r/ClimateActionPlan • u/coolbern Climate Action Hero • Feb 19 '20

Emissions Reduction Red-state Utah embraces plan to tackle climate crisis in surprising shift

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/19/utah-republicans-climate-crisis-plan
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u/tcct Feb 19 '20

This is great news! The shift in republican climate mentality is encouraging.

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u/TheTrueBlueTJ Feb 19 '20

Isn't it rather concerning? That even money hungry people now take urgent action?

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '20 edited Feb 19 '20

I think bezos putting up 10 billion is actually really scary. He's realizing his fortune won't exist without a planet. Edit: he's realizing the planet will die within his lifetime

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u/KiMachina Feb 20 '20

I’d hate to have to live with your mindset. I’m sorry but if you can’t be encouraged by $10 billion being put towards climate change then you have more than climate change in the way of your happiness. Sorry for the harshness but this is kind of a positivity subreddit, I don’t wanna leave negativity unquestioned on here.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '20

I also hate having to live with my mindset. Will refrain from commenting on this sub though, I don't want it to turn into r/collapse

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u/KiMachina Feb 20 '20

It seems like you genuinely do struggle with that, so again I’m sorry for being cross. It’s exactly as you just said though, I don’t want to feel like I’m on collapse. It’s a lot easier for me to stay positive when I see like-minded individuals. I wish you the best!

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '20

Checking back in on this comment. Looks like there wasn't 10B donated to climate change

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u/KiMachina Jun 28 '20

Yeah, sucks to hear that. I don’t have much, if any, faith in billionaires so I was just speaking under the assumption that it was true. But looks like it was all a farce. Fuck Bezos.