Patrick Reinsborough:

https://bsky.app/profile/giantwhispers.bsky.social/post/3lfokhmg2xs2v “There are more continuities between Obama, Trump and Biden that most people realize. Even on #climate where all three administrations fought to prevent young people from arguing in court that they have a right to a livable planet. #C   https://www.commondreams.org/news/juliana-v-united-states

Thoughts and Prayers about EcoCrisis-induced Wildfires

There’s something actually disturbing about “messages of comfort and support” (see https://www.oikoumene.org/news/amid-california-fires-we-have-the-certainty-of-the-accompaniment-of-the-love-of-god) for victims of disasters when there is NO TALK of working on addressing the causes of the conditions that create more and more of these disasters. Of course, there is ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with this message, such as the one I shared, but when we hear all of Continue Reading

Bad argument Dems make

This is a bad argument: “Strongest economy in history” is nonsense, of course. But Dems citing of certain statistics to say Biden economy is best is also bunk. I’m also not setting up any ridiculous “both sides” argument. I’m complaining about the claim by many Dems that this economy we have right now is the “best ever”. That’s not how Continue Reading

Climate Emergency Example | Grist

A real emergency declaration might be something like this: For example, once a climate emergency is declared, Biden could divert billions of dollars from the military toward constructing renewable energy projects. Under the Defense Production Act, a law invoked by the Trump administration to boost the supply of Covid-19 medical supplies, Biden could order businesses to manufacture more clean energy Continue Reading

What it might look like if President Biden really declared a climate emergency | Grist

Environmental advocates say that although the president acknowledges the climate crisis in his rhetoric, his administration continues to expand fossil fuel production. Source: What it might look like if President Biden really declared a climate emergency | Grist Yes,   “Acknowledging” the crisis doesn’t actually DO anything to address it.  Obviously,  it’s better to IGNORE it in practice (aka “expanding fossil Continue Reading

Opinion | Biden’s all-EV dream lives on, despite a lack of sales or feasibility – The Washington Post

The Biden administration’s costly and coercive crusade to replace internal combustion vehicles (ICVs) with electric vehicles (EVs) is disproportionate to its minuscule climate impact. Source: Opinion | Biden’s all-EV dream lives on, despite a lack of sales or feasibility – The Washington Post Compared to the cost of continued fossil fuel emissions? ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, people. Ecological costs are REAL and Continue Reading

The hugely massive FAIL of social media companies.

It’s a huge FAIL on the part of Social Media companies that our content is not ALL instantly available to us, forever. Facebook in particular. They (Facebook) were once very open in their API, and made it simple to save posts and comments to blogs, and vice versa. And , by many of the same mechanisms, interoperable, so that posts Continue Reading