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Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across the Country Despite National Political Climate (insideclimatenews.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by alyaza to c/politics

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Despite national election results that have left environmentalists and their allies wary of what’s to come in the next four years, ballot initiatives related to climate policies fared well across the country on election day.

At least five of six ballot measures related to climate change resulted in what most environmentalists consider wins. But state legislative races across the country that could impact climate policy had more uneven results.

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

States moved aggressively during Trump's first term. The economics prefer renewables over climate terrorism.