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As Biden Touts the IRA Anniversary, Here Are 5 Carbon Bombs He Leaves Out

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Greenpeace activists display a billboard during a protest outside Shell headquarters on July 27, 2023 in London.
Greenpeace activists display a billboard during a protest outside Shell headquarters on July 27, 2023 in London. (Photo: Handout/Chris J. Ratcliffe for Greenpeace via Getty Images)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/biden-5-carbon-bombs

Despite his big talk on climate, when it comes to fossil fuels, President Biden’s policies just build on previous expansion.

A slew of White House actions are undermining efforts to address climate change, and under Biden, the country is producing more energy from fossil fuels than it did under former President Donald Trump.

The science is clear: Building any new fossil fuel infrastructure is incompatible with a livable climate. Yet, while President Joe Biden touts the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, as the country’s biggest climate law ever, he’s glossing over all the ways his administration has advanced fossil fuels, including in the IRA.

A slew of White House actions are undermining efforts to address climate change. And under Biden, the country is producing more energy from fossil fuels than it did under former President Donald Trump. In 2022, the U.S. broke its record for most fossil fuels produced in a year. Worse, it’s on track to break that record for 2023.

We know that to stem the tide of climate chaos, we need to move off fossil fuels, period. Instead, the Biden administration has approved and supported several projects that will unleash carbon bombs on our climate and lock in decades of drilling, burning, and emitting.

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https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/biden-5-carbon-bombs

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Majority of voters including Tories want key utilities such as water and rail to be nationalised, poll finds

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https://leftfootforward.org/2023/08/majority-of-voters-including-tories-want-key-utilities-such-as-water-and-rail-to-be-nationalised-poll-finds/

Dŵr (Water) is a classic Welsh song by Huw Jones. I think that the backing vocals are Heather Jones.

Among Tory voters, 57% back the Government to run utilities and 29% prefer the private sector.

Even Tory voters think that key utilities such as water, rail and power networks should be nationalised, a new poll has found.

The poll, carried out by Ipsos Mori for the ipaper, found broad public support for nationalisation of key utilities, including among Tory voters.

68% of those asked favoured nationalisation of water, with 65% of respondents also saying that railways should be bought under public ownership. 63% said power networks should be publicly owned; and 60% supported a reversal of the privatisation of Royal Mail.

Among Tory voters, 57% back the Government to run utilities and 29% prefer the private sector.

It comes at a time when food and energy prices have been rising amid a cost of living crisis.

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https://leftfootforward.org/2023/08/majority-of-voters-including-tories-want-key-utilities-such-as-water-and-rail-to-be-nationalised-poll-finds/

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Brexit disaster: New poll puts support to Rejoin at +60%

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https://leftfootforward.org/2023/08/brexit-disaster-new-poll-puts-support-to-rejoin-at-60/

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Tory idiot Boris “Get Brexit done” Johnson

Omnisis also asked voters if Britain was right or wrong to leave the EU, with 59% saying we were wrong to leave versus 41% saying we were right.

The tide of public opinion continues to turn against Brexit, with the economy continuing to take a hit as a result of the decision to leave our nearest and biggest trading partner, and with even the likes of Nigel Farage admitting the decision to leave the EU has been a disaster.

A new opinion poll for YouGov puts support for re-joining the EU at 63%. The poll findings are similar to the results of another poll carried out by Omnisis last week, which found that 62% of people wanted the country to re-join the European Union, with 38% saying Britain should stay out.

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Led by Donkeys poster quotes Nigel Farage “Brexit has failed”.

Omnisis also asked voters if Britain was right or wrong to leave the EU, with 59% saying we were wrong to leave versus 41% saying we were right.

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https://leftfootforward.org/2023/08/brexit-disaster-new-poll-puts-support-to-rejoin-at-60/

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