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Graham Platner: “We have to get off fossil fuels, and we have to do it in a…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Graham Platner Speaks to PACKED Augusta Crowd

Published | Video Starts at 29:15

For that reason, we need a new War Powers act that claws back all the power that Congress has abdicated for decades to the Executive. We need to look at our future and how we use energy. We have to get off fossil fuels, and we have to do it in a way that is not just going to prioritize corporate profits. We need industrial planning around our energy grid in this country. And when we build it, it needs to be built with union labor. These things are a necessity for our future. (29:15–29:24)

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Asserts the need to transition from fossil fuels without prioritizing corporate profits.

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