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COVID-19 is no model for climate change.  And if our emergency response to the pandemic is held up as an archetype for climate action, we shouldn't be surprised if public support is less than enthusiastic. (Click to tweet.)
 

A global emergency. Wartime mobilization. Calls to “listen to the scientists.” Demands for radical shifts in policy and human behavior. Tradeoffs between sacrifices today and larger suffering in the future. Politicization by all sides.

The parallels between the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and climate change are obvious. But contrary to the received wisdom among many climate analysts and advocates, those parallels mostly reveal just how different the two challenges are.
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New on the podcast: "You can't put a band-aid over an open artery."

Leah Stokes is the author of the new book Short Circuiting Policy, a professor at UCSB, and a widely-known voice on energy issues. We sat down with her right after Super Tuesday 2020 for her thoughts on what the results mean for climate. She shares ideas on making the transition to clean energy in a way that benefits people (rather than raise electricity bills), the value of primaries in generating productive conversation, and how to avoid climate solutions that act like “band-aids over an open artery.” Tune in for the political commentary, stay for the energy expertise.
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📚 This is what we're reading this week 📚
Will our economy die due to coronavirus? Here's what we should do to prevent that, according to Breakthrough Fellow and Nobel Prize winner Paul Romer.

‘Mobilising for War’: why COVID-19 is not a dress rehearsal for dealing with climate change, according to Mike Hulme.

As coronavirus drives down commodity prices, farm groups ask for aid. The outbreak is draining corn and soybean revenue that farmers expected to receive this year.
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