~~PASSED UNANIMOUSLY NOVEMBER 7 2021~~
National Goal:
- The US will become net-zero by 2030
Financing:
- The US will cut its military budget by 75% and close overseas military bases
- Increase the top marginal tax rate to 90%
- End subsidies for the fossil fuel industry
- Establish Public Banking
Justice/International:
- The US will provide financial and technological aid to less developed countries to help them transition to zero emissions
- Ensure a just transition for impacted workers
- Expand labor rights & protections, including a right to organize
Agriculture:
- End subsidies for large agricultural corporations
- Incentivize local agriculture, permaculture, and agro-ecology
- Completely end the use of pesticides and GMOs
- End monocropping and factory farming
- Expansion of tree-planting programs
- Work toward soil restoration to sequester carbon
Energy:
- Massive expansion of renewable energy, especially distributed solar
- Shut down nuclear plants
- End uranium mining
- Prioritize just sourcing of renewable energy materials – recycling, seeking alternatives, impacts on local ecology, etc
- Nationalization of electric utilities
Transportation:
- Invest in greening transportation
- Incentivize EVs with emphasis on benefits flowing to lower income populations
- Ban internal combustion engine vehicle sales by 2025
Misc:
- Regulate plastic: end plastic manufacturing, transition to plant-based materials
- Goal is to find inexpensive alternative so that lower-income communities aren’t negatively impacted
- Cap police budget at 25% of city budget