29th February 2016, 8:13 AM
Climate change is the single most important issue facing our species (and several others). All others, from racism to economic inequality, pale in comparison to an extinction level event. That said, they do all tie into each other. Climate change is going to affect the poor and those otherwise oppressed by systemic prejudice long before it affects the wealthy and privileged. Look at the results of hurricane Katrina.
That said, I've heard surprisingly little from both Hillary and Sanders on climate change. They've both mentioned it, but it hasn't been a major pillar for either campaign. That said, the important question I have is which one of them is more likely to actually take action regarding it? In Obama's defense, late in his second term he's finally done something that might maybe possibly could help, sometime down the road. Scalia's death is very likely a good thing in the sense that the supreme court had taken the unprecedented step of basically telling a lower court to rule on a case that hadn't even been made yet. So, that action has probably stopped in it's tracks. I just hope Obama doesn't "meet the Republicans half way" and agree to nominate a republican just to keep them happy.
To be fair though, when the shoe was on the other foot, yes, the democrats did the EXACT same stalling tactic with Bush Jr.'s nominee.
That said, I've heard surprisingly little from both Hillary and Sanders on climate change. They've both mentioned it, but it hasn't been a major pillar for either campaign. That said, the important question I have is which one of them is more likely to actually take action regarding it? In Obama's defense, late in his second term he's finally done something that might maybe possibly could help, sometime down the road. Scalia's death is very likely a good thing in the sense that the supreme court had taken the unprecedented step of basically telling a lower court to rule on a case that hadn't even been made yet. So, that action has probably stopped in it's tracks. I just hope Obama doesn't "meet the Republicans half way" and agree to nominate a republican just to keep them happy.
To be fair though, when the shoe was on the other foot, yes, the democrats did the EXACT same stalling tactic with Bush Jr.'s nominee.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)