Growing List of Organizations Join The DNC Environment & Climate Crisis Council In Demanding Bold And Aggressive Policies For Addressing The Climate Crisis In The 2020 DNC Platform
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A growing number of prominent environmental and Democratic Party organizations have signed on in early support of the DNC Council on the Environment and Climate Crisis’s new Policy Recommendations for the 2020 Democratic Party Platform, released last week.
The DNC Climate Council launched in February to push the Democratic Party to take bolder and more ambitious action to address the climate crisis and other environmental issues.
Since the release of the recommendations, a growing list of organizations have signed on in support, including:
350 Action
American Association for Community Psychiatry
Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund
Climate Hawks Vote
California Young Democrats
California Young Dems Rural Caucus
Dēmos Action
Earth Action, Inc.
Friends of the Earth Action
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Environmental Caucus
Oil Change U.S.
People’s Justice Council
Progressive Democrats of America
Sunrise NYC
Young Democrats of Michigan
Young Democrats of America Hispanic Caucus
See the full list of current supporters.
"We want the 2020 Democratic convention to adopt a transformative climate platform that ends the fossil fuel era and ensures a just transition to 100% clean energy while protecting workers and communities,” said Kassie Siegel, the Climate Director at Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund. “The DNC Environment and Climate Council's recommendations include critical steps that Vice President Biden should take immediately after moving into the White House, including declaring a climate emergency, halting new fossil fuel leasing and infrastructure, and detailing a plan for 100% clean energy by 2030."
“The outpouring of support for these recommendations has been overwhelming,” said Michelle Deatrick, the Chair of the DNC Council on the Environment and Climate Crisis. “What we’re seeing is a power coalition coming together to demand real, bold and aggressive solutions to the climate crisis. The truth is, this is not only good policy, it is good politics. We look forward to continuing to work with the Democratic Party and former Vice President Biden to ensure that these recommendations are included in the platform this summer.”
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