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President Michael Bloomberg? A Run Would Juice Climate Action
by Stacy Feldman - Nov 30th, 2007
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No, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hasn’t announced his candidacy for '08 (or any vice-presidential aspirations for that matter). Not yet. But he has been doing some out of the ordinary globetrotting as of late. And he’s set to speak at the UN’s global warming conference in Bali, where nations are assembling to hash out a follow-up accord to the Kyoto Protocol.
In the face of continued resistance from the Bush administration to assume any kind of global leadership on climate (and less than riveting positions from most candidates, as well a toothless Democratic majority in Congress), Bloomberg is an enormous breath of fresh and fearless air.
Which is precisely why SolveClimate has added Mayor Bloomberg to its Policy Tracker. The tracker assesses presidential candidates on their climate merits alone.
As you'll see, we think this (un)candidate would be a most welcome addition to the race. He needs no one else's money and he'd certainly put pressure on whoever the Democratic candidate turns out to be -- not to rush headlong to the center to get elected and abandon meaningful climate action.
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