It is right there in black and white - meeting the Copenhagen climate accord = a crippled economy...
Reuters (1/12/21) reports: "U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell 10.3% in 2020, the largest drop in emissions in the post-World War II era, as the coronavirus crippled the economy, according to a report released Tuesday by the Rhodium Group. The economic fallout from the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 - especially in big emitting sectors like transportation, power and industry - resulted in a sharper emissions drop than the 2009 recession, when emissions slid 6.3%. The drop means that the United States would outperform its pledge made under the Copenhagen climate accord to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 17% below 2005 levels by 2020. Emissions will actually drop by 21.5% compared with 2005. But the report’s authors warned that the dip should not be seen as a guarantee that the United States can easily meet its more ambitious pledge under the Paris climate agreement to cut emissions 28% below 2005 levels by 2025."
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...meanwhile, Greta gets a nice colorful Swedish stamp.
Daily News (1/13/21) reports: "She’s already left her stamp on the world. The stamp shows Thunberg in her trademark yellow raincoat while standing on a cliff. Appearing alongside the teenage trailblazer is a flock of birds. Sweden’s postal service, PostNord, will sell the stamps for about $1.40, the Associated Press reported. They are part of series of environment-focused stamps illustrated by Swedish artist Henning Trollback. Thunberg’s Fridays for Future movement didn’t design the stamp, simply approving the illustration, according to Reuters. Thunberg rose to worldwide prominence in August 2018, when she began skipping school and staging one-person protests in front of Sweden’s parliament demanding the government take action to combat climate change."
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"There’s a long and sad history of efforts by industries and interest groups to reshape the discussion of climate science and undercut the overwhelming evidence that greenhouse gases produced by humans are leading us to global catastrophe."
– John Schwartz, New York Times
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