silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 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-up145arrow-down10cross-posted to: politicspolitics@lemmy.world
arrow-up145arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: politicspolitics@lemmy.world
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 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.
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.