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Since the beginning of 2025 Democrats pulled back from talking about climate change. At the same time, nations & companies have been pulling back from plans to lower carbon emissions — or going silent (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 days ago

For something to be criminal it has to have a law it is breaking, thus unless there is an international law that is being upheld/enforced by an international body, the choices of the Republicans to scrap all environmental protections aren't criminal.

Now you can meander into how this is a party who isn't running any branch of our governments fault, which it would make more sense to blame every other member of the U.N. at that point for not putting sanctions against the U.S.

I can go write a bill tomorrow about curbing greenhouse gases, but it is just as useful as a Democrat doing it. A waste of time, and not being heard by the house/Senate so ultimately useless. Hell even the Republican who wrote a bill to ensure SNAP was paid for during the government shutdown wasn't even heard by Congress. How is it you think Democrat bills are supposed to advance when Republican bills don't advance in a Republican lead, house/Senate?