#Climate

*Another* great @Peters_Glen thread.A specific tweet↓prompts a small tangent from me re: a simple detail most ongoing discussions of "1.5°C!" seem to casually skip over:"remaining carbon budget... from SR1.5 𝙖𝙛𝙩
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Thread:Today, The Times newspaper published an article by Matthew Parris in which he set out his case for ascribing a monetary value to human life. This thinking infects human history
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One thing that strikes me forcefully right now is that neoliberalism has not just robbed our governments of the *capacity* for effective action in the public good: it's robbed us
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Very early in my relationship with him Doug Anthony set my definitive expectations about how Ministers who wish to be taken seriously should go about their business. I was working
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.@USDA has the power to help rural America thrive, but recent admins have failed to do so.Today, Big Ag has a hand in everything from seed genetics to hog processing
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There has been a lot of discussion about negative emissions technologies (NETs) lately. While we need to be skeptical of assumed planetary-scale engineering and wary of moral hazard, we also
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Since Biden took office:-WHO said likely mass false positives.-NPR reported deaths have peaked and will decline.-Multiple states call for businesses and restaurants to re-open.-Dr. Frauci says cases will begin plateauing.-CNN
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Through my organization and the platforms we have created and that have been afforded me, I have repeatedly said we must unite around the core values most Canadians share. The
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Trump supporters must be so frustrated. If not for a pandemic killing a quarter of a million people in the US, climate change mega fires and hurricanes, the total collapse
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Proposal: Let’s end the segregation of accidemic disciplines (a thread). A lot of teachers are enamored w/ their subject areas, but what if we stop separating classes based on academic
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"Why are you only criticising liberals/leftists when the right are even nastier to disabled people?" Because liberal/leftist spaces have a very specific brand of ableism that they hide behind a
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Lake Forest City Council may cancel a key climate program 2/16. One councilmember says, "There's good science on both sides of the climate debate." Another works in fossil fuels. Have
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The 100% Renewable Energy Strategy Group makes no sense to me. Net-zero electricity by 2030 is a target many would argue is near-impossible for even the USA, yet the signatories
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Some morning coffee thoughts on COVID, climate change, and Republicanism ...The challenge we face is that, as a species, humans are far more biologically adapted to tribal epistemology than rational/scientific
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I think there's a lot of confusion over what petitions are, why we use them, and why they're still important. Petitions are similar to recycling campaigns. Will they stop climate
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If the @DNC implemented #RankedChoiceVoting for the primaries, this is how I would vote right now.1. @AndrewYang 2. @BernieSanders 3. @ewarren4. @TulsiGabbard 5. @PeteButtigieg 6. @CoryBooker7. @marwilliamson#GreenNewDeal #MedicareForAll #U
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