silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days agoBiden just set a new climate goal. Trump and other obstacles await | the United States would aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by between 61 and 66 percent by 2035 compared with 2005 levels.wapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkBiden just set a new climate goal. Trump and other obstacles await | the United States would aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by between 61 and 66 percent by 2035 compared with 2005 levels.wapo.stsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejollinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoDoes any measures implemented now have any teeth whatsoever? Trump can repel them all in one swoop right?
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoThis doesn’t have measures; it’s designed to create a situation where other countries are inclined to penalize the US for not meeting this goal.
minus-squarejollinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoWhich countries ever had the balls to penalize the US? Does that ever happen?
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoThe EU and China have both done it repeatedly when it makes sense for them.
Does any measures implemented now have any teeth whatsoever? Trump can repel them all in one swoop right?
This doesn’t have measures; it’s designed to create a situation where other countries are inclined to penalize the US for not meeting this goal.
Which countries ever had the balls to penalize the US? Does that ever happen?
The EU and China have both done it repeatedly when it makes sense for them.