Biden scored so low, though. It could be his campaign isn't focusing on that yet, so hasn't firmed up his stances.
It also rates according to support for the Green New Deal, which I, a very strong pro-environmentalist, think is extreme and unrealistic. Or at least what I know about it.
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What is reliable is that Biden has the lowest League of Conservation Voters environmental scorecard
mtnsnake
Jun 2019
#5
Biden's LCV scorecard is definitely abysmal when compared to any other 2020 Democratic candidate
mtnsnake
Jun 2019
#22
This seems to score just two environmental positions - Fossil Fuels and the Green Deal.
Drunken Irishman
Jun 2019
#13
sometimes people are more about just bringing attention to themselves than actually getting
JI7
Jun 2019
#8
Um yes. Greenpeace analyzed their plans, past actions and public statements in detail.
JudyM
Jun 2019
#24
Both Warren and Biden came out with detailed plans last week. I'd like to know how their current
pnwmom
Jun 2019
#20
Well, you could look at Sanders' score for Biden's potential new score.
Cuthbert Allgood
Jun 2019
#30