Biden Should Wed His Cancer Moonshot To The Energy Transition

[discobot]

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President Biden might not be known, first and foremost, for his stirring public remarks, but there is one subject to which he always brings a rousing passion: his son Beau, who died of an aggressive brain cancer in the spring of 2015. Biden’s 2017 memoir Promise Me, Dad is a testament to their intense bond.” Biden has described Beau as “all the best of me.” Grappling with grief, Biden chose not to run for president in 2016. He ran in 2020 in part because of one of his and Beau’s last conversations.

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[teenlaqueefa]

There are so many gas wells where I live you can’t spit without hitting one.

[whit]

Among those with 500 feet of an oil well: Many residents of Beverly Hills, including attendees of Beverly Hills High:

Beverly Hills Oil Field

[19tibekius6]

Make sure you’re not spittin’ fire!

[timbomov]

Yep. The more you know, the more you know is cancer causing. Thanks for also highlighting how bad fracking can be for our health and the overall balance of the Earth’s climate also. Tough subjects that many would rather ignore or have be ignored.