[GWSG] Dem's climate plans; tropics flagging; McKibben's new blog; NRDC on adaptation; GM's EV plans; EU proposes net zero law

[Tilley, Al]

1. The Guardian sketches the climate plans of the leading Democratic presidential candidates. (Ignore Mayors Pete and Michael, and Amy Klobuchar.) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/29/democratic-candidates-environment-climate-change



2. The ability of tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere peaked in 1990. The forests are on track to become instead a net source of carbon by the mid-2030s. https://phys.org/news/2020-03-tropical-forests-carbon-rapidly-weakening.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter



3. Bill McKibben has a new, good feature in the New Yorker online, The Climate Crisis. It will reflect on current events and developments as they relate to climate. In this one, McKibben discusses the coronavirus, Uber’s carbon footprint, Elizabeth Warren’s idea for using Dodd-Frank, and the methane industry’s plans to cover us yet more deeply in plastic, among other topics. https://link.newyorker.com/view/5be9cafe24c17c6adf39e724bol0m.n6/a5ff5370



4. The NRDC blog discusses the general project of adaptation in the climate crisis.  https://www.nrdc.org/experts/juanita-constible/what-does-climate-adaptation-look



5. GM looks forward to building a million EVs in the next five years using a new battery technology. Ranges of 400 mils and more, a 1/3 or more cut in battery cost, and an expanded system of charging stations are in prospect for a range of new models. “We believe in an all-electric future.”  https://cleantechnica.com/2020/03/04/breaking-gm-shares-battery-ultium-ev-platform-details-during-ev-day-event-cleantechnica-field-trip/



6. The European Union is proposing to put a target of net zero emissions by 2050 into law. Critics ask for an ambitious target for 2030; EU leaders have responded that the proposed law leaves room for that. Time is passing.  <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/04/focus-coronavirus-shows-need-climate-law-says-eu-official-frans-timmermans?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter>  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/04/focus-coronavirus-shows-need-climate-law-says-eu-official-frans-timmermans?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter  <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/04/focus-coronavirus-shows-need-climate-law-says-eu-official-frans-timmermans?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter>  <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/04/focus-coronavirus-shows-need-climate-law-says-eu-official-frans-timmermans?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter>  <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/04/focus-coronavirus-shows-need-climate-law-says-eu-official-frans-timmermans?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter>

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