Dr. Farhana SultanaAug 25, 2023

Great article on US’s historically highest emitter role & high per capita emissions being disregarded in climate debates in US leadership. Facts matter, all emissions need to fall & fossil fuel industry influence in climate policies should end.

#climatechange #climatecrisis #fossilfuel #emissions #climateaction #endfossilfuels #usa

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/24/gop-presidential-candidates-blame-china-not-us-climate-change/

GOP presidential candidates blame China, not U.S., for climate change

They were asked how they'd calm young peoples' fears that the GOP doesn't care about climate change.

The Washington Post
Show threadKevin LeecasterAug 26, 2023
@farhanasultana
Still waiting for enough Americans to care enough about our climate crisis to vote the fossil fools out of office so they can't continue blocking the adults in government from doing more towards decarbonizing the U.S. economy.
Show threadmike805Aug 26, 2023

@GreenFire @farhanasultana How would you go about doing that? The Biden administration seems to be regulating in such a way as to maximize Big Oil's profits. And then there is the Chinese problem: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/china-unleashes-massive-coal-power-expansion-despite-john-kerrys-climate-pleas

The Chinese see AGW as an opportunity, not a crisis.

China unleashes massive coal power expansion despite John Kerry's climate pleas

China unleashed a massive expansion of coal power generation last year despite pleas from Western governments for the nation to take more climate action.

Fox News
Show threadmike805
@GreenFire @farhanasultana Well the OP was asking rhetorically when will the public throw the climate bad guys out of government. According to your reply, that has been successfully done? So we're good now in the USA?
Aug 26, 2023 at 10:37pmWeb
Show threadKevin LeecasterAug 26, 2023
@mike805 @farhanasultana
Nope, because the more rational political party doesn't have enough of a majority in the Senate nor even a majority in the House because so many Americans didn't bother voting in the recent elections there's still plenty of climate action that can be made to help mitigate and adapt to global warming.