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    ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months ago

    ‘No sign’ of promised fossil fuel transition as emissions hit new high

    www.theguardian.com

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    ‘No sign’ of promised fossil fuel transition as emissions hit new high

    www.theguardian.com

    ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months ago
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    Despite nations’ pledges at Cop28 a year ago, the burning of coal, oil and gas continued to rise in 2024
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      So the plan isn’t just to sit back and watch the world burn but to actively speed it up?

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        That is the publicly stated plan of this most recent Trump administration.

        https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/nx-s1-5181891/trump-win-climate-change-fossil-fuels-clean-energy

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        Not without saying “we care” and singing Earth Song by Michael Jackson.

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        Always has been.

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      The original press release:

      https://globalcarbonbudget.org/fossil-fuel-co2-emissions-increase-again-in-2024/

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      Well, when the average person is having trouble buying groceries and paying rent, they can’t really afford to buy a fancy electric car. Particularly when their apartment complexes and workplaces have nowhere to charge them. Also, they’re doing good just to keep what they have running, much less blowing a bunch of money on something new.

      It also doesn’t help that our ‘leaders’ (if you can call them that) are doing everything in their power to avoid building trains and bike lanes.

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        Worse, in my jurisdiction (Ontario, Canada), the government has decided to rip up bike lanes… to “reduce congestion” i.e. to own the libs.

        The federal government has announced a plan to build high-speed rail along the major population corridor. But they’ll be soon replaced by idiots whose whole platform is “undo it all”.

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