California’s climate cowardice | At the moment California should be accelerating its clean-energy transition, its leaders are surrendering to Big Oil.

https://tomsteyer.substack.com/p/californias-climate-cowardice

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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 29d

Well that’s primarily because Newsom and a good portion of the state legislature are neoliberal corporatist fuckwits.

Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 29d

And if you allow Newsom to become the '28 nominee you're going to get more of the same. Don't let anyone tell you different.

supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 29d (2 replies)

Out With The New, In With The New-som!

silence7@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 29d (1 reply)

It's a big problem that his successor is almost surely going to be Xavier Becerra who is very much in Big Oil's pocket

Octavio@piefed.social · 3 pts · 28d

That's a shame. Californians will need to organize and get active to remind him who he really works for.

DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 28d

Big oil aka boil.

Octavio@piefed.social · 4 pts · 28d

Oh, yah well if that guy could do any better why doesn't he just run for governor!

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jaykrown@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 28d

I still can't believe California got rid of its nuclear power, what fucking idiots.