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Rhiannon12866

(222,500 posts)
Sun Jun 23, 2024, 09:15 PM Jun 2024

'Game over for climate action': top climate scientist on 2nd Trump term - Velshi - MSNBC



Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe, super-charged by human-caused warming. According to Michael Mann, presidential distinguished professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the upcoming presidential race will not only determine the fate of democracy but also the future of our planet.

With Project 2025, the conservative playbook for the next Republican president, looming over the race, another Trump presidency would guarantee the dismantling of federal climate and environmental policies. Polluters have a wishlist, warns Mann. “They didn’t accomplish everything they hoped to in Trump’s first term,” he says. “They’re going to make sure to accomplish them in a prospective second Trump administration.” - Aired on 06/23/2024.

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'Game over for climate action': top climate scientist on 2nd Trump term - Velshi - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2024 OP
It's really quite simple BOSSHOG Jun 2024 #1
Excellent point. The difference is that TFG is running to stay out of jail and make money. Biden is working for the people Rhiannon12866 Jun 2024 #2
It was game over for climate action during Trump's first term. J_William_Ryan Jun 2024 #3

BOSSHOG

(39,906 posts)
1. It's really quite simple
Sun Jun 23, 2024, 09:32 PM
Jun 2024

Billionaires get richer when your weather is horrible. They don’t care if you are incredibly hot, or your home floods or you can’t afford your electric bill in the summer. They don’t care. And REPUBLICANS will do whatever they can to comfort billionaires. Not you. REPUBLICANS do not care about you, or your constitution. They vote how they are told and they don’t listen to me and you.

I’m woke so I’ll ask this question. If you have billions of dollars now, how much is enough next year and the year after. How many people must die of heatstroke so you can buy a bigger yacht? Why do you masquerade as a Christian?

Rhiannon12866

(222,500 posts)
2. Excellent point. The difference is that TFG is running to stay out of jail and make money. Biden is working for the people
Sun Jun 23, 2024, 09:38 PM
Jun 2024

So if you're a person and not a billionaire, there is only one choice in this upcoming election.

J_William_Ryan

(2,164 posts)
3. It was game over for climate action during Trump's first term.
Sun Jun 23, 2024, 09:44 PM
Jun 2024

President Biden’s second term will likely come with a continued divided Congress; it’s Congress that must take action on climate change, not the executive.

And even if Congress takes action, a Supreme Court dominated by blind partisan conservative ideologues would strike down or gut any climate legislation.

2016 was the last chance.

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