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Climate at the Debate: Trump Ignored the Question and Harris Hedged
(www.nytimes.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
It's unfortunately a Catch 22. Even if Kamala has an excellent plan in mind for transitioning away from fossil fuels, she has an election to win. There's no answer she can give that would make everyone happy. Say she'll come down hard on fossil fuels, and she might lose states like PA and cause Big Oil to invest in Republican races, potentially hamstringing any chance at a three-chamber path forward. On the other hand, she can't glibly say, "Drill, baby, drill," because she'd lose the climate-aware vote she needs to win.
And I don't give a fuck about what Trump says. He can eat glass and drink gasoline, for all I care.
I would gladly watch it all burn down if I could just see one presidential debate where the candidates answered the fucking questions.