climatechangedispatch--2020-04-23--CBS Celebrated Earth Day By Declaring Humans Aren’t Needed

Written by Nicholas Fondacaro on .
Posted in Latest news , Videos How did CBS Evening News celebrate Earth Day ?
By sharing the ugly sentiment that humans were not needed .
That ’ s exactly what reporter John Blackstone suggested in his Wednesday report touting how the deadly Chinese coronavirus , which had killed more than 47,000 Americans and left 22 million unemployed , was keeping the country stuck inside .
“ Tonight , we mark the 50th anniversary of Earth day .
There were supposed to be big celebrations around the world , but instead , people are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cleaner air and cleaner water , ” boasted anchor Norah O ’ Donnell as she led into the segment .
Blackstone kicked off his report by marveling at the irony that Earth Day 2020 was marked by staying indoors .
“ On this Earth Day , the out-of-doors is largely out of bounds .
Parks and beaches are closed .
Even picnic tables are off-limits , ” he gawked .
He then spoke with Michael Brune , the executive director of the Sierra Club , who claimed they expected “ hundreds of millions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ celebrating before the virus came along .
“ In 1970 , on the first Earth Day , demonstrators filled cities around the world .
Today , those streets are largely empty , but the air , temporarily at least , is cleaner , ” Blackstone added .
Speaking of the founding of Earth Day .
Blackstone didn ’ t mention that Earth Day ’ s radical leftist co-founder Ira Einhorn had murdered and composted his girlfriend in a trunk in his closet .
Brune would later tell CBS that “ We all need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needs us.
” That prompted Blackstone to opine about how humans weren ’ t needed : BLACKSTONE : Earth Day is dedicated to all species .
And while humans are locked down , wildlife ’ s filling the void .
In Yosemite , animals aren ’ t hiding from visitors .
On Florida ’ s coasts , Manatees are showing up in unusual numbers .
BLACKSTONE : From goats in a deserted town in Wales , to lions lounging on a road in South Africa ; nature seems to be saying , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” And while the other broadcast networks ( ABC and NBC ) also noted how a lack of human activity was resulting in less pollution and increased animal activity , none of them took the grotesque stance against their own species that CBS and Blackstone took there .

Written by Nicholas Fondacaro on Apr 23, 2020 . Posted in Latest news, Videos
How did CBS Evening News celebrate Earth Day? By sharing the ugly sentiment that humans were not needed.
That’s exactly what reporter John Blackstone suggested in his Wednesday report touting how the deadly Chinese coronavirus, which had killed more than 47,000 Americans and left 22 million unemployed, was keeping the country stuck inside.
“Tonight, we mark the 50th anniversary of Earth day. There were supposed to be big celebrations around the world, but instead, people are celebrating inside and they’re celebrating cleaner air and cleaner water,” boasted anchor Norah O’Donnell as she led into the segment.
Blackstone kicked off his report by marveling at the irony that Earth Day 2020 was marked by staying indoors.
“On this Earth Day, the out-of-doors is largely out of bounds. Parks and beaches are closed. Even picnic tables are off-limits,” he gawked.
He then spoke with Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club, who claimed they expected “hundreds of millions of people out in the streets” celebrating before the virus came along.
“In 1970, on the first Earth Day, demonstrators filled cities around the world. Today, those streets are largely empty, but the air, temporarily at least, is cleaner,” Blackstone added.
Speaking of the founding of Earth Day. Blackstone didn’t mention that Earth Day’s radical leftist co-founder Ira Einhorn had murdered and composted his girlfriend in a trunk in his closet.
Brune would later tell CBS that “We all need nature, a lot more than nature needs us.” That prompted Blackstone to opine about how humans weren’t needed:
BLACKSTONE: Earth Day is dedicated to all species. And while humans are locked down, wildlife’s filling the void. In Yosemite, animals aren’t hiding from visitors. On Florida’s coasts, Manatees are showing up in unusual numbers. (…) BLACKSTONE: From goats in a deserted town in Wales, to lions lounging on a road in South Africa; nature seems to be saying, “We can get along fine without you.”
And while the other broadcast networks (ABC and NBC) also noted how a lack of human activity was resulting in less pollution and increased animal activity, none of them took the grotesque stance against their own species that CBS and Blackstone took there.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-04-23--Guardian Falsely Claims Florida’s Lower-Third Will Soon Be Underwater

Written by James Taylor on .
Posted in Latest news At the top of Google News searches for “ climate change ” yesterday , the UK Guardian published an article titled , “ Will Florida be lost forever to the climate crisis ?
” The article claims , “ If scientists are right , the lower third of the state will be underwater by the end of the century.
” Climate extremists have long targeted Floridians for over-the-top climate scares , but this one is particularly preposterous .
U.S. Geological Survey maps show the vast majority of the southern third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ above sea level , most of the southern third sits at least 10 feet above sea level , and much of the southern third sits 15-to-50 feet above sea level .
NASA satellite instruments , in operation since 1993 , show global sea level rising at a pace of 1.2 inches per decade .
As shown in Climate at a Glance : Sea Level Rise , this is approximately the same pace of sea-level rise that has occurred since at least the mid-1800s .
Moreover , there has been little or no acceleration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ With 80 years left in the century , global sea level is on a pace to rise just 9.6 inches – less than 1 foot – through the end of the century .
Sea-level rise would have to immediately accelerate to 50 times its current pace and maintain that 50x pace for all of the next 80 years , for the Guardian ’ s preposterous claim to come true .
Heck , sea-level rise would have to immediately accelerate to 5 times its current pace and maintain that 5x pace for all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Guardian ’ s claim to hold true for even small portions of South Florida .
South Florida , moreover , shows no signs or particularly rapid acceleration .
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) maintains a tidal gauge just offshore from Miami on Virginia Key .
The NOAA Virginia Key tidal gauge shows sea level at Miami is rising even more slowly than the global average of 1.2 inches per decade .
Shifting gears , alarmists might argue that the Guardian simply meant the third of Florida closest to shorelines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state .
Such an assertion would be just as preposterous .
U.S. Geological Survey maps show that outside of South Florida , very little of Florida sits below 30 feet of elevation .
So how , then , is it true that : “ If scientists are right , the lower third of the state will be underwater by the end of the century ” ?
The answer is , it is simply not true .
Indeed , the Guardian does not quote any scientists making such a ridiculous prediction .
And even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ making such a prediction , they would simply be a small number of hacks with scientific credentials .
Climate activists and their media puppets are accustomed to simply making stuff up and counting on nobody fact-checking them and pointing out their lies in an accessible venue .
But we are doing that here at Climate Realism .
For your friends and neighbors who are undecided and have an open mind about the climate change debate , show them this article and ask them who are more trustworthy : climate alarmists or climate realists @

Written by James Taylor on Apr 23, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
At the top of Google News searches for “climate change” yesterday, the UK Guardian published an article titled, “Will Florida be lost forever to the climate crisis?”
The article claims, “If scientists are right, the lower third of the state will be underwater by the end of the century.”
Climate extremists have long targeted Floridians for over-the-top climate scares, but this one is particularly preposterous.
U.S. Geological Survey maps show the vast majority of the southern third of Florida sits more than five feet above sea level, most of the southern third sits at least 10 feet above sea level, and much of the southern third sits 15-to-50 feet above sea level.
NASA satellite instruments, in operation since 1993, show global sea level rising at a pace of 1.2 inches per decade.
As shown in Climate at a Glance: Sea Level Rise, this is approximately the same pace of sea-level rise that has occurred since at least the mid-1800s. Moreover, there has been little or no acceleration in sea-level rise during recent years.
With 80 years left in the century, global sea level is on a pace to rise just 9.6 inches – less than 1 foot – through the end of the century.
Sea-level rise would have to immediately accelerate to 50 times its current pace and maintain that 50x pace for all of the next 80 years, for the Guardian’s preposterous claim to come true.
Heck, sea-level rise would have to immediately accelerate to 5 times its current pace and maintain that 5x pace for all of the next 80 years, for the Guardian’s claim to hold true for even small portions of South Florida.
South Florida, moreover, shows no signs or particularly rapid acceleration. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains a tidal gauge just offshore from Miami on Virginia Key.
The NOAA Virginia Key tidal gauge shows sea level at Miami is rising even more slowly than the global average of 1.2 inches per decade.
Shifting gears, alarmists might argue that the Guardian simply meant the third of Florida closest to shorelines rather than the southern third of the state.
Such an assertion would be just as preposterous. U.S. Geological Survey maps show that outside of South Florida, very little of Florida sits below 30 feet of elevation.
So how, then, is it true that: “If scientists are right, the lower third of the state will be underwater by the end of the century”?
The answer is, it is simply not true. Indeed, the Guardian does not quote any scientists making such a ridiculous prediction.
And even if the Guardian could find some scientists making such a prediction, they would simply be a small number of hacks with scientific credentials.
Climate activists and their media puppets are accustomed to simply making stuff up and counting on nobody fact-checking them and pointing out their lies in an accessible venue.
But we are doing that here at Climate Realism. For your friends and neighbors who are undecided and have an open mind about the climate change debate, show them this article and ask them who are more trustworthy: climate alarmists or climate realists?
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climatechangedispatch--2020-04-23--Greta Wants World To Battle Climate Change Alongside Pandemic

Written by Valerie Richardson on .
Posted in Latest news , Videos Battling the novel coronavirus has become the world ’ s top priority , but teen climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday compared the pandemic to the “ climate crisis ” and insisted that “ we need to be able to tackle two crises at once.
” The 17-year-old Swedish activist ’ s comments came in a video conversation hosted by the Nobel Prize in Stockholm for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day .
“ Today is Earth Day , and that reminds us that the climate and environmental @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ We need to tackle both the corona pandemic , this crisis , at the same time as we tackle the climate and environmental emergency because we need to be able to tackle two crises at once.
” At such times , she said , “ it is even more important that we listen to scientists , science , and to the experts.
” “ That goes for all crises , whether it ’ s the corona crisis or whether it ’ s the climate crisis , which of course is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even in times like these , ” she said .
Ms. Thunberg , who has been nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize , was named Time magazine ’ s Person of the Year in 2019 for her global-warming activism , including her Fridays for Future protests , in which she encourages students to skip school to engage in protests .
Climate Depot ’ s Marc Morano said Ms. Thunberg and other climate activists are “ perplexed as to why people are not taking their ‘ climate emergency ’ seriously but are taking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to link climate change and the virus as a common cause for humanity to battle , ” he said in an email .

Written by Valerie Richardson on Apr 23, 2020 . Posted in Latest news, Videos
Battling the novel coronavirus has become the world’s top priority, but teen climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday compared the pandemic to the “climate crisis” and insisted that “we need to be able to tackle two crises at once.”
The 17-year-old Swedish activist’s comments came in a video conversation hosted by the Nobel Prize in Stockholm for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
“Today is Earth Day, and that reminds us that the climate and environmental emergency is still ongoing,” she said. “We need to tackle both the corona pandemic, this crisis, at the same time as we tackle the climate and environmental emergency because we need to be able to tackle two crises at once.”
At such times, she said, “it is even more important that we listen to scientists, science, and to the experts.”
“That goes for all crises, whether it’s the corona crisis or whether it’s the climate crisis, which of course is still ongoing and is not slowing down even in times like these,” she said.
Ms. Thunberg, who has been nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize, was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 2019 for her global-warming activism, including her Fridays for Future protests, in which she encourages students to skip school to engage in protests.
Climate Depot’s Marc Morano said Ms. Thunberg and other climate activists are “perplexed as to why people are not taking their ‘climate emergency’ seriously but are taking COVID-19 seriously.”
“Greta is now trying to link climate change and the virus as a common cause for humanity to battle,” he said in an email.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-04-23--Biden Flip-Flops On Fracking After Vowing To Eliminate Fossil Fuels

Written by Tyler O'Neil on .
Posted in Latest news On Monday , presumptive Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden reversed the promises he made to green groups during 2020 primary and pinky-swore he wouldn ’ t put 1.7 million workers out of a job by banning hydraulic fracturing for natural gas , better known as fracking .
Jon Delano , the political editor at KDKA , the CBS News affiliate in Pittsburgh , Pa. , interviewed Biden on Monday .
He asked the former veep if he would shut down the industry that sustains roughly 200,000 jobs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would not shut down this industry .
I know our Republican friends are trying to say I said that .
I said I would not do any new leases on federal lands .
Ninety percent of the leases are not on federal land , to begin with .
I would make sure … the water is not being contaminated .
But I would not shut it down , no , ” Biden replied .
The problem is , the presumptive nominee did indeed say that — publicly and rather emphatically .
During the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , CNN ’ s Dana Bash asked the ex-veep , “ Would there be any place for fossil fuels , including coal and fracking , in a Biden administration ?
” “ No .
We would work it out , ” Biden said , quickly and emphatically .
“ We would make sure it ’ s eliminated , and no more subsidies for either one of those , period.
” This past January , the former vice president repeated this pledge .
A New Hampshire voter asked him , “ What about stopping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Yes.
” In February , Biden said , “ We ’ re going to get rid of fossil fuels … we ’ re going to phase out fossil fuels … no more coal plants.
” He made these pledges more explicit in a debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders ( I-Vt. ) on March 15 .
“ No more drilling on federal lands .
No more drilling , including offshore .
No ability for the oil industry to continue to drill , period .
Ends , ” the ex-veep said .
In the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clear and blunt statement , “ No new fracking.
” Of course , shortly after that debate , a Biden campaign spokesman insisted that the former vice president wouldn ’ t ban fracking — he was only referring to his policy of banning new permits for oil and gas drilling on federal land and offshore .
Uh-huh .
That ’ s exactly what he said .
Now , roughly a month later , the same Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. who promised to eliminate fossil fuels and fracking , in particular , is claiming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own mouth are “ fake news , ” Republican propaganda .
Perhaps Biden was lying in the debates , just to defeat his more radical Democratic opponents .
Perhaps he has no intention of eliminating the oil and gas industry .
Or perhaps he really does want to ban all forms of drilling everywhere — not just on federal land .
In either case , it seems like Joe Biden is playing a game , promising the radical Democrats one thing and telling moderates he needs in November something else entirely .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ points to the 1.7 million Americans who owe their jobs to fracking .
The shale revolution has enabled America to become energy independent — a net exporter of oil and gas .
Natural gas is also far cleaner than coal , driving down U.S. emissions .
Climate activists suggest that nothing would be simpler than for America to rely on wind and solar for its energy demands , but wind and solar are nowhere near able to power the U.S. grid .
Eliminating oil and gas wouldn ’ t just put 10.3 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also bring the energy sector to a halt .
Imagine an America where lighting , heat , air conditioning , refrigeration , even charging phones and laptops are scarce , rationed , unavailable .
This is what “ no ability for the oil industry to continue to drill , period ” looks like .
Sure , Biden might have been saying things just to beat Bernie Sanders in the primary .
But do you really want to take that chance ?

Written by Tyler O'Neil on Apr 23, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
On Monday, presumptive Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden reversed the promises he made to green groups during 2020 primary and pinky-swore he wouldn’t put 1.7 million workers out of a job by banning hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, better known as fracking.
Jon Delano, the political editor at KDKA, the CBS News affiliate in Pittsburgh, Pa., interviewed Biden on Monday. He asked the former veep if he would shut down the industry that sustains roughly 200,000 jobs in Pennsylvania.
“No, I would not shut down this industry. I know our Republican friends are trying to say I said that. I said I would not do any new leases on federal lands. Ninety percent of the leases are not on federal land, to begin with. I would make sure … the water is not being contaminated. But I would not shut it down, no,” Biden replied.
The problem is, the presumptive nominee did indeed say that — publicly and rather emphatically.
During the second 2020 Democratic debate in July 2019, CNN’s Dana Bash asked the ex-veep, “Would there be any place for fossil fuels, including coal and fracking, in a Biden administration?”
“No. We would work it out,” Biden said, quickly and emphatically. “We would make sure it’s eliminated, and no more subsidies for either one of those, period.”
This past January, the former vice president repeated this pledge. A New Hampshire voter asked him, “What about stopping fracking?” He immediately said, “Yes.”
In February, Biden said, “We’re going to get rid of fossil fuels … we’re going to phase out fossil fuels … no more coal plants.”
He made these pledges more explicit in a debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on March 15.
“No more drilling on federal lands. No more drilling, including offshore. No ability for the oil industry to continue to drill, period. Ends,” the ex-veep said.
Let’s just say you’ll never hear Joe Biden say, “Drill, baby, drill!” pic.twitter.com/DyLrO9nrsg — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 16, 2020
In the same debate, he made a very clear and blunt statement, “No new fracking.”
Joe Biden: “no more, no new fracking” in my administrationhttps://t.co/gnHCex8NPv pic.twitter.com/bwvLaU2VyB — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 16, 2020
Of course, shortly after that debate, a Biden campaign spokesman insisted that the former vice president wouldn’t ban fracking — he was only referring to his policy of banning new permits for oil and gas drilling on federal land and offshore. Uh-huh. That’s exactly what he said.
Now, roughly a month later, the same Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. who promised to eliminate fossil fuels and fracking, in particular, is claiming that the words coming out of his own mouth are “fake news,” Republican propaganda.
Perhaps Biden was lying in the debates, just to defeat his more radical Democratic opponents. Perhaps he has no intention of eliminating the oil and gas industry. Or perhaps he really does want to ban all forms of drilling everywhere — not just on federal land.
In either case, it seems like Joe Biden is playing a game, promising the radical Democrats one thing and telling moderates he needs in November something else entirely.
But these issues aren’t just talking points to the 1.7 million Americans who owe their jobs to fracking.
The shale revolution has enabled America to become energy independent — a net exporter of oil and gas. Natural gas is also far cleaner than coal, driving down U.S. emissions.
Climate activists suggest that nothing would be simpler than for America to rely on wind and solar for its energy demands, but wind and solar are nowhere near able to power the U.S. grid.
Eliminating oil and gas wouldn’t just put 10.3 million people out of work — it would also bring the energy sector to a halt.
Imagine an America where lighting, heat, air conditioning, refrigeration, even charging phones and laptops are scarce, rationed, unavailable. This is what “no ability for the oil industry to continue to drill, period” looks like.
Joe Biden tells Democrat activists that he will get rid of fossil fuels like oil and natural gas, and ban fracking. But when he was asked by a local Pennsylvania TV station if that means workers will have their industry shut down, he says no. Which Biden is telling the truth? pic.twitter.com/YQYvAvWooz — Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) April 22, 2020
Sure, Biden might have been saying things just to beat Bernie Sanders in the primary. But do you really want to take that chance?
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climatechangedispatch--2020-04-23--NBC, CBS, ABC Ignore AOC’s Crackpot Tweet Cheering Oil Crash

Written by Joseph Vazquez on .
Posted in Latest news When the price of U.S. oil crashed below $ 0 on Monday , lefty Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) sent out a disgusting tweet praising the coronavirus-induced crash .
She later deleted the tweet , and the cat caught all three major evening news broadcasts by the tongue .
AOC ’ s vile tweet was a response to another tweet suggesting that “ oil producers have to pay people to take [ the oil ] off their hands , ” according to Market Watch .
She said , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .
cough , ” in a tweet at 12:34 p.m. Monday .
NBC Nightly News , ABC ’ s World News Tonight and CBS Evening Newsall ignored reporting it for two days .
The outlets did find time to report on other things in the ongoing coronavirus coverage .
One example was CBS News peddling its new schtick called “ Text Norah.
” CBS anchor Norah O @ @ @ @ @ @ @ airtime to do a segment asking viewers Monday what they would “ like to know more about.
” Really .
O ’ Donnell said towards the end of her broadcast : Tonight we ’ re trying something new at the CBS Evening News .
With everything going on , I ’ m looking for new ways to connect with all of you .
So I want you to be able to text with me .
You can share what you would like to know more about , and I ’ ll share with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me .
Monday ’ s edition of NBC Nightly News went after what the network labeled “ conservative activists ” in states across the country for lambasting the prolonged stay-at-home orders .
NBC News Correspondent Stephanie Gosk bleated that an “ NBC News analysis of Facebook revealed that a family-run network of pro-gun groups is behind five of the largest pages dedicated to the protests .
Some experts believe these groups are taking advantage of people ’ s fears.
” Was AOC taking advantage of the oil crash to push her Soviet-style , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. ?
Monday ’ s edition of World News Tonight also found time to take a shot at protesters .
ABC News Correspondent Whit Johnson quipped : All three evening news networks took time Tuesday to mention President Donald Trump ’ s executive order to suspend immigration for sixty days for those seeking permanent residency .
That ’ s fine , but the outlets ended up using the coverage to arbitrarily slap back at the President .
Vega apparently missed that other countries have enacted similar policies .
“ Mexico suspends refugee requests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Reuters reported March 24 .
Al Gore So the networks will go after the president for making a policy decision on immigration to stem any further coronavirus issues , but the Big Three continued to ignore AOC cheering an entire market sector crash .
Meanwhile , Bloomberg Green just reported yesterday that “ The Oil Industry Shed 51,000 Jobs in March ( And Things Look Set to Get Worse ) .
”

Written by Joseph Vazquez on Apr 23, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
When the price of U.S. oil crashed below $0 on Monday, lefty Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) sent out a disgusting tweet praising the coronavirus-induced crash.
She later deleted the tweet, and the cat caught all three major evening news broadcasts by the tongue.
AOC’s vile tweet was a response to another tweet suggesting that “oil producers have to pay people to take [the oil] off their hands,” according to Market Watch.
She said, “You absolutely love to see it. 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. cough,” in a tweet at 12:34 p.m. Monday.
NBC Nightly News, ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening Newsall ignored reporting it for two days.
The outlets did find time to report on other things in the ongoing coronavirus coverage. One example was CBS News peddling its new schtick called “Text Norah.”
CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell actually took seventeen seconds of airtime to do a segment asking viewers Monday what they would “like to know more about.” Really. O’Donnell said towards the end of her broadcast:
Tonight we’re trying something new at the CBS Evening News. With everything going on, I’m looking for new ways to connect with all of you. So I want you to be able to text with me. You can share what you would like to know more about, and I’ll share with you some of the things that interest me.
Monday’s edition of NBC Nightly News went after what the network labeled “conservative activists” in states across the country for lambasting the prolonged stay-at-home orders.
NBC News Correspondent Stephanie Gosk bleated that an “NBC News analysis of Facebook revealed that a family-run network of pro-gun groups is behind five of the largest pages dedicated to the protests. Some experts believe these groups are taking advantage of people’s fears.”
Was AOC taking advantage of the oil crash to push her Soviet-style, $93 trillion-dollar green vision for the U.S.?
Monday’s edition of World News Tonight also found time to take a shot at protesters. ABC News Correspondent Whit Johnson quipped:
“Day after day, we’re seeing back to work protests breaking out — some larger than others, many echoing the words of the president, who has egged them on, even as they violate the administration’s own social distancing guidelines.”
All three evening news networks took time Tuesday to mention President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend immigration for sixty days for those seeking permanent residency. That’s fine, but the outlets ended up using the coverage to arbitrarily slap back at the President.
NBC News White House Correspondent Geoff Bennett told NBC News Anchor Lester Holt:
Critics say the order is a political dog whistle aimed at energizing the president’s base.
ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Cecilia Vega told ABC News Anchor David Muir:
Opponents say this is a clear example of the president using this virus to further his hardline immigration policies. This one sure to end up in the courts.
Vega apparently missed that other countries have enacted similar policies. “Mexico suspends refugee requests as coronavirus cases climb to 405,” Reuters reported March 24. Al Gore
CBS News White House Correspondent Paula Reid told Norah O’Donnell:
This is a move that will likely appeal to his base, but the immigration process has effectively been shut down for the past month after key offices closed because of coronavirus.
So the networks will go after the president for making a policy decision on immigration to stem any further coronavirus issues, but the Big Three continued to ignore AOC cheering an entire market sector crash.
Meanwhile, Bloomberg Green just reported yesterday that “The Oil Industry Shed 51,000 Jobs in March (And Things Look Set to Get Worse).”
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climatechangedispatch--2020-04-23--Financiers Of Poverty, Malnutrition And Death – Part 2

Written by Paul Driessen , guest post on .
Posted in Latest news It ’ s easy to farm organically in the wealthy , advanced EU and USA , where consumers can afford much more expensive organic meats , eggs , fruits , and vegetables .
It ’ s much harder if you have to deal with the insects and crop diseases that plague African farmers on constant massive levels and locusts that bring true catastrophes every few decades – and then sell your meager crop yields to impoverished families .
That modern pesticides might save billions of dollars of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they can swarm by the tens of billions – or that bioengineered crops might feed more people , from less land , with less water , with greater resistance to insects , with less need for chemical pesticides ( natural or manmade ) – never seems to occur , or matter , to those who demand nothing but organic for Africa .
Many African farmers are women , who today have almost no “ right to choose ” when it comes to which crops they will plant .
They labor sunup to sundown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yet rarely have enough produce to feed their own families , much less sell for extra money .
Millions live on a few dollars a day .
A 2005 Congress of Racial Equality biotechnology conference in the United Nations General Assembly hall and a related video documentary , “ Voices from Africa : Biotechnology and the subsistence farmer , ” dramatically highlighted the difficulties facing the continent ’ s farmers – and the ways GM/biotech crops can improve their lives especially crops enhanced with Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt ) genes that enable plants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crops while leaving beneficial insects unharmed .
Maize ( corn ) is much of Africa ’ s most important crop .
But because of drought , poor soil , multiple plant diseases , voracious insects , and lack of modern fertilizers , irrigation , and mechanized equipment , average yields per acre in Sub-Saharan Africa are about the lowest in the world .
Other crops suffer similar fates .
“ I grow maize on a half-hectare ” ( 1.25 acres ) , South Africa ’ s Elizabeth Ajele explained in the video .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ by insects , but not the new biotech plants .
With the profits I get from the new Bt maize , I can grow onions , spinach , and tomatoes , and sell them for extra money to buy fertilizer .
We were struggling to keep hunger out of our house .
Now the future looks good .
If someone came and said we should stop using the new maize , I would cry.
” Countryman Richard Sithole shared her excitement .
“ Now I don ’ t have to buy chemical pesticides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got 100 bags from my 15 hectares .
With Bt maize , I get 1,000 bags .
Now I have money to buy better food and send my children and grandchildren to school and even university.
” It was the same story with cotton .
“ With the new Bt cotton , I only spray pesticides two times , instead of six .
At the end of the day , we know the crop won ’ t be destroyed and we will have a harvest and money , ” South African widow , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thandi Myeni explained .
“ I sprayed five times a season with pesticides , but sometimes the insects still destroyed my entire crop , ” Kenyan Alice Wambuii said .
“ We would get pesticides all over our bodies .
Last year , I got 3,000 shillings for my cotton , but I had to spend 5,000 shillings for sprays.
” Bt cotton changed that for her , too .
Biotech maize and cotton enabled these South African farmers to triple their profits , cut their pesticide use up to 75 % , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in fields – mostly spraying pesticides by hand .
That was just 15 years ago .
Life looked much better .
But then the cabal of anti-biotech , anti-pesticide , agro-ecology pressure groups launched new attacks , aided by the growing network of ideologically like-minded donors that helped magnify anti-technology programs and messages – often while insulating the big financiers from direct connections to the radical , callous , eco-imperialist pressure groups .
The hopes and dreams , livelihoods , and farming preferences of these African farmers mean nothing to the cabal .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ heir to a major stockholder in United Parcel Service , from monies created by UPS going public .
Endowed with over $ 60 million , it awards grants of over $ 2 million a year and has been a major supporter of pro-organic , anti-agricultural technology organizations in the USA and abroad .
They include Greenpeace , the Pesticide Action Network , the Center for Food Safety ( long a promoter of radical anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva ) , and the AgroEcology Fund ( AEF ) .
The Christensen Fund was created in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ engineer .
Its $ 300 million in assets support “ biocultural diversity ” and fund projects like its Rift Valley Program , which funds “ stewards ” ( subsistence farmers ) who want to “ maintain culture-based livelihoods on their ancestral lands and adapt their resource management systems in innovative ways that advance food sovereignty and resilience.
” ( Resilience until they are confronted by droughts , locusts , and other insects . )
The New Field Foundation ( NFF ) was founded in 2002 with money from San Francisco based real estate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It claims to support the efforts of rural women to overcome poverty , violence , and injustice in their communities .
But it opposes biotech crops and other modern agricultural technologies and gives hefty sums to La Via Campesina and other activists in Africa .
The NFF supports and works with the AEF and is a grantor to the Tides Center/Foundation .
With assets of nearly $ 200 million , Tides helps philanthropies “ manage and direct ” their giving , but has been described as behaving “ less like philanthropy and more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also receives funding and support from major US foundations , including the NFF , Wallace Global Fund , Charles Stewart Mott Foundation , Rockefeller Brothers Fund , and David and Lucille Packard Foundation .
The Schmidt Family Foundation ( SFF ) was established in 2006 by Wendy and Eric Schmidt , former executive chairman of Google .
Its estimated assets of $ 178 million , including Google stock , primarily help finance advancing “ the wiser use of energy and natural resources to support efforts worldwide that empower communities to build resilient systems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resources.
” ( Resilience again . )
The SFF has donated directly to radical domestic and global agroecology groups like the Center for Biological Diversity , Center for Food Safety , Environmental Working Group , Friends of the Earth , Pesticide Action Network – and Greenpeace , an implacable opponent of Golden Rice .
This miracle rice could prevent some 500,000 children from going blind and save 250,000 lives every year from Vitamin A deficiency and malnutrition .
But opposition to Golden Rice caused the loss of at least 1,424,680 life years in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Greenpeace couldn ’ t care less .
To date , the AgroEcology Fund ( discussed in Part 1 ) has provided more than $ 6 million dollars to organizations that promote subsistence farming as a supposed alternative to far more productive modern farming technologies and methods .
This includes over $ 500,000 over the years to the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa , as well as $ 200,000 to La Via Campesina and GroundSwell International .
In the USA , AEF and NFF donors and advisors have included the Packard Foundation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Foundation , Wallace Global Fund , and many others around the world .
A representative of the radical anti-technology Pesticide Action Network Asia sits on AEF ’ s advisory board , and the global network of financiers finds ways to support PANA and many other ultra-radical groups .
Other callous foundations supporting Friends of the Earth ( a core member of AFSA , along with La Via Campesina ) has come from the Packard Foundation ( $ 600,000 ) , Foundation for the Carolinas ( $ 5,000,000 ) , Charles Stewart Mott Foundation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( $ 328,500 ) , Rockefeller Brothers Fund ( $ 300,000 ) and Schmidt Foundation ( $ 125,000 ) .
These financiers and the radical organizations they support perpetuate what many would justifiably call crimes against humanity .
They use their tax-exempt status and clever terminology ( like agroecology , sustainability , and food sovereignty ) to advance programs that deny people access to modern agricultural technologies that would improve crop yields , increase family wealth , prevent blindness and save lives .
They should be condemned and deprived of their tax-exempt status @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ultimately lethal claims about the farming methods they promote and the modern methods they prevent African , Asian , and Latin American farmers from practicing .
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 .

Written by Paul Driessen, guest post on Apr 23, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
It’s easy to farm organically in the wealthy, advanced EU and USA, where consumers can afford much more expensive organic meats, eggs, fruits, and vegetables.
It’s much harder if you have to deal with the insects and crop diseases that plague African farmers on constant massive levels and locusts that bring true catastrophes every few decades – and then sell your meager crop yields to impoverished families.
That modern pesticides might save billions of dollars of crops every year and stop locusts before they can swarm by the tens of billions – or that bioengineered crops might feed more people, from less land, with less water, with greater resistance to insects, with less need for chemical pesticides (natural or manmade) – never seems to occur, or matter, to those who demand nothing but organic for Africa.
Many African farmers are women, who today have almost no “right to choose” when it comes to which crops they will plant.
They labor sunup to sundown on mostly 2 to 5-acre plats, yet rarely have enough produce to feed their own families, much less sell for extra money. Millions live on a few dollars a day.
A 2005 Congress of Racial Equality biotechnology conference in the United Nations General Assembly hall and a related video documentary, “Voices from Africa: Biotechnology and the subsistence farmer,” dramatically highlighted the difficulties facing the continent’s farmers – and the ways GM/biotech crops can improve their lives especially crops enhanced with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) genes that enable plants to kill insects that feed on the crops while leaving beneficial insects unharmed.
Maize (corn) is much of Africa’s most important crop. But because of drought, poor soil, multiple plant diseases, voracious insects, and lack of modern fertilizers, irrigation, and mechanized equipment, average yields per acre in Sub-Saharan Africa are about the lowest in the world. Other crops suffer similar fates.
“I grow maize on a half-hectare” (1.25 acres), South Africa’s Elizabeth Ajele explained in the video. “The old plants would be destroyed by insects, but not the new biotech plants. With the profits I get from the new Bt maize, I can grow onions, spinach, and tomatoes, and sell them for extra money to buy fertilizer. We were struggling to keep hunger out of our house. Now the future looks good. If someone came and said we should stop using the new maize, I would cry.”
Countryman Richard Sithole shared her excitement. “Now I don’t have to buy chemical pesticides. With the old maize, I got 100 bags from my 15 hectares. With Bt maize, I get 1,000 bags. Now I have money to buy better food and send my children and grandchildren to school and even university.”
It was the same story with cotton. “With the new Bt cotton, I only spray pesticides two times, instead of six. At the end of the day, we know the crop won’t be destroyed and we will have a harvest and money,” South African widow, school principal, and mother of five Thandi Myeni explained.
“I sprayed five times a season with pesticides, but sometimes the insects still destroyed my entire crop,” Kenyan Alice Wambuii said. “We would get pesticides all over our bodies. Last year, I got 3,000 shillings for my cotton, but I had to spend 5,000 shillings for sprays.” Bt cotton changed that for her, too.
Biotech maize and cotton enabled these South African farmers to triple their profits, cut their pesticide use up to 75%, and save 35-49 days per season working in fields – mostly spraying pesticides by hand.
That was just 15 years ago. Life looked much better.
But then the cabal of anti-biotech, anti-pesticide, agro-ecology pressure groups launched new attacks, aided by the growing network of ideologically like-minded donors that helped magnify anti-technology programs and messages – often while insulating the big financiers from direct connections to the radical, callous, eco-imperialist pressure groups.
The hopes and dreams, livelihoods, and farming preferences of these African farmers mean nothing to the cabal.
The Swift Foundation was founded by an heir to a major stockholder in United Parcel Service, from monies created by UPS going public.
Endowed with over $60 million, it awards grants of over $2 million a year and has been a major supporter of pro-organic, anti-agricultural technology organizations in the USA and abroad.
They include Greenpeace, the Pesticide Action Network, the Center for Food Safety (long a promoter of radical anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva), and the AgroEcology Fund (AEF).
The Christensen Fund was created in 1957 by heirs of a wealthy industrial engineer.
Its $300 million in assets support “biocultural diversity” and fund projects like its Rift Valley Program, which funds “stewards” (subsistence farmers) who want to “maintain culture-based livelihoods on their ancestral lands and adapt their resource management systems in innovative ways that advance food sovereignty and resilience.” (Resilience until they are confronted by droughts, locusts, and other insects.)
The New Field Foundation (NFF) was founded in 2002 with money from San Francisco based real estate developers Barbara and D. Thomson Sargent.
It claims to support the efforts of rural women to overcome poverty, violence, and injustice in their communities. But it opposes biotech crops and other modern agricultural technologies and gives hefty sums to La Via Campesina and other activists in Africa.
The NFF supports and works with the AEF and is a grantor to the Tides Center/Foundation.
With assets of nearly $200 million, Tides helps philanthropies “manage and direct” their giving, but has been described as behaving “less like philanthropy and more like a money-laundering enterprise.”
The Center also receives funding and support from major US foundations, including the NFF, Wallace Global Fund, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and David and Lucille Packard Foundation.
The Schmidt Family Foundation (SFF) was established in 2006 by Wendy and Eric Schmidt, former executive chairman of Google.
Its estimated assets of $178 million, including Google stock, primarily help finance advancing “the wiser use of energy and natural resources to support efforts worldwide that empower communities to build resilient systems for food, water, and human resources.” (Resilience again.)
The SFF has donated directly to radical domestic and global agroecology groups like the Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, Environmental Working Group, Friends of the Earth, Pesticide Action Network – and Greenpeace, an implacable opponent of Golden Rice.
This miracle rice could prevent some 500,000 children from going blind and save 250,000 lives every year from Vitamin A deficiency and malnutrition.
But opposition to Golden Rice caused the loss of at least 1,424,680 life years in India alone just between 2003 and 2013. Greenpeace couldn’t care less.
To date, the AgroEcology Fund (discussed in Part 1) has provided more than $6 million dollars to organizations that promote subsistence farming as a supposed alternative to far more productive modern farming technologies and methods.
This includes over $500,000 over the years to the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, as well as $200,000 to La Via Campesina and GroundSwell International.
In the USA, AEF and NFF donors and advisors have included the Packard Foundation, Ben & Jerry Foundation, Swift Foundation, Wallace Global Fund, and many others around the world.
A representative of the radical anti-technology Pesticide Action Network Asia sits on AEF’s advisory board, and the global network of financiers finds ways to support PANA and many other ultra-radical groups.
Other callous foundations supporting Friends of the Earth (a core member of AFSA, along with La Via Campesina) has come from the Packard Foundation ($600,000), Foundation for the Carolinas ($5,000,000), Charles Stewart Mott Foundation ($500,000), Ford Foundation ($328,500), Rockefeller Brothers Fund ($300,000) and Schmidt Foundation ($125,000).
These financiers and the radical organizations they support perpetuate what many would justifiably call crimes against humanity.
They use their tax-exempt status and clever terminology (like agroecology, sustainability, and food sovereignty) to advance programs that deny people access to modern agricultural technologies that would improve crop yields, increase family wealth, prevent blindness and save lives.
They should be condemned and deprived of their tax-exempt status, for eco-imperialism and making false and ultimately lethal claims about the farming methods they promote and the modern methods they prevent African, Asian, and Latin American farmers from practicing.
To read Part 1, click here.
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--2020-04-23--Plague-Ravaged Milan Exploits Lockdown To Go Green

Written by James Delingpole on .
Posted in Latest news The city of Milan in Northern Italy is exploiting the coronavirus lockdown to reinvent itself as a paragon of green virtue , turning its roads into cycle lanes , expanding pedestrian walkways , and encouraging commuters to use public transport instead of cars .
According to the Guardian : The city has announced that 35km ( 22 miles ) of streets will be transformed over the summer , with a rapid , experimental citywide expansion of cycling and walking space to protect residents as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , includes low-cost temporary cycle lanes , new and widened pavements , 30kph ( 20mph ) speed limits , and pedestrian and cyclist priority streets .
The locations include a low traffic neighbourhood on the site of the former Lazzaretto , a refuge for victims of plague epidemics in the 15th and 16th centuries .
Marco Granelli , a deputy mayor of Milan , said : “ We worked for years to reduce car use .
If everybody drives a car , there is no space for people , there is no space @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for commercial activities outside the shops .
“ Of course , we want to reopen the economy , but we think we should do it on a different basis from before.
” Milan ’ s move is emblematic of the ‘ never let a crisis go to waste ’ strategy being adopted by green activists and sympathizers across the world as they attempt to use the global lockdown as a blueprint for their green New World Order .
Lombardy in northern Italy was one of the areas of Europe most badly hit by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its cluster of coronavirus fatalities is that it has one of Europe ’ s highest populations of Chinese workers , a result of Italian rag trade businesses having been sold to China and then used to export clothes to China with the coveted ‘ Made in Italy ’ label .
Another theory — which supports the new green scheme — is that Lombardy ’ s huge pollution levels made the populace especially vulnerable to lung infections .
Whether the Milanese population will share their deputy mayor ’ s enthusiasm for pedestrianizing their city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be a good thing , but either way , they won ’ t have much choice : by the time they emerge , blinking , from two months or more of rigorously enforced lockdown , their city ’ s green transformation will already be well on the way to completion .

Written by James Delingpole on Apr 23, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The city of Milan in Northern Italy is exploiting the coronavirus lockdown to reinvent itself as a paragon of green virtue, turning its roads into cycle lanes, expanding pedestrian walkways, and encouraging commuters to use public transport instead of cars.
According to the Guardian:
The city has announced that 35km (22 miles) of streets will be transformed over the summer, with a rapid, experimental citywide expansion of cycling and walking space to protect residents as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. The Strade Aperte plan, announced on Tuesday, includes low-cost temporary cycle lanes, new and widened pavements, 30kph (20mph) speed limits, and pedestrian and cyclist priority streets. The locations include a low traffic neighbourhood on the site of the former Lazzaretto, a refuge for victims of plague epidemics in the 15th and 16th centuries. Marco Granelli, a deputy mayor of Milan, said: “We worked for years to reduce car use. If everybody drives a car, there is no space for people, there is no space to move, there is no space for commercial activities outside the shops. “Of course, we want to reopen the economy, but we think we should do it on a different basis from before.”
Milan’s move is emblematic of the ‘never let a crisis go to waste’ strategy being adopted by green activists and sympathizers across the world as they attempt to use the global lockdown as a blueprint for their green New World Order.
Lombardy in northern Italy was one of the areas of Europe most badly hit by the Chinese coronavirus.
One theory for its cluster of coronavirus fatalities is that it has one of Europe’s highest populations of Chinese workers, a result of Italian rag trade businesses having been sold to China and then used to export clothes to China with the coveted ‘Made in Italy’ label.
Another theory — which supports the new green scheme — is that Lombardy’s huge pollution levels made the populace especially vulnerable to lung infections.
Whether the Milanese population will share their deputy mayor’s enthusiasm for pedestrianizing their city remains to be seen.
Perhaps it will be a good thing, but either way, they won’t have much choice: by the time they emerge, blinking, from two months or more of rigorously enforced lockdown, their city’s green transformation will already be well on the way to completion.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-04-23--‘Planet Of The Humans’ May Splinter The Green-Energy ‘Delusion’

Written by Pierre Gosselin on .
Posted in Latest news Having watched this last night , I can highly recommend the movie , available for free viewing at YouTube ( or via any YouTube app so you can watch it on your smartTV ) .
While the movie posits climate change as a given , and it has its fair share of maudlin doomsters , its investigation into the green-energy industry is devastating .
From Bill McKibben to the Sierra Club to Al Gore , no one is left unscathed .
–CCD Ed .
In short , everything we ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lie .
And a select few swindlers out there are making a financial killing while the environment gets devoured by “ green ” technologies .
The newly released Planet of the Humans film is an as damning documentary as you ’ ll ever see – produced by leftist Michael Moore .
It ’ s a huge load of inconvenient truth all at once .
Will the film be too much to take and be shut down by the social media giants and others ?
Directed by environmentalist Jeff Gibbs , the film @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and outright deceit and fraud being perpetrated by green-energy billionaires , politicians , and their spokespeople , like Bill McKibben who is prominently featured .
The film is certainly going to be a harsh wake-up call for a good portion of the Fridays for Future movement .
It just has to be .
No one could possibly be that deep in denial , could they ?
Throughout the film , one adjective gets used repeatedly to describe green energies : “ delusional ” .
Skeptics have been pointing out the green-energy folly for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arguments are being delivered powerfully in this 100-minute film .
Director Gibbs not only shows how the often ballyhooed green energy systems like wind , solar , electric cars , and biomass don ’ t work but are in fact making everything worse – much worse .
He adds : “ The notion that green energies would save us is just a delusion.
” The film presents so many examples of green-energy fraud and folly : e.g .
the insanely low output of wind and sun , corporate greenwashing , more fossil fuels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , false promises of green energy being free and free and clean , all the toxic waste they produce , the mass destruction on precious biotopes , that solar panels are made of sand , biomass is clean and sustainable , to name a few .
Renowned figures like Al Gore and Bill McKibben and Sierra Club – once revered as environmental heroes – suddenly now come across as swindling villains .
One stunning example of clean energy gone wrong is the McNeil biomass plant in Vermont which burns 30 cords of wood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ burns toxic creosote railroad ties along with the wood !
– all next door to a head start school and home for the elderly .
In the wintertime snow on the ground turns black .
In Lansing Michigan , tonnes of concrete and steel were installed to support a football-field size solar panel system that can supply energy for whole 10 homes for a year .
In 20 years it ’ ll be a field of litter , a monument among many of the Gore ’ s green-energy folly .
Also in Vermont @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the entire Lowell Mountain ridge was blasted to make way for thousands of tonnes of steel and concrete and 21 monster wind turbines which show up for work only one day a week on average .
Gibbs says he is a supporter of green energy , but painfully had to admit : “ Everywhere I encountered green energy , it wasn ’ t what it seemed.
” The many green-energy examples he presents , in fact , can not operate without traditional energy sources .
“ Green energies are not even replacing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ green-energy follies examined by Planet of the Humans are the Mojave Desert Ivanpah Solar Array , or the Dagget Solar Array .
Once heralded as a solution for the future , they now sit half-buried in sand and litter the land .
The materials to build the facility in part came from companies owned by the Koch brothers .
“ This relies ” on the most toxic and industrial processes that we ’ ve ever created.
” Planet of the Humans takes an especially harsh look at biomass and its primary promoter , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stooge for environmentally ruthless billionaires .
What is especially shocking is the utterly blind following by young people the movement has , many of whom are totally unaware of what is really going on .
We suspect and hope the young generation is going to finally sober up from the green mind trip that their junkies have induced them into .
You can almost sense it .
It ’ s important this film be viewed by as many young people as possible so that it becomes a real threat to the FFF trance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the film spreads leftist misconceptions such as the notion there are too many humans on the planet , that our resources are limited and that climate change is a real problem .
Hopefully , Messieurs Moore and Gibbs will extend their research and realize here as well that climate change is merely part of the green energies ’ sales pitch , criminally exaggerated to make the green energies look like the solution .
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Written by Pierre Gosselin on Apr 23, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Having watched this last night, I can highly recommend the movie, available for free viewing at YouTube (or via any YouTube app so you can watch it on your smartTV).
While the movie posits climate change as a given, and it has its fair share of maudlin doomsters, its investigation into the green-energy industry is devastating. From Bill McKibben to the Sierra Club to Al Gore, no one is left unscathed. –CCD Ed.
* * * * *
In short, everything we’ve been told about green energies is a lie. And a select few swindlers out there are making a financial killing while the environment gets devoured by “green” technologies.
The newly released Planet of the Humans film is an as damning documentary as you’ll ever see – produced by leftist Michael Moore.
It’s a huge load of inconvenient truth all at once. Will the film be too much to take and be shut down by the social media giants and others?
Directed by environmentalist Jeff Gibbs, the film examines the crony capitalism, corruption, and outright deceit and fraud being perpetrated by green-energy billionaires, politicians, and their spokespeople, like Bill McKibben who is prominently featured.
The film is certainly going to be a harsh wake-up call for a good portion of the Fridays for Future movement. It just has to be. No one could possibly be that deep in denial, could they?
Throughout the film, one adjective gets used repeatedly to describe green energies: “delusional”. Skeptics have been pointing out the green-energy folly for years. Finally, many of their arguments are being delivered powerfully in this 100-minute film.
Green energies as a savior are “just a delusion”
Director Gibbs not only shows how the often ballyhooed green energy systems like wind, solar, electric cars, and biomass don’t work but are in fact making everything worse – much worse. He adds: “The notion that green energies would save us is just a delusion.”
Green energies: a bill of false promises
The film presents so many examples of green-energy fraud and folly: e.g. the insanely low output of wind and sun, corporate greenwashing, more fossil fuels being burned to prop up green-energy systems, false promises of green energy being free and free and clean, all the toxic waste they produce, the mass destruction on precious biotopes, that solar panels are made of sand, biomass is clean and sustainable, to name a few.
From heroes to villains
Renowned figures like Al Gore and Bill McKibben and Sierra Club – once revered as environmental heroes – suddenly now come across as swindling villains.
One stunning example of clean energy gone wrong is the McNeil biomass plant in Vermont which burns 30 cords of wood each hour. Another plant in Michigan burns toxic creosote railroad ties along with the wood! – all next door to a head start school and home for the elderly. In the wintertime snow on the ground turns black.
Black snow
In Lansing Michigan, tonnes of concrete and steel were installed to support a football-field size solar panel system that can supply energy for whole 10 homes for a year. In 20 years it’ll be a field of litter, a monument among many of the Gore’s green-energy folly.
Also in Vermont, hectares of mountain forest were removed as the entire Lowell Mountain ridge was blasted to make way for thousands of tonnes of steel and concrete and 21 monster wind turbines which show up for work only one day a week on average.
“Green energies not replacing fossil fuels”
Gibbs says he is a supporter of green energy, but painfully had to admit: “Everywhere I encountered green energy, it wasn’t what it seemed.” The many green-energy examples he presents, in fact, cannot operate without traditional energy sources. “Green energies are not even replacing fossil fuels.”
Other prime examples of green-energy follies examined by Planet of the Humans are the Mojave Desert Ivanpah Solar Array, or the Dagget Solar Array. Once heralded as a solution for the future, they now sit half-buried in sand and litter the land.
The materials to build the facility in part came from companies owned by the Koch brothers. “This relies” on the most toxic and industrial processes that we’ve ever created.”
Bill “Blackwater” McKibben
Planet of the Humans takes an especially harsh look at biomass and its primary promoter, Bill McKibben, who appears as a stooge for environmentally ruthless billionaires.
What is especially shocking is the utterly blind following by young people the movement has, many of whom are totally unaware of what is really going on.
Potential backlash
We suspect and hope the young generation is going to finally sober up from the green mind trip that their junkies have induced them into.
You can almost sense it. It’s important this film be viewed by as many young people as possible so that it becomes a real threat to the FFF trance movement.
Too much pessimism
For all its good points, the film spreads leftist misconceptions such as the notion there are too many humans on the planet, that our resources are limited and that climate change is a real problem.
Hopefully, Messieurs Moore and Gibbs will extend their research and realize here as well that climate change is merely part of the green energies’ sales pitch, criminally exaggerated to make the green energies look like the solution.
h/t Rúnar O.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-04-24--Biden: Pandemic A ‘Wake-Up Call’ On ‘Climate Change,’ ‘Institutional Change’

Written by Tyler O'Neil on .
Posted in Latest news In two virtual fundraisers this week , presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden called the coronavirus pandemic a “ wake up call ” on climate change and said he was “ excited ” about the crisis because it presents “ opportunities ” for “ institutional changes.
” Rather than sympathizing with the victims of the crisis , the former vice president is in full “ never let a crisis go to waste ” mode .
“ I believe , because , sort of , the blinders have been taken off , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think people are realizing , ‘ My Lord .
Look at what is possible .
Look at the institutional changes we can make – without us becoming a ‘ socialist country , ’ or any of that malarkey – that we can make to provide the opportunities to change the institutional drawbacks … ’ from education , all the way through to all the other things we talked about , ” Biden said in a fundraiser on Tuesday , according to a pool report quoted by CNS News .
“ And if I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I am , ” he added .
To be fair , the former vice president went on to explain why he was “ excited ” : “ because I really think , think about this , the United States – I am a student of history – the United States is one of the few countries in the world , whatever crisis they ’ re faced with , we ’ ve overcome it .
And we ’ ve always come out stronger , better.
” At least he acknowledged that this is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right ?
At another fundraiser on Wednesday , Biden said the coronavirus is a wake-up call for climate change… as if greenhouse gasses were more responsible for COVID-19 than a bat in Wuhan , China .
“ COVID is shining a bright light on the structural racism that plagues our laws , our institutions and our culture .
And it ’ s a wake up call , a wake up call to action to climate change overall and to climate justice , ” Biden said , according to The Atlantic ‘ s Edward-Isaac @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emissions — somehow they made bats get sick , made human beings study coronaviruses in bats at the Wuhan Institute of Virology , made some researcher leave while infected , and made the Chinese Communist Party lie to cover it up and enable the spread .
It seems the only thing they can ’ t do is actually bring about the climate disaster predicted by so many alarmists .
Don ’ t ask how carbon emissions controlled bats and the Chinese Communist Party — it ’ s science .
And it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said it , so it must be true — no matter how little sense it makes .
Beyond the patent absurdity of calling the coronavirus a wake-up call for climate change , Biden has shown a disgusting penchant for using the COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity to push his radical agenda .
His comments about the “ opportunities ” this virus presents are very much on-brand .
Earlier this month , he told CNN ’ s Chris Cuomo , “ We have an opportunity , Chris , to do so many things now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are wrong , some of the structural things we couldn ’ t get anybody ’ s attention on .
In a sense , no pun intended , the bandaid ’ s been ripped off here.
” Biden ’ s view of the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity for structural change should sound familiar , and not just because of Rahm Emanuel .
Last month , House Majority Whip James Clyburn ( D-S.C. ) told his fellow Democrats , “ This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision .
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Written by Tyler O'Neil on Apr 24, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
In two virtual fundraisers this week, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden called the coronavirus pandemic a “wake up call” on climate change and said he was “excited” about the crisis because it presents “opportunities” for “institutional changes.”
Rather than sympathizing with the victims of the crisis, the former vice president is in full “never let a crisis go to waste” mode.
“I believe, because, sort of, the blinders have been taken off, because of this COVID crisis, I think people are realizing, ‘My Lord. Look at what is possible. Look at the institutional changes we can make – without us becoming a ‘socialist country,’ or any of that malarkey – that we can make to provide the opportunities to change the institutional drawbacks …’ from education, all the way through to all the other things we talked about,” Biden said in a fundraiser on Tuesday, according to a pool report quoted by CNS News.
“And if I sound like I’m excited, I am,” he added.
To be fair, the former vice president went on to explain why he was “excited”: “because I really think, think about this, the United States – I am a student of history – the United States is one of the few countries in the world, whatever crisis they’re faced with, we’ve overcome it. And we’ve always come out stronger, better.”
At least he acknowledged that this is a crisis. That’s something, right?
At another fundraiser on Wednesday, Biden said the coronavirus is a wake-up call for climate change… as if greenhouse gasses were more responsible for COVID-19 than a bat in Wuhan, China.
“COVID is shining a bright light on the structural racism that plagues our laws, our institutions and our culture. And it’s a wake up call, a wake up call to action to climate change overall and to climate justice,” Biden said, according to The Atlantic‘s Edward-Isaac Dovere.
Darn those sneaky all-powerful carbon emissions — somehow they made bats get sick, made human beings study coronaviruses in bats at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, made some researcher leave while infected, and made the Chinese Communist Party lie to cover it up and enable the spread.
It seems the only thing they can’t do is actually bring about the climate disaster predicted by so many alarmists.
Don’t ask how carbon emissions controlled bats and the Chinese Communist Party — it’s science. And it’s settled. That all-knowing sage Joe Biden said it, so it must be true — no matter how little sense it makes.
Beyond the patent absurdity of calling the coronavirus a wake-up call for climate change, Biden has shown a disgusting penchant for using the COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity to push his radical agenda.
His comments about the “opportunities” this virus presents are very much on-brand.
Earlier this month, he told CNN’s Chris Cuomo, “We have an opportunity, Chris, to do so many things now to change some of the structural things that are wrong, some of the structural things we couldn’t get anybody’s attention on. In a sense, no pun intended, the bandaid’s been ripped off here.”
Biden’s view of the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity for structural change should sound familiar, and not just because of Rahm Emanuel. Last month, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) told his fellow Democrats, “This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision.”
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climatechangedispatch--2020-04-24--Guardian’s Latest Climate Scam: Boston Will Be Underwater

Written by Anthony Watts on .
Posted in Latest news A newly published article in the Guardian attempts to scaremonger Bostonians by claiming rising seas will inundate large swaths of Boston .
Only the very wealthy will be able to pay for expensive measures to keep the sea at bay , the article claims .
However , sea-level rise is nowhere near the threat the Guardian claims .
Climate zealots have the idea that cities that have withstood rising sea levels for centuries will suddenly pack up and leave if threatened by a few inches in the present day .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ one valid point : Boston , like many U.S. coastal cities , is mostly built on landfill .
For example , Boston ’ s Logan International Airport was built on a series of sandy islands , and now is one of the busiest airports in the United States .
It is normal for landfills to gradually subside over time , and that makes those areas more susceptible to the small amount of naturally occurring sea level rise that has been occurring since the end of the Little Ice Age around 1850 .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dealing with sea-level rise for well over a century , and the city has won .
There ’ s no acceleration in sea-level rise .
Boston tidal gauge data show sea level is rising at the very same rate it was a century ago : And , if you look at the 2010-2020 decade in the graph , it appears there has been no sea-level rise at all in Boston during the past decade .
Similarly , New York City has been mitigating sea level rise far longer than Boston , and none @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true there , either .
The Guardian article also fails to give readers the full story behind the 2014 photo they used of a firefighter wading through a flooded section of Boston , suggesting the flooding was caused entirely by climate change .
Interestingly , the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) scientifically illustrates a rare event that caused flooding in a section Boston in 2014 that was the cause of the flooding in the photo the Guardian used in 2020 .
The flooding was the combination of two events : a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supermoon event and a storm surge pushed onshore by a powerful nor ’ easter , much like hurricanes produce storm surges .
“ The result ?
Normal tides in Boston are between 9 and 10 feet , but this storm brought a little something extra .
The city saw the highest water level at 15.16 feet , with storm surge topping 4.88 feet mean higher high water ( MHHW ) .
The nor ’ easter also dropped more than a foot of snow in the Boston area.
” Blaming “ climate change ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ events is a fool ’ s errand .
And no , Bostonians , you will not have to run for the hills to escape sea level rise .

Written by Anthony Watts on Apr 24, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
A newly published article in the Guardian attempts to scaremonger Bostonians by claiming rising seas will inundate large swaths of Boston.
Only the very wealthy will be able to pay for expensive measures to keep the sea at bay, the article claims.
However, sea-level rise is nowhere near the threat the Guardian claims.
Climate zealots have the idea that cities that have withstood rising sea levels for centuries will suddenly pack up and leave if threatened by a few inches in the present day.
The Guardian does, however, make one valid point: Boston, like many U.S. coastal cities, is mostly built on landfill.
For example, Boston’s Logan International Airport was built on a series of sandy islands, and now is one of the busiest airports in the United States.
It is normal for landfills to gradually subside over time, and that makes those areas more susceptible to the small amount of naturally occurring sea level rise that has been occurring since the end of the Little Ice Age around 1850.
The bottom line is that Boston has been dealing with sea-level rise for well over a century, and the city has won. There’s no acceleration in sea-level rise.
Boston tidal gauge data show sea level is rising at the very same rate it was a century ago:
And, if you look at the 2010-2020 decade in the graph, it appears there has been no sea-level rise at all in Boston during the past decade.
Similarly, New York City has been mitigating sea level rise far longer than Boston, and none of the overhyped apocalyptic predictions have come true there, either.
The Guardian article also fails to give readers the full story behind the 2014 photo they used of a firefighter wading through a flooded section of Boston, suggesting the flooding was caused entirely by climate change.
Interestingly, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientifically illustrates a rare event that caused flooding in a section Boston in 2014 that was the cause of the flooding in the photo the Guardian used in 2020.
The flooding was the combination of two events: a higher than normal tide driven by a supermoon event and a storm surge pushed onshore by a powerful nor’easter, much like hurricanes produce storm surges.
The MIT team writes:
“The result? Normal tides in Boston are between 9 and 10 feet, but this storm brought a little something extra. The city saw the highest water level at 15.16 feet, with storm surge topping 4.88 feet mean higher high water (MHHW). The nor’easter also dropped more than a foot of snow in the Boston area.”
Blaming “climate change” for flooding driven by two coinciding natural events is a fool’s errand. And no, Bostonians, you will not have to run for the hills to escape sea level rise.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-04-24--Michael Moore: The Green New Deal’s Worst Enemy

Written by James Delingpole on .
Posted in Latest news Left-wing documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is promoting a new documentary he executive produced about the environment — Planet of the Humans — and many of his usual supporters are going nuts .
What can the veteran left-wing activist possibly have done to earn such disapproval ?
Simple .
Moore has backed the most powerful , brutally honest , and important documentary of his career .
It ’ s also by far his bravest because it not only confronts the modern left ’ s greatest shibboleth — “ clean ” energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ great deal of succor to Moore ’ s avowed enemy President Donald Trump .
It might even help Trump clinch the next presidential election for it undermines the entire basis of the Green New Deal being pushed in one form or another by his opponents .
Renewable energy , the documentary makes abundantly clear , is not the solution to the problem — but an even bigger problem than the one it is supposedly solving .
The documentary was directed by Jeff Gibbs , who , like Moore , is very much a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a producer and composer on Moore ’ s Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine .
In his youth , he was the kind of committed , long-haired eco-activist who sabotages diggers by putting sugar in their gas tanks .
And it ’ s this left-wing , activist background of Gibbs and Moore which makes the movie ’ s message so much more compelling .
Renewable energy , it tells us , is not clean energy but dirty energy because it does tremendous damage to the environment .
The people who make money out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crony-capitalists .
Anyone who claims to believe otherwise is either an idiotic dupe or a wicked liar .
Though I ’ ve written about this myself in countless Breitbart columns , I ’ m a conservative writer largely preaching to the choir .
Coming from two ardent leftists , on the other hand , and aimed at least in part at a leftist audience , the message of Planet of the Humans is dynamite .
“ I ’ m in a strange position , ” the soft-spoken Gibbs tells us at the beginning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m against our addiction to fossil fuels and have long been a fan of green energy .
But everywhere I encountered green energy , it wasn ’ t what it seemed.
” And so we watch the scales begin to fall from Gibbs ’ s eyes .
We visit a zoo — powered , according to a local news story , by “ renewable ” elephant dung — which turns out on inspection not even to produce enough elephant dung power to heat the elephant barn .
We visit a “ solar-powered ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the scenes it is largely powered by diesel generators .
We visit an ethanol plant — whose wood has to be harvested using fossil-fuel-powered equipment and depends on its operational effectiveness on coal .
We visit a lovely old wood beloved by hikers and nature lovers in rural Vermont being trashed to build a wind farm .
We see 500-year old yuccas in the Mojave desert being torn up and shredded by diggers to make way for a “ clean ” energy solar plant .
“ It was enough to make my head @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point .
“ Green energy is not going to save us.
” No indeed .
But it ’ s going to make a few ugly and cynical crony capitalists very , very rich .
Gibbs follows the money trail and discovers — Quelle surprise !
— that the people and organizations most assiduously stoking the war on fossil fuels and most aggressively promoting “ renewables ” as an alternative are invariably the ones who stand to benefit most financially .
Among the Hall of Shame : Canadian activist Bill McKibben ; Al Gore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jr ( pictured ) ; Jeremy Grantham ; Michael Bloomberg ; Richard Branson .
These are revealed to have an unhealthily cozy relationship with green NGOs like the Sierra Club and The Nature Conservancy , which mouth the usual environmental pieties while yet quietly promoting energy which is every bit as environmentally destructive as fossil fuels .
The worst of these , the documentary suggests , are biofuels and biomass .
We visit one biomass plant on the shores of Lake Superior — awarded an $ 11.5 million government grant because it qualifies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ encourages its green wood chips to burn with the help of tire fragments and creosote ( causing the snow to turn black ) .
Time and again — because Gibbs hangs out among his own kind : liberal-leaning environmental activists ; lefty academics ; etc — we witness the shock in these people ’ s eyes .
They consider themselves to be green ; they want desperately to save the planet ; yet here are these monstrosities being erected across the U.S. in the name of the environment which wipe out native forests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the landscape with wind towers and solar panels which are left to rot once their useful life ( less than 20 years , often ) is over .
This is maybe the most important thing of all about this very important movie : it will drive a wedge into the heart of the green movement and force its adherents to take sides .
Will they choose to go with the evidence : which clearly shows that renewable energy is damaging to the landscape and to wildlife and does NOT reduce the use of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as back up for when the wind doesn ’ t blow and the sun doesn ’ t shine ) ?
Or will they continue to promote the fake news narrative that renewables are an eco-friendly alternative to fossil fuels ?
Renewable energy may well be the biggest scam in the gross , corrupt , and mendacious history of crony capitalism .
It ’ s a scam so far-reaching that even the U.S. Navy has been persuaded to power its fleet in part with renewables .
It ’ s a scam so brazen that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — promoted by Bill McKibben ’ s 350.org turns out on examination to have less than one percent of its holdings in the solar and wind industry ; the other 99 percent comprises oil and gas infrastructure ( including tar sands ) ; biofuels ; logging companies , and banks .
It ’ s a scam so hypocritical that last year ’ s Earth Day festival was sponsored by companies including car manufacturer Toyota and Caterpillar .
“ How can men destroy what ’ s left of nature to enrich themselves ?
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which has made a fortune for rent-seekers like Al Gore .
He answers : “ That ’ s why they ’ re billionaires and you ’ re not.
” Though I can ’ t say I share many of Michael Moore ’ s and Jeff Gibbs ’ s political assumptions — certainly not the Malthusian belief underpinning the movie that overpopulation is killing our planet — I ’ m full of gratitude and admiration that they should have made this bold , brave documentary .
What has always motivated me above all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ horror at what is being done to the planet in the name of saving it .

Written by James Delingpole on Apr 24, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Left-wing documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is promoting a new documentary he executive produced about the environment — Planet of the Humans — and many of his usual supporters are going nuts.
What can the veteran left-wing activist possibly have done to earn such disapproval?
Simple. Moore has backed the most powerful, brutally honest, and important documentary of his career.
It’s also by far his bravest because it not only confronts the modern left’s greatest shibboleth — “clean” energy — but it does indeed offer a great deal of succor to Moore’s avowed enemy President Donald Trump.
It might even help Trump clinch the next presidential election for it undermines the entire basis of the Green New Deal being pushed in one form or another by his opponents.
Renewable energy, the documentary makes abundantly clear, is not the solution to the problem — but an even bigger problem than the one it is supposedly solving.
The documentary was directed by Jeff Gibbs, who, like Moore, is very much a man of the left. Gibbs was a producer and composer on Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine.
In his youth, he was the kind of committed, long-haired eco-activist who sabotages diggers by putting sugar in their gas tanks.
And it’s this left-wing, activist background of Gibbs and Moore which makes the movie’s message so much more compelling.
Renewable energy, it tells us, is not clean energy but dirty energy because it does tremendous damage to the environment.
The people who make money out of it are the worst kind of crony-capitalists. Anyone who claims to believe otherwise is either an idiotic dupe or a wicked liar.
Though I’ve written about this myself in countless Breitbart columns, I’m a conservative writer largely preaching to the choir.
Coming from two ardent leftists, on the other hand, and aimed at least in part at a leftist audience, the message of Planet of the Humans is dynamite.
“I’m in a strange position,” the soft-spoken Gibbs tells us at the beginning of the movie. “I’m against our addiction to fossil fuels and have long been a fan of green energy. But everywhere I encountered green energy, it wasn’t what it seemed.”
And so we watch the scales begin to fall from Gibbs’s eyes.
We visit a zoo — powered, according to a local news story, by “renewable” elephant dung — which turns out on inspection not even to produce enough elephant dung power to heat the elephant barn.
We visit a “solar-powered” music festival where we discover that behind the scenes it is largely powered by diesel generators.
We visit an ethanol plant — whose wood has to be harvested using fossil-fuel-powered equipment and depends on its operational effectiveness on coal.
We visit a lovely old wood beloved by hikers and nature lovers in rural Vermont being trashed to build a wind farm.
We see 500-year old yuccas in the Mojave desert being torn up and shredded by diggers to make way for a “clean” energy solar plant.
“It was enough to make my head explode,” Gibbs confesses at one point. “Green energy is not going to save us.”
No indeed. But it’s going to make a few ugly and cynical crony capitalists very, very rich.
Gibbs follows the money trail and discovers — Quelle surprise! — that the people and organizations most assiduously stoking the war on fossil fuels and most aggressively promoting “renewables” as an alternative are invariably the ones who stand to benefit most financially.
Among the Hall of Shame: Canadian activist Bill McKibben; Al Gore; Van Jones; Robert F Kennedy Jr (pictured); Jeremy Grantham; Michael Bloomberg; Richard Branson.
These are revealed to have an unhealthily cozy relationship with green NGOs like the Sierra Club and The Nature Conservancy, which mouth the usual environmental pieties while yet quietly promoting energy which is every bit as environmentally destructive as fossil fuels.
The worst of these, the documentary suggests, are biofuels and biomass.
We visit one biomass plant on the shores of Lake Superior — awarded an $11.5 million government grant because it qualifies as “renewable” energy — which encourages its green wood chips to burn with the help of tire fragments and creosote (causing the snow to turn black).
Time and again — because Gibbs hangs out among his own kind: liberal-leaning environmental activists; lefty academics; etc — we witness the shock in these people’s eyes.
They consider themselves to be green; they want desperately to save the planet; yet here are these monstrosities being erected across the U.S. in the name of the environment which wipe out native forests, pollute the air, and ravage the landscape with wind towers and solar panels which are left to rot once their useful life (less than 20 years, often) is over.
This is maybe the most important thing of all about this very important movie: it will drive a wedge into the heart of the green movement and force its adherents to take sides.
Will they choose to go with the evidence: which clearly shows that renewable energy is damaging to the landscape and to wildlife and does NOT reduce the use of fossil fuels (which must be kept as back up for when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine)?
Or will they continue to promote the fake news narrative that renewables are an eco-friendly alternative to fossil fuels?
Renewable energy may well be the biggest scam in the gross, corrupt, and mendacious history of crony capitalism. It’s a scam so far-reaching that even the U.S. Navy has been persuaded to power its fleet in part with renewables.
It’s a scam so brazen that an environmental fund — Green Century Funds — promoted by Bill McKibben’s 350.org turns out on examination to have less than one percent of its holdings in the solar and wind industry; the other 99 percent comprises oil and gas infrastructure (including tar sands); biofuels; logging companies, and banks.
It’s a scam so hypocritical that last year’s Earth Day festival was sponsored by companies including car manufacturer Toyota and Caterpillar.
“How can men destroy what’s left of nature to enrich themselves?” Gibbs asks of the crony-capitalist renewables industry, which has made a fortune for rent-seekers like Al Gore. He answers: “That’s why they’re billionaires and you’re not.”
Though I can’t say I share many of Michael Moore’s and Jeff Gibbs’s political assumptions — certainly not the Malthusian belief underpinning the movie that overpopulation is killing our planet — I’m full of gratitude and admiration that they should have made this bold, brave documentary.
What has always motivated me above all in my climate skepticism is my utter horror at what is being done to the planet in the name of saving it.
h/t Jacob W.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-04-24--RIP Climate Hysteria: 20 Ways The Pandemic Killed The Alarmists’ Crusade

Written by Craig Kelly on .
Posted in Latest news Reason No.1 : The complete collapse in trust in the United Nations and its associated organizations The World Health Organisation and the International Panel on Climate Change are both specialized agencies of the United Nations .
The collapse in trust in the W.H.O and the United Nations resulting from their conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic will also result in a collapse in trust in the IPCC .
The WHO is headed by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , a member of the Ethiopian Marxist terror group , the Tigray ’ s Peoples @ @ @ @ @ @ @ World Health Organization , Tedros stands guilty of acting as a stooge for the Chinese Communist Party , misleading the global community and costing lives .
Tedros ’ s first step as head of the WHO was to propose that the butcher of Zimbabwe , the dictator and fellow Marxist , Robert Mugabe become a WHO goodwill ambassador .
January 14 this year , Tedros echoed China ’ s false claim that the virus had no human-to-human transmission .
However , the World Health Organisation didn ’ t find any because they simply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chanted China ’ s disinformation .
In February , when hospitals were filling and bodies piling up in cemeteries in China , and the Chinese had imposed domestic travel restrictions within China , Tedros stated there was no need to impose international travel restrictions on China .
The disgraceful leadership of Tedros was further apparent as late as March 9 when he denied the China virus had become a pandemic .
And last week , Tedros supported the China Communist Party ’ s decision to reopen live animal markets , ignoring decades of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus from animals to humans .
Because Tedros parroted China ’ s lies , people died .
The world lost vital weeks in fighting the pandemic , conduct that has cost over 100,000 lives and widespread economic ruin .
Such conduct by the head of the WHO should have resulted in strong condemnation by the United Nations .
Instead , we had the secretary-general of the United Nations , the Portuguese socialist Antonio Guterres , covering up for the World Health Organisation ’ s dangerous epidemic of misinformation .
As some have noted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up for the Ethiopian Marxist ’ s covering up of the Chinese Communist Party ’ s cover-up of the outbreak of the virus .
Given the public can no longer trust the UN agency the World Health Organisation , likewise trust will also collapse other UN agencies , including the International Panel on Climate Change .
The 19 other reasons will be published over the coming weeks .

Written by Craig Kelly on Apr 24, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Reason No.1: The complete collapse in trust in the United Nations and its associated organizations
The World Health Organisation and the International Panel on Climate Change are both specialized agencies of the United Nations.
The collapse in trust in the W.H.O and the United Nations resulting from their conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic will also result in a collapse in trust in the IPCC.
The WHO is headed by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a member of the Ethiopian Marxist terror group, the Tigray’s Peoples Liberation Front.
As Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros stands guilty of acting as a stooge for the Chinese Communist Party, misleading the global community and costing lives.
Tedros’s first step as head of the WHO was to propose that the butcher of Zimbabwe, the dictator and fellow Marxist, Robert Mugabe become a WHO goodwill ambassador.
January 14 this year, Tedros echoed China’s false claim that the virus had no human-to-human transmission. However, the World Health Organisation didn’t find any because they simply didn’t look. Tedros simply chanted China’s disinformation.
In February, when hospitals were filling and bodies piling up in cemeteries in China, and the Chinese had imposed domestic travel restrictions within China, Tedros stated there was no need to impose international travel restrictions on China.
The disgraceful leadership of Tedros was further apparent as late as March 9 when he denied the China virus had become a pandemic.
And last week, Tedros supported the China Communist Party’s decision to reopen live animal markets, ignoring decades of scientific warnings that these markets risk spreading coronavirus from animals to humans.
Because Tedros parroted China’s lies, people died. The world lost vital weeks in fighting the pandemic, conduct that has cost over 100,000 lives and widespread economic ruin.
Such conduct by the head of the WHO should have resulted in strong condemnation by the United Nations.
Instead, we had the secretary-general of the United Nations, the Portuguese socialist Antonio Guterres, covering up for the World Health Organisation’s dangerous epidemic of misinformation.
As some have noted; we had a Portuguese socialist covering up for the Ethiopian Marxist’s covering up of the Chinese Communist Party’s cover-up of the outbreak of the virus.
Given the public can no longer trust the UN agency the World Health Organisation, likewise trust will also collapse other UN agencies, including the International Panel on Climate Change.
The 19 other reasons will be published over the coming weeks.
h/t Rúnar O.
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