Sweden criticises US climate stance as it reveals ambitious carbon emissions law

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Source: The Guardian



Prime minister Stefan Lfven calls the Trump administrations approach worrying as he announces new law binding future governments to a goal of carbon neutrality by 2045
Swedens climate minister Isabella Lvin



Friday 3 February 2017 08.14 EST
Last modified on Friday 3 February 2017 17.01 EST

Sweden has criticised the Trump administrations approach to climate policy as it announced legislation binding future governments to a goal of phasing out greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, among the most ambitious by any developed nation.

The position we hear from the new [US] administration is worrying, prime minister Stefan Lfven said after announcing an ambitious new climate law promising zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.

The Swedish climate minister, Isabella Lvin, urged European countries to take a leading role in tackling climate change, now the US is not there anymore to lead.

Lvin tweeted a photo of herself signing the legislation surrounded by seven other women seemingly a reference to a series of photos of Donald Trump signing executive orders, including the reintroduction of the global gag rule, which were widely mocked.....................

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/03/sweden-criticises-us-climate-stance-as-it-reveals-ambitious-carbon-emissions-law#img-1

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Oh, this is so good--and wicked!!

I have often looked at those pics of Trump surrounded by his cadre of men while he signs EO's that hurt so many people



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Just signed referral of Swedish #climate law, binding all future governments to net zero emissions by 2045. For a safer and better future.







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This group just made it more difficult for women to get access to health care worldwide. You tell me what's wrong with this picture.

[tenorly]

1. If there are two kinds of people fascists always detest, it's scientists and women.

Which figures, since they're almost always ignoramuses that only a mother could love (but didn't).

[Denzil_DC]

2. You need to edit in your article title n/t

[riversedge]

4. done

[logosoco]

3. Love this

and I hope we see more like it! Sorry all other countries out there but we need you to keep the pressure on about this. The administration running the USA right now is not aware of any environmental issues. They don't understand how all air and water on the planet it connected. They see the earth as a place to make profits and not concern themselves with pollution.

[PeopleAgainstHate]

5. step you can take to get the global warming deniers out of power

The pro-Trump alt-right vicious tabloid headlines that we are a captive audience to when we stand in line at the grocery store have helped tremendously to get the radical right elected. We need to get these fake-news tabloids out of the stores that we support with our dollars if we want to get pro-environment people in office. Please sign our petition and send it to your friends!
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-selling-hate-filled?source=c.fwd&r_by=17478167

And here is a link to an article from Politico that lays it all out about the damage the tabloids do. If you don't want to read the whole article, please at least read this one paragraph from it:

It’s easy to imagine that tabloids don’t matter; the Enquirer is a relatively small voice in the media kingdom, with a weekly circulation of only 342,071, down from the 5.9 million it commanded in the 1970s. But that misses the importance of the constant cultural background noise it adds to American life: There are 37,000 supermarkets in America, with an average of about 10 checkout stands each, and many stands feature a wire rack displaying the Enquirer, the Globe, often the company’s other tab, the National Examiner, and celebrity magazines. According to an industry study, American households make an average of 1.5 trips to the supermarket each week. Every customer passes by the checkout stand, which means that even people who never purchase a tabloid still absorb the ambient headlines, and those headlines can shape their view of the world.


http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/tabloid-newspapers-trump-media-propaganda-214627