An #EarthDay
https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> reflection: As a country, our emissions have increased the most of the G7 since 1990.
Today, the federal government upped its climate target, though it& #39;s still not aligned with science and it isn& #39;t our fair share.
Today, the federal government upped its climate target, though it& #39;s still not aligned with science and it isn& #39;t our fair share.
Meanwhile, we continue to cut down old-growth forest to expand a pipeline our government bought, so that we - a country with 0.5% the world’s population - can export oil that will consume 16% of the world’s carbon budget.
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While we also continue to send billions of dollars in subsidies to the oil & gas industry: $18 billion last year - a three-fold increase over 2019 - with plans in #Budget2021 to add $6 billion more in fossil fuel tax credits and subsidies.
For my part on #EarthDay
https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> & every day: I& #39;ll continue to celebrate orgs pushing for transformational #ClimateAction
https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, incl @ClimateActionWR @SustainableWat @ReepGreen & @50x30WR. And push all lvls of gov& #39;t to not only increase targets, but to follow science with plans to back it up.