Re:The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable
by mr_mitm on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @06:25AM
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Were paper straws ever about climate change? This feels like a red herring. Pollution has many aspects to it, and you can work on several problems simultaneously.
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Re:The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable
by jurgenburgen on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @06:46AM
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No, they are about cleaning up European beaches. Anyone using plastic straws as an argument against combating climate change is acting in bad faith.
Re:The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable
by AlexandrB on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @09:34AM
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Plastic straws are simply emblematic of the environmental movement as a whole. "Political capital" is not infinite, folks will only tolerate so much disruption to their lives. Going after plastic straws instead of something more consequential was a mistake.
Re:The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable
by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @09:55AM
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This isn't supported by polling.
Even in America and among Republicans there's support for using less plastic straws and unless there's some extremely unexpected overlaps in opinion it basically means the only people who think it's a bad move also don't care about climate change and environmentalism seperate from the straw issue.