silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months agoWhat are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view | Voting tops the list for the world’s leading climate scientists in a year when billions of voters go to the pollswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkWhat are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view | Voting tops the list for the world’s leading climate scientists in a year when billions of voters go to the pollswww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoSurely voting will make a difference this time
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoHere’s how it has worked in the US: In the 1980s we could get a hearing in Congress, but not even a meaningful proposal for action. Around 2010, we tried cap-and-trade. Passed the house. Would have gotten 36-38 votes in the Senate, so it didn’t get a vote. In 2021, we actually passed the Inflation Reduction Act. It’s getting us an almost-all-carrots approach to building decarbonization infrastructure. We’re actually fairly close to the point where we might actually pass more, as we need to.
Surely voting will make a difference this time
Here’s how it has worked in the US:
In the 1980s we could get a hearing in Congress, but not even a meaningful proposal for action.
Around 2010, we tried cap-and-trade. Passed the house. Would have gotten 36-38 votes in the Senate, so it didn’t get a vote.
In 2021, we actually passed the Inflation Reduction Act. It’s getting us an almost-all-carrots approach to building decarbonization infrastructure.
We’re actually fairly close to the point where we might actually pass more, as we need to.