While a Trump presidency couldn’t slam the brakes on the E.V. transition, it could throw enough sand in the gears to slow it down. And that might have significant consequences for the fight to stop global warming.
Insurers have pulled out of some communities. In those places, you can’t actually buy insurance anymore except for a very expensive state-run high-risk plan.
Analysis: Monthly drop hints that China’s CO2 emissions may have peaked in 2023 - Carbon Brief (www.carbonbrief.org)
1988-1992, les quatre années qui auraient pu tout changer à la politique climatique française (www.lemonde.fr) French
Can Trump Really Slam the Brakes on Electric Vehicles? He has vowed to shred President Biden’s E.V. policies and has threatened that “You won’t be able to sell those cars.” (www.nytimes.com)
While a Trump presidency couldn’t slam the brakes on the E.V. transition, it could throw enough sand in the gears to slow it down. And that might have significant consequences for the fight to stop global warming.
Home insurance was once a ‘must.’ Now more homeowners are going without | Slammed by pricier policies and climate-driven natural disasters, more and more Americans are exposing themselves to risk (wapo.st)
The Stench of Climate Change Denial (www.nytimes.com)
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Amid roadkill epidemic, California builds world’s largest wildlife bridge | The construction is meant to give threatened animals a path over a 10-lane freeway instead of through it (wapo.st)
The Push to Control Plastic Waste in New York: What to Know | As plastic continues to fill landfills and oceans, city and state leaders are backing state legislation to curb it. (www.nytimes.com)