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Peter Kalmus
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So you agree we need a massive climate mobilization. Systems need to change, fast. But what can YOU do?
1 vote
2 talk

But you can do more. Much more.
3 protest
4 civil disobedience
5 burn less FF to shift culture
6 find creative, amazing ways to shift culture, original to YOU
2 through 6 almost certainly involve some sort of community engagement, which is a good thing. It's generally more effective to work together, and it's way too depressing to work on this alone!
correction: #5 should have been "reduce your own climate impact to convey urgency and shift culture." While climate breakdown is mainly due to burning fossil fuel, it's also due to land use change and other greenhouse gases.
and #1 should be expanded to within-the-system political action writ large, e.g. speaking up at city council meetings; writing, calling, visiting representatives; supporting campaigns; and running for office!
Should legal remedies be its own category? I follow climate litigation closely e.g. Juliana v USA; I think we should sue the oil companies. The legal system is prone to / reflects cultural shift. And individuals matter: Julia Olson, Jim Hansen & the youth plaintiffs made choices.
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Peter Kalmus
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A reporter from @GQMagazine asked me about climate policy. Speaking as a citizen, I told her what I thought:

1 We must treat climate as the crisis it is and at this late date - humans are a procrastinating species - the only sane response is WWII-scale-plus mobilization
2 The youth-driven grassroots protest is due to exponentially increasing GHG emissions - and physics - and so isn't a flash in the pan. It can only strengthen with climate impacts.

Political survival (and ours) will soon depend on treating climate as the crisis it is.
3 The climate mobilization we need will certainly be some kind of Green New Deal, whatever we want to call it. And yes, fossil fuel jobs will go away... but... THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT.

There's a LOT of work that needs to be done. That means a LOT of jobs.
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Peter Kalmus
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We need to have a calm discussion about a carbon fee.
(1) I support a fee, NOT a tax. With a fee, 100% goes back to the people
(2) Such a fee is progressive, NOT regressive, and would be popular
(3) This would just be one step among many. Could be *part* of a Green New Deal.
(4) Big Oil supports a specific carbon tax proposal that is rolled together with a release of liability for them, now and forever. I do NOT support any such thing! We can have just the carbon fee, without such any such disastrous release. (hint: SUE THE BASTARDS)
(5) It's hard to project how a particular price trajectory maps to future emissions b/c it's hard to model. REMI has a model that projects 40% CO2 emissions reduction in the US after 12 years, with a fee that starts at $15 and ramps up $10 per year.
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Peter Kalmus
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OK, so what can we actually do about climate breakdown?

Things you and I can actually go out and DO. That don't require any magic wands or wishful thinking.
It's comforting to think that "they" will do something, that "collective action" is the answer and so therefore you and I have no real responsibility.

But it's so much more empowering to DO stuff. And it's more honest.
1. Join a face-to-face community of people who also “get it.” This is critical for sanity. It feels so encouraging, empowering. And it quickly puts you light years ahead of where you’d otherwise be in terms of your thinking and agency. Stand on the shoulders of giants.
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Ben Heard
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Here are some post-Australian election thoughts on what happened to the climate change vote. Here’s a decent article as a primer.

Firstly, me. I have been working in climate change in some form since ~2006. Have seen us try to act on this many times.

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Good questions @RedsforNamesake. If confronting #climate change is your priority, it is imperative to ramp up carbon-free energy asap.

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Margot Sanger-Katz
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This is technical, but this formula is really important to Graham-Cassidy. It would move a lot of $$ between states. cassidy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
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