Tom in the News — August 12, 2020
Tom penned an op-ed with environmentalist Bill McKibben on Big Oil’s demise and spoke with reporters on Biden’s VP pick and California’s economic recovery.
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2 min readAug 12, 2020
The oil and gas industry is at the point of no return, Tom and climate author Bill McKibben explained in an editorial this week. Plus, Tom weighed in on Vice President Biden’s running mate selection and endorsed Jaime Harrison of South Carolina for U.S. Senate. Check it out!
- 2030 Is the New 2050: The Oil Industry Begins to Unwind — Greentech Media
“At $40 a barrel, the spreadsheets of big oil bleed red; and the new, cheap green energy means that the eternal boom-bust cycles have probably seen their last real boom. A formerly cyclical business that could always rely on demand growth is now in secular decline, its destiny out of its control.” Read more here. - Tom Steyer shares enthusiastic support for Joe Biden — Fox News at Night
“When it comes to clean energy, he’s put forward a Build Back Better plan that addresses our need as a nation to move toward clean energy and rebuild the country… In addition, that clean energy program is a huge jobs program to put to work working people across this country at the time of the highest unemployment rates of anybody’s life.” Watch here. - The State of California: Tom Steyer — The State of California
“To have a robust recovery, we have to have the virus situation under control… We have to assume we’re living in a COVID world. And that means we’re going to have to assume going forward that the world we’re in now is going to be the world we’re in… so we can get back to a healthy world and a growing, positive economy, even under these circumstances.” Listen here. - Tom Steyer endorses Jaime Harrison in Senate Race — ABC News 4
“I’ve spent a lot of time in South Carolina. The lifelong residents I’ve talked to are all incredibly proud of their state. Lindsey Graham does an abysmal job of giving them something to be proud of. He’s kowtowed to the president’s every whim and tantrum, often at the expense of his own constituents. When people in Denmark, South Carolina who can’t drink the water and there’s only one candidate talking about environmental justice, the choice is simple. Jaime represents the best of South Carolina, and will do what’s best for South Carolina.” Read more here.
