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CNN: Kamala Harris pledged to prosecute oil companies over emissions

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by okeechobee, Oct 15, 2024.

  1. okeechobee

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    CNN — When Kamala Harris ran for president in 2019, she repeatedly warned oil companies they should be prepared to face hefty fines and even criminal prosecution under a future Harris administration for their role in contributing to climate change. Now, as the Democratic nominee, Harris is highlighting the country’s record oil and gas production. She rarely talks about climate change, and, despite having been a vigorous supporter of the Green New Deal, her campaign’s website is light on climate policy details.

    As a presidential candidate in 2019, Harris pledged to eliminate the filibuster in order to pass a Green New Deal, with strict deadlines for reducing fossil fuel use. She also signed a pledge to hold all future energy projects accountable to a “climate test” and promised to cancel two pipeline construction projects opposed by environmental activists. She pledged to ban fracking and signed on to niche environmental proposals such as banning plastic straws. And she ran numerous ads on Facebook touting her plans to “take on” the oil lobby and pass a Green New Deal.

    “You should be really prepared to look at a serious fine or be charged with a crime,” Harris said in November 2019 when a South Carolina town hall attendee asked whether she would investigate companies such as Chevron and Shell for their role in contributing to climate change.

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/15/politics/harris-oil-companies-emissions-kfile/index.html

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    And the beat goes on. Kudos to CNN for publishing her radical record. Prosecuting oil companies for emissions that could have contributed to climate change, but now she's good with fracking? Is there anything about her that is real?
     
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  2. wgbgator

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    Just another thing she's moved right on, thanks for pointing out what I/we already knew.
     
  3. Gatorrick22

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    Then come the gun manufacturers...

    Communists think they can just invent laws and create lawfare to get who and what they want. It's straight out of the U.S.S.R. playbook.
     
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  4. okeechobee

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    Yeah, at some point, even Harris voters are going to have to admit she clearly favors a heavy-handed state. The "prosecuting" talk is especially telling. But you know, at the same time, if that prisoner wants his sex change operation, @Gatorrick22 and @okeechobee are going to be forced to pay for it. This stuff is exactly how communists think.
     
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    There are many twitter posts with male AAs and female AAs already laughing at Kamala, and Obama stumping for her, saying that they're voting for Trump.
     
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  6. okeechobee

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    I believe he is poised to get the highest share of both African-American and Hispanic voters than any Republican has in a long time.
     
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