silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months agoUS joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climateapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoThis is just the international commitment: internally the US was committed to passing off by 2035. Which is fucking insane. We should be off coal by 2024.
minus-squareneanderthal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoThat is less than 30 days away. I’m not sure how you expect that to happen? A realistic goal would be to have a global decline in coal usage by 2025.
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoWe have like 400 days before the end of 2024.
minus-squareneanderthal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoBy 2024 could mean by the start of 2024. Pedantics can be annoying, but clarity is important, as it makes things hard to misinterpret or manipulate.
This is just the international commitment: internally the US was committed to passing off by 2035.
Which is fucking insane. We should be off coal by 2024.
That is less than 30 days away. I’m not sure how you expect that to happen? A realistic goal would be to have a global decline in coal usage by 2025.
We have like 400 days before the end of 2024.
By 2024 could mean by the start of 2024. Pedantics can be annoying, but clarity is important, as it makes things hard to misinterpret or manipulate.