The Federal Reserve has disbanded a number of internal groups set up to help the US central bank identify and respond to financial stability threats posed by climate change. (www.bloomberg.com)

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Ignoring it doesnt make it go away. All it does is diminish our ability to respond

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Appeasing authoritarians only delays the inevitable, if it even delays it at all. Trump wants direct control over the Fed to enrich himself. Killing useful groups over the culture war issues he uses as a (weak) cover for his actions doesn't solve this core problem.

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