climatechangedispatch--2020-09-12--How Environmentalists Destroyed California’s Forests

Written by Edward Ring on .
Posted in Latest news Millions of acres of California forest have been blackened by wildfires this summer , leading to the usual angry denunciations from the usual quarters about climate change .
But in 1999 , the Associated Press reported that forestry experts had long agreed that “ clearing undergrowth would save trees , ” and that “ years of aggressive firefighting have allowed brush to flourish that would have been cleared away by wildfires.
” But very little was done .
And now fires of unprecedented size are raging across the Western United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sierra Club for blocking wildfire bill , ” reads the provocative headline on a 2002 story in California ’ s Napa Valley Register .
Feinstein had brokered a congressional consensus on legislation to thin “ overstocked ” forests close to homes and communities , but could not overcome the environmental lobby ’ s disagreement over expediting the permit process to thin forests everywhere else .
Year after year , environmentalists litigated and lobbied to stop efforts to clear the forests through timber harvesting , underbrush removal , and controlled burns .
Meanwhile , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became more and more overgrown .
The excessive biomass competed for the same water , soil , and light a healthier forest would have used , rendering all of the trees and underbrush unhealthy .
It wasn ’ t just excess biomass that accumulated but dried out and dead biomass .
What happened among California ’ s tall stands of Redwood and Ponderosa Pine also happened in its extensive chaparral .
Fire suppression along with too many environmentalist-inspired bureaucratic barriers to controlled burns and undergrowth removal turned the hillsides and canyons of Southern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after huge blazes wiped out homes and forced thousands to evacuate , Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich observed : “ The environmentalists have gone to the extreme to prevent controlled burns , and as a result , we have this catastrophe today.
” In 2014 , Republican members of Congress tried again to reduce the bureaucracy associated with “ hazardous fuel projects ” that thin out overgrown forests .
True to form , the bill got nowhere thanks to environmental lobbyists who worried it would undermine the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requires thorough impact assessments ahead of government decisions on public lands .
In a blistering report published in the California Globe on how environmentalists have destroyed California ’ s forests , investigative journalist Katy Grimes interviewed Representative Tom McClintock , a Republican who represents communities in and around the Sierra Nevada mountains of Northern California .
McClintock has worked for years to reform NEPA and other barriers to responsible forest management .
“ The U.S. Forest Service used to be a profitable federal agency , ” McClintock told Grimes .
But these zealots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have destroyed them .
The consequences are far-reaching .
Few people , including the experts , bother to point out how overgrown forests reduce the water supply .
But when watersheds are choked with dense underbrush competing for moisture , precipitation and runoff can not replenish groundwater aquifers or fill up reservoirs .
Instead , it ’ s immediately soaked up by the trees and brush .
Without clearing and controlled burns , the overgrown foliage dies anyway .
A new activist organization in California , the “ California Water for Food and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ group for people living in the hellscape created by misguided environmentalist zealotry .
Comments and posts from long-time residents of the Sierra foothills , where fires have exploded in recent years , yield eyewitness testimony to how environmentalist restrictions on forest management have gone horribly wrong .
“ With the rainy season just ahead , the aftermath of the Creek Fire will challenge our water systems for years to come .
Erosion will send toxic debris and sediment cascading into streams , rivers , and reservoirs , reducing their capacity to carry and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ water , and the opposite of environmentalism are on full display right now , brought to us by the environmental posers who will no doubt use this crisis to unleash a barrage of ‘ climate change did it ’ articles.
” “ Many thanks to Sierra Club and other environmental groups .
You shut down logging/brush removal and had a ‘ don ’ t touch ’ approach to our forests .
You shut down access roads and let them get overgrown , so now they can ’ t be used for fire suppression @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for grazing , which helped keep the forest floors clean .
You made fun of Trump when he said we need to rake the forest .
Trust me these forest rakes and logging would have prevented the devastating fires we see now.
” The economics of responsible forest management , given the immensity of America ’ s western forests , requires profitable timber harvesting to play a role .
But California has no commercial timber operations on state-owned land .
And since 1990 , when the environmentalist assault on California ’ s timber @ @ @ @ @ @ @ industry has shrunk to half its former size .
Reviving California ’ s timber industry , so the collective rate of harvest equals the collective rate of growth , would go a long way towards solving the problem of catastrophic fires .
Instead , California ’ s environmentalists only redouble their nonsense arguments .
Expect these fires to justify even more “ climate change ” legislation that does nothing to clear the forests of overgrown tinder , and everything to clear the forests , and the chaparral , of people and towns .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ round of legislation containing urban growth while mandating suburban densification , with increased rationing of energy and water .
Expect the “ climate emergency ” to accelerate in synergistic lockstep with the pandemic emergency and the anti-racism emergency .
Expect all three of these emergencies to become issues of public health , thereby eliminating inconvenient constitutional roadblocks to swift action .
Meanwhile , tragically , expect California ’ s politically powerful firefighters ’ union to do little or nothing to support the timber industry or rural inhabitants who don ’ t want to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greenhut explained in a recent column in the Orange County Register : No wonder firefighters are overwhelmed during California ’ s wildfire season .
The state can ’ t afford to hire enough of them .
And when these firefighter unions could have been pushing for legislation to clear the forests back in 2019 , where instead did their leftist leadership direct their activist efforts ?
They marched in solidarity with the striking United Teachers of Los Angeles .
The teachers ’ unions have done to California ’ s public schools what environmentalists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If an honest history of California in the early 21st century is ever written , the verdict will be unequivocal .
Forests that thrived in California for over 20 million years were allowed to become overgrown tinderboxes .
And then , with stupefying ferocity , within the span of a few decades , they burned to the ground .
Many of them never recovered .
This epic tragedy was the direct result of policies put in place by misguided environmentalist zealots , misinformed suckers who sent them money , and the litigators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the way to the bank .

Written by Edward Ring on Sep 12, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Millions of acres of California forest have been blackened by wildfires this summer, leading to the usual angry denunciations from the usual quarters about climate change.
But in 1999, the Associated Press reported that forestry experts had long agreed that “clearing undergrowth would save trees,” and that “years of aggressive firefighting have allowed brush to flourish that would have been cleared away by wildfires.”
But very little was done. And now fires of unprecedented size are raging across the Western United States.
“Sen. Feinstein blames Sierra Club for blocking wildfire bill,” reads the provocative headline on a 2002 story in California’s Napa Valley Register.
Feinstein had brokered a congressional consensus on legislation to thin “overstocked” forests close to homes and communities, but could not overcome the environmental lobby’s disagreement over expediting the permit process to thin forests everywhere else.
Year after year, environmentalists litigated and lobbied to stop efforts to clear the forests through timber harvesting, underbrush removal, and controlled burns.
Meanwhile, natural fires were suppressed and the forests became more and more overgrown. The excessive biomass competed for the same water, soil, and light a healthier forest would have used, rendering all of the trees and underbrush unhealthy. It wasn’t just excess biomass that accumulated but dried out and dead biomass.
What happened among California’s tall stands of Redwood and Ponderosa Pine also happened in its extensive chaparral.
Fire suppression along with too many environmentalist-inspired bureaucratic barriers to controlled burns and undergrowth removal turned the hillsides and canyons of Southern California into tinderboxes.
In 2009, after huge blazes wiped out homes and forced thousands to evacuate, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich observed: “The environmentalists have gone to the extreme to prevent controlled burns, and as a result, we have this catastrophe today.”
In 2014, Republican members of Congress tried again to reduce the bureaucracy associated with “hazardous fuel projects” that thin out overgrown forests.
True to form, the bill got nowhere thanks to environmental lobbyists who worried it would undermine the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the law that requires thorough impact assessments ahead of government decisions on public lands.
In a blistering report published in the California Globe on how environmentalists have destroyed California’s forests, investigative journalist Katy Grimes interviewed Representative Tom McClintock, a Republican who represents communities in and around the Sierra Nevada mountains of Northern California.
McClintock has worked for years to reform NEPA and other barriers to responsible forest management.
“The U.S. Forest Service used to be a profitable federal agency,” McClintock told Grimes.
Up until the mid-1970s, we managed our national forests according to well-established and time-tested forest management practices. But 40 years ago, we replaced these sound management practices with what can only be described as a doctrine of benign neglect. Ponderous, Byzantine laws and regulations administered by a growing cadre of ideological zealots in our land management agencies promised to save the environment. The advocates of this doctrine have dominated our law, our policies, our courts and our federal agencies ever since.
But these zealots have not protected the forests. They have destroyed them. The consequences are far-reaching.
Decimating the Timber Industry, Disrupting the Ecosystem
Few people, including the experts, bother to point out how overgrown forests reduce the water supply. But when watersheds are choked with dense underbrush competing for moisture, precipitation and runoff cannot replenish groundwater aquifers or fill up reservoirs.
Instead, it’s immediately soaked up by the trees and brush. Without clearing and controlled burns, the overgrown foliage dies anyway.
A new activist organization in California, the “California Water for Food and People Movement,” created a Facebook group for people living in the hellscape created by misguided environmentalist zealotry.
Comments and posts from long-time residents of the Sierra foothills, where fires have exploded in recent years, yield eyewitness testimony to how environmentalist restrictions on forest management have gone horribly wrong.
Examples:
“I’m 70, and I remember controlled burns, logging, and open grazing.”
“With the rainy season just ahead, the aftermath of the Creek Fire will challenge our water systems for years to come. Erosion will send toxic debris and sediment cascading into streams, rivers, and reservoirs, reducing their capacity to carry and hold water. Dirty air, dirty water, and the opposite of environmentalism are on full display right now, brought to us by the environmental posers who will no doubt use this crisis to unleash a barrage of ‘climate change did it’ articles.”
“Many thanks to Sierra Club and other environmental groups. You shut down logging/brush removal and had a ‘don’t touch’ approach to our forests. You shut down access roads and let them get overgrown, so now they can’t be used for fire suppression and emergency equipment. You fought ranchers for grazing, which helped keep the forest floors clean. You made fun of Trump when he said we need to rake the forest. Trust me these forest rakes and logging would have prevented the devastating fires we see now.”
The economics of responsible forest management, given the immensity of America’s western forests, requires profitable timber harvesting to play a role.
But California has no commercial timber operations on state-owned land. And since 1990, when the environmentalist assault on California’s timber industry began in earnest, its timber industry has shrunk to half its former size.
Reviving California’s timber industry, so the collective rate of harvest equals the collective rate of growth, would go a long way towards solving the problem of catastrophic fires.
Instead, California’s environmentalists only redouble their nonsense arguments. Expect these fires to justify even more “climate change” legislation that does nothing to clear the forests of overgrown tinder, and everything to clear the forests, and the chaparral, of people and towns.
Expect these fires to fuel a new round of legislation containing urban growth while mandating suburban densification, with increased rationing of energy and water.
Expect the “climate emergency” to accelerate in synergistic lockstep with the pandemic emergency and the anti-racism emergency.
Expect all three of these emergencies to become issues of public health, thereby eliminating inconvenient constitutional roadblocks to swift action.
Misdirected Union Priorities
Meanwhile, tragically, expect California’s politically powerful firefighters’ union to do little or nothing to support the timber industry or rural inhabitants who don’t want to move into urban condos.
As Steve Greenhut explained in a recent column in the Orange County Register:
Frankly, union power drives state and local firefighting policies. The median compensation package for firefighters has topped $240,000 a year in some locales. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters earn less, but their packages still total nearly $150,000 a year. The number of California firefighters who receive compensation packages above $500,000 a year is mind-blowing.
No wonder firefighters are overwhelmed during California’s wildfire season. The state can’t afford to hire enough of them.
And when these firefighter unions could have been pushing for legislation to clear the forests back in 2019, where instead did their leftist leadership direct their activist efforts?
They marched in solidarity with the striking United Teachers of Los Angeles. The teachers’ unions have done to California’s public schools what environmentalists have done to California’s forests.
If an honest history of California in the early 21st century is ever written, the verdict will be unequivocal. Forests that thrived in California for over 20 million years were allowed to become overgrown tinderboxes.
And then, with stupefying ferocity, within the span of a few decades, they burned to the ground. Many of them never recovered.
This epic tragedy was the direct result of policies put in place by misguided environmentalist zealots, misinformed suckers who sent them money, and the litigators and lobbyists they hired, who laughed all the way to the bank.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-12--Tucker Carlson: Left Using Fires For Climate Misinformation, More Power

Written by CCD Editor on .
Posted in Latest news , Videos Tucker Carlson took on the massive misinformation campaign being pushed by Democrats and their lackeys in the media .
Specifically , the West Coast wildfires and those blaming it on climate change because , well , no one asks for evidence or proof .
The following is a transcript and video of last night ’ s segment .
Video after the jump .
–CCD Editor TUCKER CARLSON , FOX NEWS : Massive wildfires continue to sweep across huge portions of the Pacific Northwest .
In Oregon , half @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evacuate — one out of every ten people in the state .
Dozens are dead tonight , including small children .
But the fires still aren ’ t close to contained .
Watch this report from Fox ’ s Jeff Paul : And it continues as we speak , walls of flame consuming everything in their path : homes , animals , human beings .
Tragedy on a massive scale .
When something this awful happens , decent people pause .
They put aside their own interests for a moment .
They consider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve seen that kind of selflessness before .
This is , remember , the anniversary of 9-11 .
But there are others for whom altruism is an alien concept .
Self-interest is all they know .
These people never pause .
They relentlessly press for any advantage , under any circumstances .
They see human suffering as a means to increase their power .
These are the people who turn funerals into political rallies and feel no shame for doing it .
As Americans burned to death , people like this swung into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a partisan talking point : Climate change caused these fires , they said .
They didn ’ t explain how that happened .
They just kept saying it .
In the hands of Democratic politicians , climate change is like systemic racism in the sky : you can ’ t see it , but it ’ s everywhere , and it ’ s deadly .
And , like systemic racism , it ’ s your fault : The American middle class did it .
They ate too many hamburgers , drove too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A lot of them wear T-shirts to work and didn ’ t finish college .
That causes climate change too .
And , worst of all , some of them may vote for Donald Trump in November .
If there ’ s anything that absolutely , definitively causes climate change — and literally over a hundred percent of scientists agree with this established fact — it ’ s voting for Donald Trump .
You might as well start a tire fire .
You ’ re destroying the ozone layer .
Joe Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agrees .
Yesterday , the people on Biden ’ s staff who understand the internet tweeted out an image of the wildfires , along with the message , “ Climate change is already here — and we ’ re witnessing its devastating effects every single day .
We have to get President Trump out of the White House.
” Again , by voting for Donald Trump , you ’ ve made hundreds of thousands of Oregonians homeless tonight .
You ’ ve killed people .
Joe Biden ’ s closest friend in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vineyard kite-surfer called Barack Obama , echoed that message with his trademark restraint .
Obama declawed that your “ life ” depends on voting for Joe Biden .
Hold on a minute , you might say .
Doesn ’ t this very same Barack Obama own a $ 12 million spread right on the ocean in Massachusetts ?
At a time when sea levels are rising and we ’ re about to see killer whales in the Rockies ?
Honestly , it doesn ’ t seem like Obama is overly concerned about climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t he go to law school ?
When he did become a climate expert ?
Those seem like good questions .
But lawyers pretending to be scientists are now everywhere in the Democratic Party .
Here ’ s the governor of Washington , Jay Inslee , a proud graduate of Willamette University law school , explaining that he ’ s already figured out the “ cause ” of the fires .
Watch : INSLEE : Fires are proof we need a stronger liberal agenda Sept 8 TRT : 18 Inslee : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the changing climate that we are suffering .
And I do not believe that we should surrender these subdivisions or these houses to climate change-exacerbated fires .
We should fight the cause of these fires .
This is a crock .
In fact , there is not a single scientist on earth who knows whether , or by how much , these fires may have been “ exacerbated ” by warmer temperatures caused by “ climate change , ” whatever that means anymore .
All we have is conjecture from a handful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reached any definitive conclusions .
Daniel Swain , a climate scientist at UCLA , for example , has admitted that it ’ s , quote , “ hard to determine whether climate change played a role in sparking the fires.
” Meanwhile , investigators have determined that the massive El Dorado fire in California , which has torched nearly 14,000 acres , was caused by morons setting off some kind of fireworks .
And then on Wednesday , police announced that a criminal investigation is underway into the massive Almeda fire in Ashland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s too early to say what caused the fire , but he ’ s said human remains were found at the suspected origin point .
Nothing is being ruled out , including arson .
The more you know , the more complicated it is , like everything .
Serious people are just beginning to gather evidence to determine what happened to cause this disaster .
But at the same time , unserious people are now everywhere on the media right now , drowning out nuance .
Don ’ t worry about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trust us — the sky orange is orange over San Francisco because households making $ 40,000 a year made the mistake of voting for a Republican .
Therefore you must hand us total control of the nation ’ s economy .
Watch amateur arson detective Nancy Pelosi explain : PELOSI : Mother Earth is angry .
She ’ s telling us , whether she ’ s telling us with hurricanes on the Gulf Coast , fires in the west , whatever it is , the climate crisis is real and has an impact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When was the last time Nancy Pelosi went outside ?
No one asked her .
All we know is what she said : climate change caused this .
Of course .
No matter the natural disaster — hurricanes , tornadoes , whatever — climate change did it .
Keep in mind , Nancy Pelosi owns two sub-zero freezers .
They cost $ 10,000 apiece .
We know because she showed them off on national television .
Those use a lot of energy .
Like Barack Obama , she constantly flies private between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country .
Obviously , she doesn ’ t care about climate change .
And neither do her supporters — otherwise , they ’ d be trying to destroy the mansions she owns , not the hair salons that expose her hypocrisy .
For the left , this is really about blaming and ritually humiliating the middle-class for the election of Donald Trump .
Joe Biden knows that the Pennsylvanians who would be financially ruined by his fracking ban are the same Pennsylvanians who flipped the state red in 2016 for the first time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the whole point .
One of the reasons Joe Biden is barely allowed outside is that he has no problem showing his contempt for the middle-class he supposedly cares so much about .
In 2019 , he openly mocked coal miners and suggested they just get programming jobs once they ’ re all fired .
Watch : BIDEN : I come from a family , an area where ’ s coal mining – in Scranton .
Anybody , that can go down 300 to 3,000 feet in a mine , sure as hell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Learn to code !
Hilarious .
Joe Biden should try it .
But there isn ’ t time .
The world is ending .
Last summer , Sandy Cortez [ AOC ] did the math and calculated we only have 12 years left to live .
If that sounds bad , consider this — Just four months after that warning , Sandy Cortez tweeted that we only have 10 years to “ cut carbon emissions in half.
” Think about the math here .
We lost two years in just four months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ literally all die unless Joe Biden wins in November .
Which is of course what they ’ re saying .
On Tuesday , California Gavin Newsom pretty much said it Newsom abandoned science long ago .
Science is too stringent , too western , too patriarchal .
Newsom is a man of faith now .
He ’ s decided climate change caused all of this , and that ’ s final .
He ’ s not listening to any other arguments .
Watch : NEWSOM : I have no patience .
And I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ideologue , but as someone who prides himself on being open to argument , interested in evidence .
But I quite literally have no patience for climate change deniers .
It simply follows completely inconsistent , that point of view , with the reality on the ground .
People like Gavin Newsom don ’ t want to listen to any “ climate change deniers.
” What ’ s a “ climate change denier ?
” Anyone who thinks our ruling class has no idea how to run their states or protect their citizens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” if we point out that California has failed to implement meaningful deforestation measures that would have dramatically slowed the spread of these wildfires ?
In 2018 , a state oversight agency in California found that years of poor or nonexistent forest management policies in the Sierra Nevada forests had contributed to wildfires .
One of the few Republicans who still hold elected office in California , state Assemblyman Heath Flora , last year called on using the state ’ s $ 22 billion budget surplus to implement vegetation management .
Fires don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ connected forests functioning as kindling .
It ’ s obvious , which is why it ’ s unthinkable to mention it in some Democratic circles.
” Presumably , you ’ re also a climate-change denier if you point out that six of the Oregon National Guard ’ s wildfire-fighting helicopters are currently in Afghanistan .
Instead of dropping water to suppress blazes , the Chinook aircraft are busy supplying a war effort that ’ s been going on for nearly 20 years .
That seems significant .
Has anyone asked Gavin Newsom or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Democrats who control these states even care ?
The answer , of course , is probably not .
It was just last week that Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti admitted on-the-record that his city has become completely third-world .
Of course , Garcetti didn ’ t blame himself for this turn of events .
He blamed you .
Quote : “ It ’ s almost 3 p.m , ” Garcetti tweeted .
“ Time to turn off major appliances , set the thermostat to 78 degrees ( or use a fan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unplug any appliances you ’ re not using .
We need every Californian to help conserve energy .
Please do your part.
” “ Please do your part.
” Garcetti wants his constituents to suffer to try to solve a problem that Democrats in his state created .
Even now , as residents in Northern California are facing sweeping power outages in addition to wildfires .
In the meantime , Gavin Newsom has vowed that 50 percent of California ’ s energy grid will be based on quote “ renewable ” energy sources @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like wind and solar power — which can ’ t be dialed up to meet periods of extreme demand , like California is seeing right now during its heatwave .
Newsom was asked last month whether he would consider revising this stance given the blackouts that have left millions of Californians without power .
Newsom responded , quote , “ We are going to radically change the way we produce and consume energy.
” In other words , The blackouts will continue until morale improves .
So will the wildfires .
Get used @ @ @

Written by CCD Editor on Sep 12, 2020 . Posted in Latest news, Videos
Tucker Carlson took on the massive misinformation campaign being pushed by Democrats and their lackeys in the media.
Specifically, the West Coast wildfires and those blaming it on climate change because, well, no one asks for evidence or proof. The following is a transcript and video of last night’s segment. Video after the jump. –CCD Editor
TUCKER CARLSON, FOX NEWS: Massive wildfires continue to sweep across huge portions of the Pacific Northwest.
In Oregon, half a million residents have been forced to evacuate — one out of every ten people in the state.
Dozens are dead tonight, including small children. But the fires still aren’t close to contained. Watch this report from Fox’s Jeff Paul:
Video report
And it continues as we speak, walls of flame consuming everything in their path: homes, animals, human beings. Tragedy on a massive scale.
When something this awful happens, decent people pause. They put aside their own interests for a moment. They consider how they can help. We’ve seen that kind of selflessness before.
This is, remember, the anniversary of 9-11. But there are others for whom altruism is an alien concept. Self-interest is all they know.
These people never pause. They relentlessly press for any advantage, under any circumstances. They see human suffering as a means to increase their power.
These are the people who turn funerals into political rallies and feel no shame for doing it.
As Americans burned to death, people like this swung into action immediately. They went on television with a partisan talking point: Climate change caused these fires, they said. They didn’t explain how that happened. They just kept saying it.
In the hands of Democratic politicians, climate change is like systemic racism in the sky: you can’t see it, but it’s everywhere, and it’s deadly. And, like systemic racism, it’s your fault: The American middle class did it. They ate too many hamburgers, drove too many SUVs, had too many children.
A lot of them wear T-shirts to work and didn’t finish college. That causes climate change too. And, worst of all, some of them may vote for Donald Trump in November.
If there’s anything that absolutely, definitively causes climate change — and literally over a hundred percent of scientists agree with this established fact — it’s voting for Donald Trump. You might as well start a tire fire. You’re destroying the ozone layer.
Joe Biden has checked the science, and he agrees. Yesterday, the people on Biden’s staff who understand the internet tweeted out an image of the wildfires, along with the message, “Climate change is already here — and we’re witnessing its devastating effects every single day. We have to get President Trump out of the White House.”
Again, by voting for Donald Trump, you’ve made hundreds of thousands of Oregonians homeless tonight. You’ve killed people.
Joe Biden’s closest friend in the world, a prominent Martha’s Vineyard kite-surfer called Barack Obama, echoed that message with his trademark restraint. Obama declawed that your “life” depends on voting for Joe Biden.
Hold on a minute, you might say. Doesn’t this very same Barack Obama own a $12 million spread right on the ocean in Massachusetts?
At a time when sea levels are rising and we’re about to see killer whales in the Rockies? Honestly, it doesn’t seem like Obama is overly concerned about climate change? And by the way, didn’t he go to law school? When he did become a climate expert?
Those seem like good questions. But lawyers pretending to be scientists are now everywhere in the Democratic Party.
Here’s the governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, a proud graduate of Willamette University law school, explaining that he’s already figured out the “cause” of the fires. Watch:
INSLEE: Fires are proof we need a stronger liberal agenda Sept 8 TRT: 18 Inslee: And these are conditions that are exacerbated by the changing climate that we are suffering. And I do not believe that we should surrender these subdivisions or these houses to climate change-exacerbated fires. We should fight the cause of these fires.
This is a crock. In fact, there is not a single scientist on earth who knows whether, or by how much, these fires may have been “exacerbated” by warmer temperatures caused by “climate change,” whatever that means anymore.
All we have is conjecture from a handful of scientists, none of whom have reached any definitive conclusions.
Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, for example, has admitted that it’s, quote, “hard to determine whether climate change played a role in sparking the fires.”
Meanwhile, investigators have determined that the massive El Dorado fire in California, which has torched nearly 14,000 acres, was caused by morons setting off some kind of fireworks.
And then on Wednesday, police announced that a criminal investigation is underway into the massive Almeda fire in Ashland, Oregon.
The sheriff there said it’s too early to say what caused the fire, but he’s said human remains were found at the suspected origin point. Nothing is being ruled out, including arson.
The more you know, the more complicated it is, like everything. Serious people are just beginning to gather evidence to determine what happened to cause this disaster.
But at the same time, unserious people are now everywhere on the media right now, drowning out nuance. Don’t worry about the facts, they say. Just trust us — the sky orange is orange over San Francisco because households making $40,000 a year made the mistake of voting for a Republican.
Therefore you must hand us total control of the nation’s economy. Watch amateur arson detective Nancy Pelosi explain:
PELOSI: Mother Earth is angry. She’s telling us, whether she’s telling us with hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, fires in the west, whatever it is, the climate crisis is real and has an impact.
Mother Nature is angry. Please. When was the last time Nancy Pelosi went outside? No one asked her. All we know is what she said: climate change caused this. Of course.
No matter the natural disaster — hurricanes, tornadoes, whatever — climate change did it. Keep in mind, Nancy Pelosi owns two sub-zero freezers. They cost $10,000 apiece.
We know because she showed them off on national television. Those use a lot of energy. Like Barack Obama, she constantly flies private between her multi-million dollar estates all over the country.
Obviously, she doesn’t care about climate change. And neither do her supporters — otherwise, they’d be trying to destroy the mansions she owns, not the hair salons that expose her hypocrisy.
For the left, this is really about blaming and ritually humiliating the middle-class for the election of Donald Trump. Joe Biden knows that the Pennsylvanians who would be financially ruined by his fracking ban are the same Pennsylvanians who flipped the state red in 2016 for the first time in a generation.
That’s the whole point. One of the reasons Joe Biden is barely allowed outside is that he has no problem showing his contempt for the middle-class he supposedly cares so much about.
In 2019, he openly mocked coal miners and suggested they just get programming jobs once they’re all fired. Watch:
BIDEN: I come from a family, an area where’s coal mining – in Scranton. Anybody, that can go down 300 to 3,000 feet in a mine, sure as hell can learn how to program as well.
Learn to code! Hilarious. Joe Biden should try it. But there isn’t time. The world is ending. Last summer, Sandy Cortez [AOC] did the math and calculated we only have 12 years left to live.
If that sounds bad, consider this — Just four months after that warning, Sandy Cortez tweeted that we only have 10 years to “cut carbon emissions in half.”
Think about the math here. We lost two years in just four months. At that rate, we could literally all die unless Joe Biden wins in November. Which is of course what they’re saying.
On Tuesday, California Gavin Newsom pretty much said it Newsom abandoned science long ago. Science is too stringent, too western, too patriarchal.
Newsom is a man of faith now. He’s decided climate change caused all of this, and that’s final. He’s not listening to any other arguments. Watch:
NEWSOM: I have no patience. And I say this lovingly, not as an ideologue, but as someone who prides himself on being open to argument, interested in evidence. But I quite literally have no patience for climate change deniers. It simply follows completely inconsistent, that point of view, with the reality on the ground.
People like Gavin Newsom don’t want to listen to any “climate change deniers.” What’s a “climate change denier?” Anyone who thinks our ruling class has no idea how to run their states or protect their citizens.
Are we “climate change deniers” if we point out that California has failed to implement meaningful deforestation measures that would have dramatically slowed the spread of these wildfires?
In 2018, a state oversight agency in California found that years of poor or nonexistent forest management policies in the Sierra Nevada forests had contributed to wildfires.
One of the few Republicans who still hold elected office in California, state Assemblyman Heath Flora, last year called on using the state’s $22 billion budget surplus to implement vegetation management.
Fires don’t spread as well without huge connected forests functioning as kindling. It’s obvious, which is why it’s unthinkable to mention it in some Democratic circles.”
Presumably, you’re also a climate-change denier if you point out that six of the Oregon National Guard’s wildfire-fighting helicopters are currently in Afghanistan.
Instead of dropping water to suppress blazes, the Chinook aircraft are busy supplying a war effort that’s been going on for nearly 20 years. That seems significant. Has anyone asked Gavin Newsom or Jay Inslee about that? Do any of the Democrats who control these states even care?
The answer, of course, is probably not. It was just last week that Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti admitted on-the-record that his city has become completely third-world.
Of course, Garcetti didn’t blame himself for this turn of events. He blamed you. Quote: “It’s almost 3 p.m,” Garcetti tweeted. “Time to turn off major appliances, set the thermostat to 78 degrees (or use a fan instead, turn off excess lights and unplug any appliances you’re not using. We need every Californian to help conserve energy. Please do your part.”
“Please do your part.” Garcetti wants his constituents to suffer to try to solve a problem that Democrats in his state created. Even now, as residents in Northern California are facing sweeping power outages in addition to wildfires.
In the meantime, Gavin Newsom has vowed that 50 percent of California’s energy grid will be based on quote “renewable” energy sources within a decade.
That means sources like wind and solar power — which can’t be dialed up to meet periods of extreme demand, like California is seeing right now during its heatwave.
Newsom was asked last month whether he would consider revising this stance given the blackouts that have left millions of Californians without power.
Newsom responded, quote, “We are going to radically change the way we produce and consume energy.” In other words, The blackouts will continue until morale improves. So will the wildfires. Get used to it.
Transcript via RealClearPolitics
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-14--Four Arrested For Arson As Dems Blame Wildfires On Climate Change

Written by Hannah Bleau on .
Posted in Latest news Four individuals — two in Washington , one in Oregon , and another in California — have been arrested for arson as firefighters battle dozens of blazes across the West Coast .
One of the arrestees is reportedly a “ regular attendee ” of anti-police rallies in Seattle .
Michael Jarrod Bakkela ( pictured ) , 41 , has been accused of arson , partially sparking the massive Almeda fire , according to the Oregon State Fire Marshal ’ s Office .
Oregon Live reported that he has been arrested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 15 counts of criminal mischief and 14 counts of reckless endangerment ” : The Jackson County Sheriff ’ s Office said in a news release Friday afternoon that on Tuesday evening , a resident of Phoenix saw a person , later identified as Bakkela , lighting a fire behind their house on Quail Lane .
Because there was an impending blaze , the residents who saw him set the fire had to flee their home .
Bakkela was arrested and initially lodged in the Jackson County Jail on Tuesday on a charge of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jail on the arson and criminal mischief charges .
The Almeda fire has destroyed at least 700 homes and resulted in at least two fatalities .
Elsewhere , authorities arrested two individuals in connection with the fires in Washington .
One of the suspects , Jeffrey Alan Acord , has been accused of setting a fire along Highway 167 .
He live-streamed himself on the scene of the fire and reported it to police , claiming that he “ literally pulled over to call it in.
” “ Other drivers , however , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man walk into a field carrying a lighter and cardboard , ” KIRO 7 reported .
The outlet added that Acord is a “ regular attendee at Seattle ‘ defund police ’ rallies.
” He is also facing charges for allegedly breaking into a gas station .
Jacob Altona , 28 , has also been arrested in connection to arson .
Additionally , Anita Esquivel , 37 , has been arrested for deliberately setting fires in California , according to the California Highway Patrol .
The news comes as Democrat politicians continue to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate change .
Politicians , such as Sen. Bernie Sanders ( I-VT ) , are largely using the devastation to push for a Green New Deal but continue to ignore the reality of poor forest management and environmentalist policies that contribute to the massive wildfires , such as putting an emphasis on “ fire suppression ” rather than prescribed burning .
Despite that , Gov .
Gavin Newsom ( D ) has used the tragedy to declare the debate around climate change over for good .
“ The debate is over around climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of California , observe it with your own eyes , ” Newsom said with a grin .
“ It ’ s not an intellectual debate , it ’ s not even debatable ” : On Saturday , the National Interagency Fire Center reported that 97 fires have burned 4.7 million acres across the west .
“ More than 29,000 firefighters and support personnel are assigned to wildfires .
Evacuation orders are in place for 40 large fires in California , Oregon , Washington , Colorado , Idaho , and Utah , ” the @ @ @

Written by Hannah Bleau on Sep 14, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Four individuals — two in Washington, one in Oregon, and another in California — have been arrested for arson as firefighters battle dozens of blazes across the West Coast. One of the arrestees is reportedly a “regular attendee” of anti-police rallies in Seattle.
Michael Jarrod Bakkela (pictured), 41, has been accused of arson, partially sparking the massive Almeda fire, according to the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office.
Oregon Live reported that he has been arrested on “two counts of arson, 15 counts of criminal mischief and 14 counts of reckless endangerment”:
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Friday afternoon that on Tuesday evening, a resident of Phoenix saw a person, later identified as Bakkela, lighting a fire behind their house on Quail Lane. Because there was an impending blaze, the residents who saw him set the fire had to flee their home. … Bakkela was arrested and initially lodged in the Jackson County Jail on Tuesday on a charge of possession of methamphetamine. He remains in jail on the arson and criminal mischief charges.
The Almeda fire has destroyed at least 700 homes and resulted in at least two fatalities.
Elsewhere, authorities arrested two individuals in connection with the fires in Washington. One of the suspects, Jeffrey Alan Acord, has been accused of setting a fire along Highway 167. He live-streamed himself on the scene of the fire and reported it to police, claiming that he “literally pulled over to call it in.”
“Other drivers, however, told police they watched the 36-year-old Puyallup man walk into a field carrying a lighter and cardboard,” KIRO 7 reported.
The outlet added that Acord is a “regular attendee at Seattle ‘defund police’ rallies.” He is also facing charges for allegedly breaking into a gas station.
Jacob Altona, 28, has also been arrested in connection to arson.
Additionally, Anita Esquivel, 37, has been arrested for deliberately setting fires in California, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The news comes as Democrat politicians continue to blame the fires across the region on climate change.
Politicians, such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), are largely using the devastation to push for a Green New Deal but continue to ignore the reality of poor forest management and environmentalist policies that contribute to the massive wildfires, such as putting an emphasis on “fire suppression” rather than prescribed burning.
Despite that, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has used the tragedy to declare the debate around climate change over for good.
“The debate is over around climate change. Just come to the state of California, observe it with your own eyes,” Newsom said with a grin. “It’s not an intellectual debate, it’s not even debatable”:
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom: “The debate is OVER around climate change.” pic.twitter.com/ATFQQWOpsa — The Hill (@thehill) September 11, 2020
On Saturday, the National Interagency Fire Center reported that 97 fires have burned 4.7 million acres across the west.
“More than 29,000 firefighters and support personnel are assigned to wildfires. Evacuation orders are in place for 40 large fires in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah,” the agency reported.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-14--Forest Experts Agree: Eco-Policies Causing CA Fires, Not Climate Change

Written by Michael Shellenberger on .
Posted in Latest news Over the last few days , California Governor Gavin Newsom , other politicians , and the news media have pointed to climate change as the single most important cause of historic , high-intensity “ mega-fires ” ripping through California and Oregon .
“ This isn ’ t about ideology , ” tweeted Governor Newsom , adding “ What we are experiencing is an existential climate crisis.
” But California ’ s leading forest scientists say that fire suppression and the accumulation of wood fuel , not climate change , are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fires more intense .
“ Climate dries the [ wood ] fuels out and extends the fire season from 4-6 months to nearly year-round but it ’ s not the cause of the intensity of the fires , ” said US Forest Service scientist Malcolm North .
“ The cause of that is fire suppression and the existing debt of wood fuel.
” And now a large , well-managed forest appears to have turned a high-intensity fire into a low-intensity one , proving that how forests are managed outweighs the higher temperatures and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ It ain ’ t over till it ’ s over but so far it looks as though [ Southern California Edison ( SCE ) electric utility ’ s ] decades of burning and selective cutting in its Shaver Lake forest has paid off , big time , ” tweeted Jared Dahl Aldern , a forest historian , on Saturday .
When the high-intensity Creek Fire arrived at the Shaver Lake forestlands it turned into what scientists call a low-intensity “ surface fire , ” which does not threaten the bigger and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to @ SCE land , ” tweeted Aldern , “ drops to the ground , and stays out of the tree crowns.
” The Shaver Lake forest is not completely out of the woods yet because there are US Forest Service “ in-holding ” lands inside of Southern California Edison ’ s property .
“ I ’ m not worried about the fire on our property because it ’ s like a hot prescribed burn ” said SCE forester Ryan Stewart .
“ But on the forest service lands it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fire gets in there you know it ’ s going to rage.
” But whatever happens to Shaver Lake , says University of California , Berkeley forest scientist Rob York , “ There are lots of cases in the scientific literature of prescribed burns having changed fire behavior.
” Scientists point to several cases of high-intensity fires in the “ crowns , ” or tops , of trees , becoming low-intensity fires as they spread from US Forest Service lands to National Park Service lands , which have been using prescribed burning for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high-intensity mega-fire known as the Rim Fire in the Stanislaus Forest reached Yosemite National Park , where prescriptive burning had occurred , it became a surface fire .
Similarly , the high-intensity Rough Fire of 2015 turned into a surface fire after it reached Sequoia National Park , whose managers had been using prescribed burns for decades .
But the evidence for the efficacy of what foresters call “ fuel treatment , ” through selective logging , prescribed burning , or both , can also be found on US Forest Service lands .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ been selective logging and prescribed burning survived the high-intensity King mega-fire Eldorado National Forest .
On a map of the fire “ you can see a little green finger that juts out into the sea of red ( 100 % mortality of trees ) , ” said York .
“ This is an example of a shaded fuel break doing its job to modify fire behavior.
” Even so , other parts of the Eldorado National Forest that received fuel treatment still burned-up .
The fuel treatment “ really didn ’ t make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ small relative of the size of the fire , ” said York .
“ Mega-fires need mega-treatments.
” York emailed me a photo of forest land where a “ shaded fuel break ” consisted of selectively-thinned forest surrounded on both sides by dense forest .
“ The strip of forest may change fire behavior in the treated area , ” said York , “ but not on either side .
“ One may argue that the fuel break can allow crews to put out a fire , which is true in some cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inevitably there will be a fire that the fuel break does not contain .
“ And after the fire , we would have a strip of green forest , surrounded by blackened/charred forest on either side for miles , ” notes York “ I , and most in my field , would argue that the landscape on either side of the strip of thinned forest needs to look more like the strip in the middle.
” Similarly , the 2018 Carr fire burned through areas where there had been treatment of wood fuels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so , areas that had prescribed fire within the last five years , particularly the last three years , did better .
Such cases are powerful evidence that selective logging and prescribed burning could allow many forests in California and elsewhere to survive climate change .
Aldern , who drew attention to the Shaver Lake forest success story , said we should learn more from the Native Americans who had been burning forests for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans .
“ When you use the term , ‘ indigenous ecological @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a knowledge system , and a way of approaching the land and forest that has adapted over time and over many different climates , ” he said .
Southern California Edison ( SCE ) bought the 20,000-acre Shaver Lake forestland in 1912 as part of its Big Creek hydroelectric project is restoring the land to its pre-European status using prescribed burns , reviving bald eagle and spotted owl populations , and planting 30,000 tree seedlings The Chukchansi tribe has prescribed burning for thousands of years in the Sierras , and have been working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to private local landowners .
Such knowledge includes starting fires in circles around trees so they burn away from them .
“ We hear a lot about the lack of technical experts to do large burns but small landowners can do prescribed burns themselves , ” York said .
“ I do prescribed burns on my property but it took a while for my neighbors to get used to it.
” The historic fires this year , and the Shaver Lake success story , may help accelerate the needed political and cultural change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the need for better forest management , rather than just climate change ?
Forest scientists say yes .
“ We ’ re good partners with the U.S. Forest Service , and they have good people locally , ” said Southern California Edison ’ s Stewart , “ but they are not getting support from the leaders of the Forest Service in Washington D.C. ” “ I think it would help , ” said York .
“ I have seen a cumulative effort to be supportive of prescribed burns , and a lot of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still haven ’ t seen a big increase.
” A good start would be for Newsom to acknowledge that a century of fire suppression , not climate change , is what poses the existential threat to California ’ s forests .

Written by Michael Shellenberger on Sep 14, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Over the last few days, California Governor Gavin Newsom, other politicians, and the news media have pointed to climate change as the single most important cause of historic, high-intensity “mega-fires” ripping through California and Oregon.
“This isn’t about ideology,” tweeted Governor Newsom, adding “What we are experiencing is an existential climate crisis.”
But California’s leading forest scientists say that fire suppression and the accumulation of wood fuel, not climate change, are what’s made California’s fires more intense.
“Climate dries the [wood] fuels out and extends the fire season from 4-6 months to nearly year-round but it’s not the cause of the intensity of the fires,” said US Forest Service scientist Malcolm North. “The cause of that is fire suppression and the existing debt of wood fuel.”
And now a large, well-managed forest appears to have turned a high-intensity fire into a low-intensity one, proving that how forests are managed outweighs the higher temperatures and longer fire season caused by climate change.
“It ain’t over till it’s over but so far it looks as though [Southern California Edison (SCE) electric utility’s] decades of burning and selective cutting in its Shaver Lake forest has paid off, big time,” tweeted Jared Dahl Aldern, a forest historian, on Saturday.
When the high-intensity Creek Fire arrived at the Shaver Lake forestlands it turned into what scientists call a low-intensity “surface fire,” which does not threaten the bigger and older trees. “The fire comes up to @SCE land,” tweeted Aldern, “drops to the ground, and stays out of the tree crowns.”
The Shaver Lake forest is not completely out of the woods yet because there are US Forest Service “in-holding” lands inside of Southern California Edison’s property.
“I’m not worried about the fire on our property because it’s like a hot prescribed burn” said SCE forester Ryan Stewart. “But on the forest service lands it’s all fuel, and so if the fire gets in there you know it’s going to rage.”
But whatever happens to Shaver Lake, says University of California, Berkeley forest scientist Rob York, “There are lots of cases in the scientific literature of prescribed burns having changed fire behavior.”
Fighting Fire With Fire
Scientists point to several cases of high-intensity fires in the “crowns,” or tops, of trees, becoming low-intensity fires as they spread from US Forest Service lands to National Park Service lands, which have been using prescribed burning for longer.
In 2013, after a high-intensity mega-fire known as the Rim Fire in the Stanislaus Forest reached Yosemite National Park, where prescriptive burning had occurred, it became a surface fire.
Similarly, the high-intensity Rough Fire of 2015 turned into a surface fire after it reached Sequoia National Park, whose managers had been using prescribed burns for decades.
But the evidence for the efficacy of what foresters call “fuel treatment,” through selective logging, prescribed burning, or both, can also be found on US Forest Service lands.
In 2014, areas where there had been selective logging and prescribed burning survived the high-intensity King mega-fire Eldorado National Forest.
On a map of the fire “you can see a little green finger that juts out into the sea of red (100% mortality of trees),” said York. “This is an example of a shaded fuel break doing its job to modify fire behavior.”
Even so, other parts of the Eldorado National Forest that received fuel treatment still burned-up.
The fuel treatment “really didn’t make a big impact because it was so small relative of the size of the fire,” said York. “Mega-fires need mega-treatments.”
York emailed me a photo of forest land where a “shaded fuel break” consisted of selectively-thinned forest surrounded on both sides by dense forest. “The strip of forest may change fire behavior in the treated area,” said York, “but not on either side.
“One may argue that the fuel break can allow crews to put out a fire, which is true in some cases,” he added. “But inevitably there will be a fire that the fuel break does not contain.
“And after the fire, we would have a strip of green forest, surrounded by blackened/charred forest on either side for miles,” notes York “I, and most in my field, would argue that the landscape on either side of the strip of thinned forest needs to look more like the strip in the middle.”
Similarly, the 2018 Carr fire burned through areas where there had been treatment of wood fuels over the last three decades.
Even so, areas that had prescribed fire within the last five years, particularly the last three years, did better.
Such cases are powerful evidence that selective logging and prescribed burning could allow many forests in California and elsewhere to survive climate change.
Changing the Cultural Climate
Aldern, who drew attention to the Shaver Lake forest success story, said we should learn more from the Native Americans who had been burning forests for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans.
“When you use the term, ‘indigenous ecological knowledge,’ you’re using a knowledge system, and a way of approaching the land and forest that has adapted over time and over many different climates,” he said.
Southern California Edison (SCE) bought the 20,000-acre Shaver Lake forestland in 1912 as part of its Big Creek hydroelectric project is restoring the land to its pre-European status using prescribed burns, reviving bald eagle and spotted owl populations, and planting 30,000 tree seedlings
The Chukchansi tribe has prescribed burning for thousands of years in the Sierras, and have been working with SCE to pass on its knowledge to private local landowners. Such knowledge includes starting fires in circles around trees so they burn away from them.
“We hear a lot about the lack of technical experts to do large burns but small landowners can do prescribed burns themselves,” York said. “I do prescribed burns on my property but it took a while for my neighbors to get used to it.”
The historic fires this year, and the Shaver Lake success story, may help accelerate the needed political and cultural change.
Would it help if politicians emphasized the need for better forest management, rather than just climate change? Forest scientists say yes.
“We’re good partners with the U.S. Forest Service, and they have good people locally,” said Southern California Edison’s Stewart, “but they are not getting support from the leaders of the Forest Service in Washington D.C.”
“I think it would help,” said York. “I have seen a cumulative effort to be supportive of prescribed burns, and a lot of funding to support it, but we still haven’t seen a big increase.”
A good start would be for Newsom to acknowledge that a century of fire suppression, not climate change, is what poses the existential threat to California’s forests.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-14--A Highly Orchestrated Climate Lawfare Campaign Comes To Delaware

Written by William Allison on .
Posted in Latest news On Thursday , the climate litigation campaign organized by plaintiffs ’ lawyers and activists across the country enlisted its newest ally when Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings ( pictured ) announced a public nuisance lawsuit against major energy companies over climate change impacts .
Delaware joins four other states and more than a dozen municipalities in the highly orchestrated climate litigation campaign , with most of these cases sharing many of the same legal arguments , media echo-chamber , and outside counsel – underscoring the extent of the coordination .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ pursuing this baseless litigation , Delaware faces an uphill climb .
The three cities that have had their cases considered on their merits – those filed by San Francisco , Oakland , and New York City – were all dismissed by federal judges .
Similarly , the New York attorney general also had a similar case definitively dismissed from state court .
So harsh was its defeat that the office chose not to appeal the decision .
In 2016 , then-New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman organized the “ AGs United for Clean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attorneys general he hoped would investigate and sue major energy producers .
This was part of Schneiderman ’ s broader “ Exxon Knew ” strategy – the debunked theory that the company knew about climate change but hid that information from the public , and just four months after he launched his investigation into ExxonMobil .
Schneiderman acknowledged Delaware during a March 29 , 2016 press conference with former Vice President Al Gore and other attorneys general from the AGs United for Clean Power coalition where Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and then-U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their own investigations into ExxonMobil .
It was later revealed that immediately prior to this press conference , activists Peter Frumhoff , the Director of Science and Policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists , and Matt Pawa , now co-chair of plaintiffs ’ firm Hagens Berman ’ s environmental law practice , gave separate , secretive presentations to attorneys general on using litigation to take action against energy companies on climate change .
The coalition ultimately fell apart after intense public scrutiny that its work was politically motivated , though not before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after then-Attorney General Matt Denn signed a Common Interest Agreement with the other attorneys general , FOIA ’ d emails revealed : Over the proceeding years , Schneiderman was forced out of the office and his predecessors conducted a fruitless investigation into ExxonMobil that led them to par down their lawsuit significantly , ultimately abandoning the “ Exxon Knew ” theory in favor of similarly unimpressive accounting fraud charges .
Those charges were decisively dismissed by New York State Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager in 2019 , who called the attorney general ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without merit.
” Taking A Second Bite at the Apple with National Help After assuming office in 2019 , Attorney General Jennings apparently forgot Delaware ’ s past sour experience with climate litigation .
It now seems the pressure to join the politically-motivated legal effort was too great to ignore .
Following the failure of the New York attorney general ’ s lawsuit , attorneys general from Massachusetts , Minnesota , and Washington , D.C. have all filed their own cases within the past 12 months .
In each instance , there was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and plaintiffs ’ lawyers around the country .
The Massachusetts attorney general ’ s office had been briefed on legal strategies by Pawa .
The Minnesota attorney general ’ s office was personally pitched on filing a lawsuit by the activist groups Center for Climate Integrity and Fresh Energy , while Washington , D.C. ’ s enlistment of outside counsel and financing has drawn criticism of “ policing for profit.
” Further evidencing the extensive behind-the-scenes coordination driving this effort , the language found in Massachusetts and Washington , D.C. ’ s complaints @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is following the same playbook .
In 2019 , the state ’ s Department of Justice put out a request for special environmental legal counsel to help the attorney general ’ s office bring a case that could very well have been the nuisance climate change lawsuit filed on Tuesday : Sure enough , in announcing the lawsuit , the Delaware attorney general office ’ s noted that it had retained the law firm of Sher Edling to be its outside counsel for the case .
The hiring of Sher Edling again shows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign is and Delaware ’ s willingness to join this political effort driven by special interests .
The law firm is a familiar face in the climate litigation campaign and has been the lead counsel in a number of public nuisance lawsuits filed across the county , including those brought by city leaders in Baltimore , Honolulu , and , most recently , Charleston , S.C. Additionally , the firm ’ s managing partner and counsel on all of its climate change lawsuits , Vic Sher , has worked with Richard Heede of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the so-called “ attribution science ” that seeks to assign a certain amount of emissions to specific energy companies for the explicit purpose of aiding Sher ’ s lawsuits .
Without this science , these cases would be virtually impossible to bring , as any judge or jury would be hard-pressed to assign a specific amount of damages – calculated via the amount of emissions for which Heede deems a certain company “ responsible ” – to any one energy producer .
Sher Edling also benefits from the network of Rockefeller groups , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entire climate litigation campaign .
The firm received over $ 1.7 million in funding from the Resources Legacy Fund in 2017 and 2018 , and RLF is funded in part by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund .
This arrangement – a for-profit law firm receiving donations from a nonprofit organization – is highly unusual and potentially suspect .
The other common thread among these lawsuits is the potential for a big payout for the plaintiffs ’ lawyers who are operating on a contingency fee basis .
This setup , which means they only get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reach a settlement , could yield them millions of dollars .
In San Francisco , Sher Edling ’ s agreement with the city means that a successful outcome entitles the law firm to 25 % of the first $ 100 million , 15 % the amount between $ 100- $ 150 million , and 7.5 % of any remaining amount over $ 150 million .
In Washington , D.C. , Sher Edling and fellow law firm Tycko & Zavareei LLP could earn up to $ 70 million .
In the City and County @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s lawsuits , EarthRights International and the Hannon Law Firm could walk away with 20 percent of any settlement or favorable judgment .
But lawsuits aren ’ t free , and as we ’ ve seen in other cases , activists have bankrolled the costs .
In Hoboken ’ s lawsuit that was filed last week , the activist group Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development is paying for the legal fees incurred by the city – a questionable mix of government and private sector resources .
Considering Delaware has hired Sher Edling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aspects of the climate litigation campaign , we must ask : “ Is Sher Edling operating on a contingency fee basis , and how much do they stand to gain ?
” and “ Are there outside groups paying for the costs of this lawsuit ?
”

Written by William Allison on Sep 14, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
On Thursday, the climate litigation campaign organized by plaintiffs’ lawyers and activists across the country enlisted its newest ally when Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings (pictured) announced a public nuisance lawsuit against major energy companies over climate change impacts.
Delaware joins four other states and more than a dozen municipalities in the highly orchestrated climate litigation campaign, with most of these cases sharing many of the same legal arguments, media echo-chamber, and outside counsel – underscoring the extent of the coordination.
And like the other municipalities and states pursuing this baseless litigation, Delaware faces an uphill climb.
The three cities that have had their cases considered on their merits – those filed by San Francisco, Oakland, and New York City – were all dismissed by federal judges.
Similarly, the New York attorney general also had a similar case definitively dismissed from state court. So harsh was its defeat that the office chose not to appeal the decision.
Delaware Initially Rejected A Climate Lawsuit
In 2016, then-New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman organized the “AGs United for Clean Power” – a coalition of state attorneys general he hoped would investigate and sue major energy producers.
This was part of Schneiderman’s broader “Exxon Knew” strategy – the debunked theory that the company knew about climate change but hid that information from the public, and just four months after he launched his investigation into ExxonMobil.
Schneiderman acknowledged Delaware during a March 29, 2016 press conference with former Vice President Al Gore and other attorneys general from the AGs United for Clean Power coalition where Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and then-U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker announced their own investigations into ExxonMobil.
It was later revealed that immediately prior to this press conference, activists Peter Frumhoff, the Director of Science and Policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Matt Pawa, now co-chair of plaintiffs’ firm Hagens Berman’s environmental law practice, gave separate, secretive presentations to attorneys general on using litigation to take action against energy companies on climate change.
The coalition ultimately fell apart after intense public scrutiny that its work was politically motivated, though not before Delaware suddenly left the group only weeks after then-Attorney General Matt Denn signed a Common Interest Agreement with the other attorneys general, FOIA’d emails revealed:
Over the proceeding years, Schneiderman was forced out of the office and his predecessors conducted a fruitless investigation into ExxonMobil that led them to par down their lawsuit significantly, ultimately abandoning the “Exxon Knew” theory in favor of similarly unimpressive accounting fraud charges.
Those charges were decisively dismissed by New York State Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager in 2019, who called the attorney general’s allegations “hyperbolic” and “without merit.”
Taking A Second Bite at the Apple with National Help
After assuming office in 2019, Attorney General Jennings apparently forgot Delaware’s past sour experience with climate litigation. It now seems the pressure to join the politically-motivated legal effort was too great to ignore.
Following the failure of the New York attorney general’s lawsuit, attorneys general from Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Washington, D.C. have all filed their own cases within the past 12 months.
In each instance, there was extensive coordination among these offices with activists and plaintiffs’ lawyers around the country. The Massachusetts attorney general’s office had been briefed on legal strategies by Pawa.
The Minnesota attorney general’s office was personally pitched on filing a lawsuit by the activist groups Center for Climate Integrity and Fresh Energy, while Washington, D.C.’s enlistment of outside counsel and financing has drawn criticism of “policing for profit.”
Further evidencing the extensive behind-the-scenes coordination driving this effort, the language found in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.’s complaints is practically identical.
Now, Delaware is following the same playbook. In 2019, the state’s Department of Justice put out a request for special environmental legal counsel to help the attorney general’s office bring a case that could very well have been the nuisance climate change lawsuit filed on Tuesday:
“The Department of Justice for the State of Delaware (‘DOJ’) seeks to develop a panel of law firms available to be engaged to act as Special Legal Counsel (‘Special Legal Counsel’) representing the State of Delaware (‘State’) and the Attorney General of the State of Delaware (‘Attorney General’) in connection with investigations and possible court proceedings involving environmental matters, including but not limited to those concerning emissions, discharges, releases of contaminants into the air, ground, and/or water of the State, as well as the marketing and sale of products harmful to the environment of the State.”
Sure enough, in announcing the lawsuit, the Delaware attorney general office’s noted that it had retained the law firm of Sher Edling to be its outside counsel for the case.
The hiring of Sher Edling again shows just how connected the entire climate litigation campaign is and Delaware’s willingness to join this political effort driven by special interests.
The law firm is a familiar face in the climate litigation campaign and has been the lead counsel in a number of public nuisance lawsuits filed across the county, including those brought by city leaders in Baltimore, Honolulu, and, most recently, Charleston, S.C.
Additionally, the firm’s managing partner and counsel on all of its climate change lawsuits, Vic Sher, has worked with Richard Heede of the Climate Accountability Institute, who developed the so-called “attribution science” that seeks to assign a certain amount of emissions to specific energy companies for the explicit purpose of aiding Sher’s lawsuits.
Without this science, these cases would be virtually impossible to bring, as any judge or jury would be hard-pressed to assign a specific amount of damages – calculated via the amount of emissions for which Heede deems a certain company “responsible” – to any one energy producer.
Sher Edling also benefits from the network of Rockefeller groups, which is the driving force behind the entire climate litigation campaign.
The firm received over $1.7 million in funding from the Resources Legacy Fund in 2017 and 2018, and RLF is funded in part by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
This arrangement – a for-profit law firm receiving donations from a nonprofit organization – is highly unusual and potentially suspect.
Is A Big Payout Coming?
The other common thread among these lawsuits is the potential for a big payout for the plaintiffs’ lawyers who are operating on a contingency fee basis.
This setup, which means they only get paid if they win the case or reach a settlement, could yield them millions of dollars.
In San Francisco, Sher Edling’s agreement with the city means that a successful outcome entitles the law firm to 25% of the first $100 million, 15% the amount between $100-$150 million, and 7.5% of any remaining amount over $150 million.
In Washington, D.C., Sher Edling and fellow law firm Tycko & Zavareei LLP could earn up to $70 million.
In the City and County of Boulder and San Miguel County’s lawsuits, EarthRights International and the Hannon Law Firm could walk away with 20 percent of any settlement or favorable judgment.
But lawsuits aren’t free, and as we’ve seen in other cases, activists have bankrolled the costs.
In Hoboken’s lawsuit that was filed last week, the activist group Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development is paying for the legal fees incurred by the city – a questionable mix of government and private sector resources.
Considering Delaware has hired Sher Edling and seems in sync with many other aspects of the climate litigation campaign, we must ask: “Is Sher Edling operating on a contingency fee basis, and how much do they stand to gain?” and “Are there outside groups paying for the costs of this lawsuit?”
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-14--Fire Expert: Decades-Old Liberal Policies Are Fueling Catastrophic Wildfires

Written by Chris White on .
Posted in Latest news Former President Bill Clinton made a significant change to federal land management nearly 30 years ago that created the conditions necessary for massive wildfires to consume portions of the West Coast , according to one fire expert who predicted the problem years ago .
Shortly before leaving office in 2001 , Clinton limited the ability of the United States Forest Service to thin out a dense thicket of foliage and downed trees on federal land to bring the West into a pristine state , Bob Zybach , an experienced forester @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told the Daily Caller News Foundation .
The former president ’ s decision created a ticking time bomb , Zybach argues .
“ If you don ’ t start managing these forests , then they are going to start burning up .
Thirty years later , they are still ignoring it , ” said Zybach , who spent more than 20 years as a reforestation contractor .
He was referring to warnings he made years ago , telling officials that warding off prescribed burns in Oregon and California creates the kindling fuelling fires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to deploy prescribed burns , which are controlled burns designed to cull all of the underbrush in forests to lessen the chance of massive fires , Zybach noted .
Years of keeping these areas in their natural state result in dead trees and dried organic material settling on the forest floor , turning such material into matchsticks soaked in jet fuel during dry seasons , he said .
Zybach ’ s comments come as wildfires continue churning through parts of California , Oregon , and Washington , media reports show .
Fires have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since August , including 19 people in California , and have culminated in more than half-a-million people evacuating Oregon , a number representing roughly 10 % of the state ’ s overall population .
Roughly 100 massive fires are blazing Saturday in the West , including 12 in Idaho and nine in Montana , the National Interagency Fire Center said Saturday .
All told , the wildfires have churned through more than 4.5 million acres in 12 states .
Shortly before leaving office , Clinton introduced the Roadless Rule that restricted the use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ roads on 49 million acres of National Forest , making it difficult for officials to scan the land for the kind of kindling that fuels massive conflagrations .
The move was part of the Northwest Forest Plan ( NWFP ) , a resolution adopted by Clinton in 1994 to protect forests from being over-logged .
Ten years before Clinton ’ s rule , the Fish and Wildlife Service placed the northern spotted owl on the Endangered Species Act , forcing the Forest Service to adopt a new policy that resulted in a greater @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of timber removed from federal lands plummeted , according to data accumulated in 2015 by the Reason Foundation .
An average of 10 million feet of timber was removed each year from Forest Service land between 1960 and 1990 , the data show .
Those numbers dropped between 1991 and 2000 and continued dropping — an average of only 2.1 billion feet of timber was removed from the land between 2000 and 2013 , according to the data .
That ’ s an 80 % decline .
“ They ’ ve gone and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ burnt timber , a firebomb waiting to happen , standing in place because the black back woodpecker prefers that habitat , ” Zybach said .
“ It ’ s great for lawyers , but it ’ s bad for people who breathe air or work in the woods.
” “ The prescribed burns are an ancient form of management for keeping the fuels down so these events don ’ t happen , ” Zybach added , referring to Native American Indians who used controlled burns to ward away pests and prevent wildfires from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s plan to turn forests in the West into pristine land free of human interference risked fueling “ wildfires reminiscent of the Tillamook burn , the 1910 fires and the Yellowstone fire , ” Zybach , who is based in Oregon , told Evergreen magazine in 1994 , when the NWFP came into effect .
Western Oregon had one major fire above 10,000 acres between 1952 and 1987 , reports show .
The Silver Complex Fire of 1987 snapped that streak after torching more than 100,000 acres in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness area @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federal government sought to protect from human activities .
Overzealous fire suppression across California are helping to build up wildland fuels , which contribute to wildfires , according to Tim Ingalsbee , a fire ecologist who began a career in the 1980s as a wildland firefighter .
The solution is “ to get good fire on the ground and whittle down some of that fuel load , ” he told ProPublica in August .
“ It ’ s just … well … it ’ s horrible .
Horrible to see this happening when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been clear for years .
I suffer from Cassandra syndrome , ” Ingalsbe said , referring to the Cassandra Syndrome , a Greek metaphor people use when they believe their valid warnings are not heeded .
“ Every year I warn people : Disaster ’ s coming .
We got to change .
And no one listens .
And then it happens.
” Other experts have made similar arguments in the past .
Overgrown grasslands , forests , and woodlands contributed to California wildfires in 2017 , Sasha Berleman , a fire ecologist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I ’ m more certain than ever that there ’ s a lot we can do between now and the next time this happens to make it so that the negative consequences to people are nowhere near as dramatic , ” she said .
The devastating fires that ran through California ’ s wine country in October of 2017 killed 42 people and destroyed nearly 7,000 buildings , High Country News noted .
The solution might be easier said than done .
Nearly 20 million acres in California , or an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will need to experience controlled burns to limit catastrophic wildfires , a January study from Nature Sustainability found .
Former President Barack Obama suggested in a tweet Thursday that California ’ s wildfires are a result of climate change .
“ The fires across the West Coast are just the latest examples of the very real ways our changing climate is changing our communities , ” Obama wrote in a tweet that included pictures showing how soot and ash from the wildfires are turning San Francisco ’ s sky bright orange .
Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tying the fires to global warming .
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , a Democrat from New York , published a tweet Saturday that read : “ The proof of the urgency of the climate crisis is literally in the air around us.
” Schumer included a link to a Sept. 10 article from CBS blaming climate change for the fires .
Zybach is not convinced .
“ The lack of active land management is almost 100 percent the cause , ” he told the DCNF , noting that climate change has almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across the forest floors .

Written by Chris White on Sep 14, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Former President Bill Clinton made a significant change to federal land management nearly 30 years ago that created the conditions necessary for massive wildfires to consume portions of the West Coast, according to one fire expert who predicted the problem years ago.
Shortly before leaving office in 2001, Clinton limited the ability of the United States Forest Service to thin out a dense thicket of foliage and downed trees on federal land to bring the West into a pristine state, Bob Zybach, an experienced forester with a Ph.D. in environmental science, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The former president’s decision created a ticking time bomb, Zybach argues.
“If you don’t start managing these forests, then they are going to start burning up. Thirty years later, they are still ignoring it,” said Zybach, who spent more than 20 years as a reforestation contractor.
He was referring to warnings he made years ago, telling officials that warding off prescribed burns in Oregon and California creates the kindling fuelling fires.
Such rules make it more difficult to deploy prescribed burns, which are controlled burns designed to cull all of the underbrush in forests to lessen the chance of massive fires, Zybach noted.
Years of keeping these areas in their natural state result in dead trees and dried organic material settling on the forest floor, turning such material into matchsticks soaked in jet fuel during dry seasons, he said.
Zybach’s comments come as wildfires continue churning through parts of California, Oregon, and Washington, media reports show.
Fires have killed 26 people in West Coast states since August, including 19 people in California, and have culminated in more than half-a-million people evacuating Oregon, a number representing roughly 10% of the state’s overall population.
Roughly 100 massive fires are blazing Saturday in the West, including 12 in Idaho and nine in Montana, the National Interagency Fire Center said Saturday. All told, the wildfires have churned through more than 4.5 million acres in 12 states.
Shortly before leaving office, Clinton introduced the Roadless Rule that restricted the use of existing roads and construction of new roads on 49 million acres of National Forest, making it difficult for officials to scan the land for the kind of kindling that fuels massive conflagrations.
The move was part of the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP), a resolution adopted by Clinton in 1994 to protect forests from being over-logged.
Ten years before Clinton’s rule, the Fish and Wildlife Service placed the northern spotted owl on the Endangered Species Act, forcing the Forest Service to adopt a new policy that resulted in a greater reduction in timber harvests.
The amount of timber removed from federal lands plummeted, according to data accumulated in 2015 by the Reason Foundation.
An average of 10 million feet of timber was removed each year from Forest Service land between 1960 and 1990, the data show.
Those numbers dropped between 1991 and 2000 and continued dropping — an average of only 2.1 billion feet of timber was removed from the land between 2000 and 2013, according to the data. That’s an 80% decline.
“They’ve gone and left hundreds of thousands of acres of burnt timber, a firebomb waiting to happen, standing in place because the black back woodpecker prefers that habitat,” Zybach said. “It’s great for lawyers, but it’s bad for people who breathe air or work in the woods.”
“The prescribed burns are an ancient form of management for keeping the fuels down so these events don’t happen,” Zybach added, referring to Native American Indians who used controlled burns to ward away pests and prevent wildfires from licking their homes.
The Clinton administration’s plan to turn forests in the West into pristine land free of human interference risked fueling “wildfires reminiscent of the Tillamook burn, the 1910 fires and the Yellowstone fire,” Zybach, who is based in Oregon, told Evergreen magazine in 1994, when the NWFP came into effect.
Western Oregon had one major fire above 10,000 acres between 1952 and 1987, reports show. The Silver Complex Fire of 1987 snapped that streak after torching more than 100,000 acres in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness area, killing rare plants and trees the federal government sought to protect from human activities.
Fire Experts Agree: Prescribed Burns Are Critical
Overzealous fire suppression across California are helping to build up wildland fuels, which contribute to wildfires, according to Tim Ingalsbee, a fire ecologist who began a career in the 1980s as a wildland firefighter.
The solution is “to get good fire on the ground and whittle down some of that fuel load,” he told ProPublica in August.
“It’s just … well … it’s horrible. Horrible to see this happening when the science is so clear and has been clear for years. I suffer from Cassandra syndrome,” Ingalsbe said, referring to the Cassandra Syndrome, a Greek metaphor people use when they believe their valid warnings are not heeded.
“Every year I warn people: Disaster’s coming. We got to change. And no one listens. And then it happens.”
Other experts have made similar arguments in the past.
Overgrown grasslands, forests, and woodlands contributed to California wildfires in 2017, Sasha Berleman, a fire ecologist, told High Country News that year.
“I’m more certain than ever that there’s a lot we can do between now and the next time this happens to make it so that the negative consequences to people are nowhere near as dramatic,” she said.
The devastating fires that ran through California’s wine country in October of 2017 killed 42 people and destroyed nearly 7,000 buildings, High Country News noted.
The solution might be easier said than done. Nearly 20 million acres in California, or an area about the size of Maine, will need to experience controlled burns to limit catastrophic wildfires, a January study from Nature Sustainability found.
Blaming Climate Change
Former President Barack Obama suggested in a tweet Thursday that California’s wildfires are a result of climate change.
“The fires across the West Coast are just the latest examples of the very real ways our changing climate is changing our communities,” Obama wrote in a tweet that included pictures showing how soot and ash from the wildfires are turning San Francisco’s sky bright orange.
Obama isn’t the only prominent Democrat tying the fires to global warming.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, published a tweet Saturday that read: “The proof of the urgency of the climate crisis is literally in the air around us.” Schumer included a link to a Sept. 10 article from CBS blaming climate change for the fires.
Zybach is not convinced. “The lack of active land management is almost 100 percent the cause,” he told the DCNF, noting that climate change has almost nothing to do with fire kindling gathering across the forest floors.
Other researchers share his skepticism.
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