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In Vox, I explained how federal policy encourages car bloat, making American vehicles more enormous, polluting, and dangerous than they'd otherwise be.
That's the exact opposite of what we should be doing.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24139147/suvs-trucks-popularity-federal-policy-pollution
Why are cars in the US so big? The policies that ruined American cars, explained.
How federal lawmakers helped SUVs and pickups take over AmericaDavid Zipper (Vox)
#ClimateSolutions #Policy #Biden #ClimateCrisis
*#SolarForAll**
#BernieSanders' approach to providing funding for low- and middle-income #US families to install #SolorPanels at their homes is the right way.
This program should be copied as a blueprint for all countries, at least in #OECD and #OPECplus countries, which do, in prinicple, have the funds:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-global-per-capita-co2-emissions/
In particular, the @EU_Commission with its #GreenDeal should pay heed.
212 #ClimateSolutions #Policy #Biden #Bernie
This video is about the same announcement Biden made
as reported in the Grist article that I tooted about minutes ago. [see 211 #ClimateSol-----]
But it's Bernie speaking.
"Solar for All is a win, win, win." [2:37 min]
by Bernie Sanders 24 apr 2024
High seafood diets may come with a hefty side of ‘forever chemicals’: Study
People who frequently consume seafood may face a heightened risk of exposure to toxic “forever chemicals,” a new study has found.Sharon Udasin (The Hill)
We. Need. Laws.
And school boards must have policies *now*
A.I.-generated images to harass, humiliate and bully young women can harm their mental health, reputations and physical safety as well as pose risks to their college and career prospects.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/technology/deepfake-ai-nudes-westfield-high-school.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jE0.brhY.4jioUi-PupSq&smid=url-share
#policy #AI
Elon Musk threatens to disobey court order over banned profiles
Brazil threatens to regulate social media owned by "billionaires domiciled abroad."Ars Technica
#Biden warns #Netanyahu the situation in #Gaza is ‘unacceptable’
#POTUS said #UnitedStates #policy will change if #Israel does not immediately take ‘specific, concrete, & measurable’ steps to address the disaster
#geopolitics #Humanitarian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/04/biden-warns-netanyahu-situation-gaza-is-unacceptable/