What’s the Cost to Society of Pollution? Trump Says Zero. He directed agencies to stop estimating the economic impact of climate change when developing policies and regulations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/climate/social-cost-carbon-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GE8.b0M7.rVl0QrPfBUUe
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deepmud@mas.to · 9 pts · 1y
@silence7 to be fair to #47, if we all get cancer, then another rich guy goes "ka-ching!"
silence7@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 1y
It's not just cancer; its a very quantifiable death count
federalreverse@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y
It's so weird how their ideology on the one hand appears to prescribe people like Musk creating a "legion" of their own offspring but also killing all the rest of us, including not just their political opponents but also their own voters and even people abroad.