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hey, y'all listening? I want to talk in a bit more detail than yesterday about the Biden Bernie Unity Task Force climate plan. Will use same hashtag as yesterday -- #Underwhelmed.
First, the document, all 110 pages. First 6 pages are Platformese climate; then pp. 42-55 are Policy-ese climate. I skimmed a few other sections and there may be stray climate mentions elsewhere too. #Underwhelmed bit.ly/2ZTXv7z
Next, some praise. This is a labor-friendly climate plan. And that matters a lot, because non-union cleantech doesn't get much respect in Dem circles compared to labor folk who donate and walk and elect Dems. Still, I'm #Underwhelmed.
1/This is how you tweet when you live in the Alberta bubble and your mandate is to greenwash the oil/gas industry. Here's my May 11 interview w/WoodMac VP Valentina Kretzschmar about what European majors are up to:
2/This chart shows that the oil sands ARE NOT reducing ghg emissions. The war room knows this, b/c Andrew Leach has pointed it out to them, as have others. Knowingly tweeting misinformation is lying.
Liar, liar, pants on fire, @CDNEnergyCentre.
Liar, liar, pants on fire, @CDNEnergyCentre.
3/A few oil sands producers have set "aspirational" net-zero emissions goals for 2050.
Translation: 30 years in the future our company MAY, if our executives think it's in our shareholders' best interests and we can do it without cutting dividends, reach net-zero.
#underwhelmed
Translation: 30 years in the future our company MAY, if our executives think it's in our shareholders' best interests and we can do it without cutting dividends, reach net-zero.
#underwhelmed
