The reason this is on the to-do list instead of done is that Trump left the EPA short-staffed, so they’re only now thinking about the smaller harder pieces of decarbonization.
Steyer and (to a much greater degree) Inslee helped to shift the political stance of the Democratic party on climate by running in the Democratic primary. I wouldn’t call it pointless.
What Biden has done is to cut the issuance of drilling leases to the minimum required by law, pass the Inflation Reduction Act, enact a regulation to force vehicle electrification, and similarly force fossil fuels out of most power plants....
What Biden has not done: stop issuing drilling permits or impose export restrictions on fossil fuels. The former has some serious limits because of how the courts treat the right to drill as a property right once you hold a drilling lease, and the latter is simply untested.
Thr valve turners who shut off pipelines in the US. Several cases of people halting coal trains in the US and Austria. Refinery blockades in the UK. Paint-based stoppages of private jets. These things are happening routinely but nobody heard about them
The permits thing is about the US, where the courts have held that a drilling lease is a property right, so you can’t just say no to permits. So Biden cut new leases to the minimum required by law.
Tough to give a specific answer without knowing your location and full background, but I’ve seen a lot of people shift to working on or another piece of decarbonization in recent years
I’ll note that this is article is concentrated on individual action, not on political action to change policy, which has a far bigger impact than individual action can.
We are racing down a mountain at full throttle. Our children are in the back seat. The speedometer is buried. The road curves sharply ahead. On the outside of the curve is a cliff with a 200 meter drop. On the other side is a vertical rock wall....
I am a registered architect. As an active contributor to one of the most damaging industries to our climate (construction & building systems), I often daydream about pivoting careers into something more productive for the planet. I’m not talking about stuff like green washing or LEED accreditation. Even sustainably-focused...
There’s a real dearth of sustainable architecture jobs. I’d be really tempted to stick with it and talk to people about adopting some of the lower-embedded-carbon steel and concretes that are coming to market, as well as pushing sustainable design. It’s tough, but there continues to be a need for both new buildings and retrofit of existing ones.
I wouldn’t say that. The EU and US are both starting to cut emissions (modulo the big swings caused by COVID). It’s more that the world doesn’t look likely to drop emissions to zero soon enough to prevent some seriously major damage.
I agree that there needs to be zero new extraction or other fossil fuels infrastructure. I’m dubious that the current Montana legislature would allow that.
It would certainly work, but hasn’t had the support to get through Congress. So the Democrats passed an almost-all-carrots approach in the Inflation Reduction Act
About 1% of Inflation Reduction Act goes to removal like that. Most of it is spent on decarbonization of electric generation and electrification of homes
Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, if He Gets One (www.nytimes.com)
Home insurance and climate change have collided — and we're all going to pay for it (www.latimes.com)
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Tom Steyer Launches New $1 Billion Climate Investment Fund (www.bloomberg.com)
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We can’t normalize climate catastrophe. Biden must act (thehill.com)
Note how this includes a call on people to turn out in New York City on September 17
Biden’s Climate Law Is Reshaping Private Investment in the United States (www.nytimes.com)
Biden says global warming topping 1.5 degrees in the next 10 to 20 years is scarier than nuclear war (www.cnbc.com)
What Biden has done is to cut the issuance of drilling leases to the minimum required by law, pass the Inflation Reduction Act, enact a regulation to force vehicle electrification, and similarly force fossil fuels out of most power plants....
Climate Protesters Were Coming, So the Gardner Museum Locked Down (www.nytimes.com)
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Tired of feeling hopeless about climate change? Take a look at these charts. (www.washingtonpost.com)
SLRPNK community discussion - September 2023
As a matter of community building, lets make this a monthly thing 😊...
DeSantis Rejected $350 Million in Climate Funding Before Hurricane Idalia | Now his state is suffering from a storm fueled by climate change. (newrepublic.com)
Climate-changing human activity could lead to 1 billion deaths over the next century, according to new study (phys.org)
‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate? (www.theguardian.com)
You’re doing it wrong: Recycling and other myths about tackling climate change (wapo.st)
I’ll note that this is article is concentrated on individual action, not on political action to change policy, which has a far bigger impact than individual action can.
Let's fight back!
We are racing down a mountain at full throttle. Our children are in the back seat. The speedometer is buried. The road curves sharply ahead. On the outside of the curve is a cliff with a 200 meter drop. On the other side is a vertical rock wall....
Tropical forests face ‘massive leaf death’ from global heating, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Architect here. How can I be the most helpful?
I am a registered architect. As an active contributor to one of the most damaging industries to our climate (construction & building systems), I often daydream about pivoting careers into something more productive for the planet. I’m not talking about stuff like green washing or LEED accreditation. Even sustainably-focused...
Opinion | The argument that we should just adapt to climate change is so misguided (www.msnbc.com)
The US and China must unite to fight climate change, not each other | US Senator Bernie Sanders (www.theguardian.com)
With TikTok and Lawsuits, Gen Z Takes on Climate Change (www.nytimes.com)
Republican Presidential Candidates on Climate (www.nytimes.com)
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