The OFF Fossil Fuels Act
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The OFF Act achieves this while creating thousands of job and promoting equity and justice by:
- Providing for a just transition with a focus on environmental and economic justice communities.
- Requiring 100% of electricity sold in the United States to come from clean energy by 2035, with an interim benchmark of 80% by 2027;
- Requiring 100% of car sales from manufacturers be zero-emission vehicles by 2035;
- Ending federal fossil fuel subsidies and putting a moratorium on new major fossil fuel projects.
- Placing a tax on offshore corporate income to help fund the renewable energy revolution;
- Requiring elimination of fossil fuels without allowing for interim marketplace avoidance mechanisms like cap and trade that have proven ineffective in significantly reducing emissions
Download and read the text of The OFF Fossil Fuels Act...
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https://gabbard.house.gov/OffAct
https://www.offfossilfuels.org/off-act/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3671
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-wQZ36cQJH1MHSiA-7Bjz4FLm48Qwrh_Jfbh4L2-Ank/edit
February 11, 2019:
"I'm still reviewing the Green New Deal. I think there are some positive aspects to it. There's a lot that's vague and that's not clear. As I'm sifting through it I'm trying to figure out exactly what is included and what's not included. There are some areas of concern. Nuclear power is an issue that's not addressed or mentioned in the resolution, nor is fracking. There are some other things I'm concerned about. The idea of creating make-work jobs in the federal government is something that I think is a problematic concept that has failed in other countries. I think there are other ways to be able to try to empower people and lift them out of poverty that I think we should be considering. I'm researching and looking into a concept like the universal basic income, for example, as a possible route to take as we seek to address the income inequality and large number of people who are living in poverty and struggling, working full-time jobs every day and still not able to take care of themselves and their families."
"I'm still reviewing the Green New Deal. I think there are some positive aspects to it. There's a lot that's vague and that's not clear. As I'm sifting through it I'm trying to figure out exactly what is included and what's not included. There are some areas of concern. Nuclear power is an issue that's not addressed or mentioned in the resolution, nor is fracking. There are some other things I'm concerned about. The idea of creating make-work jobs in the federal government is something that I think is a problematic concept that has failed in other countries. I think there are other ways to be able to try to empower people and lift them out of poverty that I think we should be considering. I'm researching and looking into a concept like the universal basic income, for example, as a possible route to take as we seek to address the income inequality and large number of people who are living in poverty and struggling, working full-time jobs every day and still not able to take care of themselves and their families."
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