Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
I had a discussion with a friend who is a self described centrist, and his opinion is that we have to take steps that are compromises or middle of the road in order to get anything done. His argument is that it's the only way we will get anything done.
Completely side steps the fact that the real extreme is ignoring the climate crisis and not taking drastic action.
I used to be afraid for my future child and grand children's futures. Now I'm afraid for my own future.
Global revolution, take all the billionaires money, and use it for drastic change!
I feel like carbon taxes may be needed on some level in the US (and other parts of the world) as they force corporations to seek out less polluting alternatives/reduce use of fossil fuels.
It won't 100% stop climate change but it could make quite a change
Also I feel like money collected from carbon taxes should be put towards helping those impacted by climate change, or fund solutions for climate change, directly or indirectly.
A carbon tax doesn't have anything like the votes needed for passage in the US, even though it would be the most right-wing of possible effective climate policies.