inaction

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nounstate of doing nothing

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One night, frustrated with inaction and disgusted with fossil fuel use, he sat at his computer and calculated the sources of all his own emissions so he could go about reducing them.

THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS WORSE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU TRY.BY ELIZABETH WEILJANUARY 25, 2021PROPUBLICA

The government stimulus that kept millions of Americans from falling into poverty earlier in the pandemic is long gone, and new aid is still a dot on the horizon after months of congressional inaction.

STEALING TO SURVIVE: MORE AMERICANS ARE SHOPLIFTING FOOD AS AID RUNS OUT DURING THE PANDEMICABHA BHATTARAI, HANNAH DENHAMDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POST

However, the consequences of inaction were even more terrifying.

HOW THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE TRANSFORMED AMERICA’S ROLE IN THE WORLDA.J. BAIMEDECEMBER 4, 2020WASHINGTON POST

Still, the rapid mobilization of support shows how lawmakers from both parties are trying to come up with a compromise quickly after months of inaction.

MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR BIPARTISAN $908 BILLION STIMULUS PACKAGE AS MORE GOP SENATORS EXPRESS SUPPORTJEFF STEIN, MIKE DEBONIS, SEUNG MIN KIMDECEMBER 3, 2020WASHINGTON POST

The last two weekly unemployment reports show further worrisome signs, as new unemployment claims rose, and economists say further inaction from Congress in the face of a public health crisis could derail the fledgling recovery.

U.S. HIRING SLOWED IN NOVEMBER AS CORONAVIRUS CASES SURGED, ADP REPORT SAYSHAMZA SHABANDECEMBER 2, 2020WASHINGTON POST

What another four years of inaction could bringAnother four years of climate inaction could prove disastrous.

THIS ELECTION COULD DECIDE THE CLIMATE’S FUTUREULA CHROBAKOCTOBER 29, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE

It is precisely this benefit of action—and the risk of inaction—that we reported in 2018, and many more companies are feeling now, driving record numbers of businesses to engage in 2020.

DEMOCRACY IS TRENDING: HOW BIG CONSUMER BRANDS ARE BOOSTING VOTER TURNOUT IN 2020MATTHEWHEIMEROCTOBER 28, 2020FORTUNE

This groundbreaking legal complaint states that five countries—Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, and Turkey—are violating the Convention on the Rights of the Child because of their inaction on the climate crisis.

IT’S ABOUT TIME ADULTS START RISING UP AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGEALEXANDRIA VILLASEÑOROCTOBER 21, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE

At the time, I was more than happy to slide under the radar but as the years went on, I began to regret my inaction.

MAKING THE MOST OUT OF MY SECOND COMING OUTPARKER PURIFOYOCTOBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON BLADE

In his new novel, The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson paints a picture of a global temperature that’s been allowed to keep rising unchecked, and the harsh results of humanity’s inaction.

KIM STANLEY ROBINSON HOLDS OUT HOPE - ISSUE 90: SOMETHING GREENLIZ GREENEOCTOBER 7, 2020NAUTILUS

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