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Trump said if he were elected, he would stop sending California federal firefighting aid unless Gov. Gavin Newsom, whom he referred to repeatedly as “Newscum,” enacted his policy priorities on issues such as water and taxes.

I'll note that the most fire-prone parts of California tend to be Republican-majority areas.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's a gift link. If you've got javascript turned on, and aren't running a browser extension which strips the token out of the URL, you should have access to the full article for the next 12 days or so.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

"Just print it" at that scale means rapid inflation, which in the US, means you won't hold power for long enough to follow through.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'll note that moving into the boreal forest is also a high-risk decision; those are all burning, burning more intensely, and burning more often.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It's a bit more than that; there are policies in place which make Chinese emissions likely to slowly drop from here on out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Realistically, you couple domestic regulation with a carbon tariff, assessing incoming goods a fee based on differential pollution in their country of origin.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, it doesn't matter that the animals were bred for the purpose of inhumane testing.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

More that we ought to treat the animals humanely in the process, and limit animal testing to situations where it's a medication that really benefits people, and not a cosmetic.

It's hard to see how an action which results in burned monkey testicles is consistent with that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

We're at the point where we've stepped into a minefield, where each step forward risks losing major ecosystems. We need to take immediate steps to stop walking further into it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The answer varies a lot between countries. In ones where elections determine who holds power, they're a viable path to achieving change.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sadly, this one involves burning the testicles of actual living monkeys, and not merely engaging in private pleasures

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Emissions have been falling in the US and EU since ~2005 or so, and look to be about to start falling in China, which means that they'll be falling worldwide after this year.

But...they'll likely be falling slowly, rather than rapidly, which is a problem.

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