Daniel Goulden

Jun 5, 2024 | convergencemag.com | Steven Gardiner |Daniel Goulden |Harmony Goldberg |Molly Shack

After years of organizing for a Green New Deal, the Inflation Reduction Act—while far from perfect—offers major new opportunities for bringing about a just transition.

Oct 12, 2023 | znetwork.org | Daniel Goulden

Joe Biden’s newly unveiled American Climate Corps is set to provide green jobs training to just 20,000 people. It falls far short…

Oct 4, 2023 | jacobin.com | Daniel Goulden

On September 20, the Biden administration announced the launch of the American Climate Corps, a program that will provide green jobs training and placement help to twenty thousand young people. Progressive climate groups, in particular the Sunrise Movement — which helped popularize the Green New Deal as a major left policy goal in recent years — have hailed the announcement as a big victory.

Jan 24, 2023 | nationalheraldindia.com | Daniel Goulden

The owner of Twitter and Tesla has the bizarre habit of being in thenews at all costsIn 2015, the blog ‘Wait But Why’ began publishing a series on Elon Musk and his various exploits. More hagiography than examination, writer Tim Urban’s witty blog posts portrayed Musk as a visionary genius deeply concerned with the future of humanity and adept at tapping technological trends.

Jan 23, 2023 | jacobin.com | Daniel Goulden

The “emissions gap” describes the gulf between the stated climate goals of the world’s nations and the amount of decarbonization required to avert climate disaster. It demonstrates, in physical terms, the failure of the world’s ruling classes to take climate seriously and prevent its most ghastly effects. The world is currently on track to warm by 2.8°C by the end of the century. We’re nearly a full degree off from our stated goal of 2°CThe emissions gap is more than just a physical measurement.