Obama's secretive administration
jeudi 10 juillet 2014 à 14:0038 Journalism Groups Urge President to Stop Excessive Controls on Public Information.
Obama's administration seems to be the most secretive ever.
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38 Journalism Groups Urge President to Stop Excessive Controls on Public Information.
Obama's administration seems to be the most secretive ever.
The Earth Institute shows how we can still keep global heating down to a painful 2 degrees C, if we act firmly now.
The report offers specific targets and plans for the 15 most-emitting countries.
The report assumes substantial use of nuclear power, but I am sure the target can be met without that at the cost of some extra money.
The OECD predicts economic growth will almost cease by 2060, but inequality will keep increasing.
That's before counting the losses that global heating will cause; the report treats that as uncertain.
The report presumes that we will keep increasing productivity by automating more work. But I don't think this increased productivity is good at the cost of more unemployed poor people -- not if the benefits go to the rich. It would be better to limit the automation and keep more people employed.
We do not have to allow inequality to increase. The growing inequality is due to policies that can be changed.
The US government and states gave fossil fuels 37 billion dollars of subsidy last year, and this has increased 45% since 2009.
Without this, renewable power would grow more.