climatechangedispatch--2020-05-14--Does Greta Thunberg Have The Answer To The Wuhan Virus?

Written by Cockburn on .
Posted in Latest news COVID-19 is a riddle wrapped inside an enigma and hidden within a Chinese wet market , or possibly a CCP laboratory .
World leaders are baffled by how to respond .
The science keeps contradicting itself .
The world ’ s greatest mathematicians can ’ t keep up with the ever-changing data sets .
Who can the poor and frightened public turn to for help ?
Never fear , Greta ’ s here .
That ’ s right .
Little Miss Thunberg , a 17-year-old Swedish girl who dropped out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alarm , is turning her mega-brain towards COVID-19 , just when we need her most .
On Thursday evening , CNN will host a live town hall called ‘ Coronavirus : Facts and Fears ’ , featuring former acting CDC director Richard Besser , former HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius , and Miss Thunberg .
Of course , while Greta understands that COVID-19 is important , she will be eager to stress that it should not distract us from that more urgent challenge of climate change — even if , thanks to the lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by more than 25 percent .
Miss Thunberg wants us to remember that if the virus doesn ’ t get us , the global warming will .
During an Earth Day event on April 22 , she asserted that the world must tackle the climate crisis and the coronavirus at the same time .
‘ Today is Earth Day , and that reminds us that the climate and the environmental emergency is still ongoing , ’ said Thunberg .
‘ We need to tackle both the corona pandemic , this crisis , at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate and environmental emergency because we need to be able to tackle two crises at once.
’ Her co-panelist gently nodded , meekly going along with the charade that this high school dropout ’ s comments actually added value to the discussion .
Eco-celebrities like Thunberg have been not-so-quietly rejoicing over the pandemic ’ s effect on carbon emissions and other environmental variables — never mind the poor souls choking their lungs out all over the planet .
Some climate change activists believe that stay-at-home orders offer ‘ clues ’ for the fight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talk of ‘ flattening the curve ’ to refer to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions .
One New York Times opinion piece recently expressed a hope that lockdowns would make us mend our anti-planet ways : ‘ Maybe , as you hunker down with cabinets full of essentials , your sense of what consumer goods you need will shrink , ’ wrote the author , Meehan Crist .
‘ Maybe , even after the acute phase of the coronavirus crisis has passed , you will be more likely to telecommute… Maybe among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plane for a weekend away or for a destination wedding will come to seem unthinkable.
’ Economic destruction is good , you see .
It helps Mother Nature .
Cockburn observes that one force ties together the coronavirus pandemic and the issue of climate change .
In recent years , the media has come to fetishize particular apocalyptic voices — Thunberg , AOC , Bill Nye , Gov .
Cuomo , Dr. Fauci — and turn them into cultural idols .
They elevate these people and demonize those who dare to dissent .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ clearly knows little more than most 17-year-olds about COVID-19 .
To CNN , she feels right .
Besides , does COVID-19 really matter when the world is doomed by climate change anyway ?

Written by Cockburn on May 14, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
COVID-19 is a riddle wrapped inside an enigma and hidden within a Chinese wet market, or possibly a CCP laboratory.
World leaders are baffled by how to respond. The science keeps contradicting itself.
The world’s greatest mathematicians can’t keep up with the ever-changing data sets. Who can the poor and frightened public turn to for help?
Never fear, Greta’s here. That’s right. Little Miss Thunberg, a 17-year-old Swedish girl who dropped out of high school to sound the climate change alarm, is turning her mega-brain towards COVID-19, just when we need her most.
On Thursday evening, CNN will host a live town hall called ‘Coronavirus: Facts and Fears’, featuring former acting CDC director Richard Besser, former HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Miss Thunberg.
Former acting CDC director Richard Besser, former HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius and activist Greta Thunberg join @AndersonCooper & @DrSanjayGupta for a live #CNNTownHall. Coronavirus – Facts and Fears, Thursday at 8 p.m. ET pic.twitter.com/I4FrXgwaL6 — CNN (@CNN) May 13, 2020
Of course, while Greta understands that COVID-19 is important, she will be eager to stress that it should not distract us from that more urgent challenge of climate change — even if, thanks to the lockdown, global CO2 emissions have been reduced by more than 25 percent.
Miss Thunberg wants us to remember that if the virus doesn’t get us, the global warming will. During an Earth Day event on April 22, she asserted that the world must tackle the climate crisis and the coronavirus at the same time.
‘Today is Earth Day, and that reminds us that the climate and the environmental emergency is still ongoing,’ said Thunberg. ‘We need to tackle both the corona pandemic, this crisis, at the same time as we tackle the climate and environmental emergency because we need to be able to tackle two crises at once.’
Her co-panelist gently nodded, meekly going along with the charade that this high school dropout’s comments actually added value to the discussion.
Eco-celebrities like Thunberg have been not-so-quietly rejoicing over the pandemic’s effect on carbon emissions and other environmental variables — never mind the poor souls choking their lungs out all over the planet.
Some climate change activists believe that stay-at-home orders offer ‘clues’ for the fight against climate change. Others are adopting talk of ‘flattening the curve’ to refer to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.
One New York Times opinion piece recently expressed a hope that lockdowns would make us mend our anti-planet ways:
‘Maybe, as you hunker down with cabinets full of essentials, your sense of what consumer goods you need will shrink,’ wrote the author, Meehan Crist.
‘Maybe, even after the acute phase of the coronavirus crisis has passed, you will be more likely to telecommute… Maybe among the relatively wealthy, jumping on a plane for a weekend away or for a destination wedding will come to seem unthinkable.’
Economic destruction is good, you see. It helps Mother Nature. Cockburn observes that one force ties together the coronavirus pandemic and the issue of climate change.
In recent years, the media has come to fetishize particular apocalyptic voices — Thunberg, AOC, Bill Nye, Gov. Cuomo, Dr. Fauci — and turn them into cultural idols. They elevate these people and demonize those who dare to dissent.
It doesn’t matter that Greta clearly knows little more than most 17-year-olds about COVID-19. To CNN, she feels right. Besides, does COVID-19 really matter when the world is doomed by climate change anyway?
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-14--Activists Of All Stripes Upstaged By Pandemic

Written by Rex Murphy on .
Posted in Latest news [ … ] While all are rightfully saluting our health professionals , and the grocery clerks , and the truck drivers , there are others to be considered as well .
For some lives have been disrupted more than others .
Please during this strange and anxious time , spare a thought and say a prayer for unemployed activists of all stripes , the one-timers , the full-timers , the masked and the unmasked , the blockaders and the street-marchers .
Starbucks is closed , so what is the point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point either in staging a “ die-in ” ( the term itself should be seriously avoided considering the nature of the crisis we ’ re in ) in front of a fried-chicken outlet .
There will be no one there to look at your mock mortality .
And if you ’ re the kind of social justice warrior who ’ s up a-night worrying about , I quote , “ the oppressed bodies of the chicken , ” then these are melancholy times .
“ Dream of feathers and flocks , my young @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Cock will crow and the fast-food chains await your return.
” Downtowns are empty so “ performance ” activists have no audience .
These days they could jump up and down all day in the intersection of Yonge and Bloor and at best only a few pigeons and a few vagrant pedestrians would be there to notice .
So what ’ s the under-occupied oppression artist to do ?
Stay home and memorize the hot bits of Das Kapital and do a binge-watch of ( pre-pandemic ) Michael Moore movies .
( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not watch Planet of the Humans . )
Before the pandemic , the rail services of this country were a veritable playground for enthusiastic demonstrators .
You could have a blockade in B.C .
one day , Quebec the next , and hit Via Rail in Ontario whenever the mood struck you .
These good folks are now totally stymied .
For it is established ( somewhere in Einstein ’ s early work on trains and relativity , I think ) that to have a blockade , something must be moving .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ great man asserted .
Or as another genius put it even more succinctly — I believe it was famed lawyer Johnnie Cochran — “ If the trains are stopped , they ’ re impossible to block.
” [ … ] The same for the Extinction Rebellion crowd .
Can ’ t shut down airports that are already shut down .
Even if you could , can you practice safe social-distancing ?
The pandemic has also closed down a lot of good plays and theatricals .
Of which , the one most to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” non-musical starring the young Swedish climate contralto , Greta Thunberg .
It is sadly in hiatus .
Who does not miss the querulous arias of the young musician , that hard , dramatic stare , as she , a Jeremiah in pigtails , with a fury that only immaturity can fuel , gave vital throat to its central hymn : “ You old people are stealing my future.
” Brought the house down , every time .
I should also mention the displaced pronoun warriors — the xirs and zes and hirs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who took grammar out of the schools and put it to work in special interest politics ; the drear COVID has pushed them off the stage , too .
There are ever so many white horses out there these days without their accustomed riders .
We miss ’ em all .
With apologies to C. Lamb , Where are they “ gone , the old familiar farces ?
”

Written by Rex Murphy on May 14, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
[…] While all are rightfully saluting our health professionals, and the grocery clerks, and the truck drivers, there are others to be considered as well. For some lives have been disrupted more than others.
Please during this strange and anxious time, spare a thought and say a prayer for unemployed activists of all stripes, the one-timers, the full-timers, the masked and the unmasked, the blockaders and the street-marchers.
Starbucks is closed, so what is the point of smashing its windows? Not much point either in staging a “die-in” (the term itself should be seriously avoided considering the nature of the crisis we’re in) in front of a fried-chicken outlet.
There will be no one there to look at your mock mortality. And if you’re the kind of social justice warrior who’s up a-night worrying about, I quote, “the oppressed bodies of the chicken,” then these are melancholy times.
“Dream of feathers and flocks, my young friend — better days will emerge, the Cock will crow and the fast-food chains await your return.”
Downtowns are empty so “performance” activists have no audience. These days they could jump up and down all day in the intersection of Yonge and Bloor and at best only a few pigeons and a few vagrant pedestrians would be there to notice.
So what’s the under-occupied oppression artist to do? Stay home and memorize the hot bits of Das Kapital and do a binge-watch of (pre-pandemic) Michael Moore movies. (On penalty of nervous shock, do not watch Planet of the Humans.)
Before the pandemic, the rail services of this country were a veritable playground for enthusiastic demonstrators.
You could have a blockade in B.C. one day, Quebec the next, and hit Via Rail in Ontario whenever the mood struck you. These good folks are now totally stymied.
For it is established (somewhere in Einstein’s early work on trains and relativity, I think) that to have a blockade, something must be moving. This is especially true of trains, the great man asserted.
Or as another genius put it even more succinctly — I believe it was famed lawyer Johnnie Cochran — “If the trains are stopped, they’re impossible to block.” […]
The same for the Extinction Rebellion crowd. Can’t shut down airports that are already shut down. Even if you could, can you practice safe social-distancing?
The pandemic has also closed down a lot of good plays and theatricals. Of which, the one most to be missed is the “How Dare You” non-musical starring the young Swedish climate contralto, Greta Thunberg.
It is sadly in hiatus.
Who does not miss the querulous arias of the young musician, that hard, dramatic stare, as she, a Jeremiah in pigtails, with a fury that only immaturity can fuel, gave vital throat to its central hymn: “You old people are stealing my future.” Brought the house down, every time.
I should also mention the displaced pronoun warriors — the xirs and zes and hirs and zirs — those inventive complainers, who took grammar out of the schools and put it to work in special interest politics; the drear COVID has pushed them off the stage, too.
There are ever so many white horses out there these days without their accustomed riders. We miss ’em all. With apologies to C. Lamb, Where are they “gone, the old familiar farces?”
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-14--No, The Coronavirus Lockdown Hasn’t Made The Air Cleaner

Written by Todd Myers on .
Posted in Latest news Just about every day , someone claims that the air is cleaner .
That , we are told , is a small benefit of the coronavirus-induced economic lockdowns .
By reducing traffic on our roads , we are polluting the air less , providing a visible example of the supposed benefits of imposing more environmental regulation .
In my hometown of Seattle , one environmental activist told the local paper that people can “ physically see that difference in the cleaner air.
” The air-quality data tell a different story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ air-quality monitors , levels of particulate matter — known as PM 2.5 — are not lower now and have , in fact , been higher recently than the median level of the last five years .
Consisting of particles smaller than 2.5 microns , PM 2.5 includes natural sources such as smoke or sea salt , as well as human-caused pollution from combustion .
In Philadelphia , a city health commissioner said , “ I would expect our air pollution levels will probably go down because the number of vehicles in the streets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particulate-matter levels , however , have been close to the five-year average .
In Dallas , the levels of PM 2.5 are higher than average .
In Boston , they are slightly lower .
This counterintuitive result could be due to a number of influences , including weather .
The key factor , however , is that in most places , human-caused pollution is small relative to natural sources .
Even a significant reduction in human contribution makes only a small difference .
So , why do so many activists claim the air @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States ?
In part , because they want to believe it .
Opposition to cars is a major theme in left-wing environmental politics , and it is simply assumed , without looking at the data , that less driving equals cleaner air .
The large gap between political rhetoric and scientific reality is a reminder that costly environmental regulations should be based on real-world data , not ideologically driven assumptions .
Many of the stories focus on faraway cities such as Beijing or Delhi where there is , in fact , cleaner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but they say nothing about what policy in the United States .
Additionally , they highlight that pollution often goes hand in hand with poverty .
If the assumption is that shutting down the economy is good for the environment , the fact that poor countries see the biggest improvements is a counterpoint .
There is also some sleight-of-hand in these claims .
Articles that cite data focus not on particulate matter , but on NO2 , a pollutant associated with driving .
They show satellite photos of reductions in NO2 as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The satellite photos , however , are not a reliable method of calculating NO2 levels during the shutdown .
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts , which operates these satellites , has pointed out that these media reports are based on a flawed analysis , “ by comparing too short time periods and/or insufficient filtering of the data ” and that , when used correctly , “ no marked trend is detected , for example , over the USA for the first three weeks of March.
” Dan Goldberg , an atmospheric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explained that media claims about changes in NO2 levels in the U.S. since COVID-19 have been incorrect , and are driven mostly by the influence of clouds and routine seasonal changes in the angle of the sun .
While exposure to high levels of NO2 can present health effects , all parts of the U.S. attain the most recent national NO2 standards , which were set at a safe level by the Obama administration in 2010 , a standard retained by the Trump administration in 2018 .
Although it can be harmful , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a precursor to particulate matter and ozone .
Rather than look at just NO2 , we should track the actual pollutant that concerns us .
Ironically , many of the misleading articles specifically leave out PM 2.5 , perhaps because the data tell the wrong story .
One such article in National Geographic notes that NO2 levels in Dallas declined by three percent between March 1 and April 5 .
Particulate-matter levels , however , were 24 percent higher than the five-year median .
In Seattle , NO2 levels fell in March @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increased .
National Geographic highlighted the health problems associated with PM 2.5 but left out the relevant data .
Many factors over time influence air quality .
Looking only at one or two months , or only one factor is not enough to draw true conclusions .
Some may argue that short-term increases in air pollution do not prove anything .
That is fine .
But it has not stopped political activists from claiming that the air is cleaner — even when it isn ’ t — and that reducing car travel caused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both directions .
All of this is important for three reasons .
First , the economic lockdown has provided a painful , but useful , natural experiment to test the potential benefits of future air-quality regulations .
If a policy claims to reduce PM 2.5 by more than we are seeing currently , under a drastic reduction of car travel , we should be very skeptical .
Second , it is a reminder that despite mindlessly repeating the word “ science , ” politicians and activists do not always check the real-world data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think are useful , ignoring what doesn ’ t fit their narrative .
People assume they can use common sense , but the scientific process is designed specifically to identify where reality conflicts with popular assumptions .
Science means following the data , especially when it conflicts with your most cherished assumptions .
Finally , even those ( or most of those ) claiming our air quality is better admit that shutting down the economy is not a good approach .
Considering the painful economic impacts of environmental policy is important , not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the environment .
Every dollar spent to help the environment should be spent wisely , to yield the greatest environmental benefit , because the recent economic collapse shows us those dollars may not always be there .

Written by Todd Myers on May 14, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Just about every day, someone claims that the air is cleaner. That, we are told, is a small benefit of the coronavirus-induced economic lockdowns.
By reducing traffic on our roads, we are polluting the air less, providing a visible example of the supposed benefits of imposing more environmental regulation.
In my hometown of Seattle, one environmental activist told the local paper that people can “physically see that difference in the cleaner air.” The air-quality data tell a different story.
According to the EPA’s air-quality monitors, levels of particulate matter — known as PM 2.5 — are not lower now and have, in fact, been higher recently than the median level of the last five years.
Consisting of particles smaller than 2.5 microns, PM 2.5 includes natural sources such as smoke or sea salt, as well as human-caused pollution from combustion.
In Philadelphia, a city health commissioner said, “I would expect our air pollution levels will probably go down because the number of vehicles in the streets are [sic] less.”
Recent particulate-matter levels, however, have been close to the five-year average.
In Dallas, the levels of PM 2.5 are higher than average. In Boston, they are slightly lower.
This counterintuitive result could be due to a number of influences, including weather. The key factor, however, is that in most places, human-caused pollution is small relative to natural sources.
Even a significant reduction in human contribution makes only a small difference.
So, why do so many activists claim the air is ‘physically cleaner’ in the United States?
In part, because they want to believe it. Opposition to cars is a major theme in left-wing environmental politics, and it is simply assumed, without looking at the data, that less driving equals cleaner air.
The large gap between political rhetoric and scientific reality is a reminder that costly environmental regulations should be based on real-world data, not ideologically driven assumptions.
Many of the stories focus on faraway cities such as Beijing or Delhi where there is, in fact, cleaner air. Those examples may be interesting, but they say nothing about what policy in the United States.
Additionally, they highlight that pollution often goes hand in hand with poverty. If the assumption is that shutting down the economy is good for the environment, the fact that poor countries see the biggest improvements is a counterpoint.
There is also some sleight-of-hand in these claims. Articles that cite data focus not on particulate matter, but on NO2, a pollutant associated with driving. They show satellite photos of reductions in NO2 as evidence that air quality is improving.
The satellite photos, however, are not a reliable method of calculating NO2 levels during the shutdown.
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, which operates these satellites, has pointed out that these media reports are based on a flawed analysis, “by comparing too short time periods and/or insufficient filtering of the data” and that, when used correctly, “no marked trend is detected, for example, over the USA for the first three weeks of March.”
Dan Goldberg, an atmospheric researcher at Argonne National Laboratory, recently explained that media claims about changes in NO2 levels in the U.S. since COVID-19 have been incorrect, and are driven mostly by the influence of clouds and routine seasonal changes in the angle of the sun.
While exposure to high levels of NO2 can present health effects, all parts of the U.S. attain the most recent national NO2 standards, which were set at a safe level by the Obama administration in 2010, a standard retained by the Trump administration in 2018.
Although it can be harmful, NO2 is a concern primarily because it is a precursor to particulate matter and ozone.
Rather than look at just NO2, we should track the actual pollutant that concerns us. Ironically, many of the misleading articles specifically leave out PM 2.5, perhaps because the data tell the wrong story.
One such article in National Geographic notes that NO2 levels in Dallas declined by three percent between March 1 and April 5. Particulate-matter levels, however, were 24 percent higher than the five-year median.
In Seattle, NO2 levels fell in March, but the level of particulate matter increased. National Geographic highlighted the health problems associated with PM 2.5 but left out the relevant data.
Many factors over time influence air quality. Looking only at one or two months, or only one factor is not enough to draw true conclusions.
Some may argue that short-term increases in air pollution do not prove anything. That is fine.
But it has not stopped political activists from claiming that the air is cleaner — even when it isn’t — and that reducing car travel caused it. Scientific rigor must go in both directions.
All of this is important for three reasons.
First, the economic lockdown has provided a painful, but useful, natural experiment to test the potential benefits of future air-quality regulations.
If a policy claims to reduce PM 2.5 by more than we are seeing currently, under a drastic reduction of car travel, we should be very skeptical.
Second, it is a reminder that despite mindlessly repeating the word “science,” politicians and activists do not always check the real-world data, or they cherry-pick the data they think are useful, ignoring what doesn’t fit their narrative.
People assume they can use common sense, but the scientific process is designed specifically to identify where reality conflicts with popular assumptions.
Science means following the data, especially when it conflicts with your most cherished assumptions.
Finally, even those (or most of those) claiming our air quality is better admit that shutting down the economy is not a good approach.
Considering the painful economic impacts of environmental policy is important, not just for our prosperity, but for the environment.
Every dollar spent to help the environment should be spent wisely, to yield the greatest environmental benefit, because the recent economic collapse shows us those dollars may not always be there.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-14--Obama-Era Lackeys Accuse Trump Of Fueling Pandemic Over Climate Stance

Written by Valerie Richardson on .
Posted in Latest news A cadre of Obama-era heavy hitters led by John Podesta fired up another effort Wednesday to put global warming at the forefront of the presidential campaign , this time by linking President Trump ’ s skepticism of a climate doomsday to the novel coronavirus outbreak .
Mr. Podesta , the former Obama White House chief of staff who chaired Hillary Clinton ’ s unsuccessful 2016 presidential bid , unveiled Climate Power 2020 with a blast at Mr. Trump ’ s “ anti-science policies , ” which he said have “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must be held accountable for his rejection of science , facts , and reality .
For both COVID-19 and the climate crisis , the anti-science policies from this administration are pushing our nation into crisis , ” Mr. Podesta said in a written statement .
In addition to Mr. Podesta , the advisory board features San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer , the Democratic Party ’ s largest individual donor and a candidate for the party ’ s presidential nomination , as well as Obama administration figures including Secretary of State John F. Kerry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz , and science adviser John Holdren .
“ Today , it fueled a pandemic , ” Mr. Podesta said .
“ Tomorrow , we will see the consequences in a world destabilized by climate change .
Climate Power 2020 will change the politics of climate — pushing all candidates to aggressively campaign on climate action and holding science-denying campaigns accountable.
” Skeptics called the link between climate change and COVID-19 a stretch — given that the virus originated late last year in Wuhan , China , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — while noting that this isn ’ t the first time Democratic power brokers have sought to push climate to the electoral forefront .
JunkScience.com ’ s Steve Milloy , a member of the Trump Environmental Protection Agency transition team , called it “ the umpteenth time the usual cast of climate leftovers have been reheated.
” “ If at first you don ’ t succeed , try , try again , ” said Climate Depot ’ s Marc Morano .
“ The climate activists led by Podesta , Kerry , Holdren , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate change ’ alive in the presidential campaign , so they are trying to tie climate to COVID and blame both on President Trump.
” They have their work cut out for them , given that climate change has consistently ranked at or near the bottom of voters ’ concerns .
A Harris Poll survey for Inerjys Ventures released Tuesday found that 62 % of U.S. adults surveyed said climate change wouldn ’ t damage the U.S. economy if left unaddressed .
A Reuters/Ipsos poll taken in June showed that most Americans were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or take the bus , reduce meat-eating , pay an additional $ 100 in taxes , drive an electric car or spend $ 100 more on their annual electricity bill to fight climate change .
With the coronavirus outbreak , however , Democrats and climate activists have sought to whip up outrage by “ morphing viral fears into climate fears , ” said Mr. Morano , whose “ Climate Hustle 2 ” is expected to be released by early June .
“ They are jealous of the swift , all-encompassing virus-induced lockdowns , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he said in an email .
“ Podesta has suspended science and common sense in claims to hold President Trump ‘ accountable ’ for ‘ both COVID-19 and the climate crisis.
’ This is all nothing more than lowbrow election-year politicking.
” Still , with savvy strategists like Mr. Podesta and deep pockets like Mr. Steyer in the mix , there is no doubt Climate Power 2020 has the political and financial juice to push its message .
An independent project of the leftist Center for American Progress Action Fund — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — the campaign has partnered with the Sierra Club and League of Conservation Voters and is focusing on eight potential swing states : Arizona , Colorado , Florida , Georgia , Michigan , North Carolina , Pennsylvania , and Wisconsin .
The campaign ’ s launch included a 90-minute online video that showed store shelves picked clean during the coronavirus crisis juxtaposed with shots of hurricanes and flooding .
“ Americans are facing a future in crisis from coronavirus to climate change , ” said the narrator .
“ President Trump is failing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t believe in science .
He ignores experts .
And he denies the facts.
” H. Sterling Burnett , a senior fellow at the free-market Heartland Institute , pointed out that “ scientists haven ’ t said that climate change has caused the coronavirus.
” If anything , he said , the president has been accused of relying too heavily on White House public health experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases .
“ As far as following the science , in my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to scientists during this pandemic , ” said Mr. Burnett .
“ I mean , Fauci changes his mind every two weeks on what we should do , and policy lurches back and forth , and Democrats in their states only latch onto Fauci ’ s statements that support their position that we should shut down the economy forever.
” Has climate change fueled an increase in disease ?
A study released May 8 by the London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation found the opposite .
It reported dramatic reductions in climate-related mortality over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rose .
The report by science and policy analyst Indur M. Goklany , a U.S. delegate to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , found that “ cumulative annual rates of deaths and disease from [ climate-sensitive disease and events ] are declining , and declining faster than the corresponding all-cause rates.
” “ You see improvement across the board , but most notably there has been a wholesale rolling-back of the biggest killers like diarrhea and malaria , ” said Mr. Goklany , who holds a doctoral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refutes the thrust of the 2019 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change , which warned that a “ changing climate has profound implications for human health , with more frequent heatwaves and extreme weather events , changing patterns of infectious disease , and the exacerbation of existing health challenges around the world.
” Mr. Goklany said that the U.N.-affiliated researchers “ highlight comparatively rare conditions , like dengue , which have worsened , while ignoring the wider picture , which is almost all good news .
It ’ s highly misleading .
@

Written by Valerie Richardson on May 14, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
A cadre of Obama-era heavy hitters led by John Podesta fired up another effort Wednesday to put global warming at the forefront of the presidential campaign, this time by linking President Trump’s skepticism of a climate doomsday to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Mr. Podesta, the former Obama White House chief of staff who chaired Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful 2016 presidential bid, unveiled Climate Power 2020 with a blast at Mr. Trump’s “anti-science policies,” which he said have “fueled the pandemic.”
“President Trump must be held accountable for his rejection of science, facts, and reality. For both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, the anti-science policies from this administration are pushing our nation into crisis,” Mr. Podesta said in a written statement.
In addition to Mr. Podesta, the advisory board features San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer, the Democratic Party’s largest individual donor and a candidate for the party’s presidential nomination, as well as Obama administration figures including Secretary of State John F. Kerry, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy (pictured), Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, and science adviser John Holdren.
“Today, it fueled a pandemic,” Mr. Podesta said. “Tomorrow, we will see the consequences in a world destabilized by climate change. Climate Power 2020 will change the politics of climate — pushing all candidates to aggressively campaign on climate action and holding science-denying campaigns accountable.”
Skeptics called the link between climate change and COVID-19 a stretch — given that the virus originated late last year in Wuhan, China, a signatory to the 2015 Paris climate agreement — while noting that this isn’t the first time Democratic power brokers have sought to push climate to the electoral forefront.
JunkScience.com’s Steve Milloy, a member of the Trump Environmental Protection Agency transition team, called it “the umpteenth time the usual cast of climate leftovers have been reheated.”
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” said Climate Depot’s Marc Morano. “The climate activists led by Podesta, Kerry, Holdren, and Steyer are desperate to keep ‘climate change’ alive in the presidential campaign, so they are trying to tie climate to COVID and blame both on President Trump.”
They have their work cut out for them, given that climate change has consistently ranked at or near the bottom of voters’ concerns.
A Harris Poll survey for Inerjys Ventures released Tuesday found that 62% of U.S. adults surveyed said climate change wouldn’t damage the U.S. economy if left unaddressed.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll taken in June showed that most Americans were unwilling to install solar panels, carpool or take the bus, reduce meat-eating, pay an additional $100 in taxes, drive an electric car or spend $100 more on their annual electricity bill to fight climate change.
With the coronavirus outbreak, however, Democrats and climate activists have sought to whip up outrage by “morphing viral fears into climate fears,” said Mr. Morano, whose “Climate Hustle 2” is expected to be released by early June.
“They are jealous of the swift, all-encompassing virus-induced lockdowns, and they want in on the action,” he said in an email.
“Podesta has suspended science and common sense in claims to hold President Trump ‘accountable’ for ‘both COVID-19 and the climate crisis.’ This is all nothing more than lowbrow election-year politicking.”
Too deferential to scientists?
Still, with savvy strategists like Mr. Podesta and deep pockets like Mr. Steyer in the mix, there is no doubt Climate Power 2020 has the political and financial juice to push its message.
An independent project of the leftist Center for American Progress Action Fund — Mr. Podesta founded the center in 2003 — the campaign has partnered with the Sierra Club and League of Conservation Voters and is focusing on eight potential swing states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The campaign’s launch included a 90-minute online video that showed store shelves picked clean during the coronavirus crisis juxtaposed with shots of hurricanes and flooding.
“Americans are facing a future in crisis from coronavirus to climate change,” said the narrator. “President Trump is failing to protect us. He doesn’t believe in science. He ignores experts. And he denies the facts.”
H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow at the free-market Heartland Institute, pointed out that “scientists haven’t said that climate change has caused the coronavirus.”
If anything, he said, the president has been accused of relying too heavily on White House public health experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
“As far as following the science, in my opinion, Trump has been too deferential to scientists during this pandemic,” said Mr. Burnett.
“I mean, Fauci changes his mind every two weeks on what we should do, and policy lurches back and forth, and Democrats in their states only latch onto Fauci’s statements that support their position that we should shut down the economy forever.”
Has climate change fueled an increase in disease? A study released May 8 by the London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation found the opposite.
It reported dramatic reductions in climate-related mortality over the past 30 years, even as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rose.
The report by science and policy analyst Indur M. Goklany, a U.S. delegate to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, found that “cumulative annual rates of deaths and disease from [climate-sensitive disease and events] are declining, and declining faster than the corresponding all-cause rates.”
“You see improvement across the board, but most notably there has been a wholesale rolling-back of the biggest killers like diarrhea and malaria,” said Mr. Goklany, who holds a doctoral degree in electrical engineering.
His report refutes the thrust of the 2019 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, which warned that a “changing climate has profound implications for human health, with more frequent heatwaves and extreme weather events, changing patterns of infectious disease, and the exacerbation of existing health challenges around the world.”
Mr. Goklany said that the U.N.-affiliated researchers “highlight comparatively rare conditions, like dengue, which have worsened, while ignoring the wider picture, which is almost all good news. It’s highly misleading.”
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-15--Sun Is In ‘Lockdown’ Mode, May Cause Freezing Weather, Famine

Written by Chris Pollard on .
Posted in Latest news Our sun has gone into lockdown , which could cause freezing weather , earthquakes , and famine , scientists say .
The sun is currently in a period of “ solar minimum , ” meaning activity on its surface has fallen dramatically .
Experts believe we are about to enter the deepest period of sunshine “ recession ” ever recorded as sunspots have virtually disappeared .
Astronomer Dr. Tony Phillips said : “ Solar Minimum is underway and it ’ s a deep one.
” “ Sunspot counts suggest it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ past century .
The sun ’ s magnetic field has become weak , allowing extra cosmic rays into the solar system.
” “ Excess cosmic rays pose a health hazard to astronauts and polar air travelers , affect the electro-chemistry of Earth ’ s upper atmosphere , and may help trigger lightning.
” NASA scientists fear it could be a repeat of the Dalton Minimum , which happened between 1790 and 1830 — leading to periods of brutal cold , crop loss , famine , and powerful volcanic eruptions .
Temperatures plummeted by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ degrees Fahrenheit ) over 20 years , devastating the world ’ s food production .
On April 10 , 1815 , the second-largest volcanic eruption in 2,000 years happened at Mount Tambora in Indonesia , killing at least 71,000 people .
It also led to the so-called Year Without a Summer in 1816 — also nicknamed “ eighteen hundred and froze to death ” — when there was snow in July .
So far this year , the sun has been “ blank ” with no sunspots 76 percent of the time , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Space Age — last year , when it was 77 percent blank .

Written by Chris Pollard on May 15, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Our sun has gone into lockdown, which could cause freezing weather, earthquakes, and famine, scientists say.
The sun is currently in a period of “solar minimum,” meaning activity on its surface has fallen dramatically.
Experts believe we are about to enter the deepest period of sunshine “recession” ever recorded as sunspots have virtually disappeared.
Astronomer Dr. Tony Phillips said: “Solar Minimum is underway and it’s a deep one.”
“Sunspot counts suggest it is one of the deepest of the past century. The sun’s magnetic field has become weak, allowing extra cosmic rays into the solar system.”
“Excess cosmic rays pose a health hazard to astronauts and polar air travelers, affect the electro-chemistry of Earth’s upper atmosphere, and may help trigger lightning.”
NASA scientists fear it could be a repeat of the Dalton Minimum, which happened between 1790 and 1830 — leading to periods of brutal cold, crop loss, famine, and powerful volcanic eruptions.
Temperatures plummeted by up to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over 20 years, devastating the world’s food production.
On April 10, 1815, the second-largest volcanic eruption in 2,000 years happened at Mount Tambora in Indonesia, killing at least 71,000 people.
It also led to the so-called Year Without a Summer in 1816 — also nicknamed “eighteen hundred and froze to death” — when there was snow in July.
So far this year, the sun has been “blank” with no sunspots 76 percent of the time, a rate surpassed only once before in the Space Age — last year, when it was 77 percent blank.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-15--Dems Shouldn’t Cheer For The Energy Industry’s Demise

Written by Larry Bell on .
Posted in Latest news Petroleum and natural gas industries that provide about 85 % of America ’ s energy ( with wind and solar constituting barely over 3 % ) are under siege by adversaries — both foreign and domestic .
The first major assault was launched by a no-winner dispute between Russia and Saudi Arabia that flooded the global market with underpriced petroleum that overflowed U.S. storage capacities .
A double-whammy occurred at a time when a COVID-19 pandemic eviscerated energy demand , driving Exxon ’ s stock value below that of Netflix @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad enough , Green New Deal activists on the home front are attempting to execute a final coupe de grace , seizing upon a crisis as a “ kick ’ em while they are down ” opportunity that is too valuable to waste .
Until we somehow learn how to power naval ships by windmills and sails , fly aircraft with solar panel-powered propellers , or power everything else ranging from industrial plants to cellphones and light bulbs on cloudy , windless days — we ’ ve got a very serious problem ahead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , briefly reflect for a moment to replay some lessons from the past .
Recall a time when Jimmy Carter — no raging imperialist — proclaimed by a presidential decree that the U.S. would use military force , if necessary , to defend America ’ s vital national interests in the Persian Gulf .
This was prior to a fracking revolution when decades of wars , terrorist attacks , and the rise of global jihadist violence kept our country tied by dependence on the region .
Remember times when the Organization of Petroleum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep oil prices at the highest feasible levels , causing soaring energy costs to drag down global economies .
The consequences slowed America ’ s growth , placing special pressures on American wages and living standards of blue-collar workers , lower-middle-class families , and all others who depended upon affordable fuel and electricity .
Thanks greatly to the hydraulic fracking oil shale revolution , America is now a net petroleum and gas exporter , no longer subject to the mercy of OPEC , Saudi Arabia , Russia , Iran , or never-ending Middle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ensures secure military and domestic supplies but also provides negotiating leverage to secure peacetime benefits .
Coronavirus impacts on energy demand in combination with a cheap oil supply glut have taken a particularly devastating toll on American shale producers , many of whom may never recover .
If this occurs , many years may pass before the industry can regain its strength to return America to its very recent time of unparalleled economic and social prosperity .
Tragically , some vocal Democrats are advocating and cheering such prospective industry demise .
Driven by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy ” capacities , and touting wantonly illusory climate and environmental benefits , their determined efforts are unrelenting .
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y. , cheered a drop in oil prices below zero as a positive development to advance the Green New Deal .
She tweeted : “ You absolutely love to see it .
Fossil fuels are in long-term structural decline .
This along with low-interest rates means it ’ s the right time to create millions of jobs transitioning to renewable and clean energy.
” Presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he will ban all new drilling and fracking on public lands .
Biden has also been citing “ environmental justice ” issues purporting to link fossil fuel “ PM 2.5 ” particulate emissions to increased coronavirus death statistics disproportionately affecting areas with predominate minority populations .
The claims were based upon what Wall Street Journal editors characterized as a “ sloppy study ” published by Harvard ’ s T.H Chan School of Public Health that correlated elevated PM 2.5 levels with higher incidences of death from respiratory lung diseases .
Among numerous variables @ @ @ @ @ @ @ differ among individuals who are exposed to different levels of PM 2.5 , or how pollution levels vary across neighborhoods in cities .
Canadian epidemiologists Paul Villeneuve at Carleton University and Mark Goldberg at McGill University weren ’ t impressed .
They told the Journal , “ When we looked closely at the research , we saw so many shortcomings that we were not convinced of the results.
” Also , PM 2.5 levels across the U.S. have fallen 40 % since 2000 , thanks in large part to transitions from coal to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry recently told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that America is “ on the verge of a massive collapse of an industry that we worked awfully hard , over the course of the last three or four years , to build up to the number one oil and gas producing country in the world , giving Americans some affordable energy resources.
” Perry added , “ If we woke up a year from now , and there were five big companies because all of these independents were gone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make a lot of Americans really nervous.
” Let ’ s all wake up long before that frightful day of energy insecurity arrives .

Written by Larry Bell on May 15, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Petroleum and natural gas industries that provide about 85% of America’s energy (with wind and solar constituting barely over 3%) are under siege by adversaries — both foreign and domestic.
The first major assault was launched by a no-winner dispute between Russia and Saudi Arabia that flooded the global market with underpriced petroleum that overflowed U.S. storage capacities.
A double-whammy occurred at a time when a COVID-19 pandemic eviscerated energy demand, driving Exxon’s stock value below that of Netflix.
If all that wasn’t bad enough, Green New Deal activists on the home front are attempting to execute a final coupe de grace, seizing upon a crisis as a “kick ’em while they are down” opportunity that is too valuable to waste.
Until we somehow learn how to power naval ships by windmills and sails, fly aircraft with solar panel-powered propellers, or power everything else ranging from industrial plants to cellphones and light bulbs on cloudy, windless days — we’ve got a very serious problem ahead.
On the national security front alone, briefly reflect for a moment to replay some lessons from the past.
Recall a time when Jimmy Carter — no raging imperialist — proclaimed by a presidential decree that the U.S. would use military force, if necessary, to defend America’s vital national interests in the Persian Gulf.
This was prior to a fracking revolution when decades of wars, terrorist attacks, and the rise of global jihadist violence kept our country tied by dependence on the region.
Remember times when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) collaborated to keep oil prices at the highest feasible levels, causing soaring energy costs to drag down global economies.
The consequences slowed America’s growth, placing special pressures on American wages and living standards of blue-collar workers, lower-middle-class families, and all others who depended upon affordable fuel and electricity.
Thanks greatly to the hydraulic fracking oil shale revolution, America is now a net petroleum and gas exporter, no longer subject to the mercy of OPEC, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, or never-ending Middle East conflicts.
This independence not only ensures secure military and domestic supplies but also provides negotiating leverage to secure peacetime benefits.
Coronavirus impacts on energy demand in combination with a cheap oil supply glut have taken a particularly devastating toll on American shale producers, many of whom may never recover.
If this occurs, many years may pass before the industry can regain its strength to return America to its very recent time of unparalleled economic and social prosperity.
Tragically, some vocal Democrats are advocating and cheering such prospective industry demise.
Driven by grossly exaggerated claims regarding prospective “renewable energy” capacities, and touting wantonly illusory climate and environmental benefits, their determined efforts are unrelenting.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., cheered a drop in oil prices below zero as a positive development to advance the Green New Deal. She tweeted:
“You absolutely love to see it. Fossil fuels are in long-term structural decline. This along with low-interest rates means it’s the right time to create millions of jobs transitioning to renewable and clean energy.”
“A key opportunity,” she added.
Presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden has declared that if elected, he will ban all new drilling and fracking on public lands.
Biden has also been citing “environmental justice” issues purporting to link fossil fuel “PM 2.5” particulate emissions to increased coronavirus death statistics disproportionately affecting areas with predominate minority populations.
The claims were based upon what Wall Street Journal editors characterized as a “sloppy study” published by Harvard’s T.H Chan School of Public Health that correlated elevated PM 2.5 levels with higher incidences of death from respiratory lung diseases.
Among numerous variables, not addressed were how death rates differ among individuals who are exposed to different levels of PM 2.5, or how pollution levels vary across neighborhoods in cities.
Canadian epidemiologists Paul Villeneuve at Carleton University and Mark Goldberg at McGill University weren’t impressed.
They told the Journal, “When we looked closely at the research, we saw so many shortcomings that we were not convinced of the results.”
Incidentally, Dr. Goldberg has supported a fracking moratorium.
Also, PM 2.5 levels across the U.S. have fallen 40% since 2000, thanks in large part to transitions from coal to cleaner-burning natural gas.
Former Texas Governor and U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry recently told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that America is “on the verge of a massive collapse of an industry that we worked awfully hard, over the course of the last three or four years, to build up to the number one oil and gas producing country in the world, giving Americans some affordable energy resources.”
Perry added, “If we woke up a year from now, and there were five big companies because all of these independents were gone out of business…I would suggest that would make a lot of Americans really nervous.”
Let’s all wake up long before that frightful day of energy insecurity arrives.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-15--CNN’s Anderson Cooper Erupts At Critics Mocking Greta Thunberg

Written by Valerie Richardson on .
Posted in Latest news CNN anchor Anderson Cooper lashed out Thursday at those who ridiculed the network ’ s decision to spotlight climate teen Greta Thunberg on a coronavirus town hall , starting with Donald Trump Jr. , accusing them of fomenting “ phony outrage.
” The president ’ s eldest son was among the many who roasted CNN for a promo that showcased former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius , Dr. Sanjay Gupta , former acting Centers for Disease Control Director Richard Besser , and the 17-year-old Swedish activist .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who said she may or may not have had COVID-19 , but isolated herself to be safe , Mr. Cooper ended the show with a three-minute blast in which he mocked the mockers .
“ I just want to take a moment to point out kind of a surreal , absurd drama that played out over the last 24 hours online and amazingly in some reputable news sources , ” Mr. Cooper said .
He focused on the president ’ s son , referring to him as “ DJTJ ” and “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a blue check on Twitter saw the initial ad and was outraged and claimed that we had booked Greta Thunberg to be an expert on a coronavirus panel with other health experts , ” Mr. Cooper said .
“ And then , of course , Donny Trump Jr. jumped into this.
” Mr. Trump Jr. joined those razzing CNN on Wednesday by tweeting : “ Greta Thunberghaving a remarkable career already in that as a teenager she ’ s now a world-renowned infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist AND a leading scientific voice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Just wow so impressive.
” Mr. Cooper said it was “ weird because I thought he was allegedly running whatever remains of the Trump Organization and shouldn ’ t that be a really busy job because it ’ s , you know , allegedly such a great big company ?
” Mr. Cooper pointed out that Ms. Thunberg was not featured on a panel and that CNN had run ads promoting other non-experts on previous coronavirus town halls , including filmmaker Spike Lee and singer Alicia Keys .
“ In case you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , look at our past ads for shows .
They ’ re exactly the same , ” Mr. Cooper said .
That said , Ms. Thunberg , who donated recently $ 100,000 to UNICEF for coronavirus-related aid to children , was something of an outlier on the two-hour show that also featured an emergency-room physician , a vaccine tester , a World Health Organization official and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred .
CNN saved the interview with the international climate celebrity for last .
She talked mainly about her UNICEF work and isolating herself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ symptoms , adding that she has not been tested .
At one point , however , Dr. Gupta brought up the rare inflammatory Kawasaki-like syndrome associated with COVID-19 , the disease caused by the new coronavirus , that has afflicted some children , asking , “ What do you think ?
” Ms. Thunberg gamely answered that “ it is sort of a myth that children are not being affected by this virus .
That , of course , is very wrong.
” She also put in a plug for the “ climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feels like the role of science is changing now , people are starting to realize that we are actually depending on science , and we need to listen to science and experts.
” Mr. Cooper said that attacking CNN and Ms. Thunberg was “ low-hanging fruit.
” “ It ’ s easy .
And I know Donny Jr. just wants his dad to love him or notice him in a way that ’ s not mocking him , ” Mr. Cooper said .
“ But I just find it fascinating to watch the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Twitter based on something that was never real to begin with .
It ’ s kind of surreal to watch it all just kind of play out .
In the words of our dear leader , sad.
” The Media Research Center ’ s Curtis Houck said it was like watching “ a five-year-old child losing his noodle , ” while the National Pulse ’ s Raheem Kassam said it was “ [ a ] mazing to watch @ AndersonCooper have a full-blown tantrum on national television .
”

Written by Valerie Richardson on May 15, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper lashed out Thursday at those who ridiculed the network’s decision to spotlight climate teen Greta Thunberg on a coronavirus town hall, starting with Donald Trump Jr., accusing them of fomenting “phony outrage.”
The president’s eldest son was among the many who roasted CNN for a promo that showcased former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, former acting Centers for Disease Control Director Richard Besser, and the 17-year-old Swedish activist.
After airing a prerecorded interview with Ms. Thunberg, who said she may or may not have had COVID-19, but isolated herself to be safe, Mr. Cooper ended the show with a three-minute blast in which he mocked the mockers.
“I just want to take a moment to point out kind of a surreal, absurd drama that played out over the last 24 hours online and amazingly in some reputable news sources,” Mr. Cooper said.
He focused on the president’s son, referring to him as “DJTJ” and “Donny Trump Jr.”
“Apparently someone with a blue check on Twitter saw the initial ad and was outraged and claimed that we had booked Greta Thunberg to be an expert on a coronavirus panel with other health experts,” Mr. Cooper said. “And then, of course, Donny Trump Jr. jumped into this.”
Greta Thunberg having a remarkable career already in that as a teenager she’s now a world renowned infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist AND a leading scientific voice when it comes to global climate policy.
Just wow so impressive. https://t.co/398T4wXDry — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 13, 2020
Mr. Trump Jr. joined those razzing CNN on Wednesday by tweeting: “Greta Thunberghaving a remarkable career already in that as a teenager she’s now a world-renowned infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist AND a leading scientific voice when it comes to global climate policy. Just wow so impressive.”
Mr. Cooper said it was “weird because I thought he was allegedly running whatever remains of the Trump Organization and shouldn’t that be a really busy job because it’s, you know, allegedly such a great big company?”
Hilarious to see @andersoncooper get Triggered at “Blue Checkmarks” posting memes about how CNN had Greta on a Coronavirus Town Hall. pic.twitter.com/Ee2OK7GELg — Benny (@bennyjohnson) May 15, 2020
Mr. Cooper pointed out that Ms. Thunberg was not featured on a panel and that CNN had run ads promoting other non-experts on previous coronavirus town halls, including filmmaker Spike Lee and singer Alicia Keys.
“In case you think this is some sort of cover-up, look at our past ads for shows. They’re exactly the same,” Mr. Cooper said.
That said, Ms. Thunberg, who donated recently $100,000 to UNICEF for coronavirus-related aid to children, was something of an outlier on the two-hour show that also featured an emergency-room physician, a vaccine tester, a World Health Organization official and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred.
From now on, CNN just needs to feature her on every expert panel. Just to f*** with everybody. “TONIGHT ON CNN: EXPERT PANEL ON PARTICLE PHYSICS, FEATURING CHILD WHO YELLS AT ADULTS GRETA THUNBERG!” — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 13, 2020
CNN saved the interview with the international climate celebrity for last. She talked mainly about her UNICEF work and isolating herself in her Stockholm apartment after experiencing mild symptoms, adding that she has not been tested.
At one point, however, Dr. Gupta brought up the rare inflammatory Kawasaki-like syndrome associated with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, that has afflicted some children, asking, “What do you think?”
Ms. Thunberg gamely answered that “it is sort of a myth that children are not being affected by this virus. That, of course, is very wrong.”
She also put in a plug for the “climate crisis,” saying, “It feels like the role of science is changing now, people are starting to realize that we are actually depending on science, and we need to listen to science and experts.”
CNN asks 17 y.o. school drop-out Greta the Climate Puppet to evaluate Anthony Fauci’s concerns about #coronavirus causing Kawasaki disease in children. — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) May 15, 2020
Mr. Cooper said that attacking CNN and Ms. Thunberg was “low-hanging fruit.”
“It’s easy. And I know Donny Jr. just wants his dad to love him or notice him in a way that’s not mocking him,” Mr. Cooper said.
“But I just find it fascinating to watch the phony online outrage machine generate content on Twitter based on something that was never real to begin with. It’s kind of surreal to watch it all just kind of play out. In the words of our dear leader, sad.”
The critics were unabashed.
The Media Research Center’s Curtis Houck said it was like watching “a five-year-old child losing his noodle,” while the National Pulse’s Raheem Kassam said it was “[a]mazing to watch @AndersonCooper have a full-blown tantrum on national television.”
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-15--Why The Economic Slowdown Won’t Affect Atmospheric CO2 Levels

Written by Dr. Roy Spencer on .
Posted in Latest news Summary : Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) continue to increase with no sign of the global economic slowdown in response to the spread of COVID-19 .
This is because the estimated reductions in CO2 emissions ( around -11 % globally during 2020 ) is too small a reduction to be noticed against a background of large natural variability .
The reduction in economic activity would have to be four times larger than 11 % to halt the rise in atmospheric CO2 .
Changes in the atmospheric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an imbalance between surface sources and sinks of CO2 .
While the global land and ocean areas emit approximately 30 times as much CO2 into the atmosphere as humans produce from the burning of fossil fuels , they also absorb about an equal amount of CO2 .
This is the global carbon cycle , driven mostly by biological activity .
There are variations in the natural carbon cycle , such as during El Nino ( more CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere ) and La Nina ( more CO2 removed from the atmosphere ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while major volcanic eruptions ( paradoxically ) lead to greater photosynthesis from more diffuse sunlight and extra removal of CO2 from the air .
The most dramatic variations are seasonal , as the land-dominated Northern Hemisphere experiences an annual cycle of vegetation growth ( CO2 removal ) and decay ( CO2 release ) .
The increase in atmospheric CO2 observed since the 1950s is most likely dominated by anthropogenic ( man-made ) CO2 emissions , which are twice as large as that needed to explain the observed rise .
As I have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ model that is driven by ( 1 ) estimates of global yearly anthropogenic CO2 emissions , ( 2 ) El Nino and La Nina activity , and ( 3 ) a CO2 removal rate that is proportional to how much “ extra ” CO2 is in the atmosphere compared to a “ preferred baseline ” CO2 level , yields an excellent fit to yearly CO2 observations at Mauna Loa , Hawaii .
But those are yearly measurements , and we are now interested in whether the recent global economic slowdown is showing up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If we remove the large seasonal variations ( driven by the seasonal growth and decay of Northern Hemisphere vegetation ) , we see no evidence of the economic slowdown through April 2020 .
As can be seen in Fig .
2 , there are some pretty large month-to-month jumps and dips around the long-term increase ( represented by the dotted line ) .
These are probably natural variations due to fluctuations in the average seasonal variations in vegetation growth and decay , wildfire activity , and El Nino and La Nina activity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solid blue line in Fig .
2 ) .
Variations in economic activity might also be involved in these fluctuations .
The point is that given the large month-to-month variations in natural CO2 sources and sinks seen in Fig .
2 , it would be difficult to see a downturn in the anthropogenic source of CO2 unless it was very large ( say , over 50 % ) and prolonged ( say over a year or longer ) .
Instead , the U.S. Energy Information Administration ( EIA ) estimates that the global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spread of the novel coronavirus will amount to only about an 11 % reduction in global CO2 emissions .
This is simply too small of a decrease in CO2 emissions to show up against a background of considerable monthly and yearly natural variability in the atmospheric CO2 budget .
That relatively small 11 % reduction also illustrates how dependent humanity is on energy since the economic disruption is leading to U.S. unemployment rates not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s .
Everything that humans do requires access to abundant and affordable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ downturn is not enough to substantially reduce global CO2 emissions .
ADDENDUM : How much of a decrease in CO2 emissions would be required to stop the atmospheric rise in CO2 ?
An interesting aspect of the observed rise of atmospheric CO2 is that it indicates the greater the CO2 concentration , the faster the “ extra ” CO2 is removed by biological activity .
The observed annual rate of removal is 2.3 % of the excess above a baseline of 295 ppm .
The greater the “ excess ” , the faster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this rapid rate of removal , the anthropogenic CO2 emissions do not have to go to zero to stop the observed rise in atmospheric CO2 .
Using my simple model ( blue line in Fig .
1 , above ) , I find that a 43 % reduction in anthropogenic CO2 emissions in 2020 would — in the absence of natural fluctuations in the carbon cycle — lead to a halt in the observed rise of atmospheric CO2 in 2020 over 2019 levels .
This is about four times larger than the EIA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CO2 emissions for the year 2020 .

Written by Dr. Roy Spencer on May 15, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Summary: Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) continue to increase with no sign of the global economic slowdown in response to the spread of COVID-19.
This is because the estimated reductions in CO2 emissions (around -11% globally during 2020) is too small a reduction to be noticed against a background of large natural variability.
The reduction in economic activity would have to be four times larger than 11% to halt the rise in atmospheric CO2.
Changes in the atmospheric reservoir of CO2 occur when there is an imbalance between surface sources and sinks of CO2.
While the global land and ocean areas emit approximately 30 times as much CO2 into the atmosphere as humans produce from the burning of fossil fuels, they also absorb about an equal amount of CO2.
This is the global carbon cycle, driven mostly by biological activity.
There are variations in the natural carbon cycle, such as during El Nino (more CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere) and La Nina (more CO2 removed from the atmosphere).
Greater wildfire activity releases more CO2, while major volcanic eruptions (paradoxically) lead to greater photosynthesis from more diffuse sunlight and extra removal of CO2 from the air.
The most dramatic variations are seasonal, as the land-dominated Northern Hemisphere experiences an annual cycle of vegetation growth (CO2 removal) and decay (CO2 release).
The increase in atmospheric CO2 observed since the 1950s is most likely dominated by anthropogenic (man-made) CO2 emissions, which are twice as large as that needed to explain the observed rise.
As I have shown before, a simple CO2 budget model that is driven by (1) estimates of global yearly anthropogenic CO2 emissions, (2) El Nino and La Nina activity, and (3) a CO2 removal rate that is proportional to how much “extra” CO2 is in the atmosphere compared to a “preferred baseline” CO2 level, yields an excellent fit to yearly CO2 observations at Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
But those are yearly measurements, and we are now interested in whether the recent global economic slowdown is showing up in the monthly Mauna Loa CO2 data.
If we remove the large seasonal variations (driven by the seasonal growth and decay of Northern Hemisphere vegetation), we see no evidence of the economic slowdown through April 2020.
As can be seen in Fig. 2, there are some pretty large month-to-month jumps and dips around the long-term increase (represented by the dotted line).
These are probably natural variations due to fluctuations in the average seasonal variations in vegetation growth and decay, wildfire activity, and El Nino and La Nina activity (which are imperfectly removed in the solid blue line in Fig. 2).
Variations in economic activity might also be involved in these fluctuations.
The point is that given the large month-to-month variations in natural CO2 sources and sinks seen in Fig. 2, it would be difficult to see a downturn in the anthropogenic source of CO2 unless it was very large (say, over 50%) and prolonged (say over a year or longer).
Instead, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that the global economic slowdown this year due to the spread of the novel coronavirus will amount to only about an 11% reduction in global CO2 emissions.
This is simply too small of a decrease in CO2 emissions to show up against a background of considerable monthly and yearly natural variability in the atmospheric CO2 budget.
That relatively small 11% reduction also illustrates how dependent humanity is on energy since the economic disruption is leading to U.S. unemployment rates not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Everything that humans do requires access to abundant and affordable energy, and even the current economic downturn is not enough to substantially reduce global CO2 emissions.
ADDENDUM: How much of a decrease in CO2 emissions would be required to stop the atmospheric rise in CO2?
An interesting aspect of the observed rise of atmospheric CO2 is that it indicates the greater the CO2 concentration, the faster the “extra” CO2 is removed by biological activity.
The observed annual rate of removal is 2.3% of the excess above a baseline of 295 ppm. The greater the “excess”, the faster the rate of removal.
Because of this rapid rate of removal, the anthropogenic CO2 emissions do not have to go to zero to stop the observed rise in atmospheric CO2.
Using my simple model (blue line in Fig. 1, above), I find that a 43% reduction in anthropogenic CO2 emissions in 2020 would — in the absence of natural fluctuations in the carbon cycle — lead to a halt in the observed rise of atmospheric CO2 in 2020 over 2019 levels.
This is about four times larger than the EIA estimate of an 11% reduction in CO2 emissions for the year 2020.
Read more at Dr. Roy’s Blog
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-15--Report: Harp Seal Population Increasing; Critical Food For Polar Bears

Written by Susan Crockford , Ph.D. on .
Posted in Latest news The report on the latest population estimate for harp seals off the east coast of North America was released in late March without fanfare and therefore no media attention .
This was one of the missing scientific reports mentioned in my State of the Polar Bear Report 2019 released in February ( Crockford 2020 ) : results of surveys promised for months or years by early 2020 but not delivered .
Not surprisingly then , we find the report has good news : the population estimate of harp @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to about 7.6 million ( range 6.55-8.82 ) animals ( DFO 2020 ) , up from 7.4 million in 2014 ( DFO 2014 ) .
Note that the survey was done in March 2017 , a low ice year for the Gulf of St. Lawrence ( see discussion below ) and while this may have resulted in some increased mortality for pups born there , it is also known that many ‘ Gulf ’ pregnant females will instead have given birth off Newfoundland and Labrador in a whelping region called ‘ The Front @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accounted for in the population model .
Harp seal pups born at the Front are an important food for the Davis Strait polar bears .
This increase in the prey base for the Davis Strait polar bears suggests the bear population may have grown substantially since the last survey in 2007 ( Peacock et al .
2013 ; Rode et al .
2012 ) .
The Davis Strait is the only subpopulation of polar bears officially considered to have ‘ likely increased ’ in 2018 by Environment Canada .
A new Davis Strait @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2018 but the results are not yet available ( Crockford 2020 ) .
Highlights , quotes , and figures from the harp seal report below .
Dr. Susan Crockford is a zoologist ( former adjunct professor , University of Victoria ) specializing in Holocene mammals , including polar bears and walruses .
Her new book is called The Polar Bear Catastrophe That Never Happened ( Amazon ) .

Written by Susan Crockford, Ph.D. on May 15, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The report on the latest population estimate for harp seals off the east coast of North America was released in late March without fanfare and therefore no media attention.
This was one of the missing scientific reports mentioned in my State of the Polar Bear Report 2019 released in February (Crockford 2020): results of surveys promised for months or years by early 2020 but not delivered.
Not surprisingly then, we find the report has good news: the population estimate of harp seals in the NW Atlantic has risen to about 7.6 million (range 6.55-8.82) animals (DFO 2020), up from 7.4 million in 2014 (DFO 2014).
Note that the survey was done in March 2017, a low ice year for the Gulf of St. Lawrence (see discussion below) and while this may have resulted in some increased mortality for pups born there, it is also known that many ‘Gulf’ pregnant females will instead have given birth off Newfoundland and Labrador in a whelping region called ‘The Front’.
Apparently, these factors were accounted for in the population model.
Harp seal pups born at the Front are an important food for the Davis Strait polar bears.
This increase in the prey base for the Davis Strait polar bears suggests the bear population may have grown substantially since the last survey in 2007 (Peacock et al. 2013; Rode et al. 2012).
The Davis Strait is the only subpopulation of polar bears officially considered to have ‘likely increased’ in 2018 by Environment Canada.
A new Davis Strait population size survey was apparently completed in 2018 but the results are not yet available (Crockford 2020).
Highlights, quotes, and figures from the harp seal report below.
Dr. Susan Crockford is a zoologist (former adjunct professor, University of Victoria) specializing in Holocene mammals, including polar bears and walruses. Her new book is called The Polar Bear Catastrophe That Never Happened (Amazon).
Read rest at Polar Bear Science
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-15--Ocasio-Cortez Tells Critic Green New Deal Will Cost $0 If Passed

Written by Chris White on .
Posted in Latest news Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ripped one of her critics Thursday for suggesting the Green New Deal would cost Americans a fortune and require the government to confiscate every penny from billionaire and multimillionaires .
Ocasio-Cortez scolded conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg Thursday for saying in a tweet that taking every dollar from the likes of Bill Gates , Jeff Bezos , and others would not “ cover a fraction of your Green New Deal fantasy.
” “ Totally get it if you ’ ve never bothered to read the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on , ” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in reply before noting that the GND is a “ non-binding resolution of values ” and “ costs us $ 0 if passed.
” Ocasio-Cortez ’ s signature legislation calls for several progressive proposals , including moving the United States off of fossil fuels within a decade , providing universal health care , basic income programs , and job guarantees , as well as a slew of other ambitious plans .
The GND would cost $ 0 if it remained a non-binding resolution and was not coupled with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Several reports have determined that legislation actually enacting the GND would be an expensive boondoggle .
The GND would cost households an average of between $ 74,287 and $ 76,683 in Colorado , Michigan , and Pennsylvania , a February report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute noted .
CEI , a conservative-leaning think tank , incorporated the costs of electricity production within the first year after Ocasio-Cortez ’ s deal ’ s implementation and the costs of a one-time upgrade to buildings and vehicles .
They also determined how the plan ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ logistics in a modern American economy .

Written by Chris White on May 15, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ripped one of her critics Thursday for suggesting the Green New Deal would cost Americans a fortune and require the government to confiscate every penny from billionaire and multimillionaires.
Ocasio-Cortez scolded conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg Thursday for saying in a tweet that taking every dollar from the likes of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and others would not “cover a fraction of your Green New Deal fantasy.”
“Totally get it if you’ve never bothered to read the legislation you’re commenting so authoritatively on,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in reply before noting that the GND is a “non-binding resolution of values” and “costs us $0 if passed.”
Hey there! Totally get it if you’ve never bothered to read the legislation you’re commenting so authoritatively on. The Green New Deal is a non-binding resolution of values. It does not have a price tag or CBO score and costs us $0 if passed. Read:https://t.co/6qsvSW0Ilb — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 14, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez’s signature legislation calls for several progressive proposals, including moving the United States off of fossil fuels within a decade, providing universal health care, basic income programs, and job guarantees, as well as a slew of other ambitious plans.
The GND would cost $0 if it remained a non-binding resolution and was not coupled with legislation satisfying the deal’s agenda.
Several reports have determined that legislation actually enacting the GND would be an expensive boondoggle.
The GND would cost households an average of between $74,287 and $76,683 in Colorado, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, a February report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute noted.
CEI, a conservative-leaning think tank, incorporated the costs of electricity production within the first year after Ocasio-Cortez’s deal’s implementation and the costs of a one-time upgrade to buildings and vehicles.
They also determined how the plan’s mandate would increase the cost of logistics in a modern American economy.
Other reports have reached similar conclusions.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-18--‘Jurist Legal News’ Prosecutes Phony Case Against Climate, Hunger

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on .
Posted in Latest news Jurist Legal News is doing its best Michael Avenatti impression , prosecuting false claims that climate change is causing hunger and malnutrition .
In a May 14 article , “ The Link Between Climate Change and Human Health , ” Indian law students Sakshi Agarwal and Aniket Sachan quote speculative World Health Organization ( WHO ) predictions as proof that climate change is causing starvation and malnutrition .
That is the same WHO , by the way , that reassured us that Chinese officials found no evidence of human-to-human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ masks makes you more likely to acquire COVID-19 , and praised massive government efforts to “ socialize the economy.
” “ The World Health Organization ( WHO ) back in 2018 said that climate change will cause around 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050 due to malnutrition , malaria , diarrhea , and heat exhaustion , ” the Jurist Legal News article reported .
Of course , predictions are not proof or even evidence .
They are merely predictions .
Let ’ s take a look at what scientific evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time are linked to famine and malnutrition as crops fail , as during the little ice age .
By contrast , hunger and malnutrition both decline sharply during relatively warm periods .
Indeed , food production , rather than declining as the climate has modestly warmed , has increased dramatically in recent decades .
This is thoroughly documented in Climate at a Glance : Crop Production , as well as in a video-archived panel discussion alongside the United Nations Civil Society Conference in August 2019 .
Climate Change Reconsidered II : Fossil Fuels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upon and entirely dependent upon fossil fuels , is allowing farmers to produce more food than ever on less and less land .
In addition , as detailed by CO2Science.org , the carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere over the past century , along with modest warming , has resulted in crop yields setting records nearly every year .
The two factors combined have resulted in the largest decline in hunger , malnutrition , poverty , and starvation in human history .
Forty-four percent of the world ’ s population lived in absolute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global warming ago .
Since then , the share of people living in such poverty fell below 10 percent in 2015 .
And although 700 million people worldwide still suffer from persistent hunger , the United Nations reports the number of hungry people has declined by two billion since 1990 – 30 years of global warming ago .
Hunger and malnutrition , like a changing climate , have always been with us .
The evidence , however , shows the only climate change consistently linked to increases in hunger , malnutrition , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on May 18, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Jurist Legal News is doing its best Michael Avenatti impression, prosecuting false claims that climate change is causing hunger and malnutrition.
In a May 14 article, “The Link Between Climate Change and Human Health,” Indian law students Sakshi Agarwal and Aniket Sachan quote speculative World Health Organization (WHO) predictions as proof that climate change is causing starvation and malnutrition.
That is the same WHO, by the way, that reassured us that Chinese officials found no evidence of human-to-human transmission of COVID-19, that wearing face masks makes you more likely to acquire COVID-19, and praised massive government efforts to “socialize the economy.”
“The World Health Organization (WHO) back in 2018 said that climate change will cause around 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050 due to malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat exhaustion,” the Jurist Legal News article reported.
Of course, predictions are not proof or even evidence. They are merely predictions. Let’s take a look at what scientific evidence shows.
History shows colder periods of time are linked to famine and malnutrition as crops fail, as during the little ice age. By contrast, hunger and malnutrition both decline sharply during relatively warm periods.
Indeed, food production, rather than declining as the climate has modestly warmed, has increased dramatically in recent decades.
This is thoroughly documented in Climate at a Glance: Crop Production, as well as in a video-archived panel discussion alongside the United Nations Civil Society Conference in August 2019.
Climate Change Reconsidered II: Fossil Fuels, shows how modern agriculture, built upon and entirely dependent upon fossil fuels, is allowing farmers to produce more food than ever on less and less land.
In addition, as detailed by CO2Science.org, the carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere over the past century, along with modest warming, has resulted in crop yields setting records nearly every year.
The two factors combined have resulted in the largest decline in hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and starvation in human history.
Forty-four percent of the world’s population lived in absolute poverty in 1981 – 40 years of global warming ago. Since then, the share of people living in such poverty fell below 10 percent in 2015.
And although 700 million people worldwide still suffer from persistent hunger, the United Nations reports the number of hungry people has declined by two billion since 1990 – 30 years of global warming ago.
Hunger and malnutrition, like a changing climate, have always been with us. The evidence, however, shows the only climate change consistently linked to increases in hunger, malnutrition, and premature mortality is a cooling climate.
Read more at Climate Realism
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-18--Revealed: FOIA Requests Expose ABC’s Climate Activism Down Under

Written by Evan Mulholland on .
Posted in Latest news As reported by Chris Kenny in The Australian today , over 300 pages of Freedom of Information documents obtained by free-market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs have exposed the motives behind the ABC ( Australian Broadcasting Corporation ) staff initiated ‘ Climate Crisis Advisory Group ’ , which put the ABC completely at odds with mainstream Australians .
Upon hearing about the initiative by ABC staff member Barbara Heggen , who sent an email to all staff proposing the initiative , many staff responded with glee at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for climate change reporting .
The responses well and truly demonstrate that the ABC is run by a staff collective .
After some of the emails were leaked to The Australian , ABC chairwomen Ita Buttrole ruled out the group .
She even said , “ The ABC leadership team and managing director ( David Anderson ) have thought otherwise.
” These FOI documents suggest the group is well and truly going , with meetings planned for as recently as January .
ABC News Director Craig McMurtrie suggests that there was a legitimate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ follow The Guardian model of journalism , which even the ABC admit “ tends towards more advocacy journalism ” .
The fact that the ABC would even consider following an activist form of journalism would not only be a breach of their charter but proves how completely out of touch ABC staff are .
The responses from ABC staff and endorsement of a biased form of reporting prove that they are completely at odds with mainstream Australians .
Some of the replies are rather amusing .
One staff member says , “ Sometimes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shift in Brisbane I go around and try to find remotes to turn the TVs off .
They ’ re everywhere and no one is watching them , often during the day… Best to avoid hypocrisy where possible.
” Imagine being colleagues with the killjoy that goes around turning TVs off at the Brisbane studios .
Surely it ’ s the main job of staff at a news station to monitor what ’ s on their channel .
Many bemoan the lack of solar panels in the Melbourne Southbank studios .
One staff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many other things that should be happening but aren ’ t in this building… We should be encouraging the café on-site to charge much more for coffees in takeaway containers and a bigger discount for keep cups.
” “ A friend asked if it was possible to have a ‘ climate ’ tab on our news web site .
I would say the issue is as fundamental as politics and deserves its own tab .
I email [ blanked out ] but haven ’ t back .
I would also go so far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ internally at doing our own bit even further !
!
Making our facilities as environmentally sustainable as possible .
In Hobart we have a large surface area of roofing , perfect for solar panels and water catchment , along with our car park area , collecting this water and storing it to irrigate the ridiculous amount of grass around the building… ” The FOI also reveals that ABC Director of News Gaven Morris was not pleased with the reply-all email chain full of replies to the entire organization which cheered on partisan news @ @ @ @ @ @ @ member who asks staff not to reply-all with “ For the love of God… thank you.
” Many staff clearly do not seem pleased with Barbara Heggan ’ s climate activism , one replies with “ please stop hitting “ reply all ” and littering ppl ’ s inboxes with the stuff that is irrelevant to work .
Thanks.
” How can we expect the ABC to cover very serious policy discussions like the cost of climate policies impartially when so many staff hold an activist position on the topic ?
These FOI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truly time for a serious and sober debate post-coronavirus on privatizing the ABC .
If ABC staff want to run a biased broadcaster , then Australian taxpayers shouldn ’ t be forced to fund it .
A poll released by the IPA recently found that only 32 percent of Australians believe the ABC represents the views of ordinary Australians , yet 100 percent of Australians are forced to fund it .
Despite the direction of the ABC ’ s chairwoman and managing director , the ABC appears to be completely run by a @ @ @

Written by Evan Mulholland on May 18, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
As reported by Chris Kenny in The Australian today, over 300 pages of Freedom of Information documents obtained by free-market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs have exposed the motives behind the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) staff initiated ‘Climate Crisis Advisory Group’, which put the ABC completely at odds with mainstream Australians.
Upon hearing about the initiative by ABC staff member Barbara Heggen, who sent an email to all staff proposing the initiative, many staff responded with glee at the flawed idea of “solutions-based journalism” for climate change reporting.
The responses well and truly demonstrate that the ABC is run by a staff collective.
After some of the emails were leaked to The Australian, ABC chairwomen Ita Buttrole ruled out the group. She even said, “The ABC leadership team and managing director (David Anderson) have thought otherwise.”
These FOI documents suggest the group is well and truly going, with meetings planned for as recently as January.
ABC News Director Craig McMurtrie suggests that there was a legitimate debate between staff that the ABC would follow The Guardian model of journalism, which even the ABC admit “tends towards more advocacy journalism”.
The fact that the ABC would even consider following an activist form of journalism would not only be a breach of their charter but proves how completely out of touch ABC staff are.
The responses from ABC staff and endorsement of a biased form of reporting prove that they are completely at odds with mainstream Australians.
Some of the replies are rather amusing. One staff member says, “Sometimes when I’m on the late shift in Brisbane I go around and try to find remotes to turn the TVs off. They’re everywhere and no one is watching them, often during the day… Best to avoid hypocrisy where possible.”
Imagine being colleagues with the killjoy that goes around turning TVs off at the Brisbane studios. Surely it’s the main job of staff at a news station to monitor what’s on their channel.
Many bemoan the lack of solar panels in the Melbourne Southbank studios.
One staff member states: “There are so many other things that should be happening but aren’t in this building… We should be encouraging the café on-site to charge much more for coffees in takeaway containers and a bigger discount for keep cups.”
One staff member replies with:
“A friend asked if it was possible to have a ‘climate’ tab on our news web site. I would say the issue is as fundamental as politics and deserves its own tab. I email [blanked out] but haven’t back. I would also go so far as trying to lobby management to work internally at doing our own bit even further!! Making our facilities as environmentally sustainable as possible. In Hobart we have a large surface area of roofing, perfect for solar panels and water catchment, along with our car park area, collecting this water and storing it to irrigate the ridiculous amount of grass around the building…”
The FOI also reveals that ABC Director of News Gaven Morris was not pleased with the reply-all email chain full of replies to the entire organization which cheered on partisan news coverage.
He responded to a staff member who asks staff not to reply-all with “For the love of God… thank you.”
Many staff clearly do not seem pleased with Barbara Heggan’s climate activism, one replies with “please stop hitting “reply all” and littering ppl’s inboxes with the stuff that is irrelevant to work. Thanks.”
How can we expect the ABC to cover very serious policy discussions like the cost of climate policies impartially when so many staff hold an activist position on the topic?
These FOI documents highlight that it is well and truly time for a serious and sober debate post-coronavirus on privatizing the ABC. If ABC staff want to run a biased broadcaster, then Australian taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to fund it.
A poll released by the IPA recently found that only 32 percent of Australians believe the ABC represents the views of ordinary Australians, yet 100 percent of Australians are forced to fund it.
Despite the direction of the ABC’s chairwoman and managing director, the ABC appears to be completely run by a staff collective.
Download the full FOI documents here.
Read more at Spectator
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