<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Why should I be surprised?  As if the Democratic Party's commitment to a <b><i><font size="4">rapid</font></i></b> 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. </div><div><br></div><div>How rapid is "rapid?"  On 4-21-21 climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf indicated:</div><div><a href="https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2021/04/two-graphs-show-the-path-to-1-5-degrees/#comments">RealClimate: Two graphs show the path to 1.5 degrees</a><br></div><div><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><li style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.4px;line-height:18px;letter-spacing:0px">    This requires roughly a halving of global CO2 emissions by 2030 (as already stated in the IPCC 1.5 degree report).</li></ul><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:medium"></ul></div><div dir="ltr"><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><li style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.4px;line-height:18px;letter-spacing:0px">    If the world dithers for another ten years before emissions fall, it will no longer be possible (red curve).</li></ul></div><div dir="ltr">--------------------------------------<br></div><div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div><div dir="ltr">--------------------------------------</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-administration-backs-alaska-oil-project-approved-under-trump-politico-2021-05-27/">Biden administration backs Alaska oil drilling project approved under Trump | Reuters</a></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:knowledge-regular,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:20px">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.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="gmail-Text__text___3eVx1j gmail-Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p gmail-Text__regular___Bh17t- gmail-Text__large___1i0u1F gmail-Body__base___25kqPt gmail-Body__large_body___3g04wK gmail-ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" style="margin:2.22222vw 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.6;font-size:20px;font-family:knowledge-regular,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);max-width:720px">Murkowski said the engagement with the Biden administration officials since that meeting was "very productive".</p><div class="gmail-SpacingContainer__container___2kvuUN gmail-SpacingContainer__max-width___1aBoiA" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:512.703px;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:1440px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-AdSlot__container___vv9J1U"><div class="gmail-AdSlot__inner___1TrdcP gmail-AdSlot__inline-canvas___1Zd39i" style="font-size:0px;text-align:center"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>