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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">1. Leaders of the European Union states have called for a virus recovery plan which conforms to the goals of the Green Deal.
</span><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/eu-leaders-back-green-transition-in-pandemic-recovery-plan/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/eu-leaders-back-green-transition-in-pandemic-recovery-plan/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">2. You have probably already read that the Republicans killed a provision in our recovery plan which would have set emissions targets as a condition for subsidizing airlines, and that Trump is using covid-19 as a cover for an
EPA attack on environmental regulations. He also insists that the half-trillion corporate relief fund is his to spend (or appropriate) as he will. Since such appalling mischief is what we have come to expect, rendering it not news, I do not usually cover similar
stories in this news list, but the contrast with the EU is too stark to ignore. On the airlines and other failures and missed opportunities of the stimulus package:
</span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/26/us-coronavirus-relief-package-airlines-fossil-fuel-companies-climate"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/26/us-coronavirus-relief-package-airlines-fossil-fuel-companies-climate</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">On the suspension of environmental regulations: </span>
<a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/489753-epa-suspends-enforcement-of-environmental-laws-amid-coronavirus"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/489753-epa-suspends-enforcement-of-environmental-laws-amid-coronavirus</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">In his signing statement Trump declared his contempt for attempts to monitor his use of the half trillion dollar corporate relief fund.</span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/us/trump-signing-statement-coronavirus.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/us/trump-signing-statement-coronavirus.html</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">3. Covid-19 has taught us that we are intimately connected with one another and with the world. We are acting out the consequences. The same perspective could guide our actions toward dealing with the climate crisis. A new kind
of common life could emerge. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/28/with-the-climate-crisis-and-coronavirus-bearing-down-on-us-the-age-of-disconnection-is-over">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/28/with-the-climate-crisis-and-coronavirus-bearing-down-on-us-the-age-of-disconnection-is-over</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">While we may learn some lessons from covid-19 which will be of use in climate action, we will also be hampered by some of our efforts and some of the effects of the virus.
<a href="https://phys.org/news/2020-03-covid-climate.html">https://phys.org/news/2020-03-covid-climate.html</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">4. Another essay on the theme of lessons to be learned from covid-19 observes that if we do not make common cause around the globe against the disease, as against fossil fuels, we face unacceptable consequences. This is an opportunity
for us to learn hard lessons. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/coronavirus-tackle-climate-crisis-and-poverty-with-zeal-of-covid-19-fight-scientists-urge">
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/coronavirus-tackle-climate-crisis-and-poverty-with-zeal-of-covid-19-fight-scientists-urge</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">5. As we institute large and perhaps lengthy courses of climate action, stopgap measures might limit immediate harm. Salmon hatcheries and reflective aerosols are among the suggestions.
<a href="https://phys.org/news/2020-03-framework-environmental-stopgap.html">https://phys.org/news/2020-03-framework-environmental-stopgap.html</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6. According to the 2020 Drawdown Review climate action could save us a lot of money. (Besides making the future more convenient.) The article links to a free download of the publication.
The new Review greatly extends the 2017 original and is even more usefully organized, full of information and insights. I cannot think of any better way to spend a day while we wait for the virus to subside (if we’re lucky—may we all be lucky—and careful—take
care).</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a href="https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/03/aggressive-action-to-address-climate-change-could-save-the-world-145-trillion/?utm_source=Weekly+News+from+Yale+Climate+Connections&utm_campaign=e69f758f0a-Weekly_Digest_of_March_23_27_2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e007cd04ee-e69f758f0a-59270721" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/03/aggressive-action-to-address-climate-change-could-save-the-world-145-trillion/?utm_source=Weekly+News+from+Yale+Climate+Connections&utm_campaign=e69f758f0a-Weekly_Digest_of_March_23_27_2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e007cd04ee-e69f758f0a-59270721</a></p>
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