climatedepot--2020-08-31--Data Shows ‘Global Warming’ Isn’t Behind California Wildfires

Global Warming alarmists have a habit of blaming everything on global warming .
They even pivoted to the term “ climate change ” so they weren ’ t hemmed in by catastrophes that might be the result of global cooling .
So , naturally , global warming is the reason for both the existence of wildfires ( primarily but not entirely in California ) as well as their number , frequency , and severity .
The “ argument , ” such as it is , goes something like this : global warming makes the air warmer , which more efficiently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ easier to set ablaze .
Like most nonsense arguments , it fails to account for all the other factors that are involved in wildfires .
The oversimplification and lack of intellectual and scientific rigor is a hallmark of Leftist “ thought , ” and this scenario is no different .
We can dispense with the claim that the number of fires has been increasing .
The National Interagency Fire Center shows that there is no obvious trend whatsoever , with an average of 41,617 fires per year and a standard deviation of 5,283 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ variance , as well .
There ’ s more .
The area of forest land that has been burned in the US – even in years where consumption was greatest — is far below both the average and peak years from 1926 to 1950 .
Remember , the peak period of fires occurred prior to the years of alleged man-made global warming .
The reduction in fire isn ’ t because of deforestation , either .
The USDA Forest Service reports that forest area “ has been relatively stable since 1910.
” Yes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Northeasterly winds kick up and spread the fires .
Some spark , such as lightning strikes or arson or public utility incompetence , lights the proverbial match .
Yet none of this is the result of global warming .
California is dry in the summer because the Pacific Ocean doesn ’ t throw off thunderstorms .
It ’ s cooler than the Atlantic .
The jet stream also shifts further north in summer .
Thus , by the time “ fire season ” rolls around , all the fuel lying around for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out .
Even if they weren ’ t dried out , the winds that kick up during fires would dry them out anyway .
All of this is to say that “ global warming ” doesn ’ t matter .
California is dry , period .
Fuel is added to the inevitable fire during the winter rains , as more grass and plant life grows .
When summer rolls around , all of this life still dries out , adding to the undergrowth .
Does global warming contribute to higher rainfall in California @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and therefore more fuel ?
Nope .
The National Climate Assessment demonstrates that rainfall from December to March has no discernible pattern .
This leaves the question of the winds .
Almost every wildfire in California is accompanied by the famous Santa Ana winds .
These winds are generated in the intermountain west by high pressure at the surface that builds up .
Once it crests at the level of the terrain , known as “ ridging , ” the winds start to blow .
Is global warming responsible for increased ridging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggest that there is not .
There are other factors that contribute to the wildfire situation .
If one insists on attaching human involvement in wildfires , it isn ’ t global warming that ’ s the culprit .
A major contributor to wildfires is fire suppression itself .
While there is an obvious need to protect homes and property , there is a natural inclination to just knock down fires wherever they spring up .
Yet doing so creates thick underlayers of growth that merely provide more fuel for the next fire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fire serves a purpose .
We refer to wildfires as “ devastating ” but any biologist will tell you that fires burn overgrowth , effectively “ re-booting ” nature in any given area .
When chaparral and other growth become thick and prevalent , most wildlife moves on and is replaced by scavengers and bottom-feeders .
New life emerges when areas burn naturally and burn out naturally .
Fire suppression forestalls this process .
Fire suppression is unnatural , and we ’ ve been doing it since 1905 .
Then there ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preservation of land seems to be almost sacred in comparison to permitting timber activity of any kind .
That creates more fuel .
Almost half of California is federal land and political battles have restricted the timber industry , as well as livestock grazing .
Not only that , but the importance of controlled burns – “ prescribed fires ” to reduce fuel – is also undisputed .
The National Forest Service says : However , a host of problems have kept this tool in check in California .
The sad state of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t the problem .
Seven months after the Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed much of Paradise , and with another potentially catastrophic wildfire season getting underway , a growing body of experts say California is neglecting a major tool in its battle against mega-fires : the practice of fighting fire with fire .
These experts say state and federal firefighting agencies should allow more fires that don ’ t threaten the public to run their natural course .
What ’ s more , they say fire agencies should conduct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are deliberately set , under carefully controlled conditions , to reduce the fuels that can feed a disaster .
In California , the debate over prescribed burns is complicated by a deadly history with wildfires that have grown quickly out of control , the state ’ s stringent environmental regulations , fear of liability lawsuits and infringement on property rights , and the huge swaths of federal forestland with their own management rules and oversight .
There are several other problematic policies that set communities up for wildfires .
Almost one in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wildfire zones .
The lunacy of permitting high-risk wildfire areas to be zoned for residential housing can be laid at the feet of the state and federal governments .
While multiple parties stand to benefit from the creation of housing – home builders , the construction lobby , large businesses seeking new population zones to open stores – it is the state and local government that stands to benefit the most .
Property taxes aren ’ t as lucrative on undeveloped land , after all .
New neighborhoods bring people , which bring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to go to school .
Schools require teachers and unions , and more government services and regulations , and of course , more income taxes .
The wealthier the community , the higher the taxes that get collected .
Insurance companies are hip to these poor decisions , however .
They have become increasingly restrictive in writing and maintaining policies in wildland-urban fire zones .
Naturally , the California state government tried but failed ( this time ) to force them to insure those zones where homeowners engaged in mitigation , known @ @ @ @ @ @ @ line is that global warming does not cause or contribute to wildfires in California .
Foolish and short-sighted policies are to blame .
Read more at The Pipeline The post Data Shows ‘ Global Warming ’ Isn ’ t Behind California Wildfires first appeared on Climate Change Dispatch .


climatedepot--2020-08-31--The Green-Energy Road To A Blackout Nation

California leads the way to electricity blackouts , closely followed by South Australia .
They both created this problem by taxing , banning , delaying , or demolishing reliable coal , nuclear , gas , or hydro-generators while subsidizing and promoting unreliable electricity from the sickly green twins — solar and wind .
All are supposed to solve a global warming crisis that exists only in academic computer models .
Energy policy should be driven by proven reliability , efficiency , and cost , not by green politics .
Wind and solar will always be prone to blackouts for three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , producing zero power when winds drops or sunlight fails .
Second , green energy is dilute , so the collection area must be huge .
Both solar panels and wind turbines are old technologies and now close to collecting the maximum energy from a given land area of wind and sun , so limited technology gains are possible .
Wind turbines generate nothing from gentle breezes and must shut down in gales .
To collect more energy , the green twins must collect from greater areas using a widespread scatter of panels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of roads and transmission lines .
This flimsy system is far more susceptible to damage from cyclones , hail , and the like than a big , well built , centrally located , well maintained traditional power station with strong walls , a roof , and lightning protection .
Green energy also requires far more investment in transmission lines and interconnectors , and the energy transmission losses are greater .
Third , green energy is like a virus in a distribution network .
When the sun shines , solar energy floods the network @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Coal and gas plants are forced to operate at a cash loss or shut down .
Erratic winds make this problem worse as they are less predictable and changes can be quicker .
But when all green energy fails suddenly , like in an evening peak demand period after a still cold sunset , coal can not ramp up quickly unless it has been kept on standby with boilers hot , waiting for an opportunity to generate some positive cash flow .
Gas and hydro can fire up swiftly , but who wants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an expensive fair-dinkum power station that operates intermittently ?
Currently , hydro , or stop-start gas turbines on standby , or coal generators fired up but not generating are keeping Australian lights on during green-energy blackouts .
But no one will build new reliable generators to operate part-time .
Soon we will have daytime where there are heaps of electricity , producing no profit for any generator , and nighttime when electricity prices will soar and blackouts will threaten .
Authorities have their solution : rationing .
They will use a blackout crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blackouts of whole suburbs , areas , or factories or selective consumer blackouts using smart meters .
There are many contestants in the battery growth “ industry , ” including pumped hydro , lithium batteries , compressed air , big flywheels , hydrogen storage , capacitors , and molten salt .
They all need to be able to cope with a few days without wind-solar , which makes them huge and expensive .
And all are net consumers of energy as they go through the charge-discharge cycle .
Half-ton Li/Co/Pb batteries are huge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , mining , and refining metals and for concrete , battery manufacture , transport , and construction ; energy to charge them and absorb the inevitable losses in the charge-discharge cycle ; energy to build battery warehouses ; and finally energy to recycle or bury worn out batteries ( which wear out far quicker than coal , gas , hydro , or nuclear power stations ) .
Few people consider the extra generating capacity needed to maintain charged batteries .
Solar energy at best delivers power for about eight hours per day when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or dust in the air .
So a solar array needs batteries with a capacity of twice name-plate capacity just to cover the hours of darkness , every day .
These batteries then need extra generating capacity to charge them during daylight hours .
But a solar system also needs to be able to cope with up to seven days of cloudy weather .
This needs seven times more batteries plus the generating capacity to charge them .
The Big Battery in South Australia has a capacity of 150 MW and cost $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is about 22,500 MW which would require 150 SA batteries and adding a 10 % factor of safety = 165 batteries .
The cost could be 165 X $ 160m = $ 26.4bn .
No matter whether the battery is stored hydrogen or pumped hydro , the cost to stabilize 100 % green energy would be prohibitively expensive .
Before we leap over this green cliff , those who claim otherwise must be obliged to demonstrate a working pilot plant without coal , gas , or diesel .
Wind power suffers the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wind droughts are a common feature .
At times wind turbines drain electricity from the grid .
To maintain grid stability , the generators must charge batteries which can then supply a steady stream of electricity to the grid .
This requires many more transmission lines and battery connections .
At this point the math/costs of zero-emissions with 100 % solar/wind become preposterous .
And the ecological disruption becomes enormous .
When Danish windmills stand silent , they import hydropower from Scandinavia .
When German solar panels are covered in snow , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ California can draw power from Canada .
But Australia is an island .
When the grid fails , Tasmanian hydro or New Zealand geothermal are the closest reliable-energy neighbors .
The looming COVID Depression has no room for more green energy silliness .
We can not afford to mollycoddle an aging failing technology .
A hard , dangerous new world is coming .
To survive we will need cheap reliable energy — coal , gas , nuclear or hydro .
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climatedepot--2020-08-31--New Book Argues For More Science Skeptics — Except In Climatology

Psychologist Stuart Ritchie is the author of a new book , Science Fictions : How Fraud , Bias , Negligence , and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth .
In the words of his publisher , it demonstrates that “ failures in peer review and mistakes in statistics have rendered a shocking number of scientific studies useless.
” Ritchie declares the scientific publication process “ badly broken.
” He argues persuasively that enormous resources are being wasted , and that our heads “ are being filled with ‘ facts ’ that are either incorrect , exaggerated , or drastically misleading.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ my 2016 report , Peer Review : Why Skepticism is Essential .
But new scandals and controversies have emerged since then , and Ritchie does a great job of explaining why all of this matters .
But there ’ s a catch .
Here we have an author lamenting delusion and self-deception .
Here we have an author championing skepticism and hard-headed empiricism .
Yet he , himself , utterly refuses to confront what all of the above implies about climate science .
If significant numbers of peer-reviewed papers in psychology , economics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ geoscience , and medicine can ’ t be reproduced/replicated when third parties attempt to do so , if many published studies really are useless , on what basis shall we go on imagining that climate research is a separate case ?
How can that field possibly be exempt from problems that are widespread elsewhere ?
Environmental research has , after all , been highly politicized for at least two decades .
Cambridge University Press was urged by scientists to withdraw Bjorn Lomborg ’ s The Skeptical Environmentalist from publication – to essentially burn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reasonable observer might therefore suspect that climate research is saturated with tribalism and bias , rather than the opposite .
Ergo : many of the studies on which politicians now base their climate decisions must be unreliable .
How ironic that Ritchie is incapable of following his own arguments to their logical conclusion .
Nevertheless , it ’ s difficult not to feel sympathy for this young academic .
His book was no doubt completed late last year .
He had no way of anticipating that a deadly new coronavirus was about to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ioannidis , one of the people he cites extensively in his book , would respond to the pandemic in unexpected ways .
Two weeks before Science Fictions was released in mid-July , Ritchie published an essay titled There should never be heroes in science .
It begins by telling us about the late Hans Eysenck , once the most-cited psychologist in Britain .
Throughout the latter half of the 20th century , this eminent personality ( who died in 1997 ) , devoted much of his energy to keeping his own profession honest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ authored “ blistering critiques of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy , noting the unscientific nature of Freudian theories and digging into the evidence base for therapy ’ s effects on mental health.
” Last year , more than a dozen of Eysenck ’ s papers were retracted .
Dozens more are now officially considered questionable .
An investigation by Kings College London concurred with critics who ’ ve long been concerned about the quality of Eysenck ’ s data and “ the implausibility of the results presented.
” In other words , this “ strong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ better at identifying the flaws in other people ’ s reasoning , than in producing bulletproof research of his own .
Ritchie then turns his attention to Ioannidis : It ’ s fair to say that Stanford University ’ s John Ioannidis is a hero of mine .
He ’ s the medical researcher who made waves in 2005 with a paper carrying the firecracker title “ Why Most Published Research Findings are False ” , and who has published an eye-watering number of papers outlining problems in clinical trials , economics , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more .
…Ioannidis ’ s contribution to science has been to make it far more open , honest , and self-reflective about its flaws .
How odd it is , then , to see his failure to follow his own advice .
Ritchie points to a March 2020 article in which Ioannidis legitimately observed that politicians were making decisions about how to respond to the coronavirus “ without reliable data.
” Five months on , that ’ s still true .
Many of the numbers currently available to us are compromised in one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ own hunches are correct is a different matter altogether .
Writes Ritchie : Yesterday , American deaths from COVID-19 exceeded 187,000 .
Even if that count is wrong by 20 % in either direction , we ’ re definitely talking a different ballpark .
Ritchie tells us Ioannidis has since authored more than one piece of COVID-related research marred by serious design flaws .
Even the best minds amongst us , therefore , succumb to bias .
Even professional skeptics can exhibit , as Ritchie says , a “ strong aversion to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Here ’ s the last paragraph in Ritchie ’ s essay : I invite you to re-read that sentence in bold font .
So says a man whose book dismisses climate skeptics in peremptory fashion .
In fact , Ritchie ends his final chapter by referencing a famous cartoon that implies climate policies will automatically create a “ better world ” even if the climate crisis turns out to be overblown .
This is unfortunate .
Ritchie ’ s argument is that improving the way research is conducted makes sense even if we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gone very wrong with science.
” But that famous climate cartoon naively presupposes that good intentions are enough , that climate programs have no negative consequences , that government policies are never counterproductive , ill-conceived , or designed to financially benefit political donors .
The post New Book Argues For More Science Skeptics , Except In Climatology first appeared on Climate Change Dispatch .


climatedepot--2020-08-31--4,500 Extra Police To Fight Climate Protests, Raves Across London

More than 4,500 extra officers will be deployed on London ’ s streets over the bank holiday weekend to police a fresh wave of environmental protests and dozens of illegal raves to replace Notting Hill Carnival .
The Extinction Rebellion group plans to target airports and block roads with rallies , marches , and sit-ins as it renews its campaign of “ non-violent direct action ” which last year brought central London to a standstill .
Anneka Sutcliffe , from XR Actions Circle , said a “ few thousand ” people had indicated they would join the protests , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Square , Buckingham Palace , Westminster Cathedral and Smithfield Market to converge at a central location .
Meanwhile , Met chiefs have urged people to stay away from the traditional carnival route and watch this year ’ s festivities online .
Officers have intelligence that up to 80 unlicensed music events are being planned across the city .
Commander Bas Javid urged revelers : “ Watch the celebration of Carnival from the comfort of your own home .
We urge people not to come into the traditional area to celebrate .
There are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gatherings of people , officers will be deployed to interact with those gathered.
” The Metropolitan Police has responded to more than 1,000 unlicensed events since the end of June , with officers coming under attack at some in ugly scenes .
Mr. Javid added : “ Unlicensed music events are a blight on our communities and cause untold distress and fear , often attracting criminal behavior and violence — if you have any information about an unlicensed music event , contact us so we can respond quickly to close them down .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ be out celebrating the holiday , and we want them to so safely — reminding Londoners of the restrictions which are in place to keep them safe.
” From today , anyone organizing an unlicensed music event or “ any other unlawful gathering of 30 people or more ” could face fines of up to £10,000 .
Ken Marsh , chairman of the rank-and-file Met Police Federation , said : “ Officers don ’ t want to be lambs to the slaughter this weekend and be attacked at unlicensed music events and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deal with anything put in front of us but I have great concerns it will get out of control .
This weekend has all the ingredients to be very , very stressful.
” The post 4,500 Extra Police To Fight Climate Protests , Raves Across London first appeared on Climate Change Dispatch .


climatedepot--2020-08-31--Young Generation Threatens Older Generation With Spreading COVID-19 If They Don’t Bow To Climate Ala

Young Generation Threatens Older Generation With Spreading COVID-19 If They Don’t Bow To Climate Alarm!

“ The corona crisis is a test case for global emergency prevention and management in general , “ says lead author Kira Vinke .
“ The pandemic has shown that when reaction time is kept to a minimum , a larger public health crisis can be averted .
In fact , we should take this very lesson to heart and apply it to managing the climate emergency.
“ Vinke and the team of authors have looked at four dimensions of risk management : diagnosis , prognosis , therapy , and rehabilitation .
They deduced which lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temperature .
“ The risks and causes of both the coronavirus and the climate crisis have to be scientifically assessed and quantified , “ explains PIK director and co-author Johan Rockström .
But just as important as diagnostics are prognostic approaches : “ Countries like New Zealand and Germany were able to predict the outbreak ’ s possible effects and moreover had the ability of immediate action .
In the same vein , the global community must integrate climate risks assessments into decision making and act accordingly.
“ The authors argue that insights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identify pathways for treating the causes and symptoms of climate change .
“ Both the Corona and the climate crisis are the result of increasing human pressure on the planet , “ says co-author Sabine Gabrysch , “ But the good news is that the pandemic has demonstrated that with a combination of government action and individual lifestyle changes , it is possible to prevent damages .
If there is a will , there is a way.
” The researchers conclude by proposing an intergenerational Climate Corona Contract informed by reason and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ director and co-author Hans Joachim Schellnhuber explains : “ Younger generations would agree to protect the elderly from COVID-19 by adhering to social distancing measures , while the older generations would push for measures to keep global warming in line with the Paris Agreement.
” Thus , the researchers ’ outlook is cautiously optimistic : The outpouring of generosity and new forms of social interactions in the wake of the pandemic show great potentials for cooperation towards the much needed stabilization of the global climate .
Article : Kira Vinke , Sabine Gabrysch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hans Joachim Schellnhuber ( 2020 ) : Corona and the Climate : A Comparison of Two Emergencies .
Global Sustainability .
DOI : [ 10.1017/sus.2020.20 ]


climatedepot--2020-08-31--Watch Morano on TV: GOP & conservatives would never have allowed COVID lockdowns if a Democrat was P

Watch Morano on TV: GOP & conservatives would never have allowed COVID lockdowns if a Democrat was President

The Ezra Levant Show - Rebel News TV - Broadcast August - Ezra Levant : `` I think Morano was the first pandemic skeptic I ever spoke with . ''
Morano : You had the entire Trump administration fall in line and gave Fauci daily briefings .
Had this been a Democratic president when this happened , I think we would have had a lot more skepticism because people , Republicans , conservatives , libertarians , people on the right would have stood up to a [ Democrat ] president who was essentially allowing the shutdown of the entire country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I do n't think people questioned it as much .
They thought 'Well if even Trump is convinced this must be bad , ' so in a way , having Trump president may have worked against us here ( in fighting lockdowns ) ... “ Their first instinct at the CDC is always the fear because it generates the crisis situation which gives them more power .
So I never bought into this ... it 's been an insane fight , but I feel that we 're losing it .
Even with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ battle .
Trump 's still touting the Neil Ferguson discredited model that he saved millions of lives .
President Trump still does n't publicly get it.
” Would conservatives allow COVID-19 to shut down the entire country if it wasn ’ t under President Trump ?
On the latest episode of The Ezra Levant Show , Marc Morano joins me to talk about the World Health Organization ’ s mismanagement of COVID-19 .
Here ’ s what Marc had to say about the American response to coronavirus : Marc goes on to ask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president to “ shut down the entire country ” in the same way that Trump did .
Ezra Levant : “ You ’ ll notice that with the pandemic which is statistically over has been over since May well that doesn ’ t mean that the government is done the mass bylaws all started in august even though the matter was over in May now vaccines are the next step .
But now the UN is saying well even vaccines aren ’ t the end of it .
This is a perpetual crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ joining us now via Skype to talk about this is someone who I think was the first pandemic skeptic I ever spoke with .
( See Morano ’ s March 9 , 2020 interview with Ezra : Watch : Morano on TV : Coronavirus hysteria is the future environmentalists want : – The Ezra Levant ’ s Show – Morano : ‘ If you like life under coronavirus fears and government action , then you ’ ll love life under the climate agenda.
’ ) I ’ m talking about our friend Marc @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Great to see you again Marc .
Marc Morano : “ The first instinct with the CDC is always the fear because it generates the crisis situation which gives them more power so I never bought into this .
I feel like we ’ re losing it even with President Trump we are losing this battle [ fighting COVID lockdowns ] .
Trump ’ s still touting Neil Ferguson ’ s ( of Imperial College London ’ s ) discredited model that he saved millions of lives .
President Trump still doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ We know from global warming , if you grant the underlying premise then you ’ ve lost already .
I remember our first conversation , you were so bold and I wasn ’ t…You were looking at it from a CDC , World Health Organization point of view .
I guess uh your skepticism was better than my skepticism.
” Marc Morano : “ I think we all were initially scared especially with the propaganda coming out of China .
They had a video of people dropping dead in the streets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their homes and then you had Fauci out there just on a scare campaign .
You had the entire Trump administration fall in line and gave Fauci daily briefings .
Had this been a Democratic president when this happened , I think we would have had a lot more skepticism because people , Republicans , conservatives , libertarians , people on the right would have stood up to a [ Democrat ] president who was essentially allowing the shutdown of the entire country .
I think because it was Trump , I don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much .
They thought ‘ Well if even Trump is convinced this must be bad , ’ so in a way , having Trump president may have worked against us here ( in fighting lockdowns ) .
” March 9 , 2020 interview with Ezra : Watch : Morano on TV : Coronavirus hysteria is the future environmentalists want : – The Ezra Levant ’ s Show – Morano : ‘ If you like life under coronavirus fears and government action , then you ’ ll love life under the climate agenda.
’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID hysteria : “ The greatest threat we face is the government and media counter-reaction to this virus .
It ’ s really a chilling effect and it should be an eye-opener to anyone willing to investigate what the climate activists , what the media what the UN officials have to say about this .
They are just drooling at the prospect of this government expansion the government power that ’ s going to happen because of coronavirus fears and they want to apply those powers for the climate .
And they want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way of living they want the public to get used to the travel restrictions , get used to quarantine , get used to as the UK power chief said — get used to electricity only when it ’ s available .
They want people to get used to living the life they want only when it ’ s government approved and okayed by your health official .
This is the vision living under a quarantined viral virus hysteria is how the climate activists envision the future living under a climate emergency .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If you like life under coronavirus fears and government action , then you ’ ll love life under the climate agenda.
” The Great Reset : WHO declares ‘ We can not 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 ’ Analysis Claims : Anthony Fauci , the NIH ’ s face of the coronavirus , is a ‘ deeply embedded administrative state hack ’


climatedepot--2020-09-01--Watch an Aussie Politician Squirm as Sen. Malcolm Roberts demands Evidence Climate Change is a Probl

Watch an Aussie Politician Squirm as Sen. Malcolm Roberts demands Evidence Climate Change is a Problem

One Nation federal senator Malcolm Roberts wants a simple answer from the Aussie CSIRO : what is the evidence that anthropogenic CO2 emissions are causing dangerous climate change ?
So far , the answer appears to be CO2 is a problem , because other people think other people think CO2 is a problem .
Marcott himself said the following about using his paper to draw conclusions about industrial era temperature rise ; 20th century portion of our paleotemperature stack is not statistically robust , can not be considered representative of global temperature changes , and therefore is not the basis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s original Q & A which contains that quote is available on RealClimate .
The CSIRO published the following statement on their website .
Statement in response to comments made by Senator Malcolm Roberts .
CSIRO stands behind its researchers and the integrity of the research produced by them .
CSIRO ’ s demonstrated record of scientific excellence is underpinned by our commitment to the full and transparent participation in the scientific peer review process which results in evidence-based science of the highest quality , including making data publicly available .
CSIRO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the world for its four core fields of science , and in the world ’ s top 1 per cent for the other 14 fields .
We rank in the top 3 of the world ’ s national science agencies for our impact .
CSIRO ’ s climate briefings to Senator Roberts as well as subsequent responses to his questions are publicly available on the Senate website .
From Senator Malcolm Roberts description of his senate video ( top video ) : This afternoon I asked questions to the Prime Minister via @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had just told Senator Corman that the CSIRO has been caught out relying on discredited scientific papers and unvalidated models as the basis for advice to government on climate policy , he still supports them 100 % .
In fact he gave them a glowing endorsement .
QUESTION 1 .
Thank you , Mr President .
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister , Senator Cormann .
In 2016 , 17 , 19 and 20 I cross-examined CSIRO ’ s climate research team on four presentations to me .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activity is a danger ; • CSIRO admitted today ’ s temperatures are NOT unprecedented ; • CSIRO ’ s cited papers do NOT show rate of temp rise is unprecedented ; • CSIRO has never quantified any specific impact from human CO2 ; • CSIRO relies on unvalidated , erroneous models ; • CSIRO relied on discredited papers ; • CSIRO showed little understanding of papers cited ; • CSIRO admits to no due diligence on reports & data ; • CSIRO allows politicians to misrepresent CSIRO without correction ; • Fifteen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What is the basis for the government ’ s climate and energy policies ?
QUESTION 2 .
Your ministers for climate and energy and preceding Lib-Nationals and Labor-Greens govts claimed that climate and renewable energy policies are based on CSIRO advice , yet CSIRO ’ s climate team admitted to me that CSIRO has never stated carbon dioxide from human activity is a danger and when asked for the source of that political claim suggested I ask politicians and ministers .
On what basis is your govt claiming we need to cut the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transport and driving cars ?
QUESTION 3 .
The CSIRO climate research team ’ s position ultimately relies on unvalidated and erroneous computer models that are not suitable as a basis for policy .
In implying , falsely , that they have confidence in the models yet have never assigned a quantitatively calculated confidence level , CSIRO has misled you .
Will your government hold an independent inquiry into the so-called science that is supposedly the basis of your climate and energy policies ?
When future historians try to trace the chain of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trillions of dollars on green boondoggles , when our descendants try to identify the chain evidence which was used to justify such expenditure , they will fail .
Because there is no actual evidence to be found .
Our descendants will recognise the climate movement for what it is ; one of the great collective mass insanities , like Tulip mania or the South Sea Bubble .
They will marvel that millions of people as a group abandoned common sense and followed the herd , for reasons probably even they could never clearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200831-Examination-of-CSIRO-Evidence-for-Climate-Policies.pdf Here is the press release : https : //www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/senator-roberts-calls-on-csiro-head-to-resign/ Here is the media conference : https : //youtu.be/QIWZSjQ18CY Here is one single coverage I can see from Sky News : https : //www.skynews.com.au/details/_6185920949001


climatedepot--2020-09-01--Joe Bastardi’s Point-by-point rebuttal of Kamala Harris’s unscientific climate tweet

1 ) wildfires less than 20 % of earlier 20th century in acreage burned .
2 ) Hurricane ace index/storm near record lows this year , Globally no increase .
EPAC/WPAC well below average So is total Global production this season .
3 ) Much worse storms than what we see now have always run rampant .
The list is legion and too numerous to name .
4 ) Heatwaves are nothing compared to the 1930s , and if you didn ’ t have rolling blackouts due to energy policy , there would be less problems , Why the rest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the example of California is beyond any rational person .
Besides cold kills more than warm , another fact ignored .
Honestly , sometimes I marvel at things like this .
Outrageous statements such as these are gifts that keep on giving .
1 ) wildfires less than 20 % of earlier 20th century in acreage burned .
2 ) Hurricane ace index/storm near record lows this year , Globally no increase .
EPAC/WPAC well below average So is total Global production this season .
3 ) Much worse storms than what we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The list is legion and too numerous to name .
4 ) Heatwaves are nothing compared to the 1930s , and if you didn ’ t have rolling blackouts due to energy policy , there would be less problems , Why the rest of the nation would want to adopt the example of California is beyond any rational person .
Besides cold kills more than warm , another fact ignored .
Obviously the person making this statement either does not know these facts , or does and simply seeks to hide them to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be no other conclusion .
Apparently Kamala Harris does not understand that previous times as warm as today were known as climate optimums , not climate emergencies .
We can go on and on , but in this case brevity makes the point .


climatedepot--2020-09-01--Media’s Annual Arctic Meltdown Scare Debunked

'Arctic sea ice extent , while low this year , is running well above the record low in 2012 . '
'Arctic temperatures are not “ rising twice as fast as the global average ” .
Indeed they have nor risen at all since 2004 , and current temperatures are similar to those in the 1930s and 40s . '
'Greenland 's growth in the ice sheet this year has been virtually in line with 1981-2010 mean , following one of the shortest melt seasons in recent years ' NOAA reported in 2019 that 'Greenland ’ s outlet glaciers have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eight years ' Antarctic 'sea ice extent is expanding well above the mean as it approaches its maximum extent' Every year alarmist scientists claim the Arctic is melting down , but it never actually happens : GENEVA — The United Nations weather agency says this summer will go down for leaving a “ deep wound ” in the cryosphere — the planet ’ s frozen parts — amid a heat wave in the Arctic , shrinking sea ice and the collapse of a leading Canadian ice shelf .
The World Meteorological Organization said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rising twice as fast as the global average , provoking what spokeswoman Clare Nullis called a “ vicious circle.
” “ The rapid decline of sea ice in turn contributes to more warming , and so the circle goes on and the consequences do not stay in the Arctic , ” Nullis said during a regular U.N. briefing in Geneva .
The weather agency said in a statement that many new temperature records have been set in recent months , including in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk .
The town , located in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reached 38 degrees Celsius ( 100 F ) on June 20 .
“ What we saw in Siberia this year was exceptionally bad , was exceptionally severe , ” Nullis said .
She noted a heat wave across the Arctic , record-breaking wildfires in Siberia , nearly record-low sea ice extent , and the collapse of one of the last fully intact Canadian ice shelves .
So let ’ s look at the actual facts : Arctic sea ice extent , while low this year , is running well above the record low @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ rising twice as fast as the global average ” .
Indeed they have nor risen at all since 2004 , and current temperatures are similar to those in the 1930s and 40s .
The so-called heatwave at Verkhohansk was only 0.7C hotter than in 1988 , and there is no evidence whatsoever that wildfires in Siberia are “ record-breaking ” .
And the alarmists ’ favourite talking point of Greenland does not even get a mention .
Could that be because the growth in the ice sheet this year has been virtually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ following one of the shortest melt seasons in recent years ?
Or that at the end of last year , NOAA were reporting that Greenland ’ s outlet glaciers have barely shrunk at all in the last eight years : They are also strangely silent about the Antarctic which has seen sea ice extent expanding well above the mean as it approaches its maximum extent .


climatedepot--2020-09-01--‘Put them in jail’: Biden demands fossil fuel execs be locked up — But he outspent Dem rivals flying

‘Put them in jail’: Biden demands fossil fuel execs be locked up — But he outspent Dem rivals flying in private jets

Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden continues to fly in private jets and be transported in oversized SUV ’ s despite his call in 2019 to put fossil fuel executives “ in jail ” for failing to address climate change .
He continued , talking about how fossil fuel companies have to be responsible for their climate impacts .
“ Holding them liable for what they have done…By the way , when they don ’ t deliver , put them in jail .
I am not joking about that , ” Biden said to applause at a town hall in Peterborough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
One attendee began speaking to Biden , saying , “ If we don ’ t stop using fossil fuels.
” CNBC reported that Biden “ spent way more on private jets in the third quarter than his top 2020 Democratic rivals.
” “ The Biden campaign spent nearly $ 924,000 on private jet travel in the third quarter , according to data from the Federal Elections Commission , ” CNBC reported .
See : CNBC : Joe Biden spent way more on private jets in the third quarter than his top 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fuel execs : “ We should put them in jail ” for pollution pic.twitter.com/OLqZMwi4E5 Also Biden : If we don ’ t stop using fossil fuels “ we ’ re all dead ” pic.twitter.com/SG4gHJtCTM But despite wanting to keep fossil fuels in the ground , Biden can ’ t seem to stop using them in the air via private jets .
Below is a video of Biden in August 2020 going from an SUV to a private jet .
CNBC reported that Biden “ spent way more on private jets in the third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ The Biden campaign spent nearly $ 924,000 on private jet travel in the third quarter , according to data from the Federal Elections Commission , ” CNBC reported .
See : CNBC : Joe Biden spent way more on private jets in the third quarter than his top 2020 Democratic rivals The Biden campaign spent nearly $ 924,000 on private jet travel in the third quarter , according to data from the Federal Elections Commission .
South Bend , Indiana , Mayor Pete Buttigieg ’ s campaign , by comparison , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sen. Elizabeth Warren spent more than $ 132,000 on private air travel , and Sen. Bernie Sanders spent more than $ 360,000 .
… He ’ s known as “ Amtrak Joe , ” but former Vice President Joe Biden ’ s presidential campaign spent a lot more money on private air travel during the third quarter than his top rivals for the 2020 Democratic nomination .
The Biden campaign spent nearly $ 924,000 on private jet travel in the third quarter , according to data from the Federal Elections Commission .
South @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s campaign , by comparison , spent $ 443,000 on private jets .
Biden ’ s big spending on private jets was disclosed in an official campaign finance filing that showed the former vice president ’ s campaign had nearly $ 9 million in cash on hand heading into the fourth quarter .
… Biden ’ s campaign did not reply to a request for comment from CNBC…Biden ’ s campaign did spend $ 44,000 on Amtrak travel during the quarter – about twice as much as Buttigieg , Sanders and Warren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Noam Chomsky : Biden on climate is ‘ farther to the left than any Democratic candidate in memory ’ – Biden ’ s climate agenda was ‘ largely written by the Sunrise Movement ’ ‘ Put them in jail ’ – Joe Biden : Throw Fossil Fuel Execs In Jail – Biden : If we don ’ t stop using fossil fuels ‘ we ’ re all dead ’ Who cares about climate change ?
Joe Biden ’ s campaign blew $ 924K on private jets Climate Hypocrite : Bernie Leads 2020 Field @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1.2 million in last quarter ‘ Socialist ’ Bernie Sanders Spent $ 1.2 Million On Private Jet Travel In The Last Three Months Of 2019 Watch : Morano on Fox & Friends on warmist Democratic Prez Candidates ’ Private Jet Obsession – They can ’ t keep fossil fuels in the ground if ‘ they can ’ t stop using them — lavishly — in the air ’ BERNIE & THE JETS : Watch : Morano on Tucker ’ s Fox News show with Mark Steyn on Sen Sanders private jet hypocrisy


climatedepot--2020-09-01--Noam Chomsky: Biden on climate is ‘farther to the left than any Democratic candidate in memory’ – Bi

Noam Chomsky: Biden on climate is ‘farther to the left than any Democratic candidate in memory’ – Biden’s climate agenda was ‘largely written by the Sunrise Movement’

When Biden ’ s revised climate policy was unveiled , it was celebrated by many progressives as a real shift .
Noam Chomsky declared Biden on climate as “ farther to the left than any Democratic candidate in memory , ” because , he said , the agenda was “ largely written by the Sunrise Movement and strongly endorsed by the leading activists on climate change.
” Chomsky on Biden 's Green New Deal : `` Take Biden 's campaign positions .
Farther to the left than any Democratic candidate in memory on things like climate .
It 's far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Not because Biden had a personal conversion or the DNC had some great insight , but because they 're being hammered on by activists coming out of the Sanders movement and others . ''
`` I 'm not much interested in his personality .
I do n't have any opinion .
I 'm interested in how things get done .
And the way things get done is not by Biden having a religious conversion and saying , 'Oh , we 've got to really work on the climate . '
That 's not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the program , but they have no choice , because their popular base is not only demanding it , but is working constantly , hard , to force them to do it .
That 's politics .
Not the personality of leaders .
I do n't know what 's in his mind .
I do n't care , frankly . ''
When Biden ’ s revised climate policy was unveiled , it was celebrated by many progressives as a real shift .
Noam Chomsky declared Biden on climate as “ farther to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” because , he said , the agenda was “ largely written by the Sunrise Movement and strongly endorsed by the leading activists on climate change.
” Noam Chomsky wants you to vote for Joe Biden and then haunt his dreams By Anand Giridharadas Noam Chomsky is a linguist , a philosopher , a cognitive scientist , a social critic , and an intellectual godfather of the left… Today , at 91 years old , Chomsky shows few signs of relinquishing his zindabadassery .
He is as incisive and curious and well-read @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an hour of talk , we covered everything from the political choices created by the pandemic to the power of Black Lives Matter , from Joe Biden ’ s surprisingly progressive platform to finding love for a country you relentlessly criticize .
Take Biden ’ s campaign positions .
Farther to the left than any Democratic candidate in memory on things like climate .
It ’ s far better than anything that preceded it .
Not because Biden had a personal conversion or the DNC had some great insight , but because they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coming out of the Sanders movement and others .
The climate program , a $ 2 trillion commitment to dealing with the extreme threat of environmental catastrophe , was largely written by the Sunrise Movement and strongly endorsed by the leading activists on climate change , the ones who managed to get the Green New Deal on the legislative agenda .
That ’ s real politics .
This is interesting coming from you .
Your support for Biden is more than merely grudging .
You actually seem to think that the platform is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ given where we are .
This is not support for Biden .
It is support for the activists who have been at work constantly , creating the background within the party in which the shifts took place , and who have followed Sanders in actually entering the campaign and influencing it .
Support for them .
Support for real politics .
The left position is you rarely support anyone .
You vote against the worst .
You keep the pressure and activism going .
Because of the changes in consciousness that have taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They manifest themselves in many ways .
They manifest themselves in the climate strike last year , for example .
Mostly young people , very dedicated .
The Sunrise Movement succeeded .
Got to the point of occupying congressional offices .
Getting the support of a couple of the young congressional representatives who came in on the Sanders wave , especially Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez .
Picked up support from Ed Markey , Massachusetts senator who ’ s been deeply concerned with the environment .
Managed to put the Green New Deal on the legislative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ small point .
We can debate what form it should take , but some form of Green New Deal is absolutely essential for the survival of organized human society .
That ’ s part of it .
There are many other things .
I ’ m not much interested in his personality .
I don ’ t have any opinion .
I ’ m interested in how things get done .
And the way things get done is not by Biden having a religious conversion and saying , “ Oh , we ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate.
” That ’ s not what happened .
The DNC probably hates the program , but they have no choice , because their popular base is not only demanding it , but is working constantly , hard , to force them to do it .
That ’ s politics .
Not the personality of leaders .
I don ’ t know what ’ s in his mind .
I don ’ t care , frankly .
Climate activists say Joe Biden is an ’ empty vessel ’ — & they like it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence on Biden campaign Climate change skeptic , author and publisher of ClimateDepot.com Marc Morano agrees : “ Given Biden ’ s general detachment and befuddlement on most issues these days , AOC and Sanders will have a huge influence on any Biden administration.
” Morano , who is a producer of the upcoming film Climate Hustle 2 , told American Wire that Ocasio-Cortez brings some heavy baggage to the campaign trail .
“ AOC has pushed for American workers to refuse to go back to work to protest the American economic system @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Ocasio-Cortez ; they see the COVID-19 economic shutdown as an opportunity to change the American way of life permanently .
If that seems far-fetched , consider what Washington state governor Jay Inslee said in a video addressing Sanders followers : “ We should not be intimidated when people say , ‘ Oh you can ’ t use this COVID crisis to peddle a solution to climate change ’ — no we have to recognize the necessity of this moment.
” Morano points out that Ocasio-Cortez also sees the COVID-19 crisis as an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But the greatest threat to America from AOC ’ s influence with Biden may be to extend and expand government lockdowns to deal with the alleged ‘ climate emergency.
’ ” Noam Chomsky : ‘ Trump is the worst criminal in history , undeniably..Trump has committed , the heating of the globe ’ Noam Chomsky : President Trump and the Republicans are ‘ Criminally Insane ’ Because Climate Change Noam Chomsky : ‘ The Republican Party Has Become the Most Dangerous Organization in World History ’ For Rejecting ‘ Climate Change ’ Noam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re really regressing back to the Medieval period…without rapid change ‘ chances for a decent future are not very high ’ Flashback : Noam Chomsky : GOP election victory amounts to ‘ death knell for the human species ’ UPDATE : Chomsky now attempts to retract his ‘ death knell ’ comment !
‘ If I said the [ GOP ] elections are a death knell , I went too far .
But I think it ’ s fair to say that they do threaten that outcome ’ Noam Chomsky on skeptics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in mind that those who orchestrate the campaigns know as well as the rest of us that the ‘ hoax ’ is real and ominous… ’ Noam Chomsky : GOP election victory amounts to ‘ death knell for the human species ’ Leftist Noam Chomsky : If you don ’ t fear carbon dioxide , you ’ re a Nazi ?
‘ I am just old enough to remember those chilling and ominous days of Germany ’ s descent from decency to Nazi barbarism ’


climatedepot--2020-09-01--Sunrise Movement’s leader warns kids ‘share really intense stories of contemplating suicide…because

Sunrise Movement’s leader warns kids ‘share really intense stories of contemplating suicide…because of the climate crisis. It’s not uncommon’

'To solve everything , solve climate ' - Sunrise Movement 's Varshini Prakash : - Claims 'climate crisis & racial inequality are linked ' ... Anand Giridharadas : `` Have you witnessed a shift in the inner experience of youth with this death knell of climate hanging over people ’ s heads ?
Do you think a lot of young people feel that their childhoods have been stolen ? ''
VARSHINI Prakash : `` It ’ s rampant .
We 'll go to trainings and kids will share really intense stories of contemplating suicide .
I do n't want to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ something theoretical .
People are really , really , really feeling this deep sense of foreboding — a lack of agency , basically.
`` ANAND : `` You ’ re saying you hear young people contemplating suicide because of climate specifically ? ''
VARSHINI : `` Yes .
Because of the climate crisis .
It ’ s not uncommon . ''
VARSHINI : 'The climate crisis and racial inequality are linked in causation as well as in effect . ''
To solve everything , solve climate A conversation with Varshini Prakash , leader @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eager to launch you into this conversation with Varshini Prakash , the executive director of the Sunrise Movement… Varshini Prakash is a phenom .
Still in her mid-twenties , she is a co-founder and executive director of the Sunrise Movement , the pioneering youth-led force advocating for comprehensive solutions to climate change , most notably a Green New Deal .
In an era full of argument about how real change is made , Sunrise is a wonderfully complicating example .
It doesn ’ t play by Marquess of Queensberry Rules , as when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nancy Pelosi ’ s office back in 2018 .
But it also believes in working inside the system , which is why Varshini agreed to join former Vice President Joe Biden ’ s climate task force earlier this year .
The result of her joining , in the eyes of many , was a Prakashian rewriting of the Biden climate plan .
She is the co-editor of the very inspiring , just-published book “ Winning the Green New Deal : Why We Must , How We Can.
” VARSHINI : It was an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exact transformation .
For a long time , I was in a recycling club in my high school .
I was yelling at my mom to turn off the light bulbs all the time .
I was in this sustainable food initiative on campus at the University of Massachusetts , where we did wonderful things .
We grew these awesome urban food gardens on campus .
At a certain point , I was getting fed up that change wasn ’ t happening fast enough .
OK , great , we ’ ve transformed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perhaps shifted paradigms for a few people about how food can be grown , who it ’ s for , how to do it in a way that ’ s economically and ecologically sustainable .
ANAND : You were invited to join Joe Biden ’ s climate task force , which brought together his people with supporters of Bernie Sanders like yourself .
When Biden ’ s revised climate policy was unveiled , it was celebrated by many progressives as a real shift .
Noam Chomsky declared Biden on climate as “ farther @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in memory , ” because , he said , the agenda was “ largely written by the Sunrise Movement and strongly endorsed by the leading activists on climate change.
” Take me into the Zoom where it happened .
What was being on the task force like ?
When did you realize these people might actually be listening ?
VARSHINI : I was cautiously optimistic about the people who were a part of it .
I think Gina McCarthy is a fantastic human .
I think AOC and Catherine Flowers are brilliant leaders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Or John Kerry — he and I don ’ t necessarily agree on every single issue — but I do believe that he thinks that Joe Biden ’ s plan should be more ambitious and was very open to ideas .
That allowed for an actual dialogue .
I didn ’ t feel shut down almost ever , even if there were moments where people disagreed about policy and the Biden camp was not willing to necessarily support a position that I had wanted them to .
We spent about two hours on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of meetings in between , and a lot of meetings with Bernie Sanders and the Bernie team to get aligned on policy .
And it was pretty intensive , considering that it all happened in six weeks and we were supposed to put out some kind of major climate platform in that time .
It was a big lift .
It was a little terrifying to get up there and feel this pressure of both being the youngest person in the room and being the youngest person on any of the task forces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ ve had of being a sort of power player while also being deeply accountable to the movement and all of the people who were not in that room .
ANAND : To someone who was politically aligned with you in the primaries , in supporting Sanders , what would you say about Biden ’ s climate plan now ?
VARSHINI : I would say Joe Biden ’ s climate plan has significantly improved from where it was three , four months ago .
I would say the cruel reality of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what ambition that we have right now , or no matter how much Joe Biden ’ s plan has improved , we have still ignored the science on this issue for 40 years .
Now we are in a full-blown emergency , and we don ’ t have the luxury of time or of watering down any kind of plans that we have .
We will constantly have to push Joe Biden at every step of the way to ensure that he doesn ’ t just meet these goals , but goes beyond @ @ @ @ @ @ @ industry , the GOP , the Koch brothers , Fox News — all of these entities that are extremely aligned about the fact that they want to stave off action on climate change for as long as possible — they ’ re going to be pushing against it on day one of the new administration , and he ’ s going to need the pressure behind him to make it happen .
Joe Biden is not the candidate whom I would have wanted , but Joe Biden gives us some leverage and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and pass a Green New Deal .
It ’ s far , far more likely than with Donald Trump .
ANAND : There is this critical perception that ’ s grown up around the Green New Deal : that it ’ s trying to parlay one issue , climate change , into addressing a bunch of other things that , in the eyes of these critics , are not directly related — whether it ’ s a jobs guarantee , whether it ’ s dealing with racial-justice issues .
In your new book @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Why We Must , How We Can , ” you argue , quite rightly , in my view , that this broader approach is necessary because we actually need to rewire our entire way of life and to make people who suffer from this transition whole .
But can you make this case to folks who feel like they ’ re with you on climate , but wonder why you are now trying to do additional stuff , given how hard the core problem is ?
VARSHINI : There are a few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inequality and particularly around racism , I would say that the climate crisis and racial inequality are linked in causation as well as in effect .
I do not believe that we would have the existing environmental inequality that we have today if some people ’ s lives didn ’ t matter more than others ’ .
There is no reason why the Dakota Access Pipeline would have been rerouted from a wealthy white community to an indigenous community if indigenous communities hadn ’ t , first of all , undergone the worst @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States and then been systematically disenfranchised and lost their sovereignty over the last 400 years .
We would have had a Green New Deal a decade ago if Black lives mattered , because of Hurricane Katrina .
We would have seen the carnage that resulted from it as the greatest call to action .
And the same thing is true with Hurricane Maria .
And so , to me , the very reason why we have the climate crisis is because we have inequality .
And the effect is that communities of color @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the impact of the climate crisis as well .
There ’ s no way to actually disentangle these things .
And another thing : There was a poll that came out when we were launching Sunrise , which showed there ’ s essentially an urgency gap in people ’ s understanding of the climate crisis .
We ask people : What ’ s your No .
1 issue right now ?
Obviously , it ’ s the things that you would think about : jobs , economy , health .
If you ask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one issue that you think you ’ ll have 30 years from now , the No .
1 thing above everything else is climate and environment .
Firstly , by talking about how the climate crisis is not in the distant future but an issue appearing now , and connecting current environmental events to the larger crisis .
But , secondly , by helping the climate crisis ride the coattails of the most important crises of today — jobs , economy , etc.
, — which is why the Green New Deal is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a massive green jobs and infrastructure plan .
It ’ s why it was huge when Joe Biden said , “ When I think about climate change , the word I think of is ‘ jobs.
’ ” We have got to demolish this jobs-versus-environment thing that has been created in large part due to the fossil-fuel industry , but also due to shitty renewable-energy companies that don ’ t want to have good labor practices and the existing mainstream environmental movement totally forgetting labor or just not including job security and related @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the fossil-fuel industry and the move to renewable energy .
So , look , it ’ s what we need to do to win .
And it ’ s also that there ’ s no way to actually disentangle these issues .
ANAND : Among the most stirring moments in this climate discussion in recent years was Greta Thunberg at the UN saying “ You have stolen my dreams , and my childhood , with your empty words.
” She ’ s a singular person , but I imagine she speaks for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the inner experience of youth with this death knell of climate hanging over people ’ s heads ?
Do you think a lot of young people feel that their childhoods have been stolen ?
VARSHINI : It ’ s rampant .
We ’ ll go to trainings and kids will share really intense stories of contemplating suicide .
I don ’ t want to call it nihilism because it ’ s not something theoretical .
People are really , really , really feeling this deep sense of foreboding — a lack of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re saying you hear young people contemplating suicide because of climate specifically ?
VARSHINI : Yes .
Because of the climate crisis .
It ’ s not uncommon .
I think about this week alone .
It ’ s been hard to get up and think that our book launch is so exciting .
I ’ m like , Jesus Christ .
You ’ re looking at the RNC saying all kinds of terrifying , crazy stuff as though they ’ re a real political party .
You ’ re seeing these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fires , you ’ re seeing the impending hurricane .
You have the murder of Jacob Blake .
And now we ’ re hearing about every issue of gun violence , climate change , white supremacy , fascism , the pandemic .
On top of that , you have social isolation .
It is just brutal for young people .
I think we ’ re really at a crossroads .
We could lose an entire generation to a sense of anxiety and depression and a sense of I can ’ t cope .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ early days of coronavirus that the climate crisis must be so jealous .
Because for years the whole world has been told to get together and act fast and do something on climate , and we more or less fail .
Then this virus comes around , and it ’ s this synchronous worldwide mobilization .
Has this pandemic taught you anything about how to fight for a worldwide mobilization on climate ?
VARSHINI : That ’ s interesting .
It has pointed out how the U.S. can go dramatically wrong in that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ internationally and completely botch the entire effort at home .
So it feels more like a cautionary tale than anything else .
But I also think it has taught me how quickly people can shift their lives if they truly perceive an existential threat .
And in many ways , what we need to do to solve the climate crisis is way , way , way , better than , and will improve people ’ s lives more than , what we have to do in social-distancing time .
NBC News : Climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suicide will not be seen ‘ as a stigma of cowardice , or a failure of character , but as altruism in the last ethical act left us ’ New Claim : ‘ Climate Despair ’ Is Making People Give Up on Life Greta Thunberg at 2018 TED Talk on her climate worry : If burning fossil fuels was so bad that it threatened our very existence , how could we just continue like before ?
Why were there no restrictions ?
Why wasn ’ t it made illegal ?
To me , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was too unreal .
So when I was 11 , I became ill .
I fell into depression , I stopped talking , and I stopped eating .
In two months , I lost about 10 kilos of weight .
Later on , I was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome , OCD and selective mutism .
That basically means I only speak when I think it ’ s necessary – now is one of those moments.
” … “ I think my anxiety just reached a peak , ” Ruttan Walker continued .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and although she had spoken to her primary care doctor about anxiety , she hadn ’ t sought help with her mental health .
Suddenly , she was contemplating self-harm .
“ Though I don ’ t think I would have hurt myself , I didn ’ t know how to live with the fear of… the apocalypse , I guess ?
My son was home with me and I had to call my friend over to watch him because I couldn ’ t even look at him without breaking down , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ checked herself into an overnight mental health facility… Maisy Rohrer , a 22-year-old developmental researcher at New York University , has been struggling to cope with climate change for years .
“ I guess the despair started when I was 18 , and I began learning about how much the earth was changing , and I ’ d have full-blown panic attacks about the arctic sea ice melting , and the polar bears starving , and I ’ d call my mom telling her life was pointless , ” she said .
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race “ should be wiped out.
” ” I became very suicidal , and a large part of my justification for feeling like I ’ d be better off dead was that humans are hurting the Earth so much , and I as one person [ couldn ’ t ] make enough of a positive impact so it would be better if I were not around to cause any more damage , ” Rohrer said .
Crying over ‘ climate change ’ – Tears , sobbing , & ‘ climate grief ’ is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Report NPR : ‘ Should We Be Having Kids In The Age Of Climate Change ?
’ ‘ We should protect our kids by not having them ’ ALERT : Cult Leader Jim Jones revisited !
400ppm of CO2 prompts warmists to ‘ plan ’ on killing their kids and committing suicide !
Warmist Franny Armstrong , on the alleged threat of trace amounts of CO2 : ‘ Should we stockpile cyanide ?
You think I ’ m exaggerating , but a close friend of mine , who has four children , said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when it comes to it ’


climatedepot--2020-09-01--UN agency laments summer’s ‘deep wound’ to Earth’s ice cover

The United Nations weather agency says this summer will go down for leaving a “ deep wound ” in the frozen parts of the planet after a heat wave in the Arctic , shrinking sea ice and the collapse of a leading Canadian ice shelf UN agency laments summer ’ s ‘ deep wound ’ to Earth ’ s ice cover The United Nations weather agency says this summer will go down for leaving a “ deep wound ” in the frozen parts of the planet after a heat wave in the Arctic , shrinking sea ice and the collapse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Associated Press September 1 , 2020 , 8:02 AM • 2 min read Residents and tourists evacuated amid threat of melting glacier 1:27 Residents and tourists evacuated amid threat of melting glacier The Planpincieux Glacier , located in the Alps , could potentially collapse after a recent heat wave cr…Read More The Planpincieux Glacier , located in the Alps , could potentially collapse after a recent heat wave created a layer of water beneath .
The Associated Press GENEVA — The United Nations weather agency says this summer will go down for leaving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cryosphere — the planet ’ s frozen parts — amid a heat wave in the Arctic , shrinking sea ice and the collapse of a leading Canadian ice shelf .
The World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday that temperatures in the Arctic are rising twice as fast as the global average , provoking what spokeswoman Clare Nullis called a “ vicious circle.
” “ The rapid decline of sea ice in turn contributes to more warming , and so the circle goes on and the consequences do not stay in the Arctic , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Geneva .
The weather agency said in a statement that many new temperature records have been set in recent months , including in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk .
The town , located in Siberia above the Arctic Circle line , reached 38 degrees Celsius ( 100 F ) on June 20 .
“ What we saw in Siberia this year was exceptionally bad , was exceptionally severe , ” Nullis said .
She noted a heat wave across the Arctic , record-breaking wildfires in Siberia , nearly record-low sea ice extent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the last fully intact Canadian ice shelves .
“ The summer of 2020 will leave a deep wound on the cryosphere , ” the World Meteorological Organization statement said , pointing to a “ worrisome trend ” of floods resulting from the outburst of glacier lakes that are becoming “ an increased factor of high-risk in many parts of the world.
” In late July , an 81-square-kilometer ( 30-square-mile ) section of Canada ’ s Milne ice shelf broke off , reducing the total area of the ice shelf by 43 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consequences include the loss of a rare ecosystem , possible acceleration of glaciers sliding into the ocean and contributing to sea level rise , and creation of new “ drifting ice islands , ” it said .
The WMO is preparing to release on Sept. 9 a report on the impact of climate change on the cryosphere .


climatedepot--2020-09-02--Bye Bye Humans! Warmist Margaret Atwood: Climate ‘denial…will lead to our extinction as a species’

Atwood casually and insanely claims that climate skepticism will lead to human extinction !
https : //t.co/bpgB2YFxK8


climatedepot--2020-09-02--Biden Tries To Play Both Sides Of Green Energy Politics

Do you think that Joe Biden has signed on to the Green New Deal ?
Do you have the idea that Biden is fully committed if he becomes President to doing away with fossil fuel energy and replacing it with the wind and sun as quickly as possible ?
Where could you possibly have gotten those ideas ?
More on that later in the post .
Certainly in the past couple of weeks you might have gotten exactly the opposite impression .
You probably know that Pennsylvania has in recent years become a major producer of natural gas from “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now work in the industry , and hundreds of thousands have jobs in some way supported by the industry .
Pennsylvania is a swing state that both Biden and Trump likely need in order to win .
In August Trump campaign allies started running ads in Pennsylvania accusing Biden of seeking to ban fracking , which would thereby destroy a substantial Pennsylvania industry .
On August 18 , the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the Biden campaign had requested various television stations to take down those ads on the ground that they were “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Pittsburgh to make a rare campaign speech .
Key quote on this subject : I am not banning fracking .
Let me say that again : I am not banning fracking .
No matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me .
Are you sure Joe ?
There is nothing more divorced from reality than the politics of climate change and energy .
The politics of “ climate change ” starts with decades of media hype about a claimed climate crisis that supposedly can only be solved by getting rid of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taxpayer dollars to build out a huge new “ green ” energy system based on the wind and sun .
The hyped narrative has long since become official Democratic Party dogma .
Essentially all Democratic politicians have signed on to the “ green energy ” program ; and in the left wing of the Democratic Party — the Bernies and the AOCs — you have a bidding war as to who will pledge to spend the most of other people ’ s money to accomplish the transition the fastest .
Even many Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hype into supporting some or other form of restrictions on fossil fuels , such as carbon taxes .
At the same time you have the inexorable facts from the real world : things like , atmospheric temperatures refuse to rise rapidly as predicted by alarmists ; wind and solar power don ’ t work all the time to run an electric grid ; wind and solar require either back-up from fossil fuels or massive battery storage , either of which multiplies the cost of the electrical system and of the resulting electricity ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fossil fuel extraction industries , and their jobs are threatened ; wind and solar energy can not be used for many applications , such as airplanes and various industrial functions ; and so forth .
I have long argued that sooner or later reality would prevail over delusional progressive hype of “ green ” energy — energy that doesn ’ t work and that requires spending trillions in futile efforts to try to influence global air temperature by ( maybe ) a few tenths or hundredths of a degree .
My prediction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ green ” energy would eventually flip , and that the advocacy of the “ green ” energy would ultimately become politically toxic .
I have thought that the likely mechanism for the flip would be some combination of soaring electricity prices and/or frequent blackouts , as increasing penetration of wind and solar simultaneously destabilized the grid and required expensive redundant generation and/or storage facilities .
Of course our national leader in “ green ” energy fantasy is California .
There , things are all proceeding as I have foreseen , but unfortunately too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the current election cycle .
Through a combination of “ green ” energy mandates , subsidies , and forced closure of fossil fuel and nuclear power plants , California has managed to gets its percentage of electricity produced from wind and solar up to about 30 % .
Supposedly , that ’ s going to go to 60 % by 2030 and 100 % by 2045 .
But even at 30 % , problems are starting to manifest themselves .
As you likely know , the past couple of weeks have seen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the early evenings , as a heat wave has brought high power demand and low winds , and the sun inexorably sets around 7:30 .
The result has been intentionally-imposed rolling blackouts .
The “ green ” energy mandates have also gradually driven up the price of electricity in California .
According to ChooseEnergy here , updated to today , California has the fourth highest electricity prices in the country , at an average of 19.79 cents/kWh , versus a national average of 13.28 c/kWh .
But unfortunately , a few hours of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ electricity prices around 20 c/kWh ( 60 % above national average ) are probably not going to flip California to red .
To get there , it will probably take prices more like 40 c/kWh ( triple national average ) plus several hours of blackouts every few days .
Maybe that will happen in time for the election in 2028 .
So in the current cycle , Pennsylvania has become the flashpoint .
There the current issue is not blackouts or artificially-increased electricity prices , but rather the jobs in the fracking industry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2016 , but by only about 44,000 votes , Biden has a strong incentive to try to convince voters that he does not seek to ban fracking .
Thus the recent claims to that effect , and the effort to banish ads associating him with such a potential ban .
Well , it seems that the official Biden campaign position is that his plan is only to ban fracking on federal lands , and not institute a national ban on all fracking .
Really ?
Go to this link to view a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ times in various words at different forums to ban frackingand/or all fossil fuels .
I wish I could figure out how to embed the video here .
But , if you don ’ t want to take the time to go to the link and see the video , here are a few choice quotes : At a debate with Bernie Sanders : “ No more — no new fracking.
” At a campaign appearance : “ We are going to get rid of fossil fuels.
” In response to a question at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there be any place for fossil fuels , including coal and fracking , in a Biden administration ?
A .
No , we would work it out , we would make sure it ’ s eliminated.
” At another campaign event : “ I guarantee you , I guarantee you , we are going to end fossil fuel .
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” At another debate with Sanders : “ No ability for the oil industry to continue to drill , period.
” There are more of same .
And then there are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Unity Task Force , issued back in July .
The first section of that manifesto deals with what they call the “ climate crisis ” and “ environmental justice.
” The committee that put together this particular set of “ recommendations ” was headed by that great team of John Kerry and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez .
lt is filled with policies that are completely inconsistent with the continuation of fracking .
Examples : • “ [ T ] he United States—and the world—must achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ To reach net-zero emissions as rapidly as possible , Democrats commit to eliminating carbon pollution from power plants by 2035.
” • “ Democrats will partner with farmers to make the American agriculture sector the first in the world to achieve net-zero emissions.
” How any of those goals ( or multiple others in the document ) could be achieved while fracking continues remains unexplained .
At the link to the Biden video above , Matt Margolis of PJ Media accuses Biden of “ flip-flopping ” on this issue .
But this is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ flip-flop.
” A flip-flop is when a politician first takes one position , and then later changes to another position when it appears that the political winds have shifted .
That ’ s not this situation .
Here , the plan of the Biden campaign appears to be to brazenly tell two completely inconsistent stories at the same time to two separate audiences , all with the full expectation of cooperation and assistance in the endeavor from the complicit media .
To the out-state Pennsylvania voter the Bidenites say it is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to ban fracking ; but when addressing the party ’ s base of environmentalists and coastal elites , the story is that “ we are going to get rid of fossil fuels.
” If you are the Pennsylvanian earning a living directly or indirectly from the frackingbusiness , here is my thought for you : no matter how many times Biden may say in the campaign that “ I am not banning fracking , ” once he is in office , that will be inoperative .
He will answer to the party ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ environmentalists .
Your job will mean nothing to him .
But I suspect you already realize that .
UPDATE , September 2 : Somebody has made a split screen video of Biden speaking out of both sides of his mouth on this issue .
I just wish I knew how to do that .


climatedepot--2020-09-02--Like Biden, Kamala Harris Has Endorsed A Complete Fracking Ban – Harris: ‘There is no question I’m i

Like Biden, Kamala Harris Has Endorsed A Complete Fracking Ban – Harris: ‘There is no question I’m in favor of banning fracking’

Though Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised Monday that he would not ban fracking , his running mate Kamala Harris emphatically supported banning fracking during her failed presidential campaign .
“ There is no question I ’ m in favor of banning fracking , ” Harris said on Sept. 4 .
“ We have to acknowledge that the residual impact of fracking is enormous in terms of the impact on the health and safety of communities.
” Biden has also repeatedly promised to “ get rid of fossil fuels ” and even said he would “ love to ” get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he did not favor an outright fracking ban during the Democratic primary , instead pledging there would be “ no new fracking ” on federal lands .
But he said “ yes ” to a woman in January when she suggested stopping fracking and he told a climate change activist in December he would “ love to ” ban the practice , although doing it immediately was unrealistic .
“ I ’ d love to [ ban it ] too , ” Biden said .
“ I ’ d love to make sure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gas , period.
” In a debate on March 15 , he said there would be “ no ability for the oil industry to continue to drill , period.
” His campaign website does not mention fracking but states he would ban “ new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters.
” He also answered “ yes ” at a debate on Dec. 19 when asked if he would be willing to displace thousands of workers employed by the fracking energy boom for a greener economy .
At a debate on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dana Bash asked Biden , “ would there be any place for fossil fuels including coal and fracking in a Biden administration ?
” “ No , ” he said .
“ We would work it out .
We would make sure it ’ s eliminated , and no more subsidies for either one of those .
Any fossil fuel.
” Sens .
Bernie Sanders ( I. , Vt. ) , Elizabeth Warren ( D. , Mass . )
, and Cory Booker ( D. , N.J. ) are among the 2020 Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fracking and have endorsed Biden ’ s candidacy .
The post Like Biden , Kamala Harris Has Endorsed A Complete Fracking Ban first appeared on Climate Change Dispatch .


climatedepot--2020-09-02--Biden Says He’s Not Banning Fracking Months After Promising To Stop All New Fracking Projects

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Monday during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania that he has no intention of “ banning fracking.
” “ I am not banning fracking .
Let me say that again : I am not banning fracking .
No matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me , ” the former vice president said .
Biden made the comments in a state largely dependent on natural gas development , and more than four months after saying at a Democratic debate in March that he will be ending new fracking projects .
Biden promised during CNN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D.C. to stop new fracking projects after his then-presidential rival , Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont , grilled the former vice president for not being tough enough on the oil industry .
( RELATED : ‘ No New Fracking ’ : Biden Calls For High Speed Rail To Move US Away From Oil Drilling ) Biden also suggested that he can transition the country away from fossil fuel-powered transportation and toward “ high speed rail , taking millions of automobiles off the road .
Making sure we move in a direction where no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] .
” He said during a Delaware campaign speech in July that he will spend $ 2 trillion to create jobs while increasing green energy .
Biden plans to have an “ emissions-free power sector ” by 2035 .
Fracking technology helps energy producers extract natural gas out of places like the Permian Basin in Texas , and the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania .
The natural energy sector employs more than 106,000 in Pennsylvania , while indirectly supporting another 216,000 jobs in the state , according to data from the American Petroleum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s largest producer of fracked natural gas in 2012 , surpassing Russia despite former President Barack Obama ’ s decision in 2015 to place a moratorium on such production on public lands .
It also passed coal as the country ’ s leading source of electricity in July 2017 .


climatedepot--2020-09-02--Reuters Falsely Claims Climate Change Worse For Economy Than COVID – Reality: ‘Even worst-case estim

Reuters Falsely Claims Climate Change Worse For Economy Than COVID – Reality: ‘Even worst-case estimates for climate only a small fraction of economic harm caused by COVID’ lockdowns

Among today ’ s top Google News search results for “ Climate Change ” is an article by Reuters titled , “ Climate change bigger economic risk than pandemic , ECB ’ s Schnabel says.
” In it , Reuters interviews Isabel Schnabel , a member of the European Central Bank board , who claims climate change will be worse for the future economy than COVID-19 has been for 2020 ’ s economy , implying central banks should discourage investment in funding fossil-fuel development , and fund so-called green development , instead .
In truth , even the worst-case estimates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ small fraction of the economic harm caused by COVID-19 .
“ Climate change is probably the biggest challenge we are facing , much bigger than the pandemic , ” Schnabel said .
“ Even though this health shock was entirely unrelated to monetary policy , it nevertheless has huge implications for monetary policy .
The same is true for climate change and this is why central banks can not ignore it.
” In truth , multiple economic analyses show it is not climate change , but rather poorly designed policies to reduce carbon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
According to Statista.com , world GDP was an estimated 142 trillion in 2019 .
The World Economic Forum ( WEF ) has estimated COVID-19 , “ will likely end up costing between $ 8.1 and $ 15.8 trillion globally.
” If the WEF estimates are accurate , the economic losses from COVID-19 as a percentage of 2019 global GDP , range between 5.7 and 11.1 percent .
This is far higher than the worst-case scenario of the costs of future climate change as estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worst-case , highly unlikely scenario of the many scenarios IPCC examined is known as RCP8.5 .
RCP8.5 has been heavily criticized in the peer-reviewed literature as being extreme or absurd .
RCP8.5 assumes , among other things , an unrealistic 500 percent increase in coal use and a 6℃ rise in global temperatures by 2100 .
Even the IPCC admits RCP8.5 is exceedingly unlikely to occur , saying RCP8.5 had only a 10 percent chance of becoming reality at the time IPCC evaluated it .
More recent estimates place RCP8.5 ’ s chance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Even if the worst-case estimate of climate change occurs , economist Stan Liebowitz notes that the impact on the economy , as a percentage of estimated GDP , would be minuscule .
If RCP8.5 comes to pass , the total cost of damages resulting from climate change in 2090 will be approximately $ 507.6 billion .
Yet , Liebowitz notes , U.S. GDP in 2090 , even accounting for climate change , is estimated to be approximately $ 70 trillion .
This means , at worst , the cost of climate change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than 0.7 percent of U.S. GDP .
“ Thus the damage from climate change in [ the ] worst-case scenario , according to our ‘ best scientists and experts , ’ is less than 1 percent of U.S. GDP in 2090 , ” Liebowitz observes .
Even a worst-case global scenario would produce much less economic harm than COVID has .
In his book False Alarm , Bjorn Lomborg cites Noble Prize-winning economist William Nordhaus ’ estimate that if no further action is taken to prevent climate change , the overall economic losses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under the worst-case scenario , will amount to 2.8 percent of a global GDP .
So contrary to Schnabel ’ s claim , even under the worst-case scenario posited by the IPCC in 2100 , climate change will cause less than half of the low-end estimate of the damage to the world economy that COVID-19 is expected to cause at the close of 2020 .
The expected GDP losses from COVID-19 are almost four times higher than the high-end estimates for the end of year economic costs of COVID-19 .
Don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impacts on the economy .
The science and economics say even the worst-case scenario would be quite mild .
The post Reuters Falsely Claims Climate Change Worse For Economy Than COVID first appeared on Climate Change Dispatch .


climatedepot--2020-09-02--Extinction Rebellion Activists Arrested After Blockading UK Parliament

Dozens of environmental activists have been arrested as they attempted to block MPs from entering parliament on the first day back after the summer recess .
Thousands of protesters from Extinction Rebellion , the climate action group , descended on Westminster today where they aimed to blockade parliament by setting up camp on the roads immediately in front of it .
Activists gathered at sites including Tate Britain , Trafalgar Square , Buckingham Palace , and Westminster Cathedral , before marching on Parliament Square .
Police initially prevented demonstrators from blocking the roads , by corralling them in the square @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of activists had broken through a police cordon and sat down in the middle of roads , forcing traffic to stop .
As of 4 pm as many as 40 climate campaigners had been arrested and taken to police vans by officers , a spokeswoman for Extinction Rebellion said .
The group is demanding that MPs adopt what activists are calling the “ climate and ecological emergency bill ” that seeks to bind the government to its Paris Climate Agreement commitments .
The bill is backed by Caroline Lucas , the Green Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former head of Greenpeace .
Rupert Read , one of the group ’ s founders and leaders , said that activists would attempt to set up camp in Westminster and hold the site for a number of days , with the ultimate aim of preventing MPs from entering parliament if they refuse to accept their demands .
Yesterday , the Metropolitan Police announced that it would impose conditions against protests planned for today , stating gatherings can only take place off the main roads at Parliament Square Gardens between 8 am and 7 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ formed around parliament while dozens of police vans have been deployed around Westminster .
Commander Jane Connors said the Met had imposed conditions on the marchers under the Public Order Act .
She said : “ We know these protests may result in serious disruption to local businesses , commuters and our communities and residents , which I will not tolerate .
“ If you take part in [ today ’ s ] assembly or processions and knowingly fail to comply with these conditions , or incite others to fail to comply , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be liable to arrest.
” Last year , more than 1,700 arrests were made within Extinction Rebellion ’ s “ Autumn Uprising ” , which lasted for ten days and caused disruption across the UK and large parts of central London .
The number of protesters is far smaller than in April and October of last year because of the pandemic .
The post Extinction Rebellion Crazies Arrested After Blockading Parliament first appeared on Climate Change Dispatch .


climatedepot--2020-09-02--Extinction Rebellion Co-Founder: MPs, Big Business Owners, govt officials ‘should have a bullet thro

Extinction Rebellion Co-Founder: MPs, Big Business Owners, govt officials ‘should have a bullet through their heads’ for being ‘culpable for climate catastrophe’

A British co-founder of Extinction Rebellion sparked fury after suggesting MPs and business owners “ should have a bullet through their heads.
” Ex-organic farmer Roger Hallam ( pictured ) criticized the people “ who run society ” – saying they were “ culpable ” for the climate catastrophe .
In a recording obtained by Guido , the 54-year-old was heard saying : “ Most days when I get out of bed , I ’ m saying the people that are culpable are the people who run society , run big business , run governments , run the elites .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate catastrophe .
“ 1990 might as well give them six months in prison , now maybe you should put a bullet through their head – or rather someone probably will.
” And North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen slammed the action group , telling The Sun : “ XR is a trojan horse for those who know they can never get power through the ballot box and claim to represent legitimate causes – environmentalism .
“ But as is clear from their widely publicized ambitions of socialism , marxism , anarchy- it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ambition is .
Through their extreme actions and violent actions , they have actually damaged their causes.
” The climate change action group today distanced themselves from the comments , saying they had been made in a previous interview .
A spokesperson said : “ Extinction Rebellion is resolutely committed to nonviolence and to suggest otherwise is contrary to the evidence .
“ These comments were made in an interview with a freelance journalist over a year ago and as we have previously said Roger Hallam no longer holds a formal role in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own.
” But Mr. Hallam ’ s comments were met with fury , with one person writing on Twitter : “ So the founder if # ExtinctionRebellion speaks like a Nazi , says ‘ Governments + business owners ’ should/could have a bullet through their heads and a system of Socialism be put in place to replace capitalism .
The stench of # DomesticTerrorism is strong !
” Another added : “ So if business owners all have bullets put through their heads , who is going to supply goods and create employment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the pack of ‘ extinction rebellion ’ supporters.
” The post Extinction Rebellion Founder : MPs , Business Owners Should Be Shot first appeared on Climate Change Dispatch .


climatedepot--2020-09-02--New Book: ‘Unmasking Obama’ by Jack Cashill features Climate Depot’s Climategate coverage

`` The Climategate story broke just before the president headed to Copenhagen , there to pledge major cuts in the U.S. carbon emissions and to persuade other nations to follow suit .
Nothing the major media said could undo the reporting done by citizen journalists such as [ James ] Delingpole and Morano .
Armed only with the truth and their frequently crashing websites , they reversed whatever climate momentum the Obama administration had seized . ''
Passage from each book ... the section covering the “ Climategate ” scandal ( in which hacked emails showed the scientists involved massaged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) that was broken by Marc Morano on his ClimateDepot.com website .
An engrossing and disturbing analysis of the Obama era , when “ a ‘ right wing attack ’ was an unwitting code for journalism ” Few books published during 2020 are as timely and desperately needed as Jack Cashill ’ s latest work : Unmasking Obama – The fight to tell the true story of Obama ’ s Presidency .
Unmasking Obama is actually as much about revealing the true nature of former President Barack Obama and his administration as it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chapter-after-chapter , page-after-page , Cashill reveals the choices in false information that news organizations and media analysts highlighted .
The author also shares real stories that the press attempted to hide from the public .
Professional reporters might have succeeded in painting a golden picture of a stellar administration and talented president if it weren ’ t for the conservative self-publishers ( referred to as a group as “ samizdat , ” for the Russian term for those who created content not approved by the state ) .
The books is divided into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Team Obama glued together to gain the White House : The Front Man , Scandal Free , The Home Front , The Red Front , The Black Front , The Rainbow Front , The Green Front , The Brown Front , The Pink Front , The Crescent Front , and The Eastern Front .
Cashill combs through the media stories , exposing the narratives promoted by news organizations and pundits and comparing them to the the facts and data uncovered by the self-publishers .
He also describes the punishment dished out to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the preferred narrative .
There are many great lines in “ Unmasking Obama ” .
Perhaps the best one sums up the entire book best : “ In the Obama era , a ‘ right wing attack ’ was an unwitting code for journalism.
” I normally like to share a passage from each book I review , so readers get a feel for the author ’ s style .
It was difficult to select one , as so many were excellent .
As I wrote about this issue myself , I opted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” scandal ( in which hacked emails showed the scientists involved massaged data to prove global warming was occurring ) that was broken by Marc Morano on his ClimateDepot.com website .
The Climategate story broke just before the president headed to Copenhagen , there to pledge major cuts in the U.S. carbon emissions and to persuade other nations to follow suit .
Nothing the major media said could undo the reporting done by citizen journalists such as [ James ] Delingpole and Morano .
Armed only with the truth and their frequently crashing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Obama administration had seized .
On December 6 , 2009 , more than two weeks after the story broke , the New York Times tried to cauterize the emotional wounds of the faithful .
In the very first sentence of a lengthy article , reporters Andrew Revkin and John Broder reminded anxious readers of the “ unequivocal evidence ” for “ global warming ” .
To further reassure them , the reporters refused to use the word “ scandal ” to describe the “ scandal ” at hand .
Try as they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could not disinfect the proceedings at Copenhagen .
I strongly recommend this book , especially because the mainstream media is in full disniformation mode during the 2020 election cycle .
Cashill ’ s work gives us a clear insight into the playbook of elite news organizations that is still in use today , including the promotion of the “ Fine People Hoax ” that is such a significant part of the Biden campaign .
The book will also be a handy reference for recalling the true , malign nature of Obama ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leftist historians will delve into depth in “ Fast and Furious , ” “ Solyndra , ” or “ Spygate.
” Cashill is an author of 12 books on politics and current events , a producer , and a weekly contributor to WorldNetDaily and Executive Editor of Ingram ’ s Magazine , a business publication .
He is also an executive editor with Ingram ’ s Magazine and has has written for Fortune , The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , and The Weekly Standard .
I give the book 6 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a must-have for history buffs and political geeks , and it would be a great gift to give friends or family who have begun questioning the media ’ s representation of riots in our cities as “ fiery but peaceful.
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