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I think 350.org should start petitions to media (the major ones at one time).using much more forceful language than I've seen in any that climate change must be headline news (because human extinction risk makes it to be.) Hearalding the cheapness now of sustainable energy and making sure the IRA is used that way. Asking them to Headline the environmental costs of private jets and they must tax them a lot, not give tax breaks. Headline the cost of war to ecosurvival, not say we need to spend even more to "make us secure". I will ask this of media watchdogs and other eco organizations. Petions to Governent offices also need to stop soft pedaling these issues.

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"If anyone thinks he will be slowed by the language of an agreement initialed by a bunch of functionaries in Dubai,"

A bridge o'er to Brookyn's incredibly swell

and to you, for just two thousand dollars, I'll sell!

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“The tacky spaceport that is Dubai” 😂😂 I always appreciate a dose of humor with my climate news. Thanks for your excellence with both.

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Don’t miss Bloomberg Zero podcast host Akshat Rathi’s Al Gore interview at COP28, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/zero-the-climate-race/id1621556928?i=1000637677681.

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This conversation is crucial to people who want to make the cop’s voting procedure more democratic which alone can produce success in curtailing fossil fuels usage!

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Thank you for this!

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It appears likely that COP28 will accomplish little if anything. I'm not at all surprised. Throughout its history, the climate COP process has been mostly political theater. It troubles me to think about the quantity of fossil fuel emissions that result from each meeting.

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Bill, you are a wonderful writer and make all these details so accessible. Thank you thank you thank you

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Well, Big Oil is an easy target. But locally there are HOWLS of protest to proposals for 8% rise in electricity rates to cover the infrastructure to get incrementally more wind, less coal on the grid. Every time I point a fat accusatory index finger at THEM, i notice that the three folded fingers in my palm are pointing back at me.

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Right on !

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