{"id":1202,"date":"2022-10-24T09:33:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T13:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/statewide22-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T10:24:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T14:24:14","slug":"magaziner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/magaziner\/","title":{"rendered":"Seth Magaziner for Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the general election for Congress in Rhode Island’s 2nd District, CARI endorses General Treasurer Seth Magaziner in the strongest possible terms.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\"CARI\n

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Action to address the climate crisis has been one of Treasurer Magaziner\u2019s top priorities. As Treasurer, Magaziner led the State Investment Commission to <\/span>cut our pension fund\u2019s fossil fuel investments<\/span><\/a> in half, and put us on track to be the first state to divest completely from fossil fuels, by 2030. He has also taken an active role in using Rhode Island\u2019s shareholder power to hold corporations <\/span>such as Archer Daniels Midland<\/span><\/a> accountable for their climate impact. Magaziner has advocated for reducing Rhode Island\u2019s carbon emissions\u2014testifying for 2021\u2019s Act on Climate\u2014and in support of the job creation, environmental justice, and energy transition policies of the Green New Deal. Last but not least, Magaziner <\/span>spearheaded the creation of the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank<\/span><\/a>\u2014a public\/private funding stream for clean energy and energy efficiency that has been wildly successful. Since 2015, the RIIB has deployed over $700M in loans and grants across the state, creating over 17,000 jobs and over $150M in savings for local communities and businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Congress, Treasurer Magaziner will continue his work to create clean energy jobs that benefit Rhode Island\u2019s unionized workers, frontline communities, and our environment. Magaziner\u2019s track record as a responsible steward of our finances and our environment has earned him CARI’s strongest possible endorsement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Magaziner’s strengths are even more apparent when contrasted with the record of so-called “moderate” Republican Allan Fung. Fung\u2019s support for climate-denying, election-denying Kevin McCarthy to become the next Speaker of the House is anything but moderate. Fung’s travel with McCarthy to Wyoming to celebrate MAGA Republicans’ defeat of Liz Cheney is not moderate. Fung\u2019s public opposition to even the Joe Manchin compromise climate bill that President Biden signed into law is not moderate. His climate obstructionism is nothing new: in 2014, Fung opposed the Resilient Rhode Island Act\u2014a bill that merely set voluntary emission-reduction targets for our state.<\/span><\/p>\n\"Fung\n

When it comes to preserving our climate and safeguarding our children\u2019s future, Allan Fung is not a moderate. Rhode Island must not send him to Washington. CARI implores you to vote for the candidate who truly represents Rhode Island’s values: Seth Magaziner.<\/span><\/p>\n

Take CARI’s Pledge to Vote for Magaziner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rhode Island’s values of respecting science, choice, and democracy itself are not represented by the extreme Republicans in Congress\u2014or by former Cranston mayor Allan Fung, whose election would empower them. By contrast, Seth Magaziner is a climate champion and a proven excellent steward of our financial and environmental resources. We endorse Magaziner in the strongest possible terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":704,"featured_media":1206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/704"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}