Tom in the News — September 14, 2020

Tom continues to push for climate action and tell it like it is — we’re living the climate crisis right now.

Fires rage through California and western states, burning the most acreage in history. And it’s not just the West — climate change is affecting temperatures and natural disasters across the country and around the globe. That’s why Tom has been speaking out and working to rally climate voters for Vice President Joe Biden and down-ballot candidates. Take a look.

Watch what Tom had to say and then share how the climate crisis has affected you by posting on social media with the hashtag #MyClimateReality.

• California Wildfires Proof of Climate Emergency: Tom Steyer — Bloomberg
  “It really was as if the sun never rose. There was so much ash in the air that at noon, it looked as if it were 10 o’clock at night. It was dark. Streets were lit by street lamps. And you could see that this was in some way a physical explanation that we’re in a climate emergency.” Watch more here.
• Who’s advising Joe Biden on climate? His former rivals. — Grist
  “This [Climate Engagement Advisory Council] is really about connecting the vice president to different parts of the climate community, letting him hear from them and also letting them hear what I heard during the campaign, which is how much he knows and how much he cares.” Read more here.
• Can Democrats hold on to this seat? — Raleigh News & Observer
  Tom is supporting climate champion NC House District 37 Sydney Batch. “North Carolina has traditionally been a swing state, and then in the last few years, it’s sort of dipped into this far-right, Republican mode. I’m really hoping that in 2020, we’re going to see North Carolina as a swing state with a much more progressive group of representatives across the board.” Read more here.
• Top green group aims record $100 million at defeating Trump and Republicans — The Washington Post
  Environmentalists are backing Joe Biden because his climate plan is exactly what we need. As Tom says, “The vice president is very passionate about this. He’s taken climate and done exactly what we’d hoped he’d done.” Read more here.
• Biden campaign: Tom Steyer, IBEW President Lonnie Stephenson, and central and western Wisconsin Workers discuss Build Back Better plan — WisPolitics
  “If you look at his Build Back Better plan, it is an aggressive and comprehensive reaction to our climate crisis. But more than that, it is a huge infrastructure job-creating plan for working people across America, at a time when unemployment is unacceptably high and we need good paid union jobs. And it’s also at its heart an environmental justice plan, one that deals with the high levels of unacceptable air pollution and water pollution, particularly in our underserved black and brown communities.” Read more here.