climatedepot--2020-04-22--Happy Earth Day! None Of The Eco-Doomsday Predictions Have Come True

1 ) Earth Day At 50 : None Of The Eco-Doomsday Predictions Have Come True Ron Stein , 22 April 2020 2 ) Happy Earth Day !
Even After 50 Years Of Eco Scares , Brits Favour Economy Over Environment Gaia Fawkes , 22 February 2020 3 ) EU May Shift Green Deal Funding Into White Deal For Healthcare Dave Keating , Forbes , 22 April 2020 4 ) New Paper : Systemic Misuse of Scenarios in Climate Research and Assessment Roger Pielke Jr and Justin Ritchie , SSRN , 21 April 2020 1 ) Earth Day At 50 : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ True Ron Stein , 22 April 2020 From predicting ecological collapse and the end of civilization to warnings that the world is running out of oil , all environmental doomsday predictions of the first Earth Day in 1970 have turned out to be flat out wrong .
More than three decades before Greta Thunberg was born — the Swedish environmental activist on climate change — more than 20 million Americans participated in the first Earth Day on April 22 , 1970 .
We now look back at quotes from Earth Day , Then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the spectacularly wrong apocalyptic predictions from Earth Day 1970 .
Considering the current doomsday predictions scaremonger activists are verbalizing about global warming that will result in the demise of civilization within the next decade , many of those unscientific 1970 predictions are being reincarnated on today ’ s social and news media outlets .
Many of the same are being regurgitated today , but the best prediction from the first earth day five decades ago , yes 50 years ago , was that the “ the pending ice age as earth had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temperature would be 11 degrees cooler by the year 2000 ” .
The 1970 ’ s were a lousy decade .
Embarrassing movies and dreadful music reflected the national doomsday mood following an unpopular war , endless political scandals , and a faltering economy .
The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 — okay , “ celebrated ” doesn ’ t capture the funereal tone of the event .
The events ( organized in part by then hippie and now convicted murderer Ira Einhorn ) predicted death , destruction and disease unless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Behold the coming apocalypse as predicted on and around Earth Day , 1970 : 1 .
“ Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.
” — Harvard biologist George Wald 2 .
“ We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation , and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation.
” — Washington University biologist Barry Commoner 3 .
“ Man must stop pollution and conserve his resources , not merely to enhance existence but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and possible extinction.
” — New York Times editorial 4 .
“ Population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increases in food supplies we make .
The death rate will increase until at least 100-200 million people per year will be starving to death during the next ten years.
” — Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich 5 .
“ Most of the people who are going to die in the greatest cataclysm in the history of man have already been born… [ By 1975 ] some experts feel that food shortages will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hunger and starvation into famines of unbelievable proportions .
Other experts , more optimistic , think the ultimate food-population collision will not occur until the decade of the 1980s.
” — Paul Ehrlich 6 .
“ It is already too late to avoid mass starvation , ” — Denis Hayes , Chief organizer for Earth Day 7 .
“ Demographers agree almost unanimously on the following grim timetable : by 1975 widespread famines will begin in India ; these will spread by 1990 to include all of India , Pakistan , China and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the year 2000 , or conceivably sooner , South and Central America will exist under famine conditions… .
By the year 2000 , thirty years from now , the entire world , with the exception of Western Europe , North America , and Australia , will be in famine.
” — North Texas State University professor Peter Gunter 8 .
“ In a decade , urban dwellers will have to wear gas masks to survive air pollution… by 1985 air pollution will have reduced the amount of sunlight reaching earth by one half.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ At the present rate of nitrogen buildup , it ’ s only a matter of time before light will be filtered out of the atmosphere and none of our land will be usable.
” — Ecologist Kenneth Watt 10 .
“ Air pollution…is certainly going to take hundreds of thousands of lives in the next few years alone.
” — Paul Ehrlich 11 .
“ By the year 2000 , if present trends continue , we will be using up crude oil at such a rate… that there won ’ t be any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drive up to the pump and say , ‘ Fill ‘ er up , buddy , ’ and he ’ ll say , ‘ I am very sorry , there isn ’ t any.
’ ” — Ecologist Kenneth Watt 12 .
“ [ One ] theory assumes that the earth ’ s cloud cover will continue to thicken as more dust , fumes , and water vapor are belched into the atmosphere by industrial smokestacks and jet planes .
Screened from the sun ’ s heat , the planet will cool , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and a new Ice Age will be born.
” — Newsweek magazine 13 .
“ The world has been chilling sharply for about twenty years .
If present trends continue , the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990 , but eleven degrees colder in the year 2000 .
This is about twice what it would take to put us into an ice age.
” — Kenneth Watt History seems to repeat itself as there will be a disproportionately influential group of doomsters predicting that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I guess we ’ ll need to critique the 2020 doomsday predictions in the year 2050 and see if they were any better than those from the first Earth Day 50 years ago .
This piece first appeared on CFACT.org 2 ) Happy Earth Day !
Even After 50 Years Of Eco Scares , Brits Favour Economy Over Environment Gaia Fawkes , 22 February 2020 In new polling that has been specially released on Earth Day , Ipsos MORI has found that the majority of the British public , along with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans agree with the statement that : “ Government should focus on helping the economy to recover first and foremost , even if that means taking some actions that are bad for the environment.
” Despite the clearly leading question , asking respondents to explicitly back their Government taking “ actions that are bad for the environment ” rather than more neutral phrasing such as not intervening as much to reduce carbon emissions , the economy still won .
The clearly disappointing Earth Day results were buried at the bottom of the press @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , people care more about not being poor .
Happy Earth Day .
3 ) EU May Shift Green Deal Funding Into White Deal For Healthcare Dave Keating , Forbes , 22 April 2020 EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has floated an idea : why not combine the green deal climate plan with a white deal for healthcare ?
As EU national leaders prepare for a crucial video summit tomorrow on how to respond to the economic crisis caused by Coronavirus , about half the member countries are insisting that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unveiled in December be the backbone of the strategy .
But given that the immediate healthcare needs of the outbreak are preoccupying most governments at the moment , EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has floated an idea : why not combine the green deal climate plan with a white deal for healthcare ?
“ Certainly , the reserves in most countries have turned out to be too small in view of this pandemic , ” she told Germany ’ s Focus magazine .
“ The identified deficits teach us that in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about our health systems .
That also applies to the amount of reserves for paying healthcare workers ” .
The idea has been described as a “ white deal ” by German media in reference to the color associated with healthcare , although the president has not used the term herself .
Already EU governments have agreed to let countries which use the euro draw up to 2 % of their GDP from the European Stability Mechanism , which has a €500 billion capacity , for healthcare spending .
Like the green deal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of money ring-fenced for climate spending in the EU budget , so too could a white deal set the framework for the huge amount of healthcare spending now envisaged .
Von der Leyen has said the EU ’ s next long-term budget for 2021-2027 , still not yet agreed , would be the framework for this healthcare spending .
4 ) New Paper : Systemic Misuse of Scenarios in Climate Research and Assessment Roger Pielke Jr and Justin Ritchie , SSRN , 21 April 2020 The misuse of scenarios in climate research means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know about our collective climate future may be incomplete , myopic or even misleading or wrong , and as such , ‘ uncomfortable knowledge ’ .
” Figure 5 .
The approach to RCP scenario development employed by the IPCC , firstproposed in IPCC ( 2005 ) , showing the central role played by the IPCC from start tofinish .
Abstract Climate science research and assessments have misused scenarios for more than a decade .
Symptoms of this misuse include the treatment of an unrealistic , extreme scenario as the world ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate policy and the illogical comparison of climate projections across inconsistent global development trajectories .
Reasons why this misuse arose include ( a ) competing demands for scenarios from users in diverse academic disciplines that ultimately conflated exploratory and policy relevant pathways , ( b ) the evolving role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – which effectively extended its mandate from literature assessment to literature coordination , ( c ) unforeseen consequences of employing a nuanced temporary approach to scenario development , ( d ) maintaining research practices that normalize careless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plausibility , and ( e ) the inherent complexity and technicality of scenarios in model-based research and in support of policy .
As a consequence , the climate research community is presently off-track .
Attempts to address scenario misuse within the community have thus far not worked .
The result has been the widespread production of myopic or misleading perspectives on future climate change and climate policy .
Until reform is implemented , we can expect the production of such perspectives to continue .
However , because many aspects of climate change discourse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ considerable momentum that will make such a course correction difficult and contested – even as efforts to improve scenarios have informed research that will be included in the IPCC 6th Assessment .
5 ) Steve Milloy : Earth Day at 50 : Progress , Not Politics , Cleaned Up America Real Clear Politics , 21 April 2020 How did all this progress happen ?
As our society became wealthier , we could afford the luxury of paying more attention to our environment .
That same wealth has made it possible to afford expensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knowledge and technology development .
Environmental activists decreed in 1970 that April 22 was to be commemorated as Earth Day .
Fifty years later , if you listen to these activists , especially as they are fog-horned by the mainstream media , you might get the impression that our environment is in more jeopardy than ever .
Is this true ?
Let ’ s stipulate that post-World War II America was much dirtier than 2020 America .
Industrial cities were beset with smog .
Pollution in rivers caught fire .
Waste dumps weren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much thought was given to use and exposure to chemicals like pesticides .
Litter was commonplace .
All that said , with the exception of three days in October 1948 , when the weather trapped acrid factory emissions in the valley town of Donora , Pa. , resulting in the deaths of 20 people , the environment was not an actual public health problem .
Still the Donora tragedy propelled states and then the federal government to take action on the environment .
Awareness of the value of environmental protection and the regulation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time of the first Earth Day .
Over the decades we have made tremendous progress .
Here are some examples to consider : * Air pollution has declined dramatically.There is no chance of another Donora-like incident .
* Except for rare accidents like what occurred in Flint , Mich. , drinking water is clean and safe .
* Except for stubborn surface water problems caused by runoff ( as seen in the Gulf Mexico and Chesapeake Bay ) surface water quality has dramatically improved .
Any industrial discharges to surface water have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decades .
* There are no more uncontrolled toxic waste sites that threaten anyone ’ s health .
* Pesticides are thoroughly tested for safety before use and use is strictly regulated .
How did all this progress happen ?
Environmentalists would like to take all the credit .
But reality is more complex .
As our society became wealthier , we could afford the luxury of paying more attention to our environment .
That same wealth has made it possible to afford expensive laws and regulations and to afford scientific knowledge and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , was and remains wealth – a reality backed up by closer examination of the environments of poorer nations around the world .
Air quality , for example , is awful in places like China and India not because they don ’ t know what to do or don ’ t care , they just can ’ t afford to do much about it at this point in time .
6 ) Patrick Michaels : Let ’ s Really Celebrate the 50th Earth Day With Some Humble Pie Inside Source , 22 April @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Day — born in the height of fears of The Population Bomb , global famine , miasmatic air and the rapid decline of the West into post-civilizational chaos .
How did that all work out ?
The dire predictions were wrong , but there is one lasting legacy : on December 2 , 1970 , the Environmental Protection Agency was born .
It was purposefully and politically re-cobbled from other parts of the federal bureaucracy by Richard Nixon into one central agency granted eternal life in Washington .
Failed predictions aside , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in urban airsheds ; and the EPA along with the states did a pretty good job of cleaning things up .
That was low-hanging fruit the agency could easily pick off .
A much larger , less manageable problem was acid rain .
While rainfall is naturally a bit acidic , addition of sulfur and nitrogen oxides , mainly from the combustion of coal , clearly increase acidity .
Air quality around coal-fired power plants was pretty bad , but local solutions resulted in multistate problems .
The mantra of those days was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” so power plant chimneys moved skyward .
The clustering of generation facilities along major rivers like the Ohio , where they had easy access to coal , resulted in large regions of the East being subjected to increasingly acid precipitation , as the new plants injected sulfate aerosols high enough in the atmosphere to travel hundreds , even thousands of miles .
Acid rain became a regional problem , both in the eastern United States and Europe .
Our power plants were forced to shift to low-sulfur coals and to capture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ academics predicted horrible things would happen to extensive forests , but a comprehensive review published in 2004 in the journal Environmental Science and Policy concluded that “ ( f ) ortunately , the dramatic forest dieback feared by some scientists in the 1980s never materialized.
” In fact , it was ultimately discovered that in general ( there are exceptions in the highly polluted east ) , European forests grew more luxuriously , thanks to fertilization from nitrogen compounds emitted during coal combustion .
Over time , the scope of environmental concerns spawned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ large , culminating with global warming .
EPA ’ s reach increased proportionately , justified by the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA that granted the agency the power to regulate carbon dioxide if it deemed the gas “ endangered ” human health and welfare .
The agency issued its official finding of endangerment in 2009 .
EPA ’ s sole metric to determine future endangerment consists of complicated computer models for future climate .
Anyone who is watching the coronavirus saga ( and who isn ’ t ? )
knows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very fuzzy and plastic assumptions .
How effectively would people “ socially isolate ?
” No one really knows .
How many “ silent ” cases are out there contributing to an undetected herd immunity ?
It ’ s now known that the climate models are “ with one notable exception ” totally incapable of modeling the three-dimensional structure of climate change in the Earth ’ s vast tropics .
The one model that works , predicts less warming than any other , a warming so modest that it can ’ t justify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recently been found that dreaded sea-level rise on the East Coast is pretty much the same as it is now as it was some three centuries ago , or long before the Industrial Revolution and the initiation of our ability to significantly modify the global atmosphere .
And it is also now clear from satellite data that our planet is rapidly becoming greener , thanks to the fertilizing effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide .
The effect about 10 times larger than we see from the increasing nitrogen deposition noted above .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Day and the subsequent founding of the EPA , it would be great if the agency “ for once ” ate some humble pie and reversed its finding of human endangerment from carbon dioxide .
That would really be cause for an Earth Day celebration !
7 ) And Finally : New Michael Moore-Backed Documentary On YouTube Reveals Massive Ecological Impacts Of Renewables Michael Shellenberger , Forbes 21 April 2020 Over the last 10 years , everyone from celebrity influencers including Elon Musk , Arnold Schwarzenegger , and Al Gore , to major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claimed that renewables like solar panels and wind farms are less polluting than fossil fuels .
But a new documentary , “ Planet of the Humans , ” being released free to the public on YouTube today , the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day , reveals that industrial wind farms , solar farms , biomass , and biofuels are wrecking natural environments .
“ Planet of the Humans was produced by Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore .
“ I assumed solar panels would last forever , ” Moore toldReuters .
“ I didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of them.
” The film shows both abandoned industrial wind and solar farms and new ones being built — but after cutting down forests .
“ It suddenly dawned on me what we were looking at was a solar dead zone , ” says filmmaker Jeff Gibbs , staring at a former solar farm in California .
“ I learned that the solar panels don ’ t last.
” Like many environmental documentaries , “ Planet of Humans ” endorses debunked Malthusian ideas that the world is running out of energy .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consume reigned in , ” says a well-coiffed environmental leader .
“ Without some major die-off of the human population there is no turning back , ” says a scientist .
In truth , humankind has never been at risk of running out of energy .
There has always been enough fossil fuels to power human civilization for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years , and nuclear energy is effectively infinite .
But the apocalyptic rhetoric detracts little from the heart of the documentary , which exposes the complicity of climate activists including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. , and Sierra Club ’ s Executive Director , in promoting pollution-intensive biomass energies , as well as natural gas .
The film unearths a great deal of information I had never seen before .
It shows Apple ’ s head of sustainability , former EPA head Lisa Jackson , claiming on-stage at an Apple event , “ We now run Apple on 100 % renewable energy , ” to loud applause .
But Gibbs interviews a scientist who researched corporate renewables programs who said , “ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anywhere in the world running on 100 % solar and wind alone.
” The film shows a forest being cut down to build an Apple solar farm .
After Earth Day Founder Denis Hayes claims at a 2015 Earth Day concert that the event was being powered by solar , Gibbs goes behind the stage to find out the truth .
“ The concert is run by a diesel generation system , ” the solar vendor said .
“ That right there could run a toaster , ” said another vendor .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Elon Musk that his “ Gigafactory ” to make batteries is powered by renewables .
In fact , it is hooked up to the electric grid .


climatedepot--2020-04-22--Former UN IPCC Chairman John Houghton, Called Father Of Global Warming ‘Deception’, Dies At 88

Paul Homewood : `` The whole IPCC process was compromised from the start , thanks largely to the two men initially responsible for setting it up , Bert Bolin and John Houghton .
It was regularly portrayed as the global authority on climate change , being made up of thousands of scientists from around the world .
In reality , most of the key contributors were drawn from a surprisingly small network of not more than a few dozen predominantly American and British academics and government employees , who were already as firmly committed as Bolin and Houghton to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Many of these came from Houghton ’ s own Hadley Centre .
We are still paying the cost of John Houghton ’ s obsession with climate change . ''
John Houghton was of course at the heart of the global warming deception from the very early days , as Chairman of the IPCC Working Group I for the first three Assessment Reports between 1990 and 2001 .
It was under Houghton ’ s tenure in the First Assessment Report ( FAR ) that the process began of writing the all important Summary for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chapters .
Houghton ’ s Summary claimed it was confident that the increase in CO2 alone had been responsible for over half of the warming during the 20thC .
Yet the main report was far more guarded and evenly flatly contradictory .
But none of this stopped Houghton ’ s Summary demanding immediate reductions of 60 % in emissions .
It was the FAR which included John Houghton ’ s own graph , showing that temperatures were higher in the Middle Ages than the 20thC .
Yet by 2001 , the same Houghton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flawed hockey stick top billing , even being pictured in front of it long after it had been debunked .
The whole IPCC process was compromised from the start , thanks largely to the two men initially responsible for setting it up , Bert Bolin and John Houghton .
It was regularly portrayed as the global authority on climate change , being made up of thousands of scientists from around the world .
In reality , most of the key contributors were drawn from a surprisingly small network of not more than a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and government employees , who were already as firmly committed as Bolin and Houghton to the belief that global warming was serious .
Many of these came from Houghton ’ s own Hadley Centre .
We are still paying the cost of John Houghton ’ s obsession with climate change .

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climatedepot--2020-04-22--Best Earth Day Message Ever! Former GOP Congressman: ‘The Best Thing About The Earth Is If You Poke

Best Earth Day Message Ever! Former GOP Congressman: ‘The Best Thing About The Earth Is If You Poke Holes In It Oil And Gas Come Out’

Best Earth Day Message Ever !
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climatedepot--2020-04-22--We Are All Catastrophists Now

We Are All Catastrophists Now

Crises love company .
Searching “ covid is lesson for climate ” on Google generates millions of hits .
Frustrated that the COVID crisis has supplanted their crisis , climate-Armageddon types are coming out of the woodwork with arguments of the form , “ the pandemic is a crisis and climate change will be just as bad if not worse.
” The ensuing prescriptions offer up lots of culture change , international cooperation , with a heavy dose of listening to the “ experts ” and implementing the urgent action they recommend .
However , the real crisis is implementing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make the world much worse off .
In a forthcoming piece in Foreign Affairs , Nobel Laureate , William Nordhaus , also invokes the COVID crisis to provide some mojo for a climate plan he laid out in his 2018 Nobel address .
He says , “ The quick spread of COVID-19 is a grim reminder of how global forces respect no boundaries and of the perils of ignoring global problems until they threaten to overwhelm countries that refuse to prepare and cooperate.
” Having hooked his issue onto the crisis wagon , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy and offers a two-part solution—the same carbon tax he has offered up for decades and giving climate conventions tariff authority to punish those who do not want his carbon tax .
It is worth examining all parts of his story .
First , to what extent are those countries that do not buy into the extreme Kyoto policies really likely to be overwhelmed ?
Second , are his taxes really a good idea ?
Third , how sensible would it be to give tariff powers to climate agreements ?
Let us begin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ little evidence of an imminent crisis .
Below , is Figure 4 from the introduction and user ’ s manual for Nordhaus ’ s DICE model ( Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy ) .
It shows per capita consumption for a variety of scenarios , including no additional action ( Base ) and the best choice ( Optimal ) that uses his finely tuned schedule of carbon taxes .
Consumption is broadly defined to include health , leisure , and environmental benefits .
So , we are not talking about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goods while the coasts are inundated and the interior burns .
It is easy to see that between now and 2100 , there is little difference between getting “ overwhelmed ” by doing nothing and following the optimal set of carbon taxes to get the optimal amount of CO2 reductions .
The policy paths are virtually one on top of the other .
“ Crisis ” hardly seems like the appropriate analogy .
For all the current teenage angst about lives being ruined , it is well worth noting that with or without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to improve .
When today ’ s 17-year-olds are middle-aged , they can expect to be about twice as well off as their scorned middle-aged parents are right now .
By 2100 , countries who do not follow the script will be overwhelmed by being four times better off than they are now .
The corresponding table in the handbook lets us put a finer point on the difference .
Following the path to 2100 shows a four-fold increase in real per-capita consumption .
The optimal-carbon tax path instead of the no-tax base @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two-thirds of one percent .
In addition , to give this theoretical two-thirds of one percent increase to people who will be four times richer , it is necessary to cut the consumption of the poorer earlier generations .
So , what is it we need to do to the poorer current generation to win that extra 0.66 % consumption bonus for the folks in 2100 ?
Nordhaus , like most economists , sees problems as misaligned incentives .
With perfect competition and well-defined property rights , incentives are aligned and markets efficiently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manage production and resource distribution .
When any of these conditions do not hold , perfect efficiency no longer rules and there is said to be “ market failure.
” Generations of economists have written dissertations and made a living by identifying market failures and proffering solutions .
Typically , the failures are called externalities and the solutions are frequently corrective taxes to properly realign incentives .
Nordhaus found his market failure in carbon-dioxide emissions and the carbon tax is his remedy .
Use this one clever trick to fix the climate !


climatedepot--2020-04-23--‘Dress rehearsal’? Climate activists say tackle climate ‘crisis’ with vigor of pandemic

In a special report released Tuesday , Climate Depot ’ s Marc Morano warned that climate activists view the coronavirus crisis as a “ dress rehearsal for the ‘ climate emergency.
’ ” He pointed out that many of the movement ’ s goals — reduced air travel , driving and manufacturing — have been achieved by lockdowns to slow transmissions of the coronavirus .
“ One thing Greta and all the other climate activists know is that their alleged ‘ solutions ’ to climate change require many of the massive expansions of governmental power that is occurring under the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday that the pandemic shutdown is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions this year by 6 % , the biggest one-year decline since World War II and a decrease in line with a recommendation from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change .
“ This is roughly the same pace that the IPCC says we need to sustain every year until 2030 to be on pace to limit global warming to 1.5C and hit the Paris climate goals , ” tweeted meteorologist and climate activist Eric Holthaus .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ unprecedented changes in all aspects of society ’ looks like.
” In a special report released Tuesday , Climate Depot ’ s Marc Morano warned that climate activists view the coronavirus crisis as a “ dress rehearsal for the ‘ climate emergency.
’ ” He pointed out that many of the movement ’ s goals — reduced air travel , driving and manufacturing — have been achieved by lockdowns to slow transmissions of the coronavirus .
“ One thing Greta and all the other climate activists know is that their alleged ‘ solutions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the massive expansions of governmental power that is occurring under the virus lockdowns , ” Mr. Morano said in an email .
“ They are perplexed as to why people are not taking their ‘ climate emergency ’ seriously but are taking COVID-19 seriously.
” Climate advocates argue that such a transition should be planned well in advance to avoid the sudden upheaval with the pandemic .
“ What we need isn ’ t a rapid , unplanned recession to avert a pandemic , it ’ s degrowth — it ’ s abandoning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s prioritizing life , health , happiness above money , ” Mr. Holthaus tweeted .
“ On a finite planet , growth was always a dangerous illusion anyway.
” Bill McKibben , founder of the climate group 350.org , said the “ clear skies of this spring , and the overall reckoning of a deathly pandemic ” may have strengthened the public ’ s resolve .
“ Who , once they ’ ve seen the mountains in sharp relief , wants to go back to the haze ?
” Mr. McKibben asked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Angeles Times .
“ Who , now that they have to focus on the health of their lungs , wants to breathe that crap ?
Who , now that we ’ ve seen how fast good governments can move , wouldn ’ t want to use this moment to help avert the even more dangerous crises that global warming is sending our way ?
” The lockdowns may have cleared the air , but the crisis also has taken its toll on the climate movement .
Like other political causes , climate change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the world struggles to control a disease that has killed more than 183,000 people since emerging in December in Wuhan , China .
Instead of worldwide marches , rallies and other public events , climate activists celebrated the 50th anniversary of Earth Day online with livestreams and teleconferences in observance of social distancing rules .
“ It ’ s going to be a lot less visible .
It ’ s going to be all online , ” said Mr. Milloy .
“ We have a real crisis .
We don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And Earth Day really now is all about the climate hoax.
” Comparisons to the COVID-19 pandemic were replete during Earth Day events .
In his statement , U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the pandemic was an “ unprecedented wake-up call ” that could become a “ real opportunity to do things right for the future.
” “ The impact of the coronavirus is both immediate and dreadful .
But there is another , deep emergency : the planet ’ s unfolding environmental crisis , ” Mr. Guterres said .
“ Climate disruption @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We must act decisively to protect our planet from both the coronavirus and the existential threat of climate disruption.
” Numerous articles have referred to “ flattening the curve ” on climate change , the same language used to describe a plan to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases .
As Newsweek put it in an April 11 headline : “ Scientists cite pollution decrease in calls to ‘ flatten the curve ’ of climate change post-coronavirus.
” “ Scientists , activists and religious leaders ranging from Pope Francis to filmmaker Spike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pollution and nature ‘ coming alive ’ as part of a larger call to permanently change industrial and economic behavior after COVID-19 , ” the article said .
Some climate advocates have called for investing coronavirus stimulus funding in infrastructure projects designed to prepare society for climate change , such as building higher sea walls , upgrading buildings to make them more energy efficient , and replacing fossil fuel plants with green energy .
The author of the Green New Deal resolution , Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , New York Democrat , said in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s the right time for a worker-led mass investment in green infrastructure to save our planet.
” Former U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres said last month that the world has an “ incredible responsibility ” to “ converge the solutions — at least the financial solutions — to coronavirus to the financial solutions for climate.
” “ Because what we can not afford to do is to jump out of the frying pan of COVID and into the raging fire of climate change , ” she said .
Former Vice President Al Gore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus and climate change by noting that air pollution can worsen COVID-19 symptoms .
“ The scientists have warned us about the coronavirus , and they ’ ve warned us about the climate crisis , and we ’ ve seen the dangers of waiting too late to heed the warnings of the doctors and scientists on this virus , ” Mr. Gore said last week on HBO ’ s “ Real Time ” with Bill Maher .
Now that Americans understand what it costs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions , however , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pay .
“ There are trade-offs , ” said Southern Methodist University economist Bernard Weinstein .
“ If we shut down industrial enterprises all over the world for a long period of time , we will see improved air and water quality .
But at what human and economic cost ?
That ’ s really the underlying debate going on right now about how and when to open the economy in the U.S .
”


climatedepot--2020-04-23--Watch: Morano on how the progressive left is loving the coronavirus lockdowns.  What will they use i

Watch: Morano on how the progressive left is loving the coronavirus lockdowns.  What will they use it for next?  Climate change?

Rough transcript of Morano : It ’ s the fantasy of every progressive left-wing public health bureaucrat .
Steve Milloy , who does JunkScience.com said it best he said he doesn ’ t know of a single conservative-libertarian that is left in the public health field .
He said that anyone in it would have been drummed out marginalized and ignored , the same way there are very few if any conservative teachers education officials left in the NEA .
You have all these people have amassed power with one single ideology which is essentially : ‘ We know better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people ’ s lives for public health and safety.
’ One of the great examples here is , as we look at this with the old 55 miles an hour speed limit here in the United States .
We know that it saves one life it ’ s worth it well now you know they finally got overturned back I believe the late 80s and now you have states like Montana with near 90 mile an hour speed limits .
But if we really cared about saving one life , why not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
We could save a ton of lives .
We know that there ’ s a certain cost to freedom .
There ’ s a certain cost to not living under house arrest and quarantining is when you quarantining sick people .
Authoritarianism is when you quarantine healthy people and that ’ s what ’ s happened here there ’ s this is frightening and some of these governors we ’ ve exposed as petty despots here in the U.S. that the governors of New Jersey , New York , Michigan , & @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-04-23--Earth Day at 50: ‘One of most successful social movements in modern history is nevertheless self-lim

Earth Day at 50: ‘One of most successful social movements in modern history is nevertheless self-limited by its repellent fanaticism’ – ‘Hair-shirt wailing’

The 50th anniversary of Earth Day ought to be a big occasion , with large public rallies and self-congratulatory observances along with hair-shirt wailing about the imminent end of the world from climate change .
But the COVID-19 crisis and lockdown has eclipsed this solemn high holy day in ways that may have a lasting effect on environmentalism long after the economy and normal social life recover .
The paradox of environmentalism is that it is one of the most successful social movements in modern history that is nevertheless self-limited by its repellent fanaticism .
Measured by the immense improvements @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the burst of environmental policy and action since the first Earth Day constitute arguably the most effective domestic policy initiative of our time .
Deliberate care for the environment is now firmly institutionalized nationally and globally , and is a settled middle-class value , as best expressed in the League of Conservation Voters bumper stickers ( “ I vote to protect the environment !
” ) I have spotted on the backs of Ford Explorer V-8s and Winnebago RVs .
Whether environmental policies were entirely reasonable or cost-effective is another matter , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across the board are greater in magnitude than the more celebrated drop in the crime rate or the large reduction in welfare dependency from welfare reform in the 1990s .
The congenital Malthusianism of environmentalists , however , prevents them from celebrating this progress or learning the lessons ( chiefly economic growth and technological improvement more than lawsuits ) that could inform the next generation of environmental policy .
To the contrary , many environmentalists will fly into a rage when you point out the facts of this immense improvement , because belief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their chief source of happiness .
Environmentalism attempts from time to time to shake off its Malthusian debilitations ( “ Ecomodernism ” is one promising strain that departs from the old time religion ) , but in the main most environmentalists invariably imitate the alcoholic who drops out of a 12-step program and succumbs to a bender at the nearest well-lit tavern .
Its current reincarnation goes under the banner of the “ Degrowth movement , ” which is just the old Malthusian whine in a recycled bottle .
The trouble for environmentalists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ big taste of degrowth right now with the current privation and danger from a more immediate threat than climate change .
To a public that has been showing signs of apocalypse fatigue for some time , it is dawning on many that the current lockdown , and the palpable enthusiasm of so many politicians toward extreme control , is a dry run for the permanent regimentation of the Green New Deal .
To which many environmentalists lend credence with their current celebrations of how great it is that the lockdown is lowering pollution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ environmental hits such as the research biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey , David Graber , who wrote years ago in the Los Angeles Times that humans “ have become a plague upon ourselves and upon the Earth… Until such time as Homo sapiens should decide to rejoin nature , some of us can only hope for the right virus to come along.
” ( Think of Graber as a member of the Deep-Six State perhaps . )
As equally debilitating as Malthusianism is the way environmentalism after Earth Day became fully an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ occasionally recalled that the first Earth Day was a wholly bipartisan project , with support from President Richard Nixon , Governor Ronald Reagan ( “ [ There is an ] absolute necessity of waging all-out war against the debauching of the environment , ” Reagan said in 1970 ) , along with liberal Democrats like Sen. Gaylord Nelson .
The activist left was split on “ ecology ” at the time , worried that it would distract from the anti-war and civil rights movements .
Some leftist groups and civil rights leaders advocating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Time magazine quoted a “ black militant ” in Chicago saying , “ Ecology ?
I don ’ t give a good goddamn about ecology !
” It did not take long for the activist left to recognize the potential of environmentalism for what became known as “ watermelon ” politics : green on the outside , red on the inside .
The New Republic columnist James Ridgeway wrote shortly after the First Earth day : “ Ecology offered liberal-minded people what they had longed for , a safe , rational and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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[ and ] developing a more coherent central state .
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” The major environmental advocacy groups like the Sierra Club , which once boasted many Republican supporters , swung hard to the left .
It ’ s only a hop , skip , and jump to the current attitude expressed in Democratic Congressman James Clyburn ’ s statement that the coronavirus crisis is “ a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision.
” Hence , demands for airlines to cut their carbon footprint at a moment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same time , the paranoia of environmentalism can be seen in their rising fear of “ avocado politics ” — green on the outside , brown on the inside — in which conservatives might embrace the environment as a cause , but graft it to fascism .
This is yet another sign that activist environmentalism has become a sect more than a broad-based social movement as it began .
It is too soon to know the lasting social and political effects of the coronavirus crisis , but my hunch is that there will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2070 .
The first Earth Day is going to be remembered in much the same way we regard the Temperance movement , as a quaint misadventure even though we are today more health conscious and temperate partly because of it .
Environmental problems there will surely be , but by degrees we are coming to see that the environment is much too important to be left to frivolous environmentalists .
Steven F. Hayward is a visiting scholar at the Institute of Governmental Research at the University of California at Berkeley , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( 2011 ) .


climatedepot--2020-04-23--Celebrity climate activists cheer coronavirus misery in name of environment

Study says western US is headed for climate-driven ‘ megadrought ’


climatedepot--2020-04-23--Earth Day 2020: ‘The Exhaustion of the Climate Left’ – ‘Because of that Stalinist ideological core,

Earth Day 2020: ‘The Exhaustion of the Climate Left’ – ‘Because of that Stalinist ideological core, the environmental left is happy to accelerate economic & physical suffering among ordinary people so as to further its goals’

“ Climate Action ” is the theme of this 50th Earth Day , and it is useful to note that these five decades of apocalyptic warnings truly are amazing in their consistency : Not one actually has come to pass .
The juxtaposition of two news stories , respectively from 1988 and from last January , is among the more amusing tidbits from decades of climate fearmongering .
The former : “ A gradual rise in sea level is threatening to completely cover ” the Maldives .
The latter : “ Maldives to open four new airports in 2020.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a clear sign of the intellectual and ideological exhaustion of the environmental left : It has learned nothing and forgotten nothing .
What “ climate action ” do the celebrants of Earth Day recommend ?
From shooting feral camels in the Australian Outback , to denying billions of people the fruits of hard work and increasing wealth , to the substitution of utterly inefficient and unreliable “ clean ” ( actually , very dirty ) wind and solar electricity in place of fossil-fired power , to the imposition of an authoritarian regimentation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a taste : The climate effects of “ climate action ” would be virtually unmeasurable .
The deeply unserious Paris agreement : 0.17°C by 2100 .
Zero greenhouse gas emissions by the entire Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development : about 0.3°C .
A 30 percent cut in GHG emissions by virtually the entire world ( stop laughing ) : about 0.6°C .
The sharp reduction in global economic output attendant upon the COVID-19 pandemic will reduce GHG emissions by 5 percent this year .
If maintained for the rest of the century @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be about 0.1°C .
Can anyone believe that any such economic downturn is sustainable as a matter of political reality anywhere other than North Korea ?
A recent IPCC report argues that the “ safe ” limit on anthropogenic temperature increases by 2100 is 1.5°C .
( It used to be 2°C ; the climate industry has moved the goalposts because given current trends it is clear that the 2°C limit will be met without any climate policies at all . )
In the context of the massive economic pain caused by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effect by 2100 even if maintained , it is useful to review the taxes advocated by IPCC in that report .
Buried in the supporting documentation is a discussion ( page 2-78 ) of the taxes ( in year 2010 dollars ) on GHG emissions that would be needed to limit warming in this century to 1.5°C : estimates for a Below-1.5˚C pathway range from 135–5500 USD [ per ] tCO2-eq in 2030 , 245–13000 USD [ per ] tCO2-eq in 2050 , 420–17500 USD [ per ] tCO2-eq in 2070 and 690–27000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The mid-point of the range for 2030 is $ 3160 per ton in year 2019 dollars .
That works out to a tax per gallon of gasoline of $ 30 .
( Combustion of a gallon of gasoline/ethanol 10 percent blend emits about 18.9 pounds of CO . )
Put aside the higher figures among the ranges and the upward shifts as the end of the century approaches .
The question posed above is worthy of repetition : Can anyone believe that such taxes on conventional energy are feasible politically anywhere in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Back to the trivial temperature effects of various climate policies : There is no dispute about these numbers .
Accordingly , “ Climate Action ” is nothing more than an ideological attack on fossil fuels as part of a drive to empower elites at the expense of democratic accountability .
That is the reality because the climate “ movement ” for the most part now comprises academics , left-wing foundations , and officials and staffers in governments and international bodies engaged in a perpetual motion machine of “ research ” grants , conferences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to luxury resorts , five-star restaurants , and cocktail gatherings , financed in substantial part by those foundations and corporate officials eager to bask in the wholly hypocritical applause of the politically correct .
The corporate officials endorsing this movement must believe that such pandering will insulate them from vociferous attacks from the Left and from future political and policy recriminations designed to extract resources from their shareholders .
That illustrates little more than their naivete .
Their participation in this game represents agreement with the common refrain that there is a climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is no evidence , literally ) and an implicit admission that they are guilty of contributing to it , reflecting their utter incompetence at ideological battle in their own defense .
After all , successful businessmen and women are skilled at producing things that other people value ; there is no reason to believe that they are good at ideological battle .
The environmental left , on the other hand , produces nothing of value but is decidedly expert at little else but ideological battle .
Regardless of the degree to which the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it can not earn a pardon from the Climate Action proponents because their strategy is closely derived from Stalinism .
During the heights of Soviet totalitarianism , a late-night knock on the door and a trip to the gulag , or worse , was always a real possibility regardless of how vociferous was one ’ s applause , how abject was one ’ s obsequiousness , how faithfully one destroyed others as a display of loyalty .
Similarly , opposition to Earth Day dogma guarantees attacks , while capitulation offers a chance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that after 50 years of insults from the left , the corporate suits would wise up .
One would be wrong .
Because of that Stalinist ideological core , the environmental left is happy to accelerate economic and physical suffering among ordinary people so as to further its goals .
Witness the happiness about the reduced emissions of GHG and conventional pollutants attendant upon the sharp decline in economic activity worldwide caused by the COVID-19 pandemic .
Instead of a central hope that the economic suffering will end , we have instead the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will increase emissions !
This celebration of suffering exposes the fundamental anti-human core of the Earth Day movement , which views ordinary people—climate kulaks , as it were—as only mouths to feed wreaking environmental destruction , rather than as individuals with moral value and as the ultimate resource yielding ingenuity and inventiveness driving a dynamic process of finding solutions to problems .
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed in blinding fashion the wisdom of markets relative to the top-down edicts inflicted by environmentalists and politicians not nearly as smart as they imagine .
Bans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place of personal transportation , and forcing ever-more people to live in urban centers : Such nostrums now look far less fashionable than the elitists maintained before .
( Bear in mind Jerry Brown ’ s “ vision ” for the living conditions of masses of ordinary people : “ elegant density.
” ) For the environmental left on this Earth Day and the eternity of Earth Days to come , the actual course of events is irrelevant ; only the imperative of apocalypseserves the cause .
For them everything old is new @ @


climatedepot--2020-04-23--‘Climate change has not been a major factor’ in spread of Dengue Fever

Via the publication 'Infectious Diseases in Children ' : `` Although dengue and other Aedes-transmitted viral diseases are climate sensitive , several demographic , environmental and societal trends — combined with lack of effective mosquito control — have been the major drivers in the emergence and geographic spread of these diseases ; climate change has not been a major factor .
Most or all of the major epidemics in the past 50 years have occurred in tropical and subtropical cities that already provided the ideal ecological conditions for maintenance and epidemic transmission . ''
... `` Thus , it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few degrees will have any significant impact on the occurrence of these diseases .
More effective would be to improve living standards and public health capacity in resource-poor tropical and subtropical countries . ''
Last year , researchers estimated that 60 % of the global population will be at risk for dengue by 2080 , citing climate change as a potential factor in the disease ’ s spread .
We asked Duane J. Gubler , ScD , FAAAS , FIDSA , FASTMH , chair of the Global Dengue & Aedes-Transmitted Diseases Consortium and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore , if climate change impacts the spread and transmission of dengue .
The past 50 years have seen a dramatic global increase in the frequency , magnitude and geographic spread of epidemic dengue , chikungunya , Zika , yellow fever , West Nile and other mosquito-transmitted diseases .
Climate change is frequently blamed as a major cause of this dramatic emergence of epidemic disease .
Anthropogenic climate change ’ s effect on epidemic vector-borne diseases is a controversial issue , the acceptance of which has benefitted from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough , it becomes fact , whether it is true or not.
” Dengue is the most important arboviral disease of humans , with an estimated 400 million infections occurring annually in 124 countries .
Aedes aegypti , a highly domesticated urban mosquito , is the most important vector .
This mosquito and the closely related but less important species Aedes albopictus have expanded their geographic distribution in the past 30 years .
Historically , the natural geographic boundaries of Aedes-transmitted diseases have been limited by temperature because the activity of mosquitoes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sensitive .
Therefore , transmission of Aedes-transmitted viral diseases usually occurs only in tropical and subtropical areas .
Exceptions occurred in the past when A. aegypti infested northern cities during summer months , allowing transient epidemic transmission in temperate areas .
A. albopictus , which can overwinter in temperate regions , has transmitted small outbreaks in areas of Europe and the United States .
Climate change is frequently listed by WHO and national and international health agencies as one of the major causes of this global emergence and spread of dengue and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but it has been a controversial issue for over 30 years because there are no hard data to support that conclusion — only a correlation of mosquito infestation and limited transmission of dengue and chikungunya in some temperate areas .
More often cited to support this view are modeling studies that project expanded distribution of the mosquito vectors into temperate regions , and then assume that the presence of the mosquito will result in epidemic disease .
These modeling studies are flawed because they focus only on one variable — temperature — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also have strong influences on the transmission dynamics of these diseases .
Also not mentioned in these studies is that epidemics of these diseases have occurred in temperate regions for over 300 years but were effectively controlled in the 1950s to 1960s by a combination of improved living standards , good public health and environmental management , even though the mosquito vectors were not eliminated .
On the other hand , there are several observations that suggest other demographic , environmental and societal factors — as opposed to climate change — have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and spread of Aedes-borne viral diseases in the past 50 years .
These include the following : – Dengue first began to emerge in the post-World War II era with economic expansion , population growth and unprecedented urban growth in Asia in the 1950s and 1960s .
A. aegypti was already present , but unplanned urban growth , inadequate housing , water and waste management provided the ideal ecology for the mosquito to proliferate .
– The 1970s and 1980s brought modern transportation and a new and rapid mechanism to transport people , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cities of Asia , and from Asia to the rest of the world .
Both mosquito vectors and viruses began to populate new areas , resulting in epidemic transmission .
– Complacency and apathy during the post-World War II years resulted in the deterioration of the public health infrastructure to control vector-borne diseases .
The emergence and spread of dengue were ignored , surveillance was poor and control , when it was attempted , failed .
– Aedes-transmitted viral diseases are an urban problem of the tropics and subtropics .
Outbreaks in temperate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are small and transient .
– Transmission occurs year-round in the tropics , but peak transmission is seasonal , occurring during the rainy season in most endemic countries .
– The rainy season is usually associated with moderated temperatures and higher humidity from the preceding hot dry season , allowing increased densities and survival of adult mosquitoes and thus increased probability of transmission .


climatedepot--2020-04-23--Michael Moore Film May Splinter Green Movement, Calls Green Energies ‘A Delusion’, Billionaire Bonan

Michael Moore Film May Splinter Green Movement, Calls Green Energies ‘A Delusion’, Billionaire Bonanza – Gore, McKibben & Sierra Club ‘come across as swindling villains’

Directed by environmentalist Jeff Gibbs , the film examines the crony capitalism , corruption and outright deceit and fraud being perpetrated by green energy billionaires , politicians and their spokespeople , like Bill McKibben who is prominently featured .
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The film presents so many examples of green energy fraud and folly : e.g .
the insanely low output of wind and sun , corporate green washing , more fossil fuels being burned to prop up green energy systems , false promises of green energy being free and free and clean , all the toxic waste they produce , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solar panels are made of sand , biomass is clean and sustainable , to name a few .
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Renowned figures like Al Gore and Bill McKibben and Sierra Club – once revered as environmental heroes – suddenly now come across as swindling villains .
In Lansing Michigan , tonnes of concrete and steel were installed to support a football-field size solar panel system that can supply energy for whole 10 homes for a year .
In 20 years it ’ ll be a field of litter , a monument among many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
... Also in Vermont hectares of mountain forest were removed as the entire Lowell Mountain ridge was blasted to make way for thousands of tonnes of steel and concrete and 21 monster wind turbines which show up for work only one day a week on average .
Gibbs says he is supporter of green energy , but painfully had to admit : “ Everywhere I encountered green energy , it wasn ’ t what it seemed.
” The many green energy examples he presents in fact can not operate without traditional energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even replacing fossil fuels.
” In short , everything we ’ ve been told about green energies is a lie .
And a select few swindlers out there are making a financial killing while the environment gets devoured by “ green ” technologies .
The newly released Planet of the Humans film is an as damning documentary as you ’ ll ever see – produced by leftist Michael Moore .
It ’ s a huge load of inconvenient truth all at once .
Will the film be too much to take and be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and others ?
Directed by environmentalist Jeff Gibbs , the film examines the crony capitalism , corruption and outright deceit and fraud being perpetrated by green energy billionaires , politicians and their spokespeople , like Bill McKibben who is prominently featured .
The film is certainly going to be a harsh wake up call for a good portion of the Fridays for Future movement .
It just has to be .
No one could possibly be that deep in denial , could they ?
Throughout the film one adjective gets used repeatedly to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Skeptics have been pointing out the green energy folly for years .
Finally many of their arguments are being delivered powerfully in this 100-minute film .
Director Gibbs not only shows how the often ballyhooed green energy systems like wind , solar , electric cars and biomass don ’ t work , but are in fact making everything worse – much worse .
He adds : “ The notion that green energies would save us is just a delusion.
” The film presents so many examples of green energy fraud and folly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of wind and sun , corporate green washing , more fossil fuels being burned to prop up green energy systems , false promises of green energy being free and free and clean , all the toxic waste they produce , the mass destruction on precious biotopes , the solar panels are made of sand , biomass is clean and sustainable , to name a few .
Renowned figures like Al Gore and Bill McKibben and Sierra Club – once revered as environmental heroes – suddenly now come across as swindling villains .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the McNeil biomass plant in Vermont which burns 30 cords of wood each hour.Another plant in Michigan burns toxic creosote railroad ties along with the wood !
– all next door to a head start school and home for the elderly .
In the wintertime snow on the ground turns black .
In Lansing Michigan , tonnes of concrete and steel were installed to support a football-field size solar panel system that can supply energy for whole 10 homes for a year .
In 20 years it ’ ll be a field @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Gore ’ s green energy folly .
Also in Vermont hectares of mountain forest were removed as the entire Lowell Mountain ridge was blasted to make way for thousands of tonnes of steel and concrete and 21 monster wind turbines which show up for work only one day a week on average .
Gibbs says he is supporter of green energy , but painfully had to admit : “ Everywhere I encountered green energy , it wasn ’ t what it seemed.
” The many green energy examples he presents in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sources .
“ Green energies are not even replacing fossil fuels.
” Other prime examples of green energy follies examined by Planet of the Humans are the Mojave Desert Ivanpah Solar Array , or the Dagget Solar Array .
Once heralded as a solution for the future , they now sit half buried in sand and litter the land .
The materials to build the facility in part came from companies owned by the Koch brothers .
“ This relies ” on the most toxic and industrial processes that we ’ ve ever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an especially harsh look at biomass and its primary promoter , Bill McKibben , who appears as a stooge for environmentally ruthless billionaires .
What is especially shocking is the utterly blind following by young people the movement has , many being totally unaware of what is really going on .
We suspect and hope the young generation is going to finally sober up from the green mind trip that their junkies have induced them into .
You can almost sense it .
It ’ s important this film be viewed by as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it becomes a real threat to the FFF trance movement .
For all its good points , the film spreads leftist misconceptions such as the notion there are too many humans on the planet , that our resources are limited and that climate change is a real problem .
Hopefully Messieurs Moore and Gibbs will extend their research and realize here as well that climate change is merely part of the green energies ’ sales pitch , criminally exaggerated to make the green energies look like the solution .


climatedepot--2020-04-23--Michael Moore stumbles upon the truth about so-called ‘green’ energy

Moore still buys into the whole apocalyptic anthropogenic climate change shtick .
Even the dangerously wrong Wuhan virus models have n't taught him that climate change models might be wrong , too .
Climate change is a faith , and one does n't question the dogma .
Rather than becoming a climate change apostate , Moore has come up with a new solution .
If we ca n't cut down on pollution , we just have to cut down on humans : A better approach , Gibbs suggests , would be people having fewer children .
`` Infinite growth on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he says .
Gibbs interviews a scientist who researched corporate renewables programs who said , `` I have n't found a single entity anywhere in the world running on 100 % solar and wind alone . ''
The film shows a forest being cut down to build an Apple solar farm .
... Michael Moore is worried about Earth , although he ’ s not focused on fossil fuel and cow farts .
Instead , he ’ s worried because he just discovered that green energy is a scam .
That ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Planet of the Humans , which was released Tuesday for free on YouTube .
In a long and poorly written introduction on the YouTube page , the people who made the video explain that the green revolution could have worked out if only the whole movement hadn ’ t sold itself out to the rich and powerful , resulting in a sham and a scam .
Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans , a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day — that we are losing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road — selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America .
This film is the wake-up call to the reality we are afraid to face : that in the midst of a human-caused extinction event , the environmental movement ’ s answer is to push for techno-fixes and band-aids .
It ’ s too little , too late .
Removed from the debate is the only thing that MIGHT save us : getting a grip on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Why is this not THE issue ?
Because that would be bad for profits , bad for business .
Have we environmentalists fallen for illusions , “ green ” illusions , that are anything but green , because we ’ re scared that this is the end — and we ’ ve pinned all our hopes on biomass , wind turbines , and electric cars ?
No amount of batteries are going to save us , warns director Jeff Gibbs ( lifelong environmentalist and co-producer of “ Fahrenheit 9/11 ” and “ Bowling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , must-see movie , a full-frontal assault on our sacred cows , is guaranteed to generate anger , debate , and , hopefully , a willingness to see our survival in a new way — before it ’ s too late .
It turns out that Moore , despite hectoring Americans to get with the green program , had managed to be completely unaware of the practical problems with green energy : Moore said that he , like many people , thought electric cars were a good idea , “ but I didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the electricity coming from ?
” “ I assumed solar panels would last for ever .
I didn ’ t know what went into the making of them , ” Moore added , referring to raw materials , including quartz , and the fossil fuels needed to manufacture the panels .
Moore illustrates the bubble in which greenies float .
If he ’ d had intellectual curiosity , he would have known that electric cars get power from natural gas , oil , or coal ( some of which is clean burning and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ merely displace vehicle emissions from the tailpipe to the power plant .
Electric car batteries , most of which come from China , are also big polluters , as are the Chinese-made solar panels that worry Moore .
Solar panels also shift the pollution , in their case from the power plant to China ’ s manufacturers .
Moore also discovered that alternative energy sources can not fill the gap if fossil fuels are banned : Gibbs interviews a scientist who researched corporate renewables programs who said , “ I haven ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world running on 100 % solar and wind alone.
” The film shows a forest being cut down to build an Apple solar farm .
The documentary does a good job at proving that conservatives were right to say that green energy is a scam : But the apocalyptic rhetoric detracts little from the heart of the documentary , which exposes the complicity of climate activists including Bill McKibben , founder of 350.org , Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. , and Sierra Club ’ s Executive Director , in promoting pollution-intensive biomass energies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ After Earth Day Founder Denis Hayes claims at a 2015 Earth Day concert that the event was being powered by solar , Gibbs goes behind the stage to find out the truth .
“ The concert is run by a diesel generation system , ” the solar vendor said .
“ That right there could run a toaster , ” said another vendor .
The film also debunks the claim made by Elon Musk that his “ Gigafactory ” to make batteries is powered by renewables .
In fact , it is hooked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have made this point forever , but Michael Moore , the “ intellectual ” progressive documentary filmmaker , just figured it out .
The man is a moron , not because he ’ s stupid , but because he wears ideologically tinted intellectual blinders .
If you think Moore ’ s ignorance is the worst thing about him , think again .
Moore still buys into the whole apocalyptic anthropogenic climate change shtick .
Even the dangerously wrong Wuhan virus models haven ’ t taught him that climate change models might be wrong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faith , and one doesn ’ t question the dogma .
Rather than becoming a climate change apostate , Moore has come up with a new solution .
If we can ’ t cut down on pollution , we just have to cut down on humans : Forced abortions , mandatory euthanasia , and Earth-friendly genocide ( once called “ human sacrifice to propitiate the gods ” ) won ’ t be far behind .
Someone should sit Moore and Gibbs down with books explaining that capitalism is the best way to clean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not running out , and that Generation IV nuclear energy will be a clean , safe , infinite energy source .


climatedepot--2020-04-23--Alarmists Struggle to Keep Climate Panic Alive as ‘Earth Day’ Turns 50

Earth Day 2020 has arrived to find environmental groups struggling to keep people focused on the alleged climate crisis now that the coronavirus pandemic has stolen their limelight .
“ Climate change is a moral , religious and justice issue , ” proclaims the official Earth Day website as the yearly commemoration celebrates its 50th birthday on April 22 in the absence of fanfare or large public gatherings .
Whereas in 1970 Earth Day focused on clean air , land , and water , it has gradually shifted its attention to global warming and carbon dioxide emissions as these topics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Paris Climate Agreement was signed by over 120 countries on Earth Day 2016 , and the 27-page text conspicuously omitted any reference to the problem of pollution , despite the fact that millions die every year from air pollution alone .
Earth Day has also taken on a decidedly more religious tone as organizers have perceived the power of organized religion to motivate people to climate change action .
The 50th World Earth Day has been dedicated to Pope Francis and roughly coincides with the fifth anniversary of his encyclical letter on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on May 24 , 2015 .
“ We are honored by the commitment ” that the pope puts “ into uniting people around the importance of the Earth at this very important time , ” said Denis Hayes , the founder of Earth Day , and Kathleen Rogers , president of the Earth Day Network .
“ His encyclical underlines the powerful relationship each of us has with our one Planet.
” “ The anniversary has been devastated this year by the COVID-19 pandemic , ” laments Vatican News , “ which now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hundreds of thousands of sick people at every latitude of the world and billions of people of all ages and social status at risk of contagion , forced into new measures of isolation and social distancing.
” COP26 , the next United Nations Climate Change Conference , was originally scheduled to be held in Glasgow , Scotland from November 9 to 20 , 2020 under the presidency of the UK government , but because of the coronavirus lockdown has been postponed until 2021 .
Nonetheless , the COP26 Twitter account has continued urging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the midst of other health concerns .
“ While coronavirus may force us to keep our distance , tackling Climate Change must remain a top priority , ” the group tweeted Wednesday .
Similarly , the International Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) has insisted on the gravity of the climate crisis even as people struggle to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic .
“ Earth Day is here !
We ’ re all looking at the world from a different perspective , but let ’ s not forget that Climate Change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” the organization stated Wednesday on Twitter .
For its part , the newspaper , the flagship for climate alarmism in the UK , acknowledged that postponing COP26 was the right step to take when the world is grappling with the coronavirus , while insisting that “ we should not let the momentum of what had been hailed as a ‘ super year ’ for the environment be lost.
” “ We are in an age of extinction and at the point where irreversible environmental damage could be wrought , ” the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we can not afford to lose pace nor focus .
The challenge of the biodiversity and climate crises will still be there when the Covid-19 restrictions are lifted ; the ambition of COP15 and COP26 must be carried forward and built upon in 2021 .
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climatedepot--2020-04-24--Michael Moore turns on climate left with film skewering green energy

Left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore is under attack from his putative climate allies with a newly released documentary taking on one of the sacred cows of the environmental movement : green energy .
“ Planet of the Humans , ” released this week free of charge on YouTube to coincide with Earth Day , argues that replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy is not only a pipe dream , but that solar arrays , wind farms and biomass are doing enormous damage of their own to the environment .
The blowback from the left was immediate .
Josh Fox , director @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and “ Gasland Part II , ” called on activists , scientists and others to sign a letter “ demanding an apology and an immediate retraction by the [ film ’ s ] producers , director and other advocates.
” Written , directed and narrated by veteran environmentalist Jeff Gibbs , the film also accuses the green movement of selling out to corporate America , taking shots at leading figures such as former Vice President Al Gore , 350.org ’ s Bill McKibben , former Obama green-jobs adviser Van Jones , the Sierra @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “ The only reason we ’ ve been force-fed the story ‘ climate change plus renewables equals we ’ re saved ’ is because billionaires , bankers and corporations profit from it , ” Mr. Gibbs said in the 100-minute film .
Mr. Moore , the film ’ s executive producer , has admitted in interviews that he “ thought solar panels lasted forever ” and “ didn ’ t know what went into the making of them , ” referring to rare-earth minerals like quartz and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He told Reuters that he used to support electric vehicles , but “ I didn ’ t really think about , where is the electricity coming from ?
” More than 62 % of the U.S. utility-scale power grid is run on natural gas and coal .
“ [ W ] e are not going to be able to solar-panel and windmill our way out of this , ” Mr. Moore said on CBS ’ s “ Late Night with Stephen Colbert.
” “ We need a serious new direction.
” Free-marketers are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proposed solutions — population control and drastic reductions in consumption — but that doesn ’ t mean they haven ’ t enjoyed seeing Mr. Moore reiterate their talking points on green energy ’ s drawbacks .
Quipped the Competitive Enterprise Institute ’ s Myron Ebell : “ ‘ Planet of the Humans ’ should really be titled , ‘ The Luddite Left Eats the Climate Industrial Complex.
’ ” “ If global warming is really a problem , the solution can ’ t possibly be windmills , solar panels , burning biomass , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ebell , director of the CEI Center for Energy and Environment .
“ Climate and energy realists like CEI have been making these points for years , but now that leaders of the extreme anti-human , anti-industrial environmental fringe have reached the same conclusions , perhaps more people will start to pay attention.
” Heartland Institute senior fellow Anthony Watts , who runs the skeptical Watts Up With That website , hailed the film as an “ epic take-down of the left ’ s love-affair with renewables by one of the left ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there was plenty of outrage on the left over Mr. Moore ’ s betrayal .
Penn State climatologist Michael E. Mann , creator of the much-debated “ hockey stick ” graph of global warming , called it “ another polemic from Moore , but this time attacking climate action rather than the misdeeds of the right.
” “ Michael Moore ’ s prescription ( shunning renewable energy ) will insure a far LESS healthy planet , ” tweeted Mr. Mann , who holds a Ph.D. in geology and geophysics .
“ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be viewing his error-riddled polemic at a time when we need to focus on REAL climate solutions.
” Others on social media blasted Mr. Moore as a “ blowhard , ” “ rich white guy , ” “ misinformed ” and “ dishonest.
” “ Michael Moore bringing together the white male small-population racists and the white male ecomodernist ultra-growth bros to attack solar and wind on Earth Day is just such a pure 2020 story , ” tweeted science writer Ketan Joshi .
No Michael Moore film would be complete without gotcha @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Humans ” has its share , including details on Mr. Gore ’ s financial ties to green energy , Mr. McKibben waffling on 350.org ’ s funding sources , and Mr. Jones , Mr. Kennedy and Mr. McKibben skirting questions on biomass .
Mr. McKibben issued a statement Thursday emphasizing that he changed his mind years ago about “ large-scale biomass , ” a renewable-energy source that involves logging and burning vast swaths of trees at power plants to produce electricity .
“ I am used to ceaseless harassment and attack from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve done my best to ignore a lifetime of death threats from right-wing extremists , ” said Mr. McKibben .
“ It does hurt more to be attacked by others who think of themselves as environmentalists.
” The film slams the Koch brothers , who are invested in renewables , but most of the criticism is devoted to bursting the left ’ s green-energy bubble .
A concert billed as running on renewables is actually plugged into the grid .
Acres of desert brush and trees are leveled for gigantic solar projects .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Power Facility in the Mojave Desert , co-producer Ozzie Zehner says that while solar energy is renewable , the array itself was built using fossil-fuel infrastructure .
“ You use more fossil fuels to do this than you ’ re getting benefit from , ” said Mr. Zehner , a visiting scholar at Northwestern and author of 2012 ’ s “ Green Illusions.
” “ You would have been better off burning the fossil fuels in the first place instead of playing pretend.
” In his letter , Mr. Fox called the assertion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accusing the film of using outdated information and making unfair , misleading attacks on “ movement leaders ” and “ important local campaigners.
” The Oscar-winning producer of films such as “ Bowling for Columbine , ” “ Fahrenheit 9/11 , ” and “ Roger and Me , ” Mr. Moore said he decided to release the film online because of the uncertainty about when theaters would reopen following the coronavirus closures .
“ [ W ] e are not going to be able to solar-panel and windmill our way out of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s “ Late Night with Stephen Colbert.
” “ We need a serious new direction.
” Whether Mr. Moore ’ s conversion changes any minds on the left remains to be seen , but Power the Future Western states director Larry Behrens said he doubted it .
“ The fact that the problems of the green agenda are so plain that even Michael Moore can figure it out is little comfort to those who support our workers and a strong economy , ” Mr. Behrens said .
“ Sadly , even if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the socialist green agenda are still moving forward trying to destroy energy jobs across our country .
”


climatedepot--2020-04-24--Morano: Climate alarmists want their piece of the COVID pie – ‘Climate activists are jealous of all

Morano: Climate alarmists want their piece of the COVID pie – ‘Climate activists are jealous of all the attention & govt reaction’ that the coronavirus is receiving

USA Today ’ s Doyle Rice wrote this week that “ 50 years after the first Earth Day , we are in the midst of a pandemic , and we need science more than ever.
” Climate Depot ’ s Marc Morano – a skeptic of catastrophic , man-made climate change – contends that the so-called “ alarmists ” are trying to piggy back on the fear of coronavirus and the lockdowns .
Morano , Marc ( Climate Depot ) ” They ’ re saying , Look , climate and science , we need to pay attention because science is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ This USA Today article even goes a step further and quotes Senator Tom Udall [ D-New Mexico ] as saying unless we take care of climate change , we ’ re going to have more of these … new viruses ; in other words , [ he ’ s argues that ] taking care of climate takes care of the coronavirus too.
” “ What was the coronavirus response ’ s biggest failure ?
It was the computer model predictions of 2.2 million dead , ” says Morano , answering his own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States on lockdown , and then the original modelers all scaled it back … .
“ So , this article in USA Today reveals that the climate activists are jealous of all the attention and government reaction that the virus scare is getting , but not climate change .
”


climatedepot--2020-04-24--ALERT: Michael Moore’s new film exposing ‘green’ energy con has now been BANNED! ‘Distributor taking

ALERT: Michael Moore’s new film exposing ‘green’ energy con has now been BANNED! ‘Distributor taking the film down’ – Warmist Josh Fox leading the effort to censor Moore’s new film

Michael Moore Is Now the Green New Deal ’ s Worst Enemy – New Film exposes con of ‘ green energy ’ We visit a “ solar powered ” music festival where we discover that behind the scenes it is largely powered by diesel generators .
We visit an ethanol plant — whose wood has to be harvested using fossil-fuel powered equipment and depends for its operational effectiveness on coal .
We visit a lovely old wood beloved by hikers and nature lovers in rural Vermont being trashed to build a wind farm .
We see 500-year old yuccas in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shredded by diggers to make way for a “ clean ” energy solar plant .
“ It was enough to make my head explode , ” Gibbs confesses at one point .
“ Green energy is not going to save us.
” … Gibbs follows the money trail and discovers — quelle surprise !
— that the people and organizations most assiduously stoking the war on fossil fuels and most aggressively promoting “ renewables ” as an alternative are invariably the ones who stand to benefit most financially .
Among the Hall of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Al Gore ; Van Jones ; Robert F Kennedy Jr ; Jeremy Grantham ; Michael Bloomberg ; Richard Branson .
These are revealed to have an unhealthily cozy relationship with green NGOs like the Sierra Club and The Nature Conservancy , which mouth the usual environmental pieties while yet quietly promoting energy which is every bit as environmentally destructive as fossil fuels .
Michael Moore Film May Splinter Green Movement , Calls Green Energies ‘ A Delusion ’ , Billionaire Bonanza – Gore , McKibben & Sierra Club ‘ come across as swindling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the film examines the crony capitalism , corruption and outright deceit and fraud being perpetrated by green energy billionaires , politicians and their spokespeople , like Bill McKibben who is prominently featured .
… The film presents so many examples of green energy fraud and folly : e.g .
the insanely low output of wind and sun , corporate green washing , more fossil fuels being burned to prop up green energy systems , false promises of green energy being free and free and clean , all the toxic waste they produce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the solar panels are made of sand , biomass is clean and sustainable , to name a few .
… Renowned figures like Al Gore and Bill McKibben and Sierra Club – once revered as environmental heroes – suddenly now come across as swindling villains .
In Lansing Michigan , tonnes of concrete and steel were installed to support a football-field size solar panel system that can supply energy for whole 10 homes for a year .
In 20 years it ’ ll be a field of litter , a monument among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy folly .
… Also in Vermont hectares of mountain forest were removed as the entire Lowell Mountain ridge was blasted to make way for thousands of tonnes of steel and concrete and 21 monster wind turbines which show up for work only one day a week on average .
Gibbs says he is supporter of green energy , but painfully had to admit : “ Everywhere I encountered green energy , it wasn ’ t what it seemed.
” The many green energy examples he presents in fact can not operate without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are not even replacing fossil fuels.
” Michael Moore stumbles upon the truth about so-called ‘ green ’ energy Gibbs interviews a scientist who researched corporate renewables programs who said , “ I haven ’ t found a single entity anywhere in the world running on 100 % solar and wind alone.
” The film shows a forest being cut down to build an Apple solar farm .
… Moore still buys into the whole apocalyptic anthropogenic climate change shtick .
Even the dangerously wrong Wuhan virus models haven ’ t taught him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , too .
Climate change is a faith , and one doesn ’ t question the dogma .
Rather than becoming a climate change apostate , Moore has come up with a new solution .
If we can ’ t cut down on pollution , we just have to cut down on humans : A better approach , Gibbs suggests , would be people having fewer children .
“ Infinite growth on a finite planet is suicide , ” he says .
Michael Shellenberger : “ In truth , humankind has never been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There has always been enough fossil fuels to power human civilization for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years , and nuclear energy is effectively infinite.
” A new documentary , “ Planet of the Humans , ” being released free to the public on YouTube today , the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day , reveals that industrial wind farms , solar farms , biomass , and biofuels are wrecking natural environments .
“ Planet of the Humans was produced by Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore .
“ I assumed solar panels would last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I didn ’ t know what went into the making of them.
” The film shows both abandoned industrial wind and solar farms and new ones being built — but after cutting down forests .
“ It suddenly dawned on me what we were looking at was a solar dead zone , ” says filmmaker Jeff Gibbs , staring at a former solar farm in California .
“ I learned that the solar panels don ’ t last.
” … “ Planet of the Humans ” notes that Al Gore personally accepted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a co-owner sold Current TV to Al Jazeera , which is state-funded by Qatar , the gas-exporting nation whose citizens have the largest per capita carbon footprint in the world .
One year earlier , Gore had said the goal of “ reducing our dependence on expensive dirty oil ” was “ to save the future of civilization.
” The film shows Jon Stewart , the host of Comedy Central ’ s “ The Daily Show , ” asking Gore , “ You couldn ’ t find , for your business , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What is not sustainable about it ?
” responded Gore .
“ Because it is backed by fossil fuel money ?
” said Stewart Michael Moore Unveils ‘ Planet of the Humans ’ : ‘ How Would They Know When It ’ s Their Time to Go ?
’ “ The reason we ’ re not talking about over-population , consumption and , is that would be bad for business – especially , the that rules the world , now HIDING UNDER A COVER OF GREEN.
” ( Gore , Sierra Club , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must take control of our environmental movement and our future from billionaires and their permanent war on Planet Earth .
They are not our friends.
” Ultimately , it ’ s NOT CARBON , but “ EVERYTHING WE HUMANS ARE DOING ” that is bringing about the “ human-caused apocalypse , ” the film concludes .
“ Have you ever wondered what would happen if a single species took over an entire planet ?
” “ Maybe , they ’ re cute .
Maybe , they ’ re clever – but , lack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ self-restraint .
What if they go too far ?
What if they go way , way , way , way , way too far ?
How would they know when it ’ s THEIR TIME TO GO ?
”


climatedepot--2020-04-24--How Hollywood Celebrated Earth Day: Tree Hugging, Mourning ‘Mama’, Trump-Bashing

The leftist , millionaire Hollywood elite took to their social media accounts to celebrate Earth Day on Wednesday , with some posting actually tree-hugging photos .
Alyssa Milano used the Chinese coronavirus to push green energy policies , while others honored and gave thanks to “ Mama ” earth .
Actor Robert Downey Jr. announced the launch of a website for his climate change project .
“ In honor of EARTH DAY , and in tandem with @ ProbablyPaigey ’ s ( FPC North Carolina Ambassador ’ s ) 18th BDAY…The as-promised Footprint Coalition official website launch , ” tweeted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revealed his plan to launch a new initiative that he said would confront climate change .
“ Between robotics and nanotechnology , we could clean up the planet significantly , if not totally , in 10 years , ” Downey Jr. had said of his new project .
“ God , I love experts .
They ’ re like Wikipedia with character defects.
” Actress Kerry Washington shared an old photo of herself… well , hugging a tree .
And here we have more tree-hugging from actor Jared Leto .
Sitting in sand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ # earthday feels louder and clearer than ever as we face this worldwide challenge.
” What a relief .
Actor Rainn Wilson — best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on NBC ’ s — shared a photo of the earth on his Instagram page , commenting , “ Today we celebrate Earth Day .
We protest .
We worry .
We mourn .
Our Big Blue Marble is in a severe crisis that is man-made.
” “ So what do we do ?
” added Wilson .
“ We protest .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ pray .
AND WE ACT !
VOTE for candidates that support science.
” Wilson ’ s former co-star , actress Mindy Kaling — best known for her role as Kelly Kapoor on — also posted a photo in honor of Earth Day , showing herself hanging from a tree .
Meanwhile , Joe Biden celebrity endorser and left-wing actress Alyssa Milano celebrated Earth Day by posting a video to her Twitter account , in which she bizarrely tied the deadly Chinese coronavirus to global warming .
“ We need a more just world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Milano in the video .
“ This is our chance to come together to build a society that is equitable , renewable , and sustainable as we work to flatten the curve of this pandemic.
” “ We need to hold our leaders accountable , ” added the actress .
“ And we need leaders who understand that the communities most vulnerable to the global COVID-19 pandemic are also the communities most affected by fossil fuel pollution and the climate crisis.
” Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys tweeted a photo of herself appearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lyrics to by Snatam Kaur .
“ May the long time sun shine upon you — All love surround you — And the pure light within you — Guide your way on , ” tweeted the singer .
“ Mama needs all of our love and she ’ s making sure we slow down and pay attention , ” added Keys .
“ Let ’ s take care of each other and our home.
” “ Happy Earth Day everyone , ” tweeted musician Paul McCartney .
“ Let ’ s take care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s the 50th anniversary of # EarthDay , ” tweeted Ellen DeGeneres .
“ You don ’ t look a day over 49.
” Actress Amber Tamblyn posted an ominous poem that she wrote for Earth Day .
“ For Earth , I have spent my life in an ego ’ s error , blundering on the side of a selfish existence , ” wrote Tamblyn .
“ I have let her down , while taking for granted the exhales of her trees ; easy air for my lucky lungs , so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I ’ m swamped , reveling in the pride of my own pulse to feel the sluggish haul of her disappearing streams , to watch the slow cracking open of the arctic ’ s skull , to worship the withering breadth of her slipping ice , ” she added .
“ Pay attention .
Pay attention or pay the price , ” affirmed the actress in her poem .
“ Our future , our Earth , our time here depends on it .
Actor Billy Baldwin used Earth Day as an excuse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a socialist agenda .
“ In 2016… 18-25 year old voters had the lowest voter turnout , ” tweeted Baldwin .
“ Trump is the environmental antichrist so if you want transformative change like 100 % renewable energy and the Green New Deal… you better get your asses to the polls in 2020.
” Meanwhile , Disney movie star Josh Gad shared a bizarre GIF of what appeared to be a knitted earth blowing out the candles of a knit cake .
“ Happy [ Earth Day ] , ” tweeted the actor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planet .
Let ’ s protect it.
” Actress Minnie Driver posted photos of herself enjoying some of her “ three favourite places on Earth.
” “ I ’ ve never wanted to protect them more than now , ” she added .
Actress Elisabeth Banks celebrated Earth Day by tweeting a photo of a dinosaur drawer by her young son .
“ This # EarthDay my family got into # NatGeoEarthDayAtHome by talking about Earth ’ s amazing history and her secrets , so many of which are still unshared , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Felix .
Click the link to join us in celebrating Mother Earth.
” Actress Lupita Nyong ’ o shared a photo on her Instagram account of a cartoon character putting a BAND-AID on the Earth , along with an environmental quote by Wangari Maathai , Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize Winner .
“ It ’ s the little things citizens do .
That ’ s what will make the difference .
My little thing is planting trees , ” the quote read .
You can follow Alana Mastrangelo on Twitter at @ @ @ @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-04-24--CNN’s Bill Weir lashes out at ‘sh*tty’ report of his claim coronavirus helped humanity with ‘global

CNN’s Bill Weir lashes out at ‘sh*tty’ report of his claim coronavirus helped humanity with ‘global warming’

Weir also said that coronavirus came from deforestation


climatedepot--2020-04-24--It’s All Over For Europe’s Green Deal As Angela Merkel’s MEPs Say ‘It’s No Longer Viable’

The leader of the Parliamentary Party Markus Pieper told news magazine FOCUS : `` The Green Deal was a gigantic challenge for an economy in top shape .
After the corona bloodletting , it is simply not financially viable.
” Berlin .
Opposition to the EU ’ s Green Deal promoted by EU Commission leader Ursula von der Leyen is growing among Angela Merkel ’ s CDU/CSU MEPs in the European Parliament .
The leader of the Parliamentary Party Markus Pieper told news magazine FOCUS : The Green Deal was a gigantic challenge for an economy in top shape .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ simply not financially viable.
” Pieper suggests , among other things , to expand trading in CO2 to electric cars and building renovations instead of fixed CO2 quotas .
“ Then the market regulates the progress in climate protection according to supply and demand via a price mechanism , ” Pieper told FOCUS .
Pieper also called for energy policy to be the “ core concern of EU foreign policy ” in order to import more electricity from renewable energy from Africa and the Middle East .
The Federal Government also warned that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per tonne of CO2 should be maintained and the decision by the Federal Council on a higher carbon price should be rejected .


climatedepot--2020-04-24--CNN explores ‘perception’ that coronavirus has ‘helped humanity’ fight global warming

CNN ’ s chief climate correspondent Bill Weir said there is some “ good ” that could arise from the coronavirus pandemic .
A segment that aired Thursday morning explored how certain environmental conditions are improving , including reports of Indians being able to see the Himalayan mountains “ for the first time in decades , ” amid widespread shutdowns geared toward stopping the spread of the outbreak .
“ There seems to be this perception that maybe the virus has helped humanity buy some time when it comes to global warming , ” Weir said .
He asked Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Drawdown if there was anything wrong with that “ assumption.
” Foley argued humans would need to continue on this path “ for the next 30 years to really begin to bend the curve on greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
” Weir reported , “ Experts say a spike in pollution seems inevitable ” with President Trump ’ s Environmental Protection Agency “ gutting dozens of regulations.
” “ Saving what ’ s left will take everyday folk everywhere deciding that their planet deserves more than one minor holiday , like a dead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as we know it , every day should be Earth Day , ” Weir added .
On Wednesday , the World Meteorologist Organization released its global climate report , which said the world can expect to see a 6 % decrease in carbon dioxide emissions as a result of people sheltering in place .
Oil prices have taken a major hit due to the loss of production , with May ’ s future contracts spiraling into negative valuations this week as demand shrinks .
In concluding his segment , Weir suggested the novel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tale for those who ignore the warnings of scientists .
“ Virologists for years tried to warn us for that an invisible enemy would come out of the jungles if we just kept cutting all of them down , and they were right , ” he said .
“ So , if any good can come from this Allison , maybe it ’ s an understanding that the climatologists , who are warning about the invisible enemy up in our sky and in our seas , maybe we should take them seriously too @ @