climatechangedispatch--2020-10-06--NATO Puts On Green Camouflage To Combat Climate Change

Written by John O'Sullivan on .
Posted in Latest news , Videos Look below and you will find an eighty-seven-second video about NATO and the security implications of climate change .
As far as soft-focus videos featuring a succession of images , alternately arresting and heartening , and music of a mildly urgent kind usually go—and that ’ s how they usually go—it ’ s not at all bad .
I ’ ve had to watch it several times in preparing this article , and I now more or less enjoy it .
That must count as a success story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not aimed at me or people like me .
I am a supporter of NATO and have been ever since I first became aware of what it was and what it did .
Since I was six years old when the organization was founded in 1949 , that epiphany probably took place around 1954-55 .
But it was reinforced very strongly by the Soviet invasion of Hungary and its brutal repression of Hungarians in the following year .
The Hungarians were crushed precisely because they weren ’ t members of NATO which , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t cross the Iron Curtain to protect them .
Many people felt a sense of shame at that—and certainly , the West might have done more to protest the savagery of the repression—but the conclusion that almost everyone in Western Europe drew was that if NATO protected them from the Soviet forces on the other side of the Iron Curtain , then it must indubitably be a Good Thing .
And most people on both sides of the Atlantic continued thinking that until the velvet revolutions of 1989 and 1991 produced the collapse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hesitant emergence of an identity crisis in NATO .
“ Why are we here ?
” agonized five-star generals and former Secretaries of State .
If NATO ’ s original purposes had been ( in the brilliant summary of its first Secretary-General , Pug Ismay , previously Churchill ’ s wartime military aide ) “ to keep the Russians out , the Americans in , and the Germans down , ” what were its purposes since the Russians were now “ out ” of their own accord ?
Fortunately , a new and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ importance was quickly found in Ismay ’ s second justification : to keep the Americans in ( in Europe , that is . )
Membership of NATO—which meant U.S. security protection when translated into local languages— became the carrot to persuade the former communist satellites in “ Eastern Europe ” to adopt painful reforms that would transform them into “ market democracies.
” Though genuinely painful for workers in communism ’ s wasteland economies , the reform programs succeeded well and in a short time-scale of fewer than two decades .
And though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( an EU specialty ) on this matter , the transformation of “ Eastern Europe ” into a zone of stability and democracy was overwhelmingly achieved mainly by NATO and the U.S. ( with , of course , the help of local governments . )
The EU stepped up later to share in the benefits .
That brings us and NATO to the present .
For the embarrassing fact is that at least one central purpose of NATO is now Ismay ’ s cold-bloodedly realistic desire “ to keep the Germans down.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ informal leadership of the United States , no single European country can dominate its security structures .
Since only one country could hope to do so if the U.S. were to pull out of Europe , namely Germany , maintaining NATO as the main provider of European security is a way of keeping Germany down or if not actually down , then at least not at the top of the tree .
That ’ s not an argument that anyone who is near these decisions can make openly .
But it is something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defense ministers around the NATO table—and around the European Union defense table too .
For the debates now happening in Europe about a future European defense , the structure is really proxy arguments over whether Europe should be defended by forces under American command or forces under German command .
It ’ s hard sometimes to make sense of what participants in these discussions are saying because they talk in riddles .
Those who want the Americans to depart denounce President Trump on the grounds that he ’ s undermined America ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want the U.S. to stay criticize Chancellor Merkel for not backing her talk of a Europe compelled to become independent with hard cash for defense .
Almost the only people who say exactly what they mean are the Poles and the Balts , who leave no doubt that they want American security guarantees and will accept no paper Euro-substitutes .
That ’ s the real question facing NATO today .
Where , then , does climate change come into it ?
NATO ’ s Secretary-General , Jens Stoltenberg , a former Danish Prime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a virtual speech to the students of ten major universities a month ago .
Mr. Stoltenberg begins by mentioning various challenges facing NATO which included cyber warfare , disruptive technologies , the shifting global balance of power , and climate change .
Okay , the first three problems are obviously relevant to military power .
But he told the students that he would focus on the last one : “ Some may ask if NATO , a military alliance , should be concerned with climate change .
My answer is that yes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
1 .
Because climate change makes the world more dangerous .
2 .
Because it makes it harder for our military forces to keep our people safe .
3 .
And because we all have a responsibility to do more to combat climate change.
” None of these three challenges really adds up to much .
The first may not even be true .
Many experts on climate policy argue cite statistics to argue that extreme weather situations are not getting worse or more frequent .
And if turns out that NATO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to rescue people from floods and other natural disasters , that ’ s a secondary mission that keeps soldiers busy and has a useful public relations function .
We maintain large military forces to preserve our security , not to do social work .
The second reason is we have to protect the ability of NATO forces to fight in difficult climatic conditions .
Well , yes .
Napoleon and Hitler made an enormous error in sending troops to fight in Russian winters without warm clothing .
Obviously , our military planners should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ always do as my examples suggest—but climate change alters such calculations hardly at all .
And thinking about the conditions of warfare should be second nature .
And the third reason boils down to ensuring that our military and logistical planning should be done in such a way as to reduce carbon emissions to net-zero by the usual dates .
Insofar as this is a general obligation on everyone , the armed forces will doubtless comply .
But thinking about such matters should not be a priority .
In comparison with countering the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russian and Chinese militaries ( and the subversive methods of asymmetric warfare ) , holding down carbon emissions is a third-order consideration .
Truth be told , climate change is not a question of military security at all unless some other power is weaponizing climate change against NATO .
That kind of thing happens a lot in James Bond movies—usually through the agency of a mad billionaire—and I imagine that some scientists may be locked away in places like Siberia and Wuhan thinking the unthinkable about the climate .
Might there even be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ itself might weaponize climate change against our enemies too ?
I hope so even if only for the purposes of deterrence .
Were that to be so , however , I doubt that Mr. Stoltenberg would be mentioning it to audiences of students .
They wouldn ’ t be the right kind of audience for it .
But they are exactly the right kind of audience for talks on NATO as an agency for combatting climate change .
In making the case for its own preservation as the primary vehicle for European defense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ massive political fact that much European public opinion—and an even larger percentage of German opinion—is both Green and anti-American .
Anti-Americanism is the driving force behind the persistent campaign for a structure of European defense separate from NATO and independent of the United States .
It ’ s to be found on the French Right , the German Left , and in the Brussels Eurocracy .
It is even to be glimpsed in Britain ’ s Ministry of Defense which is doing its bureaucratic best to keep the UK inside European defense structures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parliamentary scrutiny .
Or so the generals in Veterans for Britain tell us once they are safely retired .
NATO can hardly deal with this directly .
It would be too obviously pleading its own ( and Washington ’ s ) cause .
So it is doing the next best thing—seeking to win over the rising political forces of Green environmentalism which are replacing the traditional social democratic and socialist parties on the Left of European and German politics .
On the success of that campaign may depend whether the defense of Europe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years after the reunification of Germany .
And so I must admit to having been mistaken .
The video on NATO and the environment was a hard-headed political pitch for keeping NATO on as Europe ’ s main engine of the defense .
It was therefore meant for people like me .
My apologies .
I was misled by its green camouflage .
Read more at The Pipeline

According to United Nations, In 1950 the population of North America (including Central America and the Caribbean) was estimated at around 227 million people. It reached 400 million in 1985 and 500 million by 2003. The North American population is expected to reach around 700 million by 2050 and 741 million by 2021.
As per the UN estimated population of North America in 2022 is 600,323,162 (600 million or 60 Crore)*
Regions 2022 Northern America 376,870,696 Central America 179,060,359 Caribbean 44,392,107 Total 600,323,162
Estimated North American population in 2023: 604 Million
*We have given data on North America as a Continent. It includes Central American & Caribbean countries.
Source: World Population Prospects 2022


climatechangedispatch--2020-10-06--U.S. Supreme Court To Take Up Baltimore Climate Lawfare Case

Written by William Allison on .
Posted in Latest news On Friday , the United States Supreme Court announced that it will review the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ’ ruling that Baltimore ’ s climate change lawsuit against energy producers should be heard in state court , a move that could deal a fatal blow to the entire climate litigation campaign .
While the issue before the court is procedural in nature , its resolution could help answer an essential question present in the more than twenty municipal climate change lawsuits so far filed across the country : should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state court ?
The energy companies filed a petition before the Supreme Court in March , after the Fourth Circuit affirmed a lower court ’ s ruling that Baltimore ’ s case belonged in state court .
The plaintiffs , and the activist groups supporting them , believe their chance of success greatly increases if these cases are heard in state court – something they ’ ve fought to make happen .
Considering this , the Supreme Court ’ s decision to review the question of jurisdiction has the potential to shake up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the announcement , Bloomberg noted that the “ high court ’ s decision to get involved gives the industry a fresh shot at arguing for federal jurisdiction , ” and the Washington Post called it a “ win ” for energy companies and reported : So , what exactly will the energy companies and Baltimore argue before the Supreme Court in the coming months ?
What implications will this decision have on climate litigation in the United States moving forward ?
Here is what to consider in the lead up to the court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ et al .
v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore : The Issues : The Scope of Appellate Review and the Federal Officer Removal Statute In considering the energy companies ’ petition , the Supreme Court will address a reoccurring technical question that has become integral to the future of climate lawsuits across the country : the scope of appellate review .
Specifically , the Court will provide guidance on what appellate courts should review when a defendant removes a case to federal court in part under federal officer jurisdiction , a statute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or officers belong in federal court .
Let ’ s break this down a bit .
The majority of these climate cases , including Baltimore ’ s , originated in state court .
The energy companies removed them to the federal district court , where they were ultimately sent back – or “ remanded ” – to the state level .
The companies then appealed the remand orders to the appropriate U.S .
Circuit Courts .
Even though different climate cases were removed to federal court on separate jurisdictional grounds , three circuit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which ruled on Baltimore ’ s case – have ruled that federal officer jurisdiction is the only issue that they can review when considering the companies ’ appeal of a lower court ’ s remand order .
The companies , meanwhile , argue that the federal officer removal statute authorizes appellate review of the entire remand order – a position held by the Seventh Circuit .
So , because they invoked the statute in their motions for removal , the circuit courts should have considered all their other arguments as well .
Whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Supreme Court will determine .
Chevron , one of the energy companies part of the petition to the Supreme Court , told E & E News that climate lawsuits should be heard in federal court , as their impact is inherently national : The Implications : What Does This Mean for the Other Climate Lawsuits ?
Although the Supreme Court ’ s review of the Baltimore case will focus on a nuanced procedural question , that does not mean the outcome will not be significant .
In fact , a ruling either @ @ @ @ @ @ @ directly impacting the future of dozens of existing climate litigation suits .
As the companies explained in their petition to SCOTUS : The Tenth and Ninth Circuits have followed the precedent set by the Fourth Circuit , affirming that cases brought by Colorado and California municipalities belong in state court , while the First Circuit held oral arguments in Rhode Island ’ s lawsuit last month .
Although the Colorado case has been moving forward in state court , the Ninth Circuit stayed County of San Mateo until at least January 2021 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supreme Court is due .
Meanwhile , it appears likely the First Circuit will not make further rulings until the Court issues its decision in the Baltimore case , which is expected in summer 2021 .
On a macro level , the SCOTUS decision to take up this case dramatically shifts the momentum of the entire national climate litigation campaign .
While four new cases were filed within the last month , as activists , plaintiffs lawyers , and their allies in government pressed harder in their efforts , the Supreme Court is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This development will likely influence the Court ’ s decision , according to Law360 ’ s Keith Goldberg : Having these cases proceed in state court is what the plaintiffs want ; if they move forward at the federal level , their job just got a lot harder .
Even supporters of the climate litigation campaign admit that the Supreme Court could deal a fatal blow to their efforts , as a UCLA professor who consulted on these cases and has pushed for their support in the media told Bloomberg :

As per United Nations, In 1950 the population of South America was estimated at around 113 million people. It reached 300 million in 1990 and 400 million in 2012. The South American population is expected to be around 500 million by 2050.
As per the United Nations population studies, the estimated Europe population in 2022 is 436,816,607 (436 million or 43.6 Crores). 85.5 % of the population is urban and the median age in South America is 32.1 years.
South American population in 2023: 439 million or 43.9 Crore
Source: UN world population prospects report 2022


climatechangedispatch--2020-10-07--Under Biden’s Energy Plan, Rolling Blackouts Will Be The New Normal

Written by Larry Bell on .
Posted in Latest news Power blackouts that rolled across California cities and towns during an August 13-14 heatwave offer a warning glimpse of much more dire consequences we can absolutely count on occurring with the enactment of the Biden campaign ’ s “ Build Back Better ” proposal to immediately eliminate fracking on all public lands , and virtually eliminate fossil-fueled power plants over the next 15 years .
In concert with the aspirational Green New Deal co-sponsored by his running mate Senator Kamala Harris , D-Calif. , Biden ’ s plan calls for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ installing 500 million solar panels and manufacturing 60,000 wind turbines .
Add to this that Biden proposes to have taxpayers finance a half-million electric car chargers across America – along with funding to help carmakers convert their factories to electric vehicle ( EV ) production .
Meanwhile , California Gov .
Gavin Newson has now ordered his state to ban new gas vehicles by 2035 in order to weaponize its gigantic car market as a hammer to force automakers to concentrate on EVs .
All of this , of course , will shift @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the electrical power sector .
Producing and recharging those EVs will require that energy sufficiency is constantly available .
That wasn ’ t the case when that August heatwave left millions of perspiring Californians in the dark as power demand outstripped supplies .
Now imagine adding several tens of thousands of EVs to drain further dwindling supplies of reliable energy .
Not explained are any bright ideas regarding how to recharge all those power-hungry plug-ins on windless nights .
For a reality check , let ’ s first recognize that about 80 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in BTUs ) comes from fossil sources , with another 8.6 percent contributed by nuclear .
Of that total U.S. energy amount , solar and wind combined presently contribute barely over three percent , with solar contributing less than 0.1 percent .
Even the best wind power and sunlight systems produce energy averaged over the year at 25 % -30 % of the time or less .
By comparison , conventional natural gas plants have very high availability in the 80 % -95 % range , and often higher .
Wind and solar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ spinning reserve ” power typically provided by natural gas turbines that must be inefficiently throttled up and down like a car driving in stop-and-go traffic to balance the energy grid .
Any excess energy that is produced must either be dumped or stored for times when it will be useful – like , for example at night when large populations of EV owners will simultaneously wish to replenish their large power-thirsty batteries .
There ’ s also another big problem with producing those batteries .
China controls about 70 % of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of the anodes to make them .
And a lithium project that has been seeking approval to mine the material in a Nevada desert has been blocked from doing so for more than a decade by environmental groups such as the Center for Biological Diversity .
Nevertheless , limited capacities and unreliability issues aside ( and they are big ones ) , wasn ’ t that “ green energy ” still supposed to be environmentally clean ?
Certainly not when we consider what goes into making those systems .
As reported by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Institute , building wind turbines and solar panels to generate electricity , as well as batteries to fuel electric vehicles , requires , on average , more than 10 times the quantity of materials , compared with building equivalent systems using hydrocarbons to deliver the same amount of energy .
Consider the massive material requirements needed to replace a single 100-MW gas-fired turbine about the size of a typical residential house with at least 20 wind turbines , each about the size of the Washington Monument and covering about 10 square miles of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 30,000 tons of iron ore and 50,000 tons of concrete , as well as 900 tons of non-recyclable plastics for the huge blades .
A solar plant with the same output – enough power to supply about 75,000 homes – would require half again more tonnage in cement , steel , and glass .
Adding to that , also imagine periodically replacing a utility-scale battery storage system for that same 100-MW wind farm comprising at least 10,000 tons of Tesla-class batteries .
Producing each of them requires mining , moving , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using hydrocarbon-fueled equipment .
This amounts to some 20 times more than the 25,000 pounds of petroleum that an internal combustion engine uses over the life of a car .
Applied for transportation , and averaged over a 1,000 pound EV battery life , imagine that each mile of driving an electric vehicle “ consumes ” about five pounds of earth moved by hydrocarbon powered devices , whereas a comparable petroleum-fueled vehicle only consumes about 0.2 pounds of liquids per mile .
Again , for comparison with hydrocarbons , it requires the energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to fabricate a number of storage batteries that can store a single barrel of oil-equivalent energy .
Put still another way , about 60 pounds of batteries are needed to store the energy equivalent to that in one pound of hydrocarbons .
Mark Mills reminds us that by 2050 , with current plans , the quantity of worn-out , non-recyclable solar panels will double the tonnage of all today ’ s global plastic waste , along with over three million tons per year of unrecyclable plastics from worn-out wind turbine blades .
By @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per year of batteries , including rare earth elements such as dysprosium they contain , will become landfill garbage .
As a 2017 World Bank study concludes , “ Technologies assumed to populate the clean energy shift … are in fact significantly more material-intensive in their composition than current traditional fossil-fuel-based energy supply systems.
” In addition , banning gasoline vehicles is going to cost California lots of funding needed for roads and public works , including the state ’ s bullet train to nowhere .
The state currently collects about $ 8 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billion in cap-and-trade revenues annually .
Getting to 100 % electric by 2035 will require massively more money for subsidies to pay for those cars and an enormous vehicle-charging network to expand from a mere 6.2 % of the auto market represented by EV sales last year .
Finally , as for wind , solar , and EVs eliminating either “ carbon pollution ” or climate change , don ’ t believe that for a moment .
The only thing “ green ” about any of them will come from the pocketbooks of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

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Two men responsible for the attempted murder of a man in Glasgow in 2019 have been jailed.
At Glasgow High Court on Wednesday (May 12) Samuel Maxwell, 33, and Malcolm Cumlin, 31, were sentenced to 9 years in prison each following the attack on August 8, 2019.
The victim, who at the time, was 31 years old, was on Maryhill Road, near to Glencloy Street, when he was approached by two men and attacked with a weapon.
Detective Chief Inspector John Morrison said: “This was a targeted and violent attack which left a man with serious injuries. Their actions could have cost the man his life and we welcome them being brought to account for their actions.
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“Following the incident we issued an appeal for the help of the public and I would like to thank everyone who came forward to assist.
“I would also like to thank the victim and hope that this sentencing will offer him some comfort.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-10-08--Kamala Harris Doubles Down On Biden’s Fracking Flip-Flop

Written by Paulina Enck on .
Posted in Latest news , Videos On Wednesday night ’ s debate stage , Kamala Harris claimed “ Joe Biden will not ban fracking .
He has been very clear about that.
” Harris is half right .
Biden has been very clear about his position on fracking : he spent the primary promising to ban the practice .
Now , Harris claims that she and Joe Biden have not spent the past year promising to do just that .
Vice President Mike Pence did not allow this lie to stand , pointing out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a fracking ban .
He also noted that the Biden/Harris campaign supported a version of the Green New Deal , which is functionally identical to the original legislation .
The Green New Deal , of which Harris was an original co-sponsor , explicitly pledged to ban fracking .
One memorable promise brought up by Pence , was when Biden “ looked a supporter in the eye , and pointed and said , ‘ I guarantee , I guarantee that we will abolish fossil fuels.
” The moment was caught on video , ending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hand to confirm the promise .
Biden also promised to both stop fracking and fossil fuels across several campaign events and debates .
He could not have been clearer in his support for banning the practice , which could lead to the loss of almost 200,000 jobs , according to the National Ocean Industries Association ( NOIA ) .
Biden even admitted that he was willing to sacrifice economic growth and jobs in order to ban fracking and fossil fuels .
When questioned during a primary debate , he responded with a resounding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of nowhere , Biden changed his long-held tune , claiming that he is “ not banning fracking ” at a recent campaign event in Pittsburg .
He blamed the rumors on lies from President Donald Trump , and not the copious amount of video evidence of him declaring point-blank that he would ban fracking and fossil fuels .
It ’ s not been Trump who is lying about Biden ’ s fracking intentions .
Kamala Harris fares no better in regards to her own record on fracking .
During a CNN town hall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is no question I ’ m in favor of banning fracking.
” What changed , other than the need to win a general election ?
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have either spent the past year lying to primary voters in order to gain the nominations , or they ’ re lying to the American people now .
Read more at The Federalist

Јапонскиот милијардер и шеф на „Ракутен груп инк“, Хироши Микитани смета дека Летните олимписки игри 2020 во Токио треба да бидат откажани.
– Фактот што доцниме со вакцинациите сугерира дека сега е премногу опасно да се организира голем меѓународен настан. Ова е споредливо со мисијата за самоубиство, рече Микитани.
Тој повеќепати ја критикуваше јапонската влада за тоа како земјата се справува со пандемијата на коронавирус.
Олимписките игри 2020 во Токио треба да се одржат од 23 јули до 8 август 2021 година.


climatechangedispatch--2020-10-08--Kamala Harris Won’t Answer Whether Biden Admin Would Back Green New Deal

Written by Joel B. Pollak on .
Posted in Latest news Sen. Kamala Harris ( D-CA ) refused to answer a direct question from the moderator at the vice presidential debate on Wednesday about whether she and Joe Biden supported the Green New Deal .
But if you look at the Biden/Harris campaign website , it describes the Green New Deal as a crucial framework .
What exactly would be the stance of a Biden/Harris administration toward the Green New Deal ?
You have two minutes , uninterrupted .
Harris proceeded to talk for two minutes without answering the question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would ban fracking ( he said he would , several times ) .
She then claimed Biden would create jobs in “ clean energy and renewable energy ” because he understood the impact of climate change .
She claimed that fires in California and floods in Iowa were the result of climate change ( a claim that scientists have not made , though they say such events could become more frequent ) .
She said that then pledged that under a Biden/Harris administration , the U.S. would re-enter the Paris Climate Agreement .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s climate change policy .
But she never mentioned the Green New Deal .

The Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 marked the end of the Greek war of Independence and recognized Greece as an independent nation.
The Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 recognised Greece as an independent nation.
The treaty was signed between three nations, Britain, France, and Russia on one side and the Ottoman Empire on the other side.
Leopold stepped down as the claimant of the Greece throne.


climatechangedispatch--2020-10-09--Even Penn. Voters Know Biden’s Full Of Crap When It Comes To Fracking

Written by Matt Vespa on .
Posted in Latest news , Videos Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are two unlikable candidates on the 2020 Democratic ticket , who have refused to answer whether they ’ ll pack the Supreme Court and have been caught lying regarding fracking .
Energy issues are key in a state like Pennsylvania , which Biden has to retake this November if he has a shot of winning the presidency .
With an anti-fracking stance , he may find conquering the Keystone State to be all but impossible .
Natural gas has been great for Pennsylvania @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have declared they will ban it .
We have the receipts .
We have videos .
On Biden ’ s campaign website , it says he supports the Green New Deal , which kills fracking .
It also bans the internal combustion engine , but that ’ s for another time .
The point is that Pennsylvania voters know where both of you stand , guys .
You ’ re not going to lie your way through this , and even if you didn ’ t want to ban it—you ’ re stuck @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a debt to the environmental left to do nothing on this .
You ’ d have to subject scores of American families to economic destitution .
MSNBC went to Beaver , PA , and found that voters here know exactly where these two clowns stand on energy and what will happen should they get elected .
And as of now , there ’ s not enough time to turn that ship around .
There are too many statements and videos showing them dead set on killing this industry .

Željko Petrović je holandskog prvoligaša Viljem II preuzeo na pretposljednjoj poziciji, kada je bio u seriji od 10 utakmica bez pobjede, sa dva remija i osam poraza.
Debitovao je Podgoričanin posljednjeg dana januara u pobjedi nad Emenom - 2:0, a danas je osigurao opstanak u Erediviziji.
Viljem, na čijem golu je bivši mladi reprezentativac Crne Gore Arijanet Murić, savladao je kod kuće Fortunu Sitard 2:1 i u posljednjem kolu otklonio sve dileme...
2 - Willem II have recorded consecutive Eredivisie victories for the first time since December 2019. Safe. pic.twitter.com/AAdFPyytlx — OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) May 16, 2021
Vodila je ekipa Želja Petrovića majstorijom Grka Vangelisa Pavlidisa od finiša poluvremena.
Eredivisie goal of the season. Try to change my mind! #wilfor Such an important goal. What a win for Willem II - they are safe!! https://t.co/yLgewjmBGe — Michael Statham (@EredivisieMike) May 16, 2021
Iz prvog šuta su gosti izjednačili u 48.
Ipak, Šveđanin Sebastijan Holmen je pogodio u 67. i potpisao trijumf koji je donio opstanak.
Petrović je "užarenu" klupu kluba iz Tilburga preuzeo sa lagodne pozicije pomoćnika Dika Advokata u Fejnordu.


climatechangedispatch--2020-10-09--German Prof: Climate Science Politicized, Filled With ‘Fairy Tales’

Written by Pierre Gosselin on .
Posted in Latest news German professor , a co-founder of the modern environmental movement , says climate science is exaggerated , filled with fairy tales , and believes the Paris Accord is “ already dead.
” In an interview with publicist Roland Tichy , Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt – one of the founders of Germany ’ s modern environmental movement – said we have in fact three generations time to revamp the world ’ s energy supply system to one that is cleaner and sustainable .
He rejects the Fridays For Future claim that there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the interview , moderator Tichy reminded that civilization began 7,000 years ago , a time when it was “ 3°C warmer than today ” and Vahrenholt responded by saying he expects civilization to continue for another seven thousand years .
There was no tipping point back then , why would there be one today ?
“ Warmth and moisture have always been good for mankind , ” said Vahrenholt .
“ Cold has been man ’ s worst enemy.
” The German professor also said that the claimed catastrophe “ is not taking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to use “ panic and fear to get the people to act.
” Much of the warming measured since 1850 is the result of natural warming taking place due to the end of the Little Ice Age , he explained .
Later the German professor of chemistry calls the belief that wind and sun are able to replace fossil fuels “ fantasizing ” and that Germany , with its 2.3 % share of global CO2 emissions , can rescue the global climate “ a fairy tale ” .
Meanwhile , the warming of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part caused by natural cycles .
“ In the 20th century , the sun was more active than at any time over the past 2000 years.
” Economically , Vahrenholt believes that a frenzied rush to renewables will lead to “ horrible ” economic consequences from European industrialization .
On the topic of a scientific consensus , the German professor says this is a claim made by the IPCC , which run by the UN with an agenda behind it .
Vahrenholt also believes electric cars powered by batteries is not a feasible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ call it “ a crackpot idea ” , and don ’ t speak up for fear of losing research funding .
The vast majority of funding comes from the German government .
The professor of chemistry , co-author of a recent bestseller , also describes Germany as a country in denial when it comes to the broader global debate taking place on climate science , and declared the Paris Accord as being “ already dead ” .
“ The Accord is already dead .
Putin says it ’ s nonsense .
[ … @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese don ’ t have to do anything .
It ’ s all concentrated on a handful of European countries .
The European Commission is massively on it .
And I predict that they will reach the targets only if they destroy the European industries , ” said Vahrenholt .
He characterizes Europe ’ s recent push for even stricter emissions reduction targets to madness akin to Soviet central planning that is doomed to fail spectacularly .
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GLASAO I PREDSJEDNIK SABORA: Jandroković nasmijan i dobro raspoložen
Autor: Sanja Plješa
Svoj glas na lokalnim izborima dao je i predsjednik Hrvatskog sabora Gordan Jandroković.
Član Predsjedništva HDZ-a glasao je na lokalnim izborima u Osnovnoj školi Ivana Gorana Kovačića u Ulici Matije Mesića 35 u Zagrebu.
Prije njega, glasao je i hrvatski premijer Andrej Plenković.
U Zagrebu su četiri glasačka listića
Podsjetimo, pravo odlučivanja tko će u sljedeće četiri godine voditi njihove općine, gradove i županije te tko će biti u predstavničkoj vlasti ima 3,66 milijuna birača.
Dosad su se neki građani žalili da im nisu uručeni svi listići. U Zagrebu su četiri listića – za gradonačelnika, skupštinu, vijeća gradskih četvrti i mjesne odbore – a neki su birački odbori pitali građane za što žele glasati pa su im dali samo dio listića.
Iz Zagrebačkog izbornog povjerenstva ističu kako su neki birački odbori krivo shvatili da moraju pitati birače jer takva uputa DIP-a postoji na nacionalnoj razini, gdje postoje i manjinske liste, no nema ih u Zagrebu. Naglašavaju da se birači koji nisu glasali na svim listama, a to žele, mogu vratiti na izborno mjesto i glasati i za ostale vrste izbora.


climatechangedispatch--2020-10-09--GOP Rep. Asks EPA, DOJ To Investigate China Funneling Money To Biden Via Green Groups

Written by Joe Hoft on .
Posted in Latest news Why do China Joe and Kamala Harris not address China @ @ @ @ @ , its stealing of intellectual property , and its actions to subvert our election ?
@ @ @ @ @ Congressman for Texas ’ s 5th Congressional District , shared on Twitter moments ago : @ @ @ @ @ p.1 ) Others have chimed in with the obvious :

El tiempo en Villajoyosa hoy y mañana: consulta la previsión meteorológica de este domingo 16 de mayo En Villajoyosa la temperatura máxima alcanzará hoy los 27 y la mínima no superará los 18, mientras que el tiempo será poco nuboso
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Según la Agencia Española de Meteorología (AEMET), la previsión del tiempo hoy en Villajoyosa será poco nuboso y las temperaturas no superarán los 27 grados mientras que las mínimas no bajarán de 18 grados. Por su parte, el viento en Villajoyosa será de 10 km/h con dirección o mientras que la probabilidad de precipitaciones es del 0 %. En cuanto al índice de radiación ultravioleta (UVI, por sus siglas en inglés), durante el día de hoy, AEMET establece que en el municipio de Villajoyosa será de 9. Este índice tiene un valor mínimo teórico de 0 y no tiene un valor máximo, aunque se considera bajo entre 0 y 2; moderado entre 3 y 5; con un riesgo alto entre 6 y 7: muy alto entre 8 y 10; y extremos los valores superiores a 11.
Además, para mañana se prevé un día nubes altas y una temperatura que osciliará entre 17º y 25º. La probabilidad de lluvia será del 0 % y con un viento de 35 km/h con dirección ne. La «Predicción por horas» presenta la información de hora en hora hasta 48 horas después de la hora nominal de actualización de los modelos numéricos (00, 06, 12 y 18 UTC).


climatechangedispatch--2020-10-09--The Real ‘Climate Crisis’ Is At The World Economic Forum

Written by Ed Walbroehl , guest post on .
Posted in Latest news No , I ’ m not talking about some make-believe super hurricane , tornado , heatwave , drought , or flood that alarmists talk about but which never happens .
I ’ m talking about the World Economic Forum that met in June 2020 .
It appears that the most powerful leaders in the world are calling for a “ Great Reset ” of the entire global economy .
They seem to want to stamp out capitalism worldwide and go to socialism .
No need to explain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to do that they are using their favorite standby , climate change alarmism .
After all , it ’ s hard to get anything you want unless you try to scare uninformed people .
They realize that average working people have neither the time nor are able to make sense of the tons of scientific research papers on the subject .
That ’ s because the climate is very complex , an ever-changing system with many inputs involving hundreds of factors .
Like previous U.N. climate summits , the World Economic Forum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attended by hypocrites flying in on private jets while having a feel-good time trying to convince everybody the world is about to end .
Meanwhile , climate realists are getting the real data out to the public and educating them along with exposing all the fraud behind climate change alarmism .
Here are just a few examples of how things have been changing for the better lately .
Michael Shellenberger , a 20-year climate activist , recants : ‘ On behalf of environmentalists , I Apologize For The Climate Scare ’ .
Good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she was being used by the elites to make it look like they care about climate change .
She said they took pictures with her for their Instagram accounts with the hashtag # savetheplanet .
She went on to say “ they can post it on social media and it makes them look good , it makes them seem like they care.
” Then there ’ s the European Extinction Rebellion ’ s spokeswoman Zion Lights , who quit the climate change protest movement to become a nuclear power campaigner feeling she had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ radioactive fuel herself .
And lastly , there ’ s Michael Moore ’ s movie “ Planet Of The Humans ” , in which he exposes the green-energy myths .
Americans seem more worried about losing electricity when these green-energy sources like wind and solar power fail to deliver as they are doing in California right now than climate change .
People don ’ t seem to be as alarmed over climate change as the most recent Gallup poll taken between July 1 thru July 23 , 2020 , showed .
“ Climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the most important problems in the U.S. from Americans surveyed .
There have been many polls that show climate change is nothing new or dire to most people .
ALERT : we are getting ready to go through two climate changes before the end of this year .
It ’ s called fall , followed by winter .
So , in January 2021 the full plan of the “ The Great Reset ” was supposed to be rolled out at the World Economic Forum in Davos .
The meeting has been moved to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese coronavirus .
But I thought there is a climate emergency , a tipping point that we are going to go past yet again .
How can we put the end of the world on hold for an extra six months over a virus ?
Oh , just another example of how the so-called climate crisis is so overblown .
According to their website , “ is supposed to put the government in charge of the vast majority of the world economies through a wide array of government programs , taxes , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most of the property , directly or indirectly .
Klaus Schwab , founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum , said : “ The changes we have already seen in response to COVID-19 prove that a reset of our economic and social foundations is possible.
” Sorry , Mr. Schwab , but if power blackouts from green energy , unable to travel like flying , or driving our cars , staying locked down at home , unable to get medical procedures done , being told how cool or warm to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Great Reset.
” Americans like our freedom , independence , and standard of living and are not willing to give it up for something as ridiculous as climate change .
It ’ s just isn ’ t going to happen .
We ’ re capable of taking care of ourselves , which I know goes against your way of thinking .
According to the World Economic Forum , its 2021 Davos summit will include thousands of members of the Global Shakers Community , youth activists located in 400 cities across the planet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the widespread “ climate strikes ” of 2019 , and more than 1,300 have already been trained by the Climate Reality Project , the highly influential , well‑funded climate activist organization run by former Vice President Al Gore , who serves on the World Economic Forum ’ s Board of Trustees .
So here we go again .
It looks like their going to use kids to spread their climate change alarmism .
Remember , a high court judge highlighted what he called nine significant errors in Al Gore ’ s movie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the topics he said had arisen in the “ context of alarmism and exaggeration.
” How about the prediction he made in his movie in 2006 that we had “ just 10 years to avoid a major catastrophe that could send our planet into a tailspin.
” Well , 14 years have past and we ’ re still here .
What better person to have on your team .
It looks like U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ( socialist ) will be attending .
I ’ m sure we will hear things like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is the last tipping point after all the other previous tipping points have come and gone .
And don ’ t forget this one , the end of the world is just over the horizon .
I can ’ t wait to hear how many times I hear the phrases Climate Change , Climate Crisis , and Climate Emergency .
Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently got in the act , and said : “ Mother Earth is Angry ” .
If it is , it ’ s because it senses man trying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I ’ m sure our MSM will portray the meeting as a great success and the best thing since sliced bread ( with maybe a juicy hamburger on it that came from a methane-emitting cow .
Count me in . )
Ed Walbroehl spent 47 years in aviation , which included studying the weather as part of flight training , while his radar training in the U.S.A.F.R that got him interested in weather .
Climate has now become his main interest .

El tiempo en Santa Pola hoy y mañana: consulta la previsión meteorológica de este domingo 16 de mayo En Santa Pola la temperatura máxima alcanzará hoy los 28 y la mínima no superará los 18, mientras que el tiempo será poco nuboso
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Según la Agencia Española de Meteorología (AEMET), la previsión del tiempo hoy en Santa Pola será poco nuboso y las temperaturas no superarán los 28 grados mientras que las mínimas no bajarán de 18 grados. Por su parte, el viento en Santa Pola será de 25 km/h con dirección s mientras que la probabilidad de precipitaciones es del 0 %. En cuanto al índice de radiación ultravioleta (UVI, por sus siglas en inglés), durante el día de hoy, AEMET establece que en el municipio de Santa Pola será de 9. Este índice tiene un valor mínimo teórico de 0 y no tiene un valor máximo, aunque se considera bajo entre 0 y 2; moderado entre 3 y 5; con un riesgo alto entre 6 y 7: muy alto entre 8 y 10; y extremos los valores superiores a 11.
Además, para mañana se prevé un día poco nuboso y una temperatura que osciliará entre 17º y 26º. La probabilidad de lluvia será del 0 % y con un viento de 40 km/h con dirección e. La «Predicción por horas» presenta la información de hora en hora hasta 48 horas después de la hora nominal de actualización de los modelos numéricos (00, 06, 12 y 18 UTC).


climatechangedispatch--2020-10-12--Germany Hikes CO2 Tax As Pandemic Destroys Industries, Jobs

Written by Pierre Gosselin on .
Posted in Latest news The “ Corona pandemic , ” despite the ever-falling death rate , has given governments cover to enact draconian regulation and lockdowns , thus allowing their even wildest power wet dreams to turn into reality .
Just a year ago much of what we are seeing today was considered unimaginable .
Yet , here we are .
Never before have modern “ democratic ” governments enacted such extreme lockdowns and government intrusion measures as those we have seen in the current “ Corona crisis.
” And like real junkies , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government crackdown opportunities left out there , among them the “ climate crisis ” – the Big Kahuna when it comes to government regulation , takeover , and control .
It ’ s not for nothing they ’ ve frittered away hundreds of billions propping up this fake crisis .
Germany is already seizing the opportunity , having pledged to ban internal combustion engines soon , modify human eating habits , and restricting a host of other amenities we once took for granted .
Soon these amenities will be redefined as privileges , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the wealthy and elite .
The latest is energy and heat .
The German media , e.g .
NTV public broadcasting , have reported that the Bundestag has just decided on a higher CO2 tax beginning next year , January 1st .
“ It is intended to make fossil fuels less attractive .
This means that fuel , heating oil , and gas , among other things , will cost more , ” reports German public broadcaster NTV .
“ The CO2 price will be 25 euro per ton from the new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a tax and is to climb gradually to 55 euros by 2025.
” That also means higher gasoline and diesel fuel prices , which will make transportation more expensive .
Already German electricity is the most expensive in Europe .
But not to worry : Industries with particularly high-energy requirements that are also in the global competition will be relieved of the costs .
And the rich and elites will also keep their cushy red carpet lives – so that they can continue effectively doing their important work – while the rest of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the cold mud .
In the end , it ’ ll be lower-income workers and households left struggling with the higher prices for everything .
Even heat will become a luxury .
And so continues the cycle of political demise And once governments get total control and surveillance over citizens across the world , they ’ ll try to tell us all just how much better things have become as a result , like the old communists used to do with their state-controlled media .
Of course , life , in reality , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ll be asked to pretend that it isn ’ t .
We all know what follows next : Revolution .
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climatechangedispatch--2020-10-12--Greta Endorses Biden After Saying She Doesn’t Engage In Politics

Written by David Ng on .
Posted in Latest news Greta Thunberg , the 17-year-old Swedish climate change activist , has endorsed Joe Biden ’ s bid for the White House , breaking with her long-standing rule of avoiding party politics .
In a tweet Saturday , Thunberg said that the November 3 election is “ above and beyond all that , ” and is urging people to “ get organized ” and vote for Biden , even though she acknowledged that many of her followers backed other candidates .
“ I never engage in party politics , ” she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elections is above and beyond all that .
From a climate perspective it ’ s very far from enough and many of you of course supported other candidates .
But , I mean…you know…damn !
Just get organized and get everyone to vote # Biden.
” Greta Thunberg made no mention of Joe Biden ’ s flip-flopping environmental positions .
In the past , Biden has stated that he would ban fracking , or hydraulic fracturing , which is the process of releasing oil and gas by pumping water and other elements into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 77-year-old presidential candidate has denied ever saying that .
“ I never told environmentalists that I ’ m going to ban fracking , ” Biden said in a recent interview with This Week in Pennsylvania , a local news show .
“ What I did say was I would make sure that any new fracking taking place – make sure the water supply and methane was not leaking .
They ’ re the two things .
That ’ s it .
I will not ban fracking.
” Biden has also distanced himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his campaign website calling it a “ crucial framework ” in combating the “ climate crisis.
” During last week ’ s presidential debate , Biden said , “ the Green New Deal is not my plan ” and “ No , I don ’ t support the Green New Deal.
” Greta Thunberg has frequently been mentioned for the Nobel Peace Prize but has so far failed to win the award .
She was named Time magazine ’ s Person of the Year for 2019 .

Ma il 78% chiede una comunicazione più chiara.
È alta la fiducia dei giovani nei decisori politici, negli scienziati e nei medici, nonostante abbiano manifestato una certa insoddisfazione per la gestione comunicativa dell’emergenza sanitaria, percepita come confusionaria. Proprio per questo, il 78% dei ragazzi vorrebbe maggiore chiarezza e più capacità di ascolto.
Per superare l’emergenza sanitaria i giovani considerano prioritario il ruolo della ricerca per nuovi vaccini e farmaci (81%), seguito dalla gestione equilibrata dei decisori politici (53%) e da una corretta comunicazione (30%). Sono alcuni dei dati emersi dalla Ricerca sulla fiducia dei giovani nella scienza, condotta dalla Fondazione Mondo Digitale con il supporto del Dipartimento di Economia politica e statistica della Università degli Studi di Siena.
I risultati della ricerca che ha coinvolto 4mila studenti tra i 14 e i 19 anni sono stati presentati oggi dal direttore scientifico Alfonso Molina e discussi con gli esperti dell’Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, partner scientifico del progetto Fattore J, promosso dalla Fondazione Mondo Digitale con la collaborazione di Janssen Italia e il patrocinio dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità.
“Nel corso della pandemia, i giovani hanno modificato i propri comportamenti basandosi soprattutto sulle linee guida ufficiali, seguite dai suggerimenti dei familiari e dalle opinioni di esperti. Solo all’ultimo posto tra i criteri di riferimento hanno indicato le opinioni condivise sui social. Questo dato ci aiuta a capire che continuiamo a giudicare i giovani in base a stereotipi. Ora la sfida cruciale è rimanere al fianco delle nuove generazioni per aiutarle ad acquisire strumenti strategici per gestire la crescente complessità della nostra epoca e imparare a convivere con equilibrio con una quota inevitabile di incertezza” – ha raccontato Alfonso Molina.
Il progetto Fattore J è stato avviato nel pieno del primo lockdown con l’obiettivo di integrare empatia e sviluppo dell’intelligenza emotiva nel tradizionale curriculum della scuola italiana, per formare ragazze e ragazzi sui temi della prevenzione e della salute, sensibilizzare al rispetto di chi vive in condizione di fragilità e consolidare la fiducia nella scienza.
Nel corso dell’anno scolastico 12mila giovani di 63 scuole superiori in 7 regioni italiane hanno riscoperto l’importanza di prendersi cura di se stessi e degli altri anche come atto di responsabilità sociale. Un video raccoglie alcune testimonianze dei protagonisti https://youtu.be/S-BrXMXz4XM.
Nell’evento conclusivo della prima edizione di Fattore J gli studenti sono stati coinvolti nell’ideazione di campagne Instagram per affermare il valore della scienza e della ricerca scientifica e sconfiggere pregiudizi e paure. Il creative jam ha visto i ragazzi al lavoro in sei stanze digitali dedicate alle aree terapeutiche del progetto: Ematologia, Neuroscienze, Infettivologia, Dermatologia, Gastroenterologia e Ipertensione Polmonare.
Al loro fianco i dipendenti Janssen e rappresentanti delle associazioni di pazienti partner del progetto: Associazione Italiana contro Leucemie, Linfomi e Mieloma (AIL), Associazione Ipertensione Polmonare Italiana Onlus (AIPI), Associazione Malati Reumatici del Piemonte (AMaR), Associazione Nazionale per le Malattie Infiammatorie Croniche dell’Intestino (AMICI Onlus), Associazione Nazionale Amici per la Pelle (ANAP Onlus), Associazione Psoriasici Italiani Amici della Fondazione Corazza (APIAFCO), Network Persone Sieropositive (NPS Italia Onlus) e Progetto Itaca Onlus. Il team vincitore potrà avvalersi del supporto di alcuni esperti per far diventare la propria idea una realtà nel corso del prossimo anno scolastico.
“È solo partendo dalla corretta conoscenza che si rimuovono gli ostacoli della paura e si vincono quelle resistenze verso tematiche apparentemente lontane come la gestione di malattie, la loro cura, la possibilità di superarle tramite il progresso scientifico e la ricerca, l’essere vicino a chi ne è affetto riconoscendo con empatia il disagio e sapendolo condividere. È grazie alla ricerca scientifica che abbiamo potuto trovare risposte alle sfide di salute anche in tempi inimmaginabili, come ad esempio nello sviluppo dei vaccini anti-covid. Spero che questa esperienza possa costituire per molti di voi un’ispirazione per provare a seguire un percorso professionale nell’ambito medico-scientifico o semplicemente per farvi avvicinare al tema salute con maggiore confidenza, per vivere con più consapevolezza e quindi preparazione emotiva e razionalità l’incontro con la malattia in tutte le sue sfaccettature e i differenti vissuti che essa comporta”– così ha voluto salutare gli studenti protagonisti del progetto Pierpaolo Sileri, sottosegretario alla Salute.
L’evento è stato inoltre occasione per il lancio di una nuova edizione di Fattore J, specificatamente finalizzata ad accrescere nelle giovani generazioni la fiducia nei progressi della scienza, la consapevolezza dell’importanza che i vaccini hanno assunto nella storia dell’umanità anche come strumento di protezione collettiva e la capacità di saper riconoscere le fake news. I giovani saranno coinvolti in nuove azioni formative e divulgative per sensibilizzare sull’importanza di una corretta informazione scientifica e sulla vaccinazione come atto di responsabilità sociale e civica.
“Da una parte, questa pandemia ha avuto il merito di portare in prima pagina temi scientifici relativi alla salute e alla sanità che mai avevano trovato un così ampio spazio di discussione. Dall’altra parte, però, questa infodemia è stata spesso causa di confusione, per questo non mi sorprende che i giovani chiedano maggiore chiarezza. Credo che questa vada, però, accompagnata dall’accessibilità vale a dire che dobbiamo fornire ai ragazzi i filtri necessari per comprendere al meglio la mole di informazioni alla quale sono sottoposti e diradare un po’ la nebbia informativa che spesso li confonde.” – afferma Massimo Scaccabarozzi, Presidente e Amministratore Delegato di Janssen Italia – “Pensare al futuro oggi è davvero cruciale: per questo siamo molto felici di poter essere di nuovo al fianco di Fondazione Mondo Digitale per una seconda edizione in cui continueremo ad ampliare la rete delle collaborazioni con nuovi partner tenendo sempre come protagonisti i nostri ragazzi”.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-10-12--Biden Ad Claims Mich. Crop Crisis – As Harvests Set New Records

Written by James Taylor on .
Posted in Latest news Joe Biden has released a new ad in Michigan that claims climate change is punishing farmers in the state .
In reality , Michigan farmers are setting new records for crop production as the Earth modestly warms .
“ I think it ’ s very important to adopt measures to mitigate climate change , ” asserts a farmer and Biden supporter in the video .
“ We ’ re having more challenges for tart cherries than ever before , ” says the Biden supporter .
The facts tell a different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forecasts record corn and soybean crops in Michigan this year .
As reported by Michigan Farm News , “ USDA forecasts record U.S. , Michigan corn and soybean production.
” “ Average corn yield is forecast at a record high 181.8 bushels per acre , up 14.4 bushels from last year .
NASS forecasts record-high yields in Georgia , Kentucky , Michigan , Minnesota , New York , South Carolina , South Dakota , Tennessee , Washington , and Wisconsin.
” Corn is Michigan ’ s most important crop , bringing Michigan farmers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Soybeans bring Michigan farmers over $ 900 million in revenue each year .
To deflect attention from this good news , Biden focuses on Michigan ’ s less important tart cherry crop .
Tart cherries bring Michigan farmers only a quarter as much revenue as corn or soybeans .
Michigan cherry production has been up and down in recent years , with late freezes in the spring of 2019 and 2020 damaging crops .
Global warming reduces the frequency and severity of late-spring freezes , although they still occur .
Nevertheless , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on global warming .
Despite the cold-induced harm to the minor cherry crop , Michigan farmers as a whole are enjoying record overall crop seasons that are only getting better as the Earth modestly warms .

Gli scienziati ritengono che possa essere fino al 60% più contagiosa rispetto a quella inglese.
La variante inglese B.1.1.7 del coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, conosciuta anche come Variant of Concern 202012/01 – VOC-202012/01, dopo essere emersa nell’autunno del 2020 nell’Inghilterra sudorientale si è diffusa rapidamente nel resto del mondo, diventando in molti casi il principale veicolo di contagio.
Secondo gli studiosi questo ceppo ha infatti una trasmissibilità fino al 90% superiore rispetto al ceppo originale diffusosi da Wuhan; ciò gli ha permesso di imporsi facilmente come variante dominante. Ma il suo “regno” potrebbe essere presto surclassato dalla seconda variante indiana B.1.617, che l’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (OMS) ha classificato come Variant of Concern o “Variante di Preoccupazione”.
A causa delle sue caratteristiche, infatti, gli scienziati ritengono che possa essere fino al 60% più contagiosa rispetto a quella inglese, inoltre sono presenti mutazioni che le garantirebbero una certa resistenza agli anticorpi indotti dai vaccini. Ha dunque tutte le “carte in regola” per dar vita a nuove, pericolose ondate di contagi, nonostante il prosieguo della campagna vaccinale.
I numeri della copertura, del resto, dicono chiaramente che siamo ben lungi dall’ottenere lo scudo offerto dall’immunità di gregge, nel caso in cui in Gran Bretagna dovessero scoppiare focolai significativi di questa variante. Peggio ancora in Italia, dove è già comparsa ma in pochi casi.
In base alla “mappa delle vaccinazioni” di Our World in data, domenica 16 maggio in Italia sono state somministrate 27,4 milioni di dosi con un numero di completamente vaccinati di solo 8,63 milioni di individui (ancora molto pochi su una popolazione di 60 milioni). Considerando che la soglia per raggiungere l’immunità di gregge (che potremmo non raggiungere mai, secondo alcuni studiosi come l’americano Fauci) si è innalzata dal 60 all’80% già a causa della circolazione della variante inglese più trasmissibile, con la diffusione di un lignaggio ancor più pericoloso come la seconda variante indiana (suddivisa nei tre sottogruppi B.1.617.1, B.1.617.2 e B.1.617.3) sarà necessaria una copertura ancora maggiore.
Nel frattempo, dove i contagi dilagano e la vaccinazione arranca, possono sorgere ulteriori varianti mutate di preoccupazione. È alla luce di questo scenario che una riapertura completa, non progressiva e che non tenga conto della situazione globale rischia di far innescare una nuova ondata di casi, a causa di focolai fuori controllo. È ancora troppo ampia la fetta di popolazione non immunizzata contro il coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 per ritenerci al sicuro. E anche la Gran Bretagna, nonostante i 20 milioni di vaccinati completi, riapre con prudenza avendo un raddoppio settimanale di casi di nuova variante indiana. In alcuni casi in vaccinati.
Entrando nel merito, in Gran Bretagna, dove al 16 maggio sono state somministrate 56,7 milioni di dosi e 20,1 milioni di persone risultano già completamente protette (pari al 30,2% della popolazione), Sir Mark Walport, ex direttore del Wellcome Trust e capo consigliere scientifico fino al 2017, ha dichiarato al Guardian di essere molto preoccupato “sulla base del principio di precauzione e dell’esperienza con le ondate precedenti”. “Personalmente non entrerò al chiuso in bar o ristoranti per un po’ di tempo”, ha spiegato lo scienziato.
Gli esperti inglesi si aspettano una modesta ondata di contagi nel cuore dell’estate a causa delle riaperture, ma se dovesse entrare in gioco la seconda variante indiana, i cui casi (ripeto) sono raddoppiati nel giro di una settimana, con la sua diffusione tra i non vaccinati si potrebbe verificare una nuova ondata paragonabile o peggiore di quelle precedenti, per gravità e intensità.
Come dichiarato da alcuni esperti del SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) del Regno Unito, la circolazione di “una variante potenzialmente più contagiosa (che si trasmette più facilmente di quella inglese) potrebbe portare a un’ondata significativa di infezioni, potenzialmente più grande di quella vista nel gennaio 2021, se non ci saranno interventi”.
Attraverso alcuni modelli matematici i ricercatori hanno determinato che con la diffusione di una variante del 30% più trasmissibile dell’inglese si verificherebbe un aumento dei ricoveri rispetto a quelli della prima ondata. Se la variante fosse il 40% più trasmissibile, si arriverebbe a 6mila ricoveri al giorno; con il 50% di contagiosità in più, si arriverebbe persino a 10mila ricoveri al giorno. Questi numeri farebbero superare i drammatici picchi della seconda ondata. Secondo gli scienziati della London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, inoltre, con una variante più trasmissibile del 50% potrebbe essere raggiunto un picco di mille morti al giorno in estate.
In Italia, dove la copertura vaccinale è più indietro rispetto a quella del Regno Unito, la diffusione di un ceppo con simili caratteristiche potrebbe comportare una significativa impennata delle curve epidemiologiche, con tutto ciò che ne conseguirebbe in termini di sofferenza e inasprimento delle restrizioni.
Per questa ragione è doveroso continuare ad accelerare con le vaccinazioni, evitare che sul territorio nazionale attecchiscano focolai della variante indiana (al momento i voli internazionali da e per l’India sono bloccati fino al 31 maggio) e riaprire le attività in modo sicuro e graduale, parallelamente alla portata della campagna vaccinale. Non a caso in Gran Bretagna si sta vaccinando di più nelle zone dove stanno emergendo i casi della nuova variante (nel Derbyshire e in Scozia) proprio per cercare di contenere il più possibile lo scoppio dei focolai e il diffondersi del virus.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-10-12--Climate Doomster Greta Thunberg Spurned AGAIN By Nobel Committee

Written by James Delingpole on .
Posted in Latest news For a second year running , Greta Thunberg has failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize .
This year she was beaten by the UN World Food Program .
In 2019 , she was beaten by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as his reward for securing peace with neighboring Eritrea .
Perhaps the Nobel prize committee has noticed something increasingly apparent to the rest of us : that the world has long since reached Peak Greta ; the Doom Pixie has delighted us all quite enough .
Part of Thunberg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause has been superseded by that of Chinese coronavirus .
Earlier in the pandemic , Thunberg made a bid for ongoing relevance by co-authoring an angry letter to European Union leaders , demanding that climate be taken seriously as coronavirus .
The last few months the world has watched with horror how the COVID-19 pandemic has hit people all over the globe .
During this tragedy , we are seeing how many – not all – world leaders and people around the world stepped up and acted for the greater good of society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the climate crisis has never once been treated as a crisis , neither from the politicians , media , business , nor finance .
The letter ’ s petulant tone is an indication of the growing frustration among climate activists that their thunder has been stolen by COVID-19 .
In fairness to the Doom Pixie , however , she is pretty much on track to getting her wishlist anyway .
At one point in her letter , she and her co-authors – including the ‘ usual collection of hypocrites and charlatans ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Emma Thompson , et al – write : We are facing an existential crisis , and this is a crisis that we can not buy , build , or invest our way out of .
Aiming to ‘ recover ’ an economic system that inherently fuels the climate crisis in order to finance climate action is just as absurd as it sounds .
Our current system is not ‘ broken ’ – the system is doing exactly what it ’ s supposed and designed to be doing .
It can no longer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a new system .
This essentially is what most Western leaders — barring President Donald Trump — are now promising to do with their ‘ Build Back Better ’ policy as they implement the World Economic Forum ’ s ‘ Great Reset.
’ Climate change was formerly the globalist elite ’ s preferred excuse for rebuilding the world economy in its own interests .
Now that excuse has conveniently segued into COVID-19 .
Greta the Climate Puppet has served her purpose .
Now the caravan has moved on .

We have predictions for a jam packed day of action at the WTA Serbia Open in Belgrade including Olga Danilovic’s match, and matches featuring Kristina Mladenovic. Here is your look at all the action.
Viktoriya Tomova vs Lola Radivojevic
Tomova continues her quest to break into the top 100 and has reached this stage of the tournament as a lucky loser in qualifier. Her best result of 2021 was semis in Bogota on clay. Radivojevic is a 16 year old junior with very little pro experience. Anything is possible, but the safe is Tomova taking advantage of this draw and winning her first match as a lucky loser. Tomova in 2
Olga Danilovic vs Kamilla Rakhimova
Rakhimova leads the h2h 2-0, including a win this year in one of the Australian tournaments. Rakhimova is on a bit of a hot streak, qualifying after reaching the final of an ITF tournament in Zagreb. She’s been excellent in WTA qualifying tournaments this season despite limited success at the WTA main draw tour level. The former top 100 Danilovic reached an ITF semifinal, but has also struggled at the main tour level this season. Given the h2h and form factor, Rakhimova will be favored against the home player. Rakhimova in 3
Nina Stojanovic vs Rebecca Peterson
In Peterson’s first tournament in months, she reached the quarterfinals in Saint-Malo, she also won the only h2h meeting between these players. Stojanovic is playing at home and looking to build some momentum here. It’s been a subpar season for the Serbian, and Peterson looks set to score a slight upset. Peterson in 3
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climatechangedispatch--2020-10-12--Power Companies Fight For Legislation, With Customers Paying The Price

Written by Patrick Wilson on .
Posted in Latest news Across the country , electric utilities have worked the levers of power to win favorable treatment from state policymakers .
This week , a Richmond Times-Dispatch and ProPublica investigation found that Dominion Energy , Virginia ’ s largest public utility , successfully lobbied to reshape a major climate bill to cover its massive offshore wind project .
The move shifted risk from the company ’ s shareholders to its ratepayers .
As a result of the legislation , a typical residential customer ’ s bill is projected to increase by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ next decade .
Dominion says its wind project is necessary to meet the state ’ s new renewable energy goals .
The utility ’ s lobbying success underscores its ability to work through the legislative process in Richmond , where special interests have taken on outsized roles in policymaking .
Elsewhere , utilities have gone much further , crossing the line into potentially criminal behavior .
In Illinois , the largest electric utility acknowledged in July that it gave jobs and money to associates of the state House speaker in return for favorable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreement with the company in federal court .
In Ohio , a power company allegedly funneled $ 60 million into a slush fund for a legislative leader in exchange for his backing of a bailout of two nuclear plants .
The utility has not been charged , but the elected official now faces a racketeering charge in what prosecutors said was “ likely the largest bribery , money laundering scheme ever perpetrated ” in the state .
“ The temptation for a utility to take its customers ’ money and spend it on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in ways to help them make even more money — it ’ s a temptation that has proven to be pretty irresistible for many utilities , ” said David Pomerantz , executive director of the Energy and Policy Institute , a utility watchdog group that advocates renewable energy .
Below are four ways electric utilities have tried to influence decision-making within state and local governments .
FirstEnergy is one of the nation ’ s largest electric companies and owns three regulated utilities in Ohio , where the FBI and federal prosecutors are seeking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that FirstEnergy contributed $ 60 million to a group overseen by Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder in exchange for his help passing legislation that provided a billion-dollar bailout of two failing nuclear energy plants .
That bill also reduced standards for renewable energy and the energy efficiency programs that save customers money .
Prosecutors have charged Householder with racketeering .
He has pleaded not guilty in federal court , and his attorney did not return a request for comment .
FirstEnergy has not been charged .
A corporate spokeswoman said the company is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its CEO said in a recent earnings call that he firmly believes FirstEnergy acted properly .
According to the criminal complaint against Householder , the company helped the politician win the speaker ’ s office and put the payments into a nonprofit organization called Generation Now , which was supposed to be a social welfare organization .
Householder , a Republican , and his allies are accused of instead using the payments from FirstEnergy to expand the speaker ’ s political power and enrich themselves .
Three lobbyists — including the former state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Householder also were charged .
All parties have denied the allegations .
The state House stripped Householder of the speakership , but he remains in office .
Ohio ’ s attorney general in September filed a lawsuit against FirstEnergy , Householder , Generation Now , and others , seeking to block payment of the nuclear bailout .
FirstEnergy said the lawsuit was without merit .
“ The Attorney General ’ s lawsuit unjustly targets the company for lawfully engaging in the political process and supporting policy initiatives that matter to our customers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” spokeswoman Jennifer Young said in an email .
In Arizona , the FBI and U.S. Attorney ’ s Office opened an investigation into political spending by the state ’ s largest utility , Arizona Public Service .
The company gave millions to “ dark money ” organizations — political nonprofits that spend money from undisclosed donors — in 2014 to help elect two state regulators .
The money flowed to groups with names like Save Our Future Now .
The candidates won and in 2017 voted for a utility-backed rate increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ dark money ” funding denied knowledge of the utility ’ s involvement and the second said the idea they could be bought was insulting , the public radio station KJZZ reported .
Arizona Public Service refused for years to admit it was the source of the contributions , but it did so in 2019 at the request of state regulators , according to The Arizona Republic .
A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney ’ s Office in Phoenix declined to comment on the federal probe .
Pinnacle West , the parent company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a February filing that the company “ understands the matter is closed.
” Arizona Public Service ’ s CEO said in January that the company would no longer spend , directly or indirectly , on elections for the state regulators who oversee utilities .
Company spokeswoman Jenna Rowell said that since 2016 the company has voluntarily published an annual list of its political donations , which are paid by shareholders .
The largest electric utility in Illinois agreed in July to pay a $ 200 million fine to resolve a federal investigation into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jobs , subcontracts , and payments for associates of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan , a Democrat , as a reward for legislative efforts to help the utility , according to a deferred prosecution agreement with the company in federal court .
Indirect payments through third parties and a consulting company to associates of the speaker from 2011 to 2019 totaled more than $ 1.3 million .
The recipients “ performed little or no work for ComEd , ” according to the documents .
During that time , the utility sought Madigan ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ utility rates for the company .
It became law , and the estimated benefit to Commonwealth Edison was more than $ 150 million .
Madigan has not been charged and denies wrongdoing .
If Commonwealth Edison or its parent company “ even harbored the thought that they could bribe or influence me , they would have failed miserably , ” Madigan wrote in a letter last month to a state legislative committee .
A former Commonwealth Edison executive was charged with bribery conspiracy in September and pleaded guilty on Sept. 29 in what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In the wake of the scandal , the company has “ taken robust action to aggressively identify and address deficiencies , including enhancing our compliance governance and our lobbying policies to prevent this type of misconduct from ever happening again , ” spokesman Paul Elsberg said .
“ We apologize for the past conduct that didn ’ t live up to our own values and are committed to earning back the trust of our communities and partners.
” Entergy , a utility regulated by the New Orleans City Council , wanted to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and community advocates argued that the plant was unnecessary and posed an environmental threat to the area .
To create the appearance of support , a subcontractor for the utility in 2017 paid people to appear and speak at a City Council meeting posing as citizens favoring the plant , an independent investigation concluded .
The council approved the gas plant but later fined Entergy $ 5 million after the investigation , done by a law firm hired by the council , found the company knew or should have known its subcontractors paid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paid actors but said in 2018 , “ We should have been more diligent and ‘ we should have known.
’ ” It paid the $ 5 million fine .
The council allowed the plant to go forward .
It began operating in May , a company spokesman said .

There should be plenty of entertaining action on day three at the WTA Serbia Open, with every player in the draw surely desperate to build some momentum ahead of the forthcoming French Open. Rain washed out much of the play on day two, but that has left a packed schedule for the fans to enjoy on day three in Belgrade. But who will advance and who will fall to defeat? We also have predictions for matches featuring Rebecca Peterson.
WTA Serbia Open Day 3 Predictions
Anna Kalinskaya vs Kristina Mladenovic
Head-to-head: Mladenovic 2-1 Kalinskaya
This should be an interesting match. Kristina Mladenovic has not made a particularly impressive start to the season, but she has found some form of late. At the WTA Madrid Open she battled through the qualifying before reaching the second round in Rome, also as a qualifier. She has also won two of her previous three meetings with Anna Kalinskaya, although it was the Russian who came out on top when they last met. But Kalinskaya has been struggling with form and fitness of late. It is hard to see her getting the better of Mladenovic this time.
Prediction: Mladenovic in 2
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Nadia Podoroska vs Oceane Dodin
Head-to-head: Podoroska 3-0 Dodin
Nadia Podoroska will surely be targeting a deep run at the WTA Serbia Open, not least because she will have the pressure of last year’s run to the semifinals to live up to when she arrives at Roland Garros. Fortunately for the Argentine, after a largely indifferent start to the season, she has found some form since making her return to the European clay in Rome. She beat the great Serena Williams 7-5 7-6 in the second round there, before falling just short in the third round against Petra Martic.
Podoroska then made a solid start to her campaign in Belgrade, beating Timea Babos in three sets. Oceane Dodin, in contrast, has struggled on the clay this season. Her 6-3 7-5 victory over Kristyna Pliskova in the first round was no doubt doubly sweet as a result. But she seems unlikely to back it up against Podoroska. The Argentine has won all three of their previous meetings, including two clay-court meetings last season although she did have to go the distance in Palermo.
Prediction: Podoroska in 3
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Paula Badosa vs Mihaela Buzarnescu
Head-to-head: Buzarnescu 2-1 Badosa
Paula Badosa may have missed the action in Rome, but the Spaniard has put together a very fine clay-court season so far. She reached the semifinals in Charleston and backed that up with a run to the last four on home turf at the WTA Madrid Open. Badosa then started her campaign at the WTA Serbia Open with a comprehensive 6-2 6-3 win over Andrea Petkovic. Mihaela Buzarnescu had to work rather harder for her first-round win, but eventually edged out her compatriot Patricia Maria Tig in three sets. Unfortunately for the Romanian, this looks like being a challenge too far. Expect the in-form Badosa to have the edge.
Prediction: Badosa in 3
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climatechangedispatch--2020-10-12--UK Rocked By Wind Farm Scandal That Will Cost Consumers $1.8B

Written by Sam Greenhill on .
Posted in Latest news A subsidy rate for wind turbine owners could see them pocketing up to seven times more than the amount of power they produce , in what has been branded a ‘ license to print money ’ The Daily Mail can reveal the eyewatering fiasco in the week Boris Johnson declared that wind power was the future for the nation ’ s energy generation .
The scheme was set up to encourage homeowners to install a small windmill to supply their needs and feed into the electricity grid .
Owners are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , and the scheme is so lucrative , it has triggered a gold rush among investors , including leading pension funds .
The farcical initiative was set up in Northern Ireland , but the breathtaking costs will be felt in every corner of the UK thanks to higher ‘ green levies ’ on household and business utility bills .
It dwarfs the £500million wasted by an earlier botched green energy scandal in the province , dubbed ‘ Cash for Ash ’ which led to the fall of the Stormont Government three years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ £375,000 a year , yet produces electricity worth just £51,000 ; * The bumper subsidy is available only in Ulster but adds £71 million a year to energy bills across the UK ; * As the subsidy is guaranteed for 20 years , the overall cost to UK consumers will be an estimated £1.4 billion ; * Incompetent officials tried to shut the scheme in 2016 – but loopholes let it run until March 2019 ; * In a stampede to erect turbines before the deadline , hundreds were put up , many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Royal Bank of Scotland ’ s pension fund .
On Tuesday , the Prime Minister made a dramatic pledge to power every home by wind by 2030 .
Mr. Johnson told the Conservative conference he would work at ‘ gale-force speed ’ to usher in his ‘ green industrial revolution ’ .
But the Mail ’ s investigation uncovers how an existing wind scheme is being abused at a vast cost to consumers .
It was set up to incentivize landowners to erect small wind turbines .
They would receive fees for ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grid .
Even David Cameron erected one in his back garden .
Ministers called it a ‘ clean energy cashback ’ .
To fund it , they introduced a ‘ green levy ’ .
This so-called ‘ renewables obligation ’ adds about £73 a year to a typical household electricity bill .
After 2009 , these incentives were recognized as being too generous and were dramatically cut down in England , Wales , and Scotland .
But Northern Ireland officials inexplicably kept the rate sky-high – sparking a rush among wealthy investors to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handouts .
Last night green energy expert Dr. John Constable said : ‘ Someone made a mistake : simple as that .
Clever business people see these mistakes .
There was a total stampede .
Some people must be getting fabulously rich .
‘ I watched the PM ’ s speech and thought , “ here we go again ” .
’ The data on which the calculations are made is available on the website of energy regulator Ofcom .
On a desolate hilltop south of Londonderry , the Mail found the wind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of its type in the UK .
Named ‘ SP2045 ’ , its blades revolved enough in the brisk Ulster breeze last year to generate about £51,000 of electricity .
But this particular machine is worth a further £324,000 more in green subsidies .
In total , SP2045 reaped £375,000 in 2019 – more than seven times the market value of the electricity it actually produced .
Public records show SP2045 belongs to a company named Simple Power No1 Ltd. Its ultimate owner ?
Using Companies House files , we traced it back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s pension fund .
In fact , there are hundreds of second-hand turbines dotted over the rolling hills of Northern Ireland that are owned by blue-chip firms .
City financiers , it seems , spotted the potential for bountiful returns – and especially so after civil servants set the subsidy rate for small wind farms at a bafflingly generous rate .
For spurious reasons , the owners of small wind turbines – defined as those with a peak output of 250 kilowatts – in Northern Ireland are entitled to a handout worth about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ produce per hour .
Elsewhere in the UK , the figure changes every year but was £16 last year .
And that is on top of selling the actual electricity at market price .
The wholesale price of electricity fluctuates but has averaged about £35 per megawatt-hour over the past year .
So the owner receives £35 for the electricity plus £220 in subsidy , totaling £255 – more than seven times the market value of the power itself .
The same does not apply to windmill owners anywhere else in the UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turbines .
Dr. Constable , director of the Renewable Energy Foundation , said : ‘ The civil service error created a license to print money .
These small 250kW turbines have been obsolete for years and nobody would have built them at the time , except as a loophole cash cow .
They ’ re a terrible value for public subsidy , but an absolute goldmine for investors .
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There looks set to be plenty of entertaining tennis on day three at the ATP Geneva Open. There are nine matches on the slate, featuring both first and second round action, and we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match, including Fabio Fognini vs Guido Pella. But who will advance?
ATP Geneva Open Day 3 Predictions
Stefano Travaglia vs Marco Cecchinato
Head-to-head: Travaglia 2-0 Cecchinato
It is sometimes hard to make sense of Marco Cecchinato’s thrilling run to the French Open semifinals in 2018 when it is viewed in the context of the Italian’s struggles since. His efforts in Paris, allied with triumphs in Umag, Budapest and Buenos Aires, saw him reach a career-high ranking of world #16 in February, 2019, but he has since fallen outside the world’s top 100 and he has won just five of his 16 tour-level matches so far this season. That is a fairly remarkable rise and fall.
But he impressed in the qualifying at the ATP Geneva Open, beating Ilya Marchenko and Daniel Altmaier without dropping a set. Up against Stefano Travaglia, who has been in indifferent form of late, that match sharpness and familiarity with the conditions could give him a vital edge. Travaglia did win their two previous meetings, but the most recent of them came in 2017. A great deal has changed for both since, Cecchinato most of all, and the one-time world #16 should have enough here.
Prediction: Cecchinato in 3
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Marton Fucsovics vs Henri Laaksonen
Head-to-head: first meeting
Marton Fucsovics has received some exceedingly tough draws this season, facing Andrey Rublev no less than four times as well as Dominic Thiem in Rome. He may well have been somewhat relieved to find that third seed Cristian Garin had withdrawn from the tournament before their first-round encounter as a result. In the Chilean’s place, Fucsovics will take on world #150 Henri Laaksonen in what looks like a more straightforward matchup for the Hungarian.
That being said, Laaksonen should not be underestimated. The Swiss has not been a particularly consistent performer over the course of his career, but he has plenty of power and will not want for motivation playing on home turf. He should also be accustomed to the conditions in Geneva after coming through the qualifying. But Fucsovics is a former-champion at the ATP Geneva Open and it is hard to see Laaksonen going toe-to-toe with the Hungarian and coming out on top.
Prediction: Fucsovics in 2
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Reilly Opelka vs Pablo Cuevas
Head-to-head: Cuevas 1-0 Opelka
This should be an interesting test for Reilly Opelka. The American did not have much of a clay-court resume heading into 2021, but he arrives at the ATP Geneva Open fresh from an excellent week in Rome where he made his first semifinal at Masters 1000 level. It was not entirely surprising to see him enjoying the conditions in the Italian capital, with his big serve and easy power rewarded by the high-bouncing courts at the Foro Italico.
Pablo Cuevas, however, is an experienced clay-court campaigner, who will surely do all that he can to make life uncomfortable for Opelka. And although the Uruguayan’s powers are on the wane, he impressed in beating Jakub Paul and Lorenzo Giustino to reach the main draw. Unfortunately for Cuevas, it is one thing to attempt to disrupt Opelka and quite another to actually do it against a player with such powerful weapons.
Prediction: Opelka in 3
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Roger Federer vs Pablo Andujar
Head-to-head: first meeting
It is something of a surprise that this will be the first meeting between Pablo Andujar and Roger Federer. Both men are in the twilight stages of their career, having overcome serious injury problems to make some late additions to their trophy cabinet. Of course, the prizes were rather more glittering in Federer’s case, but one suspects that the great Swiss, who is searching for the 104th title of his career this week, will not underestimate the scale of his task up against Andujar.
Federer will be the heavy favourite coming into the match, but he has not played since losing in the quarterfinals in Doha and Andujar has a fine record on the clay. The Spaniard has won four tour-level titles on the surface and reached a further five finals. That being said, he has just four wins against top-ten opposition and none since 2015. Andujar’s solid baseline play may have served him well against Jordan Thompson in the first round, but it is hard to see it proving as effective against Federer.
Prediction: Federer in 2
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climatechangedispatch--2020-10-13--The Coming Carbon Lockdown

The Coming Carbon Lockdown

Written by Viv Forbes , guest post on .
Posted in Latest news The Covid Lockdown is a practice run for the big one – the Carbon Lockdown .
If climate alarmists win the elections , our freedoms and prosperity will evaporate like CO2 from a warm beer .
The fact that their green energy program is madness will be irrelevant to the new WCO ( World Carbon Organisation ) .
To meet UN Paris targets , there will be no more petrol cars , diesel trucks , reliable electricity , beef burgers , or Christmas ham , but bio-fueled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bulk carriers will be decreed ( except in the BRICS world ) .
Diesel submarines will be scrapped and NATO will mandate battery-powered battle tanks .
Pit ponies will return to the mines , and farmers will plow with Clydesdales .
Soon they will design a mask that absorbs CO2 from your breath .
Mega-cities will be “ unsustainable.
” You will be confined to your local commune and shop in pedal-powered trikes with battery-assist .
You must eat local food and use electric power only when they switch it on for your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ frosty mornings ) .
Our obedience to the Covid Lockdown has given them the confidence to enforce their Carbon Lockdown .
They will track us with microchips and control our travel , food , water , and electricity usage via 6G .
We are entering the GREEN ZONE .
Viv Forbes is the executive director of The Saltbush Club .

HYDERABAD: A new dry swab RT-PCR test for Covid-19 developed by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is set to become a game changer. The novel test, developed by PhD students at CCMB , will drastically cut down on testing time by making the process much simpler and is likely to cost less than Rs 200.The process is said to ease transportation problems, reduce cost of testing and solve the problem of long queues once the tests become widely available in the market. The dry swab tests are currently being sold by one company while five are set to start production soon.“With less steps involved, the risk of errors and contamination reduces, and accuracy improves. By this method we can get results in 2 to 3 hours and more importantly, it can also detect low viral load cases,” said CCMB director Dr VM Tiwari, adding that the method has been tested locally at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) and Gandhi Hospital.Unlike normal RT-PCR tests, in which the naso-oesophageal sample is put in a tube containing viral transfer medium (VTM), this test does not require samples to be put in VTM.“As a result, the need of costly VTM is automatically reduced. While in the normal RT-PCR test, sealing and then unsealing tubes with VTM is a cumbersome process, it also carries a risk of contamination if the sample leaks. Sometimes unsealing 100 to 200 samples takes hours and then RNA mixture is prepared with the VTM which again takes a couple of hours. This process is not required in the dry swab test which makes it much faster,” explained advisor and former CCMB director, Dr Rakesh Mishra.Cutting down on RNA testing will mean a reduced need of RNA testing machines, the costs of each being in crores. “The higher sensitivity of the test was proven in tests run on 500 staffers at NGRI. Of these, 20 per cent had tested positive by this method but many were not detected positive through regular RT-PCR method. Given 90 per cent of the positive cases were found to be asymptomatic, this method will be effective in rural setting where these (asymptomatic cases) could be super-spreaders as this test is useful in detecting cases with low viral load and preventing further spread,” Dr Tiwari said.The ICMR-approved method has also been tested in various institutions across India, including the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute in Nagpur, which has no backlog of tests.


climatechangedispatch--2020-10-13--Sinking Land, Not Faster Sea-Level Rise, Behind Delaware Flooding

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on .
Posted in Latest news A letter to the editor in the Lewes , Delaware Cape Gazette , “ Delaware in jeopardy due to climate change , ” asserts human-caused climate change is causing increased flooding in Delaware .
This is wrong .
Data demonstrate land subsidence , not accelerated sea-level rise , is responsible for Delaware ’ s coastal woes .
In the article , Claire A. Simmer , a professor emeritus in the field of management , says climate change is causing the people of Sussex County ( Delaware ) “ to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global warming ….
” Simmer ’ s claim is false .
Delaware has the lowest mean elevation above sea level in the United States .
To the extent Delaware is losing slightly more land to the sea than many other states , Dan Leathers , Delaware ’ s state climatologist , reports it is not due to an accelerated rate of sea-level rise or more intense storms .
One must look for another cause to Delaware ’ s increased flooding , which Leathers provides : land subsidence .
Seas have been rising off @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rapidly and sometimes more slowly , since the end of the last ice age .
Delaware has experienced approximately 13 inches of “ sea-level rise ” over the past century .
Only part of that rise is due to higher sea levels .
Leathers says the rate of sea-level rise is relatively steady at approximately four to eight inches over the century .
Simultaneously , Delaware is experiencing approximately 1.7 millimeters of land subsidence each year or nearly 7 inches over the century .
So , land subsidence , due to the tectonic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up at least half of the state ’ s sea-level rise .
As explained in Climate at a Glance : Sea Level Rise , data from both the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and NASA show sea levels have risen a global average of approximately 1.2 inches per decade since the middle of the 18th century .
There has been only an approximate 0.3-inch acceleration in sea-level rise in recent decades .
Assuming all of the modest increase in sea-level rise is due entirely to human-caused global warming , it is only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Human civilization has successfully dealt with a sea-level rise across the centuries .
It will be able to adapt to rising sea levels even more successfully in the coming decades by utilizing twenty-first-century technologies .
Climate change is not making Delaware ’ s coastal flooding worse .
The city , county , and state governments of Delaware have long battled rising seas through a combination of beach replenishment , altering zoning ordinances to reduce damage from flooding , and hardening infrastructure .
There is no reason for believing these same efforts won ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the impacts of rising seas on Delaware ’ s growing coastal population .

HYDERABAD: Telangana on Tuesday recorded 3,982 new cases of Covid-19 and 27 deaths and saw a further reduction in the number of active cases to 48,110 from over 80,000 over a fortnight ago. With this, the total count of cases now stands at 5,36,766 while the death toll stands at 3,012.A total of 5,182 patients were declared recovered on Tuesday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 4,85,644. The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.56 per cent increasing from 0.50 per cent over a fortnight ago. The recovery rate, meanwhile, has improved to 90.47 per cent after having touched 82 per cent. The state now has 108 active containment zones of which 11 are in Hyderabad.On Sunday, 71,616 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus. Telangana has now completed testing 1.41 crore samples and has reached 3.81 lakh sample testing per million population.The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 607 new cases on Tuesday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 225 cases, Rangareddy recorded 262 and Sangareddy recorded 114 cases. Outside of Hyderabad, Khammam with 247 new cases recorded the highest number of cases on Tuesday. Bhadadri-Kothagudem, Karimnagar, Suryapet, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda and Vikarabad also saw a high number of cases.