Originally published at Facebook, Wednesday, June 19, 2019
All positions
Out of 24 candidates currently running for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination, most have already expressed positions on fracking and nuclear power that absolutely disqualify them. So scratch these people off your list:
Support nuclear power:
Michael Bennet (and supports only partial ban on offshore oil drilling)
Joe Biden (and supports
Cory Booker
Pete Buttigieg
John Delaney
Jay Inslee (so disappointing for a climate hawk, but he runs the most radiation-poisoned state)
Amy Klobuchar
Seth Moulton
Tim Ryan
Eric Swalwell
Andrew Yang
So that’s eleven you can scratch off. Still leaves 13 candidates.
Pro-fracking:
Steve Bullock
John Hickenlooper
Beto O’Rourke (also against banning offshore oil drilling)
Marianne Williamson (only supports
Four more to scratch off!
Nine left
Only TWO have come out against nuclear power and in support of the fracking ban. Other seven have an unknown position on one or the other
Julian Castro (unknown position on nuclear power or fracking)
Bill DeBlasio (unknown position on nuclear power. Supports fracking ban)
Tulsi Gabbard (against nuclear power and supports fracking ban)
Kirsten Gillibrand (against nuclear power. Unknown position on fracking)
Mike Gravel (against nuclear power. Unknown position on fracking)
Kamala Harris (against nuclear power. Unknown position on fracking)
Wayne Messam (unknown position on nuclear power or fracking)
Bernie Sanders (against nuclear power and supports fracking ban)
Elizabeth Warren (against nuclear power. Unknown position on fracking)