• People Who Accept Climate Change Now Control the House Science Committee
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For the First Time Since 2010, People Who Accept Climate Change Control the House Science Committee Several Democratic House candidates with scientific backgrounds won against Republican incumbents on Tuesday. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xp9bx/for-the-first-time-since-2010-people-who-accept-climate-change-control-the-house-science-committee The US midterm elections are over at last, resulting in the first Democratic majority in the House of Representatives since 2010. This shift in the Congressional power balance will have many long-term political repercussions, and among the most immediately obvious is an invigorated emphasis on science. The combined effect of Democrats taking control of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, coupled with a surge of newly elected Democratic candidates with STEM backgrounds, stands to dramatically reshape science policy in Congress. These new gains for science in Congress will not necessarily materialize into effective evidence-based policy overnight, especially since the White House remains a flagrant and powerful anti-science force. But fortunately, the results signal that the American electorate is becoming more supportive of science-backed solutions to confront the nation’s most intractable problems.
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it only took 9 years, at this pace we might have a carbon tax bill by 2030 and emissions targets by 2050, no sweat.
Fucking finally. This should not be a political issue, yet here we are.
It doesn't matter, they are still loyal to lobbyists and it is far too late.
You seem like a blast at parties
While it may be more comfortable to just think about something else or cherish these insignificant victories the reality is that we are out of time.
See there are these things called half masks and they sometimes come with something called a carbon filter. There are also these other things called cryocoolers, boats, and rockets and they all show that unless a star is hurled at the earth, we will survive.
Okay, but for how long? Is that even really civilization anymore? What about food and water? Disease? What about our values and politics?
I'm not optimistic about humanity's future but that's no fuckin reason to give in, bro. Fight to the end!
Imagine that... progress.
Thank god seriously
It's just plain depressing that this is even a qualifier. It's the equivalent of saying 'People who know their ABCs and aren't clinically retarded now run the House for the first time in nearly a decade.' how fucked up are American politics if the bare minimum of competent government is seen as some sort of grand achievement?
Climate disaster is still a problem that can be lessened and mitigated to a worthwhile degree. The next evolution of climate obstructionism is going to be people who deny or ignore human contribution and plan for failure. Planning for failure is a fantasy that will delay response time and will ultimately divert resources towards attempting to survive climate apocalypse, instead of averting the course of events right now. The courses of action taken now will define the difference between climate change being a readily survivable calamity, or being a runaway mass extinction, and a big danger to progress being made is people becoming accepting of the worse case scenario.
You never had a fight to begin with when half of the population believes its a chinese hoax and 71% of emissions are done by huge corporations which also control our goverments. What a joke, Good luck, you got less than 10 years.
Time to go to work boys?
Fuck this dumb shit, have you seen the hurricanes as of late, this is the time to sound the alarm.
Yeah but that one time it snowed and a senator brought a snowball in from outside, so global warming can't exist.
Hopefully long enough for a stint as waterworld pirates > Is that even really civilization anymore? The fun kind. >What about food and water? Raid shit viking style, duh >Disease? Less people mean less carbon emissions so it's helpful in the long run. Also, natural selection. >What about our values and politics? Eh, at this point they are mostly perma-offended tankies vs literal nazis, a societal hard reboot wouldn't be that bad. See, we can survive just fine if you adapt with a bit of optimism and can-do attitude. Just start stockpiling drugs, spikes, and assless chaps and everything will be fine.
Every empire is forever until inevitably it isn't anymore.
Seems pretty often the people who say "you must be fun at parties", are not fun at parties
That's more or less my attitude.
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