Posted on 12/07/2020 6:17:16 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - U.S. environmental groups that poured money and effort behind Democrat Joe Biden’s successful run for president are shifting to a new more adversarial role now that he has been elected, launching a pressure campaign to make sure he delivers on his promises to fight climate change.
The dynamic reflects a return to influence for environmental advocacy groups after four years in which they were shut out by the administration of President Donald Trump, a climate skeptic who crafted policies to maximize U.S. fossil fuel development with the help of industry.
While Biden united a range of groups from youth activists to labor unions behind his presidential campaign, he has already become the target of some green groups for considering cabinet picks with ties to fossil fuels. He will be under constant pressure in office to move fast on his environmental agenda - potentially more than ex-President Barack Obama was during his tenure.
“The honeymoon ended at the altar when the networks pronounced Biden president-elect,” said Jamie Henn, director of environmental group 350.org’s Fossil Free Media, which opposes the fossil fuel industry. “It’s Biden’s call if he wants that pressure with him or against him.”
Nat Keohane, senior vice president for climate at the Environmental Defense Action Fund and a former special assistant to Obama, said Biden could face even more scrutiny than Obama, who was regularly criticized by green groups for not acting urgently enough on climate.
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They might want to wait till Joek is the presidunce first...
“whoops I carped my pants”
WATERMELONS.
Wise up, you green idiots.
The election is over. They already cashed all the checks you sent them, and they won’t be needing your vote anytime soon.
THEY are in charge, not you. If you raise a stink, they’ll just have to find room in the cattle cars for you too.
This was always about power, not the environment. Shut up and pull the wagon!
The communists are going to be all over Wimpy Joe like stink on crap. The boy is in over his demented head. America’s first PUPPET PRESIDENT.
Honeymoon is over? How stupid is that...Biden has yet to even win anything.
Joe Joe cannot take much pressure. If the lefties continue to place pressure on him, he’ll have an aneurism.
“The honeymoon ended at the altar when the networks pronounced Biden president-elect,”
Yeah, they don’t get to pick the winner. That’s not how it works.
Come on, Man! You have to pay just like anybody else.
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