climatechangedispatch--2020-09-04--The Never-Ending Lies Of Climate Activists

Written by Vijay Jayaraj on .
Posted in Latest news Photos and videos are extremely useful tools in storytelling and even in conveying news to the masses .
Be they simple photographs of people or videos of people marching through a street , they help us relate to the actual events and stories .
In the past decade , climate-change enthusiasts and activists have utilized this aspect to the utmost to highlight natural disasters and propagate the idea that climate change has aggravated them .
But often this grim and devastating image of natural calamities does not reveal the complete @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exaggerate weather events ( short-term and local ) as climate events ( long-term and global to regional ) and misrepresent regular incidents as unprecedented ones .
Last month , I came across a retweet by Greta Thunberg , a globally recognized climate activist .
She retweeted a tweet showing recent flooding in India .
The tweet was preceded and followed by a series of tweets that highlighted allegedly climate-driven natural disasters in an attempt to drive home the need for climate action .
It was surprising for me to learn that Greta and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in India as something unprecedented and use it as an arsenal to promote their climate doomsday narrative .
India is in the midst of its summer rainfall season .
Also known as the monsoon , these rains are the lifeline for India ’ s 1.3 billion people .
They are a boon , not a disaster as Greta and other activists claim .
The excess rainfall has brought much joy to the majority of the Indian people , who depend on rain for agriculture .
Farmers have already begun sowing , and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2021 , topping already record-high levels .
As for the flooding Greta retweeted , the flooding in the state of Bihar is unrelated to long-term climate change .
With the increasing population , more people have been prone to be impacted by floodwaters than before .
Flooding in that region has been a regular event , and not something new and unprecedented .
The rainfall data since 1871 reveal that the annual precipitation levels have always been erratic , with no significant trend .
There have been no significant changes in the rainfall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Indian Meteorological Department .
To claim otherwise reveals ignorance of the real climate in the region .
This methodology – of portraying natural disasters as a consequence of climate change and claiming it as unprecedented – has become a common practice among climate activists .
Even the ongoing California fires and the subsequent blackout in the state of California were blamed on climate change .
Activists circulated images of fires in California , adding their own doomsday opinions as captions .
But a look at the data reveals a completely different reality about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data from the National Interagency Fire Center show an actual decrease in the number of fires in the U.S. between 1926 and 2017 .
The numbers of fires and of acres burnt were both less in every year of 1990–2017 than in every year from 1926–1950 , well before allegedly man-made global warming became significant .
In addition , 2019 had only half the burnt area of 2018 .
The notion that climate change is causing more and larger wildfires is false .
And the recent blackouts in California were due to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gov .
Gavin Newsom admitted .
The devastating photos and videos of natural calamities on your phones and TVs may seem to convince you about a supposed climate disaster , but they do not tell you the whole story .
Climate activists lie – and they do so many times .
Left unchecked , they mislead millions into falsehoods and needless fears .
It is time they were held accountable for their lies .
It is time we as a society became more data-conscious and more discerning with the popular voices in the @ @

Written by Vijay Jayaraj on Sep 4, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Photos and videos are extremely useful tools in storytelling and even in conveying news to the masses.
Be they simple photographs of people or videos of people marching through a street, they help us relate to the actual events and stories.
In the past decade, climate-change enthusiasts and activists have utilized this aspect to the utmost to highlight natural disasters and propagate the idea that climate change has aggravated them.
But often this grim and devastating image of natural calamities does not reveal the complete picture. In fact, climate activists exaggerate weather events (short-term and local) as climate events (long-term and global to regional) and misrepresent regular incidents as unprecedented ones.
Last month, I came across a retweet by Greta Thunberg, a globally recognized climate activist. She retweeted a tweet showing recent flooding in India.
The tweet was preceded and followed by a series of tweets that highlighted allegedly climate-driven natural disasters in an attempt to drive home the need for climate action.
It was surprising for me to learn that Greta and others portrayed the regular summer rainfall downpour in India as something unprecedented and use it as an arsenal to promote their climate doomsday narrative.
India is in the midst of its summer rainfall season. Also known as the monsoon, these rains are the lifeline for India’s 1.3 billion people. They are a boon, not a disaster as Greta and other activists claim.
The excess rainfall has brought much joy to the majority of the Indian people, who depend on rain for agriculture. Farmers have already begun sowing, and a historic food crop output is expected in 2021, topping already record-high levels.
As for the flooding Greta retweeted, the flooding in the state of Bihar is unrelated to long-term climate change. With the increasing population, more people have been prone to be impacted by floodwaters than before.
Flooding in that region has been a regular event, and not something new and unprecedented. The rainfall data since 1871 reveal that the annual precipitation levels have always been erratic, with no significant trend.
There have been no significant changes in the rainfall pattern, according to scientists at the Indian Meteorological Department. To claim otherwise reveals ignorance of the real climate in the region.
This methodology – of portraying natural disasters as a consequence of climate change and claiming it as unprecedented – has become a common practice among climate activists.
Even the ongoing California fires and the subsequent blackout in the state of California were blamed on climate change. Activists circulated images of fires in California, adding their own doomsday opinions as captions.
But a look at the data reveals a completely different reality about fires in the United States.
The data from the National Interagency Fire Center show an actual decrease in the number of fires in the U.S. between 1926 and 2017.
The numbers of fires and of acres burnt were both less in every year of 1990–2017 than in every year from 1926–1950, well before allegedly man-made global warming became significant. In addition, 2019 had only half the burnt area of 2018.
The notion that climate change is causing more and larger wildfires is false.
And the recent blackouts in California were due to the failure of renewable technology, as even Gov. Gavin Newsom admitted.
The devastating photos and videos of natural calamities on your phones and TVs may seem to convince you about a supposed climate disaster, but they do not tell you the whole story.
Climate activists lie – and they do so many times. Left unchecked, they mislead millions into falsehoods and needless fears.
It is time they were held accountable for their lies. It is time we as a society became more data-conscious and more discerning with the popular voices in the media.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-06--CNN Falsely Blames Climate Change For Siberian Craters

Written by Anthony Watts on .
Posted in Latest news The phrase “ never let a potential climate crisis story go to waste ” must be in CNN ’ s news handbook because this headline has absolutely nothing to do with global warming aka climate change .
The story at CNN titled Massive mystery holes appear in Siberian tundra — and could be linked to climate change is a red herring of the smelliest kind because if the writer Katie Hunt had bothered to do even the simplest of web searches , she would have learned that this crater , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is called a Pingo .
It has been known to western academics since 1825 , ruling out the paranoia of “ climate change ” in recent decades as the cause .
In fact , all Katie had to do was look at Wikipedia for the answer : Pingos are intrapermafrost ice-cored hills , ranging in height from 3 to 70 m ( 10 to 230 ft ) and 30 to 1,000 m ( 98 to 3,281 ft ) in diameter .
They are typically conical in shape and grow and persist only in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and subarctic .
A pingo is a periglacial landform , which is defined as a non-glacial landform or process linked to colder climates .
It is estimated that there are more than 11,000 pingos on Earth .
The Tuktoyaktuk peninsula area has the greatest concentration of pingos in the world with a total of 1,350 pingos .
In 1825 , John Franklin made the earliest description of a pingo when he climbed a small pingo on Ellice Island in the Mackenzie Delta .
However , it was in 1938 that the term pingo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Arctic botanist Alf Erling Porsild in his paper on Earth mounds of the western Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska .
Porsild Pingo in Tuktoyaktuk is named in his honour .
The term pingos , which in Inuvialuktun means conical hill , has now been accepted as a scientific term in English-language literature .
1825 ?
That ’ s well before the Industrial Revolution , said to really begin to affect the planet in 1850 , which is blamed as the primary cause of “ global warming ” , according to NASA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plug of ice that can form due to poor drainage , pushing up a small hill as the ice expands , and when the condition of the soil changes , the ice melts , and the soil around it collapses , leaving a crater .
This isn ’ t rocket science ; it definitely isn ’ t climate science .
As we have previously reported on Climate Realism , this part of Siberia above the Arctic Circle is a place of extremes due to its location where it gets 24-hour-a-day summer sunlight , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a result , and 24-hour-a-day darkness during winter , resulting in weeks of sub-zero temperatures .
We reported that 100°F plus temperatures have been observed in Siberia over 100 years ago because it is normal for that location .
Climate alarmist media like CNN would like you to believe this crater is caused by fossil fuels putting more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere .
But , history tells us these Pingos go back centuries , long before the Left started to blame your SUV for wrecking the planet .
One of the researchers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but most people only read the headline , and the CNN headline fingers climate change : He spoke to a reindeer herder who witnessed a massive explosion of a mound on a river channel in the Yamal Peninsula in 2017 .
“ Every morning she was going to this small frost mound in the river because it was the highest place and she was looking where her reindeer were , and this morning when the explosion happened she came again and she started to feel something in her legs and she was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ When she was in the distance — 200 or 300 meters there was an explosion .
She could have been killed , ” he said .
Other craters have formed less than 3 kilometers from railways and an oil pipeline , he added .
Bogoyavlensky isn ’ t convinced that the primary cause of these craters is warming temperatures linked to climate change .
Villages and herding communities he has spoken to have told him that older generations have shared stories of explosions creating craters in the tundra .
Gosh , older @ @ @ @ @ @ @ records the phenomenon way back in 1825 , well before “ global warming ” aka “ climate change ” was ever an issue .
If only CNN could learn to use a search engine like Google and maybe visit Wikipedia they could actually call themselves journalists .

Written by Anthony Watts on Sep 6, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The phrase “never let a potential climate crisis story go to waste” must be in CNN’s news handbook because this headline has absolutely nothing to do with global warming aka climate change.
The story at CNN titled Massive mystery holes appear in Siberian tundra — and could be linked to climate change is a red herring of the smelliest kind because if the writer Katie Hunt had bothered to do even the simplest of web searches, she would have learned that this crater, peculiar to that part of Siberia, is called a Pingo.
It has been known to western academics since 1825, ruling out the paranoia of “climate change” in recent decades as the cause.
In fact, all Katie had to do was look at Wikipedia for the answer:
Pingos are intrapermafrost ice-cored hills, ranging in height from 3 to 70 m (10 to 230 ft) and 30 to 1,000 m (98 to 3,281 ft) in diameter. They are typically conical in shape and grow and persist only in permafrost environments, such as the Arctic and subarctic.
A pingo is a periglacial landform, which is defined as a non-glacial landform or process linked to colder climates. It is estimated that there are more than 11,000 pingos on Earth. The Tuktoyaktuk peninsula area has the greatest concentration of pingos in the world with a total of 1,350 pingos.
…
In 1825, John Franklin made the earliest description of a pingo when he climbed a small pingo on Ellice Island in the Mackenzie Delta. However, it was in 1938 that the term pingo was first borrowed from the Inuvialuit by the Arctic botanist Alf Erling Porsild in his paper on Earth mounds of the western Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska. Porsild Pingo in Tuktoyaktuk is named in his honour. The term pingos, which in Inuvialuktun means conical hill, has now been accepted as a scientific term in English-language literature.
1825? That’s well before the Industrial Revolution, said to really begin to affect the planet in 1850, which is blamed as the primary cause of “global warming”, according to NASA:
Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s climate system observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth’s atmosphere.
Basically, a Pingo is a plug of ice that can form due to poor drainage, pushing up a small hill as the ice expands, and when the condition of the soil changes, the ice melts, and the soil around it collapses, leaving a crater.
This isn’t rocket science; it definitely isn’t climate science.
As we have previously reported on Climate Realism, this part of Siberia above the Arctic Circle is a place of extremes due to its location where it gets 24-hour-a-day summer sunlight, and temperatures as high as 100°F as a result, and 24-hour-a-day darkness during winter, resulting in weeks of sub-zero temperatures.
We reported that 100°F plus temperatures have been observed in Siberia over 100 years ago because it is normal for that location.
Climate alarmist media like CNN would like you to believe this crater is caused by fossil fuels putting more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
But, history tells us these Pingos go back centuries, long before the Left started to blame your SUV for wrecking the planet.
One of the researchers says so himself deep in the article, but most people only read the headline, and the CNN headline fingers climate change:
He spoke to a reindeer herder who witnessed a massive explosion of a mound on a river channel in the Yamal Peninsula in 2017. “Every morning she was going to this small frost mound in the river because it was the highest place and she was looking where her reindeer were, and this morning when the explosion happened she came again and she started to feel something in her legs and she was afraid of it and she ran.” “When she was in the distance — 200 or 300 meters there was an explosion. She could have been killed,” he said. Other craters have formed less than 3 kilometers from railways and an oil pipeline, he added. Bogoyavlensky isn’t convinced that the primary cause of these craters is warming temperatures linked to climate change. Villages and herding communities he has spoken to have told him that older generations have shared stories of explosions creating craters in the tundra.
Gosh, older generations knew about it, and history records the phenomenon way back in 1825, well before “global warming” aka “climate change” was ever an issue.
If only CNN could learn to use a search engine like Google and maybe visit Wikipedia they could actually call themselves journalists.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-06--Police Accused Of Enabling Extinction Rebellion Newspaper Blockade

Written by Steve Bird and Edward Malnick on .
Posted in Latest news Police have been criticized for failing to halt a demonstration intended to stifle the freedom of the press as Extinction Rebellion was accused of crossing the line “ from protest to planned criminality ” .
The condemnation came as it emerged warnings the group – known as XR – was planning to target newspaper printworks were reported nine months ago .
David Blunkett , the former Labour home secretary , said the anarchic behavior of the protesters should have been quashed quickly by Hertfordshire Constabulary , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Broxbourne plant when the alarm was raised shortly after 10 pm on Friday .
Asked about the failure of police to remove more than 100 demonstrators who had sat down in the road or chained themselves to infrastructure , Mr. Blunkett said : “ I think they ’ re mixing up historic debate about [ union ] picketing with protests relating to political issues , which can be dealt with through the normal democratic process.
” He said officers should have used “ whatever powers were available ” to allow people to go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Walton , a former head of the Met ’ s Counter Terrorism Command and now a senior fellow at Policy Exchange , said the group had shifted from mere protesters into organizing “ planned criminality and should be treated as such ” .
He urged police to get better at gathering intelligence to uphold the law and intervene “ before such acts of criminality ” .
“ Their reticence to do so undermines our democracy and strengthens extremist groups like XR , ” he said .
Ian Austin , a Labour MP , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the law , enable people to go to work and read the papers they choose .
At around 10 pm on Friday , nearly 200 activists targeted printing presses at Broxbourne and Knowsley near Liverpool .
A small group held a demonstration outside another print factory near Motherwell in Scotland .
No warning about the demonstrations had been made with the local police .
Within minutes staff at Broxbourne dialed 999 .
However , Donnachadh McCarthy , XR spokesman at the Broxbourne demonstration , said only six officers attended at around 10.15 pm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the protests was received .
She refused to say how many police were initially sent or the total number eventually in attendance .
She confirmed other southeast forces – including the Met – were summoned to help .
Hertfordshire ’ s Chief Constable Charlie Hall was informed and “ immediately ” went to headquarters .
A total of 48 protesters were removed by mid-morning on Saturday .
There were 42 arrests .
Merseyside Police also refused to say how many officers went to the Knowsley presses after the 10.30 pm alert on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of that protest – there were 30 arrests – no neighboring force was called in for support .
It is understood that no activists or organizers had been fined up to £10,000 for breaching rules meant to prevent gatherings of 30 or more people during coronavirus restrictions .
Although many protesters were seen wearing masks , there appeared little attempt to avoid close contact with fellow activists and police .
… Despite claiming to be climate change protesters , many activists said they were against the perceived political stance of some newspapers .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ about racism , as well “ immigration policy , the rights , and treatment of minority groups and dozens of other issues ” .
The shift was seen by many as making XR a political movement , rather than a campaign group .
Asked where Hertfordshire Constabulary stands on the right to protests versus freedom of speech , the force issued a statement which reads : “ The rights to protest are well established in this country and we remain committed to facilitating peaceful protest and ensuring compliance with the law.
” XR @ @ @ @ @ @ @ October last year , said Mr. McCarthy who also writes a column for The Independent .
It wanted maximum disruption to papers published by Rupert Murdoch , Telegraph Media Group and Daily Mail and General Trust .
A document obtained by a Sunday newspaper last December showed organizers spotted how “ vulnerable ” Broxbourne was because it had only one exit leading to a busy road .
However , the demonstration planned for April this year was canceled due to the COVID lockdown .
“ The Great March for Truth & Blockade said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has only one exit road leading to the A10 , which makes it very vulnerable to a mass blockade .
“ This would block almost all national newspapers for the South of England from being delivered from this plant .
“ The disruptive impact of the capital and entire south of the country waking up to almost empty newspaper stands would send a shock through the system , as a wake-up call to the seriousness with which the media needs to take the crises.
” They hoped to maintain the blockade for at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continuously ” for three days of the weekend .
It concedes it would require “ high-risk , arrestable , undercover operations ” .
Perhaps ironically , it even suggests printing its own newspaper to fill empty newspaper stands .
Mr. McCarthy , who was a co-author of that report , insisted he was not an organizer of the latest demonstration despite being at Broxbourne .
The emergence of the pamphlet came in a year when Scotland Yard was forced to spend £37 million on policing XR demonstrations .
This weekend ’ s demonstration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plans , suggesting lockdown had provided an opportunity for organizers to galvanize support and plan how to maximize their disruption .

Written by Steve Bird and Edward Malnick on Sep 6, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Police have been criticized for failing to halt a demonstration intended to stifle the freedom of the press as Extinction Rebellion was accused of crossing the line “from protest to planned criminality”.
The condemnation came as it emerged warnings the group – known as XR – was planning to target newspaper printworks were reported nine months ago.
David Blunkett, the former Labour home secretary, said the anarchic behavior of the protesters should have been quashed quickly by Hertfordshire Constabulary, which apparently sent only six officers to the Broxbourne plant when the alarm was raised shortly after 10 pm on Friday.
Asked about the failure of police to remove more than 100 demonstrators who had sat down in the road or chained themselves to infrastructure, Mr. Blunkett said: “I think they’re mixing up historic debate about [union] picketing with protests relating to political issues, which can be dealt with through the normal democratic process.”
He said officers should have used “whatever powers were available” to allow people to go about their business.
Meanwhile, Richard Walton, a former head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command and now a senior fellow at Policy Exchange, said the group had shifted from mere protesters into organizing “planned criminality and should be treated as such”.
He urged police to get better at gathering intelligence to uphold the law and intervene “before such acts of criminality”.
“Their reticence to do so undermines our democracy and strengthens extremist groups like XR,” he said.
Ian Austin, a Labour MP, said: “The police should uphold the law, enable people to go to work and read the papers they choose.
At around 10 pm on Friday, nearly 200 activists targeted printing presses at Broxbourne and Knowsley near Liverpool. A small group held a demonstration outside another print factory near Motherwell in Scotland.
No warning about the demonstrations had been made with the local police. Within minutes staff at Broxbourne dialed 999. However, Donnachadh McCarthy, XR spokesman at the Broxbourne demonstration, said only six officers attended at around 10.15 pm.
A force spokesman said no intelligence about the protests was received. She refused to say how many police were initially sent or the total number eventually in attendance. She confirmed other southeast forces – including the Met – were summoned to help.
Hertfordshire’s Chief Constable Charlie Hall was informed and “immediately” went to headquarters. A total of 48 protesters were removed by mid-morning on Saturday. There were 42 arrests.
Merseyside Police also refused to say how many officers went to the Knowsley presses after the 10.30 pm alert on Friday.
Due to the smaller nature of that protest – there were 30 arrests – no neighboring force was called in for support.
It is understood that no activists or organizers had been fined up to £10,000 for breaching rules meant to prevent gatherings of 30 or more people during coronavirus restrictions.
Although many protesters were seen wearing masks, there appeared little attempt to avoid close contact with fellow activists and police. …
Despite claiming to be climate change protesters, many activists said they were against the perceived political stance of some newspapers.
One XR statement said the action was about racism, as well “immigration policy, the rights, and treatment of minority groups and dozens of other issues”.
The shift was seen by many as making XR a political movement, rather than a campaign group.
Asked where Hertfordshire Constabulary stands on the right to protests versus freedom of speech, the force issued a statement which reads: “The rights to protest are well established in this country and we remain committed to facilitating peaceful protest and ensuring compliance with the law.”
XR plans to target the media began in October last year, said Mr. McCarthy who also writes a column for The Independent.
It wanted maximum disruption to papers published by Rupert Murdoch, Telegraph Media Group and Daily Mail and General Trust.
A document obtained by a Sunday newspaper last December showed organizers spotted how “vulnerable” Broxbourne was because it had only one exit leading to a busy road.
However, the demonstration planned for April this year was canceled due to the COVID lockdown.
“The Great March for Truth & Blockade said: “The [Broxbourne] plant has only one exit road leading to the A10, which makes it very vulnerable to a mass blockade.
“This would block almost all national newspapers for the South of England from being delivered from this plant.
“The disruptive impact of the capital and entire south of the country waking up to almost empty newspaper stands would send a shock through the system, as a wake-up call to the seriousness with which the media needs to take the crises.”
They hoped to maintain the blockade for at worst 12 hours or run it “continuously” for three days of the weekend.
It concedes it would require “high-risk, arrestable, undercover operations”.
Perhaps ironically, it even suggests printing its own newspaper to fill empty newspaper stands.
Mr. McCarthy, who was a co-author of that report, insisted he was not an organizer of the latest demonstration despite being at Broxbourne.
The emergence of the pamphlet came in a year when Scotland Yard was forced to spend £37 million on policing XR demonstrations.
This weekend’s demonstration far exceeded last year’s proposed plans, suggesting lockdown had provided an opportunity for organizers to galvanize support and plan how to maximize their disruption.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-06--Extinction Rebellion Nutters Charged After Blocking Newspaper Deliveries

Written by Rachel Russell on .
Posted in Latest news More than 100 members of the climate action group took part in bamboo lock-ons to block roads outside the Newsprinters ’ works , at Broxbourne in Hertfordshire and Knowsley , near Liverpool , on Friday evening .
This meant some newspaper shelves in shops were left empty on Saturday morning .
Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp ’ s titles were targeted , including The Sun , The Times , The Sun On Sunday , and The Sunday Times .
The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph , the Daily Mail and Mail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Police said 51 people have now been charged with obstruction of the highway following the protest outside Newsprinters Ltd print works in Waltham Cross .
The statement added two people have been remanded in custody to appear in court on Monday while 49 were released on conditional bail .
Merseyside Police said it had since charged 26 people , aged between 19 and 60 , following a demonstration at the “ News International premises ” in Knowsley on Friday night .
They are due to appear at Liverpool and Knowsley Magistrates ’ Court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ January 8 and 13 next year .
Police said all 26 have been granted bail under the condition they do not enter Merseyside or contact any News International employees .
XR apologized to newsagents for the disruption .
But added it would not apologize to Mr. Murdoch , calling on him to “ stop suppressing the truth about the climate crisis and profiting from the division your papers create.
” Home Secretary Priti Patel now wants to take a “ fresh look ” at how XR is classified under law after a stunt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He said : “ A free press is vital in holding the government and other powerful institutions to account on issues critical for the future of our country , including the fight against climate change .
“ It is completely unacceptable to seek to limit the public ’ s access to news in this way.
” The review could lead to XR being treated as an organized crime group .

Written by Rachel Russell on Sep 6, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
More than 100 members of the climate action group took part in bamboo lock-ons to block roads outside the Newsprinters’ works, at Broxbourne in Hertfordshire and Knowsley, near Liverpool, on Friday evening.
This meant some newspaper shelves in shops were left empty on Saturday morning.
Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp’s titles were targeted, including The Sun, The Times, The Sun On Sunday, and The Sunday Times.
The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail and Mail On Sunday were also affected.
Hertfordshire Police said 51 people have now been charged with obstruction of the highway following the protest outside Newsprinters Ltd print works in Waltham Cross.
The statement added two people have been remanded in custody to appear in court on Monday while 49 were released on conditional bail.
Merseyside Police said it had since charged 26 people, aged between 19 and 60, following a demonstration at the “News International premises” in Knowsley on Friday night.
They are due to appear at Liverpool and Knowsley Magistrates’ Court and St Helens Magistrates’ Court on January 8 and 13 next year.
Police said all 26 have been granted bail under the condition they do not enter Merseyside or contact any News International employees.
XR apologized to newsagents for the disruption.
But added it would not apologize to Mr. Murdoch, calling on him to “stop suppressing the truth about the climate crisis and profiting from the division your papers create.”
Home Secretary Priti Patel now wants to take a “fresh look” at how XR is classified under law after a stunt Boris Johnson deemed “completely unacceptable”.
He said: “A free press is vital in holding the government and other powerful institutions to account on issues critical for the future of our country, including the fight against climate change.
“It is completely unacceptable to seek to limit the public’s access to news in this way.”
The review could lead to XR being treated as an organized crime group.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-07--Extinction Rebellion Is The Antithesis Of Progress

Written by Brian Monteith on .
Posted in Latest news Political activists who take to silencing their perceived opposition expose themselves as the true fascists of our age – resorting to censorship and physical force to triumph over debate and reason .
Why ?
Because they are without or can not articulate convincing arguments that are able to persuade the majority of us to believe their views .
Faced with rejection they choose to impose their will – inflicting the greatest suffering on those they claim to be helping – the poorest or most disadvantaged in society .
There should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Extinction Rebellion and its adherents do not want to convert people to their cause , they literally wish to enslave us all to an economic future akin to the dark ages .
The UK government is committed to a net-zero carbon economy by 2050 – a target date that can be debated as being unambitious – but to argue the date should be 2025 , as Extinction Rebellion does , is to seek our economy to move backward , economic growth vaporizing to becoming permanent recession and killing the tax revenues that generate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rely on .
The lights would literally be turned out – and there would be no use complaining to your parliament – for Extinction Rebellion would sweep that away too , replacing it with Climate Assemblies .
The economic desert that would ensue would be far worse than anything we are experiencing or are about to face due to the COVID pandemic – for governments would not be able to borrow the huge sums they are currently accessing for employment and social support .
Who would lend to governments that would not have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the loans back ?
Subsistence economies have no profits to share or invest .
The year-zero climate alarmism is misplaced .
Of course , there is evidence that has to be analyzed and strategies devised to protect the planet , but there are no policies that will reason with people who think it right to knowingly block ambulances from entering hospitals – as I witnessed this week .
In fact , there is a great deal that is being done in this world to improve the changing environment for the benefit of everyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Here are some things you may not know… Even though the world ’ s population grew by more than two billion people in the fifteen years between 1990-2015 , the number of people living in extreme poverty actually fell by 1.2 billion .
According to World Bank figures , those who consume less than $ 1.90 a day , adjusted for local prices , declined from 36 percent of the World ’ s population in 1990 to 10 percent in 2015 – a staggering 130,000 people a day rising out of extreme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by huge state investment or five-year plans but by countries such as Vietnam and India opening up domestic and international markets to free trade .
When the UN ’ s Millennium Summit of 2000 committed to halving extreme poverty by 2015 few expected the goal to be met by 2010 , but it was and the improving trend continues .
Deaths from climate-sensitive diseases and events fell from 8.1 % of all causes of the World ’ s age-standardized death rate in 1990 to 5.5 % in 2017 .
Likewise the world ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by disability-adjusted life years lost – declined from 12 % to 8 % .
These two facts demonstrate that death and disease as a result of climate change are falling , not climbing – all while the world population continues to grow .
Taking longer-term data , world deaths from all extreme weather events have fallen by a staggering 99 % since the 1920s .
Deaths from heatwaves and floods have fallen for all income groups since the 1990s .
Natural disasters are causing fewer deaths , thanks in part to rising economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as flood prevention or earthquake-proofing of buildings .
The greatest benefits have been in the developing world – again , thanks to economic growth As recently as 1870 , life expectancy in Europe , the Americas , and the World was only 36 , 35 , and 30 years , respectively .
Today it is now 81 , 79 , and 72 years – and rising in every continent .
Meanwhile , the Earth is actually becoming greener : a 2016 paper published by 32 authors from 24 institutions in 8 countries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increase in green vegetation over the last 30 years .
Only on Saturday , the Sun had published an article by Sir Richard Attenborough – hardly a climate change denier .
Like The Scotsman , The Times , Telegraph , and Sun newspapers – as with arguably all media in the UK – regularly encourage debate , evidence-based argument , and a battle of ideas and opinion .
Readers will seldom find Lesley Riddoch and I agreeing on opposite pages on the days when we choose to write about the same issue – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be .
The readers can make their own minds up , possibly disagreeing with us both !
[ … ] Even in the face of the current pandemic , the condition of the world ’ s population is improving – and it is thanks to the creativity and productivity of modern , free economies .
I believe in rebelling against extinction – for the extinction of capitalism will mean a poorer world for us all .

Written by Brian Monteith on Sep 7, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Political activists who take to silencing their perceived opposition expose themselves as the true fascists of our age – resorting to censorship and physical force to triumph over debate and reason.
Why? Because they are without or cannot articulate convincing arguments that are able to persuade the majority of us to believe their views.
Faced with rejection they choose to impose their will – inflicting the greatest suffering on those they claim to be helping – the poorest or most disadvantaged in society.
There should be no equivocation from the truth: Extinction Rebellion and its adherents do not want to convert people to their cause, they literally wish to enslave us all to an economic future akin to the dark ages.
The UK government is committed to a net-zero carbon economy by 2050 – a target date that can be debated as being unambitious – but to argue the date should be 2025, as Extinction Rebellion does, is to seek our economy to move backward, economic growth vaporizing to becoming permanent recession and killing the tax revenues that generate the public services so many vulnerable people rely on.
The lights would literally be turned out – and there would be no use complaining to your parliament – for Extinction Rebellion would sweep that away too, replacing it with Climate Assemblies.
The economic desert that would ensue would be far worse than anything we are experiencing or are about to face due to the COVID pandemic – for governments would not be able to borrow the huge sums they are currently accessing for employment and social support.
Who would lend to governments that would not have tax revenues from economic growth to pay the loans back? Subsistence economies have no profits to share or invest.
The year-zero climate alarmism is misplaced. Of course, there is evidence that has to be analyzed and strategies devised to protect the planet, but there are no policies that will reason with people who think it right to knowingly block ambulances from entering hospitals – as I witnessed this week.
In fact, there is a great deal that is being done in this world to improve the changing environment for the benefit of everyone. Ironically much of it goes unreported.
Here are some things you may not know…
Even though the world’s population grew by more than two billion people in the fifteen years between 1990-2015, the number of people living in extreme poverty actually fell by 1.2 billion.
According to World Bank figures, those who consume less than $1.90 a day, adjusted for local prices, declined from 36 percent of the World’s population in 1990 to 10 percent in 2015 – a staggering 130,000 people a day rising out of extreme poverty.
This has been achieved not by huge state investment or five-year plans but by countries such as Vietnam and India opening up domestic and international markets to free trade.
When the UN’s Millennium Summit of 2000 committed to halving extreme poverty by 2015 few expected the goal to be met by 2010, but it was and the improving trend continues.
Deaths from climate-sensitive diseases and events fell from 8.1% of all causes of the World’s age-standardized death rate in 1990 to 5.5% in 2017.
Likewise the world’s age-standardized burden of disease – measured by disability-adjusted life years lost – declined from 12% to 8%.
These two facts demonstrate that death and disease as a result of climate change are falling, not climbing – all while the world population continues to grow.
Taking longer-term data, world deaths from all extreme weather events have fallen by a staggering 99% since the 1920s.
Deaths from heatwaves and floods have fallen for all income groups since the 1990s. Natural disasters are causing fewer deaths, thanks in part to rising economic growth allowing greater investment in protective measures such as flood prevention or earthquake-proofing of buildings.
The greatest benefits have been in the developing world – again, thanks to economic growth
As recently as 1870, life expectancy in Europe, the Americas, and the World was only 36, 35, and 30 years, respectively. Today it is now 81, 79, and 72 years – and rising in every continent.
Meanwhile, the Earth is actually becoming greener: a 2016 paper published by 32 authors from 24 institutions in 8 countries using satellite data showed a 14% increase in green vegetation over the last 30 years.
Only on Saturday, the Sun had published an article by Sir Richard Attenborough – hardly a climate change denier.
Like The Scotsman, The Times, Telegraph, and Sun newspapers – as with arguably all media in the UK – regularly encourage debate, evidence-based argument, and a battle of ideas and opinion.
Readers will seldom find Lesley Riddoch and I agreeing on opposite pages on the days when we choose to write about the same issue – and that’s how it should be. The readers can make their own minds up, possibly disagreeing with us both! […]
Even in the face of the current pandemic, the condition of the world’s population is improving – and it is thanks to the creativity and productivity of modern, free economies.
I believe in rebelling against extinction – for the extinction of capitalism will mean a poorer world for us all.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-07--Gender-Reveal Party Sparked Huge El Dorado Fire, Not Climate Change

Written by David Aaro on .
Posted in Latest news A smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used at a gender-reveal party ignited one of the 23 major fires burning in California , fire officials announced on Sunday evening .
The El Dorado Fire , currently burning near Oak Glen in San Bernardino County , has forced the evacuations of 3,000 residents , according to CBS LA .
It has already scorched more than 7,000 acres and is only five percent contained .
“ CAL FIRE reminds the public that with the dry conditions and critical fire weather , it doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” a Cal Fire San Bernardino Unit statement said .
“ Those responsible for starting fires due to negligence or illegal activity can be held financially and criminally responsible.
” The fire started at 10:23 a.m. on Sept. 5 , in the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa , located about 75 miles east of Los Angeles , the statement added .
It continues to burn on the north slope towards the communities of Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls , reports said .
“ It burned in four different directions since we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pushing to the east , then to the north , and then big westwardly wind shift , and ( Sunday ) it moved to the south .
The wind has been pretty dramatically inconsistent , ” said Ben Holmes , a U.S. Forest Service senior firefighter on the Arroyo Grande Hotshots team , according to the station .
SEE ALSO : Data Shows ‘ Global Warming ’ Isn ’ t Behind California Wildfires Users on social media shared their outrage after learning what caused the blaze , which has required more than 500 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ God , this makes me so angry , ” one user wrote on Instagram .
“ You HAVE to be kidding .
How do people think this is a good time for something like that ?
” another wrote on Twitter .
The weather is expected to remain dry and hot throughout the night with an elevated temperature and relative humidity at 20 percent , tweeted the San Bernardino National Forest in an evening update .
The winds will remain downslope at 3 to 5 mph with gusts to 10 mph .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behavior throughout the night , ” the San Bernardino National Forest added .

Written by David Aaro on Sep 7, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
A smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used at a gender-reveal party ignited one of the 23 major fires burning in California, fire officials announced on Sunday evening.
The El Dorado Fire, currently burning near Oak Glen in San Bernardino County, has forced the evacuations of 3,000 residents, according to CBS LA. It has already scorched more than 7,000 acres and is only five percent contained.
“CAL FIRE reminds the public that with the dry conditions and critical fire weather, it doesn’t take much to start a wildfire,” a Cal Fire San Bernardino Unit statement said. “Those responsible for starting fires due to negligence or illegal activity can be held financially and criminally responsible.”
The fire started at 10:23 a.m. on Sept. 5, in the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa, located about 75 miles east of Los Angeles, the statement added. It continues to burn on the north slope towards the communities of Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls, reports said.
“It burned in four different directions since we’ve been here. It was pushing to the east, then to the north, and then big westwardly wind shift, and (Sunday) it moved to the south. The wind has been pretty dramatically inconsistent,” said Ben Holmes, a U.S. Forest Service senior firefighter on the Arroyo Grande Hotshots team, according to the station.
SEE ALSO: Data Shows ‘Global Warming’ Isn’t Behind California Wildfires
Users on social media shared their outrage after learning what caused the blaze, which has required more than 500 personnel to help contain it.
“God, this makes me so angry,” one user wrote on Instagram.
“You HAVE to be kidding. How do people think this is a good time for something like that?” another wrote on Twitter.
The weather is expected to remain dry and hot throughout the night with an elevated temperature and relative humidity at 20 percent, tweeted the San Bernardino National Forest in an evening update. The winds will remain downslope at 3 to 5 mph with gusts to 10 mph.
“This will result in continued active fire behavior throughout the night,” the San Bernardino National Forest added.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-07--DOE Declares An Energy Emergency In California, Issues Lifeline

Written by Bronson Stocking on .
Posted in Latest news The Department of Energy ( DOE ) announced on Sunday that Sec .
Dan Brouillette , in response to an urgent request from the state of California , issued a Section 202 ( c ) emergency order to help prevent California ’ s already-faltering power grid from being completely overwhelmed .
“ I hereby determine that an emergency exists in California due to a shortage of electric energy , a shortage of facilities for the generation of electric energy , and other causes , and that issuance of this Order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public interest , ” reads a letter from the Assistant Secretary for Electricity Bruce Walker .
The DOE order authorizes the emergency use of stationary and portable generators , as well as auxiliary engines onboard ocean-going vessels berthed in California ports .
The order suspends any laws , regulations , or permits limiting the use of these power-generating machines .
The order is set to expire just before midnight on September 13 .
“ The Secretary concurs with the California Independent System Operator Corporation ( CAISO ) that a grid reliability emergency exists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said DOE spokeswoman Shaylyn Hines in a statement .
Despite the rolling blackouts , California policymakers are too busy these days lowering penalties for adults who have sex with minors to deal with the faltering power grid .
California ’ s blackouts are entirely the fault of Democratic Gov .
Gavin Newsom and his ilk of quixotic environmentalists .
California decided to mandate the use of renewable energy despite the lack of technology to make such a mandate reliable to California residents .
Usually , other western states , who haven ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to bail out California by sending the state some of their power .
But with the high temperatures , neighboring states have less power on hand these days .
Combine blackouts with wildfires and many Californians are unable to receive advance warnings of approaching flames or operate electric water pumps that could save residents from losing their homes .
So California is now forced to turn to the feds .
“ While the Secretary has offered this emergency assistance to California in this time of crisis , he also encourages state policymakers to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to handle extreme stress , which could be alleviated with the support of greater baseload power generation and natural gas supply , ” said Hines .

Written by Bronson Stocking on Sep 7, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Sunday that Sec. Dan Brouillette, in response to an urgent request from the state of California, issued a Section 202 (c) emergency order to help prevent California’s already-faltering power grid from being completely overwhelmed.
“I hereby determine that an emergency exists in California due to a shortage of electric energy, a shortage of facilities for the generation of electric energy, and other causes, and that issuance of this Order will meet the emergency and serve the public interest,” reads a letter from the Assistant Secretary for Electricity Bruce Walker.
The DOE order authorizes the emergency use of stationary and portable generators, as well as auxiliary engines onboard ocean-going vessels berthed in California ports.
The order suspends any laws, regulations, or permits limiting the use of these power-generating machines. The order is set to expire just before midnight on September 13.
“The Secretary concurs with the California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO) that a grid reliability emergency exists which demands immediate federal intervention,” said DOE spokeswoman Shaylyn Hines in a statement.
Despite the rolling blackouts, California policymakers are too busy these days lowering penalties for adults who have sex with minors to deal with the faltering power grid.
California’s blackouts are entirely the fault of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and his ilk of quixotic environmentalists.
California decided to mandate the use of renewable energy despite the lack of technology to make such a mandate reliable to California residents.
Usually, other western states, who haven’t pursued reckless green policies, are available to bail out California by sending the state some of their power. But with the high temperatures, neighboring states have less power on hand these days.
Combine blackouts with wildfires and many Californians are unable to receive advance warnings of approaching flames or operate electric water pumps that could save residents from losing their homes.
So California is now forced to turn to the feds.
“While the Secretary has offered this emergency assistance to California in this time of crisis, he also encourages state policymakers to evaluate why the grid is not able to handle extreme stress, which could be alleviated with the support of greater baseload power generation and natural gas supply,” said Hines.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-08--Extinction Rebellion, Tony Abbott, And The Climate Madhouse

Written by John O'Sullivan on .
Posted in Latest news As the lockdowns begin to fray around the world , so do the pre-lockdown controversies emerge blinking into the light , seemingly unchanged by their experience of hibernation .
We ’ ve just had two resurrections of the climate change debate in London in the last week .
And though the arguments heard in them are much the same as before , there are signs of a slight chill in the public ’ s response , hitherto quite favorable , to them .
The first was the blockade on Friday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ produce most of the Brits ’ morning newspapers by Extinction Rebellion protesters .
One hundred XR demonstrators , chaining themselves to vehicles , blocked roads to three printing sites from which the great majority of newspapers are transported to homes and newsagents across Britain .
… Much noise was made by XR to the effect that the print works and two papers they print , the Times and the Sun , are owned by Rupert Murdoch who is a hated figure on the Left .
But Murdoch ’ s rivals , the Daily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Financial Times are also printed at his works .
And the FT is editorially friendly to the XR ’ s claim that climate change now constitutes an emergency .
Until this happened , the public had seemed partly sympathetic , partly resigned , to the inevitability of such demonstrations .
Very few people had been inconvenienced by earlier blockades , and the costs in delayed journeys or diverted routes to those who had were modest .
Being deprived of a long Saturday read over coffee at the breakfast table , however , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very irritating .
And irritation is a favorite British emotion .
Then the XR spokesmen made matters worse for themselves by their justifications of the blockade which generally boiled down to claiming that the papers misled their readers on the urgency of dealing with climate change .
Here is the choicest argument from activist Gully Bujak ( 27 ) : It ’ s pretty clear that Mr. Bujak wouldn ’ t make a very good editor , running the same story on every front page every day , but he wouldn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Almost all the U.K. mainstream media , far from actively sowing seeds of climate denial , are united in their belief that climate change is a major challenge facing humanity and that we should be prepared to cut living standards in order to lower carbon emissions .
That ’ s true not only of the leftish Financial Times but also of the hated ( but widely read ) Murdoch press .
In fact , copies of the tabloid Sun diverted or blocked by XR demonstrators were that day carrying an article by Britain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ David Attenborough , on how to combat climate change ( because readers of the Sun think of little else . )
Occasional op-eds taking a climate-skeptic viewpoint appear in their pages because newspapers not edited by Gully Bujak have a professional bias in favor of debate and controversy .
But the mainstream media are generally careful not to stray too far from officialdom ’ s climate-change orthodoxy .
XR protesters , however , stray very far from that orthodoxy in the opposite direction , demanding net-zero carbon emissions within five years and more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and meat from peoples ’ diets , these changes to be supervised by unelected and unaccountable “ citizens ’ assemblies.
” Given the puritan authoritarianism of these aims , XR ’ s assertion of its right to halt the distribution of newspapers because they disagreed with the opinions they expressed on climate change rang a very loud warning bell .
Commentators across the spectrum condemned the blockades as attacks on press freedom .
Members of the public started to ask why the police had appeared to cooperate with the protesters so that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to third parties .
Aren ’ t newspaper readers and printing companies , not just third parties , entitled to go about their business without deliberate let or hindrance too ?
( Maybe , yes : 72 protesters were eventually arrested . )
Even government ministers , who have been somewhat timid of late , spoke out firmly in defense of “ a free press , society and democracy ” ( Home Secretary Priti Patel ) and against this particular attack on the free press ( “ completely unacceptable , ” Prime Minister @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there was a rare bipartisan consensus that Extinction Rebellion had laid an egg and that in the future it should no longer be allowed to run around bullying people in order to impose a minority opinion that if implemented would have grim consequences in lower living standards for the rest of us .
Except , as the Daily Mail ’ s combative centrist columnist , D.P .
Hodges , pointed out mildly , until this weekend almost all the people now fulminating had given the impression of admiring the idealism of XR protesters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ excesses .
Was that now changing ?
I ’ ve seen too many false dawns of that kind to believe so without crossing my fingers and hoping to die .
But a second event makes me ever-so-slightly more hopeful .
In the middle of last week , it was leaked in London that the Johnson government would be asking the former Australian Prime Minister , Tony Abbott , to join the Board of Trade as a senior advisor in its forthcoming drive to sign post-Brexit free trade deals with a wide range of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Japan , and , er , Australia .
There ’ s no doubt that was a shrewd and sensible move .
Britain badly needs to accelerate its trade diplomacy not only for the sake of future deals but in order to show to Brussels that London has enough good options so as not to need to appease the European Union in the current talks—now at the make-or-break time .
Abbott has the experience of trade negotiations and knowledge of the players that would improve the chances of success .
As Mark Higgie—a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Australian Spectator www.spectator.com.au , Abbott as prime minister negotiated free trade deals with China , South Korea , and Japan , which between them covered 50 percent of Australia ’ s trade .
Not everyone in Britain wants its extra-European trade diplomacy to prosper , however , because they hope to limit the country ’ s global reach and to keep Britain even outside the EU inside the EU ’ s sphere of influence .
That makes them especially wary of the concept of CANZUK , which promises to develop a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relationship between four of the five countries in the “ Five Eyes ” intelligence cooperation agreement .
There ’ s modest but growing support for this concept—which already exists in its subordinate but important parts like security cooperation—and Abbott is sympathetic to it .
From some points of view , he ’ s an obstacle to a closer UK-EU relationship down the road .
That ’ s not a point of view , however , that can be openly argued with any chance of success .
So Abbott was denounced as unsuitable to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a misogynist , opposed in the past to gay marriage , pro-life , and above all a “ climate change denier.
” None of these charges is relevant to the post for which he was being considered .
Most of them describe ( or caricature ) legitimate opinions held by very large groups of voters , most of whom lean to the Tories .
And one at least—Abbott ’ s supposed “ misogyny ” —is simply false .
But the charge of being a “ climate change denier , ” which was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is worth at least unpacking since we have some evidence in relation to it .
The first thing to be said is that “ climate change denier ” is not a scientific term but a political one intended to silence or blacklist anyone so described .
If it is to have any clear meaning , that must be someone who denies that the climate is changing or—to be a little more flexible—that it ’ s rising so rapidly as to pose a serious threat to humankind that can only be countered by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of those advocated by Extinction Rebellion .
Fear of being called a “ denier ” explains the contradiction , noticed by Hodges above , that many politicians and public figures now denouncing Extinction Rebellion have been very mild in their criticisms of it until now .
They don ’ t want to be accused of backing XR ’ s aims but refusing their means and thus being a “ denier ” in practice .
But this apparent contradiction is a false one and the fear it generates groundless .
As the science writer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ How Innovation Works , ” Matt Ridley , pointed out a few years ago in Quadrant magazine : And the evidence is overwhelming that Tony Abbott belongs to this lukewarmer school because he delivered a lecture to the Global Warming Policy Foundation in 2017 on this very topic : Well , maybe someone in Downing Street was paying attention because after a few days of ministers looking like frightened Bambis in the glare of klieg lights amid the thunder of media questioning , Boris Johnson appeared in public to state the obvious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agree with everything that was said by the government ’ s many advisors on many topics , Tony Abbott was nonetheless a whiz on trade and that he was happy to have him on board .
And as often happens when it ’ s clear that a prime minister really isn ’ t going to surrender to a media mob , the storm dispelled—and a much more convenient storm blew up over Extinction Rebellion ’ s candid attack on press freedom .
My optimism remains provisional , but one thing is clear and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public opinion is growing more hostile to the claims of XR and other alarmists that their belief in climate catastrophe gives them a right to override democracy and free speech ; and as more and more scientists , economists , and politicians who aren ’ t intellectually intimidated by fear and/or alarmism adopt a “ lukewarmer ” stance , the prospect increases of a more rational policy that treats climate change as a serious problem requiring a prudent mix of mitigation and adaptation in response rather than as an imminent catastrophe calling for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t happen overnight , and there ’ ll never be a consensus on it .
How could there be ?
As Matt Ridley wrote in that Quadrant article : You can ’ t have a scientific consensus about the future .
Read more at The Pipeline

Written by John O'Sullivan on Sep 8, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
As the lockdowns begin to fray around the world, so do the pre-lockdown controversies emerge blinking into the light, seemingly unchanged by their experience of hibernation.
We’ve just had two resurrections of the climate change debate in London in the last week. And though the arguments heard in them are much the same as before, there are signs of a slight chill in the public’s response, hitherto quite favorable, to them.
The first was the blockade on Friday night/Saturday morning of the printing works that produce most of the Brits’ morning newspapers by Extinction Rebellion protesters.
One hundred XR demonstrators, chaining themselves to vehicles, blocked roads to three printing sites from which the great majority of newspapers are transported to homes and newsagents across Britain. …
Much noise was made by XR to the effect that the print works and two papers they print, the Times and the Sun, are owned by Rupert Murdoch who is a hated figure on the Left.
But Murdoch’s rivals, the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, and the Financial Times are also printed at his works. And the FT is editorially friendly to the XR’s claim that climate change now constitutes an emergency.
Until this happened, the public had seemed partly sympathetic, partly resigned, to the inevitability of such demonstrations. Very few people had been inconvenienced by earlier blockades, and the costs in delayed journeys or diverted routes to those who had were modest.
Being deprived of a long Saturday read over coffee at the breakfast table, however, though hardly a tragedy, was nonetheless very irritating. And irritation is a favorite British emotion.
Then the XR spokesmen made matters worse for themselves by their justifications of the blockade which generally boiled down to claiming that the papers misled their readers on the urgency of dealing with climate change.
Here is the choicest argument from activist Gully Bujak (27):
“The climate emergency is an existential threat to humanity. Instead of publishing this on the front page every day as it deserves, much of our media ignores the issue and some actively sow seeds of climate denial.”
It’s pretty clear that Mr. Bujak wouldn’t make a very good editor, running the same story on every front page every day, but he wouldn’t be a very good reporter either.
Almost all the U.K. mainstream media, far from actively sowing seeds of climate denial, are united in their belief that climate change is a major challenge facing humanity and that we should be prepared to cut living standards in order to lower carbon emissions.
That’s true not only of the leftish Financial Times but also of the hated (but widely read) Murdoch press.
In fact, copies of the tabloid Sun diverted or blocked by XR demonstrators were that day carrying an article by Britain’s most celebrated BBC environmentalist, David Attenborough, on how to combat climate change (because readers of the Sun think of little else.)
Occasional op-eds taking a climate-skeptic viewpoint appear in their pages because newspapers not edited by Gully Bujak have a professional bias in favor of debate and controversy. But the mainstream media are generally careful not to stray too far from officialdom’s climate-change orthodoxy.
XR protesters, however, stray very far from that orthodoxy in the opposite direction, demanding net-zero carbon emissions within five years and more or less eliminating both holiday air travel and meat from peoples’ diets, these changes to be supervised by unelected and unaccountable “citizens’ assemblies.”
Given the puritan authoritarianism of these aims, XR’s assertion of its right to halt the distribution of newspapers because they disagreed with the opinions they expressed on climate change rang a very loud warning bell.
Commentators across the spectrum condemned the blockades as attacks on press freedom. Members of the public started to ask why the police had appeared to cooperate with the protesters so that the blockades could be enforced with minimum inconvenience to third parties.
Aren’t newspaper readers and printing companies, not just third parties, entitled to go about their business without deliberate let or hindrance too? (Maybe, yes: 72 protesters were eventually arrested.)
Even government ministers, who have been somewhat timid of late, spoke out firmly in defense of “a free press, society and democracy” (Home Secretary Priti Patel) and against this particular attack on the free press (“completely unacceptable,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson.)
In short, there was a rare bipartisan consensus that Extinction Rebellion had laid an egg and that in the future it should no longer be allowed to run around bullying people in order to impose a minority opinion that if implemented would have grim consequences in lower living standards for the rest of us.
Except, as the Daily Mail’s combative centrist columnist, D.P. Hodges, pointed out mildly, until this weekend almost all the people now fulminating had given the impression of admiring the idealism of XR protesters even if they mildly deprecated their occasional excesses. Was that now changing?
I’ve seen too many false dawns of that kind to believe so without crossing my fingers and hoping to die. But a second event makes me ever-so-slightly more hopeful.
In the middle of last week, it was leaked in London that the Johnson government would be asking the former Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, to join the Board of Trade as a senior advisor in its forthcoming drive to sign post-Brexit free trade deals with a wide range of countries, including the U.S., Canada, Japan, and, er, Australia.
There’s no doubt that was a shrewd and sensible move. Britain badly needs to accelerate its trade diplomacy not only for the sake of future deals but in order to show to Brussels that London has enough good options so as not to need to appease the European Union in the current talks—now at the make-or-break time.
Abbott has the experience of trade negotiations and knowledge of the players that would improve the chances of success.
As Mark Higgie—a former Aussie ambassador to the EU—pointed out in the Australian Spectator www.spectator.com.au, Abbott as prime minister negotiated free trade deals with China, South Korea, and Japan, which between them covered 50 percent of Australia’s trade.
Not everyone in Britain wants its extra-European trade diplomacy to prosper, however, because they hope to limit the country’s global reach and to keep Britain even outside the EU inside the EU’s sphere of influence.
That makes them especially wary of the concept of CANZUK, which promises to develop a closer trade, security, and migration relationship between four of the five countries in the “Five Eyes” intelligence cooperation agreement.
There’s modest but growing support for this concept—which already exists in its subordinate but important parts like security cooperation—and Abbott is sympathetic to it. From some points of view, he’s an obstacle to a closer UK-EU relationship down the road.
That’s not a point of view, however, that can be openly argued with any chance of success. So Abbott was denounced as unsuitable to the Board of Trade role because he was a misogynist, opposed in the past to gay marriage, pro-life, and above all a “climate change denier.”
None of these charges is relevant to the post for which he was being considered. Most of them describe (or caricature) legitimate opinions held by very large groups of voters, most of whom lean to the Tories.
And one at least—Abbott’s supposed “misogyny”—is simply false. But the charge of being a “climate change denier,” which was probably the most damaging of the charges, is worth at least unpacking since we have some evidence in relation to it.
The first thing to be said is that “climate change denier” is not a scientific term but a political one intended to silence or blacklist anyone so described.
If it is to have any clear meaning, that must be someone who denies that the climate is changing or—to be a little more flexible—that it’s rising so rapidly as to pose a serious threat to humankind that can only be countered by emergency measures of mitigation not far short of those advocated by Extinction Rebellion.
Fear of being called a “denier” explains the contradiction, noticed by Hodges above, that many politicians and public figures now denouncing Extinction Rebellion have been very mild in their criticisms of it until now.
They don’t want to be accused of backing XR’s aims but refusing their means and thus being a “denier” in practice.
But this apparent contradiction is a false one and the fear it generates groundless. As the science writer and author (most recently) of “How Innovation Works,” Matt Ridley, pointed out a few years ago in Quadrant magazine:
These scientists and their guardians of the flame repeatedly insist that there are only two ways of thinking about climate change—that it’s real, man-made and dangerous (the right way), or that it’s not happening (the wrong way). But this is a false dichotomy. There is a third possibility: that it’s real, partly man-made and not dangerous. This is the “lukewarmer” school, and I am happy to put myself in this category. Lukewarmers do not think dangerous climate change is impossible; but they think it is unlikely.
And the evidence is overwhelming that Tony Abbott belongs to this lukewarmer school because he delivered a lecture to the Global Warming Policy Foundation in 2017 on this very topic:
Physics suggests, all other things being equal, that an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide would indeed warm the planet. Even so, the atmosphere is an almost infinitely complex mechanism that’s far from fully understood. Palaeontology indicates that over millions of years there have been warmer periods and cooler periods that don’t correlate with carbon dioxide concentrations. The Jurassic warm period and the ice ages occurred without any human contribution at all. The medieval warm period, when crops were grown in Greenland, and the mini-ice age, when the Thames froze over, occurred well before industrial activities added to atmospheric carbon dioxide. Prudence and respect for the planet would suggest taking care not lightly to increase carbon dioxide emissions; but the evidence suggests that other factors such as sun spot cycles and oscillations in the Earth’s orbit are at least as important for climate change as this trace gas – which, far from being pollution, is actually essential for life to exist. Certainly, no big change has accompanied the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration over the past century from roughly 300 to roughly 400 parts per million or from 0.03 to 0.04 per cent.
Well, maybe someone in Downing Street was paying attention because after a few days of ministers looking like frightened Bambis in the glare of klieg lights amid the thunder of media questioning, Boris Johnson appeared in public to state the obvious: that while he didn’t agree with everything that was said by the government’s many advisors on many topics, Tony Abbott was nonetheless a whiz on trade and that he was happy to have him on board.
And as often happens when it’s clear that a prime minister really isn’t going to surrender to a media mob, the storm dispelled—and a much more convenient storm blew up over Extinction Rebellion’s candid attack on press freedom.
My optimism remains provisional, but one thing is clear and another thing is possible. Political and public opinion is growing more hostile to the claims of XR and other alarmists that their belief in climate catastrophe gives them a right to override democracy and free speech; and as more and more scientists, economists, and politicians who aren’t intellectually intimidated by fear and/or alarmism adopt a “lukewarmer” stance, the prospect increases of a more rational policy that treats climate change as a serious problem requiring a prudent mix of mitigation and adaptation in response rather than as an imminent catastrophe calling for sackcloth and ashes.
It won’t happen overnight, and there’ll never be a consensus on it. How could there be? As Matt Ridley wrote in that Quadrant article: You can’t have a scientific consensus about the future.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-08--Boston NPR Affiliate Caught Pushing Discredited Sea-Level Scare

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on .
Posted in Latest news Boston ’ s National Public Radio affiliate WBUR has published a new article claiming we are facing a sea-level crisis caused by climate change .
In truth , global sea level has been rising for more than 150 years at a fairly steady pace .
There is no reason to think that , aided by the most advanced 21st-century technologies , humans suddenly won ’ t be able to adapt to modestly rising seas .
The WBUR story , titled , “ 28 Trillion Ton Ice Melt Spells Danger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” bases its alarm on a report from UK climate alarmists claiming : “ A total of 28 trillion tons of ice has disappeared from the Earth ’ s surface since 1994 , … [ which ] fulfills the worst-case scenario that was predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 30 years ago … that by the end of this century , sea level could rise by more than 3 feet.
” As detailed in Climate at a Glance : Sea Level Rise , global sea level has been rising at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foot per century – or less than one inch per decade – since the mid-1800s .
Our transformation to a modern global economy utilizing coal power plants and SUVs has led to very little increase in the pace of sea-level rise if any at all .
Moreover , and very importantly , the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) confirms there has been no significant recent acceleration .
Also , as NASA reports , sea level always rises between ice ages as ice sheets retreat .
During the last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were four to six meters higher than we are experiencing today .
Photographic evidence , such as with Fort Denison in Sydney Harbor , shows no visible sea level rise impact in 135 years .
Also , as detailed in a report by the Non-governmental International Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC ) , some cities , like Ceuta , Spain , have experienced almost no sea-level rise over the past century .
Other cities , such as Sitka , Alaska , have actually experienced falling sea levels .
Still , other cities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experienced a large , rapid increase in sea levels , mainly due to subsidence .
Yet each of these locations has avoided apocalypse with less-advanced technology than we have at our disposal today .
As Bjorn Lomborg writes in his book , False Alarm : “ Humans have been adapting to nature for millennia , and with more wealth and technology we will be even better at it in the future .
… For many centuries , much poorer societies have adapted as sea levels have risen .
And today , we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than ever before : We can build dikes , surge barriers , and dams ; expand beaches and construct dunes ; make ecosystem-based barriers like mangrove buffers ; improve building codes and construction techniques ; and use land planning and hazard mapping to minimize flooding .
As a result , deaths from storm surges have actually been declining even as sea levels have risen.
” WBUR should do its research , examining the facts about sea-level rise , before scaring the public with tall tales about a looming coastal flood apocalypse .

Written by H. Sterling Burnett on Sep 8, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
Boston’s National Public Radio affiliate WBUR has published a new article claiming we are facing a sea-level crisis caused by climate change.
In truth, global sea level has been rising for more than 150 years at a fairly steady pace.
There is no reason to think that, aided by the most advanced 21st-century technologies, humans suddenly won’t be able to adapt to modestly rising seas.
The WBUR story, titled, “28 Trillion Ton Ice Melt Spells Danger For Sea Level Rise, Climate Change,” bases its alarm on a report from UK climate alarmists claiming:
“A total of 28 trillion tons of ice has disappeared from the Earth’s surface since 1994, … [which] fulfills the worst-case scenario that was predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 30 years ago … that by the end of this century, sea level could rise by more than 3 feet.”
As detailed in Climate at a Glance: Sea Level Rise, global sea level has been rising at a relatively steady pace of just one foot per century – or less than one inch per decade – since the mid-1800s.
Our transformation to a modern global economy utilizing coal power plants and SUVs has led to very little increase in the pace of sea-level rise if any at all.
Moreover, and very importantly, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms there has been no significant recent acceleration.
Also, as NASA reports, sea level always rises between ice ages as ice sheets retreat. During the last interglacial period between ice ages, seas were four to six meters higher than we are experiencing today.
Photographic evidence, such as with Fort Denison in Sydney Harbor, shows no visible sea level rise impact in 135 years.
Also, as detailed in a report by the Non-governmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), some cities, like Ceuta, Spain, have experienced almost no sea-level rise over the past century.
Other cities, such as Sitka, Alaska, have actually experienced falling sea levels. Still, other cities, such as Atlantic City, have experienced a large, rapid increase in sea levels, mainly due to subsidence.
Yet each of these locations has avoided apocalypse with less-advanced technology than we have at our disposal today.
As Bjorn Lomborg writes in his book, False Alarm:
“Humans have been adapting to nature for millennia, and with more wealth and technology we will be even better at it in the future. … For many centuries, much poorer societies have adapted as sea levels have risen. And today, we have more know-how and [better] technology than ever before: We can build dikes, surge barriers, and dams; expand beaches and construct dunes; make ecosystem-based barriers like mangrove buffers; improve building codes and construction techniques; and use land planning and hazard mapping to minimize flooding. As a result, deaths from storm surges have actually been declining even as sea levels have risen.”
WBUR should do its research, examining the facts about sea-level rise, before scaring the public with tall tales about a looming coastal flood apocalypse.
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climatechangedispatch--2020-09-08--Extinction Rebellion Leader Arrested For Violating COVID Restrictions

Written by Kurt Zindulka on .
Posted in Latest news The Metropolitan Police arrested one of the leaders of Extinction Rebellion ’ s ‘ Walk of Shame ’ protest for reparations in the City of London after breaching coronavirus restrictions on organizing mass gatherings .
On Friday , approximately 200 Extinction Rebellion activists gathered outside the Bank of England , going on to demonstrate in front of other British financial institutions , such as Lloyd ’ s of London and Aviva , for their role in the slave trade .
One of the leaders of the march , who referred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , was arrested by the police for breaching the lockdown restrictions which prohibit the organizing of an event of more than 30 people , which has recently become punishable with a £10,000 fine .
In a Breitbart London exclusive video , the XR leader said that he was there to represent “ the trees , the bees , the seas , the water , and the cats ” , telling a police officer : “ I do not understand your authority.
” The unidentified man only referred to himself as “ Rainbow Surfer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ name .
As he was loaded onto the police van , straggling members of the Extinction Rebellion protest shouted out “ Reparations Rebellion !
” The arrest came just hours before the climate change extremist group blockaded the printworks responsible for printing British newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch ’ s News UK , preventing the shipment of the papers on Saturday morning .
The stunt was the latest in XR ’ s ‘ We Want to Live ’ campaign , which is attempting to pressure the British parliament to pass the Climate and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there have been increasing calls for the government to clamp down on the disruptive eco-warriors , with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying : “ A free press is vital in holding the government and other powerful institutions to account on issues critical for the future of our country , including the fight against climate change.
” “ It is completely unacceptable to seek to limit the public ’ s access to news in this way , ” Johnson added .
A report from one of the affected newspapers , The Telegraph , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a harder line on Extinction Rebellion , and may even treat it like an organized criminal group , which could result in Extinction Rebellion being policed by Britain ’ s equivalent to the FBI , the National Crime Agency ( NCA ) .
The government is also reportedly mulling the idea of introducing new police powers to detain the climate protesters and to prevent them from disrupting core “ tenets of democracy ” , such as the printing and distribution of newspapers , judges attending court , and MPs voting in Parliament .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ issued at least £200,000 in fines for breaching the ban on organizing mass gatherings of over 30 people .
The suggestion that the government will crack down on Extinction Rebellion was hailed by Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage , who wrote on social media : “ I am pleased that the government is talking tough on the appalling behavior of Extinction Rebellion… but talking tough and acting are two very different things .
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Written by Kurt Zindulka on Sep 8, 2020 . Posted in Latest news
The Metropolitan Police arrested one of the leaders of Extinction Rebellion’s ‘Walk of Shame’ protest for reparations in the City of London after breaching coronavirus restrictions on organizing mass gatherings.
On Friday, approximately 200 Extinction Rebellion activists gathered outside the Bank of England, going on to demonstrate in front of other British financial institutions, such as Lloyd’s of London and Aviva, for their role in the slave trade.
One of the leaders of the march, who referred to himself as “Rainbow Surfer”, was arrested by the police for breaching the lockdown restrictions which prohibit the organizing of an event of more than 30 people, which has recently become punishable with a £10,000 fine.
In a Breitbart London exclusive video, the XR leader said that he was there to represent “the trees, the bees, the seas, the water, and the cats”, telling a police officer: “I do not understand your authority.”
The unidentified man only referred to himself as “Rainbow Surfer” when asked by police for his name. As he was loaded onto the police van, straggling members of the Extinction Rebellion protest shouted out “Reparations Rebellion!”
The arrest came just hours before the climate change extremist group blockaded the printworks responsible for printing British newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News UK, preventing the shipment of the papers on Saturday morning.
The stunt was the latest in XR’s ‘We Want to Live’ campaign, which is attempting to pressure the British parliament to pass the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill.
Following the blockade, there have been increasing calls for the government to clamp down on the disruptive eco-warriors, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying: “A free press is vital in holding the government and other powerful institutions to account on issues critical for the future of our country, including the fight against climate change.”
“It is completely unacceptable to seek to limit the public’s access to news in this way,” Johnson added.
A report from one of the affected newspapers, The Telegraph, suggested that the government is considering taking a harder line on Extinction Rebellion, and may even treat it like an organized criminal group, which could result in Extinction Rebellion being policed by Britain’s equivalent to the FBI, the National Crime Agency (NCA).
The government is also reportedly mulling the idea of introducing new police powers to detain the climate protesters and to prevent them from disrupting core “tenets of democracy”, such as the printing and distribution of newspapers, judges attending court, and MPs voting in Parliament.
So far, the Metropolitan Police have issued at least £200,000 in fines for breaching the ban on organizing mass gatherings of over 30 people.
The suggestion that the government will crack down on Extinction Rebellion was hailed by Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, who wrote on social media: “I am pleased that the government is talking tough on the appalling behavior of Extinction Rebellion… but talking tough and acting are two very different things.”
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