silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months agoJoe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry; The Biden administration suspended new permits for natural gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1754arrow-down124
arrow-up1730arrow-down1external-linkJoe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry; The Biden administration suspended new permits for natural gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone?www.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up46arrow-down4·9 months agoNo wonder they all fucking hate him. But I guess “both sides” are the same and represent the “status quo”, right?
minus-squarethecrotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down27·9 months agoYeah let’s all continue to pretend that being better than the Republicans is good enough that is how we will see meaningful change
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down3·9 months agoI don’t expect the work of getting off fossil fuels to be completed in the term of any one President; it’s a multi-decade project. He’s been doing a lot more than ‘better than the Republicans’ though.
No wonder they all fucking hate him.
But I guess “both sides” are the same and represent the “status quo”, right?
Yeah let’s all continue to pretend that being better than the Republicans is good enough that is how we will see meaningful change
I don’t expect the work of getting off fossil fuels to be completed in the term of any one President; it’s a multi-decade project. He’s been doing a lot more than ‘better than the Republicans’ though.