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It’s a strange plan, as it appears to be more about controlling farmers, the agriculture sector, and increasing taxes and fees

Inslee completes climate change policy proposals with plans aimed at agriculture

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee released a plan on Wednesday to enlist farmers and agriculture workers in combating climate change, completing the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate’s series of proposals aimed at making fighting a warming climate a central part of the federal government’s policies.

Inslee’s latest plan — titled “Growing Rural Prosperity” — ties revitalizing rural America and ending President Donald Trump’s trade wars together with incentivizing farmers to take steps that help remove carbon emissions from the atmosphere.

Inslee, who has staked his candidacy on combating climate change, has released a series of plans that tie different issuesfacing the United States — from the economy to foreign policy — to battling climate change. Wednesday’s plan is his sixth such proposal and, according to a senior aide, his final major climate policy rollout.

Surprisingly, he’s polling at 1% and didn’t even qualify for the Hotcoldwetdry townhall.

The latest proposal pledges to triple the budget for the Conservation Stewardship Program — which looks to help farmers conserve aspects of their land — to $3 billion. The governor’s plan would also launch an initiative that would pay farmers who take certain steps to remove carbon from the environment and would increase the federal government’s research into agricultural innovations aimed at capturing carbon.

The plan takes aim at other issues facing rural America and farmers in particular. Inslee dedicates part of it to strengthening farmworkers’ rights, including protecting their right to join a union. And he proposes expanding rural broadband access by requiring that large technology companies pay into the Universal Service Fund, a program within the Federal Communications Commission that subsidizes telephone access to certain parts of the country.

Remember, though, this is all about Science, not politics!

Though voters have named the climate crisis among their top issues, Inslee and his proposals have not found a great deal of success on the campaign trail.

Again, people may Care in theory, but, in the Real World, it’s low hanging fruit. No one really wants to sacrifice.

Late evening update: guess I wasted my time writing this post

Jay Inslee Quits 2020 Race — Before His Long-Awaited Climate Change Debate

Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington state announced Wednesday evening on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show that he is leaving the 2020 presidential race — two weeks before a climate change debate for which he had campaigned.

So, now, he’s going to what, go back to doing the job the people of Washington elected him to do? Nah, I bet he’ll continue to be insufferable in pushing Hotcoldwetdry stuff, even though it keeps getting shot down in Washington.