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Climate change poses an existential threat to life on Earth. We support aggressive action, including using the governor’s emergency powers, to decarbonize our economy by 2035 to meet the global heating goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Historically marginalized communities, such as low income, indigenous communities, and communities of color face the worst consequences of climate change. Our leaders must pay heed to the scientific evidence of climate change and the many inequities in its effects.
We support responsible environmental regulations affecting open space, wilderness areas, soil conservation, forest management, industry, and toxic and hazardous waste disposal and cleanup. We must maintain the integrity of our vast surface and subsurface fresh water supply, especially the Great Lakes and the Lake Wisconsin aquifer. We support retaining and expanding publicly owned recreational lands and wilderness. We oppose the transportation of shale and tar sands oil through Wisconsin.
We must develop clean, renewable, and sustainable energy sources without relaxing regulation of nuclear energy; encourage the use of fuel‐efficient and alternate‐fuel vehicles; reduce urban sprawl on prime agricultural land; improve and expand local, regional, and national public transportation systems; and increase recycling and waste management while maintaining biodiversity
Our goal is a government and an electoral process free of the corrupting influence of money. We support limiting out‐of‐state campaign contributions and oppose unlimited political spending. The U.S. Constitution must be amended to make clear that corporations are not people and that money is not speech. Wisconsin must rescind its call for an open‐ended Constitutional Convention.
We must preserve responsible family farming by creating market systems that assure a fair return to both farmers and processors. True cooperatives and family‐farm subsidies are essential to the economic viability and quality of life in rural areas. We support value‐added agriculture which includes farming endeavors outside traditional forms of agriculture. Regulations controlling environmental pollution from agriculture, especially CAFOs, should be strengthened. We support farming systems that are humane to animals, preserve our soil, water and forest resources, and produce wholesome, safe food for consumers. We support agricultural sustainability through growth in “buy fresh, buy local” practices which ensure markets for local farmers and save fuel by eliminating costly transport. We also support truth in labeling of conventional, organic, and genetically modified food.
We oppose seed producer patent enforcement that bars seed harvesting by farmers
