i hate to credit thatcher with anything positive, but we have had an actual scientist as prime minister who made fixing the ozone layer a big thing for her, treated it with an proper chemical understanding, and even dragged fucking REAGAN into creating climate regulations. i think the most insane ruthless neoliberal of all time taking pretty big climate action really moved the overton window, plus we have just a much more serious veiw of experts/academics than the US seems to (its not perfect mind, but we're not like immediately reactionary against them)
I don't understand why the UK is so good on this, relative to US and Oz
Imagine the horror of being told the weather is somehow getting worse
Remember last summer when all the animals were dying from extreme heat + drought?
Yeah, shit was grim. It’s going to get worse.
I was joking about the “British weather” meme. The climate was/is actually rather suited for people.
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Maybe it's because they're an island.
i hate to credit thatcher with anything positive, but we have had an actual scientist as prime minister who made fixing the ozone layer a big thing for her, treated it with an proper chemical understanding, and even dragged fucking REAGAN into creating climate regulations. i think the most insane ruthless neoliberal of all time taking pretty big climate action really moved the overton window, plus we have just a much more serious veiw of experts/academics than the US seems to (its not perfect mind, but we're not like immediately reactionary against them)
Maybe cuz UK is an island and doesn't want to be swallowed by the sea (to be hyperbolic).