Jane observes that the climate crisis requires collective action and a sense of hopelessness may occasionally descend. But the antidote to that feeling is to do something. The question is: what?
This ignores the need for power when the sun doesn’t shine, but counters the argument that solar needs an unreasonably large footprint.
A survey just reported by Yale University and George Mason University shows 69% of all registered voters support a carbon fee and dividend policy.
This recap from CCL’s Strategy Coordinator has useful tips and arguments to use now that Manchin has said he won’t support the Clean Electricity Program. Great ideas, good links.
Faced with the likely demise of a central pillar of President Biden’s agenda, the White House and Senators scamble to find alternatives. Will carbon pricing emerge instead?
Owing to climate system momentum and 40 years of failed GHG reductions, things are much worse than known. We’ve passed some tipping points, but new ones loom before 2025 that are geometric, not linear.
Check out these great summaries and graphs on progress in cement, steel, aviation, food and other “hard to abate” sectors. Imagine the innovation unleashed with a bit of incentive from carbon pricing~
A new CA state law bans the sale of small off-road engines (SOREs) by 2024. Here are the economics: Higher cost to buy; lower operating costs. Details.
CCL has always supported the personal development of CCL volunteers with training, and the recent release of updated materials is extremely rich. Check out some of these delicious offerings:
The future is clear to see in bathtub rings. We need to keep it visible to Influencers and our MOCs
The virtues of effective reduction of GHGs at low cost give flexibility in budget negotiations around climate provisions.
Good summary about carbon taxes in European countries, what the right prices should be and why “it’s harder to go from $0 to $35 than from $35 to $135 per ton.”
