Issue Position: The Environment

Issue Position

The science and research is simply indisputable. We have a worldwide environmental crisis on our hands, and it is manmade. Without immediate and drastic action, we will leave future generations a planet barely or totally uninhabitable.
Delaware is especially at risk regarding climate change. We are the lowest-lying state in the nation, making us uniquely susceptible to rising sea levels. We have some of the most beautiful and remarkable beaches on the East Coast, and they are increasingly in danger. We have a wonderful and cherished diversity of native plants and wildlife we must protect. We have decreasing air and water quality, which is unnecessary and unacceptable. We have a long-standing, proud Delaware agricultural industry adversely impacted more each year by climate change.
Nations around the world are proving you can institute bold change while growing the economy and jobs. Let us do the same, and let the First State lead by example! The various costs of failing to act decisively and immediately are incalculable--socially, financially, and morally.

Mandate that Delaware rely 100% on renewable energy, and be self-sustaining energy-wise, on a reasonable but aggressive time frame
Enact a carbon emissions tax or surcharge
Invest in electric vehicle infrastructure, and improved and expanded public transportation
Fully fund DNREC and hire a number of employees sufficient to perform its vital mission
Repeal the gutting of the Coastal Zone Act (CZA)
Examine and update our land use and zoning
Protect existing open space and increase it

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