In today’s On the News segment: 1.2 million people found jobs in renewable energy last year alone; China, the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, reduced its coal use by about 8 percent in a single year; Canadian scientists don’t find genetically modified salmon fit for human consumption; France will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent within 15 years; and more.
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Thom Hartmann here – on the best of the rest of … Science and Green news….
You need to know this. One-by-one, the excuses for failing to act on climate change are disappearing. Earlier this month, China proved that it’s possible to quickly and dramatically reduce carbon emissions. According to an analysis by Greenpeace, our planet’s largest greenhouse gas emitter reduced coal use by about 8 percent in a single year. That reduction is roughly equivalent to all of the carbon dioxide emitted by the United Kingdom over that same period. And, it proves that lawmakers who say that China’s pollution makes our climate action irrelevant are really just looking for excuses. Another one of the Right’s favorite excuses is that we can’t get renewable energy up and running fast enough to replace fossil fuels, but that claim […]
Thank you for featuring Thom Hartmann in today’s edition of “Schwartz Report.”
I have been listening to Thom daily on am620 in Bangor Maine for quite some time now. Thom’s mild manner is conducive to my listening pleasure and calms me in my approach to activism. Thom’s manner does much to encourage listeners to listen carefully, to understand issues, and to think critically. His weekly feature, “Brunch with Bernie”, opens the door for citizens to comment or to ask questions of this great statesman.
Personally, I cannot praise Thom enough, except to encourage others to listen, or watch, as the case may be.