Extreme Weather Disasters Archives - Change the Climate 2020

Elizabeth Warren
3/2/20

Warren in California

“It’s a very comprehensive plan,” Huerta said. “Farmworkers too often get ignored by politicians. We don’t think much about the people who pick the food on our tables.” Warren says climate change and wildfires threaten farmworkers, with only two states — California and Washington — requiring farmworkers to have access to shade and water. She pledged to move … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Warren, Agriculture, California, Climate Justice, Extreme Weather Disasters

Elizabeth Warren
3/2/20

Dignity for Farmworkers and Food Chain Workers

[Inlcuded in plan:] And as climate change continues to lead to more extreme weather – like hotter summers and drier winters – the danger of wildfires and heat stroke will only become worse. In California’s Sonoma County, for example, farmworkers went to work to save the grape harvest while wildfires burned nearby, breathing in dangerous … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Warren, Agriculture, Climate, Climate Justice, Extreme Weather Disasters

Bernie Sanders
Joe Biden
Tom Steyer
2/28/20

Sanders, Biden, Steyer discuss plans to help flood victims, reduce climate change effects

As some people in the Carolinas recover from flood damage almost four years later, we’re asking Democratic candidates for President how they would handle areas most vulnerable to potential effects of climate change.

WBTW

Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Tom Steyer, Climate, Extreme Weather Disasters, South Carolina

Bernie Sanders
2/23/20

Sanders in Texas

Speaking at the University of Houston on Sunday, the presidential hopeful did not shy from a string of harrowing events still fresh in Texans’ minds, using the city’s brush with devastating storms to shed light on climate change and the deadly shooting in El Paso to call for tougher gun control. “This state, maybe more … Continue reading

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Bernie Sanders, Climate, Extreme Weather Disasters, Texas

Elizabeth Warren
2/18/20

Elizabeth Warren
@ewarren

My heart goes out to all of those affected by historic flooding in Mississippi. This is one more example of the devastating effects of the climate crisis. We must act now so that severe flooding and extreme storms don’t become our new normal. https://t.co/5ppxKHbUlB

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Elizabeth Warren, Climate, Extreme Weather Disasters

Elizabeth Warren
2/16/20

Warren in Nevada

She also addressed the threat of wildfires in Nevada and California and the issue of climate change. “I will do everything a president can do all by herself on the first day,” Se. Warren said, “No new drilling, no new mining on federal lands, no new offshore drilling, backing the Paris climate accord.”

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Elizabeth Warren, Climate, Extreme Weather Disasters, International, Nevada

2/13/20

Energizing the Green vote: why climate change matters in Democratic Primary -- Chasing California 2020

In this episode of Chasing California 2020, we explored who the Green voters are and how they’re mobilizing and inspiring others to vote in the name of climate change.

ABC7 San Francisco

California, Clean Energy, Climate, Extreme Weather Disasters

Pete Buttigieg
2/3/20

Buttigieg on wildfires, housing, aging and greenhouse gas emissions

Ahead of California’s March 3 presidential primary election, we asked Democratic candidates to answer experts’ questions about issues facing the state.

Desert Sun

Pete Buttigieg, California, Clean Energy, Climate, Extreme Weather Disasters

Amy Klobuchar
2/3/20

Klobuchar on wildfires, housing, aging and greenhouse gas emssions

Ahead of California’s March 3 presidential primary election, we asked Democratic candidates to answer experts’ questions about issues facing the state.

Desert Sun

Amy Klobuchar, California, Clean Energy, Climate, Extreme Weather Disasters

Tom Steyer
2/3/20

Steyer on wildfires, housing, aging and greenhouse gas emissions

Ahead of California’s March 3 presidential primary election, we asked Democratic candidates to answer experts’ questions about issues facing the state.

Desert Sun

Tom Steyer, California, Clean Energy, Climate, Extreme Weather Disasters

Andrew Yang
2/3/20

Yang on wildfires, housing, aging and greenhouse gas emissions

Ahead of California’s March 3 presidential primary election, we asked Democratic candidates to answer experts’ questions about issues facing the state.

Desert Sun

Andrew Yang, California, Clean Energy, Climate, Extreme Weather Disasters

2/3/20

We asked presidential candidates: How should we confront California wildfires?

We asked candidates how they’d protect people and ecosystems from the threat of wildfires.

Desert Sun

California, Climate, Extreme Weather Disasters

Elizabeth Warren
2/3/20

Warren on wildfires, housing, aging and greenhouse gas emissions

Ahead of California’s March 3 presidential primary election, we asked Democratic candidates to answer experts’ questions about issues facing the state

Desert Sun

Elizabeth Warren, California, Clean Energy, Climate, Climate Justice, Extreme Weather Disasters

Elizabeth Warren
2/2/20

Warren in Iowa

”I believe in science.” An Australian visiting @ewarren’s campaign event in Iowa asked the 2020 candidate how she’d address climate change, using the #bushfires as an example https://t.co/kP6ZJlnPMt

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Elizabeth Warren, Climate, Extreme Weather Disasters, Iowa

2/2/20

In Flood-Ravaged Davenport, Iowa, Climate Is A Prime Issue For Some Voters

Davenport was devastated by 2019 floods in the Upper Mississippi. How are local business preparing for future floods, and what role does climate change play in their voting?

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Climate, Extreme Weather Disasters, Iowa

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