US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate
US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate
The United States committed Saturday to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking the coal habit that's a huge factor in global warming. U.S. Special Envoy John Kerry announced that America was joining the Powering Past Coal Alliance, which means the Biden Admin...
US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate::The United States committed Saturday to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking the coal habit that's a huge factor in global warming. U.S. Special Envoy John Kerry announced that America was joining the Powering Past Coal Alliance, which means the Biden Administration commits to building no new coal plants and phasing out existing plants. No date was given for when the existing plants would have to go, but other Biden regulatory actions and international commitments already in the works had meant no coal by 2035.
Given the state of US politics, what are the odds a "commitment" like this will survive the next election cycle?
Depends on if enough people vote or inaction due to feelings of helplessness allow the far right to take over again :/
The far right consistently makes up like 30% of the country and whenever normal people don't vote the far right wins and makes life even more shit for everybody.
Like yeah, don't get me wrong, Democrats aren't great, but they are miles and miles ahead of Republicans.
You know the answer....
Committed to the idea.
Heh. Wow.
LoL phase out coal. What is this? The 1990's?
It will be phased out when it is more expensive than any other alternative. Not a single day earlier.
Solar and wind power are now cheaper than any power source ever in history.
edit: that was last year. Now it's even cheaper.
And oil? And gas?
Pretty wild that we happen to live in a perfect little time period for capitalizing on dead plants and animals which have turned into energy sources over millenia. It's also pretty wild how we've made a lot of things out of these dead plants and animals when it will be a bit of a wait until we get more of these dead plants and animals again.
We're just like ants finding a sugar cube. But with more at stake in some ways.
At least it’s progress
I hope Germany wakes up
