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Climate champions for important posts

dimanche 20 décembre 2020 à 01:00

Reports say that Biden will nominate two climate champions for important posts.

However, Food and Water Watch warns that Gina McCarthy encouraged fracking when she was administrator of the EPA. Will she do that now as climate advisor?

Amazon's embrace of plastic packaging

dimanche 20 décembre 2020 à 01:00

*Amazon's apparent embrace of plastic packaging is hindering its commitment to help the fight against [climate disaster].*

Consequences of 50 years of tax cuts for the rich

dimanche 20 décembre 2020 à 01:00

Study of the consequences of 50 years of tax cuts for the rich, in many countries, shows that they had exactly the effect you would naively expect: making the rich richer, while tramping down the poor by reducing the government aid they depend on.

In other words, it's dooH niboR at work.

And the Republicans have been making it worse for 4 years.

Declare a climate emergency

dimanche 20 décembre 2020 à 01:00

Calling on all news publishers to declare a climate emergency.

In the long term, it is a far bigger threat than Covid-19.

Weakening of an anti-corruption rule

dimanche 20 décembre 2020 à 01:00

The Securities and Exchange Commission just voted to weaken an anti-corruption rule for oil companies.

Biden will have a chance to replace one of the commissioners in June and perhaps put back the old rule or an even stricter rule. But that depends on whether Republicans in the Senate have the power to block the appointment. Wikipedia does not tell me whether these appointments require Senate approval.