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   CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 10:30:11 JST CelloMom On Cars

   Populism could derail the green transition

   "Western politicians are scared of a backlash against #ClimateChange policies that have been sold as good for the economy."

   #NetZero goals are perceived to be championed by elites while for the ordinary person, the cost of the transition is too high.

   https://www.ft.com/content/b9912ffe-08dd-4653-863c-21885d727d20

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 10:30:10 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "Rural voter anger at #NewZealand's environmental policies to tackle #ClimateChange and reduce #CarbonEmissions may contribute to a return of right-wing parties to power at an Oct. 14 election, a shift that could diminish the country's green image."

     https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-farmers-set-right-wing-protest-vote-over-climate-change-policies-2023-09-27/

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 10:30:10 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "The strikes and the EV transition in general are hastening a moment of reckoning for the Democratic party. The wealthy coastal progressives who drive the Teslas that represent 60 per cent of all EVs sold in the US often care more about fixing climate change than labour rights. But if the Republican party nominates Trump and he wins, neither the planet nor workers will be safer. "

     https://www.ft.com/content/bda59c3b-3038-450d-a0e1-46cd2654a555

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 10:30:15 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     If you want to avoid climate policy backlash, you must put social justice at the center of your #climate policy.

     Demanding everyone puts heat pumps in their house if they can't afford them invites backlash.

     Asking auto workers to support the EV transition while you don't have their back invites backlash.

     Expecting farmers to suddenly do things differently invites backlash.

     Levying a fee for entering a #ULEZ zone without providing viable alternatives to travel by car invites backlash.

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 13:23:47 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     You need to bring everyone along. An example of doing it right:

     When Spain closed down their last coal mines in 2018, they spent €250 million on :

     - early retirement for miners over the age of 48,
     - restorative environmental measures in coal communities
     - retrain coal miners to begin working with safer, more modern green technologies."

     These mines were closed without a fight. (I mean, did you even hear about the closures?)

     https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/with-coal-mines-closing-by-end-of-year-spain-is-spending-millions-to-preserve-miners-livelihood/

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     zeh (zeh@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 13:25:56 JST zeh

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     @CelloMomOnCars
     closed without a fight? what do you mean? all those concessions were the result of worker's struggles, massive and combative strikes.
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asturian_miners%27_strike_of_2012

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