Bernie Sanders to charter private jet to campaign in Iowa during impeachment

[DanTex]

100. What does a 90s dispute about where to put nuclear waste have to do with the Green New Deal?

The GND, drilling, fracking, Keystone XL, fossil fuel subsidies, clean air and water, across the board he's been stronger on climate and environment than anyone in the field (Steyer maybe, but he doesn't have a record).

There's a reason why Bernie is the candidate of the left, and that's because his views and record are actually to the left of the more centrist candidates. That includes on the environment. It's not surprising that he's been more pro-environment and that his proposals are more aggressive. That can be a good or bad thing -- not all voters are leftists, even in the primary. And there are arguments that can and have been made against his aggressive environmentalism, like fracking for natural gas is a transition source of energy, or his version of GND would cost too much, or whatever.

But trying to argue that he's not as strong on the environment as more centrist pols like Pelosi or Biden just doesn't make sense.