<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiZWh0dHBzOi8vdGhlaGlsbC5jb20vb3Bpbmlvbi9lbmVyZ3ktZW52aXJvbm1lbnQvNTUwNjkxLWVjb25vbWlzdHMtYS11cy1jYXJib24tdGF4LXdvdWxkLWJlLXByb2dyZXNzaXZl0gFpaHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9vcGluaW9uL2VuZXJneS1lbnZpcm9ubWVudC81NTA2OTEtZWNvbm9taXN0cy1hLXVzLWNhcmJvbi10YXgtd291bGQtYmUtcHJvZ3Jlc3NpdmU_YW1w?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">Economists: A US carbon tax would be progressive </a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Our own research finds that a carbon tax is inherently progressive, narrowing the income gap between rich and poor households.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; 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color: rgb(0, 105, 217); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiY2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmVuZXJneWFuZHBvbGljeS5vcmcvd2FycmVuLWJ1ZmZldHQtZG9lc250LXdhbnQtdG8tZGlzY2xvc2UtaGlzLWNvbXBhbmllcy1jbGltYXRlLXJpc2tzL9IBAA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">Warren Buffett doesn't want to disclose his companies' climate risks</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Berkshire Hathaway directors oppose disclosing the company's climate risks, even as its subsidiaries remain heavily invested in fossil fuels.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Energy and Policy Institute</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">7 days ago</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">###############</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(66, 127, 237); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.standard.net/news/state/utah-s-drought-leads-to-decrease-in-2021-deer-hunt-permits/article_c66105ec-cc3a-59e6-92eb-96f7006329c5.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCSoTMTQwMzcxMzUyNjY5NDkwODU4MTIaZWMxMjU3OTU5ZWQ4MTFiYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGaxJRVCBo9KWlQC_QCMR2pnMjaPQ" class="">Utah's <span style="font-kerning: none; color: #427fed" class=""><b class="">drought</b> leads to decrease in 2021 deer hunt permits</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">Standard-Examiner</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">“In Utah, we have the longest range-trend study in the Western U.S., and we've seen that having suitable habitat is crucial for maintaining or growing ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; 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Some appear to revel in making the case that we should tax carbon and only tax carbon. Meanwhile, it’s clear that carbon taxes</span><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none; background-color: #fffb00" class=""><b class=""> </b><a href="https://link.mail.bloombergbusiness.com/click/23698812.23807/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmxvb21iZXJnLmNvbS9uZXdzL2FydGljbGVzLzIwMjAtMDItMDYvY2FyYm9uLXRheGVzLWFsb25lLWFyZW4tdC1nb29kLWNsaW1hdGUtcG9saWN5LWdlcm5vdC13YWduZXI_Y21waWQ9QkJEMDQzMDIxX0dSRUVOREFJTFkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX3Rlcm09MjEwNDMwJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1ncmVlbmRhaWx5/58ffbaf7dd4c29967b8b4646Be0f91974" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class="">alone</b></span></a> </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">aren’t enough, because more must be done than “just” price the negative emissions externality, and because of politics. Taxing something bad might be objectively good, but “tax” still appears to be a four-letter word in Washington, D.C.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">But among all of these arguments, it would be too easy to overlook a simple fact: carbon taxes, </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #fffb00" class="">done right, </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">work. They cut CO</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">₂</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> emissions. More surprising still, they might even boost the economy at the same time.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">###############</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEP64Tjq9C8dtnApJF1pxNt0qFggEKg4IACoGCAowl6p7MN-zCTDlkko?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class=""><b class="">Historic’ German ruling says climate goals not tough enough</b></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Germany's supreme constitutional court has ruled that the government's climate protection measures are insufficient to protect future generations,</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""> after a ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBggKMJeqezDfswk?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">The Guardian</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">2 hours ago</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 115, 232); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEKzgB7v94YJBM6qjdWK6LcEqFwgEKg8IACoHCAowjuuKAzCWrzwwt4QY?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class=""><b class="">German High Court Hands Youth a Victory in Climate Change Fight</b></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">BERLIN — Germany's highest court ordered the government to expand a 2019 law aimed at bringing the country's carbon emissions down to nearly zero by ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMI7rigMwlq88?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">The New York Times</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">55 minutes ago</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">###############</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">Published on </i></span><i class="">Friday, April 23, 2021 </i><i class="">by</i><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 153);" class=""><i class="">Common Dreams</i></span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 102, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Study Reveals Rapid Melting of Glaciers Has Shifted Earth's Axis</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 102, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #333333" class="">by<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/author/kenny-stancil-staff-writer" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 153);" class="">Kenny Stancil, staff writer</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> In a <a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GL092114" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 153);" class="">study </span></a>published last month in the peer-reviewed journal<i class=""> Geophysical Research Letters</i>, Deng and her co-authors found that changes in terrestrial water storage—particularly the accelerated loss of water stored on land due to melting glaciers—redistributed enough of the world's mass to drive "the rapid polar drift toward the east after the 1990s.”</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">###############</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CBMif2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmV1cmFjdGl2LmNvbS9zZWN0aW9uL2VuZXJneS1lbnZpcm9ubWVudC9uZXdzL25nb3Mtd2Fsay1vdXQtb24tZXUtZ3JlZW4tZmluYW5jZS1ncm91cC1vdmVyLWZvcmVzdHJ5LWJpb2VuZXJneS1ydWxlcy_SAQA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">NGOs walk out on EU green finance group over forestry, bioenergy rules</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The WWF and several other NGOs have decided to suspend their participation in the European Commission's Sustainable Finance Platform in protest against ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">EURACTIV</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">10 hours ago</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">###############</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Inside Higher Education April 26, 2021</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Universities Must Do More to Address the Climate Emergency</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">In the face of unprecedented crises, we should be collaborating more with the youth movement to bring about significant and lasting systemic change, Santa Ono and Grace Nosek urge.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">Santa Ono is president and vice chancellor of the University of British Columbia and leadership lead of the University Climate Change Coalition. </i><a href="https://www.gracenosek.com/" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><i class="">Grace Nosek</i></span></a><i class=""> is founder and inaugural student director of the UBC Climate Hub.</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/04/26/universities-should-work-more-youth-movement-combat-climate-change-opinion" class="">https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/04/26/universities-should-work-more-youth-movement-combat-climate-change-opinion</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(239, 117, 33); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">2nd paragraph :</b> At the University of British Columbia, a groundswell of student climate activism in recent years prompted us to join organizations around the world in declaring a global climate emergency and committing to full divestment of investments from the fossil fuel industry. As part of the declaration, a task force of students, together with faculty and staff members, consulted widely with our university community and released a report this winter with a bold vision for our climate emergency response. The recommendations in the report build on UBC’s recognized leadership on sustainability and climate action. The <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankings#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/undefined." class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(239, 117, 33);" class=""><i class="">Times Higher Education</i></span></a> University Impact Rankings recently recognized our work in this area, with UBC consistently ranking among the top universities for taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">###############</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">Excerpt from Toronto Star :</b> Jacinda Ardern just keeps getting it right. Since being elected as New Zealand’s prime minister almost four years ago, …..</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">she dares to challenge old truths.</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class="">
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</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #fffb00" class="">Ardern is probably the first head of a developed country to question the prevailing working assumption among economists and policy-makers that one of the top priorities of governments is to promote economic growth.</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""> When she introduced her first “well-being budget” in 2019, its goal was to maximize the sense of well-being of the country’s citizens, not its economic activity.</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class="">
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</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">“Economic growth accompanied by worsening social outcomes is not success. It is failure,” Ardern said.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); min-height: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 105, 217);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/05/01/ottawa-could-use-a-leader-like-new-zealands-jacinda-ardern.html" class="">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/05/01/ottawa-could-use-a-leader-like-new-zealands-jacinda-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">ardern.html</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); min-height: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">###############</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEFXAcmleWRvXtL-fchqciZYqFggEKg0IACoGCAowt6AMMLAmMLT5lwM?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">France's Macron says without carbon price there can be no energy transition</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday the world needs to factor the environment into the costs of investment and trade and that without that ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">###############</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">The Financial Times April 28, 2021</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class="">
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</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">France vows to change its ‘way of life’ in climate struggle</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">Environment minister Barbara Pompili says technology is not enough to curb global warming</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 48, 46);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff" class="">By <a href="https://www.ft.com/victor-mallet" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(153, 15, 61); background-color: rgb(255, 241, 229);" class=""><b class="">Victor Mallet</b></span></a></span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #fff1e5" class=""> and <a href="https://www.ft.com/david-keohane" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class="">David Keohane</b></span></a> in Paris</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #33302e" class=""><br class="">
</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">Excerpts :</b> Countries that signed the 2015 Paris climate accord must do more than cut carbon dioxide emissions and develop new technologies to combat global warming — </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #fffb00" class="">and accept the need to change their way of life,</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""> France’s environment minister has said. </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class="">
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</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #fffb00" class="">France under President Emmanuel Macron has bitter experience of the political costs of trying to persuade citizens to lead more climate-friendly lives — the nationwide gilets jaunes anti-government demonstrations that shook his presidency began in 2018 as a motorists’ protest against rising fuel prices because of a carbon tax. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #fffb00" class="">“We’ve had social problems,” said Pompili, “but with this law that we are voting on now we are showing that you can continue to reform your economy and transform the country from an ecological point of view while still maintaining essential support for those affected and keeping our social system.” </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class="">
</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">She added: “We learn from our mistakes</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">.</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">.</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">.</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">With the law we are walking a fine line, making big changes while keeping it economically and socially acceptable.”</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">###############</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 38, 0); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">"No one wanted to pay attention to the implications of a world four degrees warmer… It's too horrendous to think about. And no one talked about it. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #fffb00" class="">"Then a few scientists said let's have a conference and actually talk about it. They</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> held this conference in Oxford and I went along. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">"As the conference started, there was a kind of suppressed emotional intensity, except in the coffee breaks. It was then that I would buttonhole a couple of scientists and say: 'Well, you know we're speculating about this. But what do you really think is the situation?' </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">“And one of them just looked at me and said: 'We're f--ked.'" — Clive Hamilton </span></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Paul Kennedy. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Thursday September 07, 2017</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/are-we-f-ked-decoding-the-resistance-to-climate-change-1.4277614" class="">http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/are-we-f-ked-decoding-the-resistance-to-climate-change-1.4277614</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div class="">
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