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It would be fun to see how Biden's people spin the reasons for the emergency.

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Jul 25, 2022·edited Jul 25, 2022Liked by Roger Pielke Jr.

Worse than distraction really. It gives a deeply flawed signal that this might make a difference when what is needed is urgent work on two very different fronts : reducing the vulnerability emergencies that abound at community scale while pursuing energy transformations that will unfold on the scale of many decades. The Brennan Center has done a heap of work laying out the structural and Constitutional issues. I explored all of this here: https://revkin.bulletin.com/it-s-essential-to-act-on-climate-emergencies-unfolding-on-a-heating-flooding-fiery-planet-but-a-mistake-for-biden-to-declare-one

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