The mounting damage of global warming is a crisis far greater than the deficit. Eitger spend a few trillion today or $54 trillion+ (minimum) in the future. Source: The War On Climate … Continue reading The War On Climate Change Won’t Be Won Quibbling Over The Green New Deal’s Costs
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s plan to halt climate change will be cheaper in the long run Even the Financial Times gets it. Source: Pay for Green New Deal now or spend even more later Continue reading Pay for Green New Deal now or spend even more later | FT
Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate activist, has issued a stark warning to world leaders at Davos to take immediate action on climate change Greta does not mince her words, and she’s right. … Continue reading ‘I want you to panic’: 16-year-old issues climate warning at Davos
Scientist Brad Lister returned to Puerto Rican rainforest after 35 years to find 98% of ground insects had vanished Scientist Brad Lister returned to Puerto Rican rainforest after 35 years to find … Continue reading Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’
Study By Ecologists, Economists Predicts Collapse of World Ocean Ecology This is really bad and will require immediate action to try to stop it. Source: Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048 – … Continue reading Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048 – CBS News
Major petroleum producer strives to end fossil-fuel car sales by 2025. And it looks like they are on their way to achieving that goal through all kinds of tax exemptions and perks like free parking and so on. Other countries can learn from them. Source: Norway battery electric vehicle sales are almost … Continue reading Norway battery electric vehicle sales are almost a third of the total
Democratic leaders on Thursday tapped Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) to head a revived U.S. House panel on climate change, all but ending a dramatic monthlong effort to establish a select committee on … Continue reading Democrats Just Blocked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Push For A Green New Deal Committee
India has cancelled plans to build nearly 14 gigawatts of coal-fired power stations – about the same as the total amount in the UK – with the price for solar electricity “free … Continue reading India cancels plans for huge coal power stations as solar energy prices hit record low
Interesting Twitter thread from Noah Smith Here is the link to the Green New Deal proposal. Continue reading All of our climate efforts should be about making our economy greener rather than shrinking our economy
In order to grapple with the harsh reality, governments need new ways of measuring welfare and well-being that don’t rely on GDP growth. FOR DECADES, SCIENTISTS have warned of the pending crisis … Continue reading Unhinged GDP Growth Could Actually Destroy the Economy, Economists Find
The Green New Deal would simultaneously combat climate change and economic insecurity in the United States. Even Forbes it getting into it! Source: Building on a Progressive Legacy: A New Generation’s New Deal Continue reading Building on a Progressive Legacy: A New Generation’s New Deal
Here’s the good news: Anything that is technically feasible is financially affordable. And it won’t be a drag on the economy ― unlike the climate crisis itself, which will cause tens of … Continue reading We Can Pay For A Green New Deal
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