It’s a hot week in many parts of the US and Europe.
Heat waves across multiple continents have dashed records, threatened public health and buckled infrastructure, in what scientists say are signs of the climate crisis’ impact on day-to-day weather. https://t.co/JRQUx9G6vK
— CNN (@CNN) July 19, 2022
Vaporized by Manchin & 50 Senate Rs: “We estimate the Senate budget deal likely would have cut emissions by roughly 800 million to 1 billion metric tons in 2030,” said Princeton University professor Jesse Jenkins, an energy policy expert and modeler. https://t.co/d9gURTQRha
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 18, 2022
“Just 1% of voters named climate change as the most important issue facing the country, far behind worries about inflation and the economy. Even among voters under 30, the group thought to be most energized by the issue, that figure was 3%.” https://t.co/eyfWL1tWQS
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) July 17, 2022
Yet the Republican Party, awash in fossil fuel money, studiously ignores this and all the other evidence of emissions-driven climate change. https://t.co/NcjD2k9wXk
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) July 10, 2022
White House could declare climate emergency as soon as Wednesday: sources https://t.co/BZHP9QeMQS pic.twitter.com/1w9aC2XjGK
— The Hill (@thehill) July 19, 2022
This is not “the new normal”. The climate crisis will continue to escalate and get worse as long as we stick our heads in the sand and prioritise profit and greed over people and planet. We are still sleepwalking towards the edge. https://t.co/BNp35yU8lS
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) July 19, 2022
Been reading more and more takes that climate bill failed because of shifting public opinion: e.g. the NYT "reported" this week (without empirical evidence!) that the public has soured on climate as the economy weakened. Nonsense. A short 🧵 1/https://t.co/LP1HiH9Zy8
— Matto Mildenberger (@mmildenberger) July 19, 2022
Sad! 