OK, so say that there is a massive turnout at the US election, and the Democrats get a majority in both Senate and House, as well as a reelected Biden/Harris ticket.

What then?

What do you think they will do with that power?

Biden currently has an unprecedented amount of executive power. What is he currently doing? Why would he do something different after the election?

Learned a new word today:

respair

From the 16th century. It means "fresh hope, and recovery from despair."

I wish you all a year filled with respair.

Please feel free to pass it on to others; this one needs to be spread around, I think.

“Even a year ago, the conversation on fossil fuel phase-out at COP28 was completely unthinkable,” Jonas Kuehl, IISD

“This is the first COP where the words fossil fuels are actually included in the draft decision. This is the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era.” Mohamed Adow, Power Shift Africa

As the COP28 negotiations drag on, I think it's essential to recognize that, regardless of the results, change IS happening.

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2408255-even-if-cop28-fails-it-has-changed-the-conversation-on-fossil-fuels/