#kate aronoff

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us politics #twitter #tweet #2022 #Kate Aronoff #rep. henry cuellar #jessica cisneros #house speaker nancy pelosi #speaker nancy pelosi #rep. nancy pelosi #fuck pelosi #rep. jim clyburn #nra #pro choice #abortions #abortion bans #roe v. wade #uvalde shooting #robb elementary shooting #tx #texas

[probablyasocialecologist]

Last week, Senate Democrats strongly indicated that the liberal wing of the American political establishment is woefully unprepared to face the future that the US—as both the world’s biggest imperial power and a leading architect of the climate crisis—has helped create. In an attempt to score a win ahead of this year’s federal election, Democrats proposed a piece of legislation that is, in effect, a laundry list of hard-line anti-immigrant policies demanded by Donald Trump and his supporters in Congress. In so doing, they conceded the right-wing framing that an increase in immigrants and asylum seekers at the southern border—already a real phenomenon—represents a “crisis” that requires a series of punitive solutions. This marks a shift in tone and policy from the Trump years, when Democrats rhetorically placed themselves in opposition to the xenophobia of the White House and tended to downplay the idea of rising immigration pressures. It also reflects an even deeper conception of the border as a bulwark against the savage hordes that would destroy life as we know it if we let our guard down. As it happens, that is exactly how the Israeli government talks about Gaza (and like Gaza is how the American right is beginning to talk about the border). Even in the short term, the Democrats’ turn is a huge mistake; as Adam Johnson and Kate Aronoff argued forcefully in separate pieces last week, going head-to-head with the right over border toughness is a losing battle, since Democrats will have a hard time beating the Republicans at their own game (racism). But more importantly, there is no indication that deterrence can counteract the long-term economic, political, and ecological forces animating population flows. Even if it were sensible policy, there is no way to shut down the border that is not itself a time bomb for political violence. Thus, by taking the hard-line approach—or, to put it another way, by embracing the Gaza model—Democrats risk losing elections, while harming national well-being where and when they do take power.

#usa #gaza #democrats #borders #migration

[climatecalling]

Biden’s decision to join the strike would be remarkable on its own. Beyond the obvious symbolism, his presence there lends tangible material support to workers’ demands, handing the union leverage over companies that might otherwise reasonably assume he’d have their backs. It could also usher in a broader shift in the way he and other Democrats talk about climate policy. Impressive as the IRA is, its most direct benefits accrue largely to companies and consumers with enough cash on hand to afford up-front payments for big-ticket items like solar panels and heat pumps. ... Targeting climate policy at corporations and affluent consumers doesn’t make a great counterargument to Republicans eager to frame it all as elitist virtue signaling, and win elections accordingly. What the Republican party can be reliably expected to do, though, is side with the bosses. That’s where even self-professed “car guy” Joe Biden might be able to set himself apart – by being willing to offend the automakers so that the rewards of America’s green industrial policy aren’t hoarded at the top.

#climate crisis #automakers #uaw #strike #biden

[leftistteendrama]

✨EP 15 OUT NOW ✨Remember the time Summer Roberts from The O.C. went to college and became a hardcore environmental activist? Maria and her guests Emma and Hailey trace Summer’s Season 4 journey to find her destiny as an early 2000s climate activist, in the long tradition of teen drama mean girls finding their voices through organizing. With many of Summer’s demands sounding eerily similar to the demands of today’s climate justice movement, Maria also takes the opportunity to discuss the Green New Deal, with the help of A Planet To Win: Why We Need A Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos. Maria and her guests discuss this ambitious and exciting policy framework that Summer Roberts would certainly be fighting to pass in the present.

Hosted by Maria, produced by Jeff, art by Charles (charles-oleary.com), episode 15 of Leftist Teen Drama is now streaming wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen and subscribe on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Stitcher, Deezer, PlayerFM, Listen Notes, and Podcast Addict.

#leftist teen drama #summer roberts #the o.c. #the oc #green new deal

[keresztyandras]

Szelektív hulladék?

Metazin „Az újrahasznosításnak nincs értelme, és a műanyagipar évtizedek óta tisztában van ezzel” – foglalja össze a New Republic magazinban Kate Aronoff a Center for Climate Integrity környezetvédelmi szervezet februári jelentését, melyet a Metazin szemlézett. Azt már korábban is tudhattuk, hogy az előállított műanyag nagy része – 90 százaléka – szeméttelepen végzi, vagy ami még rosszabb, füstté…

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#Műanyag Hulladék

[ourquietman]

If the administration is indeed building the wall against its will, that hasn’t stopped the White House from attempting to broadcast that it’s taking a more hard-line stance on border security than Republicans. In a briefing on Thursday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the “most extreme House Republicans have sought to eliminate thousands of Border Patrol folks,” boasting that Biden has added 25,000 Border Patrol agents during his time in office. “And that is something that no other president has been able to do,” she said, noting also that the administration has “removed or returned more than 250,000 people since May 12th.” Kate Aronoff in THE NEW REPUBLIC

#joe biden #greg abbott #border wall #immigration policy #immigration

[crackerdaddy]

[christinamac1]

The US supreme court has declared war on the Earth’s future

The US supreme court has declared war on the Earth’s future

The US supreme court has declared war on the Earth’s future Kate Aronoff In a major environmental case, the court has made clear that it would rather represent the interests of corporations and the super-rich than the needs and desires of the vast majority of Americans – or people on Earth

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[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

#politics #us politics #president joe biden #joe biden #biden #biden administration #biden campaign #twitter #tweet #cenk uygur #tyt #the young turks #kate aronoff #gravel institute #syria #us military #military #minimum wage #wages #living wage #raise the minimum wage #airstrike #progressivism #democrats #covid relief #coronavirus relief #stimulus #coronavirus stimulus #stimulus check

[toshootforthestars]

#hmm #unequal society #two wrongs #minneapolis #news #us news #america 2020 #george floyd #looting #riots #failed state #failed society #kate aronoff

[stonerbughead]

this take was way better than mine lol (Kate Aronoff rocks)

#tweets #us politics #politics #Kate aronoff #there would be a food kitchen and hand warmers and police liaisons #the left knows how to protest

[inquisitivetree]

[Image Description: a tweet by Kate Aronoff @KateAronoff that says:

People who are indifferent as to whether huge swathes of the planet become uninhabitable probably shouldn't be called moderates

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Tweet link

#climate crisis #climate breakdown #climate change #kate aronoff

[leftistteendrama]

With some help from A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Thea Riofrancos, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Alyssa Battistoni, Maria explains why Summer Roberts’ demand for solar panels could be a smaller part of the much larger fight for a Green New Deal. Ep 15 of Leftist Teen Drama is now streaming wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen and subscribe on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Stitcher, Deezer, PlayerFM, Listen Notes, and Podcast Addict.

#green new deal #summer roberts #the o.c. #leftist teen drama #theocedit

[disillusioned41]

Democracy Now! Published on Sep 5, 2019

After DNC Rejects Climate Debate, Candidates Discuss Green New Deal, Environmental Justice at Forum

Ten Democratic presidential hopefuls took to the stage in New York City Wednesday night for a climate town hall hosted by CNN. The event was held less than two weeks after the Democratic National Committee rejected a resolution that would have allowed candidates to participate in a debate focused on the climate crisis. Former Vice President Joe Biden is facing scrutiny after being questioned about his relationship with the fossil fuel industry and attendance at a fossil fuel executive's fundraiser the following day, while Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders diverged on the issue of nationalizing public utilities and the fossil fuel industry. We host a roundtable with former EPA official Mustafa Ali, journalist Kate Aronoff and Sunrise Movement digital director Mattias Lehman. 

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateTownHall #DemocracyNow

#Democracy Now! #us politics #climate change #Green New Deal #cnn town hall #Bernie Sanders #Elizabeth Warren #Joe Biden #DNC #2020 Election #fossil fuel industry #EPA #Mustafa Ali #sunrise movement #Kate Aronoff #Mattias Lehman

[wazafam]

By BY KATE ARONOFF from Opinion in the New York Times-https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/opinion/climate-pledge-summit.html?partner=IFTTT There is only one way for the Biden administration to make good on its emissions commitments. Let’s All Agree That a Global Climate Summit Won’t Save the Planet New York Times

#BY KATE ARONOFF #Opinion #United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change #Greenhouse Gas Emis

[probablyasocialecologist]

The U.S. currently has 1,650 electric and fuel cell buses currently or “soon to be” in use. Since 2015, China has rolled out 421,000 electric buses via generous industrial policy that paid automaker BYD the equivalent of $150,000 for every $300,000 electric bus it churned out. That was paired with procurement policies that created a built-in market for what were then still clunky e-buses, forcing manufacturers to work out the kinks as they scaled production to meet demand from the public sector. Shenzhen alone now has 16,000 electric buses, along with some 12,000 E.V. taxis.

Kate Aronoff, Playing Nice With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Climate Denial

#energy #electric vehicles #china #lol...lmao