climatedepot--2020-08-21--Greenland Ice Varies, Don’t Panic About Media’s latest scare – ‘Greenland Ice Sheet has only melted

Greenland Ice Varies, Don’t Panic About Media’s latest scare – ‘Greenland Ice Sheet has only melted 10 feet’ in past 30 years

The scare du jour is about Greenland Ice Sheet ( GIS ) and how it will melt out and flood us all .
It ’ s declared that GIS has passed its tipping point , and we are doomed .
Typical is the Phys.org hysteria : Sea level rise quickens as Greenland ice sheet sheds record amount : “ Greenland ’ s massive ice sheet saw a record net loss of 532 billion tonnes last year , raising red flags about accelerating sea level rise , according to new findings.
” Panic is warranted only if you treat this as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the facts and context in which natural variation occurs .
For starters , consider the last four years of GIS fluctuations reported by DMI and summarized in the eight graphs above .
Note the noisy blue lines showing how the surface mass balance ( SMB ) changes its daily weight by 8 or 10 gigatonnes ( Gt ) around the baseline mean from 1981 to 2010 .
Note also the summer decrease between May and August each year before recovering to match or exceed the mean .
The other four graphs show the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last four years including 2020 .
Tipping Point ?
Note that in both 2017 and 2018 , SMB ended about 500 Gt higher than the year began , and way higher than 2012 , which added nothing .
Then came 2019 dropping below the mean , but still above 2012 .
Lastly , this year is matching the 30-year average .
Note also that the charts do not integrate from previous years ; i.e .
each year starts at zero and shows the accumulation only for that year .
Thus the gains from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 starting the year up 1000 Gt , but from zero .
Researchers know that the small flows of water from surface melting are not the main way GIS loses ice in the summer .
Neil Humphrey explains in this article from last year Nate Maier and Neil Humphrey Lead Team Discovering Ice is Sliding Toward Edges Off Greenland Ice Sheet Excerpts in italics with my bolds .
While they may appear solid , all ice sheets—which are essentially giant glaciers—experience movement : ice flows downslope either through the process of deformation or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the movement of the ice on the GIS is dominated by sliding , not deformation .
This process is moving ice to the marginal zones of the sheet , where melting occurs , at a much faster rate .
“ The study was motivated by a major unknown in how the ice of Greenland moves from the cold interior , to the melting regions on the margins , ” Neil Humphrey , a professor of geology from the University of Wyoming and author of the study , told Newsweek .
“ The ice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over the bedrock under the ice , and by oozing ( deforming ) like slowly flowing honey or molasses .
What was unknown was the ratio between these two modes of motion—sliding or deforming .
“ This lack of understanding makes predicting the future difficult , since we know how to calculate the flowing , but do not know much about sliding , ” he said .
“ Although melt can occur anywhere in Greenland , the only place that significant melt can occur is in the low altitude margins .
The center @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is too cold for the melt to contribute significant water to the oceans ; that only occurs at the margins .
Therefore ice has to get from where it snows in the interior to the margins .
“ The implications for having high sliding along the margin of the ice sheet means that thinning or thickening along the margins due to changes in ice speed can occur much more rapidly than previously thought , ” Maier said .
“ This is really important ; as when the ice sheet thins or thickens it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or alternatively become more resilient in a changing climate.
“ “ There has been some debate as to whether ice flow along the edges of Greenland should be considered mostly deformation or mostly sliding , ” Maier says .
“ This has to do with uncertainty of trying to calculate deformation motion using surface measurements alone .
Our direct measurements of sliding- dominated motion , along with sliding measurements made by other research teams in Greenland , make a pretty compelling argument that no matter where you go along the edges of Greenland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lot of sliding.
” The sliding ice does two things , Humphrey says .
First , it allows the ice to slide into the ocean and make icebergs , which then float away .
Two , the ice slides into lower , warmer climate , where it can melt faster .
While it may sound dire , Humphrey notes the entire Greenland Ice Sheet is 5,000 to 10,000 feet thick .
“ In a really big melt year , the ice sheet might melt a few feet .
It means Greenland is going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Humphrey says .
“ So , it ’ s not the catastrophe the media is overhyping.
” Humphrey has been working in Greenland for the past 30 years and says the Greenland Ice Sheet has only melted 10 feet during that time span .
The Greenland ice sheet is more than 1.2 miles thick in most regions .
If all of its ice was to melt , global sea levels could be expected to rise by about 25 feet .
However , this would take more than 10,000 years at the current @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of environmental scares started with Rachel Carson ’ s Silent Spring claiming chemicals are killing birds , only today it is windmills doing the carnage .
That was followed by ever expanding doomsday scenarios , from DDT , to SST , to CFC , and now the most glorious of them all , CO2 .
In all cases the menace was placed in remote areas difficult for objective observers to verify or contradict .
From the wilderness bird sanctuaries , the scares are now hiding in the stratosphere and more recently in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Progressively Scaring the World ( Lewin book synopsis ) The advantage of course is that no one can challenge the claims with facts on the ground , or on the ice .
Correction : Scratch “ no one ” , because the climate faithful are the exception .
Highly motivated to go to the ends of the earth , they will look through their alarmist glasses and bring back the news that we are indeed doomed for using fossil fuels .
A recent example is a team of researchers from Dubai ( the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Greenland to report on the melting of Helheim glacier there .
The article is NYUAD team finds reasons behind Greenland ’ s glacier melt .
Excerpts in italics with my bolds .
First the study and findings : For the first time , warm waters that originate in the tropics have been found at uniform depth , displacing the cold polar water at the Helheim calving front , causing an unusually high melt rate .
Typically , ocean waters near the terminus of an outlet glacier like Helheim are at the freezing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ researchers , led by Professor of Mathematics at NYU ’ s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Principal Investigator for NYU Abu Dhabi ’ s Centre for Sea Level Change David Holland , on August 5 , deployed a helicopter-borne ocean temperature probe into a pond-like opening , created by warm ocean waters , in the usually thick and frozen melange in front of the glacier terminus .
Normally , warm , salty waters from the tropics travel north with the Gulf Stream , where at Greenland they meet with cold , fresh @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Because the tropical waters are so salty , they normally sink beneath the polar waters .
But Holland and his team discovered that the temperature of the ocean water at the base of the glacier was a uniform 4 degrees Centigrade from top to bottom at depth to 800 metres .
The finding was also recently confirmed by Nasa ’ s OMG ( Oceans Melting Greenland ) project .
“ This is unsustainable from the point of view of glacier mass balance as the warm waters are melting the glacier much faster than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Holland .
Surface melt drains through the ice sheet and flows under the glacier and into the ocean .
Such fresh waters input at the calving front at depth have enormous buoyancy and want to reach the surface of the ocean at the calving front .
In doing so , they draw the deep warm tropical water up to the surface , as well .
All around Greenland , at depth , warm tropical waters can be found at many locations .
Their presence over time changes depending on the behaviour of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decades , the warm tropical waters at depth have been found in abundance .
Greenland outlet glaciers like Helheim have been melting rapidly and retreating since the arrival of these warm waters .
Then the Hysteria and Pledge of Alligiance to Global Warming “ We are surprised to learn that increased surface glacier melt due to warming atmosphere can trigger increased ocean melting of the glacier , ” added Holland .
“ Essentially , the warming air and warming ocean water are delivering a troubling ‘ one-two punch ’ that is rapidly accelerating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on.They studied effects from warmer ocean water gaining access underneath that glacier .
Oceans have roughly 1000 times the heat capacity of the atmosphere , so the idea that the air is warming the water is far-fetched .
And remember also that long wave radiation of the sort that CO2 can emit can not penetrate beyond the first millimeter or so of the water surface .
So how did warmer ocean water get attributed to rising CO2 ?
Don ’ t ask , don ’ t tell .
And the idea that air @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Consider the basics of air parcels in the Arctic .
The central region of the Arctic is very dry .
Why ?
Firstly because the water is frozen and releases very little water vapour into the atmosphere .
And secondly because ( according to the laws of physics ) cold air can retain very little moisture .
Greenland has the only veritable polar ice cap in the Arctic , meaning that the climate is even harsher ( 10°C colder ) than at the North Pole , except along the coast and in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Atlantic has a warming effect .
The marked stability of Greenland ’ s climate is due to a layer of very cold air just above ground level , air that is always heavier than the upper layers of the troposphere .
The result of this is a strong , gravity-driven air flow down the slopes ( i.e .
catabatic winds ) , generating gusts that can reach 200 kph at ground level .
Some history and scientific facts are needed to put these claims in context .
Let ’ s start with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Helheim Glacier ranks among the fastest flowing and most ice discharging outlets of the Greenland Ice Sheet ( GrIS ) .
After undergoing rapid speed-up in the early 2000s , understanding its long-term mass balance and dynamic has become increasingly important .
Here , we present the first record of direct Holocene ice-marginal changes of the Helheim Glacier following the initial deglaciation .
By analysing cores from lakes adjacent to the present ice margin , we pinpoint periods of advance and retreat .
We target threshold lakes , which receive glacial meltwater only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ position , similar to the present .
We show that , during the period from 10.5 to 9.6 cal ka BP , the extent of Helheim Glacier was similar to that of todays , after which it remained retracted for most of the Holocene until a re-advance caused it to reach its present extent at c. 0.3 cal ka BP , during the Little Ice Age ( LIA ) .
Thus , Helheim Glacier ’ s present extent is the largest since the last deglaciation , and its Holocene history shows that it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of warming and retreat .
Furthermore , the absence of advances beyond the present-day position during for example the 9.3 and 8.2 ka cold events as well as the early-Neoglacial suggest a substantial retreat during most of the Holocene .
Quaternary Science Reviews , Holocene history of the Helheim Glacier , southeast Greenland A.A.Bjørk et .
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1 August 2018 The topography of Greenland shows why its ice cap has persisted for millenia despite its southerly location .
It is a bowl surrounded by ridges except for a few outlets , Helheim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , what do we know about the recent history of glacier changes .
Two Decades of Changes in Helheim Glacier Helheim Glacier is the fastest flowing glacier along the eastern edge of Greenland Ice Sheet and one of the island ’ s largest ocean-terminating rivers of ice .
Named after the Vikings ’ world of the dead , Helheim has kept scientists on their toes for the past two decades .
Between 2000 and 2005 , Helheim quickly increased the rate at which it dumped ice to the sea , while also rapidly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other glaciers around Greenland .
Since then , the ice loss has slowed down and the glacier ’ s front has partially recovered , readvancing by about 2 miles of the more than 4 miles it had initially retreated .
NASA has compiled a time series of airborne observations of Helheim ’ s changes into a new visualization that illustrates the complexity of studying Earth ’ s changing ice sheets .
NASA uses satellites and airborne sensors to track variations in polar ice year after year to figure out what ’ s driving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have in the future on global concerns like sea level rise .
Since 1997 , NASA has collected data over Helheim Glacier almost every year during annual airborne surveys of the Greenland Ice Sheet using an airborne laser altimeter called the Airborne Topographic Mapper ( ATM ) .
Since 2009 these surveys have continued as part of Operation IceBridge , NASA ’ s ongoing airborne survey of polar ice and its longest-running airborne mission .
ATM measures the elevation of the glacier along a swath as the plane files along the middle of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the height of the glacier surface from year to year , scientists estimate how much ice the glacier has lost .
The animation begins by showing the NASA P-3 plane collecting elevation data in 1998 .
The laser instrument maps the glacier ’ s surface in a circular scanning pattern , firing laser shots that reflect off the ice and are recorded by the laser ’ s detectors aboard the airplane .
The instrument measures the time it takes for the laser pulses to travel down to the ice and back to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the height of the ice surface .
In the animation , the laser data is combined with three-dimensional images created from IceBridge ’ s high-resolution camera system .
The animation then switches to data collected in 2013 , showing how the surface elevation and position of the calving front ( the edge of the glacier , from where it sheds ice ) have changed over those 15 years .
Helheim ’ s calving front retreated about 2.5 miles between 1998 and 2013 .
It also thinned by around 330 feet during that period @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Greenland .
“ The calving front of the glacier most likely was perched on a ledge in the bedrock in 1998 and then something altered its equilibrium , ” said Joe MacGregor , IceBridge deputy project scientist .
“ One of the most likely culprits is a change in ocean circulation or temperature , such that slightly warmer water entered into the fjord , melted a bit more ice and disturbed the glacier ’ s delicate balance of forces.
” Once again , history is a better guide than hysteria .
Over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incursions of warm water are a key factor .
Greenland ice cap and glaciers are part of the the Arctic self-oscillating climate system operating on a quasi-60 year cycle .


climatedepot--2020-08-21--Green New Deal disruption and destruction: Seeks WW2 mobilization – ‘But all mobilizations are oppre

Green New Deal disruption and destruction: Seeks WW2 mobilization – ‘But all mobilizations are oppressive. You can’t commandeer half of the GDP without disrupting or even destroying people’s lives’

Kamala Harris co-sponsored the Senate resolution to support the Green New Deal .
Now Joe Biden has endorsed the plan .
Naturally , people want to know what the GND will cost – usually meaning in state and federal government spending .
But that is the wrong question .
The real question is , how much do Green New Dealers expect to get out of it , at what total cost ?
Mr. Biden says he wants the feds to spend nearly $ 7 trillion over the next decade on healthcare , energy and housing transformation , climate change and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is only part of the picture .
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( who has a degree in some socialist version of economics ) and the folks who helped her write Biden ’ s so-called Climate Plan have a clear idea of how much money they want , and pretty much know where they expect the money to come from .
Here it is in its clearest form , as stated by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez ’ s then chief of staff , Saikat Chakrabarti : World War II was a time of great sacrifice and hardship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ historic mobilization to win a horrific global war .
However , that hard reality doesn ’ t matter to these folks .
They say we are now waging a war to stop catastrophic climate change .
So money , sacrifice and disruption are irrelevant “ The resolution describes the 10-year plan to transform every sector of our economy to remove GHG [ greenhouse gases ] and pollution .
It says it does this through huge investments in renewables , at WW2 scales ( which was 40-60 % of America ’ s GDP ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Our nation ’ s GDP is around $ 20 trillion a year , or $ 200 trillion in ten years .
40-60 % of that is $ 80-120 trillion .
For simplicity , let ’ s call it an even $ 100 trillion to finance the Green New Deal utopian dream .
$ 100 trillion !
The ways and means of raising this stupendous sum are also clear in their minds .
It will be done the same way WW2 was financed , however that was .
To them , it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , because we did it before .
The specifics don ’ t matter .
Government elites will figure them out .
But even this arrogant , cavalier attitude is only part of the picture .
If you read what Green New Dealers say , confusion arises because people think the GND is an ordinary policy proposal : “ Here ’ s what we want done , and this what it should cost.
” It is nothing like that .
The Green New Deal is more along the lines of , “ Here ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to transform our entire economy , and this is what we should be able to do with that much money.
” People tend to interpret Green New Dealer talk of a WW2-like mobilization as a simple metaphor .
But these folks mean it as an actual measure of what they are determined to do .
So far they have glossed over and ignored the extreme hardships of mobilization .
Here ’ s just one example – not from front lines mayhem , but from the United States home front during World War II @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tightly rationed .
Most families were allocated three US gallons of gasoline a week , which sharply curtailed driving for any purpose .
Production of most durable goods , like cars , new housing , vacuum cleaners and kitchen appliances , was banned until the war ended .
In industrial areas housing was in short supply as people doubled up and lived in cramped quarters .
Prices and wages were controlled .
[ Harold Vatter , The US Economy in World War II ] No doubt the Green New Deal mobilization would impose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oppressive .
You can ’ t commandeer half of the GDP without disrupting or even destroying people ’ s lives .
The argument is sound in its way , provided there is a need for all-out war – which there is not .
The minor to modest temperature , climate and extreme weather changes we ’ ve been seeing ( in the real world outside computer models ) explain why most Americans see no need for a painful war .
So does the fact that China , India and other emerging economies are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anytime soon .
In fact , polls show that roughly half of Americans do not even believe in the idea of human caused global warming , much less that it is an “ existential threat , ” as Senator Harris claims it is .
The latest Gallup poll found that only 1 % of US adults consider “ climate change/environment/pollution ” to be “ the most important problem facing this country today.
” That ’ s down from a meager 2 % in the May 28-June 4 poll .
Even more revealing , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of adult Americans were unwilling to pay even an extra $ 10 on their monthly electricity bill to combat global warming .
Indeed , 57 % of them would not be willing to pay more than $ 1.00 in added electricity charges to fight climate change !
Just wait until they see what the Biden-Harris-AOC-Democrat Green New Deal would cost them .
And it ’ s not just that their costs would likely skyrocket from an average US 13.2¢ per kilowatt hour ( 11.4¢ or less in ten states ) to well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ families are already paying in California and New York , or the 30¢ that families are now paying in ultra-green Germany .
Or that factories , businesses , hospitals , schools and everyone else would also see their costs escalate – with blue collar families , the sick and elderly , poor and minority communities hammered hardest .
It ’ s that the GND would force every American to replace their gasoline and diesel cars and trucks with expensive short-haul electric vehicles ; their gas furnaces and stoves with electric systems ; their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transmission systems with expensive upgrades that can handle a totally electric economy .
They ’ ll see their landscapes , coastlines and wildlife habitats blanketed with wind turbines , solar panels , transmission lines and warehouses filled with thousands of half-ton batteries .
Virtually every component of this GND nation would be manufactured in China and other faraway places .
The cost of this massive , total transformation of our energy and economic system would easily reach $ 10 trillion : $ 30,000 per person or $ 120,000 per family – on top @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s just the intermittent , unreliable energy component of this all-encompassing Green New Deal .
These are stupendous , outrageous costs and personal sacrifices .
Every American , at every campaign event and town meeting , should ask Green New Deal supporters if they think America needs to – or can afford to – cough up $ 10 trillion or $ 100 trillion over the next ten years .
And not let them get away with glib , evasive answers , or attempts to laugh these questions off as meritless or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about to be mobilized into an all-out war against dubious climate change , with price tags like these coupled with repeated blackouts , huge personal sacrifices , and massive joblessness in every sector of the economy – except among enlightened government ruling classes .
They ’ ve already seen news stories about the latest rolling blackouts in California ( here , here , here and here ) – resulting from one-third of that state ’ s electricity coming from “ renewable ” sources , and with another third of the state ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get heat waves .
They should ponder what their lives , livelihoods and living standards would be under 100 % wind and solar power .
And yet , once again , even all this insanity is only a small part of the picture .
Remember , the Green New Deal is also about government run healthcare – and an economy and nation where “ progressive ” “ woke ” legislators , regulators , judges and activists tell companies what they can manufacture and sell … and tell us what we can buy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much we can heat and cool our homes ; and what we can read , hear , think and say , as they “ transform ” our culture and traditions .
The GND is being promoted by politicians , news and social media , “ educators ” and “ reformers ” who also want to eliminate free enterprise capitalism ; have totally open borders , even for criminals and people who might have Covid and other diseases ; and want to defund the police , put anarchists , looters and terrorists back on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right and ability to defend ourselves , our homes and our families .
The time to think long and hard about all of this is NOW .
Not sometime after the November 3 elections .

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climatedepot--2020-08-21--Green California Faces Dark Future: ‘Looks & acts more like a grid you’d find in Beirut or Africa th

Green California Faces Dark Future: ‘Looks & acts more like a grid you’d find in Beirut or Africa than ones in Europe or USA’

Californians now rely on an electricity network that looks and acts more like a grid you ’ d find in Beirut or Africa than ones in Europe or the United States .
The blackouts that hit California over the past few days exposed the fragility of one of the most-expensive and least-reliable electric grids in North America .
They also show that California ’ s grid can ’ t handle the load it has now , much less accommodate the enormous amount of new demand that would have to be met if the state attempts to “ electrify everything.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the use of natural gas in buildings , electrify transportation , and require the grid to run solely on renewables ( and maybe , a dash of nuclear ) .
But attempting to electrify the entire California economy will further increase the cost of energy at the very same time that the state ’ s electricity rates are soaring .
That will result in yet-higher energy costs for low- and middle-income Californians .
Over the last year or so , the Sierra Club , along with the Rocky Mountain Institute and other groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prohibit natural gas use and force consumers to rely solely on electricity .
In July 2019 , Berkeley became the first city in the United States to pass a ban on natural gas hookups in new buildings .
Since then , about 31 other local governments in California have passed restrictions or bans on the use of natural gas .
Last month , the Sierra Club gleefully announced that the city of Piedmont had committed “ to going gas-free.
” Recommended For You These restrictions are being labeled as an essential part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ greenhouse gas emissions .
But in practice , they are regressive energy taxes that will hurt low- and middle-income consumers and in doing so , exacerbate California ’ s poverty problem .
California may be known for Silicon Valley and the beauty of its mountains and beaches , but it also has the highest poverty rate of any state in America .
When accounting for the cost of living , 18.1 % of the state ’ s residents are living in poverty .
For perspective , that means that roughly 7 million Californians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arizona ’ s — are living in poverty .
As I show in a recent report for the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity , Californians are also paying some of America ’ s highest energy prices .
For instance , the average cost of residential electricity in California last year was 19.2 cents per kilowatt-hour , which is 47 % higher than the national average of about 13 cents per kilowatt-hour .
Restrictions on natural gas are popular in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley .
Municipalities in Silicon Valley that have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Apple ; Mountain View ( Alphabet ) ; and Menlo Park ( Facebook ) .
Those restrictions may be politically popular , but the regressive effects of the electrify everything push can not be ignored .
Banning the direct use of natural gas for cooking , home heating , water heaters , and clothes dryers , will force Californians to instead use electricity which , on an energy-equivalent basis , costs four times as much as natural gas .
In addition to the high electricity prices , California ’ s low-income ratepayers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ related to shuttering the natural gas grid .
An April report by the California Energy Commission called “ The Challenge of Retail Gas in California ’ s Low-Carbon Future , ” found that banning natural gas in homes and businesses will result in “ large reductions in gas demand ” that could result in “ unsustainable increases in gas rates and customer energy bills.
” That , in turn , would have the biggest impact on “ customers who are least able to switch away from gas , including renters and low-income residents.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ gas are being implemented at the same time California ’ s electricity rates are soaring .
Last year , the California Public Advocates Office published a study on electricity rate trends .
It found that due to “ energy efficiency and distributed generation , [ electricity ] sales have been stagnant or decreasing statewide for the past several years…with lower sales , the same revenue requirement is collected over fewer kilowatt-hours , resulting in higher per kilowatt-hour rates.
” In other words , as wealthier ratepayers add solar panels to their roofs and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are selling less energy .
However , the utilities must still cover all of their ongoing costs , which must be allocated on fewer kilowatt-hours .
That means they have to charge more for each kilowatt-hour since they are selling fewer of them .
The same report found that between 2009 and 2019 , baseline rates—that is , the minimum charge assessed to each customer for basic electricity service— “ increased at an alarming rate.
” Over that decade , San Diego Gas & Electric ’ s baseline rate jumped by 106 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fast as the Consumer Price Index .
PG & E ’ s baseline rate jumped by 85 % , and Southern California Edison ’ s rate increased by 48 % .
Those electric rates are certain to continue rising .
In 2018 , California lawmakers imposed a mandate that requires the state ’ s electric utilities to procure at least 60 % of their electricity from renewables by 2030 , and to be producing 100 % “ zero-carbon ” electricity by 2045 .
Achieving those targets will require the utilities to spend tens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transmission lines .
The state ’ s utilities must also billions more to upgrade their distribution system .
Two years ago , the state was hit by a series of deadly wildfires , some of which were ignited by power lines .
The post Green California Faces Dark Futureappeared first on The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .


climatedepot--2020-08-21--Presidential Candidate Kanye West on Energy & Environment 2020 Platform – Urges ‘making renewables t

Presidential Candidate Kanye West on Energy & Environment 2020 Platform – Urges ‘making renewables top priority’

Yes , as announced July 4th , ‘ billionaire rapper ’ Kanye West is in the mix for voters come the November presidential election , website and all .
Of the 14 targeted states for ballot access , Arkansas , Colorado , Oklahoma , Utah and Vermont are in , Illinois and New Jersey out , and Iowa , Missouri , Minnesota , Montana , Ohio and West Virginia undecided .
The Democrat Party does not like West ’ s entry , hoping to consolidate the Black vote for Biden/Harris .
The Republican Party is rumored to be helping his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election .
What does West say about energy ?
And how is the Press treating him ?
Here is Kanye ’ s environmental and energy platform in its entirety : 7 .
Take care of the environment , diligently pursuing clean air and water as a national security priority and making renewables top priority .
The past is forgotten and everything can be new 2 Corinthians 5:17 It sounds more like Biden/Harris than Trump/Pence .
But their are other issues according to Wiki : With votes at stake that would seem to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harris/Biden ) , the media does not want to give West a break .
“ This spring the rapper and presidential hopeful , who purchased a sprawling ranch in Cody , Wyoming , in 2019 , ” a Mother Jonesarticle recently reported , “ got the go-ahead to expand development on the property , which happens to be situated in key sage-grouse habitat.
” Continuing : The controversy ( ? )
concerns West ’ s plans to built a very large structure ( “ about the size of the White House ” ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see if the Mother Jones writer , Jackie Flynn Mogensen , will cover industrial wind turbines as closely as Kayne West ’ s Cody , Wyoming spread .
Andra Gillespie , a political scientist at Emory University , and former analyst for Democratic pollster Mark Mellman , is upset about West helping Republicans and Republicans aiding West .
She stated in a NPR piece : 1 .
Restore faith and revive our Constitutional commitment to freedom of religion and the free exercise of one ’ s faith , demonstrated by restoring prayer in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will not hide the truth from our children , but will declare to the next generation His praises and wonder .
Psalm 78:4 God has plans to give us hope and a future .
Jeremiah 29:11 3 .
Provide leadership to restructure our country ’ s education system to serve the most at-risk and vulnerable populations allowing the widest possible range of educational and vocational paths to job opportunities and career success .
Direct your children on the right path .
Proverbs 22:6 4 .
Maintain a strong national defense , fully prepared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up our country ’ s young men and women in foreign quagmires that do not advance our national interest , and which last for decades .
Through God we shall do valiantly .
Psalm 60:12 5 .
Reform the legal system to provide true justice , equitable for all citizens , regardless of race or ability to defend oneself in court .
Recognize the disparity in verdicts and prison sentences , caused by the lack of financial resources or legal assistance .
There will not be differing weights and differing measures .
Proverbs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policing in a manner that treats all Americans the same , regardless of race , color , or ethnicity .
Refocus police forces on real crime .
Eliminate federal sentencing guidelines that tie the hands of judges , resulting in ridiculous sentences for the most minor offenses .
We will speak for those who can not speak for themselves .
Proverbs 31:8 7 .
Take care of the environment , diligently pursuing clean air and water as a national security priority and making renewables top priority .
The past is forgotten and everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Ensure that we always place Americans ’ best interest first and foremost in dealing with foreign affairs .
We must project strength , not aggression .
We want trust , but we must also verify .
We want fair trade , not one-sided deals that hurt American workers .
Blessed are the peacemakers , for they shall be called sons of God .
Matthew 5:9 We will provide ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works Hebrews 10:24 10 .
Creativity and the Arts can be an important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ national strengths and resources .
He has given them skill in all kinds of work done .
Exodus 35:35


climatedepot--2020-08-21--Media Blame Heat Wave on Climate Change – It’s Called Summer

Dozens of prominent media outlets have published stories in the last few days claiming climate change is causing wildfires and a deadly heatwave .
Objective data , however , show there has been no increase in either one as the Earth modestly warms .
A story on the Colorado Public Radio website , titled “ Colorado Wildfires Are Climate Change ‘ In The Here And Now ’ — And A Sign Of Summers To Come , ” explicitly links wildfires in the state to human-caused climate change , warning of worse to come .
The Washington Post ( “ Why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” ) and Capitol Public Radio News ( CPRN ) , “ As Californians Deal With Heat , Lightning , Fire , Scientists Point To Climate Change , ” also claim a heat wave and wildfires in California right now are caused by climate change .
“ The heatwave , the fires and weather patterns are in part related to climate change , says UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain , because warming temperatures are ‘ with great certainty ’ increasing these conditions , ” CPRN ’ s reporter writes .
“ This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wave … and we also know that climate change is increasing the severity and the acres burned by wildfires in California , ” Swain told CPRN .
The CPRN reporter doesn ’ t question Swain ’ s asserted link between climate change and wildfires , despite the fact he provides no evidence to back it up .
In fact , no such evidence exists .
Data show the number and severity of heat waves , droughts , and wildfires have all decreased over the past century and a half , even as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Climate at a Glance : Heat Waves , data from the U.S .
Climate Reference Network and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration prove climate change has not increased the number or severity of heat waves .
Indeed , in recent decades heatwaves have been far less frequent and severe , for example , than in the 1930s – nearly 100 years of global warming ago .
In fact , 40 states ’ record-high temperatures were set before 1960 , with 25 of the record highs being set or tied in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temperature station network , implemented in 2005 , shows no sustained increase in daily high temperatures in the United States since at least 2005 .
Concerning droughts and wildfires , the data is just as clear – there has been a downwardtrend during the past century .
Data from the National Integrated Drought Information System ( NIDIS ) cited in Climate at a Glance : Drought shows droughts have not become more frequent or severe in recent years .
In point of fact , the evidence shows the United States is undergoing its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ least 40 percent of the country experiencing “ very dry ” conditions .
Indeed , in 2017 and 2019 , the United States registered its smallest percentage of land area experiencing drought in recorded history .
And the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) reports with “ high confidence ” precipitation over mid-latitude land areas of the Northern Hemisphere ( including the United States ) has increased during the past 70 years , while IPCC has “ low confidence ” about any negative trends globally .
Regarding wildfires , since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , one should not be surprised to find , as reported in Climate at a Glance : Wildfires , records from the U.S. National Interagency Fire Center ( NIFC ) show wildfires have declined in number and severity in recent decades .
The NIFC tracks data on U.S. wildfires back as far as 1926 , and its shows the numbers of acres burned is far less now than it was throughout the early 20th century .
As the Figure below shows , current acres burned run about 1/4th to 1/5th of the record @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Globally , the data on wildfires is just as clear .
On page 67 of Bjorn Lomborg ’ s book False Alarm , he points to research demonstrating : “ There is plenty of evidence for a reduction in the level of devastation caused by fire , with satellites showing a 25 percent reduction globally in burned area just over the past 18 years … In total , the global amount of area burned as declined by more than 540,000 square miles , from 1.9 million square miles in the early part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today .
While the economic costs of wildfires have increased in recent decades , that is due to ever greater numbers of people moving into , and communities expanding into , areas historically prone to wildfires .
Also , people are erecting ever more expensive homes , commercial developments , and related infrastructure there .
Urban development in formerly rural , wildfire prone areas is the reason economic costs from wildfires are increasing .
Scientists can say what they want and journalists can write what they want about climate change , but , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an increase in the number or severity of heat waves , drought , and wildfires , they are lying .
The data prove it .
The post Media Blame Heat Wave on Climate Change – It ’ s Called Summer appeared first on Climate Realism .


climatedepot--2020-08-22--Kamala Harris is PRANKED by Russian hoaxers who pose as climate activist Greta Thunberg and her fath

Kamala Harris is PRANKED by Russian hoaxers who pose as climate activist Greta Thunberg and her father and offer Biden’s VP pick ‘dirt’ on Trump

STAFFER : Svante , I have you here with Senator Kamala Harris KAMALA : Hello Greta , congratulations on all of your leadership .
I am so inspired by your courage and your voice .
‘ GRETA ’ : Umm , it would be cool to support you in your campaign .
What is the best way to do it ?
KAMALA : The best way to do it would be to talk about my climate plan .
You know what I can do is , I can ask my policy team to follow up with you with more detail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what is something you would like to do .
Then we can talk in more detail about how that can work and that would be very helpful , and I thank you for that .
‘ GRETA ’ : We wrote to many politicians , but not many people respond .
How sad it is .
‘ SVANTE ’ : Recently , even President Putin said about you… KAMALA : Well it just highlights the need that we have to be active .
There are forces working against our movement and we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that moment , and you have been a great warrior in this cause .
‘ GRETA ’ : I am so terrified of what Trump is doing , I even can not eat or sleep when I see him on TV .
That terrible meeting in the UN building in September , I have nightmares .
I saw him in the corridor and shouted to him to sign the Paris climate agreement .
He came over and he said softly to me “ You will never achieve the goal ” .
’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he continued , he continued… KAMALA : …do not be discouraged , you have the ability to see what is possible in a way that many do not and there will be people who are going to work against progress .
That is always the case , always in history there have been people who work against progress .
Listen , nothing that has been achieved in this world that has been about progress came without a fight .
This is the nature of it .
‘ GRETA ’ : But it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – I mean President Trump KAMALA : Yes , it is similar to previous times in history when some people could not imagine how things can be different and then leaders did imagine and could see and lead .
You have been a great leader , do not be deterred .
‘ SVANTE ’ : Greta has a recorder always with her , and when it happened… GRETA : In my pocket , yes .
‘ SVANTE ’ : …it was on Greta ’ s recorder .
If you would like to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ GRETA ’ : Maybe this recording can help you .
KAMALA : Thank you , that would be wonderful .
‘ GRETA ’ : In my side , I can testify against this terrible man .
KAMALA : Yes definitely , thank you so much .
‘ SVANTE ’ : Thank you so much .
KAMALA : I am sorry I have to hang up now , but Josh will follow up with you and we will stay in touch and work together .
I look forward to working with you .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Canada now , but we will be in the US soon .
KAMALA : Oh good , we should make a plan then .
I would like that .
‘ SVANTE ’ : I hope that you will not arrest us… ‘ GRETA ’ : …I don ’ t want to go to jail… KAMALA : I look forward to seeing you , be well , and I ’ ll talk to you soon .
Bye , bye .


climatedepot--2020-08-22--Solar Panels Are Starting to Die, Leaving Behind Toxic Trash – ‘Tricky to recycle. As oldest ones ex

Solar Panels Are Starting to Die, Leaving Behind Toxic Trash – ‘Tricky to recycle. As oldest ones expire, get ready for a solar e-waste glut’

THIS STORY ORIGINALLY appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration .
Solar panels are an increasingly important source of renewable power that will play an essential role in fighting climate change .
They are also complex pieces of technology that become big , bulky sheets of electronic waste at the end of their lives—and right now , most of the world doesn ’ t have a plan for dealing with that .
But we ’ ll need to develop one soon , because the solar e-waste glut is coming .
By 2050 , the International Renewable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million metric tons of solar panels will have reached the end of their life , and that the world will be generating about 6 million metric tons of new solar e-waste annually .
While the latter number is a small fraction of the total e-waste humanity produces each year , standard electronics recycling methods don ’ t cut it for solar panels .
Recovering the most valuable materials from one , including silver and silicon , requires bespoke recycling solutions .
And if we fail to develop those solutions along with policies that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know what will happen .
“ If we don ’ t mandate recycling , many of the modules will go to landfill , ” said Arizona State University solar researcher Meng Tao , who recently authored a review paper on recycling silicon solar panels , which comprise 95 percent of the solar market .
Solar panels are composed of photovoltaic ( PV ) cells that convert sunlight to electricity .
When these panels enter landfills , valuable resources go to waste .
And because solar panels contain toxic materials like lead that can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ landfilling also creates new environmental hazards .
Most solar manufacturers claim their panels will last for about 25 years , and the world didn ’ t start deploying solar widely until the early 2000s .
As a result , a fairly small number of panels are being decommissioned today .
PV Cycle , a nonprofit dedicated to solar panel take-back and recycling , collects several thousand tons of solar e-waste across the European Union each year , according to director Jan Clyncke .
That figure includes solar panels that have reached the end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were decommissioned early because they were damaged during a storm , had some sort of manufacturing defect , or got replaced with a newer , more efficient model .


climatedepot--2020-08-22--Delingpole: Like the California Blackouts? Then You’ll LOVE President Joe Biden’s Green Energy Plans

If the definition of insanity is doing the same over and over again and expecting a different result then both the state of California and , most especially , its governor Gavin Newsom , are certifiably bonkers .
See if you can spot the insanity contained in this report on Newsom ’ s response to the blackouts : Just moments earlier , Newsom had fessed up to the fact that California ’ s over-reliance on renewables – wind and solar – was directly responsible for its power shortages .
So by what contortion of logic can it possibly make sense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more of the very thing that caused its current crisis ?
That ’ s what ‘ transition ’ means , by the way .
It ’ s the green movement ’ s codeword for ‘ abandoning cheap , effective energy like coal , gas , oil and nuclear and replacing it with expensive , intermittent energy like wind and solar.
’ No successful economy has ever done this .
Those that have tried – such as the state of South Australia – have had the same result as California : rocketing electricity prices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of businesses ; misery and disruption for everyone unfortunate enough to still live there .
The reason for this is that renewables – aka unreliables – are completely unsuited to providing base load power for a First World economy .
( Or even a Third World economy , come to that ) .
If the wind isn ’ t blowing ( as is quite often the case when electricity is most needed : in the heat of the day or in the still depths of winter ) or the sun isn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at night , for example ) , then you need back up power from fossil fuels or nuclear .
But if you ’ ve started scrapping your nuclear and fossil fuel power plants for ideological reasons , like California has , then pretty soon you ’ ll find yourself back in the pre-industrial idyll so many greenies yearn for : the Stone Age .
Not only do renewables fail to provide the reliable , cheap energy a functioning economy needs but they also fail on environmental grounds .
I call wind turbines bat-chomping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bats and birds they slaughter every year .
They are made partly with poisonous rare earth minerals dug up in hideously polluted regions of China .
They despoil the landscape , ruin views and disturb residents with their low frequency noise and shadow flicker .
Why would anyone with a moral conscience champion these expensive , environmentally destructive monstrosities ?
The answer is that no one with a moral conscience does .
It ’ s why , for example , there is now a bitter division on the left between those watermelon ideologues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the inside ) who see renewables as a vital tool in destroying Western industrial civilization and those such as activist filmmaker Michael Moore who recognise their true evil .
That was why left-wing activists tried to cancel Planet of the Humans , the anti-renewables documentary that Michael Moore executive produced .
Planet of the Humans was never meant to be an anti-renewables documentary .
It just ended up that way when its director/presenter Jeff Gibbs – himself a green activist – did his research and saw the light


climatedepot--2020-08-22--‘A day of shame to help drive change’: ‘Today is Earth Overshoot Day, a date that marks the true ext

‘A day of shame to help drive change’: ‘Today is Earth Overshoot Day, a date that marks the true extent of our unsustainable depletion of the planet’s natural resources’

Today is Earth Overshoot Day , a date that marks the true extent of our unsustainable depletion of the planet ’ s natural resources .
Andrew Collier looks at how Scotland is taking a leading role in efforts to forge a more sustainable future Two years ago – it feels a lot longer – Greta Thunberg began her first solo school strike to save the Earth ’ s climate .
Since then , she has become an icon of the environmental movement , bringing millions onto the streets and forcing the issue to the top of the global agenda .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ yet heeded her warnings .
Since Thunberg ’ s campaign began in 2018 , humankind has emitted another 80 billion plus tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere .
The ice continues to melt ; natural disasters continue to happen .
The need for dramatic change has never been more urgent .
Today marks another sombre moment in our misuse of our common natural resources .
It is officially designated Earth Overshoot Day ( EOD ) – the moment in the year when our demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what nature is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days that make up the rest of 2020 , we will be draining the planet , living off its capital rather than taking the natural yield .
To put it bluntly , we are about to steal from the ecosystem .
As the Earth heads downhill towards climate disaster , Scotland at least is trying to put on the brakes .
We have taken a leadership position in decarbonising and have some of the most ambitious climate-change targets in the world .
And we have practised what we have preached : our greenhouse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ These successes present a positive backdrop for Glasgow ’ s hosting of the planned COP26 climate change summit next year , an event which will involve world leaders and attract global attention .
An area of particular success in Scotland has been renewable energy , which should prove invaluable in the Scottish Government ’ s aim of achieving a net-zero economy by 2045 .


climatedepot--2020-08-23--WHO warns coronavirus vaccine alone won’t end pandemic: ‘We cannot go back to the way things were’

WHO warns coronavirus vaccine alone won’t end pandemic: ‘We cannot go back to the way things were’  – ‘In particular, the Covid-19 pandemic has given new impetus to the need to accelerate efforts to respond to climate change’

The World Health Organization said Friday that a vaccine will be a “ vital tool ” in the global fight @ @ @ @ @ it won ’ t end the Covid-19 pandemic on its own and there ’ s @ @ @ @ @ one .
World leaders and the public must learn to manage the virus and make @ @ @ @ @ lives to bring the virus down to low levels , WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @ @ @ @ @ from the agency ’ s Geneva headquarters .
“ At the same time , we @ @ @ @ @ not go back to the way things were.
” Throughout history , outbreaks and pandemics @ @ @ @ @ , he said .
“ In particular , the Covid-19 pandemic has given new impetus @ @ @ @ @ efforts to respond to climate change , ” he said .
“ The Covid-19 pandemic @ @ @ @ @ of our world as it could be : cleaner skies and rivers .
”


climatedepot--2020-08-23--The Great Reset: WHO declares ‘We cannot go back to the way things were’ – WHO Dir-Gen: ‘Covid-19 ha

The Great Reset: WHO declares ‘We cannot go back to the way things were’ – WHO Dir-Gen: ‘Covid-19 has given new impetus to the need to accelerate efforts to respond to climate change’

The World Health Organization said Friday that a vaccine will be a “ vital tool ” in the global fight against the coronavirus , but it won ’ t end the Covid-19 pandemic on its own and there ’ s no guarantee scientists will find one .
World leaders and the public must learn to manage the virus and make permanent adjustments to their daily lives to bring the virus down to low levels , WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a news conference from the agency ’ s Geneva headquarters .
“ At the same time , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back to the way things were.
” Throughout history , outbreaks and pandemics have changed economies and societies , he said .
“ In particular , the Covid-19 pandemic has given new impetus to the need to accelerate efforts to respond to climate change , ” he said .
“ The Covid-19 pandemic has given us a glimpse of our world as it could be : cleaner skies and rivers.
” The virus has infected more than 22.7 million people worldwide and killed at least 794,100 in more than seven months , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There are at least 30 potential vaccines currently in clinical trials , according to the WHO , but there is no guarantee they will be safe and effective , he said .
Even though human trials for potential vaccines are progressing , scientists say key questions remain .
Covid-19 was discovered in December .
While numerous research papers and studies have been produced on the virus , scientists still don ’ t fully understand how it affects the body or how well someone is protected from reinfection after recovering .
Earlier this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ silver bullet ” to the coronavirus and “ there might never be.
” He said world leaders can stop new outbreaks by practicing the “ basics ” of public health and disease control .
“ Testing , isolating and treating patients and tracing and quarantining their contacts .
Do it all .
Inform , empower and listen to communities .
Do it all , ” he said Aug. 3 .
Tedros said Friday that “ every single person ” can make a difference in the pandemic .
“ Every person and family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Covid-19 transmission locally and to understand what they can do to protect themselves and others , ” he said .
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove , head of the WHO ’ s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit , said it ’ s “ very important ” for the public to learn “ how to live with this virus.
” That will help “ continue to suppress transmission , identify cases and clusters that pop up so we can quickly put those out and minimize as many deaths as possible , ” she said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries may need to implement some measures again.
” Van Kerkhove said some countries , using data , are now choosing to implement social distancing measures in areas where there is a high level of transmission .
“ What we are seeing now is a targeted approach to adding interventions that need to be put in place to get outbreaks under control and reduce the number of infections that are happening , ” she said .
Al Gore , UN Head , Other Elites Call For ‘ Great Reset ’ Of World Economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Post COVID Eco-Socialist ‘ Great Reset ’ Proposal – Earlier in June , the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) , a highly influential nonprofit organization based in Europe , announced its plan to push for a “ Great Reset ” of global capitalism…The stated purpose of the “ Great Reset ” is to use the coronavirus pandemic as a justification to completely overhaul the entire global economy , including the U.S. economy , to make a more “ equitable ” world and to fight climate change… On NBC ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Great Reset ” directly and called for radical economic changes to the world economy to fight climate change .
“ So , I think this is a time for a ‘ Great Reset , ’ ” Gore said .
“ We ’ ve got to fix a lot of these problems that have been allowed to fester for way too long .
And the climate crisis is an opportunity to create tens of millions of new jobs , clean up the air , and reduce the death rate from pandemics , by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ burning fossil fuels heightens the death rates from coronavirus.
” “ So , this is a time for a reset to fix a bunch of challenges , first among them the climate crisis , ” Gore added .
Global Elites Announce ‘ Great Reset ’ Plan—And It ’ s Even More Radical Than the Green New Deal The great green reset is at odds with economic and energy reality Pandemic is chance to reset global economy , says Prince Charles


climatedepot--2020-08-27--Senate Dems unveil California-style $400B per year climate plan

Senate Democrats on Tuesday rolled out an ambitious climate change plan that calls for spending $ 400 billion annually to achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050 , even as California struggles with rolling blackouts under a comparable statewide renewable energy standard .
The 263-page report , the latest of the Democratic Green New Deal-style proposals , seeks to increase federal spending to address climate change by at least 2 % of U.S. gross domestic product annually , or about $ 400 billion , with a guarantee that 40 % of the benefits would go to minority and disadvantaged communities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some distant threat .
It is here now , and it will be catastrophic if we don ’ t strike back immediately , ” said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer , New York Democrat .
“ Over the next few decades , climate change will affect every part of American life : our health , our economy , our national security , even our geography.
” The plan would create “ at least 10 million new jobs ” with an aggressive transition from fossil fuels to solar and wind energy .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retrofit buildings and expand public transportation .
Critics said the plan is unrealistic and wildly expensive , but the Senate Democrats ’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis said in its report that “ there is no viable scenario in which our country avoids significant spending.
” “ We can wait and spend trillions of dollars in a disorderly , unproductive manner to continuously respond to our changing climate .
Or , we strategically invest in climate solutions now , ” the report said .
The proposal was introduced while Californians were suffering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The state hopes to convert its electrical grid to 100 % renewable energy by 2045 , five years before the Senate Democrats ’ goal , raising questions about the feasibility of such plans .
James Taylor , president of the Heartland Institute , said efforts to achieve net-zero emissions with current technology are “ simply pixie dust and wishful thinking with absolutely no basis in reality.
” “ It ’ s impossible to have net-zero energy electricity generation without frequent blackouts and substantial economic pain from higher electricity costs , just as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taylor said .
“ We don ’ t have the capacity to generate our electricity right now from unreliable intermittent sources and still have a reliable electricity grid , and that ’ s not going to change anytime in the near future.
” Last year , renewable energy represented about 11 % of U.S. total energy consumption and 17 % of electricity generation , according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration .
“ It ’ s just political grandstanding , ” Mr. Taylor said .
“ The Democrats would either destroy our reliable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to break their campaign promise .
It has to be one or the other.
” Like the Green New Deal resolution proposed in 2017 by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , New York Democrat , the program laid out by Democrats on the Special Committee on the Climate Crisis includes a focus on environmental justice while adding a call to expose those who donate to “ groups trafficking in climate denial.
” Several pages of the report were devoted to blasting the free market Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Heartland Institute , which have challenged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well as trade associations such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce .
“ This report charts a smart path forward for climate action in Congress .
It includes the vital first step of exposing the fossil fuel industry ’ s decades-old covert operation to scuttle meaningful climate legislation , ” said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse , Rhode Island Democrat .
“ To move forward on major climate bills , we ’ ll need to execute on that recommendation.
” Steven Milloy , publisher of JunkScience.com and a member of the Trump EPA transition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accomplish nothing — but at great cost.
” “ Regardless of one ’ s views on climate science , U.S. emissions are an ever-shrinking part of global emissions , ” Mr. Milloy said .
Carbon dioxide emissions dropped 12 % in the U.S. from 2005 to 2018 , according to the EPA , and rose nearly 24 % worldwide .
“ Democrat plans to ‘ decarbonize ’ the economy would only raise energy prices , reduce our standard of living and put our national security in jeopardy without changing , much less improving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
Sen. Jeff Merkley , Oregon Democrat , drew a connection between climate change and the novel coronavirus .
He said the “ pandemic is showing us the importance of responding to crises boldly and decisively with science , not ideology .
”


climatedepot--2020-08-27--Astrophysicist Dr. Willie Soon rips Michael Mann for his ‘pool of lies and deceit’ for claiming hurr

Astrophysicist Dr. Willie Soon rips Michael Mann for his ‘pool of lies and deceit’ for claiming hurricanes caused by ‘climate change’

Dr. Willie Soon : `` Mann 's paper that was published January 2020 found climate models could not produce reliable multidecadal variations as observed in real-world data ( as you can even read from the abstract of his junkie pal-reviewed paper ! )
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Today he thinks he can pull a fast lie through the help of NYT .
Let pray for those in harm ways and bury Mann in his pool of lies and deceits .
Study the two slides please and echo echo echo so Mann can be really famous for his lies ! ''
Soon : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hurricane Laura ; [ Michael ] Mann is free to lie using his standard tricks as if people are just too dumb .
His paper that was published January 2020 found climate models could not produce reliable multidecadal variations as observed in real-world data ( as you can even read from the abstract of his junkie pal-reviewed paper ! )
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Today he thinks he can pull a fast lie through the help of NYT .
Let pray for those in harm ways and bury Mann in his pool of lies and deceits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ echo echo echo so Mann can be really famous for his lies !
” Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer : Even with Laura , Louisiana Hurricanes Have Not Increased Since 1851


climatedepot--2020-08-27--Preview of Green New Deal? Magazine touts ‘the Criminology of Global Warming’ – Seeks ‘criminalizati

Preview of Green New Deal? Magazine touts ‘the Criminology of Global Warming’ – Seeks ‘criminalization of CO2 emissions & forced shutdown of harmful industries’

Counter Punch Mag : `` What is needed is the criminalization of carbon emissions and the forced shutdown of harmful industries '' .
... `` One might argue that ecocide is a form of genocide because it is through topographical “ geocide ” that genocide is engineered – the killing of people through the killing of a geographical area or perhaps earth itself . ''
... `` Criminology comes into play when global warming is caused by harmful behaviour that contributes to the problem .
It also comes in when human , state or corporate actions prevent responses to global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criminology focuses on two elements : firstly , it concentrates on perpetrators like Shell , Exon , Chevron , Total , Aramco , Rosnef , Gazprom , etc .
; and secondly , it focuses on the victims of crimes which are the environment , people , plants , and animals .
This also includes those who are making the problem of global warming worse . ''
... `` States can be easily implicated in environmental crimes when they , for example , subsidize coal-fired power stations and the mining industry .
Here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consequences and causes .
Hence some offenses contribute to global warming like tree clearing , the illegal destruction of forests , unlicensed and even licensed pollution , the destruction of habitats , etc . ''
... `` But there are also crimes that occur as a consequence of global warming , for example , stealing water during a drought and the illegal killing of animals as a source of food .
And there are also crimes associated with global warming like riots , arson and even homicide and gang warfare .
Finally , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , misreporting , and regulatory corruption . ''
Excerpt : Criminology comes into play when global warming is caused by harmful behaviour that contributes to the problem .
It also comes in when human , state or corporate actions prevent responses to global warming .
At the centre of criminology is the idea that a corporation or someone can commit a wrong .
In a second step , criminology stresses that these wrongs demand a response .
One might simply argue that a crime is what the law defines as a crime .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ prohibitum is , for example , that something is not so much a crime because it is inherently wrong , but because the laws of a state prohibit it .
This idea lets some off the hook – for example , those who perpetrated the Holocaust .
Nazi Germany certainly did not have a law that states , if you kill communists , trade unionists , democrats , homosexuals , Gipsies , and Jews , you will be punished .
Instead , the opposite was the case .
Auschwitz fulfilled every single regulation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Set against malum prohibitum is the concept of malum in se .
This says that something is wrong by its very nature and independent of the regulations governing the particular conduct .
Today almost all Germans know , that the Holocaust and genocide are inherently wrong independent of a country hand its laws that prevent them .
The legal concept of malum in se also applies to global warming and ecology .
Criminology sees both as a complex interaction of our non-human nature .
Criminology also sees it as a global phenomenon which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ definition , are .
In a further step , one might argue that global warming also impacts negatively on the rights of other species , in particular , animals .
This also means the right to live free of torture , abuse and the destruction of their habitat .
The philosophy of Utilitarianism supports such concepts .
This philosophy states that when an animal can feel pain , we human beings have the moral responsibility to prevent this from occurring .
In other words , we have a moral duty to protect animals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But global warming not only applies to animals and plant life , but global warming also tells us that nobody on earth will be immune from the impact of global warming .
Global warming criminology focuses on two elements : firstly , it concentrates on perpetrators like Shell , Exon , Chevron , Total , Aramco , Rosnef , Gazprom , etc .
; and secondly , it focuses on the victims of crimes which are the environment , people , plants , and animals .
This also includes those who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Overall , one might see three types of justices : It is imperative to realise that Kant ’ s intentionality is not needed here .
Quite often , global warming harms are not caused by intentional acts as such .
Big Oil , for example , is not deliberately planning to cause global warming ; it is not intentionally destroying nature .
Their intention is profit-maximisation .
Nature is destroyed along the way , as a by-product , a spill-over , a side issue .
Nonetheless , this side-issue may kill nature @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even us .
Set against the destruction of the earth is the idea of stewardship .
This means that the earth is held in trust by us – human beings – and that we have an obligation to maintain a healthy environment .
This relates to ecocentrism which views animals , plants , etc .
as rights-holders and as such , the duty of care is invoked .
It refers back to the moral and legal obligation of human beings to care for our environment .
But it also means preventing ecocide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same as homicide , suicide and genocide .
Still , one might argue that ecocide is a form of genocide because it is through topographical “ geocide ” that genocide is engineered – the killing of people through the killing of a geographical area or perhaps earth itself .
In the case of global warming criminology , it can indeed be the case that perpetrators and responders to global warming are one and the same .
They are states as well as companies .
Global warming criminology examines environmental crime committed by corporations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warming criminology knows four versions of this : Inaction by states and politics towards environmental crimes is often excused by claiming a denial of responsibility .
This occurs when states and politicians deny that human and corporate action causes global warming .
It also occurs when states and politicians deny that harm was done and people , animals , and the environment are injured .
One of the preferred excuses is , for example , “ this is just a natural disaster ” .
Next , there is also the denial of victims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the poor in the Third World and their corrupt governments .
But there is also what has been called the condemnation of the condemners .
This occurs when politicians attack climate science and scientists .
Finally , there is also an appeal to a higher authority like the national interest and the economy .
Whenever this is claimed , usually human beings and the environment suffers .
States can be easily implicated in environmental crimes when they , for example , subsidise coal-fired power station and the mining industry .
Here , global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ causes .
Hence some offences contribute to global warming like tree clearing , the illegal destruction of forests , unlicensed and even licensed pollution , the destruction of habitats , etc .
But there are also crimes that occur as a consequence of global warming , for example , stealing water during a drought and the illegal killing of animals as a source of food .
And there are also crimes associated with global warming like riots , arson and even homicide and gang warfare .
Finally , there are also regulatory offences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corruption .
Criminology looks in three ways at global warming crimes : it examines the characteristics of the offender or victim which takes place in the realm of psychology ; it takes the situation in which a crime occurs ( the immediate circumstances ) ; and finally , it also looks at the structural level , e.g .
society , capitalism , etc .
From the standpoint of all three , one can see how high temperatures , for example , relate to crime because , among other things , humans become more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criminology knows this as GAAM – the general affective aggression model .
As hot weather increases under global warming , people become more aggressive in their response to other people .
GAAM predicts that global warming will lead to additional murders , rape , aggressive assaults and robberies , along with other serious crimes .
Global warming will also increase what global warming criminology calls RAT ( routine activity theory ) – crimes are likely to occur if there is a motivated offender , a suitable target , and lack of a capable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when criminogenic mechanisms are in place .
When there are increased strains on policing resources , reduced control , reduced social support , beliefs that favour crime , opportunities for crime , and a marked increase in social , economic , and environmental conflict .
Due to global warming , natural disasters are set to increase , and so will global warming driven conflicts over resources .
These take on four broad categories : conflicts over natural resources ; conflicts over declining resources ; conflicts that destroy the environment ; and conflicts over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mining , etc. )
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Such disasters and environmental conflicts will only add to the number of climate refugees which the United Nations estimates might range between 25 million and one billion by the year 2050 .
Many of these will be environmental victims .
Overall , global warming criminology knows three categories of environmental victims .
There are human-environmental victims , but there are also specific environmental regions that can be the victim of a disaster or global warming .
Finally , animals and plants are also victims of global warming .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the 2020 Australian bushfire , about three billion animals died .
The scale and the severity of these bushfires did not occur independently of global warming .
Apart from this , it is commonly understood that children are more vulnerable to a variety of ailments and environmental risks , but children are rarely considered , especially in victimology .
Just as much as the eleven men who died on BP ’ s oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 , the media focused on the environmental disaster which in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not a criminal offence .
Here is the power of corporate public relations : the word “ crime ” is not even mentioned in reference to the Deep Water Horizon disaster .
Corporations and their CEOs – who “ carry such heavy responsibilities ” , we are told continuously – are off the hook , once again .
These corporations can carry on externalising their pathologies regardless of the environmental harm they cause , lives they destroy , communities they damage , species they exterminate , and environments they damage .
Inevitably , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dilemma of global warming criminology .
Global warming criminology ’ s “ Catch-22 “ is between the system and the perpetrators .
By the system , critical global warming criminology means corporate capitalism .
By perpetrators , it means individuals and perhaps even companies .
The crucial problem is that the system is seen as blameworthy but not responsible as criminology focuses on the individual – not the system .
On the other hand , the individual – even an individual company – can be made responsible for environmental crimes and can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the ultimate downfall of global warming criminology – lets the system off the hook .
In short , criminology ’ s focus on the individual prevents the field of global warming criminology from developing strategies to fight global warming .
What is needed is the criminalisation of carbon emissions and the forced shutdown of harmful industries .
Yet , worse is to come .
There is not even a legally binding instrument for the protection of the environment .
In addition , very powerful corporations , supported by corporate lobbying , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and corporate mass media – avoid legal accountability anywhere in the world .
Instead of a tough law and order approach when it comes to the destruction of the environment , we have things like the Stockholm Declaration .
It includes a fundamental right to live in an environment of quality that permits a life of dignity and wellbeing .
No word that a fight for climate justice must involve the assertion of democratic control over land , air , water , and energy .
No world on the polluter principle – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they have created .
Those who have created the mess are advance industrialised countries .
Roughly 75 % of all anthropogenic CO emissions from 1750 to 2005 were produced by the developed world .
The term “ developed world ” actually means profit-maximising corporations .
Hence , corporations must be held to account – not just nation-states , if global warming criminology is serious .


climatedepot--2020-08-27--Flashback: Kamala Harris sued Obama-Biden over fracking

In her final days as California attorney general , Harris sued the Obama administration over the Interior Department ’ s permitting regime for hydraulic fracturing off the Pacific coast .
Environmental groups had already spent years battling offshore fracking in court , and they welcomed the state ’ s involvement as a boost .
“ We must take every possible step to protect our precious coastline and ocean , ” Harris said when she announced the lawsuit .
“ The U.S. Department of Interior ’ s inadequate environmental assessment would open the door to practices like fracking that may pose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of California communities , ” she added .
“ We must balance our energy needs with our longstanding commitment to protecting our natural resources and public health.
” Harris filed the lawsuit on Dec. 19 , 2016 , two weeks before she would be sworn in as California ’ s junior senator .
The timing meant that it would be the Trump administration defending offshore fracking in court , even though it was the Obama administration that had approved the permits and produced an environmental review that claimed no significant impact from fracking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state sooner , but they nevertheless praised her for bringing California ’ s resources — and political heft — to bear on the case .
“ She could ’ ve taken a pass , and she didn ’ t , ” said Brett Hartl of the Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund .
The center is one of the groups that had been litigating California ’ s offshore fracking for years .
Biden does not appear to have been directly involved in California ’ s offshore fracking .
The lawsuit instead named @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As a longtime senator from Delaware , Biden has also voiced skepticism of offshore drilling and warned of its potential impact on tourism .
But as Obama ’ s vice president for eight years , Biden ’ s environmental record is deeply entwined with the administration ’ s actions — including its efforts to boost U.S. oil and gas production .
The administration supported fracking as a way to displace coal emissions and curb the geopolitical influence of oil-producing nations .
In Ukraine , Biden brought a “ technical team ” to help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to a 2014 White House fact sheet .
“ On the merits , the Obama administration was not always great on fossil fuels .
There was a lot of ambivalence , ” Hartl said , adding that Harris took a strong stance against fracking during her presidential campaign .
Biden now says he would ban all new fossil fuel production on federal lands and waters — bringing him in alignment with Harris ’ 2016 lawsuit .
He still supports fracking on private land .
Because of the lawsuit , a federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pacific offshore fracking until the government resolved endangered species consultations and coastal management obligations .
The court upheld the environmental review findings , which environmentalists are appealing .
A separate appeal by oil industry interests fighting the injunction is still pending ( Energywire , June 19 , 2019 ) .


climatedepot--2020-08-27--Finally, some good news! Greta Thunberg laments: ‘After two years of school strikes, the world is st

Finally, some good news! Greta Thunberg laments: ‘After two years of school strikes, the world is still in a state of climate crisis denial’ – ‘Time is rapidly slipping through our fingers’

On Thursday 20 August , it will be exactly two years since the first school strike for the climate took place .
Looking back , a lot has happened .
Many millions have taken to the streets to join the decades-long fight for climate and environmental justice .
And on 28 November 2019 , the European parliament declared a “ climate and environmental emergency ” .
But over these past two years , the world has also emitted more than 80 gigatonnes of CO .
We have seen continuous natural disasters taking place across the globe : wildfires , heatwaves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thawing of permafrost and collapsing of glaciers and whole ecosystems .
Many lives and livelihoods have been lost .
And this is only the very beginning .
Today , leaders all over the world are speaking of an “ existential crisis ” .
The climate emergency is discussed on countless panels and summits .
Commitments are being made , big speeches are given .
Yet , when it comes to action we are still in a state of denial .
The climate and ecological crisis has never once been treated as a crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do and what ’ s actually being done is widening by the minute .
Effectively , we have lost another two crucial years to political inaction .
Last month , just ahead of the European council summit , we published an open letter with demands to EU and world leaders .
Since then , more than 125,000 people have signed this letter .
Tomorrow we will meet the German chancellor , Angela Merkel , and deliver the letter and demands , as well as the signatures .
Our demands include halting all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from fossil fuels , making ecocide an international crime , designing policies that protect workers and the most vulnerable , safeguarding democracy and establishing annual , binding carbon budgets based on the best available science .
We understand the world is complicated and that what we are asking for may not be easy or may seem unrealistic .
But it is much more unrealistic to believe that our societies would be able to survive the global heating we ’ re heading for – as well as other disastrous ecological consequences of today ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inevitably going to have to fundamentally change , one way or another .
The question is , will the changes be on our terms , or on nature ’ s terms ?
So if leaders are not willing to do this , they ’ ll have to start explaining why they ’ re giving up on the Paris agreement .
Giving up on their promises .
Giving up on the people living in the most affected areas .
Giving up on the chances of handing over a safe future for their children .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ doesn ’ t tell anyone what to do , it merely collects and presents verified information .
It is up to us to study and connect the dots .
When you read the IPCC SR1.5 report and the UNEP production gap report , as well as what leaders have actually signed up for in the Paris agreement , you see that the climate and ecological crisis can no longer be solved within today ’ s systems .
Even a child can see that policies of today don ’ t add up with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to end the ongoing wrecking , exploitation and destruction of our life support systems and move towards a fully decarbonised economy that is centred on the wellbeing of all people , democracy and the natural world .
If we are to have a chance of staying below 1.5C of warming , our emissions need to immediately start reducing rapidly towards zero and then on to negative figures .
That ’ s a fact .
And since we don ’ t have all the technical solutions we need to achieve that , we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hand today .
And this has to include stopping doing certain things .
That ’ s also a fact .
However , it ’ s a fact that most people refuse to accept .
Just the thought of being in a crisis that we can not buy , build or invest our way out of seems to create some kind of collective mental short circuit .
This mix of ignorance , denial and unawareness is at the very heart of the problem .
As it is now , we can have as many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They will not lead to sufficient changes , because the willingness to act and the level of awareness needed are still nowhere in sight .
The only way forward is for society to start treating the crisis like a crisis .
We still have the future in our own hands .
But time is rapidly slipping through our fingers .
We can still avoid the worst consequences .
But to do that , we have to face the climate emergency and change our ways .
And that is the uncomfortable truth we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a 17-year-old environmental campaigner from Sweden .
This article was co-written with youth climate activists Luisa Neubauer from Germany , Anuna de Wever from Belgium , and Adélaïde Charlier from Belgium


climatedepot--2020-08-27--COVID & CLIMATE: The More Afraid You Are, The More You Will Accept – Tucker: ‘Both are essentially,

COVID & CLIMATE: The More Afraid You Are, The More You Will Accept – Tucker: ‘Both are essentially, unsolvable crisis’ they can harness to bypass Democracy and force powerless populations to obey their commands’ –

“ For Dr Tedros , and Bill Gates , Pandemic and climate change share a very different connection .
Both @ @ @ @ @ social control .
Both are essentially , unsolvable crisis ’ they can harness to bypass @ @ @ @ @ to obey their commands.
” – Tucker Carlson IF you watch anything today , watch @ @ @ @ @ ties in the obvious .
COVID-19 is nothing more than another excuse to control you @ @ @ @ @ condensed version of the Climate Change scam , that apparently failed to destroy your life @ @ @ @ @ The more afraid you are , the more you will accept .
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climatedepot--2020-08-27--California’s blackouts preview the Green New Deal for America

Brief evening power blackouts that rolled across California cities and towns during an August 13-14 heat wave offer a warning glimpse of much more dire consequences we can absolutely count on occurring with 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 Sen. Kamala Harris , D-Calif. , the plan calls for humongous expenditures in renewable energy , including installing 500 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Add to this that Biden proposes to have taxpayers finance a half-million electric car chargers all across America along with funding to help car makers convert their factories to electric vehicle ( EV ) production .
This , of course , will shift even greater energy demand from petroleum to the electrical power sector .
Producing and recharging those EVs will require that sufficient energy be constantly available when the wind isn ’ t blowing and sunlight isn ’ t available .
That wasn ’ t the case on the evenings of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Independent System Operator ( Caiso ) , which manages the state ’ s power grid , declared a high-level emergency and ordered utilities to reduce power usage as demand outstripped supplies .
Although both orders were short-lived , the emergency measures exposed just how thin the grid ’ s margin for error had become .
PG & E , California ’ s largest utility , said the outages affected about 220,000 customers each night .
Two other utilities , Edison International ’ s Southern California Edison and Sempra Energy ’ s San Diego @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to reduce power use but had fewer affected .
The August rolling blackouts were different from widespread intentional pre-emptive power shut-offs that left large populations in the dark last fall which PG & E and Southern California Edison each initiated when strong winds increased the risk of power lines sparking wildfires .
This emergency , and others certain to follow , are entirely avoidable as a Green New Deal harbinger of ill-wind to other states .
After all , most of the southwestern U.S. experienced the same heat wave , but managed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t California manage to do the same ?
California Democrats have mandated that renewables account for 60 % of state electricity by 2030 , which has forced power providers to cut back on fossil fuel use and dramatically ramp up investments in intermittent “ renewable ” sources to meet that deadline .
In doing so , the state has almost eliminated coal-fired generation and has been reducing reliance on natural gas and nuclear power in favor of solar farms and , to a lesser extent , wind power , which now supply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ typical ” power needs .
But conditions aren ’ t always typical , and California energy policies are causing them to be increasingly less so .
During peak daylight hours California produces a surplus of solar energy , whereby power generators may be ordered or paid to cut back their production so the electric grid isn ’ t overloaded .
In fact during the August emergency Caiso reported that about 1,000 mega-watt hours ( MWh ) were curtailed — enough to power 30,000 homes .
About 1.3 million MWh of daytime power have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a different matter entirely — times when solar energy plunges but power demand remains high .
And that ’ s what happened in August as residents across the state were blasting their air-conditioning units while sheltering from the coronavirus at home .
Under “ typical ” circumstances , California has historically relied heavily during shortfalls on power imported from neighboring states as well as natural gas-fired plants capable of starting up quickly when needed .
This time , however , neighboring Western states were also realizing rises in usage due to extreme heat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Meanwhile , state water regulations are also forcing the shutdown of natural gas-fired “ peaker ” plants along the coast that can quickly ramp up generation when the sun goes down .
As a result , California ’ s Public Utilities Commission warned last year that the state could face an energy shortage as early as 2021 on hot summer evenings .
They beat that forecast by a year .
Nevertheless , Calif. Gov .
Gavin Newsom cluelessly blamed the state ’ s grid operator and utility regulator in a letter for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unacceptable particularly given our state ’ s work to combat climate change.
” The charge added , “ These blackouts , which occurred without prior warning or enough time for preparation , are unacceptable and unbefitting the nation ’ s largest and most innovative state.
” Tod Snitchler , chief executive of the Electric Power Supply Association , projects that “ California , in many ways , is the canary in the coal mine .
His trade group , representing power producers nationwide , urges , “ Many of the natural gas units @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see go away have been exactly what ’ s needed to keep the system operating.
” But that opportunity window appears to be closing as many natural gas and nuclear plants needed for 24/7 power have shut down in recent years because they can ’ t compete with heavily subsidized green energy .
A 10-year-old natural gas power plant in California ’ s Inland Empire is being decommissioned this year — 20 to 30 years earlier than its planned lifespan .
While they can still get it , Californians already pay twice as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ third more than Nevadans .
Now their Sacramento Democratic leaders wish to share their overheated policy pain nationwide via a Joe Biden/Kamala Harris administration .
Before we allow that , take a close look at the condition of that canary in the abandoned California coal mine .
There certainly isn ’ t much Democratic Party future to chirp about .


climatedepot--2020-08-27--Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer: Even with Laura, Louisiana Hurricanes Have Not Increased Since 1851

As I write this , it looks like major Hurricane Laura will arrive on the Louisiana coast late tonight as a Category 4 hurricane somewhere south of Lake Charles .
There will be the inevitable fake news coverage claiming how U.S. landfalling hurricanes are getting worse , a subject which I addressed in my Amazon Kindle e-book Inevitable Disaster : Why Hurricanes Can ’ t Be Blamed on Global Warming .
Of course , hurricane damage has increased , as people flock to the nation ’ s coasts and associated infrastructure increases .
But we should remember that ( for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when incorporated in 1896 , and now the Miami metroplex has over 6,000,000 inhabitants .
So , yes , storm damage will increase , but not because the weather has gotten worse .
Given the current event , which is sure to bring major damage to southwest Louisiana , I thought I would present the statistics for all documented hurricanes affecting Louisiana in the last 170 years ( 1851-2020 ) .
Neither Hurricane Numbers nor Intensities Have Increased in Louisiana If we examine all of the hurricanes affecting Louisiana in the last 170 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s HURDAT database ( as summarized on Wikipedia ) we find that there has been no long-term increase in either the number of hurricanes or their intensity since 1851 .
Again , this is based upon official NOAA National Hurricane Center ( NHC ) statistics .