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I ended up spending Sunday afternoon speaking with about twenty 9-16yr olds about how they feel about climate change. Here’s what I learned... #talkingclimate
1)A fair few said they didn’t really know how they felt. This was maybe partly from not really personally engaging with the issue (lecturing them can also distance them from it) but also because there was quite a mix of emotions.
2) They felt lectured at by adults about it. This made them feel a range of other emotions – angry, frustrated, defiant. Angry @ hypocrisy & burden placing; Frustrated @ the mismatch between the scale of the problem & solutions they were presented; Defiant - prove adults wrong.
The House just introduced a bipartisan carbon fee & dividend bill, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act.
This is a watershed moment for climate action. The tides are turning. #ClimateHope
Sponsors: @RepTedDeutch @RepRooney @CharlieCrist @RepBrianFitz @RepJohnDelaney
This is a watershed moment for climate action. The tides are turning. #ClimateHope
Sponsors: @RepTedDeutch @RepRooney @CharlieCrist @RepBrianFitz @RepJohnDelaney
It starts at $15/tonne and increases $10/year. Over next 10 years it will:
+ reduce CO2 emission by 33%
+ create 2 million new jobs
+ improve air quality and health.
energyinnovationact.org
+ reduce CO2 emission by 33%
+ create 2 million new jobs
+ improve air quality and health.
energyinnovationact.org
It’s revenue neutral, so it would financially benefit most Americans. Annual dividend for a family of 4 will start at $3,500, paid monthly. It’s not a carbon tax, since revenue is redistributed. This makes it politically sustainable. (A tax would be punitively regressive.)
