Americans who want to stop him, get involved
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That’s not all it would threaten.
Fore sure — but this is a climate community, so I’m talking about that.
Sorry, I was being glib- but in all seriousness, he threatens climate on a much larger scale too. He wants to dismantle the EPA.
Yes, I’ve been posting about the broader threat too.
I don’t get the innuendo
He’s a fundamental threat to the planet, democracy, parks, our kids, women, etc etc etc.
North Carolina has never needed to worry about global warming, it’s just a liberal hoax anyway.
The mountains surely didn’t flood last month, so they should be fine.
Oh wow good thing the other 49 states and the rest of the world are gonna be ok though
Stories like this about specific areas help it be personal for people. It’s good to share, even though we know it’s not the whole problem.
Localized stories tell people that it matters for them. That’s important when you have a potential swing state.
Fair point. I guess this is just me voicing my frustrations on how so many people in the states just don’t really give a shit about things unless they are directly impacted.
As he campaigned for president in 2020, Joe Biden made a bold promise at a New Hampshire town hall, adding repetition for emphasis: “No more drilling on federal lands. Period. Period. Period. Period.” […] The Biden administration has now outpaced the Trump administration in approving permits for drilling on public lands, and the United States is producing more oil than any country ever has. […] The reality is the United States is already dominant. The country is expected to produce 13.2 million barrels of oil per day on average this year — millions of barrels more than Saudi Arabia or Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/08/16/biden-oil-drilling-production/
The slightly-lesser evil is still omnicidally evil.
They did try an end to drilling permits, and lost in court — the US court system considers drilling rights to be a property right once you have a lease, so you can’t easily just say no.
They then cut the issuance of leases to the congressionally-mandated minimum.
numerical non-graph form of the data is here
I’ve never seen this chart. What a story!
Yeah, there has been no press coverage of it whatsoever; there’s one substack post showing a year-old version of it.
