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silence7 slrpnk.net silence7@slrpnk.net
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Dryad lemmy.world Dryad@lemmy.world
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It is partisan though. The Republican Party works for billionaires, for which climate change is inconvenient and unprofitable, therefore the Republican Party is required to deny climate change on severity or existence, and most definitely on source. Otherwise severe and costly action would be required that would seriously impact the shareholders.

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HerbGrower slrpnk.net HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
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It is partisan though. The Republican Party works for billionaires, for which climate change is inconvenient and unprofitable, therefore the Republican Party is required to deny climate change on severity or existence, and most definitely on source. Otherwise severe and costly action would be required that would seriously impact the shareholders.

Its not left/right, but you do have parties that don't care about it. Its a different axis.

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reddig33 lemmy.world reddig33@lemmy.world
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Its not left/right, but you do have parties that don't care about it. Its a different axis.

You have parties that outright deny that it is a real thing.

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ImgurRefugee114 reddthat.com ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com
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Its not left/right, but you do have parties that don't care about it. Its a different axis.

One party pays it lip-service, but the other party denies reality entirely. You're right, it's a bi-partisan effort to kill everything in the name of capital.

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Greyghoster aussie.zone Greyghoster@aussie.zone
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It’s physics. If you trap heat things warm up. If things warm up then climate changes, as shown in the geological record and experiments as well as climate models.

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arak lemmy.today arak@lemmy.today
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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞 lemmy.world daychilde@lemmy.world
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Please reconsider your use of the "R" word as it is harmful and ableist.

Feel free to find your own source, but here's one: https://www.specialolympics.org/stories/impact/why-the-r-word-is-the-r-slur

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MalReynolds slrpnk.net MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
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Its not left/right, but you do have parties that don't care about it. Its a different axis.

Got a right wing party that's actually doing something? All the Green parties I know of are left wing, so it's at least strongly correlated.

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HerbGrower slrpnk.net HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
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Got a right wing party that's actually doing something? All the Green parties I know of are left wing, so it's at least strongly correlated.

Conservatives did a little bit in the UK, so they clearly think it matters, just not as much as the green party does. Boris for all his many faults was even pretty into supporting bus and bike for transport when he was mayor of London. My heat pump was installed using a scheme introduced by the conservatives in 2022.

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Da Oeuf slrpnk.net oeuf@slrpnk.net
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The real TLDR of this article is that talking to people in your own life is more effective and important than lobbying.

Like everyone else in this thread my initial reaction to the article title was to rant about politics, but:

There are many reasons, but one is the fact that polarized public discourse has made climate conversations more difficult

  • Title of the article is bit of a blunder, don't buy the ragebait, do take on board the actual findings and talk to people about climate change.
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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
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Its not left/right, but you do have parties that don't care about it. Its a different axis.

I'd love to hear of a single example, worldwide, of a right wing party that's fighting climate change.

Let's hear all about them.

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HerbGrower slrpnk.net HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
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I'd love to hear of a single example, worldwide, of a right wing party that's fighting climate change. Let's hear all about them.

What counts as fighting climate change? The last UK government did several things to help. They could have done more but they could have also done less. UK emissions have dropped pretty significantly per capita.

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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What counts as fighting climate change? The last UK government did several things to help. They could have done more but they could have also done less. UK emissions have dropped pretty significantly per capita.

Is the Conservative party in the UK considered right wing?

Seems more center (if not center-left). Which is why Reform has sprung up, as a proper right wing party in the UK.

Last I checked, the UK Conservative party still largely supports the NHS. Literal socialized medicine. That's not the actions of a "right wing party" imo

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HerbGrower slrpnk.net HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
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Is the Conservative party in the UK considered right wing? Seems more center (if not center-left). Which is why Reform has sprung up, as a proper right wing party in the UK. Last I checked, the UK Conservative party still largely supports the NHS. Literal socialized medicine. That's not the actions of a "right wing party" imo

They support selling off state assets. Hardly sounds like a left wing party.

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bstix feddit.dk bstix@feddit.dk
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The real TLDR of this article is that talking to people in your own life is more effective and important than lobbying. Like everyone else in this thread my initial reaction to the article title was to rant about politics, but: There are many reasons, but one is the fact that polarized public discourse has made climate conversations more difficult Title of the article is bit of a blunder, don't...

I'm easily baited titles that says "x need to stop y".

It doesn't matter if I agree, it just never works that way.

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
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They support selling off state assets. Hardly sounds like a left wing party.

Sounds exactly like center/center-left to me. But maybe my Overton window is skewed from living in a fascist dictatorship.

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μœ€μ±„κ²½ (Yoon Chae-kyung) ieji.de chaekyung@ieji.de
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I'd love to hear of a single example, worldwide, of a right wing party that's fighting climate change. Let's hear all about them.

@prole @HerbGrower I'd love to hear a single example of any political party that's promoting actually long-term sustainable policies.There are none on any side of the political spectrum.

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