climatedepot--2020-12-22--FOIA lawsuit seeks to highlight just how little ‘advice and consent’ went into the Paris Agreement

Getting documents out of a government agency is a heavy lift .
That ’ s what the nonprofit organization Energy Policy Advocates aims to do in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit , seeking State Department documents that describe how the Obama administration circumvented the Constitution to join a United Nations climate treaty .
A joint status report filed earlier this month suggests something of a “ deep state ” effort could be underway to delay the release of any such documents until after Joe Biden becomes president .
For reference , Inauguration Day is Jan. 20 .
In response @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in November 2019 , the State Department indicated it does not expect to begin releasing any of the requested documents until Jan. 26 and has proposed a deadline of Feb. 9 for another joint status report filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia .
Energy Policy Advocates has rejected the Jan. 26 deadline for the initial release of documents .
The State Department , in turn , has rejected a proposed compromise date from the plaintiffs of Jan. 19 for the department to begin releasing documents and of Jan. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A hearing with the district court has been set for Monday , Dec. 21 , to air out these differences .
If State Department officials succeed in further delaying the release of FOIA documents until after the change in administration , it ’ s reasonable to presume that the FOIA documents might not ever be brought to light .
Environmental Policy Advocates had sought to break loose the Obama-era Paris Agreement documents prior to the 2020 election so that voters could have insight into how the Obama administration sidestepped the Senate ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But in September , the district court denied a motion for a preliminary injunction to compel the State Department to release records pertaining to the Paris Climate Agreement .
Under of the Constitution , the president “ shall have power , by and with the advice and consent of the Senate , to make treaties , provided two thirds of the Senators present concur … ” The idea of allowing unaccountable U.N. bureaucrats to gain control over U.S. energy policy is not exactly a great idea , which helps to explain why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ join the U.N. climate treaty by way of an executive agreement .
How did this happen , and what exactly went down while Biden was serving as vice president ?
Government Accountability and Oversight , the public interest law firm that filed the FOIA suit on behalf of Energy Policy Advocates , has available on its an 18-page document its client obtained detailing how Team Obama bypassed the constitutional process .
At issue is what ’ s known as a , which refers to the legal procedure that administrations follow when entering into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the document in question is the Circular 175 memo , then “ it represents a major political and legal scandal with significant implications for U.S. participation in Paris , and the effort to bind the U.S. without following the Constitution , ” Chris Horner , an attorney with GAO , says in a The key arguments the Obama administration used to avoid activating the Senate ’ s “ advice and consent ” role amount to an insistence that the Paris Agreement was akin to other precedent executive agreements .
Horner is also the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Institute , a libertarian think tank in Washington , that finds “ the Paris Climate Agreement is a treaty by virtue of its costs and risks … ” Horner also warns in his report that it “ endangers America ’ s capacity for self-government ” since “ it empowers one administration to make legislative commitments for decades to come without congressional authorization , and regardless of the outcome of future elections.
” The president-elect has vowed to rejoin the treaty .
So , what might come next ?
Patrick Michaels , a senior @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Competitive Enterprise Institute , sees a path forward to protect American independence and secure American energy .
In a for the Washington Examiner , Michaels proposed that President Trump submit the Paris Agreement to the Senate as a treaty where it will most certainly fall short of the two-thirds vote needed for its approval .
This way , even if Biden proceeds to rejoin the U.N. treaty through executive action , there will be ample openings for those victimized by the regulations to challenge those regulations in court .
Now would be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kevin Mooney ( @ KevinMooneyDC ) is a contributor to the Washington Examiner ’ s Beltway Confidential blog .
He is an investigative reporter in Washington , D.C. , who writes for several national publications .


climatedepot--2020-12-22--Great explainer on Technocracy & The Great Reset

In the video above , James Delingpole interviews Patrick Wood , an economist , financial analyst and American constitutionalist who has devoted a lifetime to researching and understanding technocracy — a resource-based economic system created from scratch that really has no equal in terms of what the average person has any understanding of .
Wood has written two fascinating books on this topic : “ Technocracy Rising : The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation ” 1 and “ Technocracy : The Hard Road to World Order.
” 2 As explained by Wood , this new economic system — which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ based on common pricing mechanisms such as supply and demand or free commerce .
Instead , the economy of technocracy is based on energy resources , which then dictates the types of products being produced , bought , sold and consumed .
In essence , energy replaces the concept of money as a commodity .
That ’ s strange enough , but it gets stranger still .
Technocracy , which emerged in the 1930s during the height of the Great Depression , the brainchild of which were scientists and engineers , also requires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If people are allowed to do what they want , consumer demand ultimately drives commerce , but that won ’ t work here .
Instead , consumers need to be directed , herded if you will , to consume that which the system needs them to consume , and in order for that to happen , they need to be more or less brainwashed .
As a result , the technocratic system requires extensive surveillance and artificial intelligence-driven technologies to keep everyone in check .
What ’ s more , technocracy seeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a whole .
They have no place in this system which , when fully implemented , would run itself more or less automatically , with input at the top by the technological masterminds .
There ’ s also no room for nations or nationalism that might influence behavior .
As noted by Wood , Aldous Huxley ’ s dystopian novel “ Brave New World ” offers a compelling glimpse into technocracy .
There ’ s no political system .
It ’ s all run by engineers and scientists , and the algorithms they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for “ Technocracy : The Hard Road to World Order : ” 3 As a resource-based economic system , Sustainable Development intends to take control of all resources , all production and all consumption on planet earth , leaving all of its inhabitants to be micro-managed by a Scientific Dictatorship .
While the technocratic plan has been underway for decades , things have been rolled out in rapid succession this year .
If you ’ ve formed the impression that we ’ re all suffering from some sort of “ boiled frog ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right .
Self-evident rights have been stripped from us and people have more or less grown to accept situations that would have been unthinkable a year ago .
We ’ ve been told to work from home and avoid going anywhere .
Our businesses have been shuttered “ to protect public health.
” We ’ ve been told to wear face coverings even while outdoors , while eating and in our own homes .
We ’ re now told we ’ ll have to have vaccine passports if we want to get on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world leaders are openly talking about the Great Reset .
Now , the central banks were obviously part of this plan too , from the very beginning .
The central bank system is crashing as we speak , having reached the end of its functional life as the global debt burden exceeds countries ’ ability to pay the interest , but the reset they ’ re talking about is not another central bank system .
It will be centralized , yes , but again , the very basis of the global economy will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the commodity of energy .
In the interview , Wood explains how the technocratic elite , members of the Trilateral Commission in particular , have influenced and manipulated economic regulations to ensure their success .
As explained by Wood , many of the terms we ’ ve heard more and more of in recent years refer to technocracy under a different name .
Examples include sustainable development , Agenda 21 , the 2030 Agenda , the New Urban Agenda , green economy , the green new deal and the global warming movement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and are part of technocracy and resource-based economics .
Other terms that are synonymous with technocracy include the Great Reset,4 the Fourth Industrial Revolution5 and the slogan Build Back Better.6 The Paris Climate Agreement is also part and parcel of the technocratic agenda .
The common goal of all these movements and agendas is to capture all of the resources of the world — the ownership of them — for a small global elite group that has the know-how to program the computer systems that will ultimately dictate the lives of everyone .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of totalitarianism .
When they talk about “ wealth redistribution , ” what they ’ re really referring to , Wood notes , is the redistribution of resources from us to them .
My previous article , “ The Global Takeover Is Underway , ” features a video by the World Economic Forum where they straight up say that by 2030 , you will own nothing .
Everything you need you will rent .
A glimpse into this future was also offered in a November 2016 Forbes article written by an unnamed person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ team .
It reads , in part:7 “ Welcome to the year 2030 .
Welcome to my city — or should I say , “ our city.
” I don ’ t own anything .
I don ’ t own a car .
I don ’ t own a house .
I don ’ t own any appliances or any clothes .
It might seem odd to you , but it makes perfect sense for us in this city .
Everything you considered a product , has now become a service .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ food and all the things we need in our daily lives … In our city we don ’ t pay any rent , because someone else is using our free space whenever we do not need it .
My living room is used for business meetings when I am not there .
Once in a while , I will choose to cook for myself .
It is easy — the necessary kitchen equipment is delivered at my door within minutes … Shopping ?
I can ’ t really remember what that is .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ been turned into choosing things to use .
Sometimes I find this fun , and sometimes I just want the algorithm to do it for me .
It knows my taste better than I do by now … The concept of rush hour makes no sense anymore , since the work that we do can be done at any time .
I don ’ t really know if I would call it work anymore .
It is more like thinking-time , creation-time and development-time … My biggest concern is all the people who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Those we lost on the way .
Those who decided that it became too much , all this technology .
Those who felt obsolete and useless when robots and AI took over big parts of our jobs .
Those who got upset with the political system and turned against it .
They live different kind of lives outside of the city .
Some have formed little self-supplying communities .
Others just stayed in the empty and abandoned houses in small 19th century villages .
Once in a while I get annoyed about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Nowhere I can go and not be registered .
I know that , somewhere , everything I do , think and dream of is recorded .
I just hope that nobody will use it against me .
All in all , it is a good life.
” However , if you rent everything and have no private property of your own , then who does own all of those things ?
The technocratic elite that owns all the energy resources does .
Disturbingly enough , one form of energy resource that modern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patents are any indication , is the human body .
Microsoft ’ s international patent8 WO/2020/060606 describes a “ cryptocurrency system using body activity data.
” The international patent was filed June 20 , 2019 .
The U.S. patent office application,9 16128518 , was filed September 21 , 2018 .
As explained in the abstract:10 “ Human body activity associated with a task provided to a user may be used in a mining process of a cryptocurrency system .
A server may provide a task to a device of a user which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sensor communicatively coupled to or comprised in the device of the user may sense body activity of the user .
Body activity data may be generated based on the sensed body activity of the user .
The cryptocurrency system communicatively coupled to the device of the user may verify if the body activity data satisfies one or more conditions set by the cryptocurrency system , and award cryptocurrency to the user whose body activity data is verified.
” The U.S. patent application includes the following flow chart summary of the process.11 This patent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ human beings into robots .
If you ’ ve ever wondered how the average person will make a living in the AI tech-driven cashless world of the future , this may be part of your answer .
People will be brought down to the level of mindless drones , spending their days carrying out tasks automatically handed out by , say a cellphone app , in return for a cryptocurrency “ award.
” This kind of merging of digital and biological systems is ultimately what “ the Fourth Industrial Revolution ” is all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While technocracy used to be an actual private club , the technocrats of today do not necessarily have membership cards , so it can be difficult to correctly identify them all .
Key players , however , are the members of the Trilateral Commission , Wood says .
You can not simply join the Trilateral Commission .
They select their own members , and it ’ s by invitation only .
A list of the members as of 2020 can be found on FredDonaldson.com.12 Well-known names in the U.S. Trilateral group include David @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Google heavyweights Eric Schmidt and Susan Molinari , vice president for public policy at Google .
Recognizing the necessity of the media , there ’ s also David Ignatius , a columnist for The Washington Post ; David Sanger , chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times ; and Gerald Seib , executive editor at The Wall Street Journal .
It ’ s an interesting list of individuals that can be worth reviewing to get an idea of where , how and through whom technocracy is gaining ground and being implemented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : • The Aspen Institute , which has groomed and mentored executives from around the world about the subtleties of globalization .
Many of its board members are also members of the Trilateral Commission • The Brookings Institute and other think-tanks Certain individuals can also be identified by their actions .
Examples given in the interview include Bill Gates and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson .
Once you become familiar with the technocratic agenda , you can start to recognize the players rather easily .
The Pandemic Is Part of the Technocratic Takeover @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic is part and parcel of the technocrats ’ Great Reset that will usher in a whole new world of unimaginable restrictions on freedom .
It has already accomplished a massive redistribution of wealth — again , from the middle class , from small business owners , to large multinational companies such as Amazon .
Eventually , don ’ t be surprised if you hear talk about providing everyone with a basic income — a step toward the 2030 cashless “ utopia ” where you own nothing — and universal debt forgiveness in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to private ownership going forward .
The lockdowns also had the effect of demolishing local economies around the world — an entirely needless manmade situation that is now used as an excuse for why we so desperately need to “ reset ” the economic system , and while we ’ re at it , we should “ build back better.
” Lockdowns and school closings have ushered in calls for more online learning , which locks youths into the digital surveillance matrix to an even greater extent than before , and as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it sets the stage for biometric surveillance , tracking and tracing , which will eventually be tied in with all your other medical records , digital ID , digital banking and a social credit system .
All of this in turn requires 5G , which just so happens to be rolling out in the midst of this pandemic .
Again , once you become more familiar with the technocratic agenda , you ’ ll see how all these seemingly random events are not particularly random at all , but weave together , forming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what ’ s for dinner .
The answer is to , first , educate yourself and others .
I urge you to listen to Wood ’ s interview in its entirety , as he goes over a lot that I have not summarized here .
Once you can see the plan , the next step is to resist and object to any and all implementations of the technocratic agenda .
We can win , for the simple fact that there are more of us than there are of them , but we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to join forces and present a united front .

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climatedepot--2020-12-22--Great Barrier Reef Heresy? And the importance of asking questions

Despite a plethora of history and data suggesting that ideas should always be tested , we live during a time when it is so unfashionable to ask the hard questions .
I am so privileged to have written the introduction to Peter Ridd ’ s new book , ‘ Reef Heresy ?
’ .
In it I explain that it is of great concern to both Peter , and myself , that those who claim the Great Barrier Reef to be in terminal decline are so unwilling to engage in any form of debate .
Sometimes the quickest way to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which I mean disagreement between two or more people with each side given opportunity to present their case and their perspective .
The word ‘ heresy ’ , which is the title of Peter ’ s book , means ‘ opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted ’ .
The heresy is that Peter is not committed to the right political dogma .
It is not that he is wrong .
It is interesting that the ‘ other side ’ won ’ t debate .
They would prefer everyone just believed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and that we have catastrophic global warming .
And how profoundly sad would that be , if it were true !
The establishment , by which I mean the science managers at James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science ( AIMS ) , know that it might not be quite so straightforward , and that there could be some issues with some of the science .
But , in general , they are convinced that they are right – or at least on the side of right , even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
( Ha ha . )
They certainly don ’ t want to have to get into the detail – or have to keep coring the massive old Porites corals from which an overall coral growth rate for the Great Barrier Reef used to be calculated .
Some of this is explained in a discussion I had with Peter when we were last together in Townsville – a discussion hosted by John Roskam and that included some 400 members of the Institute of Public Affairs ( IPA ) via Zoom .
In this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggest we should all ( both sides ) be less quick to lecture and more interested in asking questions .
Peter Ridd suggests towards the end of his book ( page 184 ) that asking questions in science could be made more legitimate through the establishment of explicit ‘ Red Teams ’ at organisations like AIMS .
Yale University professor , Irving Janis , was detailing the inherent problems with working towards a consensus – and labelled this Group Think – back in the 1950s .
Professor Janis explained in his important book @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will inevitably generate systematic errors .
The conclusion of that long book is that it is critical groups encourage scepticism in order to find the possible errors in their favourite theory or plan .
I would have thought this to be a no-brainer in a civilization as sophisticated as our own , and one in which being able to forecast the weather day-to-day , month-to-month , and year-to-year is so important especially for the proper management of water infrastructure and water allocations for hydro-electricity as well as growing food crops .
Despite a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ideas should always be tested , we live during a time when it is so unfashionable to ask the hard questions .
John Roskam ends the YouTube discussion quoting from my new book ‘ Climate Change : The Facts 2020 ’ : It is so much better to have questions that can not be answered , than to live and do science according to answers that can not be questioned .


climatedepot--2020-12-22--Analysis: Climate Lockdowns Are Coming

Analysis: Climate Lockdowns Are Coming

In this three-part series we will exam the transformation from COVID lockdowns to climate lockdowns .
In Part I we will establish a timeline of the dark side of the environmental movement .
In Part II we ’ ll be looking into the specifics of what a climate lockdown really means and what impact current lockdown measures have had on the environment .
In Part III we will see how it fits into the bigger picture of sustainable development as described by international organizations such as the United Nations and what can be done to derail this agenda .
While @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by their governments there are impending signs of both hope and doom for the future .
Across the United States the courts are overturning emergency orders enacted by governors , in Europe crowds continue to gather in huge numbers in protest of lockdown measures , while others reopen with “ pre-covid ” standards .
Simultaneously , shocking levels of cruelty on behalf of the government continue to pour out of Melbourne and in parts of Quebec all forms of private social gatherings are now forbidden .
These terrifying trends are now being coupled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ climate lockdowns ” to avert further destruction .
In her article , professor Mariana Mazzucato calls for a total and radical overhaul of society molded by the hands of the government because of climate change .
We ’ ll address the science she uses to justify these measures later .
Nowhere does the article mention that the professor receives funding from the Rockefeller Foundation , Ford Foundation , and the Open Society Institutes or explain how that may have swayed her conclusions .
This comes as more and more data disrupts the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Since March we ’ ve learned that PCR tests are unreliable , that the science behind masks is doubtful at best , that the virus still hasn ’ t been isolated , and that places that didn ’ t lockdown ( Sweden , South Dakota , Nicaragua , etc ) are faring just fine .
The rise in protests and condemnations of lockdown policies makes complete sense in this context but a more alarming question still remains : why are so many governments stubbornly refusing to end lockdowns or even doubling down on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these measure were never about protecting the public ’ s health .
The narrative of COVID-19 as a tool of control is very well-documented at this point but with climate lockdowns emerging as part of the story it ’ s worth focusing in on the environmental movement and seeing what tools of control have been deployed here as well .
The idea that humans should be good stewards of the planet is not being questioned but the origins and evolution of environmentalism , and some of the key players involved , require close @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this movement that can ’ t be ignored .
Modern environmentalism can be traced back to the 1960s and 1970s as scientific communities , grassroots organizations , NGOs , think tanks , and eventually governments became more engrossed in man ’ s relationship with the planet .
On the plus side there was more attention placed on cherishing the natural world , respecting animal life , and reversing environmental degradation but there also emerged an apocalyptical view of the future where mankind would destroy the planet .
In 1968 Paul Ehrlich ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warned of the impending death of hundred of millions in the coming decades due to resource depletion and food shortages brought on by overpopulation .
This was his take on mankind ’ s growth : A cancer is an uncontrolled multiplication of cells ; the population explosion is an uncontrolled multiplication of people….We must shift our efforts from the treatment of the symptoms to the cutting out of the cancer .
The operation will demand many apparently brutal and heartless decisions .
Some of these decisions included eugenics-based solutions like forced sterilization and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ book are now largely discredited it went on to become a best-seller and planted eugenics-based solutions in the public consciousness .
That same year the Club of Rome was founded .
A group of industrialists , politicians , scientists , and academics met in Italy with dreams of ushering in a new global order .
In 1972 they further popularized theories of a human-driven ecological collapse in The Limits of Growth which has been translated into dozens of languages and sold tens of millions of copies worldwide .
The book echoed Ehrlich ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resources , environmental destruction , and rampant food shortages in and around 2020 due to overpopulation .
Their proposed solution was to have an elite group direct society through a “ controlled , orderly transition ” into a new vision of the world by means of population control .
Subsequent publications would expand on the organization ’ s dismal view of humanity ’ s potential and echo Ehrlich ’ s mankind-as-cancer metaphor .
In 1975 ’ s Mankind at the Turning Point they open their work with a lovely epigraph from a Rockefeller-funded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The Earth has cancer and the cancer is Man.
” Almost two decades later in 1991 The Club of Rome published another report , The First Global Revolution which proposed a plan for navigating the 21st century .
The authors believed that humanity was on the verge of global societal change largely brought on by anthropogenic climate change and that current forms of government were not suited to find resolutions .
Instead they proposed that a global system of interlocking non-governmental institutions above the nation state level be created .
In order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their sovereignty was worth it they needed to create a common enemy to work in unison against .
This is what they came up : In searching for a common enemy against whom we can unite , we came up with the idea that pollution , the threat of global warming , water shortages , famine and the like , would fit the bill .
In their totality and their interactions these phenomena do constitute a common threat which must be confronted by everyone together .
But in designating these dangers as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trap , which we have already warned readers about , namely mistaking symptoms for causes .
All these dangers are caused by human intervention in natural processes and it is only through changed attitudes and behaviour that they can be overcome .
The real enemy then is humanity itself .
It ’ s easy to dismiss these passages as the reflections from a small group of people from a different time .
However , this isn ’ t just a fringe activist group ; the men and women of The Club of Rome @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Members have included David Rockefeller , Henry Kissinger , Bill Gates , Maurice Strong , Kofi Annan , Anne Ehrlich , Al Gore , Bill Clinton , Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands , and Mikhail Gorbachev among others .
The influence these members carries extends into the United Nations , halls of governments around the world , major philanthropic organizations and environmentalist NGOs , prestigious universities , and other prominent think tanks such as the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission .
There is truth in this line of thinking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ failed to do what is right in the name of the environment but this is the result of corruption , collusion , and incompetence which does not necessitate even more centralization and unaccountability from a supranational bureaucracy .
The names and institutions mentioned above are the same ones supporting the tyrannical handling the current so-called pandemic , when they begin issuing demands for climate lockdowns will we really believe it ’ s because they have a strong desire to save the planet ?
In the last 40 years environmentalism has taken on many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few people identify as traditionally religious in the western world but there is speculation that the human brain is hardwired for faith so it follows that in the absence of conventional religious devotion the mind would grasp for something else to believe in .
This is of course not true of everyone who wants the earth to be habitable for future generations but for many devotees the parallels are uncanny .
An environmental priest class has emerged whereby climate edicts from Greta Thunberg , Bill Nye , and Prince Charles mean as much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ imams do to Muslims .
Religious imagery from the Book of Genesis like the Garden of Eden evoked by climate activists when they envision a paradisiacal future where humanity acts in harmony with the planet once again .
Should we fail to live up to this destiny divine retribution will come for modern man like it came for the sinners in Sodom and Gomorrah .
The findings in reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are used in green sermons , much like passages in the Bible , Koran , or Torah @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sites like Jerusalem and Mecca are for religious pilgrims what Antarctica and Glacier National Park are for the environmentalists claiming they wish to see climate change in action .
When it comes to religion we already know what happens when dogmatic thinking goes too far .
The religious wars and inquisitions of history are looked back upon as blights on the story of humanity ’ s progress through the ages .
The environmental movement is relatively new but , as has already been seen in extreme cases , it can be hijacked by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It is this sort of emotional thinking that allows for proponents of climate lockdowns to propose an inhumane agenda of extreme isolation , economic destruction , and centralization of power .
Climate change goes by many names .
In the past it was global cooling and then global warming before it became climate change .
Ad executives are working on rebranding the phenomenon and it may soon be known as The Great Collapse or Climate Collapse .
It turns out almost all observable natural phenomenon can be attributed to climate change as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , cooler temperatures , the extinction of one species , the abundance of another , hurricanes , earthquakes , and fires have all been cited as the result of climate change .
Weirdly the sun ’ s impact on the climate is often left out in favor of blaming man .
The convenience of all of this does much to remove the veneer of global warming climate change being an infallible scientific doctrine , free from the subjectivity of man ’ s own desires .
It ’ s what makes it possible for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Shifting Arctic ice , raging wildfires in western US states and elsewhere , and methane leaks in the North Sea ” as proof we have arrived at the “ tipping point ” on climate change without any citation or context .
Depending on who you ask we have seen many so-called tipping points come and go for decades now so they need to be taken with a grain of salt , as do the uncited claims she makes .
First let ’ s head north into the Arctic .
When she says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means that the climate itself is shifting which is resulting in less ice .
Yes , ice in parts of the Arctic have been on a downward trend ( noted in the link above ) over the past couple of decades but this trend is only correct if you stop looking at data from before 1979 .
There is no context given by Mazzucato here and when we find for example that the Greenland Ice Sheet is between 5,000 and 10,000 feet thick and the melt has only been 10 feet in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ careful of jumping to conclusions that this constitutes whatever a tipping point is .
The wildfires in the western U.S. and Australia are unpleasant to watch and tragic for those who live in those parts of the world .
But , it ’ s worth stressing wildfires in these areas are absolutely natural phenomenon that have been going on long before the advent of climate change .
It ’ s true that man has played a role in these situations but this has more to do with mismanagement than anthropogenic climate change .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to prevent prescribed burns and other wildfire management techniques from happening which bona fied scientific researcher Jo Nova sees as the catalyst for the disaster of 2020 .
In the United States , California ’ s mismanagement of their forests is equally at fault while in Oregon arson is suspected as the cause of several fires .
In August , Greenpeace released a report on found two methane leaks off the coast of England , the result of Exxon Mobil and Sweden ’ s Stena Drilling Company drilling for oil in 1990 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greenpeace ’ s own report explains that , “ The leaking borehole has been returned by Exxon Mobil to the British state who in 2000 determined that further monitoring was not required , believing that the reservoir would soon be depleted .
But 30 years later the greenhouse gas keeps escaping into the atmosphere.
” Their own findings show that government incompetence , and potentially collusion with Exxon , allowed this problem to continue on unabetted for three decades and yet , Mazzucato believes this justifies climate lockdowns for all of humanity as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ here is not to throw the baby out with the bath water and denounce the environmentalist movement outright .
Absolutely nobody denies that the climate changes and yes , the world is absolutely impacted by human presence and sometimes quite negatively .
The way forward should be with open science , transparent dialogue , and accountability at all levels of society because otherwise it will be left to the elite to call the shows for the rest of mankind and we know that doesn ’ t usually go in mankind ’ s favor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Mariana Mazzucato and her ilk at places like the Rockefeller Foundation , the same people calling mankind the enemy of the planet , have what ’ s best for humankind in mind when they call for climate lockdowns ?
In Part II we will take a closer look at Mazzucato ’ s proposals for climate lockdowns and see what impact the current lockdowns have had on the environment .
Is locking down society as simple as confining people to their homes while the planet takes a break or is there something more @ @ @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-12-22--How The COVID Relief Bill Turned Into A Climate Change Bill

So they did it .
Working late into the night before scurrying out of town for Christmas , the House and Senate both managed to pass the gargantuan COVID relief bill .
The President is expected to sign it .
And when I say “ gargantuan , ” I ’ m not just talking about the massive pile of debt that the nation just accumulated .
The final bill was roughly 5,000 pages long and it was festooned with a seemingly endless laundry list of items having absolutely nothing to do with the pandemic .
I found myself in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , who took to Twitter with a very justifiable complaint .
Chief among some of the massive bits of hot garbage that are completely unrelated to the pandemic were a raft of provisions dealing with climate change .
Yes… I know .
The Associated Press highlights some of these new laws that were never mentioned in public while the bill was being negotiated but were somehow crammed down everyone ’ s throats in the interest of looking like they were doing something about pandemic relief .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawmakers from both parties , were hailed as the most significant climate change law in at least a decade .
“ Republicans and Democrats are working together to protect the environment through innovation , ” said Sen. John Barrasso , R-Wyo.
, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee .
“ This historic agreement includes three separate pieces of legislation that will significantly reduce greenhouse gases , ″ Barrasso said , citing measures that promote technologies to “ capture ” and store carbon dioxide produced by power and manufacturing plants ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vehicles ; and authorize a 15-year reduction of hydrofluorocarbons , or HFCs , that are used in everything from cars to air conditioners .
HFCs are considered a major driver of global warming and are being targeted worldwide .
You ’ re going to see the phrases “ promoting technologies ” and “ creating jobs ” quite often in that portion of the bill .
The technologies in question involve carbon capture , emission reduction and replacements for the hydrofluorocarbons ( HFCs ) used as coolants in air conditioning and refrigeration systems , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s how they like to describe such “ initiatives ” to put a pleasant spin on them .
A better translation of those passages would be to say that taxpayer money will be shoveled into “ green energy ” and carbon reduction companies who will ostensibly be working to achieve those goals while ( just coincidentally ) making a ton of money for a small number of people .
A closer look into how those people donate to political campaigns and focus their job creation on the states represented by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be very instructive .
To be clear , there was a great deal more than just climate change jammed into this massive bill that almost nobody in Congress or the media had a chance to read before it was passed .
Our colleague Beth Baumann from Townhall has already put together a collection of the other greatest hits ( to your collective wallets ) that wound up in the bill .
They include money for invasive species mitigation , water management on the Tibetan Plateau , “ gender programs ” in Pakistan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tibet , and other nations .
Dig in at the link if you have the stomach for it .
All of this time we were told that a pandemic relief bill was going to include direct payments to taxpayers , federal enhancements to unemployment benefits , money for more PPE and loans for businesses and municipalities to get them through the shutdowns .
All they were haggling over was the amount of money in each initiative .
That would have required , what… a couple of hundred pages at most if they were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it could have been copied and pasted from the first relief bill with a few of the dollar amounts changed .
Instead , they wheeled out a bill that ’ s ten times longer than Moby Dick and one hundred times more tedious to read .
Nearly a trillion dollars just went up in smoke in the name of “ Battling The Pandemic And Saving Everyone ’ s Lives , ” with a huge amount of that legislation doing nothing of the sort .
Merry freaking Christmas , everyone .
This is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .


climatedepot--2020-12-22--Joe Biden’s proposed EPA Chief Michael Regan claims ‘climate change is the most significant challeng

Joe Biden’s proposed EPA Chief Michael Regan claims ‘climate change is the most significant challenge humanity faces’

Climate change is the most significant challenge humanity faces .
We ’ ll make meaningful progress together by listening to @ @ @ @ @ frontline communities to scientists & our workforce .
I will be honored to be part @ @ @ @ @ Administrator .
👍🏾🌎 We are so fortunate to have you at the helm to get @ @ @ @ @ critical moment .
Thanks for your leadership !
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We will be driven by our @ @ @ @ @ the right to clean air , clean water , and a healthier life—no matter how @ @ @ @ @ their pocket , the color of their skin , or what community they live in @ @ @ @ @ what we ’ ll pursue together 👍🏾🌎 pic.twitter.com/3wben7hbLj


climatedepot--2020-12-22--No, Weather Channel, 2020 Did Not Bring Unprecedented Climate Disasters

An article published by the Weather Channel tries to link climate change to a variety of environmental “ disasters , ” that struck around the world in 2020 .
The article cites limited evidence for any link .
In reality , none of the asserted disasters are tied to supposed human-caused climate change .
In the Weather Channel article titled , “ 2020 ’ s Worst Environmental Disasters , and How Climate Change Played a Role , ” the author writes , “ In a year of unprecedented disasters , much of the damage done to our planet in 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ show none of the disasters discussed in the article are , in fact , unprecedented .
Among the environmental tribulations the Weather Channel discusses are oil spills , dams breaking , and wildfires .
Regarding oil spills , humans have indeed caused some oil spills , but these have occurred either through human error or poor equipment maintenance .
Climate change plays no role in oil spills , regardless of the Weather Channel ’ s unsubstantiated speculation .
Regarding dam failures , floods from unexpectedly heavy rainfall can undoubtedly combine with poor maintenance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dams failing , but there is no scientific link to climate change .
As pointed out in Climate At A Glance : Floods , the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) acknowledges having “ low confidence ” in any climate change impact regarding the frequency or severity of floods .
This includes “ low confidence ” in even the “ sign ” of any changes—meaning , it is just as likely that climate change is making floods less frequent and less severe .
In addition , a study on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Europe , published in the Journal of Hydrology , Volume 552 , September 2017 , Pages 704-717 , found : “ The number of significant trends was about the number expected due to chance alone .
Changes in the frequency of major floods are dominated by multidecadal variability.
” Regarding wildfires , the IPCC has found across the mid-latitudes ( including the U.S. ) there has been a modest but measurable increase in moisture , which mitigates wildfires .
The Weather Channel points to Australia ’ s tragic 2019-2020 wildfire season as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Weather Channel failed to note that before the 2019-2020 wildfire season , the continent had for nearly a decade experienced above-average rainfall .
At the same time , Australia ’ s government had decided not to manage its brush and trees , the fuel load for wildfires .
These two factors combined to create tinder box conditions which exploded when Australia ’ s normal drought cycle reoccurred .
In California , the situation is much the same , with the article admitting , “ Particularly in California … decisions on forest management and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and businesses into less-developed areas have combined to make the 2020 fire season one of the most destructive in recorded history.
” The Weather Channel blamed a “ human caused global warming , ” as well , but the best available data indicate no such link exists .
The article says , “ [ v ] egetation left dry by climate change is fueling unprecedentedly large wildfires , ” yet vegetation is not being left dry by climate change .
Indeed , As reported in Climate at a Glance : Drought , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that precipitation has increased over mid-latitude land areas of the Northern Hemisphere ( including the United States ) during the past 70 years .
Moreover , the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) reports America is currently is undergoing its longest period in recorded history with less than 40 percent of the country experiencing “ very dry ” conditions .
Also , the United States in 2017 – and then again in 2019 – registered its smallest percentage of land area experiencing drought .
Figure 1 : Percentage of United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in green ) and “ very dry ” ( in yellow ) conditions .
Source : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration : https : //www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/uspa/wet-dry/0 .
As reported in Climate at a Glance : Wildfires , long-term data from the U.S. National Interagency Fire Center ( NIFC ) show wildfires have dramatically declined in number and severity in recent decades .
Reporting data on U.S. wildfires from as far back as 1926 , NIFC documents that the number of acres annually burned recently is only1/4th to 1/5th of the annual acres burned in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. West in the past few years are more appropriately labeled , “ Greenie Fires , Not Climate Fires , ” as James Taylor wrote in a recent Climate Realism article discussing the issue .
As Taylor notes , “ The reason why wildfires in the U.S. West , and especially in Pacific Coast states , are becoming more severe in recent years is because federal , state , and local governments have followed environmental extremists ’ demands that we no longer actively manage our forests .
Proactive forest management requires thinning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of underbrush , and removal of dead trees that serve as super-fuel for forest fires .
Environmental extremists have largely blocked these activities during the past 30 in the U.S. West , leading to explosive wildfire conditions that defy global trends.
” 2020 was undoubtedly a bad year for environmental disasters , but contrary to the Weather Channel ’ s assertions , assertions made without citing supporting evidence , there is limited if any proof that climate change contributed to the problems .


climatedepot--2020-12-22--Watch: Morano on Tucker Carlson: We Will Go From COVID Lockdowns To ‘Climate Lockdowns’ Under Biden

Morano : `` What they 're trying to do , you saw Biden elude to it there with 'Build Back Better . '
They 're trying to essentially use the COVID lockdown model for the climate emergency model .
And they are going to go from COVID lockdowns to climate lockdowns . ''
`` Senator Merkley ( D-OR ) came out today and is urging a President Joe Biden to declare a national climate emergency which would give him emergency powers that he could bypass democracy , much in the same way that blue-state governors have already done with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ RealClearPolitics : Climate Depot publisher Marc Morano warned Biden and Democrats are using the COVID lockdown model to prepare for “ climate lockdowns ” in an interview Monday night with FOX News host Tucker Carlson .
“ The CEO of Harris Polling lamented that climate went from a top-tier issue in his poll , to second to last of all issues in the past year , ” Morano said .
“ So they ’ re freaked out that no one is talking and no one cares about climate among the public.
” “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you saw Biden elude to it there with ‘ Build Back Better.
’ They ’ re trying to essentially use the COVID lockdown model for the climate emergency model .
And they are going to go from COVID lockdowns to climate lockdowns , ” Morano said .
“ Senator Merkley ( D-OR ) came out today and is urging a President Joe Biden to declare a national climate emergency which would give him emergency powers that he could bypass democracy , much in the same way that blue-state governors have already done @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
Video of segment available here as well : Climate activist in Forbes Mag : ‘ Lock in lifestyle changes brought about by COVID-19 ’ to battle ‘ climate crisis ’ – ‘ If a deadly virus changed our lifestyle at Warp Speed , why can ’ t a deadly climate crisis do the same ?
’ The Great Reset : ‘ You ’ ll own nothing ’ — not a home , a car or — a Christmas tree !
It ’ s time to ‘ rent ’ your Christmas tree @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the environment ’ Climate lockdowns coming soon : Dem Sen Merkley urges Biden ‘ to declare a national climate emergency ’ – ‘ Using every tool available to him ’ – ‘ Treat this crisis like the emergency it is ’ Biden ’ s “ Build Back Better ” is code for the Great Reset Biden ’ s climate envoy : John Kerry on coronavirus & climate change : ‘ The parallels are screaming at us ’ Biden calls climate change an ’ emergency.
’ Now he ’ s under pressure to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ invoke the National Emergencies Act ’ WaPo : “ The Center for Biological Diversity sent the Biden transition team a report urging the president-elect to invoke the National Emergencies Act to address both the rise of global temperatures and the loss of species to extinction .
Greenpeace , 350.org and Oil Change U.S. are among other left-leaning environmental groups that have endorsed the idea .
During the campaign , Biden pointed to climate change as one of the biggest challenges facing the nation , alongside the coronavirus pandemic , economic recession and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are “ extraordinarily deferential ” to presidents invoking emergency powers , Hartl with the Center for Biological Diversity argued .
You were warned : COVID lockdowns morph to Climate Lockdowns ?
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Biden urged to invoke ‘ a climate emergency ’ – ‘ Could give Biden the authority to circumvent Congress ’ Bloomberg News : Invoking a climate emergency could give Biden the authority to circumvent Congress and fund clean energy projects , shut down crude oil exports , suspend offshore drilling and curtail the movement of fossil fuels on pipelines , trains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ research note by consulting firm ClearView Energy Partners .
“ The president ’ s powers to address climate change through an emergency are very , very large , ” said Kassie Siegel , an attorney with the environmental group Center for Biological Diversity , which is lobbying Biden ’ s team to act .
“ This is No .
1 on the list of things the Biden administration should do.
” … “ Declaring a climate emergency will radicalize climate protection , alienating the very moderate Senators needed to pass infrastructure and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Paul Bledsoe , a former climate official in the Clinton White House , now with the Progressive Policy Institute .
…Greenpeace , along with the Center for Biological Diversity and groups like Friends of the Earth , were among 500 organizations that called for the next president to declare a national climate emergency last December .
Two candidates who sought the Democratic presidential nomination , Bernie Sanders and Tom Steyer , vowed on the campaign trail to declare climate change a national emergency .
‘ Fantastic ’ for the climate : Activists See @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ Climate Emergency ’ ‘ Put them in jail ’ : Biden demands fossil fuel execs be locked up — But he outspent Dem rivals flying in private jets & continues to fly in them Nov : 2020 : AP Polls reveal climate was near the bottom of voter priorities — Below 10 % in state-by-state polling – A wholesale rejection of the Green New Deal even in blue states August 2020 : ‘ I was personally surprised & discouraged ’ – Harris Poll CEO laments : ‘ Americans Don ’ t Care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from # 1 issue to 2nd to last The Green assault on home ownership : ‘ We need to seriously question the ideal of private homeownership ’ – “ Cheap energy is untenable in the face of a climate emergency .
And individual homeownership should be seriously questioned.
” UCLA urban planning professor Kian Goh , in an op-ed in the far-left magazine The Nation , wrote that “ if we want to keep cities safe in the face of climate change , we need to seriously question the ideal of private homeownership.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fetishizing the Single-Family Home – By NYT Columnist By Farhad Manjoo : “ The single-family home is out of step with the future… a big house with a backyard should be a rarity… single-family zoning has a history in segregation.
” Warmist Eric Holthaus envisions Earth Day 2070 : ‘ A world not focused on growth , but on life .
A world not focused on ownership , but on solidarity ’ ‘ Green New Deal ’ Unveiled : Entire economy would operate it – Govt would have ‘ appropriate ownership stakes ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won ’ t be able to own a car either !
Dem presidential candidate Andrew Yang : Climate Change May Require Elimination of Car Ownership – Suggests ‘ constant roving fleet of electric cars ’ – “ We might not own our own cars .
Our current car ownership and usage model is really inefficient and bad for the environment , ” Yang said .
Get ready : In a declared ‘ climate emergency , ’ you can ’ t fly commercial unless it is ‘ morally justifiable ’ – Activist Holthaus sets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aviation emissions in a climate emergency ’ Flashback June 2020 : World Economic Forum Chairman Schwab : ‘ We need a Great Reset of capitalism ’ due to COVID – Virus lockdowns have given ‘ opportunity ’ for ‘ equality & sustainability ’ & fighting climate Watch : Al Gore : ‘ This is the time for a Great Reset ’ – ‘ This is a time for a reset to fix a bunch of challenges , first among them the climate crisis ’ The ‘ Great Reset ’ : Rule by Unelected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrived – ‘ The danger of letting lab coats run the world ’ – Special Report Warmist Prof. Alice Bows-Larkin calls for ‘ planned recessions ’ to fight ‘ global warming ’ : ‘ Economic growth needs to be exchanged ’ for ‘ planned austerity ’ – ‘ Whole system change ’ Ivy League Geologist Explains that Earth is currently in one of coldest periods in History .
Excerpt : Ivy League geologist Dr. Robert Giegengack is a professor of earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania .
Giegengack noted that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the planet reveals “ only about 5 % of that time has been characterized by conditions on Earth that were so cold that the poles could support masses of permanent ice.
” Giegengack also noted “ for most of Earth ’ s history , the globe has been warmer than it has been for the last 200 years .
It has rarely been cooler.
” http : //www.phillymag.com/articles/science_al_gore_is_a_greenhouse_gasbag & http : //icecap.us/index.php/go/political-climate/al_gore_is_a_greenhouse_gasbag/ Monckton rips AP ’ s Seth Borenstein for touting UN IPCC ’ s meaningless 95 % confidence in man-made global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no more scientific a process than a show of hands ’ Monckton to Borenstein : ‘ The IPCC ’ s pretence that it is 95 % confident that most of the warming since 1950 was manmade is transparently rent-seeking guesswork , to which no intelligent journalist should lend the slightest credence…The IPCC ’ s attempt to assign a quantified statistical confidence interval to a non-statistical process was inappropriate and , mathematically speaking , contemptible ’ — The sheer dumbness of the IPCC ’ s approach should at least be questioned by journalists , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some sort of Gospel truth…Surely it would be better to start asking real questions than merely to parrot uncritically the innumerate absurdities of a politicized clique of profiteers of doom in the scientific establishment .
Time to raise your game.
’ AP ’ s Borenstein wrote glowingly about the UN IPCC ’ s 95 % confidence in man-made global warming , but failed to tell his readers that the number was made up out of thin air .
‘ ‘ It ’ s based on a discussion among the authors ’ See : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reuters explains UN IPCC ’ s 95 % confidence of human causation of global warming : ‘ It ’ s based on a discussion among the authors ’ ‘ More than 700 scientists from 400 institutions in 40 countries have contributed peer-reviewed papers providing evidence that the Medieval Warm Period was real , global , & warmer than the present ’ New Study : ‘ Multiple lines of evidence ’ show Medieval Warm Period was warmer than today New technical paper in GeoResJ : “ After applying the latest big data technique to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not confirm that recent warming is anything but natural – what might have occurred anyway , even if there was no industrial revolution.There are , however , multiple lines of evidence indicating it was about a degree warmer across Europe during the MWP – corresponding with the 1200 AD rise in our Northern Hemisphere composite .
In fact , there are oodles of published technical papers based on proxy records that provide a relatively warm temperature profile for this period .
This was before the Little Ice Age when it was too cold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solar activity may influence Arctic sea ice , less ice during Medieval & Roman Warm Periods – Published in Palaeogeography , Palaeoclimatology , Palaeoecology Study reconstructs Arctic sea ice near West Greenland over the past 5,000 years and finds that solar activity “ may be an important contributor to the sea-ice changes.
” The paper shows Total Solar Irradiance [ TSI ] at the end of the 20th century was at the highest levels of the past 5,000 years , and a correspondence between solar activity and Arctic sea ice concentration .
New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ periods were worldwide and warmer than the present New paper finds summer temperatures in the year 2000 were about the same as during Medieval & Roman warm periods : Paper under open review for Climate of the Past Media recognizing Roman Warm Period ?
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NY Times : ‘ …broad pattern of warmth in the N. Hemisphere , possibly caused by an uptick in the sun ’ s energy output ’ NY Times : ‘ This warm spell is often called the ‘ Roman Warm Period , ’ and while it has not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the idea is growing ’ Temp Reconstruction Clearly Shows Medieval Warm Period ( MWP ) and Little Ice Age : Roman Warm Period and MWP ‘ were both warmer than 1961-1990 ’ New Peer-Reviewed Research : Atlantic Ocean Was 2.7°C Warmer During Roman Warm Period , 2.2°C Warmer During MWP Mediterranean Sea was 3.6°F hotter during the Roman Empire , study claims – ‘ Roman Empire coincided with warmest period of the last 2,000 years ’ Roman and Medieval Warm Periods vs. the Current Warm Period Studies ‘ clearly demonstrating that there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mean level of global warmth experienced over the past 18 years of no significant upward or downward trend.
’ New Study : Sea Surface temperature warmer in both the Roman and Medieval Warm Period – Published in Chinese Science Bulletin More Glacier Studies Confirm Roman And Medieval Warm Periods Were Just As Warm As Today Paper finds the Alps were nearly ice-free 2000 years ago during the Roman Warming Period New paper finds Norway glaciers much larger today than during Roman & Egyptian warming periods & Holocene climate optimum — Published in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ size of four glaciers in Norway over the past 10,000 years and shows all four were considerably smaller than the present during the Holocene Climate Optimum between ∼8000 and 5500 years ago , as well as during the Roman and Egyptian warming periods 2000-3000 years ago .
The paper finds the Little Ice Age [ LIA ] was the coldest period with the largest glacier extent of the past 10,000 years .
Note : The estimated cooling during the LIA was 1.5 °C , but the globe has only recovered 0.7°C since the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Paper : Roman & Medieval Warm Periods Were Warmer Than Previously Thought ‘ A paper published in Nature Climate Change finds prior temperature reconstructions from tree-rings ‘ may underestimate pre-instrumental [ pre-1850 ] temperatures including warmth during Medieval and Roman times.
’ Many reconstructions show temperatures during the Medieval and Roman periods were warmer than the present , and this study suggests they were even warmer than previously thought ’ Medieval Warm Period found in 120 proxies .
Plus Roman era was similar to early 20th Century ‘ Climate models can not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , nor cooling 300 years ago , so they can ’ t rule out the same factors aren ’ t changing the climate today ( though they claim they can ) .
If climate models can ’ t explain the past , they can ’ t predict the future ’ New EU Research Confirms Roman Warming Period In Arctic Regions Warmer Than Modern New Climate Data Reveals Modern Warming To Be Only Lukewarm Versus Medieval & Roman Periods


climatedepot--2020-12-23--Joe Biden’s Climate Czar Gina McCarthy Is A Far-Left Swamp Creature

President-Elect Joe Biden has picked Gina McCarthy , head of the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) under Barack Obama and president of the leftist environmental group National Resources Defense Council , to become his climate czar .
The position does not require Senate confirmation but would have a significant impact across the federal government as McCarthy is expected to guide climate policy at Transportation , Housing and Urban Development , and even Treasury .
The Natural Resources Defense Council has sued the Donald J. Trump administration more than 100 times for environmental policies including energy-efficiency regulations and protections for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come to the post without a resume that includes controversies .
Obama nominated McCarthy to head the EPA on March 4 , 2013 .
She was confirmed after a record 136-day confirmation fight .
McCarthy was tapped to pursue Obama ’ s agenda of climate change , global warming , and using regulation to save the environment .
But in August 2015 , McCarthy was forced to apologize for an EPA mine cleanup that caused a toxic mix of lead and arsenic to spill from the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in New Mexico and Utah .
“ McCarthy said she is ‘ deeply sorry ’ and it ‘ pains me to no end ’ to see the orange-colored toxic stream unleashed in the West , ” NBC reported .
“ Calling the spill a ‘ tragic and unfortunate accident , ’ she took full responsibility for the waste oozing from an abandoned mine into the Animas River.
” “ We are going to move as quickly as we can , ” McCarthy said to reporters following a speech in Washington , DC , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around the clock ” to prevent the mine waste from moving further downstream .
“ It does take time to review and analyze data , ” McCarthy said .
“ As far as I know , we have been thankful that there [ are ] no reported cases of anyone ’ s health being compromised.
” Controversy continued the next month when an impeachment effort against McCarthy took place , as USA Today reported in an article subtitled , “ Is impeachment the only solution for lack of executive accountability ?
” According @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( R-Ariz. ) has introduced a resolution of impeachment against her because he says she lied during testimony about the EPA ’ s new clean water rules .
Says Gosar : “ Perjury before Congress is perjury to the American people and an affront to the fundamental principles of our republic and the rule of law .
Such behavior can not be tolerated .
My legislation will hold Administrator McCarthy accountable for her blatant deceptions and unlawful conduct.
” McCarthy is accused of perjuring herself three times , in discussing the scientific and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you might wonder , why not just prosecute her for perjury ?
The problem is that criminal prosecutions are brought by the executive branch , and there ’ s not much chance that Obama administration Attorney General Loretta Lynch will bring a perjury prosecution against a fellow member of the administration .
And there ’ s nothing Congress can do to change that .
Congress could choose to hold McCarthy in contempt of Congress — as it did , in fact , to Lynch ’ s predecessor , former attorney general Eric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enforced by the executive branch , too .
McCarthy survived that effort , but was in the controversial spotlight again in February of 2016 , according to a Morning Consult report that said she was trying to influence the outcome of the controversial Waters of the United States ( WOTUS ) rule that included regulating water on private property : Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy says her agency did nothing wrong when it used social media to promote a major water rule during a public comment period .
But on Thursday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agency ’ s promotion policies after the Government Accountability Office said the EPA illegally engaged in “ propaganda.
” “ I think the word ‘ propaganda ’ is always construed as something horrible , ” McCarthy testified at a House Agriculture Committee , adding that the EPA disagrees with GAO ’ s conclusion that the agency broke the law .
That prompted Rep. Bob Gibbs ( R-Ohio ) to respond , “ You were lobbying the people who lobby us.
” Republicans have said that in Iowa , the rule would give the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state ’ s land .
Opponents also say it could lead the EPA to regulate very small water supplies , including farmers ’ ditches and man-made ponds .
The rule includes exemptions for agriculture , but Rep. Collin Peterson ( D-Minn. ) said he isn ’ t convinced that a few carve-outs will undo the additional red tape the rule creates .
McCarthy would be the first climate adviser in the White House .


climatedepot--2020-12-23--Listen: Morano testifies against RGGI energy taxes to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Prote

Listen: Morano testifies against RGGI energy taxes to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection – ‘Your fracking revolution…has been the energy success story of America’

Morano : `` It is amazing to me that everyone here believes that you can legislate in Pennsylvania -- a better climate by raising energy costs harming yourself economically , and turning over energy decisions to politicians lobbyists and activists who are going to join up with other states and try to dictate Pennsylvania energy policy . ''
`` And this is the key , Pennsylvania has been the energy success story of America , you have led the way in our CO2 reductions if you really cared about CO2 reductions you would be embracing your fracking revolution you would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you 're turning it over to a cap and trade carbon taxation scheme that 's going to raise the cost of energy for Pennsylvania 's have no impact not only on the weather , but it could n't they wo n't even impact global CO2 levels in any way shape or form . ''
`` We hear people like John Kerry and others warning of this national security threat of climate change , well what security dread is going to be , then to shoot ourselves and our own foot by hampering domestic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with fracking .
What 's that gon na mean we 're going to rely on foreign sources of energy , we 're going to have to go back to fighting Middle East wars to get oil and energy when there 's no reason to when we 're energy dominant for the first time since Harry Truman was president . ''
The audio-only hearing was on Pennsylvania ’ s desire to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or “ RGGI ” .
RGGI is an agreement between many Northeast to engage in a cap-and-trade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gas emissions .
Pennsylvania power plants will be forced to purchase permits to emit carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) under the RGGI plan .
Our Next Speaker , number 61 is Marc Morano .
Marc Morano : Hi , this is Marc Morano from CFACT ’ s Climate Depot and the Committee For a Constructive Tomorrow .
We ’ re a free-market environmental group and we come out completely opposed to RGGI ( Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative . )
I testified last year actually before your house committee last October in 2019 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everyone here believes that you can legislate in Pennsylvania — a better climate by raising energy costs harming yourself economically , and turning over energy decisions to politicians lobbyists and activists who are going to join up with other states and try to dictate Pennsylvania energy policy .
This is one of the worst things , Pennsylvania , could possibly get itself involved in .
Your Governor Wolf has made a series of unscientific and absurd claims regarding the so-called climate crisis , and he goes through and he claims that that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ RGGI .
He said Pennsylvania had its wettest year on record in 2018 , but if you look at the data , even from the United Nations , the National Climate Assessment , peer review , floods are not increasing .
Floods are not changing on the number of chance alone .
During a study in the journal hydrology no increase in floods .
He tries to claim he makes other claims regarding local Pennsylvania weather increase in flooding and other things .
[ See : Gov .
Wolf declared : “ 2018 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ record .
the storms that came brought pounding rain , causing floods in communities of all sizes.
” The first question is , are floods increasing ?
The peer-reviewed evidence and data clearly says no .
A 2017 study found on floods found ‘ approximately the number expected due to chance alone ’ – No ‘ global warming ’ signal – Another 2017 study in the Journal of Hydrology found no increase in floods – ‘ Compelling evidence for increased flooding at a global scale is lacking ’ – Extreme Weather expert Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : ‘ New empirical study : Are floods increasing in North America and Europe ?
No ( and consistent with IPCC . )
’ – Previous studies have unable to link extreme weather of droughts , heavy rain & storms to “ global warming.
” ] And this is the key , Pennsylvania has been the energy success story of America , you have led the way in our CO2 reductions if you really cared about CO2 reductions you would be embracing your fracking revolution you would be embracing Pennsylvania ’ s energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over to a cap and trade carbon taxation scheme that ’ s going to raise the cost of energy for Pennsylvania ’ s have no impact not only on the weather , but it couldn ’ t they won ’ t even impact global CO2 levels in any way shape or form .
( Global Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions Flat in 2019 – ‘ The country with the biggest drop in energy-related CO2 emissions was the U.S. ’ ) How do we know that because even the entire United States can impact that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ State , has admitted that as well .
See : Flashback 2015 : Then Sec .
of State John Kerry explains climate futility : If U.S. zeroed out CO2 emissions , it ‘ still wouldn ’ t be enough to offset the carbon pollution coming from the rest of the world ’ & ‘ It ’ s beyond catastrophic ’ : John Kerry Admits UN Paris Climate PACT Does NOTHING for ‘ Climate Change ’ – ‘ Even if we did everything that was promised in Paris , the earth ’ s temps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not pretend that this is anything but a bureaucratic power grab and we ’ ve heard testimony after testimony , today of people in the solar industry people from environmental groups , people from different lobbying organizations all trying to get this passed because it gives them direct leverage in lobbying arm and how they can best juice the system and game the system for themselves , make no mistake about it .
I worked in the United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee as a senior staffer I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2006- 2007-20088 & 2009 .
And that is exactly what RGGI is all about the United States .
In 2018 the USA went from an energy importer to an energy exporter we have achieved energy dominance , for the first time since 1952 when Harry S. Truman was president .
[ See : American energy exports exceeded American energy imports for the first time since 1952 when Harry S. Truman was president.
” ] Now , because of things like RGGI ; because of things like the Green New Deal ; because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Agreement — We are going to be essentially ceding our way and giving up that energy dominance , and guess what it means .
Unless solar and wind can magically fill that gap and make no mistake , solar and wind are 3 % of global energy production .
— Let me repeat that solar and wind combined are 3 % of global energy production .
If you go back to 1915 and look at the data , 80 % plus of the world ’ s energy came from fossil fuels , if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2017 and 2018 80 % plus of the world ’ s energy comes from fossil fuels .
See : Reality check : In 1908 , fossil fuels accounted for 85 % of U.S. energy consumption .
In 2015 , more or less the same Passing RGGI ; passing a Green New Deal ; committing to the Paris Agreement doesn ’ t magically wave a magic wand that everyone ’ s gon na be like ‘ Oh my gosh we ’ ve saved our planet and Pennsylvania is leading the way ’ and all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hour after hour here with this testimony .
We hear people like John Kerry and others warning of this national security threat of climate change , well what security dread is going to be , then to shoot ourselves and our own foot by hampering domestic energy production in Pennsylvania leading the way with fracking .
What ’ s that gon na mean we ’ re going to rely on foreign sources of energy , we ’ re going to have to go back to fighting Middle East wars to get oil and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to when we ’ re energy dominant for the first time since Harry Truman was president .
I ’ m urging Pennsylvanians to wake up .
Don ’ t let the lobbyists and activists and self-interested groups win .
Take this debate over — stand up and fight this RGGI attack on your energy on your economy on your lives on science , on common sense .
I am urging this to be defeated .
And I look forward to future opportunities that continue to urge against joining RGGI .
You can raise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not going to change the climate , it ’ s only going to make Pennsylvania ’ s poor , so please do not go forward with this RGGI bill .
JunkScience.com ’ s Steve Milloy testifies at PA Dept of Env .
Protection climate hearing : ‘ RGGI will accomplish nothing for the environment , climate or public health .
Instead , energy prices will increase , making Pennsylvania & Pennsylvanians poorer ’


climatedepot--2020-12-23--New Study: CLIMATE OF ERROR:  The grave error of physics that created a climate ‘emergency’

`` Climate scientists predicted far more global warming than has occurred Since climate scientists ’ predictions have proven greatly overstated @ @ @ @ @ medium-term warming , the Argonauts decided to find out what climate scientists were getting wrong @ @ @ @ @ theory – however beautiful or profitable – is false and must be amended or even @ @ @ @ @ it .
The large discrepancy between predicted and real-world warming in recent decades indeed showed @ @ @ @ @ wrong with the official theory . ''


climatedepot--2020-12-23--MONCKTON LETTER TO THE LANCET ON THE ‘CLIMATE CRISIS’ – Urges journal to ‘peddle less totalitarian p

MONCKTON LETTER TO THE LANCET ON THE ‘CLIMATE CRISIS’ – Urges journal to ‘peddle less totalitarian politics’

Your notion of a “ climate crisis ” ( editorial “ Climate and COVID-19 : converging crises , ” December 2 ; click here for the PDF ) , though fashionable among the classe politique , is misplaced .
That notion sprang from an elementary error of physics perpetrated in the 1980s by climate scientists who had borrowed feedback formulism from control theory , another branch of physics , without quite understanding it .
Interdisciplinary compartmentalization delayed its identification until now .
After correcting the error , anthropogenic global warming will be only one-third of current midrange projections , well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and health .
CO fertilization ( for CO is plant food ) has assisted in steadily increasing crop yields – this year ’ s global harvest has set yet another record – and in improving drought resistance ( Hao et al.
, 2014 ) and greening the planet .
Your suggestion that warmer worldwide weather has caused net loss of life , particularly among the world ’ s fast-declining population of poor people , is fashionable but misplaced .
Cold is a bigger killer than warmth .
Research conducted three years ago for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this reason , even if there were 5.4 C° global warming from 2020-2080 , there would be 100,000 more Europeans than with no warming at all .
However , now that nearly all major banks – citing “ global warming ” as their pretext – refuse to lend to developing countries for coal-fired electricity , a billion people lack the capacity to turn on a 60 W lightbulb for just four hours a day ( the International Energy Agency ’ s scarcely generous definition of “ access to electricity ” ) .
According @ @ @ @ @ @ @ die of particulate pollution from smoke in cooking fires because they lack domestic electrical power and , for the same lack , 500,000 women die in childbirth .
These are just two of the many causes of death from lack of access to electricity that kill tens of millions annually .
The chief reason why so many can not turn on a light is not global warming but misconceived policies intended to address what is in reality a non-problem .
More than 90 % of all new greenhouse-gas emissions ( BP Annual Review @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nations exempt from the Paris agreement , which , after correction of the error of physics , is in any event supererogatory .
You have said China must do more , but China – though it has its own space programme and continues to occupy Tibet by military force – is exempt from Paris on the ground that it is a “ developing country ” .
It is not required to forswear its sins of emission .
Your advocacy of “ low-carbon diets ” is fashionable but misplaced .
Like it or not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years to eat meat , which can provide all necessary energy , nutrients and vitamins .
Yet ill-informed official guidelines on both sides of the Atlantic recommend low-fat , high-carbohydrate diets .
Those recommendations have demonstrably been the chief cause of the surge in obesity and diabetes in both the UK and the USA .
They were abandoned by court order a decade ago in Sweden at the instance of a brave doctor whom the medical authorities had attempted to prosecute because she cured all her diabetes patients by ignoring the guidelines and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Your advocacy of “ renewable ” energy is fashionable but misplaced .
Using 14th-century technology to address a 21st-century non-problem would be silly enough in itself .
What is worse , however , is that “ renewables ” have not only quadrupled the price of electricity but have also added to CO emissions .
The chief reason for this apparent paradox is that the more windmills and solar panels are connected to the grid the more grossly-inefficient , CO -emitting spinning reserve must be maintained in the often vain hope of preventing blackouts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ falls .
With respect , The Lancet should study more science and economics , however unfashionable , and peddle less totalitarian politics , however fashionable and profitable – and deadly .
“ Climate of Error : The grave error of physics that created a climate ’ emergency ’ “ ; Alex Henney , Christopher Monckton of Brenchley ( 2020 ) .
“ The 2020 report of The Lancet – Countdown on health and climate change : Responding to converging crises , ” The Lancet , December 2 , 2020 .


climatedepot--2020-12-23--The Covid relief bill lays the groundwork for a ‘Climate Security Advisory Council’

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CLIMATE SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL .
( 1 ) STUDY REQUIRED .
-- `` The Director of National @ @ @ @ @ the heads of other elements of the intelligence community determined appropriate by the Director , @ @ @ @ @ the effectiveness of the Climate Security Advisory Council as a potential model for future administrations @ @ @ @ @ : Global warming ’ causes war claims — debunked – ‘ Warm periods are more @ @ @ @ @ – Bonus Chapter # 2 for Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change How The COVID @ @ @ @ @ Climate Change Bill


climatedepot--2020-12-23--US Democrats consider ‘climate emergency’ to bypass US Senate

US Democrats consider ‘ climate emergency ’ to bypass US SenateThe Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) / by bennypeiser / 4h Whether it ’ s through their attempts of “ legislation ” by regulation , litigation , or the pressure of Wall Street ’ s corporatists , the climate warriors have long shown an interest in bypassing the usual democratic procedures in order to get their agenda through , and there is no doubt that some of the coercive measures that have been put in place to combat the pandemic will have given them additional ideas .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In the meantime , Senator Jeff Merkley ( D. , Ore. ) has written this in the Washington Post ( my emphasis added ) : Our ability to take on the climate crisis through legislation will be challenged by the realities of the Senate .
If Mitch McConnell ( R-Ky. ) emerges as the majority leader following the runoff elections in Georgia , no serious climate bill will ever get a hearing in committee , much less get to the Oval Office .
And even if Democrats win the Senate , passing adequately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such a razor-thin margin and the need for filibuster reform .
But we can not wait .
We need bold executive action that treats this crisis — quite literally — as the emergency it is .
The National Emergencies Act ( NEA ) and the Defense Production Act ( DPA ) give the president broad powers to act in the national interest during grave national emergencies .
While President Barack Obama used the DPA to purchase green transportation fuels , neither of these acts has been fully used to address the climate emergency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emergency under the NEA would not only send a powerful signal about the urgency of bold action , it would unlock powers that allow our nation to take significant , concrete actions regardless of congressional gridlock .
Examples include redirecting spending to build out renewable energy systems , implementing large-scale clean transportation solutions and financing distributed energy projects to boost climate resiliency — all of which would help safeguard our communities and slash harmful pollution .
Invoking the DPA would complement a national emergency declaration and help address the national security threats posed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would allow the Biden administration to take essential steps toward strengthening our emergency preparedness , such as constructing resilient energy infrastructure and mobilizing domestic industry to ramp up manufacturing of clean energy technologies .
These are necessary steps to protect Americans from the deluge of violent storms and extreme weather events that are on the horizon .
Plus , spawning a robust clean energy industry could generate millions of high-quality American jobs vital to rejuvenating our post-covid economy .
If you believe that last sentence , you will also believe that these measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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climatedepot--2020-12-23--Lights going out: Why China will never give up coal power – ‘Tens of millions across China are facin

Lights going out: Why China will never give up coal power – ‘Tens of millions across China are facing power shortages in below-freezing winter temperatures’

Lights going out : Why China will never give up coal powerThe Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) / by bennypeiser / 4h BEIJING : Tens of millions across China are facing power shortages in below-freezing winter temperatures , as three provinces impose curbs on electricity use due to surging demand and a squeezed coal supply .
Residents , factories and businesses in Hunan , Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces have been ordered to ration electricity with some areas citing a shortfall in coal supplies , according to local media reports and government notices .
China ’ s rebound from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy intensive industries such as construction , heaping pressure on the power grid and coal supplies , said Lauri Myllyvirta , lead analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air .
Earlier this month , Hunan authorities ordered all billboards and outdoor lighting on buildings to power off for long periods each day and a temperature cap on indoor heating at entertainment venues .
Hunan faces a shortfall of 3-4 million kilowatts of electricity this winter , local officials admitted last week , as demand soars due to unusually cold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ -10°C .
Office workers in provincial capital Changsha complained on social media about being forced to climb dozens of flights of stairs and freezing indoor temperatures as a result of frequent power outages .
“ My office heating has already been stopped , and there were blackouts on Dec 1 , 3 and 5 .
Temperatures will drop to -8°C around New Year ’ s Day , will I freeze to death in Hunan ?
” one Weibo user wrote last week .
Meanwhile in Zhejiang province , factories in the manufacturing hub @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operations and streetlights have been turned off at night as part of an emissions-saving drive by the local government , according to media reports and photos circulated on Weibo .
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climatedepot--2020-12-23--Watch: Morano discuses Battling the Rise of the Climate Monarchy & Climate Hustle 2

Climate Hustle 2 : Rise of the Climate Monarchy is a hot item .
The hard-hitting video documentary exposes the @ @ @ @ @ and the tyrannous plans that tie climate alarmism to the World Economic Forum ’ s @ @ @ @ @ government-mandated lockdowns in response to the Coronavirus pandemic .
And it does it all with @ @ @ @ @ , shrewd logic , and hard facts .
Tuesday night , December 15 , our @ @ @ @ @ producer of Climate Hustle 2 , will be on our Facebook Livestream program From the @ @ @ @ @ and responses to it .
Marc heads up ClimateDepot.com , one of the best websites @ @ @ @ @ catastrophic manmade global warming .


climatedepot--2020-12-23--600,000 Britons have fallen into fuel poverty during Covid lockdowns – ‘More than two million househ

600,000 Britons have fallen into fuel poverty during Covid lockdowns – ‘More than two million households are behind on their energy payments’

600,000 Britons have fallen into fuel poverty during Covid pandemicThe Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) / by bennypeiser / 3d The Covid-19 crisis has pushed more than half a million people into debt on their fuel bills , new research shows , and more than two million are behind on payments .
The Citizens Advice findings “ confirm the worst fears ” about the impact of stay at home advice during winter , fuel poverty campaigners said , calling for fuel debt relief from the Government .
More than two million households are behind on their energy payments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more people have fallen into debt since the pandemic gripped the UK .
A quarter of the adults surveyed said they were worried about being unable to afford fuel bills this winter .
This suggests up to seven million households had similar concerns heading into the colder months .
“ The findings are truly shocking , ” End Fuel Poverty Coalition coordinator Simon Francis told The Big Issue .
“ They confirm the worst fears that a double whammy of stay at home instructions during colder weather would lead to more people in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so early on in the winter season and the worst weather is still to come , we need urgent action from energy firms and government to support those in fuel poverty .
“ The time for fuel poverty debt relief , not just deferral of bills , is now.
” Those who have not come to a repayment arrangement with their supplier owe an average £760 for electricity and £605 for gas , Citizens Advice said .
The charity is urging suppliers to double down on proactive support for customers who fall into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cent of people said the options they were offered after plunging into debt were helpful .
But the research showed one in seven people who tried to contact their supplier couldn ’ t get through , while call waiting times have increased for two thirds of suppliers – something campaigners say can pose a significant barrier to vulnerable people looking for help .
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climatedepot--2020-12-23--‘We’re in the Money’: Bezos set to shower Greens with $billions

“ We ’ re in the Money ” was a popular tune that caught the spirit of the last century ’ s Roaring Twenties .
Now , one hundred years later , environmental groups can sing the same song — thanks to Jeff Bezos , the richest man in the world .
Bezos , the founder and CEO of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post , has announced that he is giving $ 793 million to 16 environmental groups to fight climate change and undertake other activities to save the planet .
The largess comes from Bezos ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ just the beginning of my $ 10 billion commitment to fund scientists , activists , NGOs , and others.
” More than half of the donations are going to established , already well-funded green groups , with $ 100 million grants each going to the Environmental Defense Fund ( EDF ) , the National Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ) , the Nature Conservancy ( TNC ) , the World Resources Institute ( WRI ) , and the World Wildlife Fund ( WWF ) .
Groups purporting to be battling climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ getting the loot .
Bezos is also turning his attention to “ environmental justice , ” and groups cashing in include the lesser-known Dream Corps ’ Green for All , the Hive Fund for Climate and Gender and Justice , and the Solutions Project .
With natural gas having displaced coal as America ’ s leading source of electricity , environmentalists now plan to join hands with the incoming Biden administration to go after the fossil fuel , citing its alleged effect on the climate .
And Bezos ’ s money will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demonize natural gas .
Manhattan-based EDF , whose annual budget is a stately $ 230 million , will pocket an additional $ 100 million from Bezos over the next three years .
Most of that money will fund a satellite EDF plans to have put in orbit to monitor methane emissions .
“ Thanks to this and other funding , we will cut methane pollution from the oil and gas industry by 45 percent by 2025 , which will be the same 20-year benefit of closing a third of the world ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fred Krupp assured the Washington Post ( Nov.17 ) .
“ Solving the climate crisis involves investments in a wide segment of solutions , ” Krupp , whose organization would be a recipient of such investments , went on .
“ The obstacle isn ’ t finding solutions ; it is securing the funding to scale solutions quickly .
Our hope is that this gift encourages other philanthropists to support climate solutions on the scale needed.
” Washington , D.C.-based WWI is also getting into the satellite business .
It plans to use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ develop a satellite-powered land-use and carbon-emissions monitoring system that will focus on emissions ’ impact on forests , grasslands , wetlands , and agriculture .
WWI also wants to use some of the money to convert 450,000 school buses to all-electric power systems by 2030 .
WWF , whose U.S. affiliate has an annual budget of about $ 300 million and whose global budget comes to $ 900 million a year , wants to use the Bezos cash to—raise more money .
It plans to leverage its $ 100 million grant from Bezos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its “ global partners , ” including investors , foundations , and governments .
The Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute , which will have to make do with a paltry $ 10 million , will use the money for a project to decarbonize buildings , with the goal of stopping the burning of natural gas in heaters , stoves , and boilers .
Other beneficiaries of Bezos ’ s Earth Fund include , according to the Post , the Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund , $ 43 million ; ClimateWorks Foundation , $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 5 million ; Energy Foundation , $ 30 million ; the Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice , $ 43 million ; NDN Collective , $ 12 million ; Salk Institute for Biological Studies , $ 30 million ; the Solutions Project , $ 43 million ; and the Union of Concerned Scientists , $ 15 million .
And remember : This is just the first tranche of Bezos ’ s donations to the greens .
He has another $ 9.2 billion to pass out .
With his fabulous wealth , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of environmental causes such as CNN founder Ted Turner – once lovingly referred to by environmentalists as “ Daddy Greenbucks ” – and the late actor Paul Newman .
Many of the groups receiving Bezos ’ s money are little more than fronts for powerful corporate interests intent on profiting from the transformation from fossil-fuel-based energy to renewable energy .
The Biden administration will use the climate to justify regulations on any activity deemed out of step with green orthodoxy .
Flush with Bezos ’ s cash , environmental activists will make common @ @ @ @ @ @ @ launching lawsuits and disseminating propaganda to their hearts ’ content .
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climatedepot--2020-12-23--Rupert Darwall: China’s green NGO climate propaganda enablers – ‘Obsessive focus on climate…desensit

Rupert Darwall: China’s green NGO climate propaganda enablers – ‘Obsessive focus on climate…desensitizes national security professionals to geopolitical realities & subordinates them to the illusion of planetary salvation’

Climate change is a national security threat – but not in the way the national security elite assumes .
Shortly before the Soviet Union collapsed , Greenpeace opened an office in Moscow .
It enjoyed the patronage of a leading member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and enjoyed Kremlin funding , laundered through a state-owned record company .
The green activist group made clear that it would have nothing to do with environmental groups in the Baltic republics .
Recycling standard Soviet propaganda , Greenpeace denounced them as little more than separatist organizations .
This was by no means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the environmental movement fought on the wrong side of the Cold War .
In the early 1980s , it used the “ nuclear winter ” scare to try to stop Ronald Reagan ’ s nuclear build-up and undermine the West ’ s ability to negotiate the arms agreement that effectively ended the Cold War .
It turns out that nuclear winter had been concocted by the KGB and transmitted to America by executives of the Rockefeller Family Fund .
A nuclear winter conference held in 1983 was supported by 31 environmental groups , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Earth , and the Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ) .
This pattern , wherein the West ’ s enemies use the environmental movement – whether NGOs like Greenpeace , foundations , or “ concerned scientists , ” to undermine Western interests – is now being repeated , this time in respect to China .
A report by Patricia Adams for the London-based GWPF released earlier this month lays bare the role of the green movement in acting as China ’ s propagandists .
Since Xi Jinping became general secretary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ago , almost everyone who believed China ’ s communist regime would become more benign internally and less threatening externally has revised his opinion – everyone , that is , apart from climate activists .
“ Rather than becoming cautious about China ’ s role in the world , these groups lavish it with praise for its environmental efforts , ” Adams notes .
NRDC ’ s head of Asia strategy , Barbara Finamore , has even written a book , Will China Save the Planet ?
Perhaps the only surprise is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is based on hydrocarbons , which generate 86 % of primary energy consumption .
China added 11.4 gigawatts of new coal capacity in the first six months of 2020 ( by contrast , the whole of 2019 saw 15.1 GW of coal capacity retired in the U.S. ) .
Chinese state-owned utilities are expanding their coal fleets by about 10 % over the next five years .
Beijing is investing heavily in oil-refining capacity and now has the largest refining capacity after the U.S. China is also the world ’ s largest importer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The question for the incoming Biden administration concerns how America should respond : As a small country , or as a great power ?
Climate change is a national security threat , but not in the way that the national security establishment thinks .
Obsessive focus on climate change threatens the vital interests of the United States by desensitizing national security professionals to geopolitical realities and subordinating them to the illusion of planetary salvation .
China and its NGO allies won ’ t do anything to disabuse them of that illusion .
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