climatedepot--2020-09-11--Dem Speaker Nancy Pelosi: ‘Mother Earth is angry’ –  ‘She’s telling us with hurricanes on the Gulf C

Dem Speaker Nancy Pelosi: ‘Mother Earth is angry’ –  ‘She’s telling us with hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, fires in the West, whatever it is…the climate crisis is real and has an impact’

“ Mother Earth is angry , ” Speaker Pelosi says , discussing wildfires burning in California .
“ She ’ @ @ @ @ @ on the Gulf Coast , fires in the West , whatever it is…the climate crisis @ @ @ @ @ impact.
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climatedepot--2020-09-12--Scientific evidence refutes media/politicians’ climate wildfire claims: ‘Less fire today than centur

Scientific evidence refutes media/politicians’ climate wildfire claims: ‘Less fire today than centuries ago’ – Wildfires are NOT due to ‘climate change’ – Book Excerpt

The media and many politicians are claiming the spate of wildfiers in 2020 are due to man-made `` cliamte change . ''
see : Washington grappling with 'climate fires ' not wildfires , says Gov .
Inslee But , scientific data , scientists , and studies reveal a much different picture .
The new skeptical climate film , Climate Hustle is set to premiere .
Climate Hustle 2 Set for Sept. 24 at 8 pm Worldwide release !
Exposes agenda behind Green New Deal & UN Paris Pact .
The film , hosted by actor Kevin Sorbo , exposes the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate change ” causing more extreme weather , including droughts and wildfires .
STUDY : HUMANS , NOT 'GLOBAL WARMING ' , SPARKED ALMOST ALL OF CALIFORNIA ’ S WILDFIRES The following is an excerpt from author Marc Morano ’ s new 2019 best-selling book , The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change .
`` There is increasing evidence that there is overall less fire in the landscape today than there has been centuries ago , although the magnitude of this reduction still needs to be examined in more detail. ''
... `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more a social than a natural one.
” Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid found that “ climate change ” is not to blame for increased forest fires in the Mediterranean basin. ''
... `` In the United States , wildfires are also due in part to a failure to thin forests or remove dead and diseased trees .
In 2014 , forestry professor David B .
South of Auburn University testified to the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that “ data suggest that extremely large megafires were four-times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ we can not reasonably say that anthropogenic global warming causes extremely large wildfires.
” As he explained , “ To attribute this human-caused increase in fire risk to carbon dioxide emissions is simply unscientific.
” Editor ’ s Note : The following is an excerpt from author Marc Morano ’ s 2019 best-selling book , The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change .
The mainstream media seems to be very sure that wildfires are getting worse because of man-made global warming .
ABC World News Tonight warned in 2014 that “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intense burns ” have arrived courtesy of climate change .
CBS This Morning featured climate fear promoter Michio Kaku , predicting “ hundred-year droughts , hundred-year forest fires ” and claiming that “ something is very dangerously happening with the weather.
” Al Gore also thinks he knows all about wildfires .
“ All over the West we ’ re seeing these fires get much , much worse , ” Gore said in 2017 , adding , “ the underlying cause is the heat.
” But the science tells a very different story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Royal Society reported , “ There is less fire in the global landscape today than centuries ago ” and the “ global area burned ” has seen a “ slight decline over past decades.
” The study , by Stefan Doerr and Cristina Santín of Swansea University in Wales , noted that “ many consider wildfire as an accelerating problem , with widely held perceptions both in the media and scientific papers of increasing fire occurrence , severity and resulting losses .
However , important exceptions aside , the quantitative evidence available does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The study also found that the data for the western U.S. indicates “ little change overall , and also that area burned at high severity has overall declined compared to pre-European settlement .
Direct fatalities from fire and economic losses also show no clear trends over the past three decades.
” The researchers concluded , “ The data available to date do not support a general increase in area burned or in fire severity for many regions of the world .
Indeed there is increasing evidence that there is overall less fire in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ centuries ago , although the magnitude of this reduction still needs to be examined in more detail.
” According to the study , “ fire is a fundamental natural ecological agent in many of our ecosystems and only a ‘ problem ’ where we choose to inhabit these fire-prone regions or we humans introduce it to non-fire-adapted ecosystems .
The ‘ wildfire problem ’ is essentially more a social than a natural one.
” Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid found that “ climate change ” is not to blame for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The change in the occurrence of fires that are recorded in the historical research can not be explained by the gradual change in climate.
” The fires instead “ correspond to changes in the availability of fuel , the use of sources of energy , and the continuity of the landscape.
” In the United States , wildfires are also due in part to a failure to thin forests or remove dead and diseased trees .
In 2014 , forestry professor David B .
South of Auburn University testified to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ data suggest that extremely large megafires were four-times more common before 1940 , ” adding that “ we can not reasonably say that anthropogenic global warming causes extremely large wildfires.
” As he explained , “ To attribute this human-caused increase in fire risk to carbon dioxide emissions is simply unscientific.
” The evidence is so strong that even the Los Angeles Times featured an article rebuking Governor Jerry Brown for his claims that California ’ s 2015 wildfires were “ a real wake-up call ” to reduce carbon dioxide emissions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many respects driving all of this.
” The Times article noted , “ But scientists who study climate change and fire behavior say their work does not show a link between this year ’ s wildfires and global warming , or support Brown ’ s assertion that fires are now unpredictable and unprecedented .
There is not enough evidence , they say.
” Dominick DellaSala , chief scientist at the Geos Institute in Ashland , Oregon , has conducted research on fires in the western United States and found them declining .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a point in time for comparison , then we have not seen a measurable increase in the size or the severity of fires , ” DellaSala said .
“ In fact , what we have seen is actually a deficit in forest fires compared to what early settlers were dealing with when they came through this area.
” A 2014 study found that Colorado wildfires have not become more severe since the 1900s .
“ The severity of recent fires is not unprecedented when we look at fire records going back before the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Schoennagel .
The study , “ one of the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the western United States , ” was published in the journal PLOS ONE and funded by the National Science Foundation .
Update September 2020 : Forestry mismanagement is a huge driving component of these wildfires .
Michael Shellenberger : Environmental Alarmism Is Making Forest Fires Worse – Up to ’ 12 million acres burned in California annually before the arrival of Europeans ’ Leftists Blame Climate Change For West Coast Fires—Why They ’ re Wrong – ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or doing controlled burns to get rid of deadwood ’ Environmentalists Destroyed California ’ s Forests : ‘ Environmentalists have gone to the extreme to prevent controlled burns , and as a result we have this catastrophe today ’ What Really Led To California ’ s Incessant Blackouts : A Timeline Green groups save the coal underground but destroy the forest above : Where massive hardwoods once stood now grows tiny fir trees used for wood pellets to meet CO2 targets Astrophysicist Dr. Willie Soon : “ It is their extreme policies of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the real cause of this problem .
It has been estimated that during the past between 4.4 to 12 million acres of California forested lands were burned each year .
Between 1982-1998 : California land managers burned 30,000 acres a year and the number dropped to 13,000 acres a year between 1999-2017 .
Can you understand the problems caused by decades of bad policies because of extreme anti-science zealots ?
” And the whole point of the Green New Deal and mandates for solar and wind are to limit energy .
See @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media hype about ‘ global warming ’ ‘ In the last 200 years fires don ’ t seem to have increased either ’ ‘ In California , before Europeans arrived the area burned was 6 times higher ’ Bjorn Lomborg : ‘ Global warming is a little part of the reason we see ‘ less ’ burning ’ – Bjorn Lomborg : ‘ Why is wildfire burning less and less of the world ?
Actually , increasing temperatures because of global warming is a little part of the reason we see *less* burning.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for fewer wildfires is due to better fire suppression , along with better forest management and more agriculture.
’ ‘ Since 1901 humans have consistently caused *less* fire , because of firefighting and suppression , forest management and more agriculture.
’ Bjorn Lomborg : ‘ Stop these silly , undocumented claims of ever-increasing fire ’ Claims ‘ based on anecdotes , not data ’ – Reality is Global & U.S. fires declining – Lomborg : ‘ There is less fire in the global landscape today than centuries ago ’ ‘ No , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is smoldering much less than it used to in the first part of the 20th century.
’ ‘ And no , the EU is not smoldering more – it is smoldering much less over the past 36 years.
’ A Geological Perspective of Wildfires : ‘ Global biomass burning during past century has been lower than at any time in past 2000 years ’ California ’ s ‘ new normal ’ of winter wildfires doused by climate scientists – Bjorn Lomborg , president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center , compiled data from 1926-2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wildfires has dropped fourfold since peaking in the 1930s , which was posted on the skeptics ’ website Climate Depot .
“ The destructive fires in California are not unexpected given the wet winter last year and resultant plant growth , followed by hot and dry weather since then in which the vegetation dried out , ” University of Colorado Boulder meteorologist Roger A. Pielke Sr. said .
“ An important issue is an extent humans have deliberately or inadvertently started the fires , ” Mr. Pielke said .
“ If these were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from power lines ) , how many fires would there have been naturally ?
Probably none.
” “ As to whether this is a ‘ new normal , ’ it is easy ( and inaccurate ) to blame climate change just from added CO₂ , ” said Mr. Pielke , “ when in reality the reasons for the fires and the damage they are causing are more complex.
” Fires far worse last century : Claim global warming causing wildfires goes up in — flames Prominent forestry scientist goes from environmentalist hero to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growth ’ logging concepts – “ Against the Grain ” by Warren Cornwall in Science , 6 October 2017 .
Trump Blames CA Wildfires On Forest Mismanagement , Threatens To Cut Off Federal Funding BLAMING GLOBAL WARMING FOR NORTHWEST ’ S WILDFIRES IS ‘ SERIOUSLY MISINFORMED , ’ SAYS CLIMATE SCIENTIST Report : Poor Management of Forests , Not Global Warming , To Blame for Widespread Wildfires Climatologist Dr. John Christy rebuts wildfire and heatwave claims : ‘ Our most serious heatwaves were in the 1930 ’ s .
We have not matched @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , NOT GLOBAL WARMING , SPARKED ALMOST ALL OF CALIFORNIA ’ S WILDFIRES – Ninety-five percent of wildfires that ravaged California in the past 100 years were caused by humans , according to a forthcoming study in the International Journal of Wildland Fire .
“ In most of California , if we could stop ignition during extremely high winds and drought and heat spells , like now , that will be an effective approach , ” lead author and U.S. Geological Survey wildfire expert Jon Keeley told The San Jose Mercury News of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ debate largely rages around global warming ’ s role in wildfires , Keeley ’ s study shows that human interaction with the landscape , no matter the climate , is causing most fires .
Climate Scientist Calls Out Media ( and Mann ) ‘ Misinformation ’ On Wildfires And Global Warming

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climatedepot--2020-09-12--Former UN lead scientist Michael Mann: ‘Tucker Carlson is both a climate change denier and a racist

Former UN lead scientist Michael Mann: ‘Tucker Carlson is both a climate change denier and a racist f#ck’

Michael Mann , a former United Nations lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , smeared Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson as being “ both a climate change denier and a racist f # ck.
” Mann , a Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State , tweeted his comment on September 11 , following a Carlson segment “ Tucker Carlson Tonight , ” on California wildfires and the politicians scapegoating “ climate change.
” Mann was a UN Lead Author on the UN IPCC Third Assessment Report in 2001 ( which included his now infamous ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an expert reviewer to the UN ’ s Fourth Assessment Report in 2007 .
Mann has also falsely claimed he won a “ Nobel Peace Prize ” and was at the center of the Climategate scandal .
Mann ’ s attack on Tucker for presenting accurate climate information comes just weeks before the new skeptical climate film , Climate Hustle , is set to premiere .
Climate Hustle 2 Set for Sept. 24 at 8 pm Worldwide release !
Exposes agenda behind Green New Deal & UN Paris Pact .
The film , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the myths behind the claims that man-made “ climate change ” causing more extreme weather , including droughts and wildfires .
Carlson ’ s segment on California politicians linking the wildfires to “ climate change ” was a brutal takedown of the unscientific claims of the climate activist politicians on the origin of the wildfires .
Mann has been a partisan climate activist for years , warning President Donald Trump was “ a threat to the planet.
” Mann praised Biden ’ s Vice Presidential pick , Kamala Harris , on September 11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ urgency of acting on the climate crisis.
” Tucker : “ In the hands of Democratic politicians , climate change is like systemic racism in the sky .
You can ’ t see it but rest assured it ’ s everywhere and it is deadly .
Like systemic racism , it is your fault .
The American middle class did it , they caused climate change .
They eat too many hamburgers , they drove too many SUVs , they had too many children .
A lot of them wear t-shirts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ college , and that causes climate change too .
Worst of all , some of them may vote for Donald Trump in November .
And if there ’ s anything that absolutely , definitively causes climate change , literally over 100 % of scientists agree with this established fact , it is voting for Donald Trump .
You might as well start a tire fire in your yard.
” Mann has a long history of promoting progressive politics and he has been criticized by other scientists for his distorted scientific claims .
See @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mann for his ‘ pool of lies and deceit ’ for claiming hurricanes caused by ‘ climate change ’ In accusing Tucker Carlson of being a “ racist f # ck ” , Mann is joining many of his woke colleagues in merging “ climate change ” with identity politics .
Tucker Carlson : “ Lawyers pretending to be scientists are now everywhere in the Democratic Party .
Here for example is the governor of Washington state , Jay Inslee .
He ’ s a proud graduate of Willamette Law School .
Gov @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are conditions exacerbated by the changing climate we are suffering and I do not believe that we should surrender these subdivisions or these houses to climate change exacerbated fires .
We should fight the cause of these fires.
” Tucker : So I mismanage my state , now it ’ s on fire , you ’ re required to give me more power .
You see how that works .
As a factual matter , this is a crock .
These are people who don ’ t go outside , they know nothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ritually humiliating the American middle class for daring to elect somebody they don ’ t like .
In 2019 , [ Democratic Presidential nominee Joe ] Biden openly mocked coal miners .
He suggested they get programming jobs once they are all fired , watch .
Biden video clip : “ I come from a family where there ’ s coal mine , in Scranton .
Anybody who can go down 300 feet in the mine can learn to program as well .
“ Tucker : “ Learn to code ?
” Hilarious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ code , keep us posted on how that goes .
There is no time for that , the world is ending .
There ’ s no time to pause and savor the deep layers of hypocrisy here .
We are measuring our lives and minutes now .
Last summer , Sandy Cortez ( AOC ) did the math on all of this and she calculated we only have 12 years left to live .
[ Climate Depot Note : Tucker is spon on accurate .
See : Earth ‘ serially doomed ’ : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Points ’ began in 1864 – A new ‘ global warming ’ 12-year deadline from Rep. Ocasio-Cortez ] AOC video clip : “ The world is going to end in 12 years if we don ’ t address climate change , this is our World War II .
Tucker : Which raises the central question , what is a climate change denier ?
It ’ s anyone who thinks our ruling class has done a very poor job running their states , running their country , protecting the people they were hired to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate change deniers if we point out the state of California has failed to implement meaningful deforestation measures that might have dramatically exploded the spread of these wildfires ?
Does that make us deniers ?
… Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti admitted on the record that LA has become completely third world , which it has unfortunately .
Of course he didn ’ t blame himself for the degradation of one of the great American cities that he runs , no .
He blamed you , you did it .
Mayor Garcetti @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3:00 p.m. , time to turn off major appliances .
Set the thermostat to 78 degrees or use a fan instead , turn off excess lights and unplug any appliances you ’ re not using .
We need every Californian to help conserve energy , please do your part.
” Tucker : You ’ ve got to wonder if you are able to go to his house , which are not , can ’ t get past the bodyguards you pay for , is he following these recommendations ?
No .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s about the people he supposed to be helping , the ones he ’ s now blaming .
He wants them to suffer so that he and his fellow Democrats — even now as residents are facing sweeping power outages in addition to the wildfires , in the meantime Gavin Newsom has found 50 % of California ’ s grid will bee based on renewable sources in a decade , that means sources like wind and solar power.
” [ Note : also see : Gov .
Brown blames climate ‘ deniers ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him : ‘ Less fire today than centuries ago ’ – Wildfires are NOT due to ‘ climate change ’ – Book Excerpt ] Climate Depot Note : Tucker is once again spot on .
Droughts are NOT getting worse : “ Droughts have , for the most part , become shorter , less frequent , and cover a smaller portion of the U. S. over the last century , ” Professor Roger Pielke , Jr. observed .
A 2015 study found megadroughts in past 2000 years were worse and lasted longer than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conditions in the U.S. dropped even more , as they were limited to only 1.6 % of the continental U.S and California ’ s “ Permanent Drought ” came to an end .
There is ” less fire today than centuries ago , ” as scientists and multiple studies counter the claim that wildfires due to “ climate change.
” The following is an excerpt from author Marc Morano ’ s The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change .
A 2016 study published in The Royal Society journal found : “ There is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fire in the landscape today than there has been centuries ago , although the magnitude of this reduction still needs to be examined in more detail.
” … “ The ‘ wildfire problem ’ is essentially more a social than a natural one.
” Warmists blames climate ‘ deniers ’ for worsening wildfires – Scientific evidence refutes them : ‘ Less fire today than centuries ago ’ – Wildfires are NOT due to ‘ climate change ’ – Book Excerpt STUDY : HUMANS , NOT ‘ GLOBAL WARMING ’ , SPARKED ALMOST ALL @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is an excerpt from author Marc Morano ’ s new 2018 best-selling book , The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change .
“ There is increasing evidence that there is overall less fire in the landscape today than there has been centuries ago , although the magnitude of this reduction still needs to be examined in more detail.
” … “ The ‘ wildfire problem ’ is essentially more a social than a natural one.
” Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid found that “ climate change ” is not to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mediterranean basin.
” … “ In the United States , wildfires are also due in part to a failure to thin forests or remove dead and diseased trees .
In 2014 , forestry professor David B .
South of Auburn University testified to the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that “ data suggest that extremely large megafires were four-times more common before 1940 , ” adding that “ we can not reasonably say that anthropogenic global warming causes extremely large wildfires.
” As he explained , “ To attribute this human-caused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emissions is simply unscientific.
” Forestry mismanagement is a huge driving component of these wildfires .
Michael Shellenberger : Environmental Alarmism Is Making Forest Fires Worse – Up to ’ 12 million acres burned in California annually before the arrival of Europeans ’ Leftists Blame Climate Change For West Coast Fires—Why They ’ re Wrong – ‘ Environmentalism is why California stopped grooming forests or doing controlled burns to get rid of deadwood ’ Environmentalists Destroyed California ’ s Forests : ‘ Environmentalists have gone to the extreme to prevent controlled burns , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ catastrophe today ’ What Really Led To California ’ s Incessant Blackouts : A Timeline Green groups save the coal underground but destroy the forest above : Where massive hardwoods once stood now grows tiny fir trees used for wood pellets to meet CO2 targets Astrophysicist Dr. Willie Soon : “ It is their extreme policies of no management on fire fuel loads that is the real cause of this problem .
It has been estimated that during the past between 4.4 to 12 million acres of California forested lands were burned each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ managers burned 30,000 acres a year and the number dropped to 13,000 acres a year between 1999-2017 .
Can you understand the problems caused by decades of bad policies because of extreme anti-science zealots ?
” And the whole point of the Green New Deal and mandates for solar and wind are to limit energy .
See : Climategate ’ s Michael Mann Racks Up Millions in Climate Stimulus Funds : – ‘ More than $ 2.4 million is stimulating the career of none other than Penn State ’ s Michael Mann…Mann came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which received $ 3 billion in stimulus money…He received another grant worth nearly $ 1.9 million to investigate the role of ‘ env .
temperature on transmission of vector-borne diseases.
’ …Both grants say they were ‘ funded under American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009.
’ Report : Michael Mann has received ‘ almost $ 6 million for various predictions , models and reconstructions over the last 13 years ’ : ‘ Note also the generally escalating grant amounts in recent years .
A lot of that is from the government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teats ’ Mann v. Morano : Climategate ’ s Michael Mann debates Climate Depot ’ s Morano on Live BBC Radio : Mann : ‘ Morano ’ s a hired assassin ’ — Morano : ‘ Mann plays the part of martyr very well ’ – Morano : ‘ It was very refreshing when , after the Climategate emails , people could see the collusion behind the scenes , with Mann & the other upper echelons of UN crafting a narrative of how they were going to , basically , have a partisan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people they didn ’ t like ’


climatedepot--2020-09-13--Cheers! NPR: ‘Scientist Who Denies Climate Change Hired At NOAA By Trump Administration’ – Great new

Cheers! NPR: ‘Scientist Who Denies Climate Change Hired At NOAA By Trump Administration’ – Great news for science! Climatologist Dr. David Legates to join NOAA

Steve Milloy , a Heartland board member and part of Trump 's Environmental Protection Agency transition team , says he welcomes the Legates appointment .
`` David Legates is a true climate scientist and will bring a great deal of much-needed science to NOAA , '' Milloy writes in an email to NPR .
Marc Morano comments : `` This is a victory for science !
Having Dr. Legates at NOAA will be a much-needed counter to the usual scientific crap coming from federal science reports .
Science has not been served with the likes of Union of Concerned Scientists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Kudos to the Trump administration .
Legates can help clean up scientific messes like this '' : Scientists rip new federal climate report as ‘ tripe ’ – ’ embarrassing ’ – ‘ systematically flawed ’ – Key claim based on study funded by Steyer & Bloomberg David Legates , a University of Delaware professor of climatology who has spent much of his career questioning basic tenets of climate science , has been hired for a top position at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .
Legates confirmed to NPR that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deputy assistant secretary of commerce for observation and prediction .
The position suggests that he reports directly to Neil Jacobs , the acting head of the agency that is in charge of the federal government ’ s sprawling weather and climate prediction work .
Neither Legates nor NOAA representatives responded to questions about Legates ’ specific responsibilities or why he was hired .
The White House also declined to comment .
Legates has a long history of using his position as an academic scientist to publicly cast doubt on climate science .
His @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profound threats stoked by climate change , from the vast , deadly wildfires in the West to an unusually active hurricane season in the South and East .
Global temperatures have already risen nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit as a result of greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels .
Warming is happening the fastest at the Earth ’ s poles , where sea ice is melting , permafrost is thawing and ocean temperatures are heating up , with devastating effects on animals and humans alike .
In 2007 , Legates was one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ previous findings about the role of climate change in destroying the habitat of polar bears .
That research was partially funded by grants from Koch Industries , the lobbying group the American Petroleum Institute and ExxonMobil , according to InsideClimate News .
The same year , Delaware Gov .
Ruth Ann Minner sent a letter to Legates expressing concern about his opinions on climate change , given that he was the state climatologist at the time .
Minner asked him to refrain from casting doubt on climate science when he was acting in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2011 .
Legates also appeared in a video pushing the discredited theory that the sun is the cause of global warming .
In testimony before the U.S. Senate in 2014 , Legates argued that a climate science report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change erroneously stated that humans are causing global warming .
Legates is a professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware .
He is also affiliated with the Heartland Institute , a think tank that has poured money into convincing Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the scientific evidence — including evidence published by the agency that now employs Legates — is uncertain or untrustworthy .
Advocates who reject mainstream climate science , such as those at Heartland , have had a leading role in shaping the Trump administration ’ s response to global warming , including the decision to exit the Paris climate accord .
Steve Milloy , a Heartland board member and part of Trump ’ s Environmental Protection Agency transition team , says he welcomes the Legates appointment .
“ David Legates is a true @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deal of much-needed science to NOAA , ” Milloy writes in an email to NPR .
But climate researchers slammed the NOAA decision to appoint Legates to a key scientific position .
“ He ’ s not just in left field , he ’ s not even near the ballpark , ” says Jane Lubchenco , professor of marine biology at Oregon State University and head of NOAA under President Obama .
Contrarians in science are welcome , Lubchenco says , but their claims have to be scientifically defensible .
That ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change review the entire range of scientific research before reaching a conclusion .
Over the last 20 years , in his work and public statements , Legates has rejected the overwhelming peer-reviewed research that shows human activity is the main driver of a dangerously changing climate .
Michael Mann , professor of atmospheric science at Pennsylvania State University , says in an email to NPR that Legates has , throughout his career , “ misrepresented the science of climate change , serving as an advocate for polluting interests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of climate change.
” Mann adds : “ At a time when those impacts are playing out before our very eyes in the form of unprecedented wildfires out West and super-storms back East , I can not imagine a more misguided decision than to appoint someone like Legates to a position of leadership at an agency that is tasked with assessing the risks we face from extreme weather events.
” Climatologist Dr. David Legates tells the U.S. Senate of ‘ the silencing of the dissenters ’ : ‘ Young scientists quickly learn to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ or at least remain quiet , lest they lose their career before it begins ’ ‘ A healthy scientific debate is being compromised ’ – ‘ When scientific views come under political attack , so too does independent thinking and good policy-making because all require rational thought to be effective.
’ ‘ Post-Normal ’ : ‘ Science emerges where ‘ science by consensus ’ reigns .
It has been strongly argued that even in its early days , the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change abandoned the scientific method in favor of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ et al .
2013 ) .
This inherently morphs the role of the scientist from an impartial observer and seeker of the truth to one who dons the hat of an advocate .
This is where the so-called ‘ consensus arguments ’ arise where an appeal to some very large percentage of scientists appears to give credibility to a particular viewpoint .
Most of these consensuses are contrived ( see Legates et al .
2014 ) and serve to push an agenda that diverges widely from truth-seeking .
The scientific method has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discussion with an appeal to the masses through an imaginary consensus of scientists .
This has greatly undermined both the quest for truth in this debate and the respect the general public has for scientists who advocate for anthropogenic global warming disaster scenarios.
’ Climatologist Dr. David LEGATES TELLS U.S. Senate : ‘ Droughts in the U.S. are more frequent and more intense during colder periods ’ Climatologist Dr. David Legates : Climate Alarmists Seek Shelter From Public Storm : ‘ When the data consistently conflict with their hypothesis , reputable scientists revise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seek new shells , and new excuses ’ NBC 10 Philadelphia features Climatologist Dr. David Legates : ‘ More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere actually makes life better ’ Climate Depot response : Yes , even a cursory reading of The National Climate Assessment reveals it is a pre-determined report written by environmental activists and overseen by President Obama ’ s former UN Paris climate pact negotiator .
Science !
Climate Depot ’ s Morano : “ The National Climate Assessement is a political report masquerading as science .
The media is hyping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Obama administration holdover activist government scientists .
The new report is once again pre-determined science .
The National Climate Assessment report reads like a press release from environmental pressure groups — because it is !
Two key authors are longtime Union of Concerned Scientist activists , Donald Wuebbles and Katharine Hayhoe.
” A former Obama administration official with ties to a liberal advocacy group funded by Democratic megadonors George Soros and Tom Steyer helped prepare the Fourth National Climate Assessment , whose dire predictions have since been attacked as overblown .
Andrew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Paris accord negotiations as a senior adviser to the U.S. Special Envoy on Climate Change under Secretary of State John F. Kerry , served as a review editor for the assessment , overseeing the pivotal final chapter that concluded under a worst-case scenario that global warming could wipe out as much as 10 percent of the U.S. economy by 2100…Light also spent five years as senior fellow and director of international climate policy at the Center for American Progress , which was founded and now led by longtime Democratic insider John Podesta .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ billionaires such as Mr. Soros and Mr. Steyer .
… “ The National Climate Assessment report reads like a press release from environmental pressure groups — because it is , ” said Marc Morano , author of “ The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change.
” Morano described two of the authors — Texas Tech professor Katharine Hayhoe and Donald J. Wuebbles of the University of Illinois — as “ longtime Union of Concerned Scientist activists.
” “ These are not ‘ Trump ’ s own scientists ’ as the media likes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The key authors are in fact left-wing environmental activists with the Union of Concerned Scientists , Center for American Progress , and the Obama Administration .
And they cited outlier studies funded by Steyer and [ Michael ] Bloomberg.
” Scientists rip new federal climate report as ‘ tripe ’ – ’ embarrassing ’ – ‘ systematically flawed ’ – Key claim based on study funded by Steyer & Bloomberg


climatedepot--2020-09-13--Nancy Pelosi hosts virtual G7 summit with world leaders: ‘The climate crisis is the existential thre

Nancy Pelosi hosts virtual G7 summit with world leaders: ‘The climate crisis is the existential threat of our time’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the parliamentary leaders of the G7 countries issued a joint declaration Saturday warning , “ the climate crisis is the existential threat of our time.
” Pelosi , D-Calif. , hosted the virtual summit with her legislative leader counterparts from Canada , the European Union , France , Germany , Italy , Japan and the United Kingdom .
The purpose was to devise a strong international response to climate change , and address health and economic disparities .
PELOSI ON WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA AND WEST : ‘ MOTHER EARTH IS ANGRY ’ “ The climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time , jeopardizing the health and well-being of every family in every community around the world , ” Pelosi and the world leaders wrote in their joint declaration .
“ Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations in 2020 are among the highest averages ever recorded .
The planet suffered through the second hottest year ever in 2019.
” “ As the Earth heats up , climate-related impacts , including heat waves , hurricanes , wildfires , droughts , and flooding , are worsening , ” they added .
PELOSI SAYS ENACTING CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION IS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WINS Saturday ’ s summit was to include virtual appearances from U2 ’ s Bono , the Dalai Lama , Jane Goodall , former Obama administration Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and former Secretary of State John Kerry .
Pelosi and her fellow legislative leaders agreed that climate change and the coronavirus pandemic require a robust government response as does environmental justice for economically vulnerable and frontline communities .
“ Climate policy can end the perpetuation of systemic inequalities , ” the leaders wrote in their joint statement .
Pelosi , who links the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate change , already said she plans to make climate legislation an early agenda item if Joe Biden and Democrats win in November .
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climatedepot--2020-09-13--Speaker of UK House of Commons seeks lockdown-style climate regulations – ‘No-one could ever imagine

Speaker of UK House of Commons seeks lockdown-style climate regulations – ‘No-one could ever imagine that we would be wearing masks so readily & that we would all be so compliant’

Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle at G7 Speakers ’ Meeting : “ If one lesson from the pandemic is that taking serious action in a timely manner is key – then shouldn ’ t this also be true in terms of climate change ?
With Covid , what surprised many of us in the UK was how engaged most of the population became once the seriousness of the situation was made clear . ''
“ People were prepared to accept limitations on personal choice and lifestyle – for the good of their own family and friends @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be wearing masks so readily and that we would all be so compliant .
Perhaps we ought not to underestimate the ability of people and communities to work together for the common good , if there is united and clear leadership.
” The Speaker argued that “ the tragedy is that unlike the pandemic , the climate crisis is not simply an external threat , but one in which we have had a clear hand ” .
He said : “ In other words , it seems that we have brought this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sobering , surely , it is in our hands to rescue it , if we have got the will to do it ?
Also see : ‘ Fantastic ’ for the climate : Activists See Coronavirus Lockdowns As Dress Rehearsal for ‘ Climate Emergency ’ – Special Report


climatedepot--2020-09-13--COVID Keeps Proving Deadly to Liberty: ‘Nominally free countries are sliding down a path blazed by a

COVID Keeps Proving Deadly to Liberty: ‘Nominally free countries are sliding down a path blazed by authoritarian regimes’

This week , the British government announced limits on gatherings of people who don ’ t live together to groups of no more than six .
Although the restriction seriously attacks freedom of assembly , it barely raised an eyebrow in an era of similar intrusions .
How could it stand out when countries around the world are tightening the screws on speech , movement , business , and social connections in the name of public health ?
As many people feared , the COVID-19 pandemic—or rather , the government response to it—is proving quite deadly to liberty .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ along .
“ From Monday , we ’ re introducing the ‘ Rule of 6 ’ , ” tweeted Matt Hancock , U.K. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care .
“ If you meet socially in groups of more than 6 , you will be dispersed , fined & possibly arrested by the police .
If we work together in the national interest , we can defeat this unprecedented # coronavirus.
” The “ Rule of 6 ” does allow for some exceptions , including “ protests and political activities , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that makes in-face meetings privileges under nanny ’ s scrutiny .
While authoritarian governments commonly criminalize gatherings of potential dissidents , meeting to oppose the current batch of seat-warmers in favor of your own lot is essential to the democratic experience in nominally free countries .
It ’ s also a fundamental right to gather with friends , co-religionists , colleagues , and family as part of civil society—the sections of the world that matter , beyond the boundaries of government .
But Britain ’ s restrictions on assembly pale in comparison to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state of Victoria made of those who just advocated public demonstrations against government policy .
Zoe Buhler , a pregnant woman who had called on social media for peaceful protests against the state ’ s draconian pandemic lockdown , live-streamed her own arrest .
Police hauled her off even after she offered to delete the offending post .
At least Buhler ’ s door is still on its hinges .
Victoria police broke into James Bartolo ’ s home and tackled him to the floor .
Again , his crime was openly advocating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proceeded anyway , in defiance of the law .
Of course , attendees criticizing government policy were arrested .
These days , you don ’ t have to assemble or even advocate assembly to get arrested in France ; you just have to insult a mayor .
The elevated penalty of community service plus a €7,500 fine for those who express “ contempt ” for mayors is being imposed after local officials complained of 233 physical attacks , up from 198 during the same period last year .
Then again , France has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government institutions and officeholders , criminalizing speech defined as defamation and contempt .
The extraordinary circumstances of COVID-19 provide an opportunity to impose extraordinary penalties further shielding the delicate feelings of government officials from the scorn of their subjects .
In July , David Kaye , the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression , warned that “ in the past three months , numerous governments have used the COVID-pandemic to repress expression in violation of their obligations under human rights law.
” But the countries he cited were mostly the usual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and Turkey .
To see Australia , Britain , and France take advantage of the pandemic to impose restrictions and penalties on free speech and assembly is to see established and theoretically stable liberal democracies follow a path blazed by authoritarian countries .
To-date , free speech seems safer for Americans than for some of our overseas friends—we can still say pretty much what we want about government officials and their policies .
Events in Portland and elsewhere suggest that we can even gather to do so publicly , if sometimes more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Americans have been subject to lockdown orders , travel restrictions , mask mandates , and other requirements and prohibitions supposedly intended to protect our health , but definitely injurious to our liberty .
“ In halls of power across the country , the growing novel coronavirus pandemic has sometimes been used to stretch , bend or ignore established law and policy , ” Jenny B. Davis wrote for the ABA Journal back in April , even before some of the worst strictures were in place .
“ Fundamental freedoms , privacy protections @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the name of public safety , with legal justifications ranging from appropriate to patently inaccurate.
” Alleged public safety measures , unrestrained by limits on power , can inflict their own costs on health as well as freedom .
“ Dangers looms when one person tries to regulate the lives of millions , ” writes physician assistant Jordan Warnsholz , who is suing Michigan Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer over her restrictions .
“ Whitmer ’ s orders are a case in point .
One banned any ‘ non-essential ’ medical procedures and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that banning these procedures harmed the health and safety of my patients.
” The damage is worse , though , when frightened people imagine that the curtailment of liberty is a good thing and become complicit in the oppression of themselves and their neighbors .
Pollsters find that a majority of Michigan voters actually approve of Whitmer ’ s heavy-handed mismanagement of the pandemic response .
They also oppose repealing the 1945 law that allows the governor to unilaterally declare an emergency and rule without legislative input .
In Australia , Victoria ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regime under which they live .
“ Overall , public opinion seems solidly behind the curtailment of civil liberties that would have been unthinkable a month ago , ” reports The Guardian .
It ’ s difficult to imagine government officials—having exercised unprecedented control over our lives , often to popular applause—willingly restoring our freedom .
The big takeaway from the pandemic era might not be the ease with which governments steal away our freedom by invoking the alleged necessities of a crisis .
The real revelation is how little effort it takes @ @ @ @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-09-13--Analysis: To stop wildland fires, forestry, not climate policy, is the priority – ‘Temperature & pre

Analysis: To stop wildland fires, forestry, not climate policy, is the priority – ‘Temperature & precipitation data show a poor correlation to the intensity of fire seasons’ in Washington state

Smoke from forest fires filled the air in Western Washington and immediately the finger of blame was pointed at climate change .
Prior to the recent fires , the 2020 fire season had been extremely quiet .
No matter how the season ends , however , blaming climate change is politics , not science .
Not all the lands burned in the last week are forests , but forestland is a major source of the smoke we are seeing .
The science is quite clear that timber harvests – including commercial timber harvests – are necessary to reduce the number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state Department of Natural Resources notes that , “ We have a forest health crisis in our state .
And because of our forest health crisis , we are seeing more catastrophic wildfires.
” In their forest health plan , they note , “ commercial timber harvesting will be an essential component of restoration efforts.
” There is a lot of work to be done in our forests to get them to the point where they are fire resistant .
In recent years , Governor Inslee also recognized this .
In his first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Increase the average annual statewide treatment of forested lands for forest health and fire reduction from 145,000 to 200,000 acres by 2017.
” How did the state do ?
We don ’ t know , because the goal was removed from Results Washington when it was clear the state would probably not hit the target .
In September 2016 , the Department of Natural Resources confirmed they were not on target to administer the desired forest health treatments in Eastern Washington .
Today , Results Washington lists no forest health goals , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working to restore forests and enhance forest resiliency to severe wildfires , drought , and insect and disease outbreaks.
” No single management strategy will address all these fires .
For timber-related fires , however , it is clear that poor forest health is playing a bigger role than climate change .
Unfortunately , it is clear that dealing with unhealthy forests is not a priority .
Instead , the governor and other politicians point to climate change as the primary cause of the fires , focusing their efforts on climate policy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ blaming climate change for the fires we are experiencing is dubious .
A look at temperature and precipitation data show a poor correlation to the intensity of fire seasons .
Using Yakima as a surrogate for temperatures in E. Washington , the average temperature this summer is just over 72 degrees .
Each of the last two years saw average temperatures of just over 71 degrees .
In 2017 , however , the average temperature was over 75 degrees .
( If you want to use another location , like Omak or Colville @ @ @ @ @ @ @ check the history . )
The largest number of acres burned in the past five years was in 2018 , when temperatures in E. Washington were cooler than this year .
By way of contrast , 2017 was an extremely quiet fire year , but average temperature was 3 degrees warmer than the busy 2018 fire season .
Additionally , 2014 was an extremely bad fire year , but average Summer temperatures were lower than the very quiet year of 2017 .
Precipitation was also very similar .
Simply pointing to temperatures and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the whole story , nor is it a useful surrogate for fire activity .
While blaming climate change is a useful political ploy , it distracts from a policy approach that can actually reduce catastrophic fire .
Even if the United States meets the most aggressive climate targets , the total impact on global temperatures would be a fraction of a degree by 2100 .
Given that temperatures can vary from summer to summer by several degrees , the most aggressive climate policy will do nothing to stop the fires .
Thinning , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ near future .
Focusing on climate change but ignoring harvests in unhealthy forests is backwards and distracts from solutions that are necessary to prevent more smoky summers .
Watch Todd ’ s recent video on YouTube : Forest Fires and Climate Change with Todd Myers


climatedepot--2020-09-13--Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue: rips Biden’s ‘shameless’ blaming of wildfires on Trump – ‘It’s their po

Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue: rips Biden’s ‘shameless’ blaming of wildfires on Trump – ‘It’s their political strategy to blame Trump for all natural disasters past, present, and future’

Shameless but it 's their political strategy to blame Trump for all natural disasters past , present , and future @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-09-13--Man-made West Coast wildfires

Man-made West Coast wildfires

The vast spread of wildfires in the nation ’ s three Pacific Coast states—California , Oregon and Washington—are the fault of politicians , bureaucrats and green interest groups .
In other words , they are man-made .
The tragic result is that men , women and children have died .
“ Climate change , ” man-made or natural , is emphatically not the reason for these wildfires .
This reality does not keep prominent individuals from invoking “ climate change ” as the cause of the fires , nor has it kept credulous journalists from parroting such falsehoods .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of western forestlands by elected officials and government agencies tasked with overseeing them .
Specifically , overgrown trees interfering with power lines and the build-up of dead trees and underbrush over the years are the ingredients for conflagration .
It is not interfering with nature to clear out deadwood and trim trees across forestlands and wilderness any more than it is doing the same in your own yard .
If one neglects the maintenance of one ’ s yard , it becomes an eyesore to neighbors and passersby .
When politicians and bureaucrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a deadly fire hazard .
A study by the Reason Foundation from 2015 documents the decades-long problem and the needed reforms to mitigate wildfires .
Some politicians on the “ green ” side of issues have gotten frustrated with the intransigence of the extremist groups that lobby to prevent proper forest management .
Edward Ring at the American Greatness website linked to a headline from 18 years ago that reported California Senator Diane Feinstein blaming the Sierra Club for successfully lobbying against legislation to thin out overgrown forests near residential areas .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this history and logic , politicians continue to manipulate reality and insult our intelligence by claiming “ climate change ” caused the wildfires .
Many journalists , who are so easily duped and incurious when it comes to climate issues , often repeat this political propaganda as truth rather than demand facts and evidence .
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Washington Governor Jay Inslee are among the biggest climate change fanatics in the country and are quick to pass the buck for wildfires from their own dereliction to ‘ climate change.
” Their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ destroyed .
These governors are culpable , yet they would have us believe they care about the planet while their states burn .
Other prominent examples of this delusion came from former president , Barack Obama who wrote , “ fires across the West Coast are just the latest examples [ of ] changing climate [ . ]
” Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives , Nancy Pelosi , said , “ Mother Earth is angry.
” Gulf coast hurricanes and fires in the west means that “ the climate crisis is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If the temperature on the west coast increased by a fraction of a degree in recent years , or a half-degree in the last forty years , how does this result in mass wildfires ?
Neither Obama , Pelosi nor the governors elaborated .
A slight temperature increase—i.e.
, global warming—did not cause the build-up of deadwood , nor did it cause power lines to ignite .
This begs the question why obviously intelligent and accomplished people seamlessly fabricate this way .
There are several reasons that come back to power and money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ control .
No one wants to see forests and neighborhoods burn from wildfires .
Rather than correct mismanagement of the outdoors and stand up to the green extremist groups , it is easy to blame “ climate change.
” To the extent people believe such nonsensical cause and effect , they become more willing to give politicians greater control over society to “ fight climate change.
” It gets worse .
Convincing people to fear something is a means to acquire power over them .
We know from history and current events that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more likely , and often do , relinquish their freedom and empower others in the hopes of erasing their dread .
Certain politicians and public figures often stoke fear , which increasingly empowers them to influence society and dictate how we live .
Politicians do not repeatedly run for office for the salary or the overtime .
Assuming many or most do so in order to do good things , they also do so because the power they wield is intoxicating and insatiable .
Propagating climate change as the cause of dreadful wildfires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fear and exert societal influence .
Conflagrations in California and elsewhere will not cease by “ fighting climate change.
” Out-of-control fires will cease when clear cutting and controlled burning thin overgrown forests and remove deadwood .
That will occur when politicians care less about amassing power and walking in lockstep with extreme green groups , and care more about protecting their own citizens from wildfires .


climatedepot--2020-09-13--Bill Gates: ‘Climate change has the potential to be even more devastating’ than COVID – ‘We need to

Bill Gates: ‘Climate change has the potential to be even more devastating’ than COVID – ‘We need to get to zero net ghg emissions in every sector of the economy within 50 years’

How do we move around in a zero-carbon world ?
Earlier this month , I wrote about how COVID-19 is a cautionary tale for climate change .
There ’ s no doubt that we have experienced terrible suffering and economic hardship over the last several months .
But as hard as it is to imagine right now when we ’ re still in the middle of the pandemic , climate change has the potential to be even more devastating .
The pandemic has also reminded us how much innovation is needed to prevent a climate disaster .
The best numbers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slowdown due to COVID-19 reduced global emissions by around 8 percent .
That ’ s not nothing , but the austerity that got us there obviously isn ’ t sustainable .
If we ’ re going to address climate change , we need to find new ways to do things that don ’ t release greenhouse gases , including how we move around .
When most people picture what contributes to climate change , vehicles are one of the first things that come to mind .
Here in the United States , transportation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But you might be surprised to learn that it only contributes 16 percent of global emissions .
That ’ s a smaller percentage than how we plug in , grow things , and make things .
Still , decarbonizing how we move around is essential if we ’ re going to get to zero net emissions .
Our goal here isn ’ t necessarily to make people move around less ( although we should look for ways to cut back on driving , flying , and shipping where possible ) .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ several months , economies suffer when people are forced to stay close to home .
We want more people and goods to be able to travel .
For some of the world ’ s poorest people—like smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa—the ability to move goods from rural areas to city markets can make the difference between life and death .
To do that , we need to make sure transportation remains affordable to everyone .
Products like gasoline , diesel , and even jet fuel are the standard for a reason : they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a low cost per gallon .
So , how exactly do we fuel our need to move around without emitting greenhouse gases ?
The answer is simple , even if making it happen won ’ t be : use clean electricity to run all the vehicles we can , and get cheap alternative fuels for everything else .


climatedepot--2020-09-14--‘Is this doomsday’: Biden says wildfires show Trump doesn’t deserve reelection, calls him ‘climate a

‘Is this doomsday’: Biden says wildfires show Trump doesn’t deserve reelection, calls him ‘climate arsonist’

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Monday that urgent action is needed to prevent climate change , pointing to worsening Western wildfires that have killed dozens of people and scorched 5 million acres across 10 states this year .
yea Biden , a former vice president , said in a speech outside the Delaware Museum of Natural History in Wilmington that he would rejoin the Paris climate agreement to reduce greenhouse emissions .
President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement , saying other countries got unfair advantage from it .
Biden also said that he would spur the development of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the federal fleet of vehicles from fossil fuels to electric power .
But Biden said the country wouldn ’ t be safe with Trump , who has called climate change a “ hoax.
” “ If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House , why would anyone be surprised if we have more of American ablaze , ” Biden said .
“ We need a president who respects science , who understands that the damage from climate change is already here and unless we take urgent action , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Trump traveled Monday to McClellan Park in California and was scheduled to meet with Gov .
Gavin Newsom , who has called the situation a climate emergency .
At least 35 people have been killed as fires continue to burn across western states , destroying communities and clouding the air .
Five of California ’ s largest 10 fires in history burned this year .
Smoke blanketed San Francisco , Portland and Seattle with some of the poorest air quality in the world .
Wildfires have caused $ 50 billion damage in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic governors in the states have clashed with Trump over the role climate change played in the fires .
Studies have linked bigger wildfires to plants drying out from warming due to the burning of fossil fuels .
Washington Gov .
Jay Inslee called climate change “ a blowtorch over our states in the West.
” But Trump blamed poor forest management , which should have thinned trees and reduced brush to reduce fuel for fires .
“ We ’ re also praying for everyone throughout the West affected by the devastating wildfires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Nevada .
“ We want really forest management .
We want forest management.
” Biden has proposed to spend $ 2 trillion to spur development of of technology such as generating power without carbon emissions by 2035 .
“ We have to act as a nation , ” Biden said .
“ It shouldn ’ t be so bad that millions of Americans live in the shadow of an orange sky and are left asking : Is doomsday here ?
” The problems extend beyond the fires to a record hurricane season @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the warmest decade in history that left the Arctic literally melting , Biden said .
“ I know this feeling of dreads and anxiety extends well beyond the fires , ” Biden said .
“ It ’ s happening everywhere and it ’ s happening now and it affects us all .
”


climatedepot--2020-09-14--Biden urges Vote for me for better weather: If Trump wins, ‘how many suburbs will be burned in wildf

Biden urges Vote for me for better weather: If Trump wins, ‘how many suburbs will be burned in wildfires?’ – ‘How many suburbs will have been blown away in superstorms?’

.
@ JoeBiden : If Trump wins again , `` how many suburbs will be burned in wildfires ?
How @ @ @ @ @ been flooded out ?
How many suburbs will have been blown away in superstorms ?
@ @


climatedepot--2020-09-14--Wildfires Debunked- Scientists Behaving Badly – Mann slams ‘racist f#ck’ – NASA’s Schmidt: ‘Deniers

Wildfires Debunked- Scientists Behaving Badly – Mann slams ‘racist f#ck’ – NASA’s Schmidt: ‘Deniers are sociopaths’ – Steyer: Vote Biden to end wildfires

Tom Styers on CNN September 14 , 2020 : “ The number one thing we can do is elect a different president who is going to recognize the problem , deal with it forcefully at home , deal with it forcefully overseas .
That ’ s actually the only solution we have to this problem — is honest to God Joe Biden.
” Climate Depot ’ s Marc Morano responds : Contrary to Steyer ’ s claims , governments can not legislate the weather .
Climate activists like Steyer think we need more taxes and regulations to somehow stop bad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obama claimed we could vote for better weather in 2012 as well .
Obama : “ Climate change is not a hoax .
More droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke .
They ’ re a threat to our children ’ s future .
And in this election , you can do something about it.
” But America did vote for Obama and we are still dealing with droughts , floods and wildfires !
Go figure !
” # Scientific evidence refutes media/politicians ’ climate wildfire claims : ‘ Less fire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are NOT due to ‘ climate change ’ – Book Excerpt The media and many politicians are claiming the spate of wildfires in 2020 are due to man-made “ climate change.
” see : Washington grappling with ‘ climate fires ’ not wildfires , says Gov .
Inslee But , scientific data , scientists , and studies reveal a much different picture .
The new skeptical climate film , Climate Hustle is set to premiere .
Climate Hustle 2 Set for Sept. 24 at 8 pm Worldwide release !
Exposes agenda behind Green @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The film , hosted by actor Kevin Sorbo , exposes the myths behind the claims that man-made “ climate change ” causing more extreme weather , including droughts and wildfires .
STUDY : HUMANS , NOT ‘ GLOBAL WARMING ’ , SPARKED ALMOST ALL OF CALIFORNIA ’ S WILDFIRES The following is an excerpt from author Marc Morano ’ s new 2019 best-selling book , The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change .
“ There is increasing evidence that there is overall less fire in the landscape today than there has been centuries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reduction still needs to be examined in more detail.
” … “ The ‘ wildfire problem ’ is essentially more a social than a natural one.
” Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid found that “ climate change ” is not to blame for increased forest fires in the Mediterranean basin.
” … “ In the United States , wildfires are also due in part to a failure to thin forests or remove dead and diseased trees .
In 2014 , forestry professor David B .
South of Auburn University testified @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Works Committee that “ data suggest that extremely large megafires were four-times more common before 1940 , ” adding that “ we can not reasonably say that anthropogenic global warming causes extremely large wildfires.
” As he explained , “ To attribute this human-caused increase in fire risk to carbon dioxide emissions is simply unscientific.
” Why does ‘ climate change ’ spare California ’ s private forests ?
– ‘ Private forests are not burning down because they are properly managed ’ “ For decades , traditional forest management was scientific and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wormed their way into government and began the 40-year overhaul of sound federal forest management through abuse of the Endangered Species Act and the no-use movement… ” “ The same climate change impacts private lands as public lands , but private forests are not burning down because they are properly managed .
Or if a fire does break out on privately managed forest land , it is often extinguished more quickly and easily because the trees aren ’ t so close together and the underbrush has been cleared away.
” Calif Gov .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ community all across America unless we get our act together on climate change ’ Flashback 1994 New York Times article debunks climate-caused California wildfires – NYT July 19 , 1994 : BEGINNING about 1,100 years ago , what is now California baked in two droughts , the first lasting 220 years and the second 140 years .
Each was much more intense than the mere six-year dry spells that afflict modern California from time to time , new studies of past climates show .
The findings suggest , in fact , that relatively @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been the exception rather than the rule in California for at least the last 3,500 years , and that mega-droughts are likely to recur .
… Dr. Stine , who reported his findings last month in the British journal Nature , says that California , like Tiwanaku , presents “ a classic case of people building themselves beyond the carrying capacity of the land , ” which is determined not by wet times but by dry ones .
“ What we ’ ve done in California is fail to recognize that there are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stine , “ and they are a lot leaner than anything we ’ ve come up against ” in the modern era .
Todd Myers : “ The largest number of acres burned in the past five years was in 2018 , when temperatures in E. Washington were cooler than this year .
By way of contrast , 2017 was an extremely quiet fire year , but average temperature was 3 degrees warmer than the busy 2018 fire season .
Additionally , 2014 was an extremely bad fire year , but average Summer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year of 2017 .
Precipitation was also very similar .
Simply pointing to temperatures and even precipitation obviously doesn ’ t tell the whole story , nor is it a useful surrogate for fire activity .
”


climatedepot--2020-09-14--NASA’s lead global warming scientist Gavin Schmidt: ‘Most climate deniers are sociopaths’ – Says Mor

NASA’s lead global warming scientist Gavin Schmidt: ‘Most climate deniers are sociopaths’ – Says Morano is also an ‘awful person’

Meet NASA ’ s New ‘ James Hansen ’ – Gavin Schmidt – the man who hates debate & loses when he does debate – He has been criticized by prominent scientists for ‘ erroneously communicating the reality of the how climate system is actually behaving ’ Former NASA Climate Scientist Turns on Colleagues : NASA ’ s climate division ‘ is a monument to bad science ’ – Urges defunding Climate scientist Dr. Duane Thresher : “ Start with defunding NASA GISS where this whole global warming nonsense started .
It was started by James Hansen , formerly head @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of global warming .
It was continued by Gavin Schmidt , current head of NASA GISS , anointed by Hansen , and leading climate change warrior scientist/spokesperson .
Thresher rips former colleagues : “ Physicists and mathematicians who couldn ’ t make it in their own fields , like James Hansen and Gavin Schmidt ( who actually told me one reason he became a climate scientist was because he couldn ’ t make it in his degree field of mathematics ) .
People who just wanted instant success as fake heroes or showmen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ obscure real science.
” “ NASA GISS is a monument to bad science that truly should be torn down .
”


climatedepot--2020-09-14--Tom Steyer claims we can vote ourselves better weather! ‘The only solution we have’ to stop Californ

Tom Steyer claims we can vote ourselves better weather! ‘The only solution we have’ to stop California wildfires is electing Joe Biden

Tom Styers on CNN September 14 , 2020 : `` The number one thing we can do is elect a different president who is going to recognize the problem , deal with it forcefully at home , deal with it forcefully overseas .
That 's actually the only solution we have to this problem -- - is honest to God Joe Biden . ''
Climate Depot 's Marc Morano responds : Contrary to Steyer 's claims , governments can not legislate the weather .
Climate activists like Steyer think we need more taxes and regulations to somehow stop bad weather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claimed we could vote for better weather in 2012 as well .
Obama : “ Climate change is not a hoax .
More droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke .
They ’ re a threat to our children ’ s future .
And in this election , you can do something about it.
” But America did vote for Obama and we are still dealing with droughts , floods and wildfires !
Go figure ! ''
The new skeptical climate film , Climate Hustle is set to premiere.Climate Hustle 2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Worldwide release !
Exposes agenda behind Green New Deal & UN Paris Pact.The film , hosted by actor Kevin Sorbo , exposes the myths behind the claims that man-made “ climate change ” causing more extreme weather , including droughts and wildfires .
Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue : rips Biden ’ s ‘ shameless ’ blaming of wildfires on Trump – ‘ It ’ s their political strategy to blame Trump for all-natural disasters past , present , and future ’ Why does ‘ climate change ’ spare California ’ s private forests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ burning down because they are properly managed ’ – “ For decades , traditional forest management was scientific and successful , until ideological , preservationist zealots wormed their way into government and began the 40-year overhaul of sound federal forest management through abuse of the Endangered Species Act and the no-use movement… ” ” The same climate change impacts private lands as public lands , but private forests are not burning down because they are properly managed .
Or if a fire does break out on privately managed forest land , it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the trees aren ’ t so close together and the underbrush has been cleared away.
” Calif Gov .
Newsom claims wildfires ‘ coming to a community all across America unless we get our act together on climate change ’ Scientific evidence refutes media/politicians ’ climate wildfire claims : ‘ Less fire today than centuries ago ’ – Wildfires are NOT due to ‘ climate change ’ – Book Excerpt Editor ’ s Note : The following is an excerpt from author Marc Morano ’ s 2019 best-selling book , The Politically Incorrect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media seems to be very sure that wildfires are getting worse because of man-made global warming .
ABC World News Tonight warned in 2014 that “ here in America , more wildfires , intense burns ” have arrived courtesy of climate change .
CBS This Morning featured climate fear promoter Michio Kaku , predicting “ hundred-year droughts , hundred-year forest fires ” and claiming that “ something is very dangerously happening with the weather.
” Al Gore also thinks he knows all about wildfires .
“ All over the West we ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worse , ” Gore said in 2017 , adding , “ the underlying cause is the heat.
” But the science tells a very different story .
A 2016 study published by the Royal Society reported , “ There is less fire in the global landscape today than centuries ago ” and the “ global area burned ” has seen a “ slight decline over past decades.
” The study , by Stefan Doerr and Cristina Santín of Swansea University in Wales , noted that “ many consider wildfire as an accelerating problem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the media and scientific papers of increasing fire occurrence , severity and resulting losses .
However , important exceptions aside , the quantitative evidence available does not support these perceived overall trends.
” The study also found that the data for the western U.S. indicates “ little change overall , and also that area burned at high severity has overall declined compared to pre-European settlement .
Direct fatalities from fire and economic losses also show no clear trends over the past three decades.
” The researchers concluded , “ The data available to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in area burned or in fire severity for many regions of the world .
Indeed there is increasing evidence that there is overall less fire in the landscape today than there has been centuries ago , although the magnitude of this reduction still needs to be examined in more detail.
” According to the study , “ fire is a fundamental natural ecological agent in many of our ecosystems and only a ‘ problem ’ where we choose to inhabit these fire-prone regions or we humans introduce it to non-fire-adapted ecosystems .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a social than a natural one.
” Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid found that “ climate change ” is not to blame for increased forest fires in the Mediterranean basin .
“ The change in the occurrence of fires that are recorded in the historical research can not be explained by the gradual change in climate.
” The fires instead “ correspond to changes in the availability of fuel , the use of sources of energy , and the continuity of the landscape.
” In the United States , wildfires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ failure to thin forests or remove dead and diseased trees .
In 2014 , forestry professor David B .
South of Auburn University testified to the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that “ data suggest that extremely large megafires were four-times more common before 1940 , ” adding that “ we can not reasonably say that anthropogenic global warming causes extremely large wildfires.
” As he explained , “ To attribute this human-caused increase in fire risk to carbon dioxide emissions is simply unscientific.
” The evidence is so strong that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ article rebuking Governor Jerry Brown for his claims that California ’ s 2015 wildfires were “ a real wake-up call ” to reduce carbon dioxide emissions , which he claimed were “ in many respects driving all of this.
” The Times article noted , “ But scientists who study climate change and fire behavior say their work does not show a link between this year ’ s wildfires and global warming , or support Brown ’ s assertion that fires are now unpredictable and unprecedented .
There is not enough evidence , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientist at the Geos Institute in Ashland , Oregon , has conducted research on fires in the western United States and found them declining .
“ If we use the historical baseline as a point in time for comparison , then we have not seen a measurable increase in the size or the severity of fires , ” DellaSala said .
“ In fact , what we have seen is actually a deficit in forest fires compared to what early settlers were dealing with when they came through this area.
” A 2014 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become more severe since the 1900s .
“ The severity of recent fires is not unprecedented when we look at fire records going back before the 1900s , ” said research scientist Tania Schoennagel .
The study , “ one of the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the western United States , ” was published in the journal PLOS ONE and funded by the National Science Foundation .
Update September 2020 : Forestry mismanagement is a huge driving component of these wildfires .
Michael Shellenberger : Environmental Alarmism Is Making Forest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million acres burned in California annually before the arrival of Europeans ’ Leftists Blame Climate Change For West Coast Fires—Why They ’ re Wrong – ‘ Environmentalism is why California stopped grooming forests or doing controlled burns to get rid of deadwood ’ Environmentalists Destroyed California ’ s Forests : ‘ Environmentalists have gone to the extreme to prevent controlled burns , and as a result we have this catastrophe today ’ What Really Led To California ’ s Incessant Blackouts : A Timeline Green groups save the coal underground but destroy the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stood now grows tiny fir trees used for wood pellets to meet CO2 targets Astrophysicist Dr. Willie Soon : “ It is their extreme policies of no management on fire fuel loads that is the real cause of this problem .
It has been estimated that during the past between 4.4 to 12 million acres of California forested lands were burned each year .
Between 1982-1998 : California land managers burned 30,000 acres a year and the number dropped to 13,000 acres a year between 1999-2017 .
Can you understand the problems caused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extreme anti-science zealots ?
” And the whole point of the Green New Deal and mandates for solar and wind are to limit energy .
See : Wildfires are not worse — despite media hype about ‘ global warming ’ ‘ In the last 200 years fires don ’ t seem to have increased either ’ ‘ In California , before Europeans arrived the area burned was 6 times higher ’ Bjorn Lomborg : ‘ Global warming is a little part of the reason we see ‘ less ’ burning ’ – Bjorn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ less and less of the world ?
Actually , increasing temperatures because of global warming is a little part of the reason we see *less* burning.
’ ‘ The majority of the reason for fewer wildfires is due to better fire suppression , along with better forest management and more agriculture.
’ ‘ Since 1901 humans have consistently caused *less* fire , because of firefighting and suppression , forest management and more agriculture.
’ Bjorn Lomborg : ‘ Stop these silly , undocumented claims of ever-increasing fire ’ Claims ‘ based on anecdotes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Global & U.S. fires declining – Lomborg : ‘ There is less fire in the global landscape today than centuries ago ’ ‘ No , the US is not smoldering more – it is smoldering much less than it used to in the first part of the 20th century.
’ ‘ And no , the EU is not smoldering more – it is smoldering much less over the past 36 years.
’ A Geological Perspective of Wildfires : ‘ Global biomass burning during past century has been lower than at any time in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ new normal ’ of winter wildfires doused by climate scientists – Bjorn Lomborg , president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center , compiled data from 1926-2017 showing that the acreage burned by U.S. wildfires has dropped fourfold since peaking in the 1930s , which was posted on the skeptics ’ website Climate Depot .
“ The destructive fires in California are not unexpected given the wet winter last year and resultant plant growth , followed by hot and dry weather since then in which the vegetation dried out , ” University of Colorado @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ An important issue is an extent humans have deliberately or inadvertently started the fires , ” Mr. Pielke said .
“ If these were not started by people ( including sparks from power lines ) , how many fires would there have been naturally ?
Probably none.
” “ As to whether this is a ‘ new normal , ’ it is easy ( and inaccurate ) to blame climate change just from added CO₂ , ” said Mr. Pielke , “ when in reality the reasons for the fires and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complex.
” Fires far worse last century : Claim global warming causing wildfires goes up in — flames Never ones to let a “ serious crisis go to waste , ” Green pressure groups are shamelessly attributing the fires to global warming and claiming that this year ’ s fires ravaged the largest area ever recorded .
“ But that is because the National Interagency Fire Center curiously – and somewhat conveniently – only shows the annual burnt area back to 1960 , when fire suppression indeed was going strong , and hence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of burnt forests ever , ” explains Bjørn Lomborg , President of the Copenhagen Consensus Center .
“ Yet , the official historical data of the United States tells a different story .
Look at the Historical Statistics of the United States – Colonial Times to 1970 , There we have statistics for area burnt since 1926 and up to 1970 .
Reassuringly , the data for 1960-1970 ‘ completely overlap.
’ This is the same data series.
” Professor Lomborg shared the graph above .
Prominent forestry scientist goes from environmentalist hero @ @ @ @ @ @ @ old growth ’ logging concepts – “ Against the Grain ” by Warren Cornwall in Science , 6 October 2017 .
Trump Blames CA Wildfires On Forest Mismanagement , Threatens To Cut Off Federal Funding BLAMING GLOBAL WARMING FOR NORTHWEST ’ S WILDFIRES IS ‘ SERIOUSLY MISINFORMED , ’ SAYS CLIMATE SCIENTIST Report : Poor Management of Forests , Not Global Warming , To Blame for Widespread Wildfires Climatologist Dr. John Christy rebuts wildfire and heatwave claims : ‘ Our most serious heatwaves were in the 1930 ’ s .
We have not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ HUMANS , NOT GLOBAL WARMING , SPARKED ALMOST ALL OF CALIFORNIA ’ S WILDFIRES – Ninety-five percent of wildfires that ravaged California in the past 100 years were caused by humans , according to a forthcoming study in the International Journal of Wildland Fire .
“ In most of California , if we could stop ignition during extremely high winds and drought and heat spells , like now , that will be an effective approach , ” lead author and U.S. Geological Survey wildfire expert Jon Keeley told The San Jose Mercury News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public debate largely rages around global warming ’ s role in wildfires , Keeley ’ s study shows that human interaction with the landscape , no matter the climate , is causing most fires .
Climate Scientist Calls Out Media ( and Mann ) ‘ Misinformation ’ On Wildfires And Global Warming They Know How to Prevent Megafires .
Why Won ’ t Anybody Listen ?
Why does ‘ climate change ’ spare California ’ s private forests ?
– ‘ Private forests are not burning down because they are properly managed ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coming to a community all across America unless we get our act together on climate change ’


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PROPUBLICA , AUG 28 : They Know How to Prevent Megafires .
Why Won ’ t Anybody Listen ?
The pattern is a form of insanity : We keep doing overzealous fire suppression across California landscapes where the fire poses little risk to people and structures .
As a result , wildland fuels keep building up .
At the same time , the climate grows hotter and drier .
Then , boom : the inevitable .
The wind blows down a power line , or lightning strikes dry grass , and an inferno ensues .
This week we ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in California history .
“ The fire community , the progressives , are almost in a state of panic , ” Ingalsbee said .
There ’ s only one solution , the one we know yet still avoid .
“ We need to get good fire on the ground and whittle down some of that fuel load.
” Yes , there ’ s been talk across the U.S. Forest Service and California state agencies about doing more prescribed burns and managed burns .
The point of that “ good fire ” would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state .
The black burned parcels would then provide a series of dampers and dead ends to keep the fire intensity lower when flames spark in hot , dry conditions , as they did this past week .
But we ’ ve had far too little “ good fire , ” as the Cassandras call it .
Too little purposeful , healthy fire .
Too few acres intentionally burned or corralled by certified “ burn bosses ” ( yes , that ’ s the official term in the California Resources Code ) to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Academics believe that between 4.4 million and 11.8 million acres burned each year in prehistoric California .
Between 1982 and 1998 , California ’ s agency land managers burned , on average , about 30,000 acres a year .
Between 1999 and 2017 , that number dropped to an annual 13,000 acres .
The state passed a few new laws in 2018 designed to facilitate more intentional burning .
But few are optimistic this , alone , will lead to significant change .
We live with a deathly backlog .
In February @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conclusion : California would need to burn 20 million acres — an area about the size of Maine — to restabilize in terms of fire .


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Why does ‘climate change’ spare California’s private forests? – ‘Private forests are not burning down because they are properly managed’

`` For decades , traditional forest management was scientific and successful , until ideological , preservationist zealots wormed their way into government and began the 40-year overhaul of sound federal forest management through abuse of the Endangered Species Act and the no-use movement… '' `` The same climate change impacts private lands as public lands , but private forests are not burning down because they are properly managed .
Or if a fire does break out on privately managed forest land , it is often extinguished more quickly and easily because the trees aren ’ t so close together and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Katy Grimes , editor of the California Globe , points out that the disparate impact of climate change on public and private forests suggests another factor is at play , namely the lack of proper forest management in government-run forests : For decades , traditional forest management was scientific and successful , until ideological , preservationist zealots wormed their way into government and began the 40-year overhaul of sound federal forest management through abuse of the Endangered Species Act and the no-use movement… Rep. Tom McClintock ( R-CA ) … has warned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overgrown , often carrying four times the number of trees the land can support .
In this stressed and weakened condition , our forests are easy prey for drought , disease , pestilence and fire… .
Forest fires , fueled by decades of pent up overgrowth are now increasing in their frequency and intensity and destruction… Excess timber will come out of the forest in one of only two ways .
It is either carried out or it burns out….
” The same climate change impacts private lands as public lands , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are properly managed .
Or if a fire does break out on privately managed forest land , it is often extinguished more quickly and easily because the trees aren ’ t so close together and the underbrush has been cleared away .


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Trump to Visit California amid wildfires – NYT claims Trump ‘Confronts a Scientific Reality He Denies’

The president is expected to visit McClellan Park in Sacramento where he will join local and federal emergency officials .
According to White House officials , President Donald Trump will visit California Monday to address ongoing wildfires across the Golden State .
The president is expected to visit McClellan Park in Sacramento where he will join local and federal emergency officials .
On Friday , California Gov .
Gavin Newsom said him and President Trump had been in communication .
In addition , a statement released by White House Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere , the White House and FEMA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state officials to discuss response to the wildfires .
WASHINGTON — When President Trump flies to California on Monday to assess the state ’ s raging forest fires , he will come face to face with the grim consequences of a reality he has stubbornly refused to accept : the devastating effects of a warming planet .
To the global scientific community , the acres of scorched earth and ash-filled skies across the American West are the tragic , but predictable , result of accelerating climate change .
Nearly two years ago , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emissions from burning fossil fuels could triple the frequency of severe fires across the Western states .
But the president has used his time in the nation ’ s highest office to aggressively promote the burning of fossil fuels , chiefly by rolling back or weakening every major federal policy intended to combat dangerous emissions .
At the same time , Mr. Trump and his senior environmental officials have regularly mocked , denied or minimized the established science of human-caused climate change .
Now , as he battles for a second term in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doubled down on his anti-climate agenda as a way of appealing to his core supporters .
At a rally in Pennsylvania last month , he blamed California ’ s failure to “ clean your floors ” of leaves , threatening to “ make them pay for it because they don ’ t listen to us.
” Reality Check : Scientific evidence refutes media/politicians ’ climate wildfire claims : ‘ Less fire today than centuries ago ’ – Wildfires are NOT due to ‘ climate change ’ – Book Excerpt California ’ s on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alarmists : Fires are burning out of control in California , and the environmentalists and Sacramento politicians are seizing the opportunity to blame global warming .
They ’ re laying the groundwork for new legislation that will transfer even more power to the state and government unions .
Gov .
Newsom said this week that he has “ no patience ” for those skeptical that the historic fires are anything other than a direct result of climate change : “ You may not believe it intellectually , but your own eyes , your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” To paraphrase Groucho Marx : Who are you going to believe , Newsom or your lying brain ?
Former coal and oil investor Tom Steyer added , “ We didn ’ t have to be here .
Corruption and inaction are what got us here , and only immediate , bold , transformational action will prevent these climate tragedies from getting even worse.
” Climate change is real , but is it the sole culprit of the fires ravaging the state ?
In his most recent analysis , CPC contributor Edward Ring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He explains how the environmental movement fiercely prevented – and continues to prevent – basic forest management .
Ed is an expert in this field .
Before cofounding CPC , he founded EcoWorld.com and the popular “ GoingGreen ” investor conferences .
His piece is required reading for anyone looking for a more nuanced view of why the state is on fire .
He writes : In 1999 , the Associated Press reported that forestry experts had long agreed that “ clearing undergrowth would save trees , ” and that “ years of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that would have been cleared away by wildfires.
” But very little was done .
And now fires of unprecedented size are raging across the Western United States .
“ Sen .
Feinstein blames Sierra Club for blocking wildfire bill , ” reads the provocative headline on a 2002 story in California ’ s Napa Valley Register .
Feinstein had brokered a congressional consensus on legislation to thin “ overstocked ” forests close to homes and communities , but could not overcome the environmental lobby ’ s disagreement over expediting the permit process @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suppression along with too many environmentalist-inspired bureaucratic barriers to controlled burns and undergrowth removal turned the hillsides and canyons of Southern California into tinderboxes .
Katy Grimes , editor of the California Globe , points out that the disparate impact of climate change on public and private forests suggests another factor is at play , namely the lack of proper forest management in government-run forests : For decades , traditional forest management was scientific and successful , until ideological , preservationist zealots wormed their way into government and began the 40-year overhaul of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Endangered Species Act and the no-use movement… Rep. Tom McClintock ( R-CA ) … has warned , “ Our forests are now catastrophically overgrown , often carrying four times the number of trees the land can support .
In this stressed and weakened condition , our forests are easy prey for drought , disease , pestilence and fire… .
Forest fires , fueled by decades of pent up overgrowth are now increasing in their frequency and intensity and destruction… Excess timber will come out of the forest in one of only two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or it burns out….
” The same climate change impacts private lands as public lands , but private forests are not burning down because they are properly managed .
Or if a fire does break out on privately managed forest land , it is often extinguished more quickly and easily because the trees aren ’ t so close together and the underbrush has been cleared away .
As Steven Greenhut explains in Reason , firefighter unions ’ exorbitant compensation demands have led to fewer boots on the ground .
Citing CPC ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firefighters were paid a market salary , California would have a lot more troops necessary to fight these fires : Frankly , union power drives state and local firefighting policies .
The median compensation package for firefighters has topped $ 240,000 a year in some locales .
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters earn less , but their packages still total nearly $ 150,000 a year .
The number of California firefighters who receive compensation packages above $ 500,000 a year is mind-blowing .
Obviously , if the state spends scarce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have fewer resources to hire additional firefighters and buy equipment that ’ s now in short supply… We all appreciate the work that firefighters do , especially during another grueling fire season , but we shouldn ’ t forget that firefighting resource shortages are caused by a legislature that is more interested in preserving union wage levels than in creating a firefighting system that works best for the public .
Firefighters unions block fire suppression strategy : Over at Flash Report , Richard Rider explains his decades-long quest for a simple yet significant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : The most significant reform I have proposed — over and over through the years — is the establishment of a large supplementary volunteer fire brigade for just such conflagrations .
Our professional firefighters need our help .
But the sad part is that they definitely don ’ t WANT our help .
For brush fires , they want “ boots on the ground , ” but only UNION boots on the ground .
Their goal is to get California governments to hire more professional union firefighters at $ 180K+ cost annually — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firehouses 24/7 until — every few years — a major brush fire sweeps the area .
And even then , they will not be able to save most homes in such a fire .
CA firefighter union bosses won ’ t stand in favor of this volunteer help , and usually actively oppose such an innovation .
The truth is , they ’ d rather that your home burn down than let volunteers help fight brush fires .


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Calif Gov. Newsom claims wildfires ‘coming to a community all across America unless we get our act together on climate change’

Newsom issued this dire warning amid California 's wildifres : ’ It is here now .
California , folks , @ @ @ @ @ What we ’ re experiencing right there is coming to a community all across America @ @ @ @ @ together on climate change ’ pic.twitter.com/yV4VeKkUVC