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Another edition of silver-linings-on-climate , to remember: we are going to win.
Carbon emissions are everywhere, so we can cut them everywhere. In companies, cities, states and globally.
1) @Google's 24/7 100% clean power by 2030 pledge. HUGE.https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/our-third-decade-climate-action-realizing-carbon-free-future …
2) @JoeBiden ran on the boldest climate platform of any presidential candidate in American history. And he is on track to win. Climate action is a winning issue.
He has a climate mandate. With executive leadership, we can do A LOT.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/5/biden-vows-to-return-us-to-paris-climate-accord-if-elected …
3) China is ramping up its climate action. By 2035, it has said no one will be able to buy a gas only car. That's a big deal in a huge auto market.https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/China-plans-to-phase-out-conventional-gas-burning-cars-by-2035 …
4) @jamieclimate + @billmckibben + others were smart enough to start @StopMoneyPipe and they are pushing companies like @Chase + @LibertyMutal to clean up their act.
There are signs its starting to work, too...https://stopthemoneypipeline.com/chase-climate-announcement/ …
5) Climate was on the ballot in local elections, and we won resoundingly.
As @daniel_melling put it: "every big Western city with council candidates on the ballot got a new climate champion this week." EVERY. SINGLE. ONE!https://legal-planet.org/2020/11/05/climate-candidates-notch-victories-in-major-city-council-races-across-western-u-s/ …
6) Coal is going the way of the dinosaurs. After a terrible 2019, it's fallen 30% this year. And that happened all while the Trump administration was endlessly giving them handouts. Imagine what will happen to coal under Biden's leadership... https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/us-coal-generation-plunges-30-in-first-half-of-2020-eia-says#:~:text=U.S.%20coal%20power%20generation%20plunged,from%20the%20Energy%20Information%20Administration ….
7) A very powerful oil company, Valero, spent insane amounts of money to try to buy the mayoral race in a refinery town in the Bay Area, @TedrickG reports.
AND. THEY. LOST.https://www.kqed.org/electionupdates/news/11845559/candidate-in-valeros-crosshairs-wins-benicia-mayoral-race …
8) The Squad? All those ladies sticking their necks-way-out on climate? @AOC @IlhanMN @AyannaPressley @RashidaTlaib? Yeah. They all won re-election.
And their squad got BIGGER.
Bold climate action is a winning platform.https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjpp97/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-squad-bigger-jamaal-bowman-cori-bush-marie-newman-mondaire-jones …
9) Battery prices are falling precipitously. This is huge, because they are a key piece of our 100% clean power puzzle. Here's an article from JANUARY talking about it. We've got a whole extra year of falling prices under our belts now, friends!https://news.wttw.com/2020/01/02/falling-battery-price-transforms-economics-green-energy …
10) A BIG WIN in Louisiana! @LeadLocally has the scoop on that and MUCH MORE here...https://twitter.com/LeadLocally/status/1324076547553157120 …
We are climate activists. We are in this for the long haul. We know it's a big fight. We don't give up. We fight hard. And we win.
11) The climate wins just keep on coming, folks. No more LNG terminal in Texas!https://twitter.com/maryannehitt/status/1324353610948530181 …
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