Emily Johnston: We may get there—meanwhile, carbon emissions are going gangbusters, and for every renewables leap, there's new tech that hoovers up the extra power. Blue sky is good, but we can't let the very real victories obscure the necessity of RAPIDLY SHUTTING DOWN FOSSIL FUEL USE. Because tipping points.

the climate story right now is in a very weird state of flux a) the warming we've priced in is bad and really starting to show itself b) the renewable story is astoundingly good and getting better we are left with "warming is going to get worse but almost certainly not as much as it could have"

it's always important to demand better, but part of the reason that the story of climate policy isn't sticking is partly because bad news feels more plausible and partly because the people most invested in this policy understand its limits. www.notus.org/biden-2024/v... hard to sell "mixed-positive"

Biden’s Record Is Full of Climate Wins — So Why Don’t Voters Know It?www.notus.org Environmental groups are making a concerted effort to educate voters about President Joe Biden’s climate policies ahead of the election.

Ok so if allow myself total blue sky hope, here’s where I think we may end up; basically boundless carbon free energy with a marginal cost approaching zero, which would utterly transform basically…everything

We may get there—meanwhile, carbon emissions are going gangbusters, and for every renewables leap, there's new tech that hoovers up the extra power. Blue sky is good, but we can't let the very real victories obscure the necessity of RAPIDLY SHUTTING DOWN FOSSIL FUEL USE. Because tipping points.

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