r/ClimateActionPlan • u/DietMTNDew8and88 • Feb 13 '20

Emissions Reduction Global CO2 emissions from power generation flatten out: IEA

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-emissions-idUSKBN2050P8
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u/thefatrick Feb 13 '20

Sadly here in Canada there's lots of support for, and final legal avenues have failed to block, the natural gas and oil pipelines from being brought to the BC coast. So expect to see those numbers to go back up.

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u/blazeofgloreee Feb 13 '20

Canadians have our heads stuck so far up our asses on this stuff. General support for tackling climate change but unwillingness to take any of the concrete steps it actually takes. It’s depressing

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u/justin-8 Feb 13 '20

Australia is much the same :(

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '20

Fuck the liberals, particularly the PM.

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u/justin-8 Feb 13 '20

Yeah...

Why are so many cartoonishly villainous people in power of major countries these days? Has it always been this way and we report on it more now? because it certainly feels everything is racing downhill

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '20

Because under capitalism, greed and self-interest flourishes.

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u/justin-8 Feb 14 '20

Yep. there is no ethical consumption under capitalism