Here’s the topline: we’ve moved the needle a lot, especially on environmental justice and upping Biden's ambition. But there’s still more work to do to push Democrats to act at the scale of the climate crisis and towards the promise of a just society.
We are leaving these discussions with policies that, if implemented, will make Joe Biden’s climate agenda far more powerful, equitable, and urgent than where his plans were just weeks ago.
Entering the meetings, I had two main goals:

1) push Biden to increase his ambition considerably (timelines, benchmarks etc.) and

2) insist environmental and climate justice be at the heart of everything we do when combating the climate crisis.
B/c of our advocacy the Unity position is now to champion policies that will:

- Achieve 100% clean electricity by 2035
- Achieve 100% clean new buildings by 2030
- Set standards for 100% clean new vehicles as soon as possible

Previous policies centered around a 2050 date
A Biden Admin will enact a historic Climate Corps that employs young workers to stop the climate crisis and mandate that any worker in the new economy will be guaranteed the right to join a union, and the federal government will ensure green jobs meet labor and health standards.
The VP committed to ensuring environmental justice is at the heart of our climate policy agenda, directing federal funds to disadvantaged communities, ending pollution & toxic waste sites, and creating mitigation strategies and rebuilding from disaster in just and equitable ways.
Though imperfect, Joe Biden’s administration will work to ensure that the rights of Indigenous communities are protected, and pipelines like DAPL and KXL that are a threat to Indigenous sovereignty, land, and water never happen again.
While these are certainly victories, we’ll need to keep up the pressure to secure these wins, and push further. We couldn't achieve consensus around jobs or investment numbers. We’ll need to ensure the plans enacted in a Biden Admin (🤞) meet the scale and urgency of the moment.
The Biden campaign could and should go further on fossil fuels and specifically how we phase out all fossil fuels, with the knowledge that we had to stop burning oil and gas yesterday if staying below 1.5 or 2 degrees C of warming will be more than a pipe dream
For a full list of the policies check out this document - the first few pages are the DNC platform draft, and the list of policies is on page 42.

https://joebiden.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/UNITY-TASK-FORCE-RECOMMENDATIONS.pdf
All in all, I feel genuinely hopeful. Not because of a task force, or because of what I expect Biden to do or not do, but because of what our movement has already shifted and made possible. And THAT is thanks to all of you.
I'm grateful to have worked with progressive minds like @CathFlowers, @AOC, @ginanrdc, and others. I have learned so much from you and know our work has just begun together.
Let’s keep calling out for the world we deserve. Let’s defeat Trump and his white nationalist fossil fuel buddies this November.

Then, let’s take the first steps towards a Green New Deal for America.
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