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Climate Change Solutions

1.  Strong International Climate Treaty The climate treaty reached in Paris in December, 2015 is inadequate to address the climate change crisis. The 195 nations involved pledged to reduce greenhouse gases. The pledges are not mandatory, however. The treaty does … Continue reading

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Climate Change

We need to stop runaway climate change, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 95% by 2030, over 1990 levels. Climate change is the gravest environmental, social and economic peril that humanity has ever met. Across the world, it … Continue reading

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Chemical and Biological Weapons

We urge our government to end all stockpiling of chemical and biological weapons and all research, use, and sale of such weapons; and sign the convention that will establish the decrease and inspection of all nations’ stockpiles of such weapons, … Continue reading

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Carbon Sequestration Using Ecological Restoration

Carbon Sequestration Using Ecological Restoration To stabilize the climate, limiting emissions is not enough; carbon must be removed from the atmosphere and sequestered in the ground. Ecological restoration is a valuable tool to achieve this and it will increase the … Continue reading

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Biological Diversity

Humanity must share the planet with all other species. Our continuing destruction of animal habitats threatens an ever-growing number of species with extinction. This not only deprives these species of their existence but will deprive future human generations of the … Continue reading

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Bankruptcy

Repeal the misnamed Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 in order to restore Chapter 7 bankruptcy as a viable final safety net for consumers caught by health crises, unaffordable mortgages, credit card debts and student loans. Source: … Continue reading

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Banking Reform

Greens will overhaul the financial industries to end their culture of impunity and to prevent them from committing fraud or malfeasance so severe as to drive our nation into a massive recession or depression. Since finance, banking, and insurance institutions … Continue reading

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Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF)

Our government does not have any moral or legal right, or any justification, to preemptively attack another nation. The only legitimate use of military force is to repel an actual attack on our nation. We demand that our government adhere … Continue reading

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Anti-Trust Enforcement

The Green Party supports strong and effectively enforced anti-trust regulation to counteract the concentration of economic power that imposes a severe toll on the economy. These problems need to be addressed. The anti-trust division of the Justice Department has had … Continue reading

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American Exceptionalism

The culture and nation state of the United States of America is founded on the egregious and forceful dispossession of others. You might even call it an earlier version of fascism – institutional dehumanization for private profit. A myth, or … Continue reading

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