climatechangedispatch--2020-05-07--Wind, Solar And Biofuel Energy Are Devastating Planet Earth

Written by Paul Driessen , guest post on .
Posted in Latest news Never in my wildest dreams did I envision a day when I ’ d agree with anything filmmaker Michael Moore said – much less that he would agree with me .
But mirabile dictu , his new film , Planet of the Humans , is as devastating an indictment of wind , solar , and biofuel energy as anything I have ever written .
The documentary reflects Moore ’ s willingness to reexamine the environmentalist doctrine .
It ’ s soon obvious why more rabid greens tried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ banned .
Indeed , Films for Action initially caved to the pressure and took Planet off its website , but then put it back up .
The film is also on YouTube .
Would-be censors included Josh Fox , whose Gasland film Irish journalists Phelim McAleer and Anne McElhinney totally eviscerated with their FrackNation documentary ; Michael Mann , whose hockey stick global temperature graph was demolished by Canadian analysts Ross McKitrick and Steve McIntyre , and many others ; and Stanford professor Mark Jacobson , who just got slapped with a potential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) for bringing a SLAPP ( strategic litigation against public participation ) and defamation lawsuit against a mathematician who criticized Jacobson ’ s renewable energy claims .
These critics and their allies are rarely willing to discuss any climate or energy issues that they view as “ settled science , ” much less engage in full-throated debate with “ deniers ” or allow former colleagues to stray from the catechism of climate cataclysm and renewable energy salvation .
They prefer lawsuits .
But they sense the Planet documentary could be Fort Sumter in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re terrified .
Their main complaint , that some footage is outdated , is correct but irrelevant .
The film ’ s key point is the same as my own : wind , solar and biofuel energy are not clean , green , renewable , or sustainable , and they are horrifically destructive to vital ecological values .
The censors believe admitting that is sacrilegious .
Director-narrator Jeff Gibbs never talks to coal , oil , or natural gas advocates – or to “ renewable ” energy and “ man-made climate crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fellow environmentalists who are justifiably aghast at what wind , solar and biofuel projects are doing to scenic areas , wildlife habitats , rare and endangered species , and millions of acres of forests , deserts , and grasslands .
He peeks backstage to expose bogus claims that solar panels actually provided the electricity for a solar promotion concert .
After speaking with “ renewable ” advocates in Lansing , Michigan , and learning that the Chevy Volt they ’ re so excited about is actually recharged by a coal-fired generating plant , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It can power 50 ( ! )
homes at peak solar intensity .
Powering all of Lansing ( not including the Michigan State University campus ) would require 15 square miles of panels – plus wind turbines and a huge array of batteries ( or a coal or gas power plant ) for nights and cloudy days .
The crew films one of those turbines being erected outside of town .
Each one is comprised of nearly 5,000,000 pounds of concrete , steel , aluminum , copper , plastic , cobalt , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ materials .
Every step in the mining , processing , manufacturing , transportation , installation , maintenance , and ( 20 years later ) removal process requires fossil fuels .
It bears repeating : wind and sun are renewable and sustainable ; harnessing them for energy to benefit mankind absolutely is not .
( Go to 36:50 for a fast-paced mining tutorial on where all these “ clean , green ” technologies really come from . )
Then they ’ re off to Vermont , where a wooded mountaintop is being removed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mountaintops to access coal , bad ; to erect huge bird-killing wind turbines , good ?
An aerial shot features 350,000 garage-door-sized mirrors sprawling across six square miles of former Mojave Desert habitat – with the giant Ivanpah “ solar ” power plant in the center .
The system gets warmed up each morning by natural gas-powered heaters so that it can generate a little electricity by sundown .
This “ environmentally benign ” solar facility now sits where 500-year-old yuccas and Joshua trees once grew .
“ Outdated ” footage shows them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ever existed .
Gibbs and Moore next discuss ethanol – and the corn , water , fertilizer , and fossil fuels required to create this “ clean , green , renewable ” gasoline substitute , which emits lots of carbon dioxide when burned .
Even worse is the total devastation of entire forests – clear cut , chopped into chips , maybe pelletized , and shipped hundreds or even thousands of miles … to be burned in place of coal or natural gas to generate the electricity that makes modern homes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and life spans possible .
The crew gets “ five seconds ” to leave a denuded forest and “ biomass ” power plant area in Vermont – or be arrested .
Haunting images of a bewildered indigenous native in Brazil and a terrified , mud-covered orangutan in Indonesia attest to the destruction wrought in the name of saving Earth from climate change .
You ’ re left to wonder how many acres of corn , sugarcane , or canola it took for Richard Branson to fly one biofuel-powered jet to mainland Europe .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 96 billion gallons of oil-based fuel the airline industry consumed in 2019 .
How many decades it will take to replace the millions of acres of slow-growth forest that are incinerated each year as a “ carbon neutral ” alternative to coal .
“ Is it possible for machines made by industrial civilization to save us from industrial civilization ?
” the producers wonder .
“ Renewable ” energy systems last only 15-20 years , and then must be torn down and replaced , using more non-renewable resources , “ if there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they say .
“ We ’ re basically being fed a lie.
” Maybe we ’ d be “ better off just burning fossil fuels in the first place , ” than doing this .
Indeed .
But bear in mind , the devastation that so deeply concerns Moore and Gibbs is happening in a world that is still some 85 % dependent on oil , natural gas and coal , 4 % on nuclear and 7 % on hydroelectric .
Imagine what our planet would look like if we went 100 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Deals : millions of wind turbines , billions of solar panels , billions of batteries , thousands of biofuel plantations and denuded forests , thousands of new and expanded mines , and more .
But where some see the devastation , others see opportunity .
Or as Arnold Schwarzenegger says in the film , where some see the Mojave Desert as miles and miles of emptiness , he sees a vast “ gold mine.
” Al Gore sees endless millions in profits , a lovely seaside mansion , and cushy private jets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ biofuel empires .
The Sierra Club and Union of Concerned Scientists envision raking in more millions off climate doom and renewable salvation , while 350.org founder Bill McKibben can ’ t seem to remember that the Rockefeller Brothers and other fat-cat foundations gave him millions of dollars , too .
But Moore and Gibbs aren ’ t indicting free-market capitalism .
They ’ re indicting government-mandated and subsidized crony corporatist opportunism .
And the solution they ultimately proffer isn ’ t recognizing that climate change has been “ real ” since Earth began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only minimal roles amid the powerful natural forces that brought glacial epochs and interglacial periods , Medieval Warm Periods and Little Ice Ages ; or that modern nuclear power plants generate abundant CO2-free electricity .
Instead , they propose that we humans must “ get ourselves under control.
” This means not just slashing our living standards ( may we all have “ carbon footprints ” as small as Al Gore ’ s ) and “ de-developing ” and “ deindustrializing ” the United States and Europe , while simultaneously dictating to still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ permitted ” to develop , in accordance with former Obama science advisor John Holdren ’ s totalitarian instincts .
It also means having far fewer humans on this glorious planet .
( How exactly that is to be achieved they don ’ t say , though several twentieth-century dictators offer ideas . )
This is where Planet of the Humans takes a troubling , wrongheaded , neo-Malthusian turn .
But these final minutes should be viewed attentively , to understand what still motivates far too many “ environmentalists , ” who too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their devotion to Mother Earth – even if the price is measured in billions left in unimaginable poverty , malnutrition , and energy deprivation , and millions dying long before they should .
Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs have done us a great service in exposing the environmental degradation from pseudo-renewable energy .
Now they just need to reexamine neo-Malthusian doctrines as well .
Paul Driessen is a senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow ( www.CFACT.org ) and author of Eco-Imperialism : Green Power , Black Death , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ environment , climate , and human rights issues .

Written by Paul Driessen, guest post on May 7, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Never in my wildest dreams did I envision a day when I’d agree with anything filmmaker Michael Moore said – much less that he would agree with me.
But mirabile dictu, his new film, Planet of the Humans, is as devastating an indictment of wind, solar, and biofuel energy as anything I have ever written.
The documentary reflects Moore’s willingness to reexamine the environmentalist doctrine. It’s soon obvious why more rabid greens tried to have the “dangerous film” banned.
Indeed, Films for Action initially caved to the pressure and took Planet off its website, but then put it back up. The film is also on YouTube.
Would-be censors included Josh Fox, whose Gasland film Irish journalists Phelim McAleer and Anne McElhinney totally eviscerated with their FrackNation documentary; Michael Mann, whose hockey stick global temperature graph was demolished by Canadian analysts Ross McKitrick and Steve McIntyre, and many others; and Stanford professor Mark Jacobson, who just got slapped with a potential $1-million penalty (in legal fees) for bringing a SLAPP (strategic litigation against public participation) and defamation lawsuit against a mathematician who criticized Jacobson’s renewable energy claims.
These critics and their allies are rarely willing to discuss any climate or energy issues that they view as “settled science,” much less engage in full-throated debate with “deniers” or allow former colleagues to stray from the catechism of climate cataclysm and renewable energy salvation.
They prefer lawsuits. But they sense the Planet documentary could be Fort Sumter in a green civil war, and they’re terrified.
Their main complaint, that some footage is outdated, is correct but irrelevant. The film’s key point is the same as my own: wind, solar and biofuel energy are not clean, green, renewable, or sustainable, and they are horrifically destructive to vital ecological values. The censors believe admitting that is sacrilegious.
Director-narrator Jeff Gibbs never talks to coal, oil, or natural gas advocates – or to “renewable” energy and “man-made climate crisis” skeptics.
Instead, he interviews fellow environmentalists who are justifiably aghast at what wind, solar and biofuel projects are doing to scenic areas, wildlife habitats, rare and endangered species, and millions of acres of forests, deserts, and grasslands.
He peeks backstage to expose bogus claims that solar panels actually provided the electricity for a solar promotion concert.
After speaking with “renewable” advocates in Lansing, Michigan, and learning that the Chevy Volt they’re so excited about is actually recharged by a coal-fired generating plant, Gibbs visits a nearby football-field-sized solar farm.
It can power 50 (!) homes at peak solar intensity. Powering all of Lansing (not including the Michigan State University campus) would require 15 square miles of panels – plus wind turbines and a huge array of batteries (or a coal or gas power plant) for nights and cloudy days.
The crew films one of those turbines being erected outside of town. Each one is comprised of nearly 5,000,000 pounds of concrete, steel, aluminum, copper, plastic, cobalt, rare earth, fiberglass, and other materials.
Every step in the mining, processing, manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and (20 years later) removal process requires fossil fuels.
It bears repeating: wind and sun are renewable and sustainable; harnessing them for energy to benefit mankind absolutely is not. (Go to 36:50 for a fast-paced mining tutorial on where all these “clean, green” technologies really come from.)
Then they’re off to Vermont, where a wooded mountaintop is being removed to install still more wind turbines. Removing mountaintops to access coal, bad; to erect huge bird-killing wind turbines, good?
An aerial shot features 350,000 garage-door-sized mirrors sprawling across six square miles of former Mojave Desert habitat – with the giant Ivanpah “solar” power plant in the center.
The system gets warmed up each morning by natural gas-powered heaters so that it can generate a little electricity by sundown.
This “environmentally benign” solar facility now sits where 500-year-old yuccas and Joshua trees once grew. “Outdated” footage shows them being totally shredded to destroy any evidence they ever existed.
Gibbs and Moore next discuss ethanol – and the corn, water, fertilizer, and fossil fuels required to create this “clean, green, renewable” gasoline substitute, which emits lots of carbon dioxide when burned.
Even worse is the total devastation of entire forests – clear cut, chopped into chips, maybe pelletized, and shipped hundreds or even thousands of miles … to be burned in place of coal or natural gas to generate the electricity that makes modern homes, factories, hospitals, living standards, and life spans possible.
The crew gets “five seconds” to leave a denuded forest and “biomass” power plant area in Vermont – or be arrested.
Haunting images of a bewildered indigenous native in Brazil and a terrified, mud-covered orangutan in Indonesia attest to the destruction wrought in the name of saving Earth from climate change.
You’re left to wonder how many acres of corn, sugarcane, or canola it took for Richard Branson to fly one biofuel-powered jet to mainland Europe.
How many it would take to produce the 96 billion gallons of oil-based fuel the airline industry consumed in 2019.
How many decades it will take to replace the millions of acres of slow-growth forest that are incinerated each year as a “carbon neutral” alternative to coal.
“Is it possible for machines made by industrial civilization to save us from industrial civilization?” the producers wonder.
“Renewable” energy systems last only 15-20 years, and then must be torn down and replaced, using more non-renewable resources, “if there’s enough planet left,” they say. “We’re basically being fed a lie.”
Maybe we’d be “better off just burning fossil fuels in the first place,” than doing this.
Indeed. But bear in mind, the devastation that so deeply concerns Moore and Gibbs is happening in a world that is still some 85% dependent on oil, natural gas and coal, 4% on nuclear and 7% on hydroelectric.
Imagine what our planet would look like if we went 100% (pseudo)renewable under various Green New Deals: millions of wind turbines, billions of solar panels, billions of batteries, thousands of biofuel plantations and denuded forests, thousands of new and expanded mines, and more.
But where some see the devastation, others see opportunity. Or as Arnold Schwarzenegger says in the film, where some see the Mojave Desert as miles and miles of emptiness, he sees a vast “gold mine.”
Al Gore sees endless millions in profits, a lovely seaside mansion, and cushy private jets. Koch Industries sees bigger solar and biofuel empires.
The Sierra Club and Union of Concerned Scientists envision raking in more millions off climate doom and renewable salvation, while 350.org founder Bill McKibben can’t seem to remember that the Rockefeller Brothers and other fat-cat foundations gave him millions of dollars, too.
But Moore and Gibbs aren’t indicting free-market capitalism. They’re indicting government-mandated and subsidized crony corporatist opportunism.
And the solution they ultimately proffer isn’t recognizing that climate change has been “real” since Earth began; that humans and fossil fuels play only minimal roles amid the powerful natural forces that brought glacial epochs and interglacial periods, Medieval Warm Periods and Little Ice Ages; or that modern nuclear power plants generate abundant CO2-free electricity.
Instead, they propose that we humans must “get ourselves under control.”
This means not just slashing our living standards (may we all have “carbon footprints” as small as Al Gore’s) and “de-developing” and “deindustrializing” the United States and Europe, while simultaneously dictating to still impoverished nations how much they will be “permitted” to develop, in accordance with former Obama science advisor John Holdren’s totalitarian instincts.
It also means having far fewer humans on this glorious planet. (How exactly that is to be achieved they don’t say, though several twentieth-century dictators offer ideas.)
This is where Planet of the Humans takes a troubling, wrongheaded, neo-Malthusian turn.
But these final minutes should be viewed attentively, to understand what still motivates far too many “environmentalists,” who too often get lionized or even canonized for their devotion to Mother Earth – even if the price is measured in billions left in unimaginable poverty, malnutrition, and energy deprivation, and millions dying long before they should.
Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs have done us a great service in exposing the environmental degradation from pseudo-renewable energy. Now they just need to reexamine neo-Malthusian doctrines as well.
Paul Driessen is a senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (www.CFACT.org) and author of Eco-Imperialism: Green Power, Black Death, and other books and articles on energy, environment, climate, and human rights issues.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-07--USA Today Keeps Changing Date For Climate Armageddon

Written by Joseph Vazquez on .
Posted in Latest news Environmentalists in the media often seem to want to move the goalposts on their climate Armageddon predictions .
USA Today ran a story headlined “ Unsuitable for ‘ human life to flourish ’ : Up to 3B will live in extreme heat by 2070 , study warns ” May 4 , 2020 .
USA Today stated that “ By 2070 , up to 3 billion people are likely to live in climate conditions ‘ deemed unsuitable for human life to flourish.
’ ” Citing a new study , USA Today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate mitigation or migration , by 2070 a substantial part of humanity will be exposed to average annual temperatures warmer than nearly anywhere today.
” Interesting , given that USA Today national correspondent Elizabeth Weise published a conflicting story in December 2019 headlined , “ 10 years to save planet Earth : Here are 6 imaginative climate change solutions.
” So , which is it ?
10 years ?
50 years ?
Perhaps it ’ s 30 years ?
Weise released another story in June 2019 headlined , “ End of civilization : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if we don ’ t act , the report warns.
” Apparently , the outlet can ’ t seem to get its act together on this subject .
In 2009 , USA Today released an article citing eco-extremist Al Gore .
The article was headlined , “ Gore : Polar ice cap may disappear by summer 2014.
” In February 2020 , The Weather Channel reported that despite the total amount of ice being below average , “ Ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean is currently the highest it has been since 2010 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on record.
” Maybe someone should tell USA Today to keep its eco-crystal ball under wraps .

Written by Joseph Vazquez on May 7, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Environmentalists in the media often seem to want to move the goalposts on their climate Armageddon predictions.
USA Today ran a story headlined “Unsuitable for ‘human life to flourish’: Up to 3B will live in extreme heat by 2070, study warns” May 4, 2020.
USA Today stated that “By 2070, up to 3 billion people are likely to live in climate conditions ‘deemed unsuitable for human life to flourish.’”
Citing a new study, USA Today warned that “[w]ithout climate mitigation or migration, by 2070 a substantial part of humanity will be exposed to average annual temperatures warmer than nearly anywhere today.”
Interesting, given that USA Today national correspondent Elizabeth Weise published a conflicting story in December 2019 headlined, “10 years to save planet Earth: Here are 6 imaginative climate change solutions.”
So, which is it? 10 years? 50 years? Perhaps it’s 30 years? Weise released another story in June 2019 headlined, “End of civilization: climate change apocalypse could start by 2050 if we don’t act, the report warns.”
Apparently, the outlet can’t seem to get its act together on this subject. In 2009, USA Today released an article citing eco-extremist Al Gore. The article was headlined, “Gore: Polar ice cap may disappear by summer 2014.”
In February 2020, The Weather Channel reported that despite the total amount of ice being below average, “Ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean is currently the highest it has been since 2010 with support from the strongest polar vortex on record.”
Maybe someone should tell USA Today to keep its eco-crystal ball under wraps.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-07--Bitter Arctic Blast Coming To East, Bringing Snowstorms

Written by Travis Fedschun , Brandon Noriega on .
Posted in Latest news Absent for the entire winter , the polar vortex is blasting in with bitter Arctic cold across the eastern U.S. for Mother ’ s Day weekend , and setting the stage for a possible historic May snowstorm in the Northeast .
The National Weather Service ’ s ( NWS ) Weather Prediction Center ( WPC ) said that an “ unusual weather pattern evolving across North America , ” including an “ unusually cold ” air mass from eastern Canada , is making a late-season snowstorm “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ This is going to be a record-breaking weekend , ” Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean said Thursday on “ Fox & Friends.
” The cold air mass will cause rain from a system moving out of the Tennessee Valley to change to wet snow that could be heavy over the central Appalachians Friday .
The storm system then intensifies further as it skirts the New England coast , according to the WPC .
“ The potential for heavy snow over portions of the higher terrain of northern New England Friday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WPC said .
“ May daily snowfall records may be shattered , with several inches of snow possible.
” Forecasters said that across the higher terrain of western and northern Maine , isolated snowfall could approach a foot , which would “ shatter ” May daily snowfall records .
“ Although daily snow in May across New England is not extremely rare , daily snowfall records for the month are possible , ” the WPC said .
Even higher elevations in the Mid-Atlantic could see snow .
The NWS Baltimore/Washington D.C. forecast office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ushering in cold air may lead to snow in higher elevations of northwestern Virginia , Western Maryland , and West Virginia .
“ As colder air rushes in behind the front Friday evening , there will be a transition from rain to snow showers along the Allegheny Front with minor snow accumulations likely , ” forecasters said .
“ Further east , not expecting accumulating snow , however , some wet flakes mixing in remains a possibility along and west of the Blue Ridge.
” Some snowflakes could reach areas closer to Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But the chance of snow in the district is quite low , according to FOX5 , which notes that the nation ’ s capital has never seen measurable snow in May , as far back as the 1880s .

Written by Travis Fedschun, Brandon Noriega on May 7, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Absent for the entire winter, the polar vortex is blasting in with bitter Arctic cold across the eastern U.S. for Mother’s Day weekend, and setting the stage for a possible historic May snowstorm in the Northeast.
The National Weather Service’s (NWS) Weather Prediction Center (WPC) said that an “unusual weather pattern evolving across North America,” including an “unusually cold” air mass from eastern Canada, is making a late-season snowstorm “increasingly likely” for the interior Northeast.
“This is going to be a record-breaking weekend,” Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean said Thursday on “Fox & Friends.”
The cold air mass will cause rain from a system moving out of the Tennessee Valley to change to wet snow that could be heavy over the central Appalachians Friday.
The storm system then intensifies further as it skirts the New England coast, according to the WPC.
“The potential for heavy snow over portions of the higher terrain of northern New England Friday into Saturday is increasing,” the WPC said. “May daily snowfall records may be shattered, with several inches of snow possible.”
Forecasters said that across the higher terrain of western and northern Maine, isolated snowfall could approach a foot, which would “shatter” May daily snowfall records.
The potential for heavy snow over portions of the higher terrain of northern New England Friday into Saturday is increasing. May daily snowfall records may be shattered, with several inches of snow possible. Residents of northern New England should monitor the latest forecast. pic.twitter.com/EUjTF6FxcW — NWS WPC (@NWSWPC) May 7, 2020
“Although daily snow in May across New England is not extremely rare, daily snowfall records for the month are possible,” the WPC said.
Even higher elevations in the Mid-Atlantic could see snow. The NWS Baltimore/Washington D.C. forecast office said that a storm system on Friday ushering in cold air may lead to snow in higher elevations of northwestern Virginia, Western Maryland, and West Virginia.
“As colder air rushes in behind the front Friday evening, there will be a transition from rain to snow showers along the Allegheny Front with minor snow accumulations likely,” forecasters said. “Further east, not expecting accumulating snow, however, some wet flakes mixing in remains a possibility along and west of the Blue Ridge.”
Some snowflakes could reach areas closer to Washington, D.C., early Saturday morning. But the chance of snow in the district is quite low, according to FOX5, which notes that the nation’s capital has never seen measurable snow in May, as far back as the 1880s.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-07--Siberian Fires And The Temperature Of 2020

Written by Dr. David Whitehouse on .
Posted in Latest news It has been reported widely that as far as the global temperature goes , 2020 has gotten off to a very warm start with a temperature possibly second only to the strong El Nino year 2016 .
This has led to speculation that this year might even be the warmest on record and a strong indicator of ongoing global warming , particularly as there is no El Nino this year to boost temperatures temporarily .
A strong claim and a good headline but a closer look at the data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complicated .
Looking at the global distribution of temperature change produced by NOAA , one can see that this warm start to 2020 is the product of one region – Siberia .
It seems that since last December , there has been a particularly strong temperature increase in that region .
As such it clearly mathematically contributes to monthly average global temperatures but care should be exercised when interpreting it as a global event .
It ’ s regional warming and on a timescale far too short to be related to climate change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to describe what is happening using only the global average temperature .
Parts of Siberia – home to the world ’ s largest forest , The Taiga – are under many types of stress and there could be many factors contributing to this regional warmth .
Fire is one of them because much of Siberia is on fire as never before .
Sergei Anoprienko , the head of the Federal Forest Agency , told the Siberian Times , “ In total , on April 28 this year , 3,339 outbreaks were recorded .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ last year.
” Fire is an annual Springtime event in South-Eastern Siberia but this year it is much worse leading Russia ’ s Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev described as a “ critical situation.
” About five million acres of forest are ablaze destroying woodland , property , and polluting the air for hundreds of miles .
Indeed its effects can be felt over continental distances .
Many of the blazes are caused by humans – unauthorized and uncontrolled agricultural fires .
In addition , it was warm in the region so people left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with open fires as they did .
But the heatwave has dried out soils and the snow disappeared quickly .
Some believe that this Spring the Taiga is burning at a rate unseen in 10,000 years .
Carbon dioxide is released contributing to warming .
Deforestation is also rife in the region , frequently illegally for the growing Chinese market .
Pirate loggers especially like the Cedar and when stripped out all that is left behind are scrawny pines and lifeless soil .
It ’ s getting worse each year as logging bans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a demand for foreign timber .
Estimates are that up to 30 % of all felling volume is illegal .
Russia ’ s federal government has tried to impose tariffs on exported wood but it hasn ’ t been a discouragement .
Corruption is widespread amongst state officials and some have been jailed .
The practice of chopping down diseased trees to prevent wider contamination is also being abused .
Officials give a contract to clear sick trees which are then chopped down and sold for more than ten times the cost of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New research published in Science Journal says that carbon dioxide released by boreal fires could considerably accelerate global warming although the scientists concerned caution that there is still a lot about the characteristics of boreal fires occurrence mechanisms that we do not know .
The researchers looked at fire activity and found that the annual burned area increased when a positive Arctic Oscillation ( AO ) takes place in the early months of the year , despite the peak fire season occurring 1 to 2 months later .
They state that Siberia requires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carbon release and accelerated global warming .
The fires are not a new problem .
Russian and Chinese historical records reveal a positive trend of fires over the past few decades of which it is speculated that man-made fires have contributed significantly .
Arctic warming has produced long-term spring warming and earlier snowmelt .
It seems clear that human fires that become out of control and forest clearance will only amplify the problems for the region as well as being a significant influence in rising temperatures .
But there is some indication of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paper in Nature Communications found that when a region returns to forest and tree cover , cooling results .
Another new paper suggests that reforestation can counter the “ deleterious effects of climate warming.
” Cooling due to reforestation can reach 2-3°C for the air above the surface and 4-6°C for the surface it concludes .
So next time you see a climate change headline consider that the story behind is rather more complicated than implied , with implications quite different from those suggested .

Written by Dr. David Whitehouse on May 7, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
It has been reported widely that as far as the global temperature goes, 2020 has gotten off to a very warm start with a temperature possibly second only to the strong El Nino year 2016.
This has led to speculation that this year might even be the warmest on record and a strong indicator of ongoing global warming, particularly as there is no El Nino this year to boost temperatures temporarily.
A strong claim and a good headline but a closer look at the data reveal that the situation is somewhat more complicated.
Looking at the global distribution of temperature change produced by NOAA, one can see that this warm start to 2020 is the product of one region – Siberia.
It seems that since last December, there has been a particularly strong temperature increase in that region.
As such it clearly mathematically contributes to monthly average global temperatures but care should be exercised when interpreting it as a global event.
It’s regional warming and on a timescale far too short to be related to climate change. In short, it is misleading to describe what is happening using only the global average temperature.
Parts of Siberia – home to the world’s largest forest, The Taiga – are under many types of stress and there could be many factors contributing to this regional warmth. Fire is one of them because much of Siberia is on fire as never before.
Sergei Anoprienko, the head of the Federal Forest Agency, told the Siberian Times, “In total, on April 28 this year, 3,339 outbreaks were recorded. In comparison, only 1,960 were recorded last year.”
Fire is an annual Springtime event in South-Eastern Siberia but this year it is much worse leading Russia’s Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev described as a “critical situation.”
About five million acres of forest are ablaze destroying woodland, property, and polluting the air for hundreds of miles. Indeed its effects can be felt over continental distances.
Many of the blazes are caused by humans – unauthorized and uncontrolled agricultural fires.
In addition, it was warm in the region so people left their homes and lived outside being careless with open fires as they did.
But the heatwave has dried out soils and the snow disappeared quickly. Some believe that this Spring the Taiga is burning at a rate unseen in 10,000 years. Carbon dioxide is released contributing to warming.
Deforestation is also rife in the region, frequently illegally for the growing Chinese market. Pirate loggers especially like the Cedar and when stripped out all that is left behind are scrawny pines and lifeless soil.
It’s getting worse each year as logging bans in China’s forests have generated a demand for foreign timber. Estimates are that up to 30% of all felling volume is illegal.
Russia’s federal government has tried to impose tariffs on exported wood but it hasn’t been a discouragement. Corruption is widespread amongst state officials and some have been jailed.
Widespread Abuse
The practice of chopping down diseased trees to prevent wider contamination is also being abused.
Officials give a contract to clear sick trees which are then chopped down and sold for more than ten times the cost of a permit because they were healthy.
New research published in Science Journal says that carbon dioxide released by boreal fires could considerably accelerate global warming although the scientists concerned caution that there is still a lot about the characteristics of boreal fires occurrence mechanisms that we do not know.
The researchers looked at fire activity and found that the annual burned area increased when a positive Arctic Oscillation (AO) takes place in the early months of the year, despite the peak fire season occurring 1 to 2 months later.
They state that Siberia requires appropriate fire management strategies to prevent massive carbon release and accelerated global warming.
The fires are not a new problem. Russian and Chinese historical records reveal a positive trend of fires over the past few decades of which it is speculated that man-made fires have contributed significantly. Arctic warming has produced long-term spring warming and earlier snowmelt.
It seems clear that human fires that become out of control and forest clearance will only amplify the problems for the region as well as being a significant influence in rising temperatures. But there is some indication of what could be done.
A recent paper in Nature Communications found that when a region returns to forest and tree cover, cooling results.
Another new paper suggests that reforestation can counter the “deleterious effects of climate warming.” Cooling due to reforestation can reach 2-3°C for the air above the surface and 4-6°C for the surface it concludes.
So next time you see a climate change headline consider that the story behind is rather more complicated than implied, with implications quite different from those suggested.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-07--Climate Alarmism Lurks Behind Wuhan Virus Pandemic

Written by Joe Oliver on .
Posted in Latest news Canadians are too preoccupied with COVID-19 contagion and economic devastation to worry much about an existential threat to humanity posed by man-made climate change sometime down the road .
How then to penetrate public consciousness about future peril when present dangers are so grave ?
Not to worry .
Militants have a tried and true tactic – double down on moralizing , fearmongering and hyperbole .
It is also helpful to have friends in high places .
Ottawa ’ s decision to raise the carbon tax just when infections were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy industry on the altar of green optics , absent any environmental gain .
According to an article in The Hill , “ the coronavirus crisis is perhaps the biggest wakeup call… .
that failing to take nature into account puts our own health in danger.
” David Suzuki claimed , “ The COVID-19 crisis is a crisis for human beings , but the climate crisis is a crisis for life on the planet.
” Animal rights activists would certainly agree .
A Rabble.ca blog asked whether COVID-19 is the latest effort by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to rid herself of the virus of humankind .
Makes you think .
In a moment of candor , Al Gore justified “ an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is ” , which sure sounds like fabricating the facts .
Paul Watson , a founder of Greenpeace went farther .
“ It doesn ’ t matter what is true , it only matters what people believe is true.
” Stephen Schneider , a Stanford University environmentalist counseled supporters to “ make little mention of any doubts we might have.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warming have been spectacularly wrong , including oft-repeated claims we had only 12 years to save humanity , Pacific islands would disappear and North polar ice caps would be gone by now .
Climate models significantly over-estimated global temperature increases , but the incessantly repeated mantra was “ We are running out of time.
” Scientists frequently differ and they can change their minds .
Yet we are asked to do irreparable harm to the economy , based on forecasts years away about an extremely complex ecosystem that scientists do not claim to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certainty about their doomsday prophesying .
Canada is too small to make an appreciable difference to global emissions .
Meanwhile , other countries are prioritizing reopening their collapsed economies .
The creative prize goes to European Union authorities whose draft sustainable disclosure requirements excluded oil and gas from the definition of fossil fuels !
Canadians can not afford to indulge in hugely expensive gestures when our overarching challenge is to climb out of an immense fiscal hole .
So choices must be made in the national interest .
What is more important , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemics , or bragging rights to improve our slim chance for a useless seat on the U.N. Security Council ?
Should we favor thousands of jobs , including for First Nations eager to participate in pipeline projects , or a futile effort to achieve voluntary Paris Accord emissions goals ?
Do we care more about healing national unity and providing relief for the energy industry or green votes for the Liberals ?
Will we put economic growth and a return to fiscal sustainability ahead of uncompetitive taxes , confiscatory regulations , and subsidies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ questions answer themselves , never underestimate the power of scare tactics , ideological conviction , and green rent-seekers to manipulate the public into accepting a dismal fate .
Still , if the current crisis does not move us in a rational direction , I despair of what will .

Written by Joe Oliver on May 7, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Global warming alarmists have a problem.
Canadians are too preoccupied with COVID-19 contagion and economic devastation to worry much about an existential threat to humanity posed by man-made climate change sometime down the road.
How then to penetrate public consciousness about future peril when present dangers are so grave?
Not to worry. Militants have a tried and true tactic – double down on moralizing, fearmongering and hyperbole.
It is also helpful to have friends in high places. Ottawa’s decision to raise the carbon tax just when infections were peaking demonstrates its willingness to sacrifice the energy industry on the altar of green optics, absent any environmental gain.
According to an article in The Hill, “the coronavirus crisis is perhaps the biggest wakeup call…. that failing to take nature into account puts our own health in danger.”
David Suzuki claimed, “The COVID-19 crisis is a crisis for human beings, but the climate crisis is a crisis for life on the planet.”
Animal rights activists would certainly agree. A Rabble.ca blog asked whether COVID-19 is the latest effort by Gaia, the primal Earth goddess, to rid herself of the virus of humankind. Makes you think.
In a moment of candor, Al Gore justified “an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is”, which sure sounds like fabricating the facts. Paul Watson, a founder of Greenpeace went farther. “It doesn’t matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true.”
Stephen Schneider, a Stanford University environmentalist counseled supporters to “make little mention of any doubts we might have.”
Perhaps that is why predictions about global warming have been spectacularly wrong, including oft-repeated claims we had only 12 years to save humanity, Pacific islands would disappear and North polar ice caps would be gone by now.
Climate models significantly over-estimated global temperature increases, but the incessantly repeated mantra was “We are running out of time.”
Scientists frequently differ and they can change their minds.
Yet we are asked to do irreparable harm to the economy, based on forecasts years away about an extremely complex ecosystem that scientists do not claim to fully understand, even as they convey certainty about their doomsday prophesying.
Canada is too small to make an appreciable difference to global emissions. Meanwhile, other countries are prioritizing reopening their collapsed economies.
The creative prize goes to European Union authorities whose draft sustainable disclosure requirements excluded oil and gas from the definition of fossil fuels!
Canadians cannot afford to indulge in hugely expensive gestures when our overarching challenge is to climb out of an immense fiscal hole. So choices must be made in the national interest.
What is more important, healthcare, including fighting current and future pandemics, or bragging rights to improve our slim chance for a useless seat on the U.N. Security Council?
Should we favor thousands of jobs, including for First Nations eager to participate in pipeline projects, or a futile effort to achieve voluntary Paris Accord emissions goals?
Do we care more about healing national unity and providing relief for the energy industry or green votes for the Liberals?
Will we put economic growth and a return to fiscal sustainability ahead of uncompetitive taxes, confiscatory regulations, and subsidies for uneconomic renewables?
Will poverty reduction and enhanced prosperity trump self-righteous moral preening?
Even though the questions answer themselves, never underestimate the power of scare tactics, ideological conviction, and green rent-seekers to manipulate the public into accepting a dismal fate.
Still, if the current crisis does not move us in a rational direction, I despair of what will.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-08--Bernie Calls Climate Change Our ‘Greatest Challenge’ Amid Pandemic

Written by Hannah Bleau on .
Posted in Latest news Sen. Bernie Sanders ( I-VT ) declared the “ climate crisis ” the “ greatest challenge facing humanity ” on Thursday , as millions of Americans — and billions of people across the globe — attempt to rebuild and economically recover from the ravages of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic .
“ The climate crisis is the greatest challenge facing humanity , and the Trump administration is doing all it can to cause as much damage as possible , ” Sanders said on Thursday , appealing to a New York Times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rollbacks of environmental rules .
“ We need a Green New Deal , ” the former presidential hopeful added : Several social media users balked at the Vermont senator ’ s suggestion .
“ Have you met # COVID19 or better yet the Wuhan Chinese virus ?
?
?
” one asked .
“ Dude we need to make sure people don ’ t die of corona right now !
Climate can wait , ” another remarked .
This is hardly the first time progressives have tried to shift the focus during the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change agenda .
In March , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA ) offered the Democrats ’ version of a coronavirus relief bill .
It included Green New Deal initiatives , such as “ increased fuel emission standards for airlines receiving funds and carbon offsets ” and the “ expansion of wind and solar tax credits , ” as detailed by Breitbart News .
Green New Deal advocate and Sanders supporter Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) on Thursday lamented the scheduled JetBlue flyover in New York to salute healthcare workers , citing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communities .
“ Nothing like a corporate PR campaign that burns jet fuel at low altitudes over vulnerable communities dying from a respiratory virus that compounds on our preexisting and disproportionate exposure to air pollution to show healthcare workers we care , ” she wrote : The New York lawmaker came under fire last month after praising the historic drop in oil prices , using it as a pitch for the investment of green infrastructure to “ save our planet.
” “ You absolutely love to see it , ” she said in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with record low-interest rates means it ’ s the right time for a worker-led , mass investment in green infrastructure to save our planet.
” The progressive calls to take aggressive climate action come as Americans slowly move to recover from the weeks-long economic standstill spurred by the coronavirus and subsequent lockdown orders .
The unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent last month .
The U.S. lost 20.5 million jobs in April alone , according to the Department of Labor data released Friday .

Written by Hannah Bleau on May 8, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) declared the “climate crisis” the “greatest challenge facing humanity” on Thursday, as millions of Americans — and billions of people across the globe — attempt to rebuild and economically recover from the ravages of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
“The climate crisis is the greatest challenge facing humanity, and the Trump administration is doing all it can to cause as much damage as possible,” Sanders said on Thursday, appealing to a New York Times piece tallying the Trump administration’s rollbacks of environmental rules.
“We need a Green New Deal,” the former presidential hopeful added:
The climate crisis is the greatest challenge facing humanity, and the Trump administration is doing all it can to cause as much damage as possible. We need a Green New Deal. https://t.co/2itGZjJtQS — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 7, 2020
Several social media users balked at the Vermont senator’s suggestion.
“Have you met #COVID19 or better yet the Wuhan Chinese virus???” one asked.
“Dude we need to make sure people don’t die of corona right now! Climate can wait,” another remarked.
“Is this a joke???????” one asked.
This is hardly the first time progressives have tried to shift the focus during the pandemic and economic crisis to their climate change agenda.
In March, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) offered the Democrats’ version of a coronavirus relief bill. It included Green New Deal initiatives, such as “increased fuel emission standards for airlines receiving funds and carbon offsets” and the “expansion of wind and solar tax credits,” as detailed by Breitbart News.
Green New Deal advocate and Sanders supporter Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Thursday lamented the scheduled JetBlue flyover in New York to salute healthcare workers, citing air pollution and its effects on vulnerable communities.
“Nothing like a corporate PR campaign that burns jet fuel at low altitudes over vulnerable communities dying from a respiratory virus that compounds on our preexisting and disproportionate exposure to air pollution to show healthcare workers we care,” she wrote:
Nothing like a corporate PR campaign that burns jet fuel at low altitudes over vulnerable communities dying from a respiratory virus that compounds on our preexisting and disproportionate exposure to air pollution to show healthcare workers we care https://t.co/xyCr3tojgn — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 7, 2020
The New York lawmaker came under fire last month after praising the historic drop in oil prices, using it as a pitch for the investment of green infrastructure to “save our planet.”
“You absolutely love to see it,” she said in a now-deleted tweet. “This along with record low-interest rates means it’s the right time for a worker-led, mass investment in green infrastructure to save our planet.”
The progressive calls to take aggressive climate action come as Americans slowly move to recover from the weeks-long economic standstill spurred by the coronavirus and subsequent lockdown orders.
The unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent last month. The U.S. lost 20.5 million jobs in April alone, according to the Department of Labor data released Friday.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-08--Now More Than Ever, Americans Need Reliable Fossil-Fuel Power

Written by Daniel Turner on .
Posted in Latest news The outbreak of COVID-19 has forced many people to put their lives into perspective .
Just a few weeks ago , we were going about our lives in an era with the highest ever standard of living in history .
Things were so good in America we had hypothetical crises .
Both during and after her presidential campaign , Hillary Clinton often spoke about the likelihood of President Trump starting a nuclear war if elected .
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) was warning that the world would end in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t addressed .
She even went as far as to say , “ This is the war – this is our World War II.
” Now , unfortunately , we don ’ t have to imagine what a real crisis looks like .
The coronavirus crisis presents unprecedented challenges to our public health system , devastating our economy , and completely halting our way of being .
This outbreak has forced America to put its manufactured crises aside .
Our society has fallen back on its most basic functions that are often taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a new appreciation for them .
Energy has always played an indispensable role in our lives , but it ’ s come under the spotlight as it helps fuel our coronavirus relief efforts .
This industry is powering ventilators and other vital hospital supplies ; fueling the vehicles that deliver those health care supplies and the goods of businesses trying to stay afloat ; allowing the simple necessities of turning on your lights and TV .
It has never been more important that America has energy .
Recently AOC made the mistake of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ honest .
In a now-deleted tweet , she rejoiced at the collapse of the energy industry saying “ you absolutely love to see it.
” Millions losing their jobs would argue otherwise…but that isn ’ t her point .
AOC thinks the end of the fossil fuel industry will hasten some green future .
The inadequacy of green technology ( and it is completely unable to power our nation ) is the subject of another article .
But imagine this : what if , in addition to the coronavirus crisis , our electric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gas lines were as severe as our food lines ?
What if on top of death from the virus there was a spike in deaths from extreme cold or heat ?
AOC would be the first to summon people to the hallowed halls of Congress for the all-important “ hearing.
” There would be admonitions and accusations and lots and lots of haughty sanctimony .
But that didn ’ t happen because energy workers are still doing their job .
And we ’ ve barely even noticed .
Sure , when there ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ makes the news .
Imagine families in the dark and cold .
Sometimes we don ’ t notice how good life is until there ’ s a disruption .
In the face of a real crisis , stripped of our usual level of comfort , society has subconsciously embraced the truth that we need fossil fuels .
Activists no longer have the time to seek out problems and make unproven accusations , or the emotional bandwidth to spin those baseless problems into a “ crisis ” .
Like the rest of us , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will power America ’ s hospitals and enable employees to continue working from home .
Americans have united around efforts to produce as much personal protective equipment ( PPE ) as possible and any kind of medicine that may be able to keep us healthy .
It ’ s no longer a concern where these products come from or how they are made .
There are no protests over the fact that fossil fuels are the foundation for 80 % to 90 % of the pharmaceuticals we use , or that many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are made from them as well .
The usual calls for renewable energy have also fallen silent – there ’ s no denying the need for fossil fuels , which generates 63 % of America ’ s electricity when lives immediately depend on it .
It ’ s hard to imagine what America would do in response to the coronavirus without the power supplied by our energy industry .
But , if the calls of many on the left to ban fossil fuels came to fruition , that ’ s the reality we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Trump has spent his time in office encouraging the natural gas and oil industry .
When America returns to normalcy and its usual level of comfort , it ’ s important that we maintain our current level of appreciation for the energy industry .
Right now , whether everyone is aware of it or not , we are united in cheering for its success .
Not only does the industry provide millions of jobs , billions in revenue , and geopolitical leverage , but it is now helping fuel our response to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a culture , we remember this contribution and don ’ t return to using the natural gas and oil industry as a substitute threat to society when we lack a real , common enemy .

Written by Daniel Turner on May 8, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The outbreak of COVID-19 has forced many people to put their lives into perspective. Just a few weeks ago, we were going about our lives in an era with the highest ever standard of living in history.
Things were so good in America we had hypothetical crises.
Both during and after her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton often spoke about the likelihood of President Trump starting a nuclear war if elected.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was warning that the world would end in 12 years if climate change isn’t addressed. She even went as far as to say, “This is the war – this is our World War II.”
Now, unfortunately, we don’t have to imagine what a real crisis looks like.
The coronavirus crisis presents unprecedented challenges to our public health system, devastating our economy, and completely halting our way of being. This outbreak has forced America to put its manufactured crises aside.
Our society has fallen back on its most basic functions that are often taken for granted and, hopefully, gained a new appreciation for them.
Energy has always played an indispensable role in our lives, but it’s come under the spotlight as it helps fuel our coronavirus relief efforts.
This industry is powering ventilators and other vital hospital supplies; fueling the vehicles that deliver those health care supplies and the goods of businesses trying to stay afloat; allowing the simple necessities of turning on your lights and TV.
It has never been more important that America has energy.
Recently AOC made the mistake of a rookie politician: she was too honest. In a now-deleted tweet, she rejoiced at the collapse of the energy industry saying “you absolutely love to see it.”
Millions losing their jobs would argue otherwise…but that isn’t her point. AOC thinks the end of the fossil fuel industry will hasten some green future.
The inadequacy of green technology (and it is completely unable to power our nation) is the subject of another article. But imagine this: what if, in addition to the coronavirus crisis, our electric grid was failing?
What if our gas lines were as severe as our food lines? What if on top of death from the virus there was a spike in deaths from extreme cold or heat?
AOC would be the first to summon people to the hallowed halls of Congress for the all-important “hearing.” There would be admonitions and accusations and lots and lots of haughty sanctimony.
But that didn’t happen because energy workers are still doing their job. And we’ve barely even noticed. Sure, when there’s no flour at the market it makes the news. Imagine families in the dark and cold.
Sometimes we don’t notice how good life is until there’s a disruption.
In the face of a real crisis, stripped of our usual level of comfort, society has subconsciously embraced the truth that we need fossil fuels.
Activists no longer have the time to seek out problems and make unproven accusations, or the emotional bandwidth to spin those baseless problems into a “crisis”.
Like the rest of us, they only want an energy supply that will power America’s hospitals and enable employees to continue working from home.
Americans have united around efforts to produce as much personal protective equipment (PPE) as possible and any kind of medicine that may be able to keep us healthy. It’s no longer a concern where these products come from or how they are made.
There are no protests over the fact that fossil fuels are the foundation for 80% to 90% of the pharmaceuticals we use, or that many of the surgical masks and PPE being created are made from them as well.
The usual calls for renewable energy have also fallen silent – there’s no denying the need for fossil fuels, which generates 63% of America’s electricity when lives immediately depend on it.
It’s hard to imagine what America would do in response to the coronavirus without the power supplied by our energy industry.
But, if the calls of many on the left to ban fossil fuels came to fruition, that’s the reality we would currently be facing. Fortunately, President Trump has spent his time in office encouraging the natural gas and oil industry.
When America returns to normalcy and its usual level of comfort, it’s important that we maintain our current level of appreciation for the energy industry. Right now, whether everyone is aware of it or not, we are united in cheering for its success.
Not only does the industry provide millions of jobs, billions in revenue, and geopolitical leverage, but it is now helping fuel our response to a global pandemic.
Hopefully, as a culture, we remember this contribution and don’t return to using the natural gas and oil industry as a substitute threat to society when we lack a real, common enemy.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-08--US Energy Sector Sees Massive CO2 Reductions Amid Natural Gas Growth

Written by Nicole Jacobs on .
Posted in Latest news The United States ’ power sector has decreased carbon emissions by 32.2 percent and its carbon intensity by an impressive 33.7 percent since 2005 , according to Carnegie Mellon University ’ s Power Sector Carbon Index , which looks at the carbon intensity of electricity production broken out by fiscal quarter .
As the power sector continues to make significant progress in reducing emissions , the use of natural gas for power generation has skyrocketed , highlighting the critical role the resource plays in helping to reduce emissions and meet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released Q4 2019 results showcase the immense progress that the industry has made in the last year alone .
In Q4 of 2019 , U.S. power plant emissions averaged 844 lbs .
CO2 per MWh , down 11 percent from the same time frame in 2018 .
Meanwhile , natural gas was up by 12 percent compared to Q4 2018 and represented a staggering 39 percent of total power generation .
The last quarter of 2019 was no anomaly .
In Q3 of 2019 , carbon intensity was down 7 percent over 2018 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up 7 percent .
Examining the power sector ’ s performance over every quarter of 2019 , EID found that the industry was able to decrease emissions by over 8 percent and reduce carbon intensity by over 7 percent from 2018 .
CMU ’ s research builds on numerous data sets that reinforce the strong correlation between the growing use of natural gas and our continued success in reducing emissions .
The Environmental Protection Agency ’ s most recent greenhouse gas inventory revealed that U.S. GHG emissions declined 10 percent between 1990 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ an increasing shift to use of less CO2-intensive natural gas for generating electricity , ” even as GPD , population , and energy consumption have continued to rise .
In addition , the top carbon emission-reducing states in the country have also drastically increased their consumption of natural gas as a fuel source .
In the end , natural gas is playing a key role in our ability to continue meeting climate targets .
The United States now leads the world in reducing emissions and as IEA director Fatih Birol explained ,

Written by Nicole Jacobs on May 8, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The United States’ power sector has decreased carbon emissions by 32.2 percent and its carbon intensity by an impressive 33.7 percent since 2005, according to Carnegie Mellon University’s Power Sector Carbon Index, which looks at the carbon intensity of electricity production broken out by fiscal quarter.
As the power sector continues to make significant progress in reducing emissions, the use of natural gas for power generation has skyrocketed, highlighting the critical role the resource plays in helping to reduce emissions and meet climate targets.
Making Progress Year-Over-Year
CMU’s recently released Q4 2019 results showcase the immense progress that the industry has made in the last year alone. In Q4 of 2019, U.S. power plant emissions averaged 844 lbs. CO2 per MWh, down 11 percent from the same time frame in 2018.
Meanwhile, natural gas was up by 12 percent compared to Q4 2018 and represented a staggering 39 percent of total power generation.
The last quarter of 2019 was no anomaly. In Q3 of 2019, carbon intensity was down 7 percent over 2018 levels, while natural gas generation was up 7 percent.
Examining the power sector’s performance over every quarter of 2019, EID found that the industry was able to decrease emissions by over 8 percent and reduce carbon intensity by over 7 percent from 2018.
CMU Study Reinforces Correlation Between Natural Gas and Climate Progress
CMU’s research builds on numerous data sets that reinforce the strong correlation between the growing use of natural gas and our continued success in reducing emissions.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s most recent greenhouse gas inventory revealed that U.S. GHG emissions declined 10 percent between 1990 and 2018, due in large part to “an increasing shift to use of less CO2-intensive natural gas for generating electricity,” even as GPD, population, and energy consumption have continued to rise.
In addition, the top carbon emission-reducing states in the country have also drastically increased their consumption of natural gas as a fuel source.
In the end, natural gas is playing a key role in our ability to continue meeting climate targets. The United States now leads the world in reducing emissions and as IEA director Fatih Birol explained,
“In the last 10 years, the emissions reductions in the United States has been the largest in the history of energy.”
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-08--Michael Moore Ditches Green Movement For Climate Commies

Written by Christian Toto on .
Posted in Latest news Michael Moore has had enough of the modern green movement .
The Oscar-winning director made it official late last month by unleashing his new project , for free , on YouTube .
“ The Planet of the Humans , ” which Moore executive produced and shared via his Rumble Media platform , excoriates some of the green movement ’ s sacred cows : The documentary shreds all of the above , albeit from a decidedly progressive perspective .
Solar and wind , no matter how well-intentioned those who support them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Electric cars require fossil fuels , a non-starter for saving the world .
Gore may talk a good game , but he also raked in the cash by selling his network to the oil-rich Al Jazeera for $ 500 million .
The Nation savaged Moore ’ s film , going so far as to say it should be pulled from YouTube .
Pen America stepped in , demanding the film remain on the platform .
Moore and co. wisely used the free speech argument to its benefit .
The film now boasts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counting .
Moore has his eye on the bigger picture , as he sees it .
The current green movement can ’ t save the planet .
It ’ s time to go to the next level .
For Moore , that means Extinction Rebellion ( also known as XR ) .
It ’ s a British-based group he “ has a lot of respect for , ” he said in a recent live-stream event tied to the film .
XR embraces mass eco-disruptions , the likes of which we haven ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I came across them last year and I thought , ‘ wow , more of this.
’ They ’ re like doing things I ’ m even afraid to do [ laughs ] .
I had immediate admiration for them … for all of us to win this battle , to save the planet , to save our species and to be a different way than the way we ’ ve been .. we have to reach out to all kinds of organizations and people … we may not agree on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Moore followed up that praise with an interview of Extinction Rebellion co-founder Clare Farrell .
So what , exactly , does Moore support to prevent irreversible climate change ?
Here ’ s a quick look at what XR did in recent months .
National Review surveyed its actions last October and fired a dramatic report from the front lines .
XR ’ s London action began when some of its members sprayed beetroot juice on delegates to a fossil-fuels conference .
“ Eco-warriors ” then used a fire hose to douse the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paint .
Breastfeeding mothers then blocked the entrance to key buildings .
A protester dressed as Prime Minister Boris Johnson used scaffolding to climb to the top of Big Ben… .
They hit bottom last Thursday when two activists climbed on top of commuter trains during rush hour and blocked their departure .
They unfurled a banner that read “ Business as Usual = Death.
” Earlier this year , the group targeted the U.K. ’ s Trinity College , digging up its lawns during a week-long protest aimed at stopping the school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ More recently , the Daily Mail revealed XR ’ s plans to piggyback on the global pandemic to hurt the reeling British economy – enduring its “ worst recession in 300 years.
” Extinction Rebellion wants activists to stage rent strikes , halt tax payments and take out bank loans they never intend to repay in protest at an economic system they claim is fuelling a climate catastrophe .
Internal documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday set out plans for a ‘ Money Rebellion ’ involving acts of financial sabotage to ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our national and global economies ’ … .
It seeks to legitimise the protest by arguing that ‘ our economic system is causing cancer in our planet ’ .
It adds : ‘ We will resist irresponsible lenders .
Some of us will legally dispute debts , others will refuse to pay debts.
’ Some of the group ’ s exploits have proven less than popular .
Still , many groups and leaders remain fearful and refuse to crack down during their protests .
John Fund of National Review suggested last year the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s already happening , and the movement could grow from there .
If so , they may thank the millionaire filmmaker ’ s support for the group ’ s global expansion .
Read more at Hollywood In Toto

Written by Christian Toto on May 8, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Michael Moore has had enough of the modern green movement.
The Oscar-winning director made it official late last month by unleashing his new project, for free, on YouTube.
“The Planet of the Humans,” which Moore executive produced and shared via his Rumble Media platform, excoriates some of the green movement’s sacred cows:
Wind Energy
Solar Power
Electric Cars
Al Gore
The documentary shreds all of the above, albeit from a decidedly progressive perspective. Solar and wind, no matter how well-intentioned those who support them, can’t power the planet. Electric cars require fossil fuels, a non-starter for saving the world.
Gore may talk a good game, but he also raked in the cash by selling his network to the oil-rich Al Jazeera for $500 million.
The Nation savaged Moore’s film, going so far as to say it should be pulled from YouTube.
Planet of the Humans is wildly unscientific, outdated, full of falsehoods, and benefits fossil fuel industry promoters and climate deniers.
Pen America stepped in, demanding the film remain on the platform. Moore and co. wisely used the free speech argument to its benefit. The film now boasts more than 6.7 million YouTube views and counting.
Moore has his eye on the bigger picture, as he sees it. The current green movement can’t save the planet. It’s time to go to the next level.
For Moore, that means Extinction Rebellion (also known as XR). It’s a British-based group he “has a lot of respect for,” he said in a recent live-stream event tied to the film.
XR embraces mass eco-disruptions, the likes of which we haven’t seen in western culture. Until now.
“I came across them last year and I thought, ‘wow, more of this.’ They’re like doing things I’m even afraid to do [laughs]. I had immediate admiration for them … for all of us to win this battle, to save the planet, to save our species and to be a different way than the way we’ve been .. we have to reach out to all kinds of organizations and people … we may not agree on everything, and that’s OK.”
Moore followed up that praise with an interview of Extinction Rebellion co-founder Clare Farrell.
So what, exactly, does Moore support to prevent irreversible climate change? Here’s a quick look at what XR did in recent months. National Review surveyed its actions last October and fired a dramatic report from the front lines.
XR’s London action began when some of its members sprayed beetroot juice on delegates to a fossil-fuels conference. “Eco-warriors” then used a fire hose to douse the Treasury building with 400 gallons of red paint. Breastfeeding mothers then blocked the entrance to key buildings. A protester dressed as Prime Minister Boris Johnson used scaffolding to climb to the top of Big Ben…. They hit bottom last Thursday when two activists climbed on top of commuter trains during rush hour and blocked their departure. They unfurled a banner that read “Business as Usual = Death.”
Earlier this year, the group targeted the U.K.’s Trinity College, digging up its lawns during a week-long protest aimed at stopping the school from working with fossil fuel companies.
More recently, the Daily Mail revealed XR’s plans to piggyback on the global pandemic to hurt the reeling British economy – enduring its “worst recession in 300 years.”
Extinction Rebellion wants activists to stage rent strikes, halt tax payments and take out bank loans they never intend to repay in protest at an economic system they claim is fuelling a climate catastrophe. Internal documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday set out plans for a ‘Money Rebellion’ involving acts of financial sabotage to ‘directly challenge the fundamental principles that govern our national and global economies’…. It seeks to legitimise the protest by arguing that ‘our economic system is causing cancer in our planet’. It adds: ‘We will resist irresponsible lenders. Some of us will legally dispute debts, others will refuse to pay debts.’
Some of the group’s exploits have proven less than popular. Still, many groups and leaders remain fearful and refuse to crack down during their protests.
John Fund of National Review suggested last year the XR protests may come to the States. It’s already happening, and the movement could grow from there. If so, they may thank the millionaire filmmaker’s support for the group’s global expansion.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-08--LA Times Invents Fake Link Between Climate, Drought, Wildfires

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on .
Posted in Latest news The Los Angeles Times has launched a new way to make money and gain leftists accolades from the false climate crisis : a new newsletter called “ Boiling Point.
” Sammy Roth , a Times energy reporter , opened a May 5 preview of the newsletter by telling quite a whopper – and providing no scientific evidence to back it up .
Roth claimed , “ Drought conditions in Northern California may prompt an early start to the 2020 wildfire season – and as Californians have learned in recent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ devastating droughts and fires.
” The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) does report , here and in the chart below , that Northern California is currently experiencing “ moderate drought , ” and is one of the few places in the country experiencing dryer than average conditions .
At the same time , NOAA reports most of California is experiencing normal conditions , while Southern California is experiencing “ moderately moist ” conditions .
Hmmm… some areas are dry , some are moist , and most are normal .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reality , as shown here and in the same NOAA graph above , only a small amount of the country is experiencing drought .
Also , Climate at a Glance : Drought reports the United States is undergoing its longest period in recorded history without at least 40 percent of the country experiencing “ very dry ” conditions , with peaks in droughts around 1978 , 1954 , 1930 , and 1900 being much larger than what the U.S. experienced during any time in the 21st century or the late 20th century .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Glance : Drought reports that in 2017 and 2019 , the United States registered its smallest percentage of land area experiencing drought in recorded history .
Even the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledges with “ high confidence ” that precipitation has increased over mid-latitude land areas of the Northern Hemisphere ( including the United States ) during the past 70 years , while IPCC has “ low confidence ” about any negative trends globally .
Since drought conditions are low , and drought is easily the single biggest climate factor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no surprise that wildfires have not become more frequent or numerous in recent years .
In the few regions that have experienced particularly severe wildfires , such as California and Australia , geologist Gregory Wrightstone and Montana state Sen. Jennifer Fielder explains that the root cause of these fires is government policies hampering proper land management in areas prone to wildfires .
Perhaps all this good news and scientific evidence are why Roth and the Times are required to make false statements , without presenting scientific evidence , in order to perpetuate their @ @ @ @

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on May 8, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The Los Angeles Times has launched a new way to make money and gain leftists accolades from the false climate crisis: a new newsletter called “Boiling Point.”
Sammy Roth, a Times energy reporter, opened a May 5 preview of the newsletter by telling quite a whopper – and providing no scientific evidence to back it up.
Roth claimed, “Drought conditions in Northern California may prompt an early start to the 2020 wildfire season – and as Californians have learned in recent years, climate change is fueling more devastating droughts and fires.”
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) does report, here and in the chart below, that Northern California is currently experiencing “moderate drought,” and is one of the few places in the country experiencing dryer than average conditions.
At the same time, NOAA reports most of California is experiencing normal conditions, while Southern California is experiencing “moderately moist” conditions.
Hmmm… some areas are dry, some are moist, and most are normal. It must be a climate crisis!
In reality, as shown here and in the same NOAA graph above, only a small amount of the country is experiencing drought.
Also, Climate at a Glance: Drought reports the United States is undergoing its longest period in recorded history without at least 40 percent of the country experiencing “very dry” conditions, with peaks in droughts around 1978, 1954, 1930, and 1900 being much larger than what the U.S. experienced during any time in the 21st century or the late 20th century.
Just as compelling, Climate at a Glance: Drought reports that in 2017 and 2019, the United States registered its smallest percentage of land area experiencing drought in recorded history.
Even the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledges with “high confidence” that precipitation has increased over mid-latitude land areas of the Northern Hemisphere (including the United States) during the past 70 years, while IPCC has “low confidence” about any negative trends globally.
Since drought conditions are low, and drought is easily the single biggest climate factor regarding wildfires, it should come as no surprise that wildfires have not become more frequent or numerous in recent years.
In the few regions that have experienced particularly severe wildfires, such as California and Australia, geologist Gregory Wrightstone and Montana state Sen. Jennifer Fielder explains that the root cause of these fires is government policies hampering proper land management in areas prone to wildfires.
Perhaps all this good news and scientific evidence are why Roth and the Times are required to make false statements, without presenting scientific evidence, in order to perpetuate their money-making climate scare.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-08--How We’re Winning The War On Climate-Related Diseases

Written by Dr. Benny Peiser , guest post on .
Posted in Latest news A new report from the Global Warming Policy Foundation reveals that there have been dramatic falls in climate-related mortality over the last 30 years .
The study ’ s author , Indur Goklany , says that these improvements have been seen in almost every category : “ You see improvement across the board , but most notably there has been a wholesale rolling back of the biggest killers like diarrhea and malaria.
” Goklany ’ s report makes strong criticisms of the Lancet Countdown , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prominent medical journal , which he says has cherry-picked information and used misleading figures in order to give a false impression of a worsening situation .
“ They highlight comparatively rare conditions , like dengue , which have worsened , while ignoring the wider picture , which is almost all good news .
It ’ s highly misleading.
” Indur Goklany is an independent scholar and author .
He was a member of the US delegation that established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) and helped develop its First Assessment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US delegate to the IPCC and an IPCC reviewer .
Full Report : The Lancet Countdown on Climate Change : The need for context ( pdf )

Written by Dr. Benny Peiser, guest post on May 8, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
A new report from the Global Warming Policy Foundation reveals that there have been dramatic falls in climate-related mortality over the last 30 years.
The study’s author, Indur Goklany, says that these improvements have been seen in almost every category:
“You see improvement across the board, but most notably there has been a wholesale rolling back of the biggest killers like diarrhea and malaria.”
Goklany’s report makes strong criticisms of the Lancet Countdown, a review of climate-related mortality published by the prominent medical journal, which he says has cherry-picked information and used misleading figures in order to give a false impression of a worsening situation.
“They highlight comparatively rare conditions, like dengue, which have worsened, while ignoring the wider picture, which is almost all good news. It’s highly misleading.”
Indur Goklany is an independent scholar and author. He was a member of the US delegation that established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and helped develop its First Assessment Report. He subsequently served as a US delegate to the IPCC and an IPCC reviewer.
Full Report: The Lancet Countdown on Climate Change: The need for context (pdf)
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-11--Green-Energy Crime: Endangered Red Kite Blocking Wind Farm Found Shot Dead

Written by Pierre Gosselin on .
Posted in Latest news Red kites and wind power just do go well together .
These predatory birds can find good prey , especially where farmers mow meadows or plow fields .
Lethal are cases such as the one in Baden-Württemberg , where areas with green fodder have been planted in the immediate vicinity of a wind park .
When these fields are mowed , the red kites search for food within the hay .
It is ideal for them , but also possibly deadly because they cast their view downward when hunting , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ farm was even approved in a red kite area .
Now one of the beautiful animals has fallen victim again , as the Nature Conservation Initiative reports : According to biologist Immo Vollmer , the conclusion can only be that we should not build any more wind turbines in areas where red kites nest or where buzzards often seek food .
Otherwise the red kite , which has its largest distribution center in the world in Germany , will have no future here , because the loss rate is already almost in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of offspring.
” And another sad case has just been reported in North Rhine-Westphalia .
A female , nesting red kite was shot dead near Paderborn .
In an earlier trial , a judge even gave the controversial wind project approval – precisely where the shot bird was found – under the condition that no protected species be proven to exist there .
Now that the animal has been executed , this condition has been met .
Probably just a coincidence , or maybe suicide , to make the wind turbines possible and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nesting red kite shot dead because of wind energy ?
By Die kalte Sonne ( Text translated by P. Gosselin ) Read more at No Tricks Zone

Written by Pierre Gosselin on May 11, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Red kites and wind power just do go well together. These predatory birds can find good prey, especially where farmers mow meadows or plow fields.
Lethal are cases such as the one in Baden-Württemberg, where areas with green fodder have been planted in the immediate vicinity of a wind park.
When these fields are mowed, the red kites search for food within the hay. It is ideal for them, but also possibly deadly because they cast their view downward when hunting, and not forward.
The Hilpensberg wind farm was even approved in a red kite area. Now one of the beautiful animals has fallen victim again, as the Nature Conservation Initiative reports:
According to biologist Immo Vollmer, the conclusion can only be that we should not build any more wind turbines in areas where red kites nest or where buzzards often seek food. Otherwise the red kite, which has its largest distribution center in the world in Germany, will have no future here, because the loss rate is already almost in the same order of magnitude as the rate of offspring.”
And another sad case has just been reported in North Rhine-Westphalia. A female, nesting red kite was shot dead near Paderborn.
In an earlier trial, a judge even gave the controversial wind project approval – precisely where the shot bird was found – under the condition that no protected species be proven to exist there.
Now that the animal has been executed, this condition has been met. Probably just a coincidence, or maybe suicide, to make the wind turbines possible and to get out of the way?
Nesting red kite shot dead because of wind energy? By Die kalte Sonne (Text translated by P. Gosselin)
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-11--Alarmist Media Push Absurd Sea-Level Rise Study

Written by Anthony Watts on .
Posted in Latest news The news media today is breathlessly promoting a ridiculous “ study ” claiming sea level will rise up to four feet by the year 2100 .
The study and the many fawning media reports on the study are completely ridiculous .
With sea levels currently rising at a pace of approximately one foot per century , sea-level rise would have to – immediately , starting today – quadruple its pace and sustain that quadrupled pace without interruption for all of the next 80 years .
To begin , here is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nations fail to act , and current emissions lead to warming of 4.5 degrees , then sea levels are predicted to rise between 0.6 and 1.3 meters by 2100 and between 1.7 and 5.6 meters by 2300 .
The predictions are based on a survey of 106 of the world ’ s leading sea level researchers , carried out by scientists from Nanyang Technological University ( NTU ) and co-authored by researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ( PIK ) and published in the Nature Partner Journal Climate and Atmospheric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the assertion that many massive Antarctic ice sheets will imminently collapse into the sea .
Just last year , however , scientists published research showing such a scenario is not likely to happen anytime soon .
As pointed out by climate realists , and summarized by The Atlantic , “ [ collapse of ] ice cliffs might simply be a product of running a computer model of ice physics at a too-low resolution.
” Then there ’ s real-world data , reported in Climate at a Glance : Sea Level Rise : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since at least the mid-1800s , and data show there has been only a minor recent acceleration .
• NASA satellite instruments , with readings dating back to 1993 , show global sea level recently rising at a pace of merely 1.2 inches per decade ( 1 foot per century ) .
• Human civilization successfully dealt with sea-level rise utilizing nineteenth and twentieth-century technologies , and it will be able to adapt to rising sea levels even more successfully in the coming decades by utilizing twenty-first-century technologies .
Global sea level has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of approximately one foot per century since at least the mid-1800s .
There has been no significant recent acceleration .
Yet the media-hyped study claims sea-level rise will immediately quadruple and sustain that pace for the rest of the century .

Written by Anthony Watts on May 11, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The news media today is breathlessly promoting a ridiculous “study” claiming sea level will rise up to four feet by the year 2100.
The study and the many fawning media reports on the study are completely ridiculous.
With sea levels currently rising at a pace of approximately one foot per century, sea-level rise would have to – immediately, starting today – quadruple its pace and sustain that quadrupled pace without interruption for all of the next 80 years.
That is simply preposterous.
To begin, here is how EcoWatch reports the study:
If nations fail to act, and current emissions lead to warming of 4.5 degrees, then sea levels are predicted to rise between 0.6 and 1.3 meters by 2100 and between 1.7 and 5.6 meters by 2300. The predictions are based on a survey of 106 of the world’s leading sea level researchers, carried out by scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and co-authored by researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and published in the Nature Partner Journal Climate and Atmospheric Science.
The key to the prediction is the assertion that many massive Antarctic ice sheets will imminently collapse into the sea. Just last year, however, scientists published research showing such a scenario is not likely to happen anytime soon.
As pointed out by climate realists, and summarized by The Atlantic, “[collapse of] ice cliffs might simply be a product of running a computer model of ice physics at a too-low resolution.”
Then there’s real-world data, reported in Climate at a Glance: Sea Level Rise:
Global sea level has been rising since at least the mid-1800s , and data show there has been only a minor recent acceleration.
, and data show there has been NASA satellite instruments, with readings dating back to 1993, show global sea level recently rising at a pace of merely 1.2 inches per decade (1 foot per century) .
. Human civilization successfully dealt with sea-level rise utilizing nineteenth and twentieth-century technologies, and it will be able to adapt to rising sea levels even more successfully in the coming decades by utilizing twenty-first-century technologies.
Global sea level has been rising at a relatively steady pace of approximately one foot per century since at least the mid-1800s. There has been no significant recent acceleration.
Yet the media-hyped study claims sea-level rise will immediately quadruple and sustain that pace for the rest of the century.
Not likely.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-05-11--NYTimes Whines That GOP Exposed Dem’s Wacky Climate Agenda

Written by Clay Waters on .
Posted in Latest news environmental activist reporter Lisa Friedman , whose paper has taken advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to push liberal causes , now regrets Republicans have “ seized ” on ( wholly justified ) fears about Democratic environmental policy in her piece entitled , “ G.O.P .
Aims to Use Pain Of Shutdown to Tarnish Climate Change Policies.
” Also , Matthew Rosenberg and Jim Rutenberg offered more biased labeling in their latest attempt to unmask the right-wing propaganda machine of their fevered imaginations .
Friedman makes a habit of shouting “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same on Saturday : The coronavirus and the struggle to contain it has tanked the economy , shuttered thousands of businesses and thrown more than 30 million people out of work .
As President Trump struggles for a political response , Republicans and their allies have seized on an answer : attacking climate change policies .
Critics said the Republican line of attack smacked of some desperation .
Recent national polling shows Mr. Biden ’ s lead over Mr. Trump expanding as even some Republicans lose faith in the president ’ s leadership @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s response to the pandemic , Republicans have blamed China for the rising U.S. death toll , accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of failing businesses , and now are warning that the Green New Deal is coming .
Republicans have “ talking points , ” while big-spending Democrats have … science ?
Friedman quoted former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry calling “ Republican talking points on climate change policy ” just “ another lie.
” Rosenberg and Rutenberg on Saturday morning offered similar bad faith reporting : “ Fight Over Virus ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Election Battle — Elements of the right have sought to bolster President Trump ’ s political standing by turning scientific questions into political issues.
” At the forefront of the fight are a number of climate skeptics who have long exploited the imperfections of scientific research — statistical margins of error , the subjective elements of projective modeling — to cast doubt on the conclusive finding that humans have contributed to global warming .
Steven J. Milloy , a fervent denier of that scientific consensus , was early to play down the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hit job was particularly pathetic , focusing on Scott Jensen , a doctor and Republican state senator in Minnesota .
Assuming social distancing , a golf course is about as safe a place from the pandemic as it gets .

Written by Clay Waters on May 11, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
New York Times environmental activist reporter Lisa Friedman, whose paper has taken advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to push liberal causes, now regrets Republicans have “seized” on (wholly justified) fears about Democratic environmental policy in her piece entitled, “G.O.P. Aims to Use Pain Of Shutdown to Tarnish Climate Change Policies.”
Also, Matthew Rosenberg and Jim Rutenberg offered more biased labeling in their latest attempt to unmask the right-wing propaganda machine of their fevered imaginations.
Friedman makes a habit of shouting “climate denial,” and did the same on Saturday:
The coronavirus and the struggle to contain it has tanked the economy, shuttered thousands of businesses and thrown more than 30 million people out of work. As President Trump struggles for a political response, Republicans and their allies have seized on an answer: attacking climate change policies. …. Critics said the Republican line of attack smacked of some desperation. Recent national polling shows Mr. Biden’s lead over Mr. Trump expanding as even some Republicans lose faith in the president’s leadership. Eager to avoid talking about Mr. Trump’s response to the pandemic, Republicans have blamed China for the rising U.S. death toll, accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of failing businesses, and now are warning that the Green New Deal is coming.
Republicans have “talking points,” while big-spending Democrats have … science?
Republican political strategists expressed hope that the conservative talking point ricocheting around the right-wing echo chamber could appeal more broadly as voters’ attention focuses on health and personal finances.
More hostile labeling:
The most explicit attack so far has come from the Heartland Institute, a climate denialist group with ties to the Trump administration, which held a recent online conference asking, “Is the Coronavirus Lockdown the Future Environmentalists Want?”…
Friedman quoted former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry calling “Republican talking points on climate change policy” just “another lie.”
Rosenberg and Rutenberg on Saturday morning offered similar bad faith reporting: “Fight Over Virus’s Death Toll Opens Grim New Front in Election Battle — Elements of the right have sought to bolster President Trump’s political standing by turning scientific questions into political issues.”
At the forefront of the fight are a number of climate skeptics who have long exploited the imperfections of scientific research — statistical margins of error, the subjective elements of projective modeling — to cast doubt on the conclusive finding that humans have contributed to global warming. Steven J. Milloy, a fervent denier of that scientific consensus, was early to play down the coronavirus threat….
One part of the hit job was particularly pathetic, focusing on Scott Jensen, a doctor and Republican state senator in Minnesota.
Dr. Jensen, though, has stayed true to his skepticism in his own life. Last week, he plugged into a remote State Senate hearing on easing restrictions on telemedicine for addiction disorders while playing a round of golf, without a mask.
Assuming social distancing, a golf course is about as safe a place from the pandemic as it gets.
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