climatechangedispatch--2020-09-21--Ruthless Greens Are No Joke

Ruthless Greens Are No Joke

Written by Donald Forbes on .
Posted in Latest news France ’ s Green party , which for decades operated at the shallow end of mainstream politics , caused an earthquake this year by winning control of several of the biggest cities outside Paris , whose own socialist mayor shares many of its aims .
Europe Ecologie Les Verts ( EELV ) plans to use its sudden access to local power to showcase controversial policies whose success could make the party a contender in 2022 ’ s presidential and parliamentary elections .
It intends to show how green government can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ radical economic and social departures .
The municipal elections were completed in June but the shock fall of Bordeaux and Lyons , and Marseille where the EELV shares power , dropped off the radar during the summer when the country mostly ticks over while everyone relaxes on long holidays .
For the French , the return to work in September after taking July and August off is as much of a reinvigorating new start as of January 1 .
The political parties make a splash to remind everyone they exist ; the EELV @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intimations that they mean serious business during the six years they will be in power .
Big-city mayors are powerful national politicians in their own right with roughly the same status as government ministers .
EELV shares the anti-industrial , capitalism-unfriendly aims of green parties everywhere : saving the planet by ending the use of fossil fuels and reversing the constant pursuit of growth .
It has a program that covers every economic and social activity imaginable in minute detail and would need to be in the national government to carry out most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stop the world but to slow it down .
During the municipal elections , the party concentrated on what it can do locally without interference from Paris , attacking all forms of pollution , promising to stop big building projects ( no more giant supermarkets ) , declaring war on plastic , and on cars by pedestrianizing and greening the cites with tree-planting projects .
Also on the agenda is the creation of green jobs and a switch to local industrial and food production making urban centers more self-reliant and less dependent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Less bitumen is another cry .
Life for everyone will return to the gentler pace that preceded the technological revolution that came with the computer microchip .
In fact , stopping 5G internet is a big priority .
‘ Let Bordeaux breathe again , ’ said Pierre Hurmic , the traffic-jammed city ’ s new EELV mayor , when he won .
Hurmic and Gregory Doucet , who captured Lyon , are the face of the EELV urban revolution and their radicalism has frightened some in the national leadership .
Conscious of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Yannick Jadot , an MEP who hopes to be the EELV presidential candidate in 2022 , said : What put the wind up him was Hurmic ’ s return-to-work announcement that there would be no official Christmas tree in Bordeaux this year because a dead tree was no part of his idea of greening ( or ‘ vegetalizing ’ in green parlance ) the city .
We have the right to get rid of traditions , he added , doubtless seeing hackles rise as he spoke .
The same week , Doucet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sacrosanct to the French as camembert and Brigitte Bardot , for being macho , polluting , and misogynistic because there was no equivalent race for women .
This was like firing nuclear warheads into the middle of the public arena , and the media exploded on cue .
There ’ s no doubt Hurmic and Doucet set out to provoke a stir about their intentions to begin a country-wide transformation and to challenge more timid spirits head-on .
The political Right compared EELV to the Khmer Vert – a reference of Pol Pot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about Green Bolsheviks who will be as ruthless in power as the Leninist originals .
Green parties have been gadflies on the fringe in French politics since the 1970s , collecting the protest vote when it didn ’ t matter and dependent on the Socialist party to throw them a handful of parliamentary seats they would never win otherwise .
The socialists gave them responsibility for unpopular policies such as winding down nuclear power production and replacing it with renewables .
The French are sympathetic to environmental issues on paper but have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to pay .
EELV , a collection of smaller parties that fought each other as much as the establishment , has been around since 2010 and can no longer be dismissed as amateurish and eccentric .
The men and women who won control of the big cities democratically and without hiding their objectives are focused and determined .
How did the green breakthrough , which is genuinely astonishing , come about ?
The big political parties of Left and Right failed under the recent presidencies of Chirac , Sarkozy , and Hollande .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ mass move toward Greens but it fed a growing disillusion with the status quo .
COVID was another factor in their favor , pushing election turnout under 60 percent .
What clinched it for the EELV was electoral discipline .
Homeless socialists and supporters of the Left in all its forms obeyed their leaders and voted Green .
Like Britain ’ s Labour , EELV has attracted entryism by activists who hope to bend it towards their own anti-capitalist aims .
The membership and voter base ranges from the Left to the hardest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to genuine environmentalists .
Greenery and anti-capitalism have made common cause in a country that has always had a combative relationship with capital .
The Right is alarmed that although the EELV is not for the moment in parliament , the non-socialist Left holds more power than since the heyday of communism which President François Mitterrand destroyed in 1981 .
The weakness of the moribund socialists and the Gaullist Right opens the road to Paris for EELV if national electors buy what they do in the big cities .
They are unlikely to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power brokers or more in the national assembly in a little more than 18 months .
This is where doubts about how candid the EELV are about their aims arise among centrists and on the Right .
The streak of puritanism and authoritarianism is evident and the commitment of some to democracy is ambiguous although it shouldn ’ t be overdone .
Non-ecological concerns are represented in party members ’ thinking .
Paris EELV councilor Alice Coffin told the media : ‘ Not having a husband means I ’ m not exposed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ Echoing the anti-police sentiment rampant in the US , one EELV mayor compared the police who checked immigrants ’ papers to the wartime gendarmes who rounded up Jews for the Nazis to deport to Auschwitz .
Coffin is typical of the militants who trained in far-Left fringe parties and organizations such as Greenpeace who have brought their techniques to EELV where they co-exist with middle-class activists like Doucet and Hurmic .
The problem is that the far Leftists are ‘ no surrender ’ militants who may seek divisive fights with the mayors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with people ’ s need to make a living at a level they are used to , and that will be tough .

Written by Donald Forbes on Sep 21, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
France’s Green party, which for decades operated at the shallow end of mainstream politics, caused an earthquake this year by winning control of several of the biggest cities outside Paris, whose own socialist mayor shares many of its aims.
Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV) plans to use its sudden access to local power to showcase controversial policies whose success could make the party a contender in 2022’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
It intends to show how green government can tackle climate change and ingrained habits through radical economic and social departures.
The municipal elections were completed in June but the shock fall of Bordeaux and Lyons, and Marseille where the EELV shares power, dropped off the radar during the summer when the country mostly ticks over while everyone relaxes on long holidays.
For the French, the return to work in September after taking July and August off is as much of a reinvigorating new start as of January 1.
The political parties make a splash to remind everyone they exist; the EELV mayors led the headlines this time with intimations that they mean serious business during the six years they will be in power.
Big-city mayors are powerful national politicians in their own right with roughly the same status as government ministers.
EELV shares the anti-industrial, capitalism-unfriendly aims of green parties everywhere: saving the planet by ending the use of fossil fuels and reversing the constant pursuit of growth.
It has a program that covers every economic and social activity imaginable in minute detail and would need to be in the national government to carry out most of it. The idea is not to stop the world but to slow it down.
During the municipal elections, the party concentrated on what it can do locally without interference from Paris, attacking all forms of pollution, promising to stop big building projects (no more giant supermarkets), declaring war on plastic, and on cars by pedestrianizing and greening the cites with tree-planting projects.
Also on the agenda is the creation of green jobs and a switch to local industrial and food production making urban centers more self-reliant and less dependent on the polluting national haulage system.
Less bitumen is another cry. Life for everyone will return to the gentler pace that preceded the technological revolution that came with the computer microchip. In fact, stopping 5G internet is a big priority.
‘Let Bordeaux breathe again,’ said Pierre Hurmic, the traffic-jammed city’s new EELV mayor, when he won.
Hurmic and Gregory Doucet, who captured Lyon, are the face of the EELV urban revolution and their radicalism has frightened some in the national leadership.
Conscious of a public recoil from too much fast change, Yannick Jadot, an MEP who hopes to be the EELV presidential candidate in 2022, said:
‘Nobody cared before what the ecolos said. Nowadays, all it takes is for an EELV town councilor to say something extreme and it becomes a national event.’
What put the wind up him was Hurmic’s return-to-work announcement that there would be no official Christmas tree in Bordeaux this year because a dead tree was no part of his idea of greening (or ‘vegetalizing’ in green parlance) the city.
We have the right to get rid of traditions, he added, doubtless seeing hackles rise as he spoke. The same week, Doucet denounced the Tour de France, as sacrosanct to the French as camembert and Brigitte Bardot, for being macho, polluting, and misogynistic because there was no equivalent race for women.
This was like firing nuclear warheads into the middle of the public arena, and the media exploded on cue. There’s no doubt Hurmic and Doucet set out to provoke a stir about their intentions to begin a country-wide transformation and to challenge more timid spirits head-on.
The political Right compared EELV to the Khmer Vert – a reference of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge – and muttered about Green Bolsheviks who will be as ruthless in power as the Leninist originals.
Green parties have been gadflies on the fringe in French politics since the 1970s, collecting the protest vote when it didn’t matter and dependent on the Socialist party to throw them a handful of parliamentary seats they would never win otherwise.
The socialists gave them responsibility for unpopular policies such as winding down nuclear power production and replacing it with renewables. The French are sympathetic to environmental issues on paper but have been resistant to the price Greens want them to pay.
EELV, a collection of smaller parties that fought each other as much as the establishment, has been around since 2010 and can no longer be dismissed as amateurish and eccentric.
The men and women who won control of the big cities democratically and without hiding their objectives are focused and determined.
How did the green breakthrough, which is genuinely astonishing, come about? The big political parties of Left and Right failed under the recent presidencies of Chirac, Sarkozy, and Hollande.
This didn’t translate into a mass move toward Greens but it fed a growing disillusion with the status quo. COVID was another factor in their favor, pushing election turnout under 60 percent.
What clinched it for the EELV was electoral discipline. Homeless socialists and supporters of the Left in all its forms obeyed their leaders and voted Green.
Like Britain’s Labour, EELV has attracted entryism by activists who hope to bend it towards their own anti-capitalist aims.
The membership and voter base ranges from the Left to the hardest of the hard Left as well as to genuine environmentalists.
Greenery and anti-capitalism have made common cause in a country that has always had a combative relationship with capital.
The Right is alarmed that although the EELV is not for the moment in parliament, the non-socialist Left holds more power than since the heyday of communism which President François Mitterrand destroyed in 1981.
The weakness of the moribund socialists and the Gaullist Right opens the road to Paris for EELV if national electors buy what they do in the big cities.
They are unlikely to topple President Macron but they could be power brokers or more in the national assembly in a little more than 18 months.
This is where doubts about how candid the EELV are about their aims arise among centrists and on the Right. The streak of puritanism and authoritarianism is evident and the commitment of some to democracy is ambiguous although it shouldn’t be overdone.
Non-ecological concerns are represented in party members’ thinking. Paris EELV councilor Alice Coffin told the media: ‘Not having a husband means I’m not exposed to being raped, killed or beaten up.’
Echoing the anti-police sentiment rampant in the US, one EELV mayor compared the police who checked immigrants’ papers to the wartime gendarmes who rounded up Jews for the Nazis to deport to Auschwitz.
Coffin is typical of the militants who trained in far-Left fringe parties and organizations such as Greenpeace who have brought their techniques to EELV where they co-exist with middle-class activists like Doucet and Hurmic.
The problem is that the far Leftists are ‘no surrender’ militants who may seek divisive fights with the mayors as they try to reconcile ecological purity with people’s need to make a living at a level they are used to, and that will be tough.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-21--WATCH: Green Revolution Hurting Environment Far More Than Helping

Written by Pierre Gosselin on .
Posted in Latest news , Videos Here ’ s a newly released 7-minute video @ @ @ @ @ throughout the world .
It illustrates how green energies are much worse for the planet @ @ @ @ @ , destruction of nature , and exploitation of poor countries – just so elitists in @ @ @ @ @ they are good stewards of the planet .
( Video after the jump ) Read @ @ @ @ @

Written by Pierre Gosselin on Sep 21, 2020 . Posted in Latest news, Videos
Here’s a newly released 7-minute video that needs to be spread throughout the world.
It illustrates how green energies are much worse for the planet than claimed. More pollution, destruction of nature, and exploitation of poor countries – just so elitists in rich countries can feel like they are good stewards of the planet. (Video after the jump)
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-21--NPR Claims $500 Billion In Climate-Change Damage, Despite No Link

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on .
Posted in Latest news National Public Radio ( NPR ) told listeners this week that climate change has caused the United States $ 500 billion in damage during the past five years .
Unfortunately for NPR and its climate-change agenda , NPR could not name a single event caused by climate change .
In an “ All Things Considered ” segment , “ What Are The Costs Of Climate Change ?
, ” the interviewer begins by saying , “ The gulf coast faces catastrophic flooding after yet another hurricane , this one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meanwhile , record-setting fires have been burning in the West for weeks .
These climate-fueled disasters are not only dangerous , they ’ re costly.
” Attempting to put a specific price tag on the asserted climate change damage , NPR claimed , “ in the last five years the U.S. has experienced more than $ 500 billion … directly from climate-fueled weather disasters.
” Except that neither hurricane Sally nor current wildfires are connected to climate change .
Nor are any other recent weather events .
As explained in Climate at a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recently been at an all-time low in the United States .
“ The United States recently went more than a decade ( 2005 through 2017 ) without a major hurricane measuring Category 3 or higher , which is the longest such period in recorded history .
The United States also recently experienced the fewest number of hurricane strikes in any eight-year period ( 2009 through 2017 ) in recorded history , ” according to data from the National Hurricane Center .
If at the conclusion of this hurricane season , it proves to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it would just represent a return to normal from the 1970s and before .
And the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) reports there is , “ only low confidence for the attribution of any detectable changes in tropical cyclone activity to anthropogenic influences.
” Concerning wildfires , the data is just as clear there has been a significant decline in wildfires over the past century even as the earth has modestly warmed .
Data from federal government sources confirm the IPCC ’ s findings .
As reported in Climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data from U.S. National Interagency Fire Center ( NIFC ) show wildfires have declined in number and severity in recent decades .
Using data on U.S. wildfires from as far back as 1926 , NIFC reports the number of acres burned is far less now than it was throughout the early 20th century .
As the figure below shows , current acres burned run about 1/4th to 1/5th of the record values which occurred in the 1930s .
Globally , the data on wildfires are just as clear .
In his book False @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to NPR — it is hard to claim climate change caused $ 500 billion in U.S. damages during the past five years when you can ’ t identify a single event caused by climate change .

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on Sep 21, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
National Public Radio (NPR) told listeners this week that climate change has caused the United States $500 billion in damage during the past five years.
Unfortunately for NPR and its climate-change agenda, NPR could not name a single event caused by climate change.
In an “All Things Considered” segment, “What Are The Costs Of Climate Change?,” the interviewer begins by saying, “The gulf coast faces catastrophic flooding after yet another hurricane, this one Sally lumbered ashore early this morning. Meanwhile, record-setting fires have been burning in the West for weeks. These climate-fueled disasters are not only dangerous, they’re costly.”
Attempting to put a specific price tag on the asserted climate change damage, NPR claimed, “in the last five years the U.S. has experienced more than $500 billion … directly from climate-fueled weather disasters.”
Except that neither hurricane Sally nor current wildfires are connected to climate change. Nor are any other recent weather events.
As explained in Climate at a Glance: Hurricanes, hurricane impacts have recently been at an all-time low in the United States.
“The United States recently went more than a decade (2005 through 2017) without a major hurricane measuring Category 3 or higher, which is the longest such period in recorded history. The United States also recently experienced the fewest number of hurricane strikes in any eight-year period (2009 through 2017) in recorded history,” according to data from the National Hurricane Center.
If at the conclusion of this hurricane season, it proves to be busier than average for the year, it would just represent a return to normal from the 1970s and before.
And the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports there is, “only low confidence for the attribution of any detectable changes in tropical cyclone activity to anthropogenic influences.”
(See the image below, courtesy of meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue at http://climatlas.com/tropical/)
Concerning wildfires, the data is just as clear there has been a significant decline in wildfires over the past century even as the earth has modestly warmed.
Data from federal government sources confirm the IPCC’s findings. As reported in Climate at a Glance: Wildfires, long-term data from U.S. National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) show wildfires have declined in number and severity in recent decades.
Using data on U.S. wildfires from as far back as 1926, NIFC reports the number of acres burned is far less now than it was throughout the early 20th century.
As the figure below shows, current acres burned run about 1/4th to 1/5th of the record values which occurred in the 1930s.
Globally, the data on wildfires are just as clear. In his book False Alarm, Bjorn Lomborg observes:
“There is plenty of evidence for a reduction in the level of devastation caused by fire, with satellites showing a 25 percent reduction globally in burned area just over the past 18 years … In total, the global amount of area burned as declined by more than 540,000 square miles, from 1.9 million square miles in the early part of last century to 1.4 million square miles today.”
Message to NPR — it is hard to claim climate change caused $500 billion in U.S. damages during the past five years when you can’t identify a single event caused by climate change.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-21--BBC Asks Whether Climate Activism Is Too White, Middle Class

Written by Jack Montgomery on .
Posted in Latest news The publicly-funded British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) is asking if the left-wing climate change movement is “ too white and middle class.
” The broadcaster , which offered no criticisms of the climate change protest movements beyond its lack of diversity in its video report , explored the supposed problem through a Muslim called Fatimah , a co-founder of the “ New Green Deal UK ” group .
“ I feel like once you enter this space , there isn ’ t a great analysis of , like , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there , what is the barrier , and , like , what are the class dimensions to the people who are in the room , ” Fatimah said .
“ So I feel like I haven ’ t been seen and I haven ’ t felt represented in this space being a woman of color , being someone from a more working-class background , ” she added .
“ Even Greenpeace admits there is a problem , ” intoned the BBC ’ s narrator authoritatively , quoting its British executive director as saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the movement for being overly represented by white middle-class people ” .
Visiting Doncaster , recently hit by floods which climate activists link to climate change , Fatimah finds working-class white people telling her in no uncertain terms that they do not feel the people they see on television live or understand their lives , with one telling her “ you can ’ t just stand there and chain yourself to summat [ something ] … because people don ’ t want that.
” “ For me personally , gluing yourself to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to work is definitely not something that ’ s going to be engaging with working-class people , ” another tells her .
Speaking to people from ethnic minorities back in London , their relative lack of interest in the climate protest movement is somewhat less clear , with one person claiming that “ being a black man ” it “ just wouldn ’ t be safe ” to get into altercations with police as the white middle-class protesters do — despite the police ’ s generally weak , hands-off approach to lawlessness on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for example .
The BBC also linked viewers to an earlier March video report haranguing climate activists for their lack of diversity , suggesting that the lack of it at a rally in Leceister was “ alarming ” considering the city ’ s multicultural demographics .
On the subject of the extremist Extinction Rebellion movement , the March report features activist Judy Ling Wong describing it as a “ very young movement ” but one which “ has got to think about their policy about diversity ” .
“ They ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Wong said .
Nevertheless , Extinction Rebellion does seem to have been attracting more minorities to its ranks by morphing from a so-called “ climate justice ” movement into a hybrid affair which also agitates for various racial grievance causes — for instance demanding reparations at a recent event in the City of London financial hub .

Written by Jack Montgomery on Sep 21, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The publicly-funded British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is asking if the left-wing climate change movement is “too white and middle class.”
The broadcaster, which offered no criticisms of the climate change protest movements beyond its lack of diversity in its video report, explored the supposed problem through a Muslim called Fatimah, a co-founder of the “New Green Deal UK” group.
“I feel like once you enter this space, there isn’t a great analysis of, like, who are the different types of people there, what is the barrier, and, like, what are the class dimensions to the people who are in the room,” Fatimah said.
“So I feel like I haven’t been seen and I haven’t felt represented in this space being a woman of color, being someone from a more working-class background,” she added.
“Even Greenpeace admits there is a problem,” intoned the BBC’s narrator authoritatively, quoting its British executive director as saying it is “absolutely right to criticize the movement for being overly represented by white middle-class people”.
Visiting Doncaster, recently hit by floods which climate activists link to climate change, Fatimah finds working-class white people telling her in no uncertain terms that they do not feel the people they see on television live or understand their lives, with one telling her “you can’t just stand there and chain yourself to summat [something]… because people don’t want that.”
“For me personally, gluing yourself to a Tube train and stopping people from going to work is definitely not something that’s going to be engaging with working-class people,” another tells her.
Speaking to people from ethnic minorities back in London, their relative lack of interest in the climate protest movement is somewhat less clear, with one person claiming that “being a black man” it “just wouldn’t be safe” to get into altercations with police as the white middle-class protesters do — despite the police’s generally weak, hands-off approach to lawlessness on the part of Black Lives Matter demonstrators, for example.
The BBC also linked viewers to an earlier March video report haranguing climate activists for their lack of diversity, suggesting that the lack of it at a rally in Leceister was “alarming” considering the city’s multicultural demographics.
On the subject of the extremist Extinction Rebellion movement, the March report features activist Judy Ling Wong describing it as a “very young movement” but one which “has got to think about their policy about diversity”.
“They’ve got a long way to go,” Wong said. Nevertheless, Extinction Rebellion does seem to have been attracting more minorities to its ranks by morphing from a so-called “climate justice” movement into a hybrid affair which also agitates for various racial grievance causes — for instance demanding reparations at a recent event in the City of London financial hub.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-21--‘Climate Arson’ And Other Wildfire Propaganda

Written by Paul Driessen , guest post on .
Posted in Latest news In what has become an annual summer tragedy , wildfires are again destroying western US forests .
Millions of acres and millions of animals have been incinerated , hundreds of homes reduced to ash and rubble , dozens of parents and children killed , and many more people left missing , injured , or burned .
Air quality across wide regions and entire states is so bad people are told to stay indoors , where many have hibernated for months because of the coronavirus , but indoor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and soot have been carried to Chicago and beyond .
Firefighters are profiles in courage , as they battle the blazes for days on end , while all too many politicians are displaying profiles in opportunism .
“ If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House , why would anyone be surprised if more of America is ablaze ?
” Joe Biden thundered .
“ Mother Earth is angry , ” Nancy Pelosi pontificated .
“ She ’ s telling us with hurricanes on the Gulf Coast , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate crisis is real.
” Despite finally starting to thin out overgrown forests , California Governor Gavin Newsome resorted to the longstanding party line about his state ’ s wildfires : Man-made “ climate change is real .
If you don ’ t believe in science , come to California and observe it with your own eyes.
” Washington Governor Jay Inslee agreed .
“ These are climate fires , ” he said .
“ And we can not , and we will not , surrender our state and expose people to have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost because of climate fires , ” It ’ s ideological nonsense , intended to deflect blame and avoid responsibility for decades of public policy errors and forest mismanagement – and to justify new laws that would multiply government control over energy , industries , jobs , living standards , lives , property , and freedom to choose where and how we live .
One could argue that people shouldn ’ t have built homes in and near these forests .
That they should have been persuaded or compelled to live in crowded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and COVID run rampant .
But they do live in rural areas – and our politicians , land managers , and judges have a duty to implement policies and practices that protect their homes , communities , and lives , as well as indigenous wildlife .
Perhaps slightly warmer or drier summers have made the wildfires slightly more likely or frequent .
But decades of laws , lawsuits , fire suppression policies , and forest mismanagement practices have guaranteed the buildup of massive amounts of dead and diseased trees , dry brush @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needles , and debris .
With every wet spring spurring plant growth that dries up every dry summer , just one lightning strike , careless camper , gender-revealing pyrotechnic , or angry arsonist can ignite an inferno .
Because timber harvesting and thinning have been banned for decades , thousands of scrawny trees grow on acreage that should have just a few hundred full-sized mature trees .
As of 2017 , tens of billions of scrawny trees mix with 6.3 billion dead trees in 11 Western states ; state and federal forests in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trees .
Those numbers have most assuredly skyrocketed since 2017 , while steadily increasing dry brush and debris now provide even more tinder for super-heated conflagrations .
Flames in average fires along the ground in managed forests might reach several feet in height and temperatures of 1,472° F ( 800° C ) , says Wildfire Today .
But under conditions now found in western tinderboxes , flame heights can reach 165 feet ( 50 meters ) or more , and crown fires can generate critter-roasting , soil-baking temperatures that exceed 2192 degrees F @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into flame at 572 F. Aluminum melts at 1220 , silver at 1762 , and gold at 1943 degrees F ( 1064 C ) !
2192 degrees is hellish .
Most of this heat goes upward , but super-high temperatures incinerate endangered wildlife – as well as organisms and organic matter in thin western soils that for decades afterward can support only weeds , grass , and stunted , spindly trees .
Western conflagrations jump fire breaks because these ferocious fires are fueled by the unprecedented increase in combustibles that radical environmentalist policies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their own high winds and even mini tornados that carry burning branches high into the air , to be deposited hundreds of feet away , igniting new fires .
None of this has a thing to do with climate change .
To say a 0.1 , 0.5 , or even 1.0-degree change in average global temperatures would alter these forest fire dynamics defies credibility .
To say the monumental fuel buildups in our forests are irrelevant is like claiming a minimally furnished home will burn as easily and ferociously as one filled to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ old newspapers , and cans of gasoline .
The solution is simple , though expensive and time-consuming at this point .
Cut the red tape .
Remove some of that fuel , so that fires don ’ t get so big , hot , powerful , and destructive .
Clear wider areas around buildings , homes , and communities .
Create more , wider fire breaks .
Build more roads that let people escape the flames .
Send the timber to sawmills , to create jobs and tax revenues , and American lumber @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and grass under transmission lines – and upgrade the transmission lines .
Bolster rapid-response airborne and ground-based firefighting capabilities .
Up to now , all this has been prohibited , litigated , and shut down in states that now have horrific fires .
Radical Greens have even blocked cattle grazing that would control grass and brush in national forests .
Still not convinced ?
Look at recent major fires that petered out when they reached managed forests .
For years , San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation foresters chain-sawed overgrown trees , harvested better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used controlled , prescribed burns , weed killers , and other measures to keep their forests healthy , protect sacred sites , and preserve jobs and wildlife .
They even turn scrubby trash trees into particleboard and sell it for furniture , as part of the tribe ’ s timber business .
In 2017 , the Wallow Fire , the most destructive wildfire in Arizona history , burned 538,000 acres – but fizzled out when it reached the reservation ’ s well-managed forest .
A year later , the Rattlesnake Fire torched more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forest – but likewise faded out when it reached the neighboring White Mountain Apache timberlands , which had also been managed responsibly and proactively , using the same management practices that guide San Carlos Apache foresters .
Similar success stories can be found in the most unlikely place : California .
For decades , the Southern California Edison electric utility employed selective logging , prescribed burns , and other management strategies in its Shaver Lake Forest .
This year ’ s Creek Fire raged through treetops and several hundred thousand acres in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reached the SoCalEd timberlands , it dwindled into a low-intensity surface or ground fire – which doesn ’ t incinerate big trees and wildlife .
Back in August 2013 , the monstrous high-intensity Rim Fire immolated 180,000 acres in the Stanislaus National Forest .
Thankfully the National Park Service ( NPS ) had been employing prescribed burning and other proactive management practices for years in Yosemite National Park next door .
When the wildfire reached the park , it turned into a far less destructive surface fire .
The ferocious Rough Fire of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Sierra National Forests , totally torching 150,000 acres .
But it too became a ground fire when it reached Sequoia National Park , where the NPS had also used prescribed burns and other good management practices for decades .
A final point .
The raging fires in our long mismanaged forests are not natural .
They are not what used to burn with regularity through America ’ s forests .
A century of fire suppression and fuel accumulation means they turn into superheated infernos .
Manage them properly first .
Then let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Regardless of what Earth ’ s climate may do – regardless of who or what may be responsible for any fluctuations – we must take responsible , appropriate , effective measures now .
Doing so will save habitats , wildlife , homes , and human lives today , and tomorrow .
We can not and must let more ‘ megafires ’ incinerate forests and people for decades to come , under a hubristic , misguided , ideological belief that we can eventually end global fossil fuel use and control planetary climate and weather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a dim memory .
Paul Driessen is a senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow ( www.CFACT.org ) and author of books and articles on energy , environment , climate , and human rights issues .

Written by Paul Driessen, guest post on Sep 21, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
In what has become an annual summer tragedy, wildfires are again destroying western US forests.
Millions of acres and millions of animals have been incinerated, hundreds of homes reduced to ash and rubble, dozens of parents and children killed, and many more people left missing, injured, or burned.
Air quality across wide regions and entire states is so bad people are told to stay indoors, where many have hibernated for months because of the coronavirus, but indoor air is also contaminated.
Acrid smoke and soot have been carried to Chicago and beyond. Firefighters are profiles in courage, as they battle the blazes for days on end, while all too many politicians are displaying profiles in opportunism.
“If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised if more of America is ablaze?” Joe Biden thundered. “Mother Earth is angry,” Nancy Pelosi pontificated. “She’s telling us with hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, fires in the West, that the climate crisis is real.”
Despite finally starting to thin out overgrown forests, California Governor Gavin Newsome resorted to the longstanding party line about his state’s wildfires: Man-made “climate change is real. If you don’t believe in science, come to California and observe it with your own eyes.”
Washington Governor Jay Inslee agreed. “These are climate fires,” he said. “And we cannot, and we will not, surrender our state and expose people to have their homes burned down and their lives lost because of climate fires,”
It’s ideological nonsense, intended to deflect blame and avoid responsibility for decades of public policy errors and forest mismanagement – and to justify new laws that would multiply government control over energy, industries, jobs, living standards, lives, property, and freedom to choose where and how we live.
One could argue that people shouldn’t have built homes in and near these forests. That they should have been persuaded or compelled to live in crowded urban areas, where crime, riots, and COVID run rampant.
But they do live in rural areas – and our politicians, land managers, and judges have a duty to implement policies and practices that protect their homes, communities, and lives, as well as indigenous wildlife.
Perhaps slightly warmer or drier summers have made the wildfires slightly more likely or frequent. But decades of laws, lawsuits, fire suppression policies, and forest mismanagement practices have guaranteed the buildup of massive amounts of dead and diseased trees, dry brush and grass, and decaying leaves, needles, and debris.
With every wet spring spurring plant growth that dries up every dry summer, just one lightning strike, careless camper, gender-revealing pyrotechnic, or angry arsonist can ignite an inferno.
Because timber harvesting and thinning have been banned for decades, thousands of scrawny trees grow on acreage that should have just a few hundred full-sized mature trees.
As of 2017, tens of billions of scrawny trees mix with 6.3 billion dead trees in 11 Western states; state and federal forests in California alone had over 129 million dead trees.
Those numbers have most assuredly skyrocketed since 2017, while steadily increasing dry brush and debris now provide even more tinder for super-heated conflagrations.
Flames in average fires along the ground in managed forests might reach several feet in height and temperatures of 1,472° F (800° C), says Wildfire Today.
But under conditions now found in western tinderboxes, flame heights can reach 165 feet (50 meters) or more, and crown fires can generate critter-roasting, soil-baking temperatures that exceed 2192 degrees F (1200 C).
Wood bursts into flame at 572 F. Aluminum melts at 1220, silver at 1762, and gold at 1943 degrees F (1064 C)! 2192 degrees is hellish.
Most of this heat goes upward, but super-high temperatures incinerate endangered wildlife – as well as organisms and organic matter in thin western soils that for decades afterward can support only weeds, grass, and stunted, spindly trees.
Western conflagrations jump fire breaks because these ferocious fires are fueled by the unprecedented increase in combustibles that radical environmentalist policies have created.
These monstrous fires generate their own high winds and even mini tornados that carry burning branches high into the air, to be deposited hundreds of feet away, igniting new fires.
None of this has a thing to do with climate change. To say a 0.1, 0.5, or even 1.0-degree change in average global temperatures would alter these forest fire dynamics defies credibility.
To say the monumental fuel buildups in our forests are irrelevant is like claiming a minimally furnished home will burn as easily and ferociously as one filled to the brim with furniture, books, old newspapers, and cans of gasoline.
The solution is simple, though expensive and time-consuming at this point. Cut the red tape. Remove some of that fuel, so that fires don’t get so big, hot, powerful, and destructive.
Clear wider areas around buildings, homes, and communities. Create more, wider fire breaks. Build more roads that let people escape the flames.
Send the timber to sawmills, to create jobs and tax revenues, and American lumber for affordable homes. Clear out brush and grass under transmission lines – and upgrade the transmission lines. Bolster rapid-response airborne and ground-based firefighting capabilities.
Up to now, all this has been prohibited, litigated, and shut down in states that now have horrific fires. Radical Greens have even blocked cattle grazing that would control grass and brush in national forests.
Still not convinced? Look at recent major fires that petered out when they reached managed forests.
For years, San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation foresters chain-sawed overgrown trees, harvested better timber, improved timber stands, and used controlled, prescribed burns, weed killers, and other measures to keep their forests healthy, protect sacred sites, and preserve jobs and wildlife.
They even turn scrubby trash trees into particleboard and sell it for furniture, as part of the tribe’s timber business.
In 2017, the Wallow Fire, the most destructive wildfire in Arizona history, burned 538,000 acres – but fizzled out when it reached the reservation’s well-managed forest.
A year later, the Rattlesnake Fire torched more than 20,000 acres in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest – but likewise faded out when it reached the neighboring White Mountain Apache timberlands, which had also been managed responsibly and proactively, using the same management practices that guide San Carlos Apache foresters.
Similar success stories can be found in the most unlikely place: California. For decades, the Southern California Edison electric utility employed selective logging, prescribed burns, and other management strategies in its Shaver Lake Forest.
This year’s Creek Fire raged through treetops and several hundred thousand acres in the Sierra National Forest. But when it reached the SoCalEd timberlands, it dwindled into a low-intensity surface or ground fire – which doesn’t incinerate big trees and wildlife.
Back in August 2013, the monstrous high-intensity Rim Fire immolated 180,000 acres in the Stanislaus National Forest.
Thankfully the National Park Service (NPS) had been employing prescribed burning and other proactive management practices for years in Yosemite National Park next door. When the wildfire reached the park, it turned into a far less destructive surface fire.
The ferocious Rough Fire of 2015 roared through California’s Sequoia and Sierra National Forests, totally torching 150,000 acres.
But it too became a ground fire when it reached Sequoia National Park, where the NPS had also used prescribed burns and other good management practices for decades.
A final point. The raging fires in our long mismanaged forests are not natural. They are not what used to burn with regularity through America’s forests.
A century of fire suppression and fuel accumulation means they turn into superheated infernos. Manage them properly first. Then let nature work again.
The lesson? Regardless of what Earth’s climate may do – regardless of who or what may be responsible for any fluctuations – we must take responsible, appropriate, effective measures now. Doing so will save habitats, wildlife, homes, and human lives today, and tomorrow.
We cannot and must let more ‘megafires’ incinerate forests and people for decades to come, under a hubristic, misguided, ideological belief that we can eventually end global fossil fuel use and control planetary climate and weather conditions, thereby somehow making monster wildfires a dim memory.
Paul Driessen is a senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (www.CFACT.org) and author of books and articles on energy, environment, climate, and human rights issues.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-22--The Secretive Funding Behind The Global Warming Movement

Written by Robert Morton on .
Posted in Latest news This article is the first in a multi-part series that aims to expose where at least some of the money is coming from to support the “ climate change ” movement while alerting readers to foreign interference in our grasp at energy independence .
When one starts to hunt for who funds the global warming movement , it quickly evolves into a convoluted rabbit hole with countless branches designed to confound .
The very idea that deliberate obfuscation exists when trying to follow the money should signal that the intentions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) are hardly noble .
One of the major hubs is the Sea Change Foundation , a tax-exempt 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) with over $ 250 million in assets as of 2018 .
Almost every year since its creation in 2006 , its founders have contributed millions to it .
In 2018 , its founders contributed over $ 53 million through four separate entities .
This would be the same Sea Change Foundation whose website is about as deliberately obscure as possible .
Who are the founders ?
Nathaniel and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sea Change personally and through three separate trusts , and they are usually the only direct contributors .
That doesn ’ t mean there aren ’ t other contributors to those three trusts , however .
As the Guardian revealed in 2017 , those trusts are actually sub-trusts of a massive Bermuda trust created by Simons ’ father , James , known as the Lord Jim Trust .
One of the Democratic party ’ s top donors has spent decades building a hidden offshore fortune of more than $ 8bn in the tax @ @ @ @ @ @ @ documents .
James Simons , a hedge fund magnate who spent $ 11m in support of Hillary Clinton ’ s 2016 presidential campaign , amassed investment profits in the Lord Jim Trust , a vast private wealth fund set up on the Atlantic island in 1974 .
Confidential legal files from 2010 show lawyers and advisers for Simons worked to protect him and his children from “ particularly severe ” US tax bills that would be triggered if they tried to bring the funds onshore .
Bermuda imposes no taxes on profits or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Paradise Papers , millions of leaked offshore files reviewed by the Guardian , the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ( ICIJ ) and others .
The files give a rare glimpse inside trusts used by the super-rich to ensure confidentiality and minimal regulation .
As the article notes , Bermuda has no tax on income or investment gains , and offshore trusts are often used to conceal massive wealth .
As long as the money isn ’ t used for personal benefit , the trust can and apparently has been funneling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s sub-trusts .
Simons himself made his fortune running the Renaissance Technologies , “ a quantitative investment management company trading in global financial markets , dedicated to producing exceptional returns for its investors by strictly adhering to mathematical and statistical methods ” hedge fund , which currently manages over $ 100 billion .
You ’ d never know it , but Renaissance was also among the largest federal campaign donors , with virtually all donations going to Democrats in 2020 .
The firm contributed more than $ 33 million during the 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who think big business only contributes to Republicans , think again .
Sea Change also received $ 13 million in 2010 , and $ 10 million in 2011 from a mysterious entity known only as Klein Ltd. , another Bermuda firm : A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin ’ s inner circle .
One of those executives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a hedge fund management firm that has invested heavily in Russian oil and gas .
He is also senior counsel at the Bermudan law firm Wakefield Quin and the vice president of a London-based investment firm whose president until recently chaired the board of the state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft .
In addition to those roles , Hoskins is a director at a company called Klein Ltd. No one knows where that firm ’ s money comes from .
Its only publicly documented activities have been transfers of $ 23 million to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would hamstring surging American oil and gas production , which has hurt Russia ’ s energy-reliant economy .
Klein was highlighted in a 2014 minority report from the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works .
Following that report , Rep. Lamar Smith and Rep. Randy Weber from Committee on Science , Space , and Technology , wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin in 2017 .
The letter alleged that Klein Ltd. may receive money from Russian interests intent on disrupting U.S. fracking operations .
Klein , they said , donated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to other environmental activists .
It wasn ’ t until July of 2018 that Nathan Simons publicly acknowledged that he was the sole director of Klein and that it never received any contributions from non-family sources .
That is , Klein Ltd. was probably another sub-trust of the Lord Jim Trust , and was also renamed to Sea Change Foundation International .
The only question is why did it take so long to come clean , so to speak ?
Now that we ’ ve apparently traced the rabbit hole ’ s entrance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the next question is who is also at the center of the Sea Change hub , and what Sea Change does .
The 2014 Senate report is the place to begin , where its scathing exposé detailed how the Sea Change Foundation and others utilize so-called “ charitable giving ” to influence energy policy and support GWAs : As a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) , the trustees can invest the funds and then give as much as they like to whomever they like .
Unlike actual charitable foundations , however @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who operate in concert with the donor ’ s political agenda .
These are the entities that Sea Change “ donates ” to .
So who is helping the Simonses pass all this money around since they are the only directors ?
There is a staff that comes from a firm known as Tempest Advisors which is , of course , another entity with no apparent website .
It is a limited liability corporation based in Redwood City and offers “ Administrative Management and Consulting Services ” according to its annual corporate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ named Tom Steinbach .
Brigid McCormack is the Deputy Director , who was the Executive Director of Audobon California , VP for External Affairs at the ClimateWorks Foundation .
The remaining individuals all have policy , finance , energy , and philanthropic backgrounds .
The only other information available regards a company that may or may not be the same entity .
TempestAdvisors.com exists but has no website , a Facebook page says it is located in Bulgaria , and another page says : A job search listing describes Tempest as offering “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ threat posed by climate change and the role of philanthropy in climate change mitigation.
” Sea Change ’ s website suggests that Tempest exists for the sole purpose of “ providing professional philanthropic series to Simon family philanthropic entities.
” Thus far , we ’ ve found an entrance to the rabbit hole , and its primary hub in the form of Sea Change , as well as a side chamber of its advisors from Tempest .
Next time , we ’ ll dig into the branches that lead from Sea Change to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more at The Pipeline

Written by Robert Morton on Sep 22, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
This article is the first in a multi-part series that aims to expose where at least some of the money is coming from to support the “climate change” movement while alerting readers to foreign interference in our grasp at energy independence.
When one starts to hunt for who funds the global warming movement, it quickly evolves into a convoluted rabbit hole with countless branches designed to confound.
The very idea that deliberate obfuscation exists when trying to follow the money should signal that the intentions of the Global Warming Alarmists (GWAs) are hardly noble.
One of the major hubs is the Sea Change Foundation, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) with over $250 million in assets as of 2018. Almost every year since its creation in 2006, its founders have contributed millions to it.
In 2018, its founders contributed over $53 million through four separate entities. This would be the same Sea Change Foundation whose website is about as deliberately obscure as possible.
Who are the founders? Nathaniel and Laura Simons. They usually give to Sea Change personally and through three separate trusts, and they are usually the only direct contributors.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t other contributors to those three trusts, however. As the Guardian revealed in 2017, those trusts are actually sub-trusts of a massive Bermuda trust created by Simons’ father, James, known as the Lord Jim Trust.
One of the Democratic party’s top donors has spent decades building a hidden offshore fortune of more than $8bn in the tax haven of Bermuda, according to leaked documents. James Simons, a hedge fund magnate who spent $11m in support of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, amassed investment profits in the Lord Jim Trust, a vast private wealth fund set up on the Atlantic island in 1974. Confidential legal files from 2010 show lawyers and advisers for Simons worked to protect him and his children from “particularly severe” US tax bills that would be triggered if they tried to bring the funds onshore. Bermuda imposes no taxes on profits or income. The Simons trust was revealed in the Paradise Papers, millions of leaked offshore files reviewed by the Guardian, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and others. The files give a rare glimpse inside trusts used by the super-rich to ensure confidentiality and minimal regulation.
As the article notes, Bermuda has no tax on income or investment gains, and offshore trusts are often used to conceal massive wealth.
As long as the money isn’t used for personal benefit, the trust can and apparently has been funneling money to the patriarch’s children’s sub-trusts.
Simons himself made his fortune running the Renaissance Technologies, “a quantitative investment management company trading in global financial markets, dedicated to producing exceptional returns for its investors by strictly adhering to mathematical and statistical methods” hedge fund, which currently manages over $100 billion.
You’d never know it, but Renaissance was also among the largest federal campaign donors, with virtually all donations going to Democrats in 2020.
The firm contributed more than $33 million during the 2016 election cycle. So for any Democrats who think big business only contributes to Republicans, think again.
Sea Change also received $13 million in 2010, and $10 million in 2011 from a mysterious entity known only as Klein Ltd., another Bermuda firm:
A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. One of those executives, Nicholas Hoskins, is a director at a hedge fund management firm that has invested heavily in Russian oil and gas. He is also senior counsel at the Bermudan law firm Wakefield Quin and the vice president of a London-based investment firm whose president until recently chaired the board of the state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft. In addition to those roles, Hoskins is a director at a company called Klein Ltd. No one knows where that firm’s money comes from. Its only publicly documented activities have been transfers of $23 million to U.S. environmentalist groups that push policies that would hamstring surging American oil and gas production, which has hurt Russia’s energy-reliant economy.
Klein was highlighted in a 2014 minority report from the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Following that report, Rep. Lamar Smith and Rep. Randy Weber from Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin in 2017.
The letter alleged that Klein Ltd. may receive money from Russian interests intent on disrupting U.S. fracking operations. Klein, they said, donated money to Sea Change which then donates to other environmental activists.
It wasn’t until July of 2018 that Nathan Simons publicly acknowledged that he was the sole director of Klein and that it never received any contributions from non-family sources.
That is, Klein Ltd. was probably another sub-trust of the Lord Jim Trust, and was also renamed to Sea Change Foundation International.
In a statement released to Inside Philanthropy, Nat Simons also stated that Klein Ltd.—a Bermuda-based entity that contributed to Sea Change and has drawn speculation about foreign funding of environmentalists—is directed solely by him and funded exclusively by Simons family wealth. Klein has been renamed Sea Change Foundation International, and will continue as a Bermuda-based philanthropy that shares the mission of the couple’s stateside foundation. “I wish to clarify that press reports speculating that Klein has received funding from outside sources are factually incorrect and have no basis. Neither Klein nor Sea Change Foundation has ever solicited or accepted contributions from non-family related sources,” Simons said.
The only question is why did it take so long to come clean, so to speak?
Now that we’ve apparently traced the rabbit hole’s entrance back to the Lord Jim Trust, the next question is who is also at the center of the Sea Change hub, and what Sea Change does.
The 2014 Senate report is the place to begin, where its scathing exposé detailed how the Sea Change Foundation and others utilize so-called “charitable giving” to influence energy policy and support GWAs:
…an elite group of left wing millionaires and billionaires, which this report refers to as the “Billionaire’s Club,” who directs and controls the far-left environmental movement, which in turn controls major policy decisions and lobbies on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Even more unsettling, a dominant organization in this movement is Sea Change Foundation… In turn, Sea Change funnels tens of millions of dollars to other large but discreet foundations and prominent environmental activists who strive to control both policy and politics.
As a 501(c)(3), the trustees can invest the funds and then give as much as they like to whomever they like. Unlike actual charitable foundations, however, the grants are only given to those who operate in concert with the donor’s political agenda. These are the entities that Sea Change “donates” to.
So who is helping the Simonses pass all this money around since they are the only directors? There is a staff that comes from a firm known as Tempest Advisors which is, of course, another entity with no apparent website.
It is a limited liability corporation based in Redwood City and offers “Administrative Management and Consulting Services” according to its annual corporate filing. Its executive director is someone named Tom Steinbach.
Tom is an expert in developing and implementing philanthropic strategies to address complex social and environmental challenges, and has more than 30 years of experience in philanthropy, the non-profit sector, and government. Prior to joining Tempest Advisors, Tom was Environment Program Director at the Hewlett Foundation and Executive Director of the Greenbelt Alliance.
Brigid McCormack is the Deputy Director, who was the Executive Director of Audobon California, VP for External Affairs at the ClimateWorks Foundation. The remaining individuals all have policy, finance, energy, and philanthropic backgrounds.
The only other information available regards a company that may or may not be the same entity. TempestAdvisors.com exists but has no website, a Facebook page says it is located in Bulgaria, and another page says:
The firm provides economic analysis and studies, merger and acquisition, divesture, joint venture, recapitalization, spin-off, and corporate restructuring advisory services. It offers due diligence, business valuation, strategy formulation, profit optimization planning, industry and sector research, damage analysis, forecasting, litigation support, initial screening, funding need assessment, project proposal preparation and management, and research work publicizing services. Additionally, the firm provides written analysis on economic, business, and social issues. It caters to private organizations and governments. Tempest Advisors EOOD is based in Varna, Bulgaria.
A job search listing describes Tempest as offering “Consulting support is focused on the serious threat posed by climate change and the role of philanthropy in climate change mitigation.”
Sea Change’s website suggests that Tempest exists for the sole purpose of “providing professional philanthropic series to Simon family philanthropic entities.”
Thus far, we’ve found an entrance to the rabbit hole, and its primary hub in the form of Sea Change, as well as a side chamber of its advisors from Tempest. Next time, we’ll dig into the branches that lead from Sea Change to the recipients of its donations.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-22--How German Schools Are Becoming Climate-Indoctrination Farms

Written by Pierre Gosselin on .
Posted in Latest news In Berlin ’ s green movement , schools and officials aim to utilize youth to pave the way to a new world .
The Berlin daily , left-of-center Tagesspiegel admiringly looks at the Fridays for Future movement in Berlin , a city where it is particularly strong and well-networked – and its schools serving as indoctrination farms .
Already some are sounding the alarms .
For example , in a newly released book , former FFF activist Clemens Traub comments how the FFF movement is made up mostly of privileged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the latest hip fashion and flashing the newest iPhone while fancying themselves as the rescuers of the planet and beholders of the truth .
Within its ivory tower , the movement does not even realize that its criticism affects the lifestyle of many socially weaker people who , for financial reasons , do not always have free choice .
They are branded as climate sinners because they don ’ t shop in organic food stores , but at discounters .
The consequence : We are all sitting on a powder keg full of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , one interesting part was a comment on the importance of tapping the youth for the climate movement by former Potsdam Institute Director , Prof. Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber : The closing of ranks of science and youth in the fight for a new society that is sustainable in its management and living is like a big bang .
We need these heroes and heroines who are not even of age ” .
Using the youth indoctrination playbook of earlier German regimes , this is how leading scientists like Schellnhuber aim to bring about The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) overhaul of the global society to one that is supposedly green .
These minors are well organized in their own schools – that is their basis .
But something has changed fundamentally .
Whereas ten years ago , the climate and environment clubs in the schools themselves were not taken seriously by students and particularly frequented , today they are the smallest units from which mobilization and organization for the big demonstrations are done .
Luis von Randow says : ‘ When people leave school , new ones always join them.
’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not stop , that ’ s for sure.
’ ” Unwittingly , Randow and Rein are right if we use history as a guide .
Earlier attempts at German youth indoctrination by schools and state confirm this : Or this one here , an example of how extreme youth indoctrination can become : As talented a scientist Schellnhuber is , he obviously learned very VERY little about the lessons of history .
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Written by Pierre Gosselin on Sep 22, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
In Berlin’s green movement, schools and officials aim to utilize youth to pave the way to a new world.
The Berlin daily, left-of-center Tagesspiegel admiringly looks at the Fridays for Future movement in Berlin, a city where it is particularly strong and well-networked – and its schools serving as indoctrination farms.
Danger signals
Already some are sounding the alarms. For example, in a newly released book, former FFF activist Clemens Traub comments how the FFF movement is made up mostly of privileged urban youth, most of them sporting the latest hip fashion and flashing the newest iPhone while fancying themselves as the rescuers of the planet and beholders of the truth.
Traub writes:
Within its ivory tower, the movement does not even realize that its criticism affects the lifestyle of many socially weaker people who, for financial reasons, do not always have free choice. They are branded as climate sinners because they don’t shop in organic food stores, but at discounters. The consequence: We are all sitting on a powder keg full of social explosives.”
Using old, dangerous playbooks
In the Tagesspiegel article, one interesting part was a comment on the importance of tapping the youth for the climate movement by former Potsdam Institute Director, Prof. Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber:
The closing of ranks of science and youth in the fight for a new society that is sustainable in its management and living is like a big bang. We need these heroes and heroines who are not even of age”.
Using the youth indoctrination playbook of earlier German regimes, this is how leading scientists like Schellnhuber aim to bring about The Great Transformation – a radical (experimental) overhaul of the global society to one that is supposedly green.
Schools: Berlin’s climate indoctrination farms
The Tagesspiegel itself writes:
These minors are well organized in their own schools – that is their basis. But something has changed fundamentally. Whereas ten years ago, the climate and environment clubs in the schools themselves were not taken seriously by students and particularly frequented, today they are the smallest units from which mobilization and organization for the big demonstrations are done. Luis von Randow says: ‘When people leave school, new ones always join them.’ Lilith Rein adds: ‘It will not stop, that’s for sure.’”
History’s lessons
Unwittingly, Randow and Rein are right if we use history as a guide. Earlier attempts at German youth indoctrination by schools and state confirm this:
Schools are tasked with producing good, socialist citizens.”
Obedience over independent thought
Or this one here, an example of how extreme youth indoctrination can become:
‘I begin with the young,’ said Adolph Hitler. ‘With them, I can make a new world.’ […] ‘…mold young people into passionate believers…’ […] ‘…unquestioning obedience over independent thought…’”
As talented a scientist Schellnhuber is, he obviously learned very VERY little about the lessons of history.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-22--As Crops Set Records, WaPo Claims Climate Change Is Killing The Farm Belt

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on .
Posted in Latest news Today my Google search of “ climate change ” turned up this fact-challenged story from the Washington Post , “ Climate change is killing the farm belt .
With a little help , farmers can fix it.
” The author writes , “ The Great Plains is in the early throes of prolonged drought.
” Then he goes on to claim it ’ s becoming more difficult to grow corn in Kansas and Iowa .
Facts don ’ t lie , however , and the data show neither claim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Climate at a Glance Drought shows the United States is benefiting from fewer and less extreme drought events as the climate modestly warms .
For instance , in 2017 and 2019 , the United States registered its smallest percentage of land area experiencing drought in recorded history .
America is also undergoing its longest period in recorded history with fewer than 40 percent of the country experiencing “ very dry ” conditions ( See Figure 1 below ) .
And the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) reports with “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over mid-latitude land areas of the Northern Hemisphere ( including the United States ) during the past 70 years , while IPCC has “ low confidence ” about any negative trends globally .
Addressing the Washington Post ’ s specific concerns about Iowa and Kansas , there is no evidence of a long-term drought trend .
Data from the United States Drought Monitor ( USDM ) does show as of September 15 , much of Iowa was either abnormally dry or experiencing moderate or severe drought , but this is common as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ summer months .
Looking back , however , USDM did not record a single county in Iowa as abnormally dry from October 1 , 2019 , through May 5 , 2020 .
Concerning drought in Kansas , USDM data indicates a small area in Western Kansas abutting Colorado has been abnormally dry since the beginning of 2020 , but the portion of the state experiencing either drought or abnormally dry conditions has declined substantially since May and June when more than half the state was either abnormally dry or experiencing moderate or severe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Western Kansas , not experiencing a multi-year long-term drought trend .
This brings us to the Washington Post ’ s claims about collapsing corn production in Iowa and Kansas , claims which , thankfully are as false as its assertions about a drought in the region .
Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) show corn production in Iowa and Kansas , as is true for crop production in general across the United States over the past few decades , have been consistently setting records .
The USDA reports in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2.58 billion bushels , an increase of 3 percent from the state ’ s 2.50 billion bushel yield in 2018 .
Even as Iowa ’ s weather has had its natural ups and downs , the state has led the nation in corn production for the last 26 consecutive years and 41 of the last 42 years .
And USDA reports Kansas ’ s corn crop in 2019 also set records topping 800.66 million bushels , a 25 percent increase in yield from 2018 , and even surpassing the previous record yield of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Yield per acre in Kansas was approximately 133 bushels per acre , an increase in 4 bushels per acre from 2018 .
For the world as a whole , even as the earth has warmed modestly Climate at a Glance : Crop Production reports , “ the 2019 global crop year brought record production of the important cereal crops ; corn , wheat , and rice .
This builds on previous records set nearly every year during the past decade.
” The same is true for crop yield in the United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Washington Post ’ s claims , real-world data show climate change has caused no measurable increase in drought across the Midwest or elsewhere in the United States , nor has climate change had a demonstrable negative impact on crop yields , in Iowa , Kansas , or elsewhere in the United States or around the world .

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on Sep 22, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Today my Google search of “climate change” turned up this fact-challenged story from the Washington Post, “Climate change is killing the farm belt. With a little help, farmers can fix it.”
The author writes, “The Great Plains is in the early throes of prolonged drought.” Then he goes on to claim it’s becoming more difficult to grow corn in Kansas and Iowa.
Facts don’t lie, however, and the data show neither claim is true.
Citing real-world data, Climate at a Glance Drought shows the United States is benefiting from fewer and less extreme drought events as the climate modestly warms.
For instance, in 2017 and 2019, the United States registered its smallest percentage of land area experiencing drought in recorded history.
America is also undergoing its longest period in recorded history with fewer than 40 percent of the country experiencing “very dry” conditions (See Figure 1 below).
And the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports with “high confidence” that precipitation has increased over mid-latitude land areas of the Northern Hemisphere (including the United States) during the past 70 years, while IPCC has “low confidence” about any negative trends globally.
Addressing the Washington Post’s specific concerns about Iowa and Kansas, there is no evidence of a long-term drought trend.
Data from the United States Drought Monitor (USDM) does show as of September 15, much of Iowa was either abnormally dry or experiencing moderate or severe drought, but this is common as the state comes out of the warm dry summer months.
Looking back, however, USDM did not record a single county in Iowa as abnormally dry from October 1, 2019, through May 5, 2020.
Concerning drought in Kansas, USDM data indicates a small area in Western Kansas abutting Colorado has been abnormally dry since the beginning of 2020, but the portion of the state experiencing either drought or abnormally dry conditions has declined substantially since May and June when more than half the state was either abnormally dry or experiencing moderate or severe drought.
And USDM data show even Western Kansas, not experiencing a multi-year long-term drought trend.
This brings us to the Washington Post’s claims about collapsing corn production in Iowa and Kansas, claims which, thankfully are as false as its assertions about a drought in the region.
Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) show corn production in Iowa and Kansas, as is true for crop production in general across the United States over the past few decades, have been consistently setting records.
The USDA reports in 2019 Iowa’s corn production topped 2.58 billion bushels, an increase of 3 percent from the state’s 2.50 billion bushel yield in 2018.
Even as Iowa’s weather has had its natural ups and downs, the state has led the nation in corn production for the last 26 consecutive years and 41 of the last 42 years.
And USDA reports Kansas’s corn crop in 2019 also set records topping 800.66 million bushels, a 25 percent increase in yield from 2018, and even surpassing the previous record yield of 699 million bushels, set in 2016.
Yield per acre in Kansas was approximately 133 bushels per acre, an increase in 4 bushels per acre from 2018.
For the world as a whole, even as the earth has warmed modestly Climate at a Glance: Crop Production reports, “the 2019 global crop year brought record production of the important cereal crops; corn, wheat, and rice. This builds on previous records set nearly every year during the past decade.”
The same is true for crop yield in the United States, where,
“[a]lmost every important U.S. crop has set record yields per acre during the past three years, with most of the top 10 years in yields-per-acre occurring during the past decade. Each of the five record-high rice yields has occurred during the past five years. Each of the past nine years has produced top-10 all-time wheat yields,” writes meteorologist Anthony Watts citing USDA data.
To conclude, contrary to the Washington Post’s claims, real-world data show climate change has caused no measurable increase in drought across the Midwest or elsewhere in the United States, nor has climate change had a demonstrable negative impact on crop yields, in Iowa, Kansas, or elsewhere in the United States or around the world.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-22--The Electric Car Hype Machine Is Just That: Hype

Written by Olivia Rudgard , Laurence Dodds , and James Cook on .
Posted in Latest news It was the kind of truck the Terminator might drive – at least when he needed extra cash .
Sleek , silent , and faintly sinister , the Skynet-esque lorry , filmed speeding through an American desert in 2018 , seemed proof of its maker ’ s technological prowess .
“ Behold , ” boasted the electric vehicle ( EV ) company Nikola .
“ The 1,000 HP , zero-emission Nikola One semi-truck in motion.
” The claim was technically true .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Arizona-based start-up admitted last week , it was moving because it had been towed up a hill and then left to roll .
“ Nikola never stated its truck was driving under its own propulsion in the video , ” a spokesman defiantly declared .
“ As Nikola pivoted to the next generation of trucks , it ultimately decided not to invest additional resources into completing the process to make the Nikola One drive on its own propulsion.
” After the admission forced Nikola ’ s chairman and founder Trevor Milton to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Monday .
But the implications were much bigger than just one firm .
The news – part of a bombshell report by the short-selling investment firm Hindenburg Research , whose conclusions Nikola dismissed as “ false and misleading ” – came just days after General Motors agreed to invest $ 2bn ( £1.53bn ) into Nikola .
Throw a briefcase full of cash in Silicon Valley today and you will hit an EV company , many racing towards an early public float .
There is Rivian , Nio , Fisker , Workhorse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of course Tesla , whose breathtaking stock rally this year has dragged many imitators behind it .
But as the original EV pioneer prepares for its latest “ battery day ” on Tuesday , when it will hold its annual meeting and show off new ideas , whispers of a bubble are only growing .
Tesla ’ s own history of failed predictions hardly helps matters .
“ It looks awful , ” says Reilly Brennan of the San Francisco venture capitalist firm Trucks VC , referring to Nikola ’ s ordeal .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ how eventually things are going to roll out over the coming decades .
And it could very well be that some of these companies are overvalued.
” He points in particular to neophyte EV makers who are using unconventional corporate structures to float in a rush .
Both Fisker and Lordstown plan to become public companies via special purpose acquisition vehicles , or SPACs – ersatz shell firms created purely to raise money through an initial public offering ( IPO ) and then buy the original firm outright .
“ You have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who previously could not have done an IPO in a traditional sort of year , and have used SPACs to come around , come through a different door and raise more capital , ” says Brennan .
“ The future of the car business is increasingly electric [ and ] zero-emission .
[ But ] my concern is that a lot of these companies are coming out and raising money from the public markets .
It ’ s clear it ’ s a little bit early for them to be doing so.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem to the sheer expense of developing new EVs – often underestimated amidst a hail of optimistic promises about our shiny green future .
He says that ringing new models to production requires such prodigious amounts of cash – at least “ ten figures ” – that Silicon Valley investors are often tapped dry .
Next up are sovereign wealth funds and international investors ; and after that , public markets .
But Brennan believes that “ many ” EV makers are “ undercapitalized ” even after that – such as Canoo , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whole new vehicle but building it from a clean sheet of paper.
” A prime example of this problem is Faraday Future , an ambitious electric car business whose Chinese billionaire chief executive filed for bankruptcy in 2019 .
His lawyers said in court that his personal bankruptcy scuppered a meeting with a sovereign wealth fund which had seemed poised to bankroll the business .
Other businesses in the space have been accused of going beyond generating hype and instead engaged in outright lying .
Read more at The Telegraph

Written by Olivia Rudgard, Laurence Dodds, and James Cook on Sep 22, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
It was the kind of truck the Terminator might drive – at least when he needed extra cash.
Sleek, silent, and faintly sinister, the Skynet-esque lorry, filmed speeding through an American desert in 2018, seemed proof of its maker’s technological prowess.
“Behold,” boasted the electric vehicle (EV) company Nikola. “The 1,000 HP, zero-emission Nikola One semi-truck in motion.”
The claim was technically true. The lorry was indeed moving. But as the Arizona-based start-up admitted last week, it was moving because it had been towed up a hill and then left to roll.
“Nikola never stated its truck was driving under its own propulsion in the video,” a spokesman defiantly declared.
“As Nikola pivoted to the next generation of trucks, it ultimately decided not to invest additional resources into completing the process to make the Nikola One drive on its own propulsion.”
After the admission forced Nikola’s chairman and founder Trevor Milton to resign, shares in the company plunged on Monday.
But the implications were much bigger than just one firm. The news – part of a bombshell report by the short-selling investment firm Hindenburg Research, whose conclusions Nikola dismissed as “false and misleading” – came just days after General Motors agreed to invest $2bn (£1.53bn) into Nikola.
Throw a briefcase full of cash in Silicon Valley today and you will hit an EV company, many racing towards an early public float.
There is Rivian, Nio, Fisker, Workhorse, Lordstown Motors, XPeng, and of course Tesla, whose breathtaking stock rally this year has dragged many imitators behind it.
But as the original EV pioneer prepares for its latest “battery day” on Tuesday, when it will hold its annual meeting and show off new ideas, whispers of a bubble are only growing. Tesla’s own history of failed predictions hardly helps matters.
“It looks awful,” says Reilly Brennan of the San Francisco venture capitalist firm Trucks VC, referring to Nikola’s ordeal. “This is the warning shot of how eventually things are going to roll out over the coming decades. And it could very well be that some of these companies are overvalued.”
He points in particular to neophyte EV makers who are using unconventional corporate structures to float in a rush.
Both Fisker and Lordstown plan to become public companies via special purpose acquisition vehicles, or SPACs – ersatz shell firms created purely to raise money through an initial public offering (IPO) and then buy the original firm outright.
“You have a lot of companies that have come out, who previously could not have done an IPO in a traditional sort of year, and have used SPACs to come around, come through a different door and raise more capital,” says Brennan.
“The future of the car business is increasingly electric [and] zero-emission. [But] my concern is that a lot of these companies are coming out and raising money from the public markets. It’s clear it’s a little bit early for them to be doing so.”
In part, Brennan attributes the problem to the sheer expense of developing new EVs – often underestimated amidst a hail of optimistic promises about our shiny green future.
He says that ringing new models to production requires such prodigious amounts of cash – at least “ten figures” – that Silicon Valley investors are often tapped dry.
Next up are sovereign wealth funds and international investors; and after that, public markets. But Brennan believes that “many” EV makers are “undercapitalized” even after that – such as Canoo, which is “not only building a whole new vehicle but building it from a clean sheet of paper.”
A prime example of this problem is Faraday Future, an ambitious electric car business whose Chinese billionaire chief executive filed for bankruptcy in 2019.
His lawyers said in court that his personal bankruptcy scuppered a meeting with a sovereign wealth fund which had seemed poised to bankroll the business.
Other businesses in the space have been accused of going beyond generating hype and instead engaged in outright lying.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-22--Green Activists Concede U.S. Elections Won’t Be About Climate

Written by Timothy Cama on .
Posted in Latest news This could have been the year of the first real climate change election .
It probably won ’ t be .
After years of climate change being low on voters ’ priorities , getting almost no news coverage as a campaign policy issue , and only getting the occasional debate question , 2020 had the potential to be a blockbuster year for climate change .
But instead , with less than 50 days until Election Day and voters in some states already voting , the COVID-19 pandemic is dominating the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the economy , and health care .
And since Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’ s death Friday , the fight over replacing her on the court has overshadowed every other issue and might remain front and center through the rest of the campaign .
[ … ] Despite pushing for debate questions and lamenting the lack of attention to climate , many environmental advocates say they are trying to keep perspective .
They recognize that the more immediate issues of the day , like racial justice and COVID-19 , probably deserve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has strong connections with those issues ( sic ) .
“ COVID-19 , the economic meltdown , the public health crisis , Black Lives Matter are all top-tier issues .
That ’ s a reality , ” said Kevin Curtis , executive director of the NRDC Action Fund , which is the political arm of the Natural Resources Defense Council and supports Biden .

Written by Timothy Cama on Sep 22, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
This could have been the year of the first real climate change election. It probably won’t be.
After years of climate change being low on voters’ priorities, getting almost no news coverage as a campaign policy issue, and only getting the occasional debate question, 2020 had the potential to be a blockbuster year for climate change.
But instead, with less than 50 days until Election Day and voters in some states already voting, the COVID-19 pandemic is dominating the scene, along with racial justice, the economy, and health care.
And since Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death Friday, the fight over replacing her on the court has overshadowed every other issue and might remain front and center through the rest of the campaign. […]
Despite pushing for debate questions and lamenting the lack of attention to climate, many environmental advocates say they are trying to keep perspective.
They recognize that the more immediate issues of the day, like racial justice and COVID-19, probably deserve the spotlight. Besides, climate change has strong connections with those issues (sic).
“COVID-19, the economic meltdown, the public health crisis, Black Lives Matter are all top-tier issues. That’s a reality,” said Kevin Curtis, executive director of the NRDC Action Fund, which is the political arm of the Natural Resources Defense Council and supports Biden.
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