Hillary Clinton's climate and energy policies, explained

[idlisambar]

"Media coverage of the Democratic primary has not shed much light on Hillary Clinton's proposals for climate change and clean energy policy.

But oh, she has proposals. Lots of them! I read the whitepapers. And I called the campaign to talk through some of the specifics and the broader political thinking that informs them.

Her plans haven't gotten much press — not as much as, say, her gaffe about coal miners — but they are exhaustive. In fact, they are quintessentially Clintonesque, rich with wonky detail, conversant with the policy levers available, and careful, always, to stay within the bounds of the politically possible (as she sees it)."

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http://www.vox.com/2016/5/9/11548354/hillary-clintons-climate-and-energy-policies-explained

[tonyt53]

1. And yet you bash a person that jumped into the fire from the frying pan

She went out into the public in WV. Bernie did as always and went to a college campus where he would be safe. A leader doesn't run from an adversary, and HRC did nothing of the sort. How'd Bernie handle that situation? Oh, that's right, he was playing it safe.

Energy policies go much further than most people can comprehend. Bernie and his supporters have no idea of that. Oh, and I did get to provide input about her policies and their directions last fall. Bernie was still playing college campuses where he was safe from reality.

[idlisambar]

2. What bashing are you referring to?

This article is almost purely informational, just laying out Hillary Clinton's energy and climate proposals.

[Nitram]

4. tony, for what it's worth, I thought the articvle was completely objective.

Do you think "Her plans...are exhaustive..they are rich with wonky detail, conversant with the policy levers available, and careful, always, to stay within the bounds of the politically possible" is a bad thing? I don't. that's what I want in a president.

[Katashi_itto]

5. Hyperventilate much?

[CBHagman]

3. To be fair, even the coal miner comment was taken out of context...

...which multiple media outlets have pointed out.

It's standard practice in politics to lift a quotation out of context for use in political ads, speeches, Sunday morning talk shows, and given the 24/7 news cycle, short attention spans, and short shrift, the spin becomes the accepted version of things when reality is something else entirely.

Here's the context for that quote.

[url]http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2016/03/13/full-rush-transcript-hillary-clinton-partcnn-tv-one-democratic-presidential-town-hall/[/url]

So for example, I'm the only candidate which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity using clean renewable energy as the key into coal country. Because we're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business, right, Tim (ph)?


And we're going to make it clear that we don't want to forget those people. Those people labored in those mines for generations, losing their health, often losing their lives to turn on our lights and power our factories.


Now we've got to move away from coal and all the other fossil fuels, but I don't want to move away from the people who did the best they could to produce the energy that we relied on.