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Nicky Ison
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According to @ramez good climate policy has 3 key traits:
1. It has a large, meaningful impact on climate change.
2. It tackles the problems that aren’t being tackled by the market.
3. It actually gets passed into law
Aka practical and popular The #GreenNewDeal can be this. 1/2
Technology neutral policies for #climate action aren't what we need!
We have affordable #wind & #solar because policy makers in Germany, and the US, and China created markets for solar and wind before they were cost-competitive. techcrunch.com/2019/02/15/how… #auspol @the_AEMC
Hey @OBenPotter @angelamacd what would it take for you or someone at the AFR to suggest that maybe technology neutrality is not what is needed on #climate? That commercialising techs that can lower emissions around the world is a proven way to go?
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Nicky Ison
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If you were a journo or opinion editor trying to get better at reporting on #climate & #energy, what questions would you be asking?

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@KetanJ0 @TennantReed @simonahac @dylanjmcconnell @craigmemery @SimonCorbell @OBenPotter @1MarijaPetkovic @miriamlyons
1/ If the article/writer claims a certain cost of acting on climate, does it also make claims about the cost of not acting on climate?
2/ If there are claims made about industry moving off shore, where will the industry go (since the majority of the world is acting on climate)?
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Nicky Ison
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"Contrary to public perceptions, solar panel uptake is proportionally more common in roofs of those with lower- to middle socio-economic standing." Great work by @solarcitizens @VEPC_VU @p_hannam

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1/For those who say - "what about renters and people who live in apartments?" there are a few options available. 1. Sun Tenants which works by splitting the benefit of #solar between landlords and tenants - suntenants.com @SunTenants
2/ Then if you live in Victoria the Vic Government is introducing a #Solar for renters rebate from 1st July this year. #springstreet danandrews.com.au/policies/rente…
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Nicky Ison
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Dear friends in the @Greens please read this tweet thread before proposing emissions trading again. @greencate @justinrfield @jennyleong
Also this one
Also might be time to look forward not backwards. For example what might an Australian version of a #GreenNewDeal look like? That might actually get your base excited
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Alexander Reitzenstein
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THREAD| Draft of the #Climate Change Act, presented by (@bmu) this week: The proposal is a framework law, featuring elements from international acts, e.g. from UK (@theCCCuk). In contrast to the German Climate Action Plan 2050, it will be legally binding. #Klimaschutzgesetz
2| The framework law includes emission reduction targets, defines CO2 budgets for each sector, and clarifies responsibilities, as well as review, transparency & sanctioning mechanisms. Implementation measures for each sector will be detailled in 2030 programmes, due in Mar 2019.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
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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…
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Patrick Galey
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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
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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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JesseJenkins
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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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Peter Gleick
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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.
3. In December 2016, 320 of those items were links to #climate data. Today, 0 links to data. 5,271 were web links. Now, 0 web links.
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