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silence7, 2 hours ago to usa in 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 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.
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.
silence7, 3 hours ago to climate in 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.” The core policies are: A subsidy which targets cheaper EVs to not-super-rich and limits it to cars with key components made in the US An emissions rule which will effectively force a significant fraction of cars sold to be EVs in a few years subsidies for new factories Trump will surely get rid of those. The tariff he hasn’t really weighed in on; he seems to think of himself as a mercantilist, so he might keep it.
The core policies are:
Trump will surely get rid of those.
The tariff he hasn’t really weighed in on; he seems to think of himself as a mercantilist, so he might keep it.
silence7, 10 hours ago to politics in 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. Kinda happens whether you want it or not Only way to stop it is to not have plastics
Kinda happens whether you want it or not
Only way to stop it is to not have plastics
silence7, 12 hours ago to politics in Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators | Speaking to wealthy donors behind closed doors, he said that he supports Israel’s right to continue “its war on terror. Right now, it’s local officials, not the executive branch doing it in a coordinated way. We don’t, for example, have the border patrol and FBI driving around in minivans with no insignia and name patch and snatching people off the street like we had during the Black Lives Matter protests under Trump.
Right now, it’s local officials, not the executive branch doing it in a coordinated way. We don’t, for example, have the border patrol and FBI driving around in minivans with no insignia and name patch and snatching people off the street like we had during the Black Lives Matter protests under Trump.
silence7, 16 hours ago to energy in How China Pulled So Far Ahead on Industrial Policy There are a lot of other things China does, including: Free/cheap land for factories Assurances that a market will be available for the resulting product Low-interest loans to businesses in favored industries Grants to businesses in favored industries Assurances that a market for the product will exist Barriers to purchasing from abroad Some of these can be replicated in the west without impinging on freedom in any kind of meaningful way
There are a lot of other things China does, including:
Some of these can be replicated in the west without impinging on freedom in any kind of meaningful way
silence7, 1 day ago to politics in 13-year-old rape victim has baby amid confusion over state's abortion ban I’d expect them to go along with not filibustering it because people will know that they blocked it, and vote for Democrats instead.
I’d expect them to go along with not filibustering it because people will know that they blocked it, and vote for Democrats instead.
silence7, 1 day ago to politics in 13-year-old rape victim has baby amid confusion over state's abortion ban For 50 Republicans and about three Democrats in the Senate. The Republicans are the big problem here.
For 50 Republicans and about three Democrats in the Senate.
The Republicans are the big problem here.
silence7, 1 day ago to climate in Arizona Senate Republicans Pass Bill to Prevent Climate Action The governor will veto this if this actually reaches her, but they’re tell us what they will do if we give them the power to.
The governor will veto this if this actually reaches her, but they’re tell us what they will do if we give them the power to.
silence7, 1 day ago to climate in Arizona Senate Republicans Pass Bill to Prevent Climate Action Money
Money
silence7, 2 days ago to climate in Reno, Nevada Is Tapping a Climate Cash Bonanza While It Can | Local officials in Nevada, fearing that billions in federal support could dry up after Election Day Some surely will, but the majority of Washoe County went for Biden in 2020 https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/88376e93-dea9-4803-8f43-912fb4c4857a.webp
Some surely will, but the majority of Washoe County went for Biden in 2020
https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/88376e93-dea9-4803-8f43-912fb4c4857a.webp
silence7, 2 days ago to climate in Cutting forests for solar energy ‘misses the plot’ on climate action There’s an industry in cutting down forests in the southeast US to create wood pellets, which are then shipped to Europe and burned as “green”
There’s an industry in cutting down forests in the southeast US to create wood pellets, which are then shipped to Europe and burned as “green”
silence7, 2 days ago to nolawns in How to create a firefly-friendly backyard That’s a very very tiny part of the problem for fireflies
That’s a very very tiny part of the problem for fireflies
silence7, 2 days ago to climate in Louisiana’s coast is sinking. Advocates say the governor is undermining efforts to save it. A new Republican governor is taking aim at the state’s coastal protection agency. And then gone a little after that.
And then gone a little after that.
silence7, 2 days ago to climate in California Gov Gavin Newsom pounces as Republicans come to Big Oil’s defense: The potential Democratic presidential contender called Republican attorneys general “wholly owned subsidiaries of Big Oil” A bill like that passed one house of the state Legislature. It has not been signed by the governor. And new cars all rat on you already.
A bill like that passed one house of the state Legislature. It has not been signed by the governor.
And new cars all rat on you already.
silence7, 2 days ago to climate in Louisiana’s coast is sinking. Advocates say the governor is undermining efforts to save it. A new Republican governor is taking aim at the state’s coastal protection agency. Large parts of the state are uncompacted sediment. It does compress and settle as a result. There are a bunch of things you can do though: Stop extracting and burning fossil fuels to slow sea level rise Stop the oil and gas industry from cutting channels through marshes, which causes them to erode quickly Divert sediment from the Mississippi to wetland restoration, raising land levels Help people move when that’s the best remaining option
Large parts of the state are uncompacted sediment. It does compress and settle as a result. There are a bunch of things you can do though: