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Daniel Aldana Cohen Profile picture
@aldatweets
Mar 23, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
We know that in every recession, the powerful maneuver from the very start to shape the recovery and aftermath. It's surely happening now

Yet some think this is a bad time to talk about a #GreenStimulus

I really don't get that. We can focus on the immediate and plan recovery
The powerful interests working to use stimulus to entrench their existing (fossil fueled) power will never pause and say - ok, now, let's talk greening, let's talk deconstructing structural racism and class inequality

(Eg, airline industry)

That will never happen
Movements on the ground rn are fighting like hell for immediate aid and recovery. I support that! There are many ways to support

What solidarity doesn't look like is sitting on sidelines while powerful interests take control of recovery

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
We worked on this letter because we want to contribute ideas to the fight over the nature of our economic recovery

Everyone needs to be pushing for the best rescue and rebuilding. We start now to *maximize* time for debate

No one will give us permission

medium.com/@green_stimulu…

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Jan 24, 2023
We got so sick of hearing about all the lithium we need to carpet the roads w electric cars. So we did the 1st study to quantify alternatives. Leading w mass transit, ebikes, and urban density cuts lithium demand by up to 90%, while slashing carbon & giving us mobility & freedom.
.@triofrancos led this brilliant
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research project, in collaboration w expert EV modelers at UC Davis. We also worked w frontline groups in Nevada and Chile. And we produced our report in both English and Spanish. Less mining, more mobility 💥
climateandcommunity.org/more-mobility-…
Today, we have an exclusive in the @guardian, exploring EV policy in the US in the context of our research. The climate emergency means that we must stop burning gasoline in cars. But how much mining is needed to transition is completely up for grabs.
theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j…
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Jan 24, 2023
I'm thrilled to be starting the first substantive week of my class this semester, "The Sociology of the Climate Emergency." I'll be posting some links and readings as I go along. First up, our syllabus. Next, today's readings...

docs.google.com/document/d/1HO…
To dig into an emerging (if still contested) consensus that we're now looking at a narrow climate future of 2C to 3C warming, we read @dwallacewells's latest NYT Mag opus.

nytimes.com/interactive/20…
For a first look at the inequalities that still dominate that setting, and the mechanisms that reproduce those inequalities, we read @NaomiAKlein's classic essay on climate and othering.

lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v38/…
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Dec 13, 2022
I want to quickly clarify an offhand, sloppy tweet I wrote last week. A lil 🧵 for those who were genuinely curious about what I meant.
I use eco-apartheid as shorthand for situations where the affluent (& usually white) get lovely green amenities, while others are locked into miserable conditions, w the inequalities sustained by racist state violence. Obv, cities/housing matter here.
There’s a lots more to say on this. I didn’t really engage last week bc I’m drowning in intense writing projects on eco-apartheid these days. More on those soon. I’ve also written about this before. Eg:

thenation.com/article/archiv…
ijurr.org/spotlight-on/p…
dissentmagazine.org/online_article…
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Apr 4, 2022
Tomorrow, the IPCC will issue a massive new report. It will find that, basically, we need a Green New Deal, w incredibly ambitious public action to coordinate and help fund trillions in green investment to prevent total climate breakdown.

Hardly anyone will talk about it. 1/4
In the US, centrists thought ditching the Green New Deal would allow Dems to focus on more pragmatic, concrete actions.

But now the only narrative is Manchin blocking Biden. 😵‍💫

There's no rousing meta-narrative frame for ambitious climate action linked to jobs and equity. 2/4
And this isn't just about narrative—it's about organizing too.

In the US, ceding the GND meant ceding the whole project of climate action—including leadership of climate movements & allies—to the Biden admin.

We've lost the project of an expansive grassroots mobilization. 3/4
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Feb 5, 2022
What if we focused on 2030 less as ultimate climate deadline, and more as double-down moment? In that timeline, winning this decade involves blocking fascisms & white nationalisms, major progress in energy sector decarb, *start* of large-scale retrofits. Years of Beginning.
Accomplishing all the hard stuff by 2030 looks… extremely hard. But building momentum on decarb (& adaptation!) while repelling fascist rights would be a decent achievement! In many sectors, success would beget accelerating success. Building retrofit costs will really come down.
The rough numbers are that the world needs to cut emissions by 50% by 2030 to keep 1.5C in sight, by 25% for 2C. There’s a lot of room between those.
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Dec 1, 2021
A (v long) thread on the Bowman affair, inspired by over a decade of research and work on the Brazilian left. (And my lifetime of immersion in Lat Am politics.)
To finally get elected President in 2002, Lula wrote a public letter swearing fealty to neoliberalism. He kept most of those promises.

nacla.org/article/lula%E…
Today he’s talking about running for office w his 2006 *opponent*, the extremely rightwing Geraldo Alckmin, as his VP.

DSA twitter loves Lula.
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