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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
Order ab Chao - Vox Popoli
All of the economic crises since 1989, and the economic crises to come, are quite literally created in order to weaken the natural resistance to the structural globalization sought by Clown World.VD (Vox Popoli)
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/