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Jonathan Schofield
@urlyman@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

COP30 opens today.

At least the absence of high level representatives of the US government at COP30 is a more honest representation of what the US position has been at the previous 29 COPs, including during 5 Democratic administrations

#climateDiary

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MarjorieR
@marjolica@social.linux.pizza replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@urlyman nevertheless they have sent all their fossil fuel company lobbyists, as usual.

https://inview.org.uk/news/186160-chell_bp_exxonmobil_and_chevron_sent_dozens_of_lobbyists_to_climate_talks_while_posting_record_profits

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Jonathan Schofield
@urlyman@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@marjolica good point. So their high level representatives are there

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Jonathan Schofield
@urlyman@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

…Here’s how CO2 emissions have changed during the last 14 pre-Biden administrations. None of the drops in emissions have anything to do with a desire to reduce emissions

https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/114302714738492942

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Broadfork
@Broadfork@mastodon.green replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@urlyman Was the drop in emissions in Reafan’s first term down to the policies Carter initiated?

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Jonathan Schofield
@urlyman@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@Broadfork don’t know but my guess is a more straightforward correlation that has played out
many times since https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_1980s_recession_in_the_United_States

Early 1980s recession in the United States - Wikipedia

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