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silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away. | Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.71·3 hours agoTo be clear, the bill making clean energy expensive and illegal hasn’t passed yet. You can still tell your Senators and congresscritter to vote against it.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPtoNew York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyz•A Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck From the G.O.P. Policy Bill | Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, said he would withdraw his proposal after it faced intense intraparty opposition.4·1 day agoThere are literally billboards and others outreach.
Not that it gets press coverage
silence7@slrpnk.netto Politics@beehaw.org•G.O.P. Bill Adds Surprise Tax That Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power4·1 day agoHere’s a gift link giving free access to the article for 30d
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis12·1 day agoNo, but it means you won’t be able to eat the rich.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis81·1 day agoThey don’t directly kill people; they make people allergic to mammal meat, so that they can’t eat that any more.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•A Conservative’s Plan to Sell Public Lands Faces MAGA Pushback | They love hunting, fishing and conservatism. And they hate a plan by a conservative senator to sell millions of acres of public lands.1·1 day agoThere is now news coverage saying that it’s out of the bill
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•GOP is on verge of sweeping victory in bid to gut clean energy economy2·1 day agoThere are things they Democrats should have been doing in addition to what they’ve done, but they can’t actually stop budget bills like this one unless four Republican Senators join them.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•A Conservative’s Plan to Sell Public Lands Faces MAGA Pushback | They love hunting, fishing and conservatism. And they hate a plan by a conservative senator to sell millions of acres of public lands.1·2 days agoThe public land sales are now supposedly out of the bill, which is currently stalled as they try to get 50 Republican Senators to vote to set a time limit on debate
silence7@slrpnk.netMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•China upgrades emergency response amid extreme weather1·2 days agoThis is a post about weather. Removed as off topic.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•GOP is on verge of sweeping victory in bid to gut clean energy economy15·2 days agoTheir paymasters are very unsure about wanting humanity to survive:
Douthat: I think you would prefer the human race to endure, right?
Thiel: Uh ——
Douthat: You’re hesitating.
Thiel: Well, I don’t know. I would — I would ——
Douthat: This is a long hesitation!
Thiel: There’s so many questions implicit in this.
Douthat: Should the human race survive?
Thiel: Yes.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•GOP is on verge of sweeping victory in bid to gut clean energy economy21·2 days agoYes — the racism and hate are more important to them.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•GOP is on verge of sweeping victory in bid to gut clean energy economy21·2 days agoThat means actually having 60+ votes or ending the filibuster
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump pushes Thune to crack down on wind and solar in megabill2·2 days agoThere is now news coverage of what’s going on - you’ll need to register to access the article.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump pushes Thune to crack down on wind and solar in megabill3·2 days agoYes, the idea is to criminalize anything they see as not funneling more money to billionaires.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump pushes Thune to crack down on wind and solar in megabill11·2 days agoWhat they did was impose the foreign-sourced-critical-materials excise tax on wind and solar based on percentages that aren’t attainable because they cut off support for US manufacturing of those materials and components (eg: magnets and solar cells)
It’s in the bill text, not any article that I’ve seen.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•‘Positive cascades could help accelerate change’: social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis7·2 days agoUnfortunately, we’re stuck with having to both beat fascism and solve major social and environmental issues at once. Fortunately, solving each of those makes solving the others easier.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Climate change could take a bite out of the banana industry | The ideal places to grow them could get too hot for the fruit.1·2 days agoThere are a lot of crops that are grown as huge clone monocultures. Potatoes. Garlic. Any given apple, stonefruit, and citrus all come to mind.
But getting odd oil compromises the financial security of NYT advertisers