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Biden says ‘practically speaking’ he’s already declared a climate emergency
(www.washingtonpost.com)
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Sometimes you need theatre to influence trends, science communication is so incredibly important. Practically speaking is less than the bare minimum.
He's doing things which are almost entirely demand-side and incentive-oriented. Getting to where we need to be means including extraction cuts and penalties for burning, but we don't have the votes for those in Congress yet.