climatedepot--2020-06-05--Climate activists at Sunrise Movement: ‘The fight against climate change exists alongside the fight

Climate activists at Sunrise Movement: ‘The fight against climate change exists alongside the fight against white supremacy and colonialism’

Fighting White supremacy & defunding the police - the new climate fix Sunrise Movement , the group behind the Green New Deal : `` As a movement for climate justice , we know that it is necessary to dismantle the underlying systems of extraction , segregation , and racist inequality that have allowed for the exploitation of people and the environment they live in .
We can not achieve climate justice without moving away from police and prisons . ''
`` Without racial healing and reparations , there can not be climate justice . ''
`` For us people of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exists alongside the fight against white supremacy and colonialism . ''
Excerpt : The United States was built by African slaves on land stolen via Indigenous genocide .
As a movement for climate justice , we know that it is necessary to dismantle the underlying systems of extraction , segregation , and racist inequality that have allowed for the exploitation of people and the environment they live in .
We can not achieve climate justice without moving away from police and prisons .
Prison labor is only the newest form of racially inflected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police as the most recent arm of enforcement .
Without racial healing and reparations , there can not be climate justice .
Before my involvement with Sunrise , I didn ’ t identify with the climate movement .
I have always seen the climate movement as too white , too middle-class , and often more concerned with trees and polar bears than with the human destruction climate change wreaks disproportionately upon Black and Brown communities around the world .
The intersectionality of the Green New Deal is what brought me to Sunrise Movement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so many people of color into movements for climate justice , particularly the Indigenous movements that have always led the way .
For us people of color , the fight against climate change exists alongside the fight against white supremacy and colonialism .
Sunrise Movement is committed to the fight against racism in all its forms and encourages other groups in the climate and environmental movement to join us in speaking out .
Now is not the time to stay on the sidelines .
Activists new claim : ‘ Defunding the police is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ black lives really do matter to climate advocates , defunding the police should , too.
” … “ An ever-growing number of green groups have released statements expressing solidarity with protesters and denouncing police brutality , white supremacy , and the increasingly warlike rhetoric from the White House…there ’ s plenty of common cause to be found in calls to defund the police and invest in a more generous , democratic , and green public sphere , well beyond the scope of what any carbon-pricing measure can accomplish.
” NASA scientist Dr. Kate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ white supremacy ’ – ‘ We ’ ll never head off climate catastrophe without dismantling white supremacy ’ – Calls for climate & racial ‘ justice ’ Claim : George Floyd Protests Are Linked to Climate Change : ‘ People with fewer resources & less power & who are more oppressed are going to be people deeply affected by climate ’ Vice Mag : ‘ People of Color Experience Climate Grief More Deeply Than White People ’ – ‘ Disproportionately affected by the climate crisis ’ & ‘ carry a pain that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terror ’ VICE MAG : “ Climate grief , a psychological phenomenon that affects Black and Indigenous peoples , and other people of color , in uniquely devastating ways…Black and Indigenous peoples , to bear the brunt of global disaster.
” … “ We carry the pain of the climate crisis deep inside us…Our grief—and our anger—is rooted in centuries of painful history , and the current ecological violence hurled at our communities.
” … “ Just like other stressors that people of color experience , ecological grief is often magnified , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ psychologist and author said .
… “ Research has bolstered the idea that white supremacy has led to the climate crisis.
” … “ Hope is such a white concept.
” Hope is “ such a white concept , ” Heglar said .
“ You ’ re supposed to have the courage first , then you have the action , then you have the hope .
But white people put hope at the front .
Their insistence on hope for all of these years has led to exactly where ?
Nowhere.
” ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Idai in Africa – ‘ Even the white man ’ s own science corroborates what we blacks know ’ Democrats Seek To Outlaw Suburban , Single-Family House Zoning , Calling It Racist And Bad For The Environment Virginia House Del .
Ibraheem Samirah introduced a bill that would override local zoning officials to permit multi-family housing in every neighborhood , changing the character of quiet suburbs .
Oregon passed a similar bill , following moves by cities such as Minneapolis ; Austin , Texas ; and Seattle .
Proponents say urban lifestyles are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are bastions of racial segregation .
Climate Agenda Off the Rails at American Geophysical Union : Speaker warns of ‘ the genocidal systems of white supremacy , fascism , nationalism , colonialism , neoliberalism , & capitalism ’ “ Mediocre Careerism , Respectability Politics , and Bad Behavior by Senior Scientists Erode Global Climate Leadership , ” was given last week at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union : “ … effective action on climate change has been impeded for 30 years because of the political assassination and anti-democratic campaigns ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intimidation , bribery , and toadery ) waged by ExxonMobil , Shell , British Petroleum and other fossil fuel companies… .
Their transactions of power are so damaging and genocidal….
” “ Here we find the genocidal systems of white supremacy , fascism , nationalism , colonialism , neoliberalism , and capitalism .
Here we find the billionaires , the oligarchs , the war mongers , the predators , the enablers .
The veins and axes of power that maintain white patriarchy are the same axes of power that fossil fuel companies operate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cost is what we must fight for .
In this frame , racist , misogynist , colonialist behavior are just unfortunate externalities of having to move fast and break things.
” “ We uphold feminist , anti-racist , anti-colonial norms and practices , to train scientists , students , and STEM practitioners in public scholarship and climate leadership….
” Great News for Science & Humanity : UN climate talks collapse in Madrid – But UN did at least agree on a ‘ gender action plan ’ & ‘ gender-responsive climate action ’ UN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ Climate Emergency ’ – Oscar-winning director Michael Wadleigh : ‘ Don ’ t have children — and I ’ m looking at you , white man ’


climatedepot--2020-06-05--Activists new claim: ‘Defunding the police is very good climate policy’

Following the lead of longtime climate and environmental justice organizers , advocates of a Green New Deal have acknowledged its need for targeted investment in the black and brown communities subject to environmental racism and chronic disinvestment .
Toward that end , Franklin Delano Roosevelt ’ s Depression-era stimulus , which itself helped exacerbate some of those problems , needn ’ t be the only historical reference point for figuring out how to build a better world .
Spearheaded by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin , the Freedom Budget , launched in 1966 , outlined an ambitious program to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10 years through full employment , higher wages , health care , and a host of other measures intended to extend the gains of the civil rights movement toward broader economic justice .
“ It will mean more money in your pocket , ” the plan ’ s authors wrote .
“ It will mean better schools for your children .
It will mean better homes for you and your neighbors .
It will mean clean air to breathe and comfortable cities to live in .
It will mean adequate medical care when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of green groups have released statements expressing solidarity with protesters and denouncing police brutality , white supremacy , and the increasingly warlike rhetoric from the White House .
With Democratic and Republican chief executives both likely to lurch toward austerity in the months and years to come , there ’ s plenty of common cause to be found in calls to defund the police and invest in a more generous , democratic , and green public sphere , well beyond the scope of what any carbon-pricing measure can accomplish .
For green activists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a narrow battle for line items that incentivize renewables than as a contest to shape who and what society values in a climate-changed twenty-first century ; many , including in the Sunrise Movement , are already making these connections .
If black lives really do matter to climate advocates , defunding the police should , too .

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climatedepot--2020-06-06--NYT: ‘Don’t Thank the Virus for Saving the Climate Yet

NYT interviews Daniel C. Esty , a professor of environmental law and policy at Yale University : Esty on impact of COVID lockdowns : 'Covid-19 sharpens people ’ s understanding of what the proper choice is : significant action at some substantial cost , or inaction , which has a tremendous cost itself .
I hope that lesson carries over to the game plan being developed in the years ahead for action on climate change : getting people ready for serious work and a significant transformation of society , and to explain that the status quo is not really an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a special report on Climate Solutions .
Much has been made about what the coronavirus “ means ” for climate change : measurable drops in carbon dioxide emissions and air pollution , behavioral changes that climate action might demand .
To Daniel C. Esty , a professor of environmental law and policy at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Yale Law School , taking only those lessons from the coronavirus would be a missed opportunity .
Question : Like climate change , Covid-19 recognizes no borders and requires a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lessons we can draw from Covid-19 that might apply to the longer-term effort for action on climate change ?
The frame of the choice can ’ t be , “ What ’ s the cost of taking action ?
” as if the cost of inaction was zero .
The cost of inaction is high , too .
Covid-19 sharpens people ’ s understanding of what the proper choice is : significant action at some substantial cost , or inaction , which has a tremendous cost itself .
I hope that lesson carries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the years ahead for action on climate change : getting people ready for serious work and a significant transformation of society , and to explain that the status quo is not really an option .


climatedepot--2020-06-06--DailyKos: It’s OK for Climate Alarmists to Make Things Up Out of Thin Air

The leftist website Daily Kos published an article yesterday claiming climate alarmists are more scientifically credible when they make things up out of thin air – while presenting no supporting scientific facts or evidence – than when climate realists cite numerous datasets and peer-reviewed studies that support their claims .
Making stuff up out of thin air is acceptable , honorable , and compelling , according to DailyKos , if you do it in the name of climate alarmism .
Earlier this week , we published an article here at Climate Realism calling attention to dubious claims made by prominent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presentations to Christian groups .
We specifically noted that Hayhoe uses an apparently self-made chart in her presentations that shows global temperatures steadily and monotonously declining , with almost no variations , for nearly 6,000 years .
Hayhoe ’ s chart , reproduced below , then shows , at the end of the 6,000 years of steady cooling , an enormous temperature spike in the 20th century that completely overwhelms the previous 6,000 years of steady cooling .
Our Climate Realism article then showed what the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very first climate report – published in 1990 and confirmed by multiple studies since ( see , for example , pg .
14 here ) – in which scientists , the IPCC , and multiple datasets and peer-reviewed studies agreed that scientific evidence shows temperatures have varied frequently and considerably throughout the past 6,000 years .
The IPCC chart , reproduced below , also showed temperatures currently remain cooler than was the case during most of the past 6,000 years .
As we pointed out in the Climate Realism article , Hayhoe provides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her claim that the IPCC , established science , and multiple supporting studies are all wrong .
She merely shows her own chart in public presentations and then uses her highly suspicious chart to support her claim that humans are creating an unprecedented and existential climate crisis .
DailyKos yesterday published an article childishly attacking the Climate Realism article .
The DailyKos article never cited any scientific evidence , data , or studies to support Hayhoe ’ s chart .
Instead , the article claimed , “ Not be outdumb ’ d , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be clever to contrast a chart Dr. Hayhoe uses with one from the very first IPCC report , as though a graph from 1990 is somehow more accurate than something produced with the benefit of an additional thirty years of research.
” Of course , the only presented “ thirty years of research ” is Katharine Hayhoe ’ s self-serving , self-presented chart for which she provides no documentary evidence .
So , the alarmist argument is that if a climate alarmist simply makes up a chart or an argument out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is more credible than factually documented , evidentiary-based science that has been well established and that has remained in effect for many , many years .
By that logic : • Climate alarmists can – and likely will – claim without any supporting evidence that the Sun revolves around the Earth , because Copernicus ’ theory is “ old science ” demonstrated more than 400 years ago .
• Climate alarmists can – and likely will – claim without any supporting evidence that the Earth is flat , because Magellan ’ s circumnavigation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and no longer applies .
• Climate alarmists can – and likely will – claim without any supporting evidence that the moon landing never happened , because it was documented 50 years ago .
Sorry , Katharine Hayhoe and DailyKos , making stuff up out of thin air is not more scientifically compelling than long-established scientific knowledge that is well-sourced , well-cited , and confirmed multiple times since with additional scientific data and studies .


climatedepot--2020-06-06--COVID and Climate Models Will Not Save Us: ‘COVID-19 models predicting millions of deaths are simila

COVID and Climate Models Will Not Save Us: ‘COVID-19 models predicting millions of deaths are similar to climate models — both computer-generated model types have been consistently wrong’

One epidemiologist , Knut Wittkowski , has gone so far as to say : “ We could open up again and forget the whole thing ” ( COVID-19 ) .
Stanford University School of Medicine professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya , would likely agree with Dr. Wittkowski .
The deathblow for ending U.S. and global lockdowns comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ( CDC ) : The CDC has attempted to offer a real estimate of the overall death rate for COVID-19 , and under its most likely scenario , the number is 0.26 % .
Officials estimate a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are symptomatic and project a 35 % rate of asymptomatic cases among those infected , which drops the overall infection fatality rate ( IFR ) to just 0.26 % — almost exactly where Stanford researchers pegged it a month ago .
Seems Florida is the model for how to deal with this global contagion and reopen economies .
There are large issues that need to be dealt with immediately , such as the U.S. and China on the brink of a new Cold War that triangulates India and Japan as the realist balancers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be in the offing with Japan , India , and the U.S. countering China .
What ’ s been fascinating during this shutdown is how COVID-19 models predicting millions of deaths ( Governor Gavin Newsom of California said “ 25 million Californians ” could contract coronavirus and possibly die ) are similar to climate models — both computer-generated model types have been consistently wrong .
Climate models also consistently overstate global warming by man ( anthropogenic ) .
But why ?
Easier to scare the world over warming or viral death than deal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ existential threat to the current global order led by the U.S. in place since World War II .
Consider global warming/climate change ( GWCC ) : the Earth ’ s climate is “ rising at a microscopically slow pace.
” NASA ’ s global temperature readings go back to only 1880 .
Since that time frame , the Earth ’ s temperature went up 1.14 degrees Celsius .
That averages out to an increase of 0.008 Celsius per year — minuscule when prior geological periods were hotter , or cooler , and carbon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ models are clearly being shown to “ project too much warming , ” and climate modelers “ have a vested self-interest in convincing people that climate modeling is accurate and worthy of continued funding.
” If taxpayer monies dried up , would climate-modelers even care about GWCC ?
The same could be said of U.S. governors , the World Health Organization , and interests wanting this shutdown to continue .
Renewables are finally being brought out into the global debate .
Are they worth more than natural gas or nuclear energy ?
Far-left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Planet of the Humans has “ unmasked the power and money behind the renewables scam.
” Moore ’ s is a powerful film that has infuriated the global environmental movement and revealed the devastating ecological impact emanating from wind turbines and solar panels .
This clearly reveals the hypocrisy coming from men such as California coal-investing-billionaire turned environmentalist Tom Steyer , who cares about renewables only to enrich his interests and investors .
The similarities to coronavirus shutdowns are eerily similar : state-sponsored shutdowns for political gain .
Similarly , renewables need taxpayer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , albeit with “ state-sponsored theft ” — theft of livelihoods and theft of reliable and affordable electricity and energy when so far there have been no coronavirus spikes in places that have reopened in the U.S .
In that case , reopen the world and U.S. economies with cheap and plentiful coal , or use emission-lowering , natural gas–fired power plants for electricity .
But watch out for the “ green de-development movement ” that wants to prolong the coronavirus shutdown to push renewables , global warming façades , and socialism for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the untruthful media by saying air is cleaner now that economic activity has diminished via COVID-19 when that accusation is false — no , the air isn ’ t cleaner .
Only natural gas usage has lowered emissions .
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wants to ban hydraulic fracturing ( fracking ) , which would cost billions in lost tax revenues , economic activity and jobs and increase the risk of global instability , since nothing in recent memory has changed U.S. foreign policy more than moving away from Middle East dictators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has changed the world .
Renewables are similar to coronavirus shutdowns for all the wrong reasons .
Both are killing the world .
Wind turbines kill eagles , but energy companies produce life-saving products that fight the coronavirus and are an essential part of the post-COVID-19 recovery .
Renewables destroy electrical supplies , add zero value to electrical grids , and bring the highest electrical prices in the world whenever widely deployed .
Why would the world and particularly the U.S. ( the arbitrator of global peace ) ever use renewables ( solar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to electricity when they do not ever work as advertised ?
With the coronavirus still looming , a global depression a real possibility , and China on the hegemonic march in Asia and globally , this isn ’ t the time to rely on unreliable coronavirus or climate change models for national security and health policies .
Moore ’ s documentary has exposed “ ‘ swindlers ’ peddling misinformation and the environmental benefits of green energy.
” Green energy hinders economic growth and recovery from COVID-19 .
With a looming great power competition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that should be based on principled realism , let ’ s do away with outdated efficacy models for renewables , man-made global warming , and COVID-19 estimates that have grossly overstated the death rates .
Global peace , a return to normal , and prosperity are waiting for prudent , factual results .


climatedepot--2020-06-06--Intellectuals versus Common Sense: ‘George Orwell said that some ideas are so foolish only an intell

Intellectuals versus Common Sense: ‘George Orwell said that some ideas are so foolish only an intellectual could believe them’

In his book Intellectuals and Society , Thomas Sowell takes America ’ s “ public intellectuals ” on a well deserved trip to the woodshed .
He makes many interesting claims , including this one : “ The unarticulated cultural distillations of mass experience over the generations are often summarily dismissed as mere prejudices [ by public intellectuals ] .
” “ The unarticulated cultural distillations of mass experience over the generations.
” What is Sowell referring to ?
Why , common sense , of course .
In fact , every book and every article Sowell has written is replete @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true master of common sense .
I have written two books with “ common sense ” in the titles , Common Sense Nation and Reclaiming Common Sense , and Sowell is one of the most important influences on the way of thinking found in those books .
My grandparents got me going on the common sense good foot , C.S .
Lewis revealed to me the depths of it , Thomas Sowell taught me the range of it , and the Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid articulated common sense in a way that brought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I quote Samuel Taylor Coleridge on the epigraph page of Reclaiming : “ Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
” My grandparents had that .
Sowell has , and C.S .
Lewis and Thomas Reid had , in addition to their common sense in an uncommon degree , an uncommon ability to articulate common sense .
They made it possible for you and me to realize we rely on the wisdom gained over the generations in nearly everything we do — though we almost never notice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we do !
Sowell was the rarest of the rare — a public intellectual not at war with common sense .
Public intellectuals generally make a name for themselves by defying common sense .
Here is Sowell again : We have seen plenty of that in recent years .
Public intellectuals rallied around two of the most astonishingly foolish policies that can be imagined , one toward Iran and one toward Communist China .
We were told endlessly that enriching these enemy states would make them more like us and therefore less of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s decision to underwrite the mullahs of Iran financially , and the Bush/Clinton/Bush/Obama policy of transferring America ’ s industrial base to China was supported by a consensus of foreign policy “ experts.
” We have been here before .
Between WWI and WWII , public intellectuals kept up a steady drumbeat of opposition to national defense efforts .
Here is Sowell again : How did those public intellectuals manage to create this dangerous state of affairs ?
They did not have to present analytic or empirical arguments to overcome common sense .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sowell calls “ verbal virtuosity.
” Phrases like “ merchants of death ” did the trick in the 1920s and 1930s .
Promising that lavishing wealth on the mullahs and on the communist leadership in Beijing would bring these dictatorships into “ the community of nations ” to the benefit of all worked in recent years and is still heard today .
What you and I know by common sense is most of what we know and most of what we need to know to be a sovereign people , a people capable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ common sense that weakness invites aggression .
Knowing that would have enabled us to see through the verbal virtuosity of the public intellectuals in the period leading up to WWII .
Similarly , when has building up your enemies ’ strength on purpose ever been a good idea ?
That is even crazier than inviting aggression with weakness .
My witty friend Bob Godwin gleefully mocks the folly of public intellectuals — he refers to them as “ the tenured ” : “ their whole mystique is based upon the essentially gnostic idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the restavus.
” If the tenured are going to dazzle and astonish us with their policy recommendations , they must go against common sense .
That , it turns out , is the royal road to becoming a prominent public intellectual at the center of the controversies of the day , whether the topic is disarmament before WWII or global warming , the Trump/Russia brouhaha , the Wuhan flu , or abolishing the police these days .
By their steady drumbeat of bad ideas , public intellectuals define what we as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not do , again and again to our detriment .
Consequently , you and I need to put the pronouncements of public intellectuals to the test of common sense , always .
Robert Curry serves on the Board of Directors of the Claremont Institute .
He is the author of Reclaiming Common Sense : Finding Truth in a Post-Truth World , and Common Sense Nation : Unlocking the Forgotten Power of the American Idea .
Both are published by Encounter Books .


climatedepot--2020-06-06--How much water will be wasted through COVID-obsessed hand-washing?

COVID emptied our pubs and is now draining our dams .
With environmental releases and COVID cleaning , someone must slash red and green tape and start building dams quickly .
This could flush away 7 gallons of water per person per day .
Suppose ten million obedient Australians wash hands thoroughly “ as often as possible.
” The water used would total 66 million gallons per day – enough to empty Australia ’ s biggest dam , Lake Eucumbene , in just 20 days .
Now add water used to supply the COVID demand for alcohol-based sanitizers to wipe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and bench .
Distilleries are already diverting production from grog for drinking to alcohol for sanitizers .
How long before kids and alcoholics are tasting hand sanitizers ?
Will the COVID chief then insist it be methylated or subject to excise ?
“ Wash your hands as often as possible , ” says Canberra ’ s COVID chief .
“ Wash your hands as often as possible , ” says Canberra ’ s COVID chief .
“ Wash your hands as often as possible , ” says Canberra ’ s COVID chief .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ water per person per day .
Suppose ten million obedient Australians wash hands thoroughly “ as often as possible.
” The water used would total 66 million gallons per day – enough to empty Australia ’ s biggest dam , Lake Eucumbene , in just 20 days .
Now add water used to supply the COVID demand for alcohol-based sanitizers to wipe every knob , rail , handle , and bench .
Distilleries are already diverting production from grog for drinking to alcohol for sanitizers .
How long before kids and alcoholics are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chief then insist it be methylated or subject to excise ?
COVID emptied our pubs and is now draining our dams .
With environmental releases and COVID cleaning , someone must slash red and green tape and start building dams quickly .


climatedepot--2020-06-06--Pope Francis: Wounds of Mother Earth ‘Bleed in Us’ – Insists the planet is ‘sick,’ ‘wounded’ & ‘blee

Pope Francis: Wounds of Mother Earth ‘Bleed in Us’ – Insists the planet is ‘sick,’ ‘wounded’ & ‘bleeding’

ROME — Pope Francis employed some of his strongest environmental rhetoric to date Friday , insisting the planet earth is “ sick , ” “ wounded , ” and “ bleeding.
” Writing to the president of Colombia , Iván Duque Márquez , on the occasion of World Environment Day , the pope said that “ protection of the environment and respect for the biodiversity of the planet are issues that affect us all.
” “ We can not pretend to be healthy in a world that is sick , ” Francis said .
“ The wounds inflicted on our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in us.
” “ Caring for ecosystems demands a look to the future , one that is not concerned only with the immediate moment or that seeks a quick and easy profit , but rather one that is concerned for life and that seeks its preservation for the benefit of all , ” he added .
The official celebrations of World Environment Day would have taken place this year in Bogotá , Colombia , but because of ongoing lockdowns because of the coronavirus will be held virtually , he noted .
“ Our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planet should indeed make us concerned for and witnesses to the gravity of the situation , ” the pontiff stated in his letter .
“ We can not remain silent before the outcry when we realize the very high costs of the destruction and exploitation of the ecosystem.
” “ This is not a time to continue looking the other way , indifferent to the signs that our planet is being plundered and violated by greed for profit , very often in the name of progress , ” he insisted .
“ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to commit ourselves to a better , healthier world and to pass it on to future generations.
” “ Everything depends on us , if we really want it , ” he said .
In his message , the pope also referenced the fifth anniversary of his encyclical letter on the environment , Laudato Sì , “ which drew attention to the cry that mother earth lifts up to us.
” “ I would also invite all of you to participate in the special Year that I have announced to reflect in light @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to become more committed to the care and protection of our common home , and of our most vulnerable and marginalized brothers and sisters in society , ” he said .
In April , the pope issued an indictment of humanity ’ s failure to care for the planet in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of “ Earth Day.
” “ Because of our selfishness we have failed in our responsibility to be guardians and stewards of the earth , ” the pope said in a video-streamed General Audience .
“ We need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ facts to see that our common home is falling into serious disrepair.
” “ We have polluted and despoiled it , endangering our very lives , ” the pontiff continued .
“ For this reason , various international and local movements have sprung up in order to appeal to our consciences.
” “ We have failed to care for the earth , our garden-home ; we have failed to care for our brothers and sisters , ” Francis said .
“ We have sinned against the earth , against our neighbours , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Father who provides for everyone , and desires us to live in communion and flourish together.
” The pope also said that the fiftieth Earth Day provides “ an occasion for renewing our commitment to love and care for our common home and for the weaker members of our human family .
”


climatedepot--2020-06-06--Global Elites Announce ‘Great Reset’ Plan—And It’s Even More Radical Than the Green New Deal

At a virtual World Economic Forum ( WEF ) meeting , global leaders from the United Nations , United Kingdom , United States , International Monetary Fund and multi-national corporations discussed and announced a plan to develop a “ Great Reset ” of the entire world economy .
“ We have a golden opportunity to seize something good from this [ COVID-19 ] crisis .
Its unprecedented shockwaves may well make people more receptive to big visions of change , ” said Prince Charles , one of the leaders of the event .
The purpose of the “ Great Reset @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a justification—attendees repeatedly referred to it as an “ opportunity ” —to completely overhaul the entire global economy , including the U.S. economy , to make a more “ equitable ” world and to fight climate change , which was on numerous occasions identified as the world ’ s next great “ crisis.
” In an article published on the World Economic Forum ’ s website , WEF founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab said “ the world must act jointly and swiftly to revamp all aspects of our societies and economies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working conditions.
” “ Every country , from the United States to China , must participate , and every industry , from oil and gas to tech , must be transformed , ” Schwab added .
“ In short , we need a ‘ Great Reset ’ of capitalism.
” Schwab wasn ’ t the only one calling for the world “ reset ” capitalism , either .
Countless leaders at the event , many of whom hold incredibly influential positions in international governing bodies or in foreign governments , demanded far-reaching economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sanders ’ and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ’ s “ Green New Deal ” —except on a global scale .
Sharan Burrow , the general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation ( ITUC ) , said we need to use the present crisis to help “ rebalance ” the global economy .
“ We need to design policies to align with investment in people and the environment , ” Burrow said .
“ But above all , the longer-term perspective is about rebalancing economies.
” Burrow later added , “ We want an end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we don ’ t build an economic future within a sustainable framework in which we are respectful of our planetary boundaries , and the need to change our energy and technology systems , then we will not have a living planet for human beings.
” Echoing these points , Antonio Guterres , the U.N. secretary-general , called for building “ equal , inclusive , sustainable societies , that are more resilient in the face of pandemics and climate change.
” Jennifer Morgan , the executive director of Greenpeace International , said the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ the reset button , ” similar to what occurred after World War II , when Morgan says , “ We set up a new world order.
” “ We set up a new world order after World War II , ” Morgan said .
“ We ’ re now in a different world than we were then .
We need to ask , what can we be doing differently ?
The World Economic Forum has a big responsibility in that as well—to be pushing the reset button and looking at how to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Earth.
” Other speakers at the virtual forum calling for a “ Great Reset ” included Ma Jun , the chairman of the Green Finance Committee at the China Society for Finance and Banking and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People ’ s Bank of China ; Bernard Looney , CEO of BP ; Ajay Banga , CEO of Mastercard ; Bradford Smith , president of Microsoft ; and Gina Gopinath , the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund .
The WEF virtual event announced the launch of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world economy , but more specific policy proposals will likely be deliberated at WEF ’ s meeting in Davos in January 2021 , the theme of which will also be “ The Great Reset.
” The Davos event is being billed by WEF as a “ twin summit ” that will include an in-person meeting of world leaders and a virtual meetings “ connecting key global governmental and business leaders in Davos with a global network in 400 cities .
”


climatedepot--2020-06-08--Green New Deal dress rehearsal – ‘Corona lockdowns should serve as a bitter taste of what could come

Green New Deal dress rehearsal – ‘Corona lockdowns should serve as a bitter taste of what could come’

But where many see disaster , others see opportunity .
Some want to use the crises to enact laws and welfare programs they could never get otherwise .
More ambitious activists see the lockdown as a blueprint or dress rehearsal for a total energy , economic and lifestyle transformation to “ save the planet.
” If three months of Covid lockdowns can reduce fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions , they argue , permanent fossil fuel bans are possible , essential and should be undertaken immediately .
Five years ago , former UN official Christiana Figueres said the real goal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transform the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years ” – and replace it with socialist-environmentalist global governance .
More recently , she said post-Corona economic stimulus packages should be used to “ kick-start ” investments “ in low-carbon infrastructure projects that will create jobs and put the world on a safer , fairer , more resilient path.
” Others want to use climate change as a pretext for dictating how global wealth and resources will be redistributed .
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ’ s chief of staff is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Deal “ wasn ’ t originally a climate thing at all , ” he said in May 2019 .
It was “ a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing.
” Presidential candidate Joe Biden and other leading Democrats have endorsed the GND .
UN Secretary-General António Guterres believes “ the pandemic could create an opportunity to rebuild the global economy along more sustainable lines.
” His environment chief thinks COVID-19 presents “ a chance to do capitalism differently.
” The UN Green Climate Fund says it “ offers an opportunity to direct finances towards bolstering climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] economies on low-emission , climate-resilient trajectories , ” to control climate and weather and prevent massive extinctions .
In short , echoing former Obama science advisor John Holdren , they want the United States and other modern societies to de-develop and de-industrialize , establish low-consumption life styles that ensure “ more equitable distribution of wealth , ” and tell poor countries how much “ ecologically feasible ” development they will be permitted to pursue .
Perhaps most important , these “ visionary ” ruling elites will be in charge .
They will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ renewable , sustainable , ecologically feasible , safer , fairer , more resilient .
They will demand less travel , trade and commerce – for the masses .
They will live quite well , while telling today ’ s oilfield and factory workers their industries must disappear and they must be content with minimum-wage jobs installing , maintaining and dismantling wind turbines and solar panels made overseas .
Fans and implementers of Covid-19 lockdowns have been oblivious to the economic , societal and human devastation caused by the lockdowns : not just economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but millions of cases of depression , drug addiction , alcoholism , domestic violence , obesity , stroke , heart attack , thousands of deaths from these causes , and suicide and murder attributable to the lockdowns .
Add to that millions of future or still uncounted deaths and disabilities from missed biopsies , skipped cancer screenings and chemotherapy , missed early treatments for stroke and heart-attack patients , and organ transplants simply not performed – because “ non-essential ” medicine was closed down , people lost their health insurance , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and emergency rooms .
Many hospitals , clinics and practices lost so much money that they may have to close their doors .
The cumulative long-term impact from that on healthcare , life spans , and death tolls among obese , diabetic , elderly and severely ill patients could be enormous .
These human costs will take years to manifest themselves and be calculated .
Indeed , the ultimate cost of the lockdown could be worse than the virus .
We still do not have reliable data on Covid infections , cases and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether deaths were due to Corona , or merely associated with the virus and primarily due to age or serious underlying health problems .
We don ’ t even know how many vulnerable elderly people died from Covid complications inflicted on them by decisions by New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania and other officials to force nursing homes to accept recovering Corona patients and keep Covid-infected staff working in those facilities .
All this is from lockdowns lasting several months .
Suggestions that we “ transform ” our economy with expensive , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ endure energy , employment , healthcare and other deprivations in perpetuity – border on homicidal insanity .
They would postpone or eliminate any economic recovery , result in unimaginable misery and death in now-developed countries – and condemn tens of millions of people in still impoverished nations to horrible suffering , disease , starvation and death .
As to saving the planet and ensuring “ ecologically feasible ” development , GND energy systems would be vastly more devastating to scenic areas , habitats and wildlife – and to human health and welfare – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of future climate changes or weather events .
As Michael Moore ’ s new film , “ Planet of the Humans , ” dramatically demonstrates , wind , solar , battery and biofuel technologies are the antithesis of clean , green , renewable and sustainable .
Even worse , the ecological devastation it documents is happening in a world that is still 81 % dependent on oil , natural gas and coal , 4 % on nuclear and 7 % on hydroelectric .
The impacts and species losses would be orders of magnitude @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on pseudo-renewable energy sources .
Adopting UN-AOC energy prescriptions would require literally millions of 800-foot-tall wind turbines , billions of solar panels , billions of half-ton batteries , thousands of biofuel plantations and clear-cut forests , billions of battery-powered vehicles , and thousands of new and expanded mines to provide tens of billions of tons more metals and minerals .
The ecological impacts would reach every corner of every continent .
Hundreds of bird , bat , reptile and mammalian species would disappear .
Household , hospital , school , business and factory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ industries would vanish .
Those prescriptions would also make the United States enormously dependent on China , not just for medical devices and pharmaceutical components – but for metals , raw materials and component parts needed in wind turbines , solar panels , backup power batteries , and defense , aerospace and high-technology applications .
And all that mining and manufacturing , in Asia and other distant lands , would require fossil fuels , at levels far beyond anything seen in history , under minimal to nonexistent pollution , workplace safety and human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of carbon dioxide .
Fans and implementers of GND transformations are willfully oblivious of these realities .
They refuse to discuss them or allow others to discuss them – because to do so would destroy their phony “ saving the planet ” narrative and quest for total control over our lives , livelihoods , living standards and liberties .
No wonder the UN-AOC-environmentalist crowd went ballistic over Moore ’ s film .
YouTube yanked the movie from its viewing platform , and “ mainstream ” media , social media , search engines and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ censorship on climate , energy and environmental issues .
An increasingly activist , liberal media complex also wants to dictate and control what people see , hear , say and think on race relations , medicine and virtually every other political topic .
From the NY Times and Washington Post , to Facebook , Twitter , Google , YouTube and Wikipedia , platforms that should be forums for robust debate instead are used to dictate what is true or false , permissible or banned .
US , EU and UN green new deals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for our future .
Corona lockdowns should serve as a bitter taste of what could come – not as a dress rehearsal or blueprint for it .


climatedepot--2020-06-08--Pandemic is chance to reset global economy, says Prince Charles

The recovery from the coronavirus crisis represents an opportunity to reset the global economy and prioritise sustainable development without further damaging the planet , Prince Charles said at the opening of aWorld Economic Forum ( WEF ) virtual meeting .
Outlining a five-point plan to rebuild economies following a global recession , the 71-year-old prince said the pandemic was the result of a breakdown in the link between humanity and nature that could be corrected by recognising “ the interdependence of all living things ” .
The prince emphasised that the private sector would be the engine of recovery and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaders to recognise the damage to the environment that would result from an unfettered dash for growth .
“ We have a unique but rapidly shrinking window of opportunity to learn lessons and reset ourselves on a more sustainable path , ” said Charles , who himself has recovered after suffering mild symptoms of Covid-19 .
He said that the pandemic , which has forced governments worldwide to mothball their economies , had showed people that dramatic change was possible .
“ We have a golden opportunity to seize something good from this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make people more receptive to big visions of change , ” he added .
The five points he outlined were : • To capture the imagination and will of humanity – change will only happen if people really want it .
• The economic recovery must put the world on the path to sustainable employment , livelihoods and growth .
Longstanding incentive structures that have had perverse effects on our planetary environment and nature herself must be reinvented • Systems and pathways must be redesigned to advance net zero transitions globally .
Carbon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a sustainable market .
• Science , technology and innovation need re-invigorating .
Humanity is on the verge of catalytic breakthroughs that will alter our view of what it possible and profitable in the framework of a sustainable future .
• Investment must be rebalanced .
Accelerating green investments can offer job opportunities in green energy , the circular and bio-economy , eco-tourism and green public infrastructure .
The WEF , which stages an influential annual gathering of business and political leaders at its annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups in recent years for failing to tackle climate changeand executive pay .
Charles ’ s speech was part of a launch event for The Great Reset , a project involving the WEF and the Prince of Wales ’ s Sustainable Markets Initiative , aimed at rebuilding the economic and social system to be more sustainable .
Most of his speech is vintage waffle , and he fails to show any recognition of the impact his proposals would have on people ’ s lives , jobs and standards of living .
Above all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he is condemning billions of people in the developing world to permanent poverty .


climatedepot--2020-06-08--Green Energy: Destroying The Environment To Save It

“ We had to destroy the village in order to save it.
” The infamous Vietnam era quotation may or may not have been uttered by an anonymous US Army major .
It may have been misquoted , revised , apocryphal , or invented .
But it quickly morphed into an anti-war mantra that reflected attitudes of the time .
For Virginians and others forced to travel the path of “ clean , green , renewable , sustainable ” energy , it will redound in modern politics as “ We had to destroy the environment in order to save it.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Virginia ’ s “ Clean Economy Act , ” which had been rushed through a partisan Democrat legislature , Dominion Energy Virginia announced it would reach “ net-zero ” greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 .
To do so , the utility company will raise family , business , hospital , and school electricity bills by 3 % every year for the next ten years – as these customers and state and local governments struggle to climb out of the financial holes created by the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown .
Just as bad , renewable energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Dominion ’ s “ integrated resource plan ” will have major adverse impacts on Virginia and world environmental values .
In reality , Virginia ’ s new “ clean ” economy exists only in fantasy land – and only if we ignore “ clean ” energy CO2 emissions , air and water pollution , and other environmental degradation around the world .
Dominion Energy plans to expand the state ’ s offshore wind , onshore solar and battery storage capacity by some 24,000 megawatts of new “ renewable ” energy by 2035 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It will retain just 9,700 MW of existing natural gas generation , and only through 2045 , build no new gas-fired units , and retire 6,200 megawatts of coal-fired generation .
This will reduce in-state carbon dioxide emissions but certainly won ’ t do so globally .
The company intends to keep its four existing nuclear units operating .
To “ replace ” some of its abundant , reliable , affordable fossil fuel electricity , Dominion intends to build at least 31,400 megawatts of expensive , unreliable solar capacity by 2045 .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ land area some 25 % larger than 250,000-acre Fairfax County , west of Washington , DC .
That means Dominion Energy ’ s new solar facilities will blanket 490 square miles ( 313,000 acres ) of beautiful croplands , scenic areas , and habitats that now teem with wildlife .
That ’ s almost half the land area of Rhode Island , eight times the District of Columbia , 14 times more land than all Fairfax County parks combined – blanketed by imported solar panels .
Still , more land will be torn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lines .
All this is just for Dominion Energy ’ s solar panels .
The panels will actually generate electricity maybe 20-25 % of the year , once you factor in nighttime hours , cloudy days , and times when the sun is not bright enough to generate more than trifling electricity .
Dominion and other Virginia utility companies also plan to import and install 430 monstrous 850-foot-tall bird-chopping offshore wind turbines – and tens of thousands of half-ton battery packs , to provide backup power for at least a few hours or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shining and the wind isn ’ t blowing .
The batteries will prevent the economy from shutting down even more completely during each outage than it has during the Corona lockdown .
Similar policies across America will impact hundreds of millions of acres .
Most of these solar panels , wind turbines , and batteries – or their components , or the metals and minerals required to manufacture those components – will likely come from China or from Chinese-owned operations in Africa , Asia , and Latin America … undermining , air and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wage , child labor , mined-land reclamation , manufacturing , and other laws and standards that would get the US and other Western companies unmasked , vilified , sued , fined and shut down in a heartbeat .
It is those minimal to nonexistent laws and regulations that govern most of the companies and operations that will supply the “ clean ” technologies that will soon blight Virginia landscapes and serve the new “ clean ” Virginia economy .
As Michael Moore observes in his new film , Planet of the Humans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” energy will face the same realities .
Thus far , no one has produced even a rough estimate of how much concrete , steel , aluminum , copper , lithium , cobalt , silica , rare earth metals , and countless other materials will be needed .
All will require gigantic heavy equipment and prodigious amounts of fossil fuels to blast and haul away billions of tons of rocky overburden ; extract , crush and process tens of millions of tons of ores , using acids , toxic chemicals , and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concentrates into metals ; manufacture all the millions of tons of components ; and haul , assemble and install the panels , turbines , batteries and transmission lines , setting them on top of tens of thousands of tons of concrete and rebar .
All of it beyond Virginia ’ s borders .
No one has tallied the oil , natural gas , and coal fuel requirements for doing all this “ Virginia Clean Economy ” work – nor the greenhouse gases and actual pollutants that will be emitted in the process .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , renewable , or sustainable .
But Virginia politicians and Dominion Energy officials have said nothing about any of this , nor about which countries will host the mining and other activities , under what environmental and human rights standards .
Will Virginians ever get a full accounting ?
Just because all of this will happen far beyond Virginia ’ s borders does not mean we can ignore the global environmental impacts .
Or the health , safety , and well-being of children and parents in those distant mines , processing plants , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time to observe the environmentalist creed : think globally , act locally .
Will that be done ?
Will Dominion and Virginia require that all these raw materials and wind , solar , and battery components be responsibly sourced ?
Will it require independently verified certifications that none of them involve child labor , and all are produced in compliance with US and Virginia laws , regulations and ethical codes for workplace safety , fair wages , air and water pollution , wildlife preservation , cancer prevention , and mined lands reclamation ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ fuels consumed , and pollutants emitted , in the process ?
Science journalist , businessman and parliamentarian Matt Ridley says wind turbines need some 200 times more raw materials per megawatt of power than modern combined-cycle gas turbines .
It ’ s probably much the same for solar panels .
Add in the millions of wind turbines , billions of solar panels , and billions of backup batteries that would be required under a nationwide Green New Deal , and the combined US and global environmental , human health , and human rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ignore all the land and wildlife impactsfrom installing the wind turbines , solar panels , batteries , and transmission lines – you could perhaps call this “ clean energy ” and a “ clean economy ” within Virginia ’ s borders .
But not beyond those borders .
This is a global issue , and the world would likely be far better off if we just built modern combined-cycle gas turbines ( or nuclear power plants ) to generate reliable electricity – and avoided all the monumental human and ecological impacts of pseudo-renewable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to select sites for these 490 square miles of industrial solar facilities , will Virginia , its county and local governments , its citizens , environmentalist groups and courts apply the same rigorous standards , laws , and regulations that they demand for drilling , fracking , coal and gas power plants , pipelines , highways , timber cutting , and other projects ?
Will they apply the same standards for 850-foot-tall wind turbines and 100-foot-tall transmission lines as they demand for buried-out-of-sight pipelines ?
Virginia ’ s Clean Economy Act will also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ questions of race , poverty , and environmental justice .
Dominion Energy and other utility companies will have to charge means-tested rates ( even as rates climb 3 % per year ) and exempt low-income customers from some charges .
They will have to submit construction plans to “ environmental justice councils ” – even as the companies , councils , and politicians ignore the rampant injustices inflicted on children and parents slaving away in Chinese , African , and Latin American “ clean energy ” mines , processing plants and factories .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ environmentalists , and anyone else who promotes wind , solar , battery , and biofuel energy need to explain exactly how they plan to address these issues .
Future town hall meetings and project approval hearings promise to be raucous , entertaining , and illuminating .
Paul Driessen is a senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow ( www.CFACT.org ) and author of books and articles on energy , environment , climate , and human rights issues .


climatedepot--2020-06-08--New Study: Recent global-warming hiatus tied to equatorial Pacific surface cooling

Despite the continued increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations , the annual-mean global temperature has not risen in the twenty-first century , challenging the prevailing view that anthropogenic forcing causes climate warming .
Various mechanisms have been proposed for this hiatus in global warming , but their relative importance has not been quantified , hampering observational estimates of climate sensitivity .
Here we show that accounting for recent cooling in the eastern equatorial Pacific reconciles climate simulations and observations .
We present a novel method of uncovering mechanisms for global temperature change by prescribing , in addition to radiative forcing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temperature over the central to eastern tropical Pacific in a climate model .
Although the surface temperature prescription is limited to only 8.2 % of the global surface , our model reproduces the annual-mean global temperature remarkably well with correlation coefficient= 0.97 for 1970–2012 ( which includes the current hiatus and a period of accelerated global warming ) .
Moreover , our simulation captures major seasonal and regional characteristics of the hiatus , including the intensified Walker circulation , the winter cooling in northwestern North America and the prolonged drought in the southern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ current hiatus is part of natural climate variability , tied specifically to a La-Niña-like decadal cooling .
Although similar decadal hiatus events may occur in the future , the multi-decadal warming trend is very likely to continue with greenhouse gas increase .


climatedepot--2020-06-08--Green Groups Voice Support For Floyd Protesters While Pushing Policies That Would Make Minorities ‘E

Green Groups Voice Support For Floyd Protesters While Pushing Policies That Would Make Minorities ‘Even More Vulnerable,’ Critics Say

Environmental groups are standing with the activist Movement for Black Lives amid outrage against the alleged murder of George Floyd , but critics say the green groups ’ activism belies their policy preferences that would disproportionately harm black Americans .
The environmental groups Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace , and 350.org have all voiced support for the coalition group Movement for Black Lives ( M4BL ) , even signing an open letter endorsing M4BL ’ s policy objectives .
All three groups also push radical environmental policies such as a Green New Deal as popularized by New York Rep. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Biological Diversity Executive Director Kieran Suckling called Floyd ’ s death “ horrific ” and asserted that “ institutional racism ” has killed thousands of black Americans .
Greenpeace tweeted a thread of protest pictures on June 4 and promoted “ # DefundPolice ” in a call to strip taxpayer funding from law enforcement .
350.org North America director Tamara Toles O ’ Laughlin said in a statement that “ dismantling white supremacy ” was a necessary step to meeting their climate goals and ending fossil fuel production .
Former United Nations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , slammed environmentalists for empathizing with BLM protesters while advocating environmental and energy policies that would make black communities more “ marginalized.
” “ If radical green groups truly want to show solidarity with the black community , they can drop their push for extremist policies that would hurt those communities , ” Blackwell told The Daily Wire in a statement .
“ Radical policies like the green new deal that raise the cost of driving to work and heating our homes would target the African American community and would make us even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are.
” Each environmental group supports an eventual end to fossil fuel energy production and transitioning to 100 % renewable energy , excluding nuclear , hydropower , and most other alternatives except wind and solar , according to an open letter to Congress signed by hundreds of environmental organizations .
The energy goals of the Green New Deal would impose immense costs on taxpayers , according to an analysis by the Competitive Enterprise Institute ( CEI ) .
The conservative think tank calculated the cost of phasing out fossil fuels while transitioning to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that in Florida , New Hampshire , New Mexico , and Pennsylvania , “ the [ Green New Deal ] would cost a typical household more than $ 70,000 in the first year of implementation , approximately $ 45,000 for each of the next four years , and more than $ 37,000 each year thereafter.
” Reaching America President Derrick Hollie , whose group focuses on black communities , said that the policies pushed by the environmental groups undercut black communities already struggling from the coronavirus pandemic that has disproportionately hit minorities and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ablaze , the same nearly uniformly white environmental extremists assure us of their solidarity while at the same time trying to kill high-paying oil and gas jobs that have been the cornerstones of progress in lifting up working-class minority communities , ” Hollie told The Daily Wire in a statement .
“ Any program such as their Green New Deal that makes energy more expensive or jeopardizes jobs is counter-productive , reckless , and wrong , ” Hollie said .
“ We will need American oil and gas more than ever , especially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rely on low-cost fuels for economic sustenance and opportunity.
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climatedepot--2020-06-08--U.S. Shale Companies Are Turning the Oil Taps Back On

As oil approaches $ 40 a barrel , companies are bringing wells back online , even as the market continues to recover from the demand drop caused by the coronavirus American oil producers are reopening the spigots , complicating the crude market ’ s recovery .
Scores of shale drilling companies turned off wells to reduce output when U.S. oil prices fell to negative territory in late April , after millions world-wide stopped driving and flying due to the new coronavirus , causing a steep drop in global demand .
Now that more of the world is reopening and prices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ barrel , companies including Parsley Energy Inc. PE 8.37 % and WPX Energy Inc. WPX 13.34 % are starting to turn some of those wells back on , even as they continue to put off most new drilling .
The increased volumes remain far below peak levels before the pandemic , when the U.S. was pumping more than 13 million barrels a day of crude , the most in the world .
But the oil market remains fragile , and many of the world ’ s other top producers are still voluntarily curtailing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demand .
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climatedepot--2020-06-08--Greens On Back Foot As Germany’s Newest Coal Plant Opens

With Germany facing the possibility of its worst recession since the second world war , public attention is shifting away from the Greens and climate activists .
As protesters unfurl their banner along the canal beneath Germany ’ s newest coal plant , a barge piled high with coal glides by , the crew whooping and whistling in mockery .
It could not be a more potent symbol of the struggle Germany ’ s environmental movement is facing .
Opposition to Datteln 4 , a coal-fired power plant which opened last month in Germany ’ s industrial heartland , was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Germany ’ s environmental movement .
But in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic , and with recession looming , the fight against the country ’ s coal lobby has been overshadowed .
“ It ’ s a climate crime , what ’ s happening here , ” says Lisa Göldner , a Greenpeace activist involved in the protests against Datteln 4 as steam billows from the cooling tower behind her .
“ I see it as part of our job to send messages of hope .
But I ’ m really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This feels like a lost battle.
” Despite being seen as a leader in climate policy , Germany has long been Europe ’ s laggard over the use of coal .
In January , after years of inaction and rising emissions , Berlin finally proposed phasing out coal by 2038 .
Shortly after — and before parliament has even passed the coal exit law — Berlin agreed to bring Datteln 4 online .
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climatedepot--2020-06-08--Covid-19 Economic Downturn Has No Affect On Rise In Atmospheric CO2 Levels

The Mauna Loa atmospheric CO2 concentration data continue to show no reduction in the rate of rise due to the @ @ @ @ @ This demonstrates how difficult it is to reduce global CO2 emissions without causing a major @ @ @ @ @ and exacerbation of poverty .
After removal of the strong seasonal cycle in Mauna Loa @ @ @ @ @ first order estimate of the CO2 influence of El Nino and La Nina activity ( @ @ @ @ @ 2020 update shows no indication of a reduction in the rate of rise in the @ @ @ @ @ the reduction in economic activity should have shown up .
I had previously explained why @ @ @ @ @ be large enough to affect measured atmospheric CO2 levels compared to natural variations in global @ @ @ @ @ .
The post Covid-19 Economic Downturn Has No Affect On Rise In Atmospheric CO2 Levelsappeared @ @ @ @ @ Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .


climatedepot--2020-06-08--New Study: Climate Impact Of Grazing Cattle Overestimated

The climate impact of grass-fed cattle may have been exaggerated as scientists find emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas from certain types of pasture are lower than previously thought .
Researchers from Rothamsted Research found urine from animals reared on pasture where white clover grows – a plant commonly sown onto grazing land to reduce the need for additional nitrogen fertiliser – results in just over half the amount of nitrous oxide previously assumed by scientists to be released .
Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas some 265 times more harmful than CO2 and can account for 40 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the study , Dr Laura Cardenas said : Due to technical and logistical challenges , field experiments which measure losses of nitrous oxide from soils usually add livestock faeces and urine they have sourced from other farms or other parts of the farm , meaning that the emissions captured do not necessarily represent the true emissions generated by the animals consuming the pasture.
” Writing in the journal Agriculture , Ecosystems and Environment , the team report how they created a near ‘ closed ’ system whereby the circular flow of nitrogen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ultimately , back to soil again , could be monitored .
Lead author of the study , Dr Graham McAuliffe and colleagues had previously discovered system-wide reductions of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the inclusion of white clover in pasture .
This conclusion was primarily driven by a lack of need for ammonium nitrate fertiliser , whose production and application create greenhouse gases .
According to Dr Cardenas , further research is required to explain the detailed mechanisms behind the observed complementarity between white clover and high sugar grasses – but that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sowing clover on the soil ’ s microbes .
As the UK wants to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century , improving our understanding of greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation potentials has never been more important , she added .
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climatedepot--2020-06-08--New Study Finds The Larsen Ice Shelf at Antarctic Peninsula Has Cooled More Than 2°C Since 1991

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climatedepot--2020-06-09--Defund the Police — Because Climate Change: ‘There Is No Climate Justice Without Defunding the Polic

Defund the Police — Because Climate Change: ‘There Is No Climate Justice Without Defunding the Police’

This was in yesterday ’ s RealClearEnergy feed… It ’ s from the Earther SJW ’ s at Gizmodo .
Here ’ s the link .
There are many very good reasons to defund and demilitarize police forces across the country , including the fact that research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ) shows it provides “ no detectable benefits in terms of officer safety or violent crime reduction , on average.
” But there ’ s another reason that ’ s also tied to the disproportionate suffering of black and brown communities .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and a militarized police force will only make those inequalities worse .
There ’ s a better way forward , though , one that prioritizes resilience—taking funding away from the force that is over-policing and racial profiling black communities , and putting that funding into preparing them for a 21st century of dangerous weather driven by the climate crisis .
I ’ m loathed to invoke the military in a post about demilitarization , but the Department of Defense does get one thing right on climate change .
It often refers to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ —climate change makes existing crises worse , particularly where people lack access to resources .
The Syrian Civil War is one example of how climate change can act that way , helping fuel a drought that in turn contributed to tipping the region into conflict .
There are everyday examples , too , like how wildfires affect those with respiratory issues or how incarcerated people are often left in harm ’ s way during hurricanes .
In the coming years , it ’ s all too likely we ’ ll see more protests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s driving the climate crisis .
Historical carbon emissions have already locked in even more dangerous weather—weather that will only get worse the longer that infrastructure is built and used .
That means the risk of a violent response from militarized police will almost certainly increase .
It ’ s why stopping the transfer of military-grade equipment to police is a first step to just climate adaptation .
It ’ s why ending bail and asset seizures that needlessly land people in jail is good climate policy .
And it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criminalize protests are bad climate policy and should be rolled back .
It ’ s impossible to disentangle the various threads of environmental racism and its ties with policing .
The history of redlining and police-enforced segregation has led to massive hotter neighborhoods and more people with chronic health problems tied to air pollution .
Despite that , large parts of the climate movement have so far remained silent about the current wave of protests and the role of policing in climate policy .
But without defunding the police , let alone more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there can never really be climate justice .
Windmills may slow the globe from heating , and seawalls may keep at least some neighborhoods dry when the next storm hits .
If the same violent policing system exists , however , there will still be only more danger for the very people climate change will hit the hardest .


climatedepot--2020-06-09--Not Now Greta, We Are Trying To Save The Global Economy

We are plunging into the worst recession in a century or more .
Economies are in lockdown .
Trade is collapsing , businesses are going bust , and with interest rates already at zero , and sometimes even less , there is not much ammunition left to fight that .
You might think running a central bank was already pretty hard right now .
But , hey , there is no problem quite so bad that Greta Thunberg and her climate change friends can ’ t find a way to make it a little bit worse .
They are accusing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate wreckers ” responsible for spewing out millions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere .
But hold on .
Even by the standards of the extreme wing of the environmental movement that is completely crazy .
Sure , some money is going to airlines and fossil fuel companies .
But that is because central banks are pumping money into the economy indiscriminately in a frantic effort to save it .
If the self-appointed climate police are allowed to have their way they will bring the whole economy crashing down .
The impeccably @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bank , Christine Lagarde , was probably a little taken aback to find her institution targeted on Twitter last week by the ferocious teenage activist Miss Thunberg .
“ The last 2 months the European Central Bank has injected 7,6 billion € into fossil fuels .
Allow me to doubt the seriousness of the EUs ’ so called ‘ green ’ recovery plan , ” she tweeted to her four million followers with her trademark mix of slightly wonky grammar and lethal sarcasm .
The complaint ?
According to an analysis by Greenpeace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bought more than €30bn ( £27bn ) of corporate bonds , of which €7.6bn were issued by oil and energy companies .
“ With the purchase of bonds from just seven big polluters , the ECB contributed an estimated 11.2 million tons of carbon emissions into the atmosphere , which is more than the entire annual emissions of Luxembourg , ” it argued .
Cripes .
It certainly sounds pretty bad .
The Bank of England is in just as much trouble .
It turns out that its Covid Corporate Financing Facility , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accessed by companies that climate change activists don ’ t exactly approve of .
According to Greenpeace UK “ airlines have been given … billions in cheap and easy loans to keep them polluting , without any commitments to reduce emissions or even keep workers on the payroll ” .
Even worse , “ cruise lines , pesticides and car companies have received similar largesse ” .
The Bank is “ bailing out climate wreckers , ” according to the Green MP Caroline Lucas .
To listen to some of the attacks being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by some miracle we manage to recover from Covid-19 we will all be in imminent danger of dying from climate change instead .
The trouble is , Greta , Greenpeace , and the rest of the environmental movement have got the wrong end of the stick .
The ECB is not giving money to fossil fuel companies .
It launched an emergency blast of quantitative easing as the eurozone went into lockdown .
As part of that , it bought corporate bonds , on a largely indiscriminate basis , as a way of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Shell , and the rest , already had the money .
The ECB mostly only buys in the secondary market .
At the margin , the most you could argue the Bank was doing was lowering the cost of capital for a few energy companies , but only in the sense that it is helping the entire economy by making money a bit cheaper .
It isn ’ t helping oil companies .
It is helping the economy , by injecting cash into it .
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climatedepot--2020-06-09--Skeptical Climate Scientists Protest Facebook’s Partisan Censorship on Climate in Open Letter to CEO

Skeptical Climate Scientists Protest Facebook’s Partisan Censorship on Climate in Open Letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook Gives “ False ” Rating to Work Published by Climate Scientists in Yet Another Example of Partisan Censorship Arlington , VA – The CO2 Coalition is pushing back against Facebook ’ s partisan censorship of an opinion article written by two members of the coalition of 50 climate scientists and energy economists .
The article , which was published by the Washington Examiner on August 25th , was titled “ The Great Failure of the Climate Models , ” and written by Dr. Patrick Michaels , a climatologist , and Dr. Caleb Stewart Rossiter , a climate statistician .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Facebook and as a result has been blocked from being forwarded seen by Facebook users .
The Facebook label of “ False ” is based on a review of the Michaels-Rossiter article by the hyper-partisan climate alarmist activist group Climate Feedback , a project of Science Feedback , one of Facebook ’ s “ fact-checking partners ” to help it determine whether content on its platform is valid .
Science Feedback and Climate Feedback are funded by climate alarmist Eric Michelman .
“ The review is replete with errors and simple differences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to inform and debate , but simply discredit , ” wrote CO2 Coalition Board Chairman Dr. Patrick Moore and Executive Director Dr. Caleb Rossiter in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg .
“ The scientific process of testing hypotheses deserves better than that.
” “ These actions by Facebook constitute censorship of science and defamation of our scholarship , ” they continued .
“ They appear to us to contradict Facebook ’ s stated role as a non-partisan site for the exchange of opinion and information , and the advancement of knowledge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Climate Feedback , a proponent of the alarmist narrative that itself is unsupported by the data and analysis of UN and US government agencies , the authority to censor its intellectual opponents ?
” A copy of the letter , which has been sent to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg , follows : We are writing to protest Facebook ’ s censorship of an opinion article written by two members of our coalition of 50 climate scientists and energy economists .
This article in the Washington Examiner was titled “ The Great Failure of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on August 25 , 2019 .
The authors were Dr. Patrick Michaels , a climatologist , and Dr. Caleb Stewart Rossiter , a climate statistician .
The article was labeled “ False ” by Facebook and as a result has been blocked from being forwarded or seen by Facebook users .
It can be found at : https : //www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/the-great-failure-of-the-climate-models These actions by Facebook constitute censorship of science and defamation of our scholarship .
They appear to us to contradict Facebook ’ s stated role as a non-partisan site for the exchange of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of knowledge and understanding .
The Facebook label of “ False ” is based on a review of the Michaels-Rossiter article by the hyper-partisan climate alarmist activist group Climate Feedback , a project of Science Feedback .
Science Feedback and Climate Feedback are funded by climate alarmist Eric Michelman .
The review is replete with errors and simple differences of opinion .
Its purpose is not to inform and debate , but simply discredit .
The scientific process of testing hypotheses deserves better than that .
The review can be found at : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Climate Feedback , a proponent of the alarmist narrative that itself is unsupported by the data and analysis of UN and US government agencies , the authority to censor its intellectual opponents ?
Support for our claim about the alarmist narrative and how it contradicts the data and analysis of these agencies can be found in Dr. Rossiter ’ s testimony and submissions to congressional hearings this year : https : //docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO28/20190430/109352/HHRG-116-GO28-Wstate-RossiterC-20190430-U1.pdf and http : //co2coalition.org/2019/07/25/u-s-government-climate-science-vs-u-s-government-climate-crisis/ .
Facebook subscribes to the principles of the International Fact-Checking Network .
Yet its reliance on Climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the network : non-partisanship and consultation .
Neither the authors nor the publisher were notified by Facebook or given a chance to dispute the Climate Feedback review prior to the labeling and censoring .
Climate models are complex attempts to mimic an even more complex system , the climate of planet earth .
They are important and controversial because their predictions form the basis of often-made but yet-to-be realized alarmist claims that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide will create a climate catastrophe , and so must be stopped , despite the dire consequences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interests of the public ’ s right to learn from an open debate on this important topic we ask that you remove Facebook ’ s censorship , labeling , and restrictions on this article .
Other scholars , such as atmospheric physicist Judith Curry , have also been subject to Facebook censorship in recent days .
We ask that Facebook not censor any voices in the climate debate , including those of Climate Feedback and other alarmist authors .
With deference to Voltaire , we disagree strongly with many of their opinions but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to express them .
The General Secretary of the World Meteorological Organization , one of the UNIPCC ’ s two convening bodies , recently said of people who exaggerate its reports : “ It ’ s not going to be the end of the world .
The world will just become more challenging…They are doomsters and extremists…The IPCC reports have been read in a similar way to the Bible : you try to find certain pieces…to justify your extreme views .
This resembles religious extremism…We should consider critically , and with reservations , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you to follow his plea , and not censor scientific opinion .
Attached you will find the memorandum we wrote to the Washington Examiner on the Facebook claim and the Climate Feedback conclusions and analysis , as well a letter referenced in that memorandum to the Governor of Texas , in which earlier this year three of our members disputed claims by a member of the Climate Feedback review team .


climatedepot--2020-06-09--If Solar’s Cheaper Than Coal As Claimed, Have We Beaten Climate Change?

It ’ s not necessary for us to actually agree with the following statement in order for us to derive a logical conclusion from it .
After all , we might demur a little about whether solar really is cheaper than coal , or ponder on whether simple cost per watt is quite the right way to measure between continuous and variable electricity sources .
However , if we do take this seriously then we are able to derive a useful logical conclusion from it : Building new solar power projects would generate cheaper electricity than running most of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to a global renewable energy report .
New figures have revealed that more than half of the world ’ s coal plants could be undercut by the falling cost of new large-scale solar projects , which are now more than 80 % cheaper to build than in 2010 .
The International Renewable Energy Agency ( Irena ) has found that up to 1,200 gigawatts of the world ’ s existing coal capacity could cost more to run than the cost of new utility-scale solar plants .
If energy companies replaced only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solar power projects or onshore wind farms , totalling 500 GW globally , they could save up to $ 23bn ( £18bn ) every year and wipe out 5 % of last year ’ s total global carbon emissions , according to Irena .
For recall what the original prognosis was .
That we ’ d carry on fuelling an ever growing industrialised society through the use of fossil fuels .
More , in the worst scenario ( what is now RCP8.5 ) we ’ d run out of conventional oil and gas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emmittive coal .
Now we ’ re being told that we ’ re simply not going to do that .
Solar is cheaper .
So , logically enough , people are going to install solar .
Why wouldn ’ t people install the cheaper option ?
This logic goes on to tell us that what we needed to do in order to beat climate change was get the cost of non-fossil energy sources down below those of fossil .
Which , as above , we ’ ve done .
We can now sit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drive the rest of the process .
After all , there is no one at all who favours fossil because they love clouds of black smoke now , is there ?
Future energy installations will be solar , driven by pure capitalistic greed , and we ’ re done .
We don ’ t have to overturn industrial society – or capitalism – itself .
We ’ ve solved the problem without doing that .
Which leads to two further pieces of logical deduction .
There are those who insist that we must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ society to beat climate change .
Even though we ’ ve already , as the figures above show , solved the problem .
A possible deduction from this is that they don ’ t believe the above numbers and our response to that must be , but , but , don ’ t you believe the science , deniers ?
The other would be that they ’ re – as they have been all along – just looking for a reason to over turn capitalism and any old thing will do there .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ ve made non-fossil fuel energy generation cheaper than fossil then we really have already beaten climate change .
No more need be done .


climatedepot--2020-06-09--An Inconvenient Truth: Gore Spectacularly Wrong on Snows of Kilimanjaro: ‘Huge, year-round glaciers

An Inconvenient Truth: Gore Spectacularly Wrong on Snows of Kilimanjaro: ‘Huge, year-round glaciers and snowfall’ continue

In his 2006 book , An Inconvenient Truth , Al Gore asserted there would be no more snows on Mt .
Kilimanjaro by the year 2016 .
To the contrary , Mt .
Kilimanjaro , located just 205 miles from the equator in Tanzania , continues to host huge , year-round glaciers and snowfall on a regular basis .
In fact , today ’ s eight-day weather forecast for Mt .
Kilimanjaro , provided by weather.com via Google , shows a forecast of snow every day for the foreseeable future .
On page 45 of his 2006 book , Gore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University , is the world ’ s leading expert on mountain glaciers .
Here he is at the top of Kilimanjaro in 2000 with the pitiful last remnants of one of its great glaciers .
He predicts that within 10 years there will be no more ‘ Snows of Kilimanjaro.
’ ” However , the website www.just-kilimanjaro.com reports the snow-capped mountain peak continues to exist “ with permanent glaciers covering its entire tip.
” The website www.deeperafrica.com reports similar year-round snow .
“ Ice and snow can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upper reaches .
There are massive glaciers , ice fields , and towering walls of ice that blaze in the equatorial sun , ” the website reports .
And , finally , here is today ’ s eight-day forecast for Mt .
Kilimanjaro , as provided by weather.com via Google : Climate alarmism is “ settled science , ” right ?
Challenging the claims of Al Gore and other climate alarmists is “ denying climate science ” and “ attacking science ” right ?
We at Climate Realism will keep you posted on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soon by Al Gore .
[ The Wikimedia Commons image of Mt .
Kilimanjaro is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File : Mt._Kilimanjaro_12.2006.JPG under the creative commons cc-by-sa 3.0 license . ]
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climatedepot--2020-06-09--School Children Brainwashed About Climate Change: ‘Encouraging kids to imagine apocalyptic futures i

School Children Brainwashed About Climate Change: ‘Encouraging kids to imagine apocalyptic futures is not education’

I came across this GCSE revision guide a while ago , since when it has gathered dust !
Having now had a chance to read it , I was taken aback by the section on climate change .
The whole chapter reads as little more than a propaganda sheet , filled with inaccuracies , half truths , emotive slogans , subliminal messages and a total lack of historical perspective .
I have highlighted parts of it , but in truth I could have highlighted the whole lot !
Just to pick up on a few points : 1 ) They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last 150 years , yet there is no mention at all of the Little Ice Age , or the fact that the very same glaciers expanded massively during that era .
Ironically , the chapter unwittingly contradicts itself on the final page , when it shows graphs for global temperatures and CO2 – note how CO2 levels began increasing from 1860 , yet temperatures only began rising after 1900 .
Also the rise from then until 1940 was comparable to recent decades , despite the rise in CO2 being much smaller then .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ warming on CO2 is over simplistic .
2 ) They claim that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent .
There is zero evidence to support this claim , as even the IPCC accept .
In particular , the reference to increase in tropical storms is without foundation .
3 ) The claim that the UK has experienced some of the wettest , windiest and driest weather is also contradicted by the data .
Indeed , as far as the last two are concerned the opposite is the case .
4 ) They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as high as they are now .
This is quite an astonishing claim , given that they have been much higher than now for most of the Earth ’ s history .
5 ) The next section called “ What are the alternative futures ” , is nothing more than an indulgence in scaremongering , with little basis in fact .
Encouraging kids to imagine apocalyptic futures is not education .
6 ) Then we come to the case study in sea levels .
Notice how they have gone from the previous claim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a map drawn at 5 metres above sea level .
7 ) If that lot was not bad enough , we finish with the spider diagram , specifically intended to get children to imagine the likely impacts of global warming .
Earthquakes , tsunamis , mass extinctions , plague , Greenland melting , nuclear war , refugees .
Note also the subliminal messaging – Stern Report and Act Now .
Whoever has written this guide clearly has little knowledge about the subject , and has simply picked up a few talking points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The worry of course is that it is not just the guide we are talking about .
The whole of that particular GCSE course would have been based around the same nonsense .
I realise that this particular guide was last published in 2015 , and is specific to Welsh schools .
But I very much doubt whether the current geography syllabus is in any meaningful way much different .
The guide was , by the way , originally published in 2010 , so at the very least there is a large @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been brainwashed .
It is little wonder that the younger generation have become so paranoid about climate change .