• EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world
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      Actually speaking, any climate correction would cause a dip in corporate profits, and we’d rather everyone die than lose any money.

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    Sometimes you need theatre to influence trends, science communication is so incredibly important. Practically speaking is less than the bare minimum.

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      the dude could have done something at the start of his career but of course he was too busy fighting wars against brown people

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        We deal with the history we have, not the history we wish we had.

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    Wow, totally delusional. Biden wants all of the credit for doing none of the work.

    How is handing Manchin, chief dem obstructionist for meaningful climate reform, his pet Mountain Valley Pipeline with all of the environmental regs removed so they can ram it through with maximum risk to the environment, anything close to “declaring a climate emergency”?!

    What a joke Joe.

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          He can declare, but I don’t see how any action he might take under such a declaration survives challenge under the current Supreme Court.

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            This is how Biden can successfully use his power as President. Force climate deniers to go to Supreme Court and argue we aren’t in a climate emergency, and then light them up on their obvious hypocrisy the entire time. Biden could make this a centerpiece of his ‘24 campaign and win in a landslide. The problem is, he doesn’t actually want to change anything, and so he’s content to “practically” do something, or some such nonsense.

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              Don’t underestimate the number of people who don’t care for the climate because China, corporations, illegal aliens and brown people, freedom and whatever else.

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                Valid skepticism, but I truly believe this is one of our best opportunities to break our fellow Americans free of the conservative media echo chamber - a common desire to preserve nature and be good stewards of our planet for generations to come. It’s true a lot of them are lost cause deplorables, but enough of them aren’t for it to be possible to forge a new way forward, together.

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                  I’m not American but Dutch, but it is what I see over here “Our government is spending billions to reduce the temperature by 0.0003 degrees, they’re all mad! Like we’re going to save the world while the rest keeps on going! How am I going to keep going on holiday to Italy if my taxes are spent this way!”

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              The conservatives will rule against the environment every single time. Destroying the planet and killing everything on it is part of the core of being a conservative. They “roll coal”, kill animals for pleasure and brag about how they would love to kill any person who isn’t part of their social group. Death is who they are. We already know how they will rule when life or death of the planet is in the balance.