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"While people in poverty are responsible for just a fraction of global emissions, they will bear the brunt of climate change, and have the least capacity to protect themselves. Climate change is, among other things, an unconscionable assault on the poor."

independent.co.uk/environment/cl…
"Funding from Shell, Chevron, BP, and other oil & gas companies dominates Harvard’s energy & climate policy research, and Harvard research directors consult for the industry. These are the experts tasked with formulating policies to counter climate change"
theguardian.com/environment/cl…
"As we careen towards a climate catastrophe that seems more and more likely to happen within the next 11 years, we can rightly pin a portion of the blame on David and his brother"

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
"The report found that 164 environmental activists around the world were murdered in 2018, and countless more were silenced through violent attacks, arrests, death threats or lawsuits.”

huffingtonpost.com/entry/report-e…
"Few investments can rival the return that the conservative donor class has gotten from the small cohort of evangelical theologians and scholars whose work has provided scriptural justifications for apocalyptic geopolitics and economic rapaciousness"

splinternews.com/how-fossil-fue…
"Hickenlooper has long been an ally of the oil and gas industry. A former oil geologist, Hickenlooper oversaw a massive expansion of oil production as governor. He even drank hydraulic fracturing fluid in an attempt to prove the process is safe."

readsludge.com/2019/08/29/dsc…
I'll be using this thread to post articles about climate change, fossil fuel lobbying, and climate policy. These reads have given me a better sense of what we're up against, and I hope they do the same for you too. Feel free to also share any similar articles you come across! xo.
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Just a few quick reminders:

1. These numbers aren't just unsustainable, they're a sign of an unjust system. That's why every candidate needs to come through with real prison reform policy.

2. People shouldn't be stuck in jail just because they're poor. That's why real prison reform should include abolishing the cash bail system.

3. Profiting off people's incarceration is immoral. That's why any real prison reform should definitely include abolishing the private prison system too.

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Tuxedo Mask
@TheLoveBel0w
Imagine wasting millions of dollars running for president even tho literally no one asked. Why not spend that cash supporting viable candidates in close house/senate races or helping kids in need? The fact that they can't see this proves they're not the best choice for president.
Just think of how many mouths you could feed, how many families you could house, and how many lives you could save with $100 million. Choosing to simply waste it instead is borderline sociopathic.
I'm not even sure why Delaney is in such a hurry to buy his way back to the debate stage; so far, his only memorable debate moment has been Warren realizing he's rich enough to get hit with her wealth tax. lol.
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Tuxedo Mask
@TheLoveBel0w
Just 1 Koch brother to go.
Might have to report this tweet for making me roll my eyes too hard. lol.

Alyssa Milano is the Macklemore of politics. She means well, but I just wish she would mackle less.
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@LuluLemew
"Perversely, while people in poverty are responsible for just a fraction of global emissions, they will bear the brunt of climate change, and have the least capacity to protect themselves,"

Makes Trump’s denials & actions a little clearer, doesn’t it?
cnn.com/2019/06/25/wor…
The world is facing a "climate apartheid" between the rich who can protect themselves and the poor who are left behind, the UN warns in new report
A new report published on Tuesday estimated that more than 120 million people could slip into poverty within the next decade because of climate change.
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Rebecca Riddell
@rebecca_riddell
We've just released the final report by @Alston_UNSR, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme #poverty, on his visit to the #UK. The report is available here: undocs.org/A/HRC/41/39/Ad…. A few key takeaways:
Some have asked me why a UN expert on #poverty would visit the #UK. Unfortunately, although the UK is the world’s 5th largest economy, 14 million are in poverty, child poverty is rising & predicted to reach 40% by 2021, homelessness is up 60%, and food bank use has skyrocketed.
To understand #poverty in the #UK, you have to look at the massive disinvestment in social support since 2010: the end of a centralized social fund, changes to the ways benefits are capped & calculated that substantially reduce their value, the decimation of civil legal aid, etc.
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Joseph Curtin
@jmcurtin
1. Thread:

Riots in France, 2nd rejection of carbon tax in Washington State, and u-turns in Germany and Ireland, all since Oct:

Are carbon taxes are dead, and we should look to plan B on climate?

My piece here: thetimes.co.uk/edition/irelan…

Or: josephcurtin.com/single-post/20…
2. Climate dumbassess have been lining up to dance on carbon pricing's grave.

@WSJ_Online ’s Ed Board were among the 1st to sound the death knell, arguing that nothing better reveals “the disconnect between ordinary voters and an aloof political class”: wsj.com/articles/the-g…
3. Even the orange elephant in the room was using these developments to stick the knife in:
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Hardeep Matharu
@Hardeep_Matharu
"The Government’s place is not to be assisting people who think they can’t make it on their own, it’s an absolute last emergency order” --> the words of UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights @Alston_UNSR should shame Britain & need to be publicised. My THREAD:
Professor Philip Alston said that 14 million people are in poverty in the UK (a figure the Government disputes) and that child poverty rates are “staggering” and are predicted to go up significantly over the next couple of years. #poverty #humanrights #austerity
The UN Special Rapporteur said he saw “a lot of misery” during his trip to the UK & met “a lot of people who feel the system is really there just to punish them”. People who could have gotten help in "yesterday's Britain" can no longer count on it #poverty #humanrights #austerity
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Mark Blacklock
@MarxMedia
UN special rapporteur @Alston_UNSR - who spent two weeks investigating UK #poverty at invitation of British govt - concludes that Tory ministers are "in denial" over the crisis caused by austerity, and their motivation is "an ideological one"
bit.ly/2TcTc34
His report is a damning indictment: "All of the evidence that I've seen, not withstanding the claims of the DWP, is that sanctions are usually counter production". Calls it a "tonne of bricks approach" which is counter to basic human rights, traditional British sense of fairness
Philip Alston says the poor will also "bear the brunt" of the economic fallout from #Brexit
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Anna-Lotta Jadinge
@jallabib
What size of land would be required to supply the aviation industry with the sufficient amount of biojetfuel, should a biofuel revolution take place?

Six times the area of all the fields in the world.
That is, 68 percent of the total land area on Earth.
#climate #aviation
Let me explain why.
Earlier this year, a long-distance flight was performed by Qantas, using 10% biofuel. 150 acres of mustard was required for this flight. ow.ly/byRP30lz8td
Suppose that we would replace all fossil jetfuel with 100% biojetfuel with the same area requirements as Qantas' flight.
Also, suppose that roughly 1/4 of all flights are long-distance & that short-distance flights require 75% less fuel than long-distance.
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