You know that wonderful feeling of early spring weather that also foretells the catastrophic climate apocalypse to come?
, warning of “a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all.” Without monumental, unprecedented changes to national economies and energy policies, the report states, we only have about a decade before average global temperatures hit 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels—the level to which countries have agreed to try to limit warming, beyond which the effects of climate change will become much harder for humanity to endure.
Anyway, Jayapal continued as we stepped around the roots of the trees, “I do want people to also take heart in the fact that the movement for climate change and climate justice is making a huge difference. … We were the biggest laggards out of developed countries, and wetaken these huge steps.
, which would reduce corporate influence over the rulemaking process by, among other things, jacking up penalties for companies that lie to regulators and creating an office to advocate for members of the public who stand to benefit from regulations.As a political issue, despite its centrality to the workings of government, “corporate capture” is as arcane and unsexy as it gets.
The Senate can’t pass most bills with a simple majority. As it stands, 41 percent of the Senate— which can representof the U.S. population, Jayapal emphasized—can block any legislation that isn’t part of budget reconciliation. With a 51-member majority that includes independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Democratic Sen.
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