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The Center for American Progress reports
Hawaii's Governor David Ige (D) signed a bill on [June 4] implementing the most ambitious climate law in the United States. The new law, which comes into effect July 1, sets the goal for the state to become carbon neutral by 2045.
Along with the carbon neutral bill, Governor Ige also signed two other climate bills into law. A second bill requires the state to use carbon offsets to restore the state's forests by planting trees which will help absorb carbon from the atmosphere. And a third law mandates that sea level rise be factored into the review process for building projects.
[...] Ige [noted]: "Sea level rise is already having an impact on beaches, roadways, and homes near the shoreline. As a result, we face difficult land-use decisions, and requiring an analysis of sea level rise before beginning construction is just plain common sense."
The carbon neutral bill notes that Hawaii could see $19 billion worth of damage from sea level rise.
Hawaii now surpasses Rhode Island as the most ambitious state when it comes to tackling climate change. Rhode Island aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 95 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
Before introducing the three laws, Hawaii already had some of the strongest climate policies in the country. This includes a target introduced in 2015 to reach 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. And last year, despite President Trump's announcement to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, Hawaii became the first state the introduce a law to uphold the Paris climate target of limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius.
As an archipelago in the Central Pacific, however, Hawaii relies on carbon-heavy modes of transport: planes and ships. This is one reason why the state chose to pursue a carbon offset program, Scott Glenn, head of the state's environmental quality office [said].
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @05:36AM (5 children)
You should have reported having received your ancestor's tools and duly declared them as income for the purpose of taxation.
The only reason you can dream of your little homesteading experiment is because you've stolen resources from The State, you resource-centralizing capitalist pig–dog! Not everyone had fathers or grandfathers who had the wherewithal to learn the art of stroking wood competently, and so you should Think of the Children instead of being the selfish, gluttonous, bourgeoisie that you are!!!11
(Score: 4, Insightful) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday June 07 2018, @09:16AM (2 children)
Get Back To Me When _YOU_ Can Claim A Charitable Deduction On Your Form 1040 Schedule A.
Portland Rescue Mission [portlandrescuemission.org].
They also have transitional housing. They can sleep 56 men year round as well as an additional 96 from late fall until early spring. They give free clothes to the men in the year-round dorm. (Who gets to sleep where is determined by a lottery.)
They serve both men and women during the day: hot nutritious meals, showers, restrooms. Each evening at 9:00 PM they hand out blanket to those who must sleep outside.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @03:29PM (1 child)
I donate more than 15K per year.
Well.
I don't get a say in it per say but still that's money from my back pocket straight to the poor starving politicos who really need it
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @05:04PM
We don't have any money for poor starving politicos. They're probably incels anyway. That's why we need to bomb the shit out of the Middle East. We need to give our military more handouts, otherwise we'll be overrun by incels just looking for handouts!
Stop being an incel pussy and sign up today. Service guarantees that you get to rape illegal immigrants and other brown people in the great concentration camps we're building for Mexicans. You'll get to serve so many women being detained without trial in our great concentration camps, you'll forget you were ever a pussy incel. #MAGA
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @03:23PM
Thank you very much I spent much of my teenage years learning how to properly stroke wood.
Even today I continue to benefit from my own self education.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday June 07 2018, @04:57PM
You should have reported having received your ancestor's tools and duly declared them as income for the purpose of taxation.
I'm pretty sure a few tools aren't worth $5.6 million dollars. [forbes.com]
But don't worry, the hero of the common-man has raised that limit to $11.2 million dollars! We wouldn't want our trust fund babies, like the Trumps, to help pay for the operation of the country. Or worse, need to get a job!