Oppose further oil and gas drilling or exploration
We oppose further oil and gas drilling or exploration--especially in other countries, on our nation’s outer continental shelf, on our public lands, in the Rocky Mountains, and under the Great Lakes.
Source: 2008 Green Party Platform from 2008 Chicago Convention
, Jul 13, 2008
Commit to developing clean renewable energy technologies
We call for a Manhattan Project-level commitment to developing clean renewable energy technologies - technologies that do not create pollution in the course of generating electricity. These can include wind, solar (including solar thermal
and concentrating solar), ocean power, geothermal, and small-scale hydro. Since even clean renewable energy can have negative environmental impacts, care must be taken to minimize such impacts.
Source: 2008 Green Party Platform from 2008 Chicago Convention
, Jul 13, 2008
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions now; more later
Greens believe the following are possible, if we are to make a start on protecting our global climate. It is imperative that we strive for no less:
An early target must still be set to prevent emissions rising so far that
future reductions become even more difficult.
Allowing sinks and trading within the protocol will create such loopholes that no real reductions will occur.
It is said that U.S. industries emit over 20% of greenhouse gases globally. As a nation,
we must implement public and private initiatives at every level to support the “GLOBAL CLIMATE TREATY” signed at the “Earth Summit” in 1992, committing industrial nations within a time framework to reducing emissions to 1990 levels.
GREENHOUSE GASES and the threat of GLOBAL WARMING must be addressed by the international community in concert, through international treaties and conventions, with the industrial nations at the forefront of this vital effort.
Source: Green Party Platform, at 2000 National Convention
, Jun 25, 2000
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