Tuesday Night Owls. Analysis: 12% of virus-related stimulus $$ could hold temperature rise to 1.5°C
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Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week It's about saving the country, and shutting up Ted Cruz. Donate now to help bring back the White House and Senate. Joseph Winter at Grist writes—Tackling climate changTuesday Night Owls. Analysis: 12% of virus-related stimulus $$ could hold temperature rise to 1.5°C
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week It's about saving the country, and shutting up Ted Cruz. Donate now to help bring back the White House and Senate. Joseph Winter at Grist writes—Tackling climate change seemed expensive. Then COVID happened: Climate deniers and opponents of aggressive climate action have long argued that governments can’t afford comprehensive measures to confront the climate crisis. The Green New Deal, for example, has been ridiculed as a “crazy, expensive mess” by the Republican Policy Committee. But then COVID-19 challenged preconceived notions about the limits of government spending. Since August, world governments have pledged more than $12 trillion in stimulus spending to dig their way out of the coronavirus-caused economic downturn — a truly mind-boggling amount of cash that represents three times the public money spent after the Great Recession. How does that compare with the money that would be needed to fight climate change? Read more