[Vision2020] 5-27-21 Reuters: Biden administration backs Alaska oil drilling project approved under Trump

[Ted Moffett]

Why should I be surprised?  As if the Democratic Party's commitment to a
*rapid* transition away from fossil fuels to address climate change is more
than posturing to placate environmentalists, while they don't dare to
largely threaten the power of some major fossil fuel corporations, who
could wage campaigns against the reelection of democratic politicians.

How rapid is "rapid?"  On 4-21-21 climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf
indicated:
RealClimate: Two graphs show the path to 1.5 degrees
<https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2021/04/two-graphs-show-the-path-to-1-5-degrees/#comments>

   -     This requires roughly a halving of global CO2 emissions by 2030
   (as already stated in the IPCC 1.5 degree report).




   -     If the world dithers for another ten years before emissions fall,
   it will no longer be possible (red curve).

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Biden administration backs Alaska oil drilling project approved under Trump
| Reuters
<https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-administration-backs-alaska-oil-project-approved-under-trump-politico-2021-05-27/>
The project has been pushed by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican,
who along with another Republican senator, Dan Sullivan, discussed the oil
project during a meeting with Biden on Monday, according to Politico.

Murkowski said the engagement with the Biden administration officials since
that meeting was "very productive".
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