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.
“Global warming could challenge the very fabric of the world’s ecological and economic systems,” warned Shell executive Ged Davis in one newly uncovered document from 1989.
Could it? No shit.
“We have investigated our donors and found nothing wrong.”
Ya, a big chuck of Dems have, but not a majority in either chamber of congress by a long shot, and even thouse still who have signed are only being pressured into refusing donations, not doing things like not relying on oil lobbyist and their former oil executives advice to keep gas prices low and manage the energy transition.
Hence why we’re still building new natural gas plants as a “bridge” technology even though we could instead be using cheaper energy sources that don’t produce massive quantities of carbon by operating.
Yeah and a lot of Big Oil companies have signed pledges to do what’s necessary to stem the tide of their damages.
That doesn’t mean squat.
Federal campaign contributions of $200 or more are public, as are a lot of the state-level campaign contributions. You can verify compliance.
Politics is already rife with illegal money pal. This is all performative.
The people who have signed have a tendency to also actually vote for decarbonization. So not so much.
