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Joseph Britt @Zathras3
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Final #WIGovDebate⁠ ⁠ being live-tweeted by @patrickdmarley of @js_politics
Scott Walker responds to a question about adapting to climate change by saying he’s an Eagle Scout. Also, apprenticeships. @Tony4WI said the word “science” several times & promised to return Dept of Natural Resources to a board-run agency.
Justice reform: @Tony4WI promises violent criminal should remain behind bars, but wants rehabilitation for non-violent offenders, & to use pardons for current inmates on a case-by-case basis. Walker didn’t get a segment on this subject, which is odd.
Also live-tweeting #WIGovDebate is @msommerhauser of @WiStateJournal
The live-tweeters of record for #WIGovDebate are @patrickdmarley and @msommerhauser — I’m cutting up carrots and potatoes & tweeting intermittently.
Is it true, as Walker said again tonight, that federal law bars Wisconsin from offering in-state tuition to DACA recipients? #WIGovDebate
Walker scores some points off @Tony4WI on gasoline taxes, which Evers wants to increase to pay for roads. He won’t say how much, saying he’ll negotiate that after the election. Not a great response. #WIGovDebate
Walker does much better than Evers in the closing statement, hitting all his points and asking people to vote for him. I’ve never understood why any candidate would neglect to do that. #WIGovDebate
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I mean no disrespect to other Democratic candidates, and admit freely I know of @GovInslee only what I’ve read. I still think it’s a good thing he’s running for President. This @IsaacDovere piece explains why. 1/3 theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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OK, about this, by Romney. There are Republicans who believe deeply in rewarding their Party’s largest donors by cutting their taxes. They are all for packing the courts with judicial legislators able to impose conservative policy preferences by fiat. washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitt-…
2. They are willing to support Trump when he does things they never supported before, like starting trade wars with no plan to end them — Trump is just “cracking down,” “getting tough,” etc. But they don’t like his tweeting, and his language makes them uncomfortable.
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Thank you to @MeetThePress for doing a Sunday show on climate change — at last.

Usually these Sunday shows are televised gossip columns, and climate change and other key issues are never discussed.
Good for you, @chucktodd.

At this stage, #climate denial is fraud, and it has been for a long time — particularly as practiced by the fossil fuel industry and its armada of phony front groups. thehill.com/homenews/sunda…
Precisely... axios.com/climate-change…
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Just returned from Bangkok, where nations made little progress towards finalising the Paris agreement on climate change that aims to limit global temperature rises over the next 80 years.

It was my first @UN #climate change rodeo and there were a few things I wasn't aware of
Under Paris, countries agreed to a fairly detailed set of promises to keep global temperature rises under 2C by 2100.

It was the first time all nations - both developed and developing economies - signed up to the same set of climate rules. But they weren't binding
Parties gave themselves in effect 3 years to come up with a text agreed by everyone, ratified, and translated into national law on a state-by-state basis. The idea is the accord isn't legally binding, but the rulebook it provides could be on a national level
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1. The arguments in this @newrepublic article by @emorwee that #climate is siloed in the press, that the press should tie every extreme weather/disaster event to #climate simply don't match up to the data. #envcomm #scicomm newrepublic.com/article/150124…
2. Staffers working at @mediamatters + @climateprogress (where @emorwee got her start) have long manufactured this claim + driving a self-serving narrative on the Left that the news media is failing in its coverage of climate change.
3. But this narrative & its embrace by those on the Left reflects a classic hostile media effect. As @lfeldman17 reviews the most partisan on an issue see news coverage as biased to their position even when it may actually be favorable. oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/o… #scicomm #envcomm
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Late last night veteran #climate journalist @Revkin asked some sharp questions about @Sierra_Magazine’s “The Case for Climate Reparations,” spurred by an appreciative post from NYC Chief Resilience Officer @dzarrilli. Here’s my response …
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Good questions @RedsforNamesake. If confronting #climate change is your priority, it is imperative to ramp up carbon-free energy asap.

1. NJ will now ramp up renewable energy from 13% in 2017 and 20% by 2020 under old RPS to 35% by 2025 & 50% by 2030. Impressive leadership.
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2. Cont.: That measure is essential and ensures that nearly all of the new clean energy growth over the next 12 years builds on top of the fossil-free foundation provided by the state's existing nuclear plants.
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1. I didn't realize how badly Trump has eviscerated access to federal #climate data, so I went and looked at the USGS site.
2. In December, there were 5,932 climate science items linked there (9 were just pictures). Today there are 416 and 292 are just pictures.
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