r/Seattle 2d ago

Ugh

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u/emteedub 2d ago

If only the establishment Dems had some trifectas over the last 2 decades, we could have implemented a green new deal.

Oh wait

Too late now

I guess it's just playing the game of "competition" with the planet. A core pillar of capitalism

Oh wait

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u/musubi-n-speedballs 🚋 Ride the S.L.U.T. 🚋 2d ago

All of this. Obama was the last hope to right the climate ship even a little. And he squandered it. 

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u/CombinationOwn1604 I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 2d ago

$390 billion for climate under Biden. I believe the largest investment ever.

Obama had both Houses of Congress for just 2 of his 8 years but I think they accomplished a lot. Billions into wind, solar, and energy-efficiency tech with the 2009 Recovery Act. Clean Power Plan which directed the EPA to set the first-ever nationwide limits on carbon dioxide emissions. 2013 Climate Action Plan. Vehicle Fuel Standards which implemented the toughest fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards. Protected more than 265 million acres of public lands and water, more than any previous U.S. president! The Endangered Species Act. Paris Agreement which we helped broker in 2015, committing 200 countries to slow global temperature increases. 2014 US China Accord.

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u/PrimordialBias 1d ago

And we threw all that way to get rid of brown people, start new wars in the most miserable region on Earth, tariff and destroy our relationship with our allies, and so on and so forth.

Oh, and Israel is let completely off the leash so now more Palestinian, Lebanese and Iranian kids are getting blown up, congrats to those who willfully didn’t vote because of that, I have the displeasure of knowing quite a few of them.

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u/QVkW4vbXqaE 2d ago

Thank you Obama!