Article snippet: Biden took questions from a group in New Castle, New Hampshire, Friday. One woman associated with the environmental group 350 New Hampshire Action, Rebecca Beaulieu, asked Biden how voters can trust him if he continues to associate himself with fossil fuel executives. “How can we trust that you’re going to act on climate — on the climate crisis — if you’re still attending fundraisers that fossil fuel executives are attending?” Beaulieu asked, according to the Daily Mail. Video shows Biden walking over to the woman, taking her hand, and making a solemn promise to “end fossil fuel … before 2050, God willing.” “Kiddo, I want you to just take a look. I want you to look into my eyes,” Biden began. “I guarantee you, I guarantee you, we are going to end fossil fuel, and I am not going to cooperate with them. Before 2050, God willing,” Biden continued, adding that 2030 is not a realistic goal: Beaulieu, 24, said she “wasn’t expecting” that kind of response from Biden and described it as “patronizing.” “Just a little patronizing, because I want to be an adult at the table when it comes to conversations about climate, and what we’re going to do about it, and I don’t want to be like someone who’s sitting on the sidelines waiting for other people to act,” she said, according to the Daily Mail. “I’m also like actively doing something to try to combat this climate crisis as it stands. Being called a kid is a little patronizing when I’m trying to do so much work,” she added. S... Link to the full article to read more
Joe Biden Promises Environmentalist: ‘We Are Going to End Fossil Fuel’
>