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7 votes
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What can I do about climate change?
33 votes -
US Supreme Court allows historic kids' climate lawsuit to go forward
20 votes -
Cry me a river: Low water levels causing chaos in Germany
7 votes -
The big meltdown - As the Antarctic Peninsula heats up, the rules of life there are being ripped apart
11 votes -
Scenes from the new Cold War unfolding at the top of the world
8 votes -
The con at the heart of the Atlantic Coast pipeline
4 votes -
What's really warming the world?
23 votes -
Why there's a perfectly rectangular iceberg floating in Antarctica
5 votes -
The next president of the US makes climate change their top priority. What should be their first actions?
Let's assume that they have full control over congress, so politics isn't an issue. I think looking at what a good global climate policy would be useful, because it allows us to see where we...
Let's assume that they have full control over congress, so politics isn't an issue. I think looking at what a good global climate policy would be useful, because it allows us to see where we stand. It could also serve as a platform for future candidates.
It seems to me that the new president should take a wide-ranging series of measures to curb emissions in all the major domains: electricity, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, etc. [1]. You might argue that measures taken in isolation from other countries are not sufficient. While that's true, someone has to start. The US taking the lead on climate change would have a profound impact on all other countries. The US could use its very strong diplomatic weight to pressure other countries to adopt similar measures.
So what should these measures be? The major one would seem to be a carbon tax, applied to all major sources of emissions: energy production (coal plants, ...), agriculture (cattle and meat imports), jet fuel (current taxes are very low), etc. Another one could be a tax on imports depending on how much the exporting country does against global warming. Maybe a new kind of free trade alliance among "climate-virtuous" countries could be created.
Any thoughts? Have any serious global policy proposals been made and studied in the past?
[1] : https://www.gatesnotes.com/Energy/My-plan-for-fighting-climate-change
27 votes -
Victory for 'Valve Turners' as Judge Allows 'Necessity Defense' for Climate Trial
9 votes -
Climate change and the 75% problem
13 votes -
'For the Pacific it's always about cash': Australian Environment Minister in diplomatic incident over climate change
3 votes -
Study of Puerto Rico rainforest shows massive, climate-driven decline in population of insects and insect-eating animals
9 votes -
Hurricane Michael showed how woefully unprepared the military is for extreme weather
9 votes -
Indonesia unveils low carbon development framework
4 votes -
What are you doing to reduce your impact?
Impact can be in many different areas (carbon emissions, energy use, water, plastics, land use, advocacy etc etc). I just want to know something you're doing that helps the environment. It can be...
Impact can be in many different areas (carbon emissions, energy use, water, plastics, land use, advocacy etc etc). I just want to know something you're doing that helps the environment. It can be big or small, something you've done for a long time, just started or want to implement soon.
I'll start, about 18 months ago I bought a bike and started cycling again. Most of my shorter journeys are now by bike and I'm looking at cycling to work.
Environmental news is often really bleak, lets hear some positive efforts!
27 votes -
If you want your children to see a coral reef, join the left
18 votes -
Scientists say halting deforestation 'just as urgent' as reducing emissions
26 votes -
Architect of Paris climate accord says Morrison government's emissions stance is 'anti-science'
4 votes -
Left to Louisiana’s tides, a village fights for time
7 votes -
The Brutal Truth About Climate Change: William T. Vollmann’s latest opus is brilliant, but it offers no comfort to its readers
24 votes -
Shift in large-scale Atlantic circulation causes lower-oxygen water to invade Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence
8 votes -
Human-driven climate change is literally making Earth ‘wobble’
10 votes -
Is There a Climate “Spiral of Silence” in America?
9 votes -
Arctic cauldron: Across the Arctic, lakes are leaking dangerous greenhouse gases, and one lake is behaving very strangely
9 votes -
National parks are getting hotter twice as quickly as the rest of the US
8 votes -
Can we terraform the Sahara to stop climate change?
14 votes -
The country's first climate change casualties? Scientists predict Tangier Island could be uninhabitable within twenty-five years
8 votes -
North Carolina didn't like science on sea levels…so passed a law against it
12 votes -
Hurricane Florence isn't alone: Four powerful storms seen from space in one day
9 votes -
It's not too late to act on climate change
5 votes -
Global hunger increasing, UN warns
10 votes -
BBC admits ‘we get climate change coverage wrong too often’
18 votes -
Melting glaciers are triggering the world's biggest tsunamis
8 votes -
'The damn thing melted': climate change sparks scramble for the Arctic
11 votes -
France’s ecology minister quit on live radio due to society’s “complete indifference” to climate change
51 votes -
Population control is the climate change fix nobody wants to talk about
29 votes -
Extreme heat is killing America’s farm workers
9 votes -
Can you help me source this climate change map?
7 votes -
Deadline for climate action – act strongly before 2035 to keep warming below 2°C
20 votes -
Climate change has caused a catastrophic drop in the numbers of terns, kittiwakes and puffins
7 votes -
Scientists warn the UN of capitalism's imminent demise
16 votes -
Jeremy Clarkson in defense of the car
6 votes -
As atmospheric CO² increases plants use less water but it's not all good news
7 votes -
Malcolm Turnbull removes all climate change targets from energy policy in fresh bid to save leadership
13 votes -
The US establishment thinks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is too radical – with an impending climate disaster, the worry is she isn't radical enough
21 votes -
'We've been warned': Swelling Northern Hemisphere heatwaves bring unprecedented fires
8 votes -
Halfway to boiling: The city at 50°C
10 votes -
NASA releases time lapse of disappearing Arctic ice
8 votes