Tag: Green New Deal
I Saw the Future of Climate Technology—and Its Big-Oil Investors
“The world does not end at 2 degrees C,” Bill Gates told the British podcast The Rest Is Politics in an episode that aired in January. Gates, one of the strongest and earliest supporters of tech as a tool to address the climate crisis, has spoken before about his belief that we’ll blow past 1.5 degrees—but his more recent assertions that 2 degrees C is unavoidable took many by surprise.
“There’s no stopping us passing 2C,” he said. “In temperate … Read more
The Green New Deal Is the Opiate of the Masses
What kinds of measures are you taking, personally, to prevent global warming? Have you bought a reusable shopping bag to reduce your reliance on disposable plastic ones? Do you carry a thermos so you don’t end up buying drinks in plastic bottles? Did you buy an electric car?
Let me make one thing clear: These good deeds are meaningless. They can even cause more harm than good.
Simply thinking that such actions are effective countermeasures can prevent us from taking … Read more
The Climate Movement Wanted More Than the IRA. Now What?
Since President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in August, the first major climate legislation in U.S. history has been smothered with praise: Journalists and climate experts have suggested that the IRA will “save civilization” and herald “an unstoppable transition.” Rather than punishing companies for their emissions, the law creates numerous financial incentives to encourage the growth of green industries and subsidize eco-friendly consumer purchases such as heat pumps and electric vehicles.
The roughly $370 billion that
The Green Transition Must Be Union-Powered
For the Sake of Humanity, Let’s Abandon American Exceptionalism
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Three years after the end of World War II, diplomat George Kennan outlined the challenges the country faced this way:
We have about 50% of the world’s wealth,
Modest Reforms Won’t Bring Us a Green Revolution
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