Gary Swing is the resident expert for the New Progressive Alliance on the need for election reform and wrote the below article. He has run as a third party candidate and been endorsed by the New Progressive Alliance many times.

The guest writer is Kim Swift who said, “The stark reality of the possibility of nuclear war has motivated me to write the following.”  

Banks are massively financing fossil fuels. 

2022 Annual Report

2021 Annual Report

(See https://rmi.org/insight/peak-fossil-fuel-demand-for-electricity/ for above graph.)

(See reference 386 for source of above graph.)

There is no scientific barrier that restricts 100% use of renewable energy. There is nothing preventing greatly expanding the use of renewable energy. This is not theory; it has been accomplished in other countries.

Standing out as a danger is the complete failure to protect our county's aquifers which endangers our water supply.

We are giving a huge pass for the great expansion of unsafe fossil fuel transportation with pipelines, trains, ships, and trucks. For pipeline leaks alone see List of pipeline accidents in the United States in the 21st century.

One reason the poor bear the biggest burden of pollution is because the toxic pollution is dumped near where the poor and disadvantaged live.

The cumulative bad effects of plastics are often overlooked.