Election day is coming up guys! November 3rd will be a huge day in determining what our future will look like. Scary isn't it? Funny how time flies. Just four year ago I bawled my eyes out when I found out that Trump actually won the US presidential election. I was truly scared for our future and I still am. I'm sure we all know by now that Trump doesn't care about the environment but what has he done specifically to destroy our planet and children's future? Trump has repeatedly denied that climate change is real. He does not believe in science. This is dangerous because as the US presidential figure, you hold a lot of power and influence. He has publicly stated that he believes climate change is a "hoax." As a president he has diminished the urgency and importance of our climate crises. He even appointed Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Trump also pulled out of the Paris Agreement as soon as he sat in office. The Paris Agreement is an important agreement to, "cut greenhouse gas emissions to keep global heating below 2C.” Here are just three out of the 100 things that Trump has done to weaken environmental protection in the US. He cut out the Clean Power Plan which would have put limits to how much carbon emissions coal and gas plants are allowed to emit . He also made oil and gas corporations exempt from reporting how much methane they emitted. He even cut out Obama's order to cut "greenhouse gas emissions by 40% over 10 years." One of the main reasons why Trump has went so hard on cutting out these regulations that protect the environment is because his campaign has been funded by big oil corporations. Oil pipeline billionaire Kelcy Warren raised $10m for the US president’s campaign. He donated $1.7 Million personally. Sadly there are only 2 presidential candidates to choose from. It's either Trump or Biden. To understand how the electoral college system works and why it's like this please watch: We're doing Elections Wrong on Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (seriously an amazing show). Here's what Biden is bringing to the table:
We still have hope! Please vote by going to vote.gov. Here you can figure out when you need to register to vote and how you can vote in your state. Below are some key states that are going to really be the deciding states on what our future will look like. So please if you have friends and family there please explain to them why protecting the environment and our future is so important. Please encourage them to vote this November.
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AuthorHi everyone, I’m Elizabeth! I am a Chinese American and Canadian environmental activist focused on creating awareness on environmental justice issues and tying them to fast fashion and our waste and climate change crisis. I’m very open about my mental health. I talk about these important topics on my platform Archives
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