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Given that
1. the Carbon Lobby owns the GOP
2. the GOP has the power to stop any large-scale Federal climate action
3. It'll have that power until at least 2022
the goal of climate legislation in Congress—including GND—isn't making law, but changing debates.
Given that
1. the Carbon Lobby owns the GOP
2. the GOP has the power to stop any large-scale Federal climate action
3. It'll have that power until at least 2022
the goal of climate legislation in Congress—including GND—isn't making law, but changing debates.
That's why so many Beltway pundits' assessments of @AOC's lack of realism in putting forward this version on the GND are such catastrophic misreads.
The climate movement isn't fighting for short yardage in 2019, it's fighting for huge gains in the mid-2020s.
The climate movement isn't fighting for short yardage in 2019, it's fighting for huge gains in the mid-2020s.
Federal-level climate activism is, right now, political theater.
Pundits and think tanks aren't the audience.
And the folks pushing #greennewdeal are not the ones out of touch with what's going on.
Pundits and think tanks aren't the audience.
And the folks pushing #greennewdeal are not the ones out of touch with what's going on.
Climate action is about zeroing-out climate emissions.
Climate policy is about finding effective ways for government to speed climate action.
Climate politics, tho, is largely still a battle over perceptions of reality, the realistic & the pace of change—especially in America.
Climate policy is about finding effective ways for government to speed climate action.
Climate politics, tho, is largely still a battle over perceptions of reality, the realistic & the pace of change—especially in America.
In climate-political terms, @sunrisemvmt, @AOC, @SenMarkey & all their allies have made huge, unexpected gains, putting ideas about the urgency & desirability of big climate policy changes near the top of the national agenda.
Sad that so many still don't see how badass that is.
Sad that so many still don't see how badass that is.
