climatechangedispatch--2020-06-10--Trump Reverses Obama-Era Ban On Funding Nuclear Energy Overseas

Written by Josh Siegel on .
Posted in Latest news The Trump administration is rescinding an Obama-era ban on the federal government providing financing for civilian nuclear energy projects abroad , the Washington Examiner has exclusively learned .
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation is proposing this week to reverse a ban that prevents it from funding civil nuclear projects overseas .
The agency will take 30 days of public comment on the proposed policy change .
“ Access to affordable and reliable power is essential for developing countries to advance their economies , ” Laura Allen , a spokeswoman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Examiner .
“ This change would bring advances in technology and offer a zero-emission power source to the developing world while serving as an alternative to the predatory financing of authoritarian regimes.
” The move delivers on a longtime request from Senate Energy Committee Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski , a Republican , and her colleague Joe Manchin , the panel ’ s top Democrat , who argued that the prohibition “ sends a harmful signal that American primacy in the civil nuclear sector is waning.
” “ Nuclear energy technology can help meet the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Murkowski told the Washington Examiner in reaction to the policy change Tuesday .
“ Our energy future is global , and steps like this DFC decision are crucial to meeting climate and energy leadership goals .
Lifting this prohibition will simultaneously strengthen the U.S. economy while boosting international relations and global energy security.
” Murkowski said the policy shift would enable developing countries to have easier access to nuclear power , the most used zero-carbon energy source in the United States .
But nuclear power is struggling more broadly as more and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cheaper natural gas and renewables .
The new policy is geared toward promoting smaller and cheaper advanced nuclear reactors under development in the U.S .
In April , a Trump administration working group released a strategy for reviving the U.S. nuclear industry that included a recommendation for the DFC to “ fix legacy policies that disallow support for nuclear projects ” to help compete against state-backed nuclear energy in China and Russia .
The report also emphasized the Trump administration ’ s support for research and development of smaller advanced nuclear reactors , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Congress .
Forces inside the Trump administration , including in the National Security Council , had also long been pushing the DFC to lift the ban , but the agency was slow to act .
“ How a team that professes energy dominance and nuclear energy revival could have taken this long to enact such a simple , no-brainer policy update truly boggles the mind , ” a former Trump administration official told the Washington Examiner .
Nearly a decade ago , the Obama administration put in place a categorical exclusion on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Private Investment Corporation , the predecessor to the DFC , which was formed in December .
OPIC banned overseas nuclear investments in accordance with the World Bank ’ s lending guidelines , but the Obama administration in its early years also favored renewables over nuclear energy .

Written by Josh Siegel on Jun 10, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The Trump administration is rescinding an Obama-era ban on the federal government providing financing for civilian nuclear energy projects abroad, the Washington Examiner has exclusively learned.
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation is proposing this week to reverse a ban that prevents it from funding civil nuclear projects overseas. The agency will take 30 days of public comment on the proposed policy change.
“Access to affordable and reliable power is essential for developing countries to advance their economies,” Laura Allen, a spokeswoman for the DFC, told the Washington Examiner.
“This change would bring advances in technology and offer a zero-emission power source to the developing world while serving as an alternative to the predatory financing of authoritarian regimes.”
The move delivers on a longtime request from Senate Energy Committee Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, and her colleague Joe Manchin, the panel’s top Democrat, who argued that the prohibition “sends a harmful signal that American primacy in the civil nuclear sector is waning.”
“Nuclear energy technology can help meet the world’s clean energy needs,” Murkowski told the Washington Examiner in reaction to the policy change Tuesday.
“Our energy future is global, and steps like this DFC decision are crucial to meeting climate and energy leadership goals. Lifting this prohibition will simultaneously strengthen the U.S. economy while boosting international relations and global energy security.”
Murkowski said the policy shift would enable developing countries to have easier access to nuclear power, the most used zero-carbon energy source in the United States.
But nuclear power is struggling more broadly as more and more plants retire due to competition from cheaper natural gas and renewables.
The new policy is geared toward promoting smaller and cheaper advanced nuclear reactors under development in the U.S.
In April, a Trump administration working group released a strategy for reviving the U.S. nuclear industry that included a recommendation for the DFC to “fix legacy policies that disallow support for nuclear projects” to help compete against state-backed nuclear energy in China and Russia.
The report also emphasized the Trump administration’s support for research and development of smaller advanced nuclear reactors, an emerging technology that has bipartisan backing in Congress.
Forces inside the Trump administration, including in the National Security Council, had also long been pushing the DFC to lift the ban, but the agency was slow to act.
“How a team that professes energy dominance and nuclear energy revival could have taken this long to enact such a simple, no-brainer policy update truly boggles the mind,” a former Trump administration official told the Washington Examiner.
Nearly a decade ago, the Obama administration put in place a categorical exclusion on nuclear power plant projects at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the predecessor to the DFC, which was formed in December.
OPIC banned overseas nuclear investments in accordance with the World Bank’s lending guidelines, but the Obama administration in its early years also favored renewables over nuclear energy.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-06-10--Alarmists Link ‘Climate Justice’ To Defunding The Police

Written by Thomas D. Williams , Ph.D. on .
Posted in Latest news Climate alarmists have upped the ante once more , insisting global warming is directly tied to law enforcement , and therefore “ climate justice ” can not be achieved without defunding the police .
“ It ’ s impossible to disentangle the various threads of environmental racism and its ties with policing , ” writes Brian Kahn , managing editor of Earther .
“ The history of redlining and police-enforced segregation has led to massive hotter neighborhoods and more people with chronic health problems tied to air @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parts of the climate movement have so far remained silent about the current wave of protests and the role of policing in climate policy , ” Kahn laments .
“ But without defunding the police , let alone more direct ideas of abolishing them altogether , there can never really be climate justice.
” As astonishing as this claim may seem to readers unfamiliar with the new logic of the Left , it is not without precedents .
When President Trump announced in 2017 that he was pulling the United States out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and news outlets rushed to accuse him of “ environmental racism.
” Blavity , a website that caters to people of color , said that Mr. Trump ’ s decision would “ worsen environmental racism , ” insisting that climate change is “ inherently a black issue and not just a ‘ human issue.
’ ” Essence magazine said that when Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord he continued “ his war on people of color in America.
” The Atlantic went so far as to suggest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jim Crow , ” referring to laws that segregated blacks and whites in their use of public schools , public places , transportation , restrooms , and restaurants .
Since it may not be evident how an unwillingness to bind America to a certain level of carbon dioxide emissions constitutes racism , these same outlets helpfully connected the dots , explaining how the neglect of environmental concerns constitutes an attack on blacks .
“ If Climate Change persist ( sic ) , and the world ’ s average temperature rises more than two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A. Williams argued , “ it would mean widespread extinctions , changing weather patterns , droughts , strong storms , rising sea levels and consequently the disappearance of coastal cities , and a plethora of not yet realized consequences.
” These man-made disasters , Williams contended , will disproportionately affect people of color .
Environmental Racism , he wrote , “ can be described as a lack of access to healthy environments and disproportionate exposure to pollutants .
This means that predominantly black neighborhoods are more likely to suffer from polluted air and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ News noted at the time , the Paris climate accord has nothing whatsoever to do with “ polluted air and water ” and only seeks to regulate the emissions of carbon dioxide , a colorless , odorless , non-toxic gas that is a part of a healthy environment .
In the entire 27-page text , the word “ pollution ” never even appears .
The language of “ environmental racism ” has more recently been adopted by members of the “ Squad.
” In April , Rep. Rashida Tlaib ( D-MI ) blamed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rates of coronavirus infections and deaths among minorities .
For her part , Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) has demanded that future coronavirus relief measures be “ drafted with a lens of reparations ” to atone for “ environmental racism ” that is causing the virus to disproportionately affect minority communities .
In his article last week , Brian Kahn proposes that defunding the police would have the added benefit of diverting funds to climate-friendly cause .
“ A number of groups have been calling for a divest-invest strategy where cities pull @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into community programs that actually make those places better ( groups are advancing a similar policy for fossil fuels ) , ” Kahn writes .
“ In the context of climate change , that could include everything from improving access to healthcare , transit , and open streets.
” How access to healthcare , transit , and open streets will keep atmospheric temperatures from rising is unclear , since there seems to be no causal relationship among them , but the main point seems to be uniting the climate change movement with the @ @ @ @ @

Written by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. on Jun 10, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Climate alarmists have upped the ante once more, insisting global warming is directly tied to law enforcement, and therefore “climate justice” cannot be achieved without defunding the police.
“It’s impossible to disentangle the various threads of environmental racism and its ties with policing,” writes Brian Kahn, managing editor of Earther.
“The history of redlining and police-enforced segregation has led to massive hotter neighborhoods and more people with chronic health problems tied to air pollution.”
“Despite that, large parts of the climate movement have so far remained silent about the current wave of protests and the role of policing in climate policy,” Kahn laments. “But without defunding the police, let alone more direct ideas of abolishing them altogether, there can never really be climate justice.”
As astonishing as this claim may seem to readers unfamiliar with the new logic of the Left, it is not without precedents.
When President Trump announced in 2017 that he was pulling the United States out of the Paris climate accord, several journals and news outlets rushed to accuse him of “environmental racism.”
Blavity, a website that caters to people of color, said that Mr. Trump’s decision would “worsen environmental racism,” insisting that climate change is “inherently a black issue and not just a ‘human issue.’”
Essence magazine said that when Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord he continued “his war on people of color in America.”
The Atlantic went so far as to suggest that environmental racism is “the new Jim Crow,” referring to laws that segregated blacks and whites in their use of public schools, public places, transportation, restrooms, and restaurants.
Since it may not be evident how an unwillingness to bind America to a certain level of carbon dioxide emissions constitutes racism, these same outlets helpfully connected the dots, explaining how the neglect of environmental concerns constitutes an attack on blacks.
“If Climate Change persist (sic), and the world’s average temperature rises more than two degrees Celsius,” Blavity writer Dominic A. Williams argued, “it would mean widespread extinctions, changing weather patterns, droughts, strong storms, rising sea levels and consequently the disappearance of coastal cities, and a plethora of not yet realized consequences.”
These man-made disasters, Williams contended, will disproportionately affect people of color.
Environmental Racism, he wrote, “can be described as a lack of access to healthy environments and disproportionate exposure to pollutants. This means that predominantly black neighborhoods are more likely to suffer from polluted air and water than white neighborhoods.”
As Breitbart News noted at the time, the Paris climate accord has nothing whatsoever to do with “polluted air and water” and only seeks to regulate the emissions of carbon dioxide, a colorless, odorless, non-toxic gas that is a part of a healthy environment. In the entire 27-page text, the word “pollution” never even appears.
The language of “environmental racism” has more recently been adopted by members of the “Squad.” In April, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) blamed “environmental racism” for the higher rates of coronavirus infections and deaths among minorities.
For her part, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has demanded that future coronavirus relief measures be “drafted with a lens of reparations” to atone for “environmental racism” that is causing the virus to disproportionately affect minority communities.
In his article last week, Brian Kahn proposes that defunding the police would have the added benefit of diverting funds to climate-friendly cause.
“A number of groups have been calling for a divest-invest strategy where cities pull money from the police and put it into community programs that actually make those places better (groups are advancing a similar policy for fossil fuels),” Kahn writes. “In the context of climate change, that could include everything from improving access to healthcare, transit, and open streets.”
How access to healthcare, transit, and open streets will keep atmospheric temperatures from rising is unclear, since there seems to be no causal relationship among them, but the main point seems to be uniting the climate change movement with the defund the police movement.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-06-10--New Paper Shows CO2 Doesn’t Lead To More Weather Blocking

Written by Pierre Gosselin on .
Posted in Latest news On June 3 , 2020 , NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science published a study by Athanasiadis et al .
2020 , in which the authors investigated the question of whether changes in the frequency of blocked weather situations in the North Atlantic and Central European region are predictable .
Previously , scientists inclined towards climate alarmism had told us that CO2 would lead to more and more blocked weather situations .
Quite some nonsense as it now turns out , because the blockings are more likely to be due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in turn affects the NAO .
These are exciting results .
Decadal predictability of North Atlantic blocking and the NAO Can multi-annual variations in the frequency of North Atlantic atmospheric blocking and mid-latitude circulation regimes be skilfully predicted ?
Recent advances in seasonal forecasting have shown that mid-latitude climate variability does exhibit significant predictability .
However , atmospheric predictability has generally been found to be quite limited on multi-annual timescales .
New decadal prediction experiments from NCAR are found to exhibit remarkable skill in reproducing the observed multi-annual variations of wintertime blocking frequency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ North Atlantic Oscillation ( NAO ) itself .
This is partly due to the large ensemble size that allows the predictable component of the atmospheric variability to emerge from the background chaotic component .
The predictable atmospheric anomalies represent a forced response to oceanic low-frequency variability that strongly resembles the Atlantic Multi-decadal Variability ( AMV ) , correctly reproduced in the decadal hindcasts thanks to realistic ocean initialization and ocean dynamics .
The occurrence of blocking in certain areas of the Euro-Atlantic domain determines the concurrent circulation regime and the phase of known @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consequently affecting the stormtrack and the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events .
Therefore , skillfully predicting the decadal fluctuations of blocking frequency and the NAO may be used in statistical predictions of near-term climate anomalies , and it provides a strong indication that impactful climate anomalies may also be predictable with improved dynamical models.
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Written by Pierre Gosselin on Jun 10, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
On June 3, 2020, NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science published a study by Athanasiadis et al. 2020, in which the authors investigated the question of whether changes in the frequency of blocked weather situations in the North Atlantic and Central European region are predictable.
“Quite some nonsense”
Previously, scientists inclined towards climate alarmism had told us that CO2 would lead to more and more blocked weather situations.
Quite some nonsense as it now turns out, because the blockings are more likely to be due to the 60-year AMO ocean cycle, which in turn affects the NAO. These are exciting results.
Here’s the abstract:
Decadal predictability of North Atlantic blocking and the NAO Can multi-annual variations in the frequency of North Atlantic atmospheric blocking and mid-latitude circulation regimes be skilfully predicted? Recent advances in seasonal forecasting have shown that mid-latitude climate variability does exhibit significant predictability. However, atmospheric predictability has generally been found to be quite limited on multi-annual timescales. New decadal prediction experiments from NCAR are found to exhibit remarkable skill in reproducing the observed multi-annual variations of wintertime blocking frequency over the North Atlantic and of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) itself. This is partly due to the large ensemble size that allows the predictable component of the atmospheric variability to emerge from the background chaotic component. The predictable atmospheric anomalies represent a forced response to oceanic low-frequency variability that strongly resembles the Atlantic Multi-decadal Variability (AMV), correctly reproduced in the decadal hindcasts thanks to realistic ocean initialization and ocean dynamics. The occurrence of blocking in certain areas of the Euro-Atlantic domain determines the concurrent circulation regime and the phase of known teleconnections, such as the NAO, consequently affecting the stormtrack and the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Therefore, skillfully predicting the decadal fluctuations of blocking frequency and the NAO may be used in statistical predictions of near-term climate anomalies, and it provides a strong indication that impactful climate anomalies may also be predictable with improved dynamical models.”
By Die kalte Sonne (German text edited by P. Gosselin)
h/t Rúnar O.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-06-11--Inconvenient Truth: Tornado Numbers Expose Al Gore’s Lies

Written by James Taylor on .
Posted in Latest news In two articles published this past week here at Climate Realism , we showed how Al Gore ’ s predictions about melting glaciers in Glacier National Park and disappearing snows at Mt .
Kilimanjaro have proven spectacularly wrong .
Those were the only two concrete predictions Gore made with a definitive timeline prior to today in his book , An Inconvenient Truth .
Gore failed on both accounts .
But those weren ’ t Gore ’ s only spectacular embarrassments .
Let ’ s take a look at what Gore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in An Inconvenient Truth , Gore claimed , “ in 2004 , the all-time record for tornadoes in the United States was broken.
” Worse than his two failed predictions , this one is a flat-out lie .
And it was a flat-out lie when Gore asserted it .
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) has been meticulously keeping tornado records going back 65 years , to 1954 .
As shown in the NOAA graph reproduced below , there were 600 tornadoes in 2004 .
Prior to 2004 , however @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which NOAA documented more than 600 tornadoes .
Gore ’ s statement was a lie the second he made it .
Even more embarrassingly for Gore , the NOAA graph likely undercounted tornadoes during the mid-1950s through the late 20th century .
That is because advanced radar in recent years has enabled scientists to identify tornadoes in the middle of nowhere that previously would not have been counted .
As a result , it is likely that there were well more than six years between 1954 and 2004 with more tornadoes than Gore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2004 .
Occasionally , somebody will assert to me , ‘ OK , but what about strong tornadoes – the ones that really cause a lot of damage .
Those are the ones that really matter , and perhaps Gore was talking about those.
’ As you can see from this additional NOAA chart below , strong tornadoes ( F3 and above ) have been in long-term decline , with 2004 ( like most recent years ) experiencing a well-below-average number of tornadoes .
Any way you cut it , 2004 was not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It wasn ’ t even close .
And tornado activity has been declining for decades .
Yet the establishment media fawns over Gore as a global warming prophet while attacking as “ deniers ” anybody who points out the facts above .
I place my money on the American people being smart enough to see through the media propaganda .

Written by James Taylor on Jun 11, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
In two articles published this past week here at Climate Realism, we showed how Al Gore’s predictions about melting glaciers in Glacier National Park and disappearing snows at Mt. Kilimanjaro have proven spectacularly wrong.
Those were the only two concrete predictions Gore made with a definitive timeline prior to today in his book, An Inconvenient Truth.
Gore failed on both accounts. But those weren’t Gore’s only spectacular embarrassments.
Let’s take a look at what Gore claimed about tornadoes.
On page 86 in An Inconvenient Truth, Gore claimed, “in 2004, the all-time record for tornadoes in the United States was broken.”
Worse than his two failed predictions, this one is a flat-out lie. And it was a flat-out lie when Gore asserted it.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been meticulously keeping tornado records going back 65 years, to 1954.
As shown in the NOAA graph reproduced below, there were 600 tornadoes in 2004. Prior to 2004, however, there were six different years in which NOAA documented more than 600 tornadoes.
Gore’s statement was a lie the second he made it.
Even more embarrassingly for Gore, the NOAA graph likely undercounted tornadoes during the mid-1950s through the late 20th century.
That is because advanced radar in recent years has enabled scientists to identify tornadoes in the middle of nowhere that previously would not have been counted.
As a result, it is likely that there were well more than six years between 1954 and 2004 with more tornadoes than Gore’s ‘all-time-record year’ of 2004.
Occasionally, somebody will assert to me, ‘OK, but what about strong tornadoes – the ones that really cause a lot of damage. Those are the ones that really matter, and perhaps Gore was talking about those.’
As you can see from this additional NOAA chart below, strong tornadoes (F3 and above) have been in long-term decline, with 2004 (like most recent years) experiencing a well-below-average number of tornadoes.
Any way you cut it, 2004 was not the all-time record year for tornadoes. It wasn’t even close. And tornado activity has been declining for decades.
Yet the establishment media fawns over Gore as a global warming prophet while attacking as “deniers” anybody who points out the facts above.
I place my money on the American people being smart enough to see through the media propaganda.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-06-11--‘Cell’ Mag: ‘Race Is Not Genetic’; ‘Science Has Racism Problem’

Written by Thomas D. Williams , Ph.D. on .
Posted in Latest news Wondering just how low science has gone ?
Look no further than science magazine Cell , which said the entire field was guilty of racism .
This comes on the heels of a climate scientist at NASA GISS linking white supremacy to climate change .
-CCD Ed .
The woke editors of the prominent science journal Cell have published a mea culpa , accusing their entire discipline of racism .
“ We are the editors of a science journal , committed to publishing and disseminating exciting work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ editors write .
“ We are 13 scientists .
Not one of us is Black .
Underrepresentation of Black scientists goes beyond our team — to our authors , reviewers , and advisory board .
And we are not alone.
” “ It is easy to divert blame , to point out that the journal is a reflection of the scientific establishment , to quote statistics , ” they declare .
“ But it is this epidemic of denial of the integral role that each and every member of our society plays in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actively fight it that has allowed overt and systemic racism to flourish , crippling the lives and livelihoods of Black Americans , including Black scientists.
” “ Science has a racism problem , ” they assert , apparently concluding that underrepresentation of a given ethnic group must necessarily equate to an unrecognized bias against that group .
This glaringly unscientific conclusion would mean that , in the editors ’ minds , any field with an ethnic representation that does not perfectly mirror the overall population must be unconsciously racist .
Rap music , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people of color , would , therefore , be racist and anti-white .
Many professional sports , where blacks are proportionally overrepresented , would also be racist .
In their self-condemning screed , the Cell editors point to the history of human genetics , “ a field that has been used repeatedly as scientific rationale for the definition of human ‘ races ’ and to support inherent inequalities.
” “ Proponents of eugenics use the alleles we carry as reason to declare racial superiority , as if expression of a lactase gene has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Race is not genetic , ” they state .
This last statement is patently false since all physical traits — such as skin color — are genetically determined .
Whether one wishes to call such differences “ racial ” is merely a question of semantics , not of fact .
Much of the 1,000-word essay is a look back at historical abuse of blacks at the hands of white scientists .
One would think that their examination of conscience would focus more on current practice—to see whether such abuse continues today — rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for other people ’ s actions .
The editors also encourage their readers to “ ask why Black women are five times more likely than white women to die during pregnancy , or why Black infants are twice as likely to die as white babies born in the US.
” If they were truly curious and truly interested in black lives , the editors might ask why black babies are three times more likely than white babies to be intentionally killed in the womb through abortion .
Over and over , the editors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a racism problem.
” One wonders how science as such can be racist .
One would think that professional thinkers might realize that while scientists may be racists , science itself can not .
Racism is based on beliefs and prejudices , which are the proper domain of human individuals .

Written by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. on Jun 11, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Wondering just how low science has gone? Look no further than science magazine Cell, which said the entire field was guilty of racism. This comes on the heels of a climate scientist at NASA GISS linking white supremacy to climate change. -CCD Ed.
The woke editors of the prominent science journal Cell have published a mea culpa, accusing their entire discipline of racism.
“We are the editors of a science journal, committed to publishing and disseminating exciting work across the biological sciences,” the editors write. “We are 13 scientists. Not one of us is Black. Underrepresentation of Black scientists goes beyond our team — to our authors, reviewers, and advisory board. And we are not alone.”
“It is easy to divert blame, to point out that the journal is a reflection of the scientific establishment, to quote statistics,” they declare.
“But it is this epidemic of denial of the integral role that each and every member of our society plays in supporting the status quo by failing to actively fight it that has allowed overt and systemic racism to flourish, crippling the lives and livelihoods of Black Americans, including Black scientists.”
“Science has a racism problem,” they assert, apparently concluding that underrepresentation of a given ethnic group must necessarily equate to an unrecognized bias against that group.
This glaringly unscientific conclusion would mean that, in the editors’ minds, any field with an ethnic representation that does not perfectly mirror the overall population must be unconsciously racist.
Rap music, for instance, which is dominated by people of color, would, therefore, be racist and anti-white. Many professional sports, where blacks are proportionally overrepresented, would also be racist.
In their self-condemning screed, the Cell editors point to the history of human genetics, “a field that has been used repeatedly as scientific rationale for the definition of human ‘races’ and to support inherent inequalities.”
“Proponents of eugenics use the alleles we carry as reason to declare racial superiority, as if expression of a lactase gene has bearing on one’s humanity. Race is not genetic,” they state.
This last statement is patently false since all physical traits — such as skin color — are genetically determined. Whether one wishes to call such differences “racial” is merely a question of semantics, not of fact.
Much of the 1,000-word essay is a look back at historical abuse of blacks at the hands of white scientists.
One would think that their examination of conscience would focus more on current practice—to see whether such abuse continues today — rather than seeking to awaken feelings of guilt for other people’s actions.
The editors also encourage their readers to “ask why Black women are five times more likely than white women to die during pregnancy, or why Black infants are twice as likely to die as white babies born in the US.”
If they were truly curious and truly interested in black lives, the editors might ask why black babies are three times more likely than white babies to be intentionally killed in the womb through abortion.
Over and over, the editors repeat their mantra that “science has a racism problem.” One wonders how science as such can be racist. One would think that professional thinkers might realize that while scientists may be racists, science itself cannot.
Racism is based on beliefs and prejudices, which are the proper domain of human individuals.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-06-11--DWD Admits Germany’s Record-Hot Weather Station Data Dodgy

Written by Pierre Gosselin on .
Posted in Latest news Recently I wrote here how Germany ’ s now-infamous record-setting weather station in Lingen was producing readings that were 2-3°C hotter than surrounding stations , yet the German DWD weather service refused to acknowledge the station was likely producing bad data .
Today , they admit the station has problems and that they will be moving it to a better location .
Last year ’ s all-time record high is now in question .
Last summer the Lingen station , located in northwest Germany near the Dutch border , smashed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when the ‘ mercury ’ rose to a scorching 42.6°C during a late July heatwave .
The previous all-time high for Germany was a comparatively cool 40.3°C .
Today , t-online.de reports that Germany DWD national weather service has now reversed and realized that something may be very wrong with the Lingen station after all , and so will relocate it and examine its recorded data .
“ The weather station in Lingen : The DWD will not publish the temperatures measured here anymore – there are doubts about the data , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being relocated.
” Moreover , the temperature measurements previously recorded at the station will be checked , and there are now doubts about whether last year ’ s all-time record will be allowed to stand .
“ We don ’ t know yet whether the value will stand , ” admitted a DWD spokesperson on Friday .
“ Again and again and more and more frequently astonishing temperature values ” had been coming from Lingen .
The DWD experts believe the distorted values are linked to “ certain weather conditions , especially on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wind .
The station in Lingen is located in a depression and is now surrounded by trees , which means the air gets stuck in place and so heats up.
” The decision to stop using data from the current Lingen station and to relocate it represents a position reversal by the DWD .
Earlier the DWD had told Bild daily how it planned to stick to the Lingen readings , deeming them to be of good scientific quality and that an earlier site assessment had found that the station conditions had “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” and therefore “ did not contradict the WMO standards.
” The DWD now acknowledges the station has siting issues and its data are suspicious after a number meteorologists criticized the station ’ s poor siting .
“ The quality of our measurements has the highest priority , ” said Jürgen Schreiber , DWD ’ s Chief Technical Officer .
“ We have decided to no longer publish the observational data from the Lingen station , but to use them internally for scientific tests only ” .
The DWD spokesman said a second @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temperature at another location in parallel .
Though after two days it is still too early to make scientific statements , already there have been noticeable deviations in the temperature measurements .
Now the tests are to be carried out with meticulousness .
T-online.de confirms that construction work for a new location has begun and that by next spring there could be temperature data coming from Lingen again .
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Written by Pierre Gosselin on Jun 11, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Recently I wrote here how Germany’s now-infamous record-setting weather station in Lingen was producing readings that were 2-3°C hotter than surrounding stations, yet the German DWD weather service refused to acknowledge the station was likely producing bad data.
Today, they admit the station has problems and that they will be moving it to a better location.
Last year’s all-time record high is now in question.
Lingen’s heated readings
Last summer the Lingen station, located in northwest Germany near the Dutch border, smashed the country’s all-time record high when the ‘mercury’ rose to a scorching 42.6°C during a late July heatwave.
The previous all-time high for Germany was a comparatively cool 40.3°C.
Today, t-online.de reports that Germany DWD national weather service has now reversed and realized that something may be very wrong with the Lingen station after all, and so will relocate it and examine its recorded data.
“The weather station in Lingen: The DWD will not publish the temperatures measured here anymore – there are doubts about the data,” T-online reports. “Now it is being relocated.”
Moreover, the temperature measurements previously recorded at the station will be checked, and there are now doubts about whether last year’s all-time record will be allowed to stand.
“Astonishing temperature values”
“We don’t know yet whether the value will stand,” admitted a DWD spokesperson on Friday. “Again and again and more and more frequently astonishing temperature values” had been coming from Lingen.
The DWD experts believe the distorted values are linked to “certain weather conditions, especially on hot summer days when there is little wind.
The station in Lingen is located in a depression and is now surrounded by trees, which means the air gets stuck in place and so heats up.”
The decision to stop using data from the current Lingen station and to relocate it represents a position reversal by the DWD.
Earlier the DWD had told Bild daily how it planned to stick to the Lingen readings, deeming them to be of good scientific quality and that an earlier site assessment had found that the station conditions had “no serious influence on the temperature measurements” and therefore “did not contradict the WMO standards.”
The DWD now acknowledges the station has siting issues and its data are suspicious after a number meteorologists criticized the station’s poor siting.
“The quality of our measurements has the highest priority,” said Jürgen Schreiber, DWD’s Chief Technical Officer. “We have decided to no longer publish the observational data from the Lingen station, but to use them internally for scientific tests only”.
The DWD spokesman said a second sensor would be used to measure the temperature at another location in parallel.
Though after two days it is still too early to make scientific statements, already there have been noticeable deviations in the temperature measurements. Now the tests are to be carried out with meticulousness.
T-online.de confirms that construction work for a new location has begun and that by next spring there could be temperature data coming from Lingen again.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-06-11--Activists, NYTimes Allege Exxon Behind…Global Hacking Ring?

Written by Spencer Walrath on .
Posted in Latest news Here they go again .
The people who concocted , financed and executed the “ Exxon Knew ” charade appear to have launched a new attack in their crusade to “ establish in public ’ s mind that Exxon is a corrupt institution.
” Citizen Lab , a Canadian organization focused on cybersecurity , released a report yesterday on a hacking-for-hire group they call “ Dark Basin , ” which sent phishing emails to thousands of companies across multiple industries , government officials , activists , journalists , and others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attacks numbered in the thousands and targeted individuals , corporations , and government officials across the world , Citizen Lab and its “ Exxon Knew ” contributors ( more on this below ) sought fit to name and devote most of the focus of their report to a single company : ExxonMobil .
Why ?
Certainly not because of any evidence .
But because…if they were the targets of phishing attempts , ExxonMobil must have been responsible !
Of the dozens of outlets that covered this report , only the New York Times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ focus of their story , despite no evidence that the company was involved in any way .
Reuters , which secured an exclusive and broke the story , didn ’ t even mention the company in their reporting .
Along with the hundreds of other institutions targeted , several environmental organizations closely tied to the “ Exxon Knew ” movement were subjected to the attacks , including the Rockefeller Family Fund , Climate Investigations Center , Greenpeace , Center for International Environmental Law , Public Citizen , and 350.org , among others .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ targeted but asked not to be named , though the report linked to several articles detailing leaked memos from organizations created by and affiliated with environmentalist billionaire Tom Steyer , who backs the “ Exxon Knew ” campaign .
Outrageously , the only reason ExxonMobil is even mentioned in a report about the Dark Basin hacking group is that they themselves are the continued focus of a coordinated attack by the aforementioned environmental groups .
Indeed , the groups listed above all participated in a secret meeting to hatch a strategy to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Exxon is a corrupt institution.
” Ironically , by coming forward in this report the “ Exxon Knew ” groups are admitting they are part of a conspiracy to attack the company .
It should also be noted that hackers are savvy social manipulators .
In any phishing attempt , they focus on the material they know their target would care about .
For an outsider , it would be easy to identify ExxonMobil as a subject they care very , very much about – some of these organizations have even dedicated entire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and send them malicious links referencing the company , which is what happened .
This is Bigger Than “ Exxon Knew ” The report links Dark Basin with “ high confidence ” to an Indian company , BellTroX InfoTech Services .
The report mentions zero ties between BellTroX and ExxonMobil or ExxonMobil employees .
In fact , the only vague point that could associate ExxonMobil with BellTroX is that BellTroX claims to work with big corporations , and ExxonMobil is indeed a big corporation .
At one point in the investigation , Citizen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parallel investigation into BellTroX .
They shared intelligence , and NortonLifeLock published their findings on the same day as Citizen Lab , which incidentally revealed the extent to which Citizen Lab distorted their findings to focus on the “ Exxon Knew ” campaigners .
NortonLifeLock reports that 32 % of the hackers ’ targets were related to financial services , 14 % were law firms , and 27 % were “ Other.
” Non-profits , including those that were the focus of the Citizen Lab report , represented only 9 % of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also almost entirely skipped over the fact that it wasn ’ t just environmental groups that Dark Basin pursued , but others in the energy industry .
In a very brief paragraph , Citizen Lab wrote : The New York Times similarly downplayed the extent to which entities and individuals other than those active in the “ Exxon Knew ” campaign were the targets of this operation , though it did note that ExxonMobil has not been accused of any wrongdoing .
Most other outlets covering this story didn ’ t even mention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ zero evidence that ExxonMobil was involved in or affiliated with this hacking ring .
A reasonable person would infer that there are many foreign actors or other malicious entities that would pay big bucks for their services .
So why are environmental groups , Citizen Lab , and the New York Times suggesting that ExxonMobil may be involved ?
One answer may be that Citizen Lab is funded by many of the same groups funding the “ Exxon Knew ” campaign , including the Hewlett Foundation , Oak Foundation , and Open Society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acknowledges the help of Kert Davies and Lee Wasserman – both figures that have played central roles in spurring and promoting climate litigation against ExxonMobil and other oil and gas companies .
Within the Dark Basin report itself , they also thank a fund named Mountain Philanthropies for financially supporting their research .
Because Mountain Philanthropies is a limited liability company , it is not required to disclose either its funders or grantees .
However , Mountain Philanthropies is a project of Arabella Advisors , a left-wing dark money consulting group .
Not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under Mountain Philanthropies ’ contact information on the homepage of their website , but the group ’ s CEO Michael Madnick was previously the treasurer of one of the four main funds that Arabella controls , the Sixteen Thirty Fund .
In fact , Influence Watch , a project of the Capital Research Center , lists Mountain Philanthropies as a “ child organization ” of Arabella Advisors .
Arabella Advisors has been the subject of several investigations on “ dark money ” within progressive causes , including climate change .
One of those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the four funds managed by Arabella received $ 1.6 billion in contributions to advance its donors ’ agendas through dozens of “ pop-up ” groups and “ astroturf ” initiatives .
Many of the leading funders of the “ Exxon Knew ” campaign , including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Rockefeller Family Fund , are donors to the funds managed by Arabella .
The Citizen Lab report is also notable for what it gets objectively wrong .
In what appears to be an attempt to suggest that the hacking was related to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” campaign , Citizen Lab produced a timeline plotting upticks in hacker activity to key milestones in the legal campaign against ExxonMobil .
But the organization misses a lot of key details and gets other facts just plain wrong in what appears to be an attempt to fit the activists ’ narrative .
The timeline begins with the previously mentioned secret meeting where the activists plotted their campaign against ExxonMobil .
Citizen Lab and the meeting participants suggest that the meeting agenda may have been “ stolen ” as a result of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the email was leaked .
They provide no evidence to back up their claim that the agenda may have been stolen .
Citizen Lab then suggests that a filing from the New York attorney general in their case against ExxonMobil on June 2 , 2017 , prompted a flurry of activity ( New York lost their case last year and declined to appeal , prompting handwringing from activists ) .
But that filing was but one of many in the lengthy investigation that stretched on for years and was not likely to have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more likely is that these environmental groups were engaging in their own flurry of activity at the time to respond to President Trump ’ s announcement on June 1 , 2017 , that he would be withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate accord .
Nearly every group listed in the Citizen Lab report issued statements and published blogs and op-eds criticizing the president ’ s move , which may have prompted scrutiny of the groups from the hackers .
Citizen Lab also says the New York attorney general filed their lawsuit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is off by 10 months .
The milestone is an arbitrary marker anyway , as the hacker activity ceased a month prior .
Let ’ s be abundantly clear – hacking is an awful , illegal practice .
As frequent targets of phishing and other hacking attacks ourselves , we don ’ t wish it on anyone .
Hacking individuals or organizations are not only violating but a fundamental threat to democracy .
However , it ’ s appalling to watch the environmental activists , who have accused ExxonMobil of misdeeds in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this global hacking ring on the company , despite zero evidence that they are behind or in any way associated with the attack or the group perpetrating it .
In one tweet , 350.org co-founder Jamie Henn wrote : “ I got dozens of these emails , along with so many of my colleagues .
Considering how hard Exxon ’ s lawyers and the GOP tried to get our emails , hard to believe there ’ s no connection .
# ExxonKnew.
” Lee Wasserman , executive director of the Rockefeller Family Fund @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Exxon Knew ” campaign – told the Financial Times : “ I ’ m not saying that they were directly responsible for this but someone was concerned about our efforts , it ’ s pretty safe to say.
” Wasserman ’ s quote was removed after a few hours , though FT did not disclose the update .
This report from Citizen Lab raises more questions than it answers .
Why did Citizen Lab and the New York Times focus so intently on the activists involved in the “ Exxon Knew ” campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the overall operation ?
How many other environmental groups active in the campaign were attacked but didn ’ t want to come forward ?
What were the hackers hoping to learn from these groups , and to what end ?

Written by Spencer Walrath on Jun 11, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Here they go again. The people who concocted, financed and executed the “Exxon Knew” charade appear to have launched a new attack in their crusade to “establish in public’s mind that Exxon is a corrupt institution.”
Citizen Lab, a Canadian organization focused on cybersecurity, released a report yesterday on a hacking-for-hire group they call “Dark Basin,” which sent phishing emails to thousands of companies across multiple industries, government officials, activists, journalists, and others across six continents.
While these alleged attacks numbered in the thousands and targeted individuals, corporations, and government officials across the world, Citizen Lab and its “Exxon Knew” contributors (more on this below) sought fit to name and devote most of the focus of their report to a single company: ExxonMobil.
Why? Certainly not because of any evidence. But because…if they were the targets of phishing attempts, ExxonMobil must have been responsible!
Of the dozens of outlets that covered this report, only the New York Times took the bait and made ExxonMobil the focus of their story, despite no evidence that the company was involved in any way.
Reuters, which secured an exclusive and broke the story, didn’t even mention the company in their reporting.
Along with the hundreds of other institutions targeted, several environmental organizations closely tied to the “Exxon Knew” movement were subjected to the attacks, including the Rockefeller Family Fund, Climate Investigations Center, Greenpeace, Center for International Environmental Law, Public Citizen, and 350.org, among others.
Citizen Lab reports that other groups were targeted but asked not to be named, though the report linked to several articles detailing leaked memos from organizations created by and affiliated with environmentalist billionaire Tom Steyer, who backs the “Exxon Knew” campaign.
Outrageously, the only reason ExxonMobil is even mentioned in a report about the Dark Basin hacking group is that they themselves are the continued focus of a coordinated attack by the aforementioned environmental groups.
Indeed, the groups listed above all participated in a secret meeting to hatch a strategy to “establish in public’s mind that Exxon is a corrupt institution.”
Ironically, by coming forward in this report the “Exxon Knew” groups are admitting they are part of a conspiracy to attack the company.
It should also be noted that hackers are savvy social manipulators. In any phishing attempt, they focus on the material they know their target would care about.
For an outsider, it would be easy to identify ExxonMobil as a subject they care very, very much about – some of these organizations have even dedicated entire webpages to their campaign against ExxonMobil – and send them malicious links referencing the company, which is what happened.
This is Bigger Than “Exxon Knew”
The report links Dark Basin with “high confidence” to an Indian company, BellTroX InfoTech Services. The report mentions zero ties between BellTroX and ExxonMobil or ExxonMobil employees.
In fact, the only vague point that could associate ExxonMobil with BellTroX is that BellTroX claims to work with big corporations, and ExxonMobil is indeed a big corporation.
At one point in the investigation, Citizen Lab realized that NortonLifeLock was pursuing a parallel investigation into BellTroX.
They shared intelligence, and NortonLifeLock published their findings on the same day as Citizen Lab, which incidentally revealed the extent to which Citizen Lab distorted their findings to focus on the “Exxon Knew” campaigners.
NortonLifeLock reports that 32% of the hackers’ targets were related to financial services, 14% were law firms, and 27% were “Other.”
Non-profits, including those that were the focus of the Citizen Lab report, represented only 9% of the targeted groups.
The Citizen Lab report also almost entirely skipped over the fact that it wasn’t just environmental groups that Dark Basin pursued, but others in the energy industry.
In a very brief paragraph, Citizen Lab wrote:
“Targets ranged from lawyers and staff to CEOs and executives. In some cases, we observed large swaths of the energy and extractive industry targeted in a particular country, ranging from oilfield services companies and energy companies to prominent industry figures and officials at relevant government offices.”
The New York Times similarly downplayed the extent to which entities and individuals other than those active in the “Exxon Knew” campaign were the targets of this operation, though it did note that ExxonMobil has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
Most other outlets covering this story didn’t even mention the company, likely because there is zero evidence that ExxonMobil was involved in or affiliated with this hacking ring.
A reasonable person would infer that there are many foreign actors or other malicious entities that would pay big bucks for their services.
So why are environmental groups, Citizen Lab, and the New York Times suggesting that ExxonMobil may be involved?
A Closer Look at Citizen Lab
One answer may be that Citizen Lab is funded by many of the same groups funding the “Exxon Knew” campaign, including the Hewlett Foundation, Oak Foundation, and Open Society Foundation.
Furthermore, Citizen Lab specifically acknowledges the help of Kert Davies and Lee Wasserman – both figures that have played central roles in spurring and promoting climate litigation against ExxonMobil and other oil and gas companies.
Within the Dark Basin report itself, they also thank a fund named Mountain Philanthropies for financially supporting their research.
Because Mountain Philanthropies is a limited liability company, it is not required to disclose either its funders or grantees.
However, Mountain Philanthropies is a project of Arabella Advisors, a left-wing dark money consulting group.
Not only is Arabella Advisors’ address listed under Mountain Philanthropies’ contact information on the homepage of their website, but the group’s CEO Michael Madnick was previously the treasurer of one of the four main funds that Arabella controls, the Sixteen Thirty Fund.
In fact, Influence Watch, a project of the Capital Research Center, lists Mountain Philanthropies as a “child organization” of Arabella Advisors.
Arabella Advisors has been the subject of several investigations on “dark money” within progressive causes, including climate change.
One of those investigations found that between 2013 and 2017, the four funds managed by Arabella received $1.6 billion in contributions to advance its donors’ agendas through dozens of “pop-up” groups and “astroturf ” initiatives.
Many of the leading funders of the “Exxon Knew” campaign, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Rockefeller Family Fund, are donors to the funds managed by Arabella.
Factual Inaccuracies
The Citizen Lab report is also notable for what it gets objectively wrong.
In what appears to be an attempt to suggest that the hacking was related to major developments in the “Exxon Knew” campaign, Citizen Lab produced a timeline plotting upticks in hacker activity to key milestones in the legal campaign against ExxonMobil.
But the organization misses a lot of key details and gets other facts just plain wrong in what appears to be an attempt to fit the activists’ narrative.
The timeline begins with the previously mentioned secret meeting where the activists plotted their campaign against ExxonMobil.
Citizen Lab and the meeting participants suggest that the meeting agenda may have been “stolen” as a result of the phishing attempts, ignoring the possibility that the email was leaked.
They provide no evidence to back up their claim that the agenda may have been stolen.
Citizen Lab then suggests that a filing from the New York attorney general in their case against ExxonMobil on June 2, 2017, prompted a flurry of activity (New York lost their case last year and declined to appeal, prompting handwringing from activists).
But that filing was but one of many in the lengthy investigation that stretched on for years and was not likely to have spurred specific activity.
What is far more likely is that these environmental groups were engaging in their own flurry of activity at the time to respond to President Trump’s announcement on June 1, 2017, that he would be withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate accord.
Nearly every group listed in the Citizen Lab report issued statements and published blogs and op-eds criticizing the president’s move, which may have prompted scrutiny of the groups from the hackers.
Citizen Lab also says the New York attorney general filed their lawsuit on January 8, 2018, which is off by 10 months. The milestone is an arbitrary marker anyway, as the hacker activity ceased a month prior.
Environmentalists Point Fingers at ExxonMobil
Let’s be abundantly clear – hacking is an awful, illegal practice. As frequent targets of phishing and other hacking attacks ourselves, we don’t wish it on anyone. Hacking individuals or organizations are not only violating but a fundamental threat to democracy.
However, it’s appalling to watch the environmental activists, who have accused ExxonMobil of misdeeds in the past, be so quick to throw this global hacking ring on the company, despite zero evidence that they are behind or in any way associated with the attack or the group perpetrating it.
In one tweet, 350.org co-founder Jamie Henn wrote: “I got dozens of these emails, along with so many of my colleagues. Considering how hard Exxon’s lawyers and the GOP tried to get our emails, hard to believe there’s no connection. #ExxonKnew.”
Lee Wasserman, executive director of the Rockefeller Family Fund – which is bankrolling the entire “Exxon Knew” campaign – told the Financial Times: “I’m not saying that they were directly responsible for this but someone was concerned about our efforts, it’s pretty safe to say.”
Wasserman’s quote was removed after a few hours, though FT did not disclose the update.
This report from Citizen Lab raises more questions than it answers. Why did Citizen Lab and the New York Times focus so intently on the activists involved in the “Exxon Knew” campaign when it was such a small portion of the overall operation?
How many other environmental groups active in the campaign were attacked but didn’t want to come forward? What were the hackers hoping to learn from these groups, and to what end?
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climatechangedispatch--2020-06-11--Gov. Blackface And The Greening Of Virginia

Written by Tom Finnerty on .
Posted in Latest news You ’ re forgiven for still thinking of Virginia as a conservative state .
[ … ] But as a matter of more recent history , between the elections of Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and Barrack Obama in 2008 , Virginia was only won by one Democrat in a presidential contest .
This isn ’ t to say that the Old Dominion has been governed exclusively by the GOP — when Linwood Holton was elected governor in 1970 he was the first Republican to hold that position in a century @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Richmond , they had to conform to the small ‘ c ’ conservative culture of the state .
In a relatively short time , however , that Virginia has been fundamentally transformed .
[ … ] In 2017 , Virginians elected Democrat Ralph Northam , a pediatric neurologist , as its governor .
A lot of ink has been spilt on Northam ’ s expanding abortion access in Virginia ( including his controversial comments related to post-birth abortion ) and his war on guns ( as well as the extremely civil protests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were nevertheless vilified by the mainstream media ) , as these have particularly enraged the Old Virginians .
And who could forget his racist yearbook photo , which he originally claimed did not depict him until he eventually apologized , though without clarifying whether he ’ s the Klansman or the guy in blackface .
Somehow Democrats are always able to survive these things , while Republicans have their careers ended over more ambiguous incidents .
As Politico noted at the time : In a bid to salvage his job , the Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the men dressed up as a Klansman or in blackface in a picture on his medical school yearbook page — after admitting the night before he was , in fact , in the photo .
In a different yearbook at Virginia Military Institute , Northam was nicknamed “ Coonman.
” Why ?
He wasn ’ t quite sure , he said .
“ My main nickname in high school and in college was ‘ Goose ’ because when my voice was changing , I would change an octave .
There were two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recollect , at VMI — they were a year ahead of me .
They called me ‘ Coonman ’ .
I don ’ t know their motives or intent .
I know who they are .
That was the extent of that .
And it ended up in the yearbook .
And I regret that.
” A less publicized aspect of Northam ’ s agenda has been his environmental extremism .
Last September , he signed an executive order setting a goal that the state produce 100 percent of its energy via “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 30 % within the next 10 years .
After the state elections in November flipped both legislative houses to the Democrats , they set about turning that goal into a mandate , and this spring — in the midst of the pandemic and Virginia ’ s lengthy and onerous lockdowns — Northam signed the Green New Deal-inspired Virginia Clean Economy Act , which did exactly that .
He also approved the Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act which puts Virginia on the path to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Virginia ’ s oil , natural gas , and coal power plants , and introduces a cap-and-trade scheme on the 30 largest of them .
As Bonner Cohen , a senior fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research , told The Daily Signal , “ Virginia could hardly have picked a worse time to join RGGI , ” Everywhere RGGI has gone , higher electricity prices have followed .
In Virginia ’ s case , however , membership will coincide with trying to recover from the self-imposed economic collapse of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ millions have lost their jobs , many of them from small businesses that may never reopen , Gov .
Northam and his supporters in the General Assembly are knowingly adding to the burdens of families trying to recover from the COVID-19 lockdown .
It is a direct assault on the disposable incomes of the state ’ s most vulnerable residents by an out-of-touch political elite .
Absurdly , with natural gas abundant , reliable , and cheap , the governor chooses this moment to hitch Virginia ’ s fortunes to taxpayer-subsidized wind and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unreliable , and expensive .
Tom Pyle , president of the American Energy Alliance , adds that this push will ultimately be harmful to the environment and ignores the fact that the fracking revolution has led to a significant decrease in America ’ s carbon emissions .
“ If you ’ re going to require all of the state ’ s power to come from 100 % carbon-free sources by 2050 , this will require a lot of [ the ] state ’ s land , which probably means impacting the state ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forests and probably both… So much for the environment.
” “ It ’ s also completely unnecessary , ” he said .
“ If the goal is to stop climate change , the U.S. is already the global leader in carbon dioxide emission reductions .
Between 2005 and 2018 , CO2 declined 12 % .
The free market is already taking care of the environment.
” Unfortunately , these trends seem unlikely to turn around any time soon .
The Virginia Republican party is made up of factions that seem to despise each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but it just might be the case that the numbers to change course just aren ’ t there .
Northam ’ s opponent in 2017 was the GOP establishmentarian Ed Gillespie , a two-time loser in state elections , who attempted to appeal to nationalists by focusing on issues like crime and immigration .
He received only 45 % of the vote .
Perhaps the only solution might be a proposal that started gaining steam during the Second Amendment battles earlier this year — secession .
Specifically secession for those counties in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ direction of their state and interested in joining the more conservatively inclined West Virginia .
And the free state of West Virginia , which itself seceded from the slave state of Virginia in 1863 , seems ready to welcome their separated brethren with open arms .
Should that transpire , and the size and relative importance of Virginia decrease on Northam ’ s watch , his face will no longer be black or even green .
It will be red .

Written by Tom Finnerty on Jun 11, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
You’re forgiven for still thinking of Virginia as a conservative state. […]
But as a matter of more recent history, between the elections of Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and Barrack Obama in 2008, Virginia was only won by one Democrat in a presidential contest.
This isn’t to say that the Old Dominion has been governed exclusively by the GOP — when Linwood Holton was elected governor in 1970 he was the first Republican to hold that position in a century — but no matter the party power in Richmond, they had to conform to the small ‘c’ conservative culture of the state.
In a relatively short time, however, that Virginia has been fundamentally transformed. […]
In 2017, Virginians elected Democrat Ralph Northam, a pediatric neurologist, as its governor.
A lot of ink has been spilt on Northam’s expanding abortion access in Virginia (including his controversial comments related to post-birth abortion) and his war on guns (as well as the extremely civil protests against his anti-2nd Amendment initiatives, which were nevertheless vilified by the mainstream media), as these have particularly enraged the Old Virginians.
And who could forget his racist yearbook photo, which he originally claimed did not depict him until he eventually apologized, though without clarifying whether he’s the Klansman or the guy in blackface.
Somehow Democrats are always able to survive these things, while Republicans have their careers ended over more ambiguous incidents.
As Politico noted at the time:
In a bid to salvage his job, the Democratic governor of Virginia denied he was one of the men dressed up as a Klansman or in blackface in a picture on his medical school yearbook page — after admitting the night before he was, in fact, in the photo. In a different yearbook at Virginia Military Institute, Northam was nicknamed “Coonman.” Why? He wasn’t quite sure, he said. “My main nickname in high school and in college was ‘Goose’ because when my voice was changing, I would change an octave. There were two individuals, as best as I can recollect, at VMI — they were a year ahead of me. They called me ‘Coonman’. I don’t know their motives or intent. I know who they are. That was the extent of that. And it ended up in the yearbook. And I regret that.”
Right.
A less publicized aspect of Northam’s agenda has been his environmental extremism.
Last September, he signed an executive order setting a goal that the state produce 100 percent of its energy via “carbon-free” sources by 2050, and 30% within the next 10 years.
Chris Bast… of the [Department of Environmental Quality] told The Center Square that he did not have an estimate on how much the executive order will cost consumers or taxpayers, but said that investments to fight climate change are necessary. “The cost of inaction outweighs the cost of action,” Bast said.
Of course.
After the state elections in November flipped both legislative houses to the Democrats, they set about turning that goal into a mandate, and this spring — in the midst of the pandemic and Virginia’s lengthy and onerous lockdowns — Northam signed the Green New Deal-inspired Virginia Clean Economy Act, which did exactly that.
He also approved the Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act which puts Virginia on the path to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
This multi-state compact imposes new regulatory burdens on Virginia’s oil, natural gas, and coal power plants, and introduces a cap-and-trade scheme on the 30 largest of them.
As Bonner Cohen, a senior fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research, told The Daily Signal, “Virginia could hardly have picked a worse time to join RGGI,”
Everywhere RGGI has gone, higher electricity prices have followed. In Virginia’s case, however, membership will coincide with trying to recover from the self-imposed economic collapse of the statewide lockdown. At a time when millions have lost their jobs, many of them from small businesses that may never reopen, Gov. Northam and his supporters in the General Assembly are knowingly adding to the burdens of families trying to recover from the COVID-19 lockdown. It is a direct assault on the disposable incomes of the state’s most vulnerable residents by an out-of-touch political elite. Absurdly, with natural gas abundant, reliable, and cheap, the governor chooses this moment to hitch Virginia’s fortunes to taxpayer-subsidized wind and solar power, which are intermittent, unreliable, and expensive.
Tom Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, adds that this push will ultimately be harmful to the environment and ignores the fact that the fracking revolution has led to a significant decrease in America’s carbon emissions.
“If you’re going to require all of the state’s power to come from 100% carbon-free sources by 2050, this will require a lot of [the] state’s land, which probably means impacting the state’s agricultural lands or cutting down some forests and probably both… So much for the environment.” “It’s also completely unnecessary,” he said. “If the goal is to stop climate change, the U.S. is already the global leader in carbon dioxide emission reductions. Between 2005 and 2018, CO2 declined 12%. The free market is already taking care of the environment.”
Unfortunately, these trends seem unlikely to turn around any time soon. The Virginia Republican party is made up of factions that seem to despise each other more than they hate the Democrats, but it just might be the case that the numbers to change course just aren’t there.
Northam’s opponent in 2017 was the GOP establishmentarian Ed Gillespie, a two-time loser in state elections, who attempted to appeal to nationalists by focusing on issues like crime and immigration. He received only 45% of the vote.
Perhaps the only solution might be a proposal that started gaining steam during the Second Amendment battles earlier this year — secession.
Specifically secession for those counties in western and southern Virginia disturbed by the direction of their state and interested in joining the more conservatively inclined West Virginia.
And the free state of West Virginia, which itself seceded from the slave state of Virginia in 1863, seems ready to welcome their separated brethren with open arms.
Should that transpire, and the size and relative importance of Virginia decrease on Northam’s watch, his face will no longer be black or even green. It will be red.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-06-12--Record-Breaking Gains Continue Across Greenland Ice Sheet — MSM Silent

Written by Cap Allon on .
Posted in Latest news The month of June is breaking records across the Greenland ice sheet , and not records for warmth and melt –as the mainstream media have trained you to expect– but new benchmarks for COLD and GAINS .
The SMB gains occurring right now across Greenland are truly astonishing .
Data-driven FACTS reveal vast regions to the south have been GAINING RECORD/NEAR-RECORD LEVELS of snow & ice all month .
Never before in June has the Greenland ice sheet grown by more than 4 Gigatons in a single day ( since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but now the past week has gone and delivered two such days — June 3 , and now yesterday , June 10 .
In fact , yesterday ’ s gains actually neared 5 Gts — you can see from the chart below how anomalous that gain is for the time of year : Greenland ’ s SMB should be turning negative in mid-June , on a typical year the island should have started losing snow and ice by now — yet it ’ s currently seeing gains that would be above the norm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even the depths of winter .
What ’ s funny is how quick the MSM was to call the beginning of the melt season back at the end of May .
They jumped the gun and once again successfully fooled the public into thinking the end was still nigh ( as it apparently has been for the past 30+ years ) .
Greenland ’ s latest readings leave these rags with serious egg on their faces–although I ’ m not holding my breath for any retractions… In addition , this picture of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ story ACROSS the entire Northern Hemisphere ALL season .
North America is holding onto what was a record-busting year for snowpack , even as it now approaches summer : While the Northern Hemisphere as a whole also just witnessed one of its snowiest winters on record , according to the Finish Meteorological Institute : This is how GLACIERS build .
This is also how ICE AGES begin .
The COLD TIMES are returning in line with historically low solar activity , cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays , and meridional jet streamflow .
Even NASA agrees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their forecast for this upcoming solar cycle ( 25 ) seeing it as “ the weakest of the past 200 years , ” with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here .
Don ’ t fall for bogus , warm-mongering political agendas — prepare for the COLD — learn the facts , relocate if need be , and grow your own .

Written by Cap Allon on Jun 12, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The month of June is breaking records across the Greenland ice sheet, and not records for warmth and melt –as the mainstream media have trained you to expect– but new benchmarks for COLD and GAINS.
The SMB gains occurring right now across Greenland are truly astonishing.
Data-driven FACTS reveal vast regions to the south have been GAINING RECORD/NEAR-RECORD LEVELS of snow & ice all month.
Never before in June has the Greenland ice sheet grown by more than 4 Gigatons in a single day (since 1981 when DMI records began), but now the past week has gone and delivered two such days — June 3, and now yesterday, June 10.
In fact, yesterday’s gains actually neared 5 Gts — you can see from the chart below how anomalous that gain is for the time of year:
Greenland’s SMB should be turning negative in mid-June, on a typical year the island should have started losing snow and ice by now — yet it’s currently seeing gains that would be above the norm for any other time of the year, even the depths of winter.
What’s funny is how quick the MSM was to call the beginning of the melt season back at the end of May. They jumped the gun and once again successfully fooled the public into thinking the end was still nigh (as it apparently has been for the past 30+ years).
Greenland’s latest readings leave these rags with serious egg on their faces–although I’m not holding my breath for any retractions…
In addition, this picture of anomalous cold and snow has been the story ACROSS the entire Northern Hemisphere ALL season.
North America is holding onto what was a record-busting year for snowpack, even as it now approaches summer:
While the Northern Hemisphere as a whole also just witnessed one of its snowiest winters on record, according to the Finish Meteorological Institute:
This is how GLACIERS build.
This is also how ICE AGES begin.
The COLD TIMES are returning in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and meridional jet streamflow.
Even NASA agrees, in part at least, with their forecast for this upcoming solar cycle (25) seeing it as “the weakest of the past 200 years,” with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.
Don’t fall for bogus, warm-mongering political agendas — prepare for the COLD — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
h/t Joel G.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-06-12--Weather Channel Falsely Claims Mangroves Will Be Gone in 30 Years

Written by James Taylor on .
Posted in Latest news The Weather Channel published an article on its website Wednesday claiming global warming threatens the extinction of mangrove trees – which rely on warm temperatures to live – within 30 years .
Common sense and scientific evidence reveal that the Weather Channel ’ s alarmist claim is preposterous .
Mangrove trees grow along shorelines in saltwater or brackish water .
They provide many ecological benefits , including filtering water pollution , anchoring shoreline soil , and providing breeding grounds and host environments for many marine species .
Mangroves are very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ limited to the tropics and subtropics .
There are no coastlines that are too warm for them , as they grow throughout the tropics and thrive even along the equator on all three continents that span the equator .
Recent scientific research shows warming temperatures allow mangrove trees to grow larger and more rapidly , and also for mangrove forests to expand their ranges .
A recent study in the peer-reviewed Journal of Ecology reports , “ As freeze events decline with climate change , mangroves expand their range to higher latitudes….
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dramatically increase their growth and concentrations under warmer conditions .
“ We found that chronic warming doubled plant height and accelerated the expansion of mangrove into salt marsh vegetation , as indicated by a six-fold greater increase in mangrove cover in warmed plots compared to ambient temperature plots , ” the study found .
The study also found warmer temperatures facilitated elevation gain , with mangroves migrating further inland from the shore , “ driven by increased mangrove root production in warmed plots.
” How , then , does the Weather Channel claim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extinct within 30 years ?
The Weather Channel cited a very dubious alarmist study regarding mangroves and sea-level rise , and then further misrepresented the dubious study to make it appear even more alarmist .
One could call the Weather Channel ’ s ( mis ) representations bad science , but even that would likely be too kind .
In the study cited by the Weather Channel , modelers attempted to discern the pace of mangrove migration 10,000 years ago when the global sea level dramatically rose .
The modelers then forecast that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a speed of no more than 7 millimeters ( 0.27 inches ) of sea-level rise per year .
Anybody who lives near mangroves knows mangrove forests can migrate much faster than that .
Mangrove roots can spring up from the soil several feet from the trunk of the host mangrove tree .
Moreover , mangrove seed pods float on the water and can , therefore , take root at the same pace with the rising waters and tides .
Accordingly , mangrove forests can easily keep up with rising sea level , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inches of sea-level rise per year .
Regardless , according to NASA satellite measurements , sea level is currently rising at approximately 3 millimeters ( 0.1 inches ) per year , a pace that has held steady for at least the past 25 years .
That is less than half the pace of what the modelers dubiously predict as the upper pace of mangrove migration .
So , even at an upper migration limit of 0.27 inches per year , the authors of the Weather Channel-cited study acknowledge mangroves are easily keeping up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the authors of the study cited by the Weather Channel dubiously speculate that sea-level rise will immediately and dramatically skyrocket .
The authors speculate that within 30 years , sea levels will rise at nearly triple its current pace – despite no significant increase in the pace of sea-level rise since satellite instruments began measuring sea-level rise late last century .
Accordingly , the notion that sea-level rise will nearly triple between now and 2050 is far-fetched .
Nevertheless , even if the dubious rapid and immediate acceleration of sea level occurs , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mangrove systems can not migrate at 0.27 inches per year , the year 2050 would be the year in which mangroves would first start to struggle to keep up with sea-level rise – it would not be the year in which all mangroves all over the world become extinct , as the Weather Channel claims .
Moreover , in the event all those dubious events occurred , people could easily plant mangroves at the slightly higher shoreline .
It is not that difficult a task .
The nature of alarmism is to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doomsayers to be held accountable during their lifetimes .
This particular prediction is for 30 years from now , which will allow most people alive today to verify whether the mangrove extinction prediction comes true .
The alarmist prediction will certainly not come true , proving who the “ science deniers ” truly are .

Written by James Taylor on Jun 12, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The Weather Channel published an article on its website Wednesday claiming global warming threatens the extinction of mangrove trees – which rely on warm temperatures to live – within 30 years.
Common sense and scientific evidence reveal that the Weather Channel’s alarmist claim is preposterous.
Mangroves Love Heat, Salty Water
Mangrove trees grow along shorelines in saltwater or brackish water. They provide many ecological benefits, including filtering water pollution, anchoring shoreline soil, and providing breeding grounds and host environments for many marine species.
Mangroves are very susceptible to frost events and therefore are limited to the tropics and subtropics. There are no coastlines that are too warm for them, as they grow throughout the tropics and thrive even along the equator on all three continents that span the equator.
Mangroves Currently Expanding Their Range
Recent scientific research shows warming temperatures allow mangrove trees to grow larger and more rapidly, and also for mangrove forests to expand their ranges.
A recent study in the peer-reviewed Journal of Ecology reports, “As freeze events decline with climate change, mangroves expand their range to higher latitudes….”
The Journal of Ecology study also mangroves dramatically increase their growth and concentrations under warmer conditions.
“We found that chronic warming doubled plant height and accelerated the expansion of mangrove into salt marsh vegetation, as indicated by a six-fold greater increase in mangrove cover in warmed plots compared to ambient temperature plots,” the study found.
That’s right, mangrove cover increased six-fold under warmer temperatures!
The study also found warmer temperatures facilitated elevation gain, with mangroves migrating further inland from the shore, “driven by increased mangrove root production in warmed plots.”
Dubious Alarmism
How, then, does the Weather Channel claim global warming threatens to make mangroves go extinct within 30 years?
The Weather Channel cited a very dubious alarmist study regarding mangroves and sea-level rise, and then further misrepresented the dubious study to make it appear even more alarmist.
One could call the Weather Channel’s (mis)representations bad science, but even that would likely be too kind.
Stationary Ranges?
In the study cited by the Weather Channel, modelers attempted to discern the pace of mangrove migration 10,000 years ago when the global sea level dramatically rose.
The modelers then forecast that mangrove forests can migrate to higher elevations at a speed of no more than 7 millimeters (0.27 inches) of sea-level rise per year.
Anybody who lives near mangroves knows mangrove forests can migrate much faster than that. Mangrove roots can spring up from the soil several feet from the trunk of the host mangrove tree.
Moreover, mangrove seed pods float on the water and can, therefore, take root at the same pace with the rising waters and tides.
Accordingly, mangrove forests can easily keep up with rising sea level, and can certainly migrate more than 0.27 inches of sea-level rise per year.
Wild Sea-Level Speculation
Regardless, according to NASA satellite measurements, sea level is currently rising at approximately 3 millimeters (0.1 inches) per year, a pace that has held steady for at least the past 25 years.
That is less than half the pace of what the modelers dubiously predict as the upper pace of mangrove migration.
So, even at an upper migration limit of 0.27 inches per year, the authors of the Weather Channel-cited study acknowledge mangroves are easily keeping up with modest sea-level rise.
However, the authors of the study cited by the Weather Channel dubiously speculate that sea-level rise will immediately and dramatically skyrocket.
The authors speculate that within 30 years, sea levels will rise at nearly triple its current pace – despite no significant increase in the pace of sea-level rise since satellite instruments began measuring sea-level rise late last century.
Accordingly, the notion that sea-level rise will nearly triple between now and 2050 is far-fetched.
Misrepresenting the 30-Year Threshold
Nevertheless, even if the dubious rapid and immediate acceleration of sea level occurs, and even in the unlikely event that mangrove systems cannot migrate at 0.27 inches per year, the year 2050 would be the year in which mangroves would first start to struggle to keep up with sea-level rise – it would not be the year in which all mangroves all over the world become extinct, as the Weather Channel claims.
Alarmists Assume People Can’t Plant Seeds
Moreover, in the event all those dubious events occurred, people could easily plant mangroves at the slightly higher shoreline. It is not that difficult a task.
Holding Alarmists Accountable
The nature of alarmism is to make predictions too far into the future for doomsayers to be held accountable during their lifetimes.
This particular prediction is for 30 years from now, which will allow most people alive today to verify whether the mangrove extinction prediction comes true.
The alarmist prediction will certainly not come true, proving who the “science deniers” truly are.
Mangrove image by Pat Josse from Pixabay
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climatechangedispatch--2020-06-12--A Shameless Al Gore Gets Even Woker

A Shameless Al Gore Gets Even Woker

Written by Craig Rucker on .
Posted in Latest news Never let a crisis go to waste .
As America confronts real issues of race , justice , and civil order , global warming campaigners can ’ t resist shamelessly glomming on .
These issues are inextricably braided together…The one stupid trick that white supremacists have used for 150 years is to accentuate racial division in order to build support among lower-income , majority-white voters for a corporate agenda that actually hurts them .
It does this by increasing the amount of pollution in their communities… The training is about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the facts and figures and narratives that make up the slideshow .
It will have a deep and sustained emphasis on the nexus between racism and diversity and the climate challenge… I ’ m optimistic that joining together the climate movement and the racial equality movement will give us strength in numbers that will ultimately lead to success .
“ All organizations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing.
” Here ’ s the Sierra Club , which could be the poster child for once-venerable organizations that have been co-opted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will never survive the climate crisis without ending white supremacy… Racism Is Killing the Planet : The ideology of white supremacy leads the way toward disposable people and a disposable natural world… When the United States pours carbon pollution into the air , knowing that people in countries that have contributed much less to the climate crisis will face the worst of the consequences , that is white supremacy… When big polluters try to buy our democracy so they can keep making money by devaluing the lives of people of color , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see and understand these intersections between white supremacy and environmental destruction , you ’ ll find yourself at a crossroads .
That crossroads will force you to decide which side you ’ re on .
Every person on Earth has a right to equal justice under law .
Keep your inaccurate climate computer models and inefficient , subsidized , “ renewable ” energy fortunes , and the energy poverty that flows from them , out of it .

Written by Craig Rucker on Jun 12, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Never let a crisis go to waste.
As America confronts real issues of race, justice, and civil order, global warming campaigners can’t resist shamelessly glomming on.
CFACT’s Marc Morano has detailed coverage at Climate Depot.
Here’s Al Gore:
These issues are inextricably braided together…The one stupid trick that white supremacists have used for 150 years is to accentuate racial division in order to build support among lower-income, majority-white voters for a corporate agenda that actually hurts them. It does this by increasing the amount of pollution in their communities…
The training is about a good deal more than simply learning the facts and figures and narratives that make up the slideshow. It will have a deep and sustained emphasis on the nexus between racism and diversity and the climate challenge…
I’m optimistic that joining together the climate movement and the racial equality movement will give us strength in numbers that will ultimately lead to success.
Divide and conquer much?
Consider National Review’s John O’Sullivan’s first law:
“All organizations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing.”
Here’s the Sierra Club, which could be the poster child for once-venerable organizations that have been co-opted by the Left and radicalized:
We will never survive the climate crisis without ending white supremacy… Racism Is Killing the Planet: The ideology of white supremacy leads the way toward disposable people and a disposable natural world…
When the United States pours carbon pollution into the air, knowing that people in countries that have contributed much less to the climate crisis will face the worst of the consequences, that is white supremacy…
When big polluters try to buy our democracy so they can keep making money by devaluing the lives of people of color, that is white supremacy… When you come to see and understand these intersections between white supremacy and environmental destruction, you’ll find yourself at a crossroads. That crossroads will force you to decide which side you’re on.
Every person on Earth has a right to equal justice under law.
That’s worth fighting for.
Keep your inaccurate climate computer models and inefficient, subsidized, “renewable” energy fortunes, and the energy poverty that flows from them, out of it.
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