climatedepot--2020-09-28--California to replace Cuba as vintage car capital of the world with Gov. Newsome’s ban on gas-powere

California to replace Cuba as vintage car capital of the world with Gov. Newsome’s ban on gas-powered cars

We have all seen the photos from Cuba with all their vintage cars from the 40 ’ s , 50 ’ s and 60 ’ s .
Well , those photos from Cuba may be a prelude to what California will look like in the decades ahead .
The Governor has convinced himself that the devastating forest fires in the state are a direct result of climate change and is doing everything in his powers to change the world .
The governor is oblivious to the facts that USDA Forest Service data documents the greatest number of wildfires occurred from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ re one-tenth of the record .
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, that is a 90 percent reduction in burned acreage from almost a century ago .
Rather than have Californians drive more fuel efficient vehicles in the decades ahead , Newsom ’ s actions to phaseout the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035 will most likely result in California looking like Cuba in the decades ahead with vintage gas-powered vehicles being continuously re-registered each year , that are less fuel efficient , and bigger emission polluters , than state-of-the-art gas-powered newer vehicles that will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Governor wants to add more electrical charging demands onto a dysfunctional energy program that has already shuttered one nuclear power plant and three natural gas power plants in recent years , and has five more to shutter in the cross hairs – the last nuclear plant at Diablo Canyon and four more natural gas power plants .
California imports more electricity than any other state – currently at 32 percent from the Northwest and Southwest and dysfunctionally HOPES that other states will be able to generate enough power to meet the demands of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are supportive of jumping onto the EV train , knowing that EV ’ s have a very dark side of environmental atrocities , and the non-existing transparency of human rights abuses occurring in other countries , both of which are directly connected to the mining for the exotic minerals and metals that are required by the EV batteries .
Zero and low emission vehicles are generally from the hybrid and electric car owners which are a scholarly bunch ; over 70 percent of respondents have a four-year college or post-graduate degree , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of electric vehicle ( EV ) purchasers is upwards of $ 200,000 .
If you are not in that higher educated echelon and the high-income range of society , there may not be an appetite for an EV .
In a recent Los Angeles Times article , citing Edmunds data , The number of battery-electric models available more than doubled from 2018 to 2019 , but EV sales budged in the wrong direction .
In response to the major efforts by manufacturers , the horrific EV sales data shows that only 325,000 electric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. in 2019 , down from 349,000 in 2018 .
Half of all EV ’ s in America are in one state – California .
The rest of the country seems to be less enthralled with EV ’ s .
Those dismal EV numbers represent an embarrassing dismal 2 % of the 17 million vehicles of all types sold in the United States in 2019 .
California sales were more than 10 percent of the nation as California vehicle sales have exceeded 2 million for three straight years .
Are EV carmakers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s 31 million registered vehicles were consuming 10 million gallons a day of diesel and 42 million gallons a day of gasoline .
In 2019-20 and 2020-21 , it was estimated that fuel consumption accounted for $ 7.2 billion and $ 7.5 billion , respectively for taxes .
The fuel tax is one of several sources of revenue for the transportation program .


climatedepot--2020-09-28--Gavin Newsom’s battery-powered virtue-signaling

A previous effort to ban automobiles that burn fossil fuel by 2040 was never able to gather enough support to be approved by the California legislature .
Yet through the power of a pen , a phone , and a stylish California bear jacket , Gov .
Gavin Newsom has decreed that they must be gone five years sooner .
While explicit in targeting gasoline and diesel automobiles , the executive order didn ’ t include a ban on fracking .
Nevertheless , the governor is asking lawmakers “ to end the issuance of new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ came up was California ’ s contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions .
So , allow us to fill in that blank for him .
It ’ s roughly 1 percent .
A previous effort to ban automobiles that burn fossil fuel by 2040 was never able to gather enough support to be approved by the California legislature .
Yet through the power of a pen , a phone , and a stylish California bear jacket , Gov .
Gavin Newsom has decreed that they must be gone five years sooner .
Executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wednesday at a news conference with the locked gates of Cal Expo at his back , declares that “ it shall be a goal of the state that 100 % of in-state sales of new passenger cars and trucks will be zero-emission by 2035.
” Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles will have to be “ zero-emission by 2045 , ” off-road vehicles and equipment by 2035 .
Newsom took a bit of criticism for bypassing the lawmaking process .
“ Should ’ ve gone thru the legislature .
Kinda what we ’ re here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chang from Diamond Bar tweeted .
Democratic Assemblyman Phil Ting of San Francisco doesn ’ t seem to mind , though .
He released a statement , overflowing with hyperbole , in which he said “ I applaud the governor for putting us on a path that ’ s … crucial for our planet.
” It was Ting ’ s Assembly Bill 1745 , which would have prohibited the registration of cars that weren ’ t classified as zero-emission vehicles by 2040 , that never got as far as a committee vote .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ at increasing the government bribe to buy zero-emission vehicles – a brazenly misleading label – also failed .
When asked why he skipped over the Legislature , Newsom justified his actions by claiming “ this moment demands leadership , demands movement.
” By that logic , any executive , from a president down to a mayor , can autocratically make law as long as he or she believes something sincerely enough .
The governor also pulled the “ believe in science ” card , a now-tired phrase that ’ s lost all meaning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for those bucking the narrative .
While explicit in targeting gasoline and diesel automobiles , the executive order didn ’ t include a ban on fracking .
Nevertheless , the governor is asking lawmakers “ to end the issuance of new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024.
” He also ordered the state Geologic Energy Management Division to “ propose a significantly strengthened , stringent , science-based health and safety draft rule that protects communities and workers from the impacts of oil extraction , ” which means the required distance between oil and gas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ businesses is likely to be increased .
Once implemented , these new rules “ will chase away the existing industry that creates hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in incomes and economic activity in the state , ” says PRI senior fellow Wayne Winegarden , in “ the midst of one of the steepest economic declines on record.
” While Newsom spoke for more than 20 minutes before taking questions for almost 20 more , issued a nearly 1,000-word news release and a 1,500-word executive order , a particularly significant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions .
So , allow us to fill in that blank for him .
It ’ s roughly 1 percent .
Which means there ’ s little California can do to impact the climate by itself .
The governor tacitly admitted this when during his news conference he suggested his order is a model others need to follow .
“ If you want to reduce asthma , if you want to mitigate the rise of sea level , if you want to mitigate the loss of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is a policy for other states to follow , for other states and nations to emulate , ” he said , with no regard to the science that disputes his claim .
The governor can hype the state ’ s “ leadership , ” and talk about it “ driving this accelerated change , ” but nothing done by California politicians will cool emissions from China and India .
The former “ is still building an insane number of new coal plants ” – “ more than is being built in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says Wired , while “ coal is king ” in the latter , and is “ likely to remain so.
” Both countries are struggling to produce energy , and need the affordability and reliability that is the gift of fossil fuels .
They won ’ t be moved by California ’ s effort to impress the world with its green street cred .
For all the high-minded rhetoric and appeals to not let down our kids and grandchildren , the governor ’ s executive order , Wednesday ’ s news conference , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and Thursday ’ s California Climate Action Day added up to little more than a grand exercise in virtue signaling .
That doesn ’ t mean things won ’ t change .
They will .
But not for the better .
Kerry Jackson is a fellow with the Center for California Reform at the Pacific Research Institute .

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climatedepot--2020-09-28--California Governor Bans Sale Of New Gas-Powered Cars Beginning In 2035 – Claims ‘most impactful ste

California Governor Bans Sale Of New Gas-Powered Cars Beginning In 2035 – Claims ‘most impactful step our state can take to fight climate change’

According to The San Francisco Chronicle , fewer than 6 % of cars sold in California in 2019 fall under the governor ’ s zero-emission standard .
Also see : California Governor Newsom makes false claim about children , asthma and tailpipe emissions : Steve Milloy of JunkScience.com : `` Nothing that comes out of tail pipe causes or triggers asthma .
EPA has much clinical research on actual humans demonstrating this .
The results of these ( illegal ) studies are non-public except to the extent that they have been discovered and previously exposed by JunkScience.com through the Freedom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gavin Newsom ( D ) announced Wednesday that all car companies will be prohibited from selling new non-zero emission cars and passenger trucks beginning in 2035 in order to get the state closer to its reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions goals .
“ This is the most impactful step our state can take to fight climate change , ” said Newsom in a statement .
“ For too many decades , we have allowed cars to pollute the air that our children and families breathe .
Californians shouldn ’ t have to worry if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Our cars shouldn ’ t make wildfires worse – and create more days filled with smoky air .
Cars shouldn ’ t melt glaciers or raise sea levels threatening our cherished beaches and coastlines.
” The governor enacted the change via an executive order , which does not require approval from the Democrat-dominated California legislature .
The executive order does not apply to future used vehicle sales .
According to The Los Angeles Times , Newsom sold the executive order in a press conference as a way to reduce asthma , curb @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sheets , and suggested that other states follow his policy mandate .
The governor ’ s executive order received pushback from Democratic Assemblymember Jim Cooper , who pointed out how electric vehicles are inaccessible to most Californians .
“ The EV ’ s pictured in today ’ s signing of the EO cost more than $ 50k each .
How will my constituents afford an EV ?
They can ’ t .
They currently drive 11-year-old vehicles .
This doesn ’ t even take into account the strain an all electric vehicle fleet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” tweeted Cooper .
According to The San Francisco Chronicle , fewer than 6 % of cars sold in California in 2019 fall under the governor ’ s zero-emission standard .
Despite the current cost of electric vehicles , the governor ’ s office maintained in a statement that by 2035 , “ zero-emission vehicles will almost certainly be cheaper and better than the traditional fossil fuel powered cars.
” The governor ’ s office also claimed the cost of electric vehicles and “ conventional vehicles ” will reach parity in several @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( R ) accused Newsom of “ chasing headlines instead of focusing on the immediate and real problems of this state such as high housing costs , the energy grid , forestry management neglect , the homeless problem , paying UI claims , or getting schools open .
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climatedepot--2020-09-28--White House recruited climate critics for NOAA – ‘White House has been quietly working in recent wee

White House recruited climate critics for NOAA – ‘White House has been quietly working in recent weeks to reshape the leadership of NOAA with a goal of criticizing climate science’

At least three prominent researchers who question the severity of climate change rebuffed the opportunity to take a senior position at NOAA .
The White House has been quietly working in recent weeks to reshape the leadership of NOAA with a goal of criticizing climate science , according to people who were contacted about the job .
The revelation that administration officials approached multiple researchers with long records of casting doubt on human-caused climate change points to a political campaign to undermine mainstream science at one of the world ’ s leading climate agencies , experts and observers said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the White House turned to David Legates , a geography professor at the University of Delaware who rejects the basic principles of climate science .
Legates , now the deputy assistant secretly for observation and prediction at NOAA , has claimed that rising carbon dioxide levels would make the earth more hospitable to humans .
John Christy , an atmospheric science professor at the University of Alabama , Huntsville , told E & E News that a White House official promised him he would be given a free hand to change the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The pitch was I would have new influence on the future direction of the agency , ” Christy said , adding that if he had accepted the job , “ I would redirect money from the climate modeling project into the weather modeling project.
” Christy , who downplays the severity of rising temperatures , said he was unable to take the job due to his academic commitments .
His colleague Roy Spencer , a meteorologist affiliated with the Heartland Institute , also was mentioned as a possibility , but he did not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Judith Curry , the former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech , to see if she would be interested in the NOAA position , Curry told E & E News .
She , too , rebuffed the offer .
“ I ’ m totally uninterested in anything having to do with D.C. and government , ” Curry said .
In addition to Legates , the White House installed Ryan Maue , a former employee of the Cato Institute , as NOAA ’ s chief scientist , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a data analyst for the Trump campaign , as the agency ’ s acting chief of staff .
The changes symbolize a coordinated effort to reshape NOAA ’ s senior leadership in the dusk of President Trump ’ s first term .
Until now , the agency has remained relatively unscathed by the president ’ s embrace of conspiracy theories about climate change .
But the moves being taken now by administration officials could outlast Trump ’ s presidency even if he loses the November election to Democratic nominee Joe Biden , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a deputy director at NOAA in the Clinton administration .
Rosenberg , who now runs the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists , said the political appointments could be a strategic way to get climate denialists “ burrowed ” in at NOAA .
If the political appointees are offered career positions , they will be much harder to dismiss after Trump is gone because of protections for federal workers , Rosenberg said .
“ They ’ re packing these positions , and I ’ m worried they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ career positions in NOAA .
First of all , getting appointed in the first place is sending a very strong signal that we are not interested in the overall scientific evidence of climate change ; we ’ re going to go with the view of the fringe .
That ’ s very distressing , not only to climate change , but everything NOAA does.
” Two of the new hires — Legates and Maue — have a record of downplaying climate science and have published claims in direct contradiction to NOAA peer-reviewed research @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have said Legates is expected to attempt to influence the next National Climate Assessment , the congressionally mandated body of research that informs policymakers around the country about how climate change is affecting their regions .
Some NOAA employees are nervous about what the moves herald if Trump wins a second term .
Climate scientists seem particularly nervous that their work will be affected .
In recent months , political appointees at the Commerce Department , which includes NOAA , have been monitoring climate research more closely , according to NOAA employees .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ sapped , you aren ’ t paying attention , ” said one NOAA staffer who requested anonymity to avoid repercussions .
A NOAA spokesman did not respond to a request seeking comment , and the White House declined to comment on the record .


climatedepot--2020-09-28--Climate Hustle 2 reviewed by warmist media activist: ‘The film compares those who want more aggressi

Climate Hustle 2 reviewed by warmist media activist: ‘The film compares those who want more aggressive climate policy to the authoritarian govt of George Orwell’s ‘1984’

Scott Waldman , E & E News reporter reviews Climate Hustle 2 : `` The movie is introduced by 'Mini AOC , ' a girl dressed to resemble Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York .
`` Like , I hope you learned a lot about climate change in this movie ; I know I did .
Like , I used to not believe in climate change either .
Like , I thought it meant Mother Nature was transgendering into Father Nature , '' she says in the online presentation , which charged viewers $ 15 to watch . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who want more aggressive climate policy to the authoritarian government of George Orwell 's '1984 ' and claims that those who question climate science face persecution and jail under organized crime statutes . ''
... `` It portrays climate contrarians as being up against a multibillion-dollar industry of renewable energy companies and environmental groups while ignoring its own connections to the energy industry . ''
A documentary that was released last week and features [ Climatologist Dr. David ] Legates provides a window into the scientific priorities he might bring to NOAA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2 , ” is connected to the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow , which has received energy industry funding .
It cycles through a familiar miasma of debunked and cherry-picked scientific claims that paint the relatively small number of researchers who doubt the extent of human-caused climate change as Galileo-like figures , while climate scientists publishing peer-reviewed research are portrayed as compromised elites .
The movie is introduced by “ Mini AOC , ” a girl dressed to resemble Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York .
“ Like , I hope you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this movie ; I know I did .
Like , I used to not believe in climate change either .
Like , I thought it meant Mother Nature was transgendering into Father Nature , ” she says in the online presentation , which charged viewers $ 15 to watch .
Legates features prominently in the film , which compares those who want more aggressive climate policy to the authoritarian government of George Orwell ’ s “ 1984 ” and claims that those who question climate science face persecution and jail under organized crime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are worried about climate change want to place limits on the number of children born in America , that steaks will be made illegal and that environmentalism is a “ church ” that targets heretics .
It portrays climate contrarians as being up against a multibillion-dollar industry of renewable energy companies and environmental groups while ignoring its own connections to the energy industry .
The film also features Legates ’ co-author on a number of published studies , astrophysicist Willie Soon , who claims the sun is fueling global warming .
Soon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Times exposed that his research was secretly funded by energy companies and suggests that climate activists should be jailed .
Maue ’ s research on hurricanes is also cited in the film .
Cutting down on carbon emissions would mean that developed nations “ would head toward the undeveloped world , and we would bring everybody down to the lowest common denominator , ” Legates says in the film .
He says teaching young people about human-caused global warming is indoctrinating them into believing a “ lie.
” “ The idea behind carbon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says is that to survive as a planet , what we really need to do is not use any energy , and what that ’ s going to take us back is to a condition where people have the basic necessities of life , food , clothing , shelter and security , ” Legates says in the movie .


climatedepot--2020-09-28--Gates/Soros/Ford Foundation-funded Professor floats idea of ‘climate lockdown’ with bans on red meat

Gates/Soros/Ford Foundation-funded Professor floats idea of ‘climate lockdown’ with bans on red meat, ‘extreme’ energy limits

The novel coronavirus shutdowns and restrictions are slowly being lifted in most areas , but already warnings of a “ climate shutdown ” have begun reverberating on the environmental left .
Mariana Mazzucato , a University College London economics professor , said it last week with an article called “ Avoiding a Climate Lockdown , ” warning that in “ the near future , the world may need to resort to lockdowns again — this time to tackle a climate emergency.
” “ Under a ‘ climate lockdown , ’ governments would limit private-vehicle use , ban consumption of red @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while fossil-fuel companies would have to stop drilling , ” she said .
“ To avoid such a scenario , we must overhaul our economic structures and do capitalism differently.
” Her op-ed was immediately flagged by climate skeptics who noted Ms. Mazzucato is no obscure academic — she ’ s an adviser to the United Nations and European governments — and warned that the COVID-19 shutdowns have provided a blueprint for how to reduce emissions in a “ climate emergency.
” “ When COVID came along and the entire world went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ started locking down , everything the climate activists had been demanding almost happened almost overnight , ” Climate Depot ’ s Marc Morano said in an email .
“ In short , the COVID lockdown is a trial run for the climate lockdown.
” Climate change and coronavirus have been linked repeatedly by prominent figures such as former Vice President Al Gore and billionaire Bill Gates , who said in an Aug. 4 op-ed , “ As awful as this pandemic is , climate change could be worse.
” In July , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Initiative to “ jointly and urgently build the foundations of our economic and social system for a fairer , sustainable and more resilient post-COVID future.
” “ They are not letting a crisis go to waste , ” said Mr. Morano , who released last week the film “ Climate Hustle 2.
” “ They ’ re calling for a socialist great reset against capitalism .
They ’ re going to try to morph climate and COVID together and you ’ re going to go from a COVID lockdown to a climate lockdown.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Project Syndicate , billed as “ the world ’ s opinion page ” and funded by , among others , billionaires Bill Gates and George Soros .
“ George Orwell is turning over violently in his grave , ” Joseph Vazquez said on the conservative Media Research Center ’ s NewsBusters .
“ Tracking PS ’ s funding explained the tyrannical radicalism .
Three groups within Soros ’ s Open Society Network ( $ 1,242,105 ) , along with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ( $ 5,280,186 ) , have given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The pandemic lockdowns wound up reducing global emissions by about 5 % from 2019 levels by mid-June , but climate activists have argued that greater reductions are needed to avoid a “ climate crisis.
” University of Colorado Boulder professor Roger Pielke Jr. was skeptical : “ I can think of nothing more effective to sap support for climate policy than threatening a ‘ climate lockdown , ’ ” he tweeted .
Ms. Mazzucato , who serves on the U.N. Committee for Development Policy , criticized in a Friday interview on Bloomberg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to oil-and-gas companies .
“ Last year , the International Panel on Climate Change argued that we just have 10 years left , 10 years left until climate breakdown basically is irreversible , but in 2019 , so just last year , subsidies for fossil-fuel companies were estimated at something like $ 20 billion a year in the U.S. and $ 55 billion a year in the European Union , ” she said , adding , “ What we actually need is a new social compact.
” Ms. Mazzucato founded the UCL Institute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ author of “ The Value of Everything ” ( 2017 ) and “ The Entrepreneurial State ” ( 2013 ) .
She has served as an adviser to the Scottish and Italian governments , and European Commissioner Carlos Moedas .
Her website says her research has been funded by the Ford Foundation , the Institute for New Economic Thinking , and Mr. Soros ’ s philanthropy , the Open Society Foundations .


climatedepot--2020-09-28--WATCH: Prince Charles: Climate change threat requires a military-style response reminiscent of the U

WATCH: Prince Charles: Climate change threat requires a military-style response reminiscent of the U.S. Marshall Plan


climatedepot--2020-09-29--Following climate change diet: No jail for parents after their baby was disabled by strict vegan die

Following climate change diet: No jail for parents after their baby was disabled by strict vegan diet – ‘Doctors found a level of malnutrition akin to children in famine-hit countries’

The parents of a baby girl who put their daughter on a strict vegan diet , starving her of vital nutrients to the point she developed cerebral palsy , won ’ t face jail despite a judge finding they failed in their basic parental duties .
The child was one when in August 2018 she was taken to a Victorian hospital where she was found to have bruising over her body , was cool to the touch , lethargic and had dark-coloured blood in her nappy .
Doctors found a level of malnutrition akin to children in famine-hit countries .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ old and her mother ’ s breast milk supply waned , her parents shunned medical advice to supplement their daughter ’ s diet with formula and instead fed her coconut milk , fruit juices , smoothies , plant-based foods and formula the father made .
A County Court judge on Monday said the girl , now aged three , faced daily struggles in her cognitive development , physical functioning and communication , and found her life ’ s course was altered by her parents ’ actions .
The judge said she would normally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they were best placed to care for their daughter and address her high needs , although it was ironic those demands were attributable to their actions .
The judge found the girl was now well cared for by her mother and now has a healthy and nutritious diet .
“ You are in the best position to do that and [ the daughter ] deserves it , ” the judge said .
The parents , aged in their 30s , can not be named .
The judge convicted the parents and put them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pleaded guilty to negligently causing serious injury .
The girl was born healthy and initially fed with breast milk but in late 2017 her parents rejected the advice of maternal health care nurses and GPs to use formula , and instead supplemented their baby ’ s diet with “ natural ” alternatives .
By November 2017 the girl was losing weight , unable to keep feeds down and appeared unwell and malnourished .
When one nurse tried to dissuade the couple from their approach , the father abused the nurse and refused to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The father drove the use of the vegan diet , the court heard , as he had been a vegan since his 20s after weight problems as a child .
The mother adopted the diet after they met and did not oppose the same for their daughter .
The judge found both parents were equally culpable .
By August 2018 , as the baby ’ s health deteriorated , the father contacted a health clinic in the US that specialised in detoxification programs , and wrote in an email : “ We really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the doctors or hospital because they just don ’ t understand but we also don ’ t want her to get so sick that we have no choice.
” Two days later the parents took their daughter to hospital .
She was critically unwell and spent the next month in intensive care , as authorities began investigating .
The judge said it was the duty of parents to provide two key aspects for their children : providing their needs for a healthy development and protecting them from harm .


climatedepot--2020-09-29--If Covid-19 doesn’t kill us, climate change will be ‘environmental Armageddon’, world leaders warn U

If Covid-19 doesn’t kill us, climate change will be ‘environmental Armageddon’, world leaders warn UN

If the coronavirus pandemic doesn ’ t kill us , world leaders warned the United Nations this week , then the climate crisis is “ environmental Armageddon ” .
The dire warning at the UN General Assembly came from leaders in all corners of the world : In island nations where they are at risk of being submerged by rising sea levels to central Africa where temperature increases are expected to be 1.5 times higher than the world average .
The annual meeting of world leaders is taking place largely virtually this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic .
Along @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pointed to the increasing red alerts from nature .
“ We are already seeing a version of environmental Armageddon , ” Fiji ’ s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said , citing wildfires in the American west and noting that the Greenland ice chunk was larger than a number of island nations .
This was meant to be the year “ we took back our planet , ” he said .
Instead , the coronavirus has diverted resources and attention from what could have been the marquee issue at this UN gathering .
Meanwhile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been postponed to late 2021 .
That hasn ’ t stopped countries , from slowly sinking island nations to parched African ones , from speaking out .
“ In another 75 years , many … members may no longer hold seats at the United Nations if the world continues on its present course , ” the Alliance of Small Island States and the Least Developed Countries Group said.Promoted storiesIf You Live In Hebron You Could Be Overpaying for WineFIRSTLEAFby TaboolaSponsored Links In 2015 , the majority of nations signed the Paris Climate Accord @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rise to well below 2C ( 3.6F ) above the pre-industrial age .
However climate scientists say that with current global trends , the planet is on track to soar past that .
A new study found that if the world warms another 0.9C ( 1.6F ) , the West Antarctic ice sheet will reach a point of irreversible melting .
It has enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 metres ( 16 feet ) .about : blankabout : blankSkip in 5✕Skip in 5 The Pacific island nation of Palau hasn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but President Tommy E. Remengesau Jr warns it ’ s the rising seas that will bring the country down .
“ The momentary drop in ( carbon ) emissions this year can not be allowed to generate any complacency about global progress , ” he said , referring to the sparkling skies that followed lockdowns to slow the spread of the virus around the world .
Pollution has crept back up as restrictions ease .
World powers can not shirk their financial commitments to fighting climate change during the pandemic , Remengesau @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But few pledges have emerged at the UN gathering , aside from China ’ s announcement that it aims to have carbon dioxide emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 .
The pandemic has muted the UN meeting , with world leaders speaking not from the podium in New York but via video from home .
That has sapped the urgency of diplomacy and left nations wondering just how many people are listening .


climatedepot--2020-09-29--EU climate plan sets stage for an explosive rise in carbon prices

EU climate plan sets stage for an explosive rise in carbon pricesNOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT / by @ @ @ @ @ Evans-Pritchard keeps telling us that super duper renewable energy is so cheap , everybody will @ @ @ @ @ switch away from fossil fuels .
Very strange then that the EU ’ s climate @ @ @ @ @ explosive rise in carbon prices ” , required of course to make renewable energy competitive @ @ @ @ @ !
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climatedepot--2020-09-29--Snowmelt Reveals Remains Of Medieval Warm Period Penguins

Researcher Steven Emslie also discoveredwhat appears to be fresh remains of Adelie penguins , mostly of chicks .
However , whether these “ fresh ” remains are a sign that the abandoned penguin site has become reoccupied again because of warmer conditions in recent years remains uncertain .
Mummy of Adélie penguin chick ( total length ∼20 cm ) on the surface of site 5 that has been radiocarbon dated at ca .
800 calibrated calendar yr B.P .
Source : Emslie 2020 Researcher Steven Emslie encountered a puzzle at Cape Irizar , a rocky cape located just south of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Coast , Ross Sea .
He found both ancient and what appeared to be fresh remains of Adelie penguins , mostly of chicks , which frequently die and accumulate at these colonies .
However , the “ fresh ” remains were puzzling , he says , because there are no records of an active penguin colony at this site since the first explorers ( Robert Falcon Scott ) in 1901-1903 came to the Ross Sea .
Emslie found abundant penguin chick bones scattered on the surface , along with guano stains , implying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that wasn ’ t possible , says Emslie .
Some of the bones were complete chick carcasses with feathers , now falling apart from decay as at a modern colony , as well as intact mummies .
Emslie and his colleagues collected some of these surface remains for further analysis and radiocarbon dating to try and figure out what was going on there .
The team found old pebble mounds scattered about the cape .
These mounds are former nesting sites of Adélie penguins because they use pebbles to build their nests .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ pebbles become scattered and stand out on the landscape , since they are all about the same size .
“ We excavated into three of these mounds , using methods similar to archaeologists , to recover preserved tissues of penguin bone , feather , and eggshell , as well as hard parts of prey from the guano ( fish bones , otoliths ) .
The soil was very dry and dusty , just as I ’ ve found at other very old sites I ’ ve worked on in the Ross Sea , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
Overall , our sampling recovered a mixture of old and what appeared to be recent penguin remains implying multiple periods of occupation and abandonment of this cape over thousands of years .
In all the years I have been doing this research in Antarctica , I ’ ve never seen a site quite like this.
” The analyses reported in Emslie ’ s recent paper published in Geology indicate at least three occupation periods of the cape by breeding penguins , with the last one ending at about 800 years ago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ due to increasing snow cover over the cape or other factors ( the Little Ice Age was beginning about then too ) , the “ fresh ” remains on the surface were covered in snow and ice and preserved intact until recent exposure from snowmelt .
Global warming has increased the annual temperature in the Ross Sea by 1.5-2.0 °C since the 1980s , and satellite imagery over the past decade shows the cape gradually emerging from under the snow .
Thus , says Emslie , “ This recent snowmelt revealing long-preserved remains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the best explanation for the jumble of penguin remains of different ages that we found there .
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climatedepot--2020-09-29--Reality Check: Canada Wildfires At Lowest Level Since 1990

According to Canada ’ s National Forestry Database , the number of forest fires has been at the lowest since @ @ @ @ @ Met Office , global warming is leading to record breaking fires in North America .
@ @ @ @ @ is a large part of North America , so surely fires should be getting worse @ @ @ @ @ wildfires this year are running at just 8 % of the 10-year average : All @ @ @ @ @ : This suggests that meteorological conditions have been responsible for both the glut of fires @ @ @ @ @ the dearth in Canada .
More significant though is the long term trend in Canada @ @ @ @ @ 1998 recorded the biggest wildfire acreages .
But over the full period , there is @ @ @ @ @ .
The post Reality Check : Canada Wildfires At Lowest Level For Decades appeared first @ @ @ @ @ Forum ( GWPF ) .SHAREVISIT WEBSITE


climatedepot--2020-09-29--Analysis: Arctic Sea Ice Stability Extends To 14 Years – Long-Term, Arctic Has Been Stable Since 190

Analysis: Arctic Sea Ice Stability Extends To 14 Years – Long-Term, Arctic Has Been Stable Since 1900

Arctic Sea Ice Stability Extends To 14 Years…Long-Term , Arctic Has Been Stable Since 1900 !
NoTricksZone : Not here to worship what i… / by P Gosselin / Arctic sea ice is not as unstable as alarmists like to claim it is .
This year saw the Arctic approaching a new record low minimum , and the alarmists began setting off the alarms with abandon .
Yet the melt stabilized in late July , and a new record failed to materialize .
Chart : NSIDC Boulder When looking back at the data since sea ice peaked in 1979 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minimum September sea ice extent has flattened over the past 14 years : Chart : NSIDC Boulder Okhotsk Sea gaining Next we look at the sea ice for the Okhotsk Sea , located between Russia ’ s Kamchatka Peninsula on the east and the eastern Siberian coast to the west .
Here we observe that the maximum sea ice reached each winter has surprisingly trended upwards over the past 16 years : Data source : JMA Though global sea ice has bee been relatively low , over the past decade , it has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the alarmist predictions made earlier this century .
Obviously natural factors are at work that are offsetting the alleged CO2 forcing .
Arctic sea ice stable since 1900 To keep things in their proper context , here ’ s what Arctic sea ice has been doing since 1900 : Nothing spectacular is really happening .


climatedepot--2020-09-29--Former Czech President Vaclav Klaus warns of governments’ ‘abusing of the COVID anti-pandemic polici

Former Czech President Vaclav Klaus warns of governments’ ‘abusing of the COVID anti-pandemic policies for the radical rearrangement of our society’

Excerpts : Klaus : “ No one has unequivocally posed the question whether a democratic government has the right to introduce the “ smart ” quarantine ( and the states of emergency ) .
” “ Let us separate the essence of this disease which has a mild ( flu-like ) course for most people from the abusing of the anti-pandemic policies for the radical rearrangement of our society.
” “ Let us abandon the habit to label the maximization of bans , of compulsory face masks , of tracing , and of the creation of fear and hysteria as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Václav Klaus , second president of the Czech Republic The Covid hysteria is culminating .
The words “ coronavirus ” and “ Covid ” have conquered the news media once again .
But it is no second wave of the disease that rules ( the disease has no waves ) but the second wave of the alarming news which has been scheduled by the fearmongers for a long time in advance .
Is Covid-19 a mere disease ?
Or is it an instrument designed to transform the society ?
News about this disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public without the appropriate context ( without emphasizing the key dependence of the number of the so-called infected people on the number of tests , without distinguishing the patients with the disease according to its strength , without a quality analysis of the actual cause of death ) and without the conversion of the numbers in which we are drowning to a comensurable basis .
Most of the news stories are therefore insufficiently relevant .
The number of infected people e.g .
in Russia may look terrifying but if we divide it by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Czech Republic whose population is 14 times smaller .
The numbers from India should be divided by 140 because that is the Indian-Czech population ratio .
We were reminding the writers of the need to express the data relatively to the population from Day One ; unfortunately , not much has changed .
In the minds of many people who are passively consuming the news , complete chaos and havoc is being created .
People who are more psychologically unstable , whose health is more vulnerable , who are older , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with it .
Are these news stories released in a targeted fashion , or do they reflect the irresponsibility ( or not thinking about the consequences of the news ) or the self-igniting chaotic character of the statements that have already been made ?
Are they a mere publication of sensational ( sufficiently dramatically looking ) news at any cost ?
Do the journalists look for a bombshell story which may become bestselling ?
Or is it just the emptiness and the irresponsibility of the media ?
And it is not just the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeing the emptiness and irresponsibility of the politicians and their aides who must show themselves up on the TV screens , whatever it costs ?
We , including those of us who have a political experience , have been trying to justify the politicians ’ behavior – because they were overwhelmed and scared and that is why their policymaking was chaotic .
But that was the appropriate verdict only in March 2020 .
Already in April , it was unacceptable .
And sadly , this condition continues through the end of September 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politicians are exerting pressure on themselves .
A vicious circle has been created .
They have inflicted an “ infinite loop ” in which they are stuck upon themselves and they don ’ t know how to jump out of it .
They are maneuvering themselves into a trap and it seems impossible to drag out of it .
The world of medicine is playing its own role in these processes .
Even that occupation is divided to its “ activists ” on one side and the “ practicians ” who are bound @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quickly turned into public celebrities whose drums sound the alarm and who love this job of theirs .
Normal doctors are patiently working with their patients but they are annoyed by that alarm .
It has become fashionable to test and trace ( which is another huge chance for the IT world to become our overlord ) .
The testing venues are running out of capacity , the adored face masks are being put on and off according to illogical and permanently changing rules , otherwise mundane social activities are being canceled ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shut down , air transportation and the travel industry were liquidated , whole economically relevant industries and sectors are ending , and so on ) .
It seems that soon or later , all of us end up in the quarantine that is being triumphally called “ smart ” .
We are not asking the non-pandemic questions loudly enough and we are failing even more in the answers to these questions .
No one has unequivocally posed the question whether a democratic government has the right to introduce the “ smart ” quarantine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Many of us would like many questions about the smart quarantine ; the difference between the useful ( if not vitally important ) tracing and eavesdropping or spying on the citizens hasn ’ t been persuasively argued .
What remained completely unexplained was the adequacy of the so-called smart quarantine model for the vaguely defined Covid-19 disease which is not easily distinguished fom the regular flu which will become even more important in the autumn .
It seems that the whole smart quarantine is built upon a conceptual blunder .
In the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t been sufficiently explained what is the difference between the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus ( and its possible presence in one or another human body ) and the actual Covid-19 disease .
Most people seem to think that they are the same things .
Some doctors are shily saying that these are two different things but their voice is overshadowed by the noise of alarmist news .
Covid has proven that even diseases are subjects to fashion .
Other diseases have apparently disappeared in 2020 , only Covid is being diagnosed and cured , even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ directly designed to treat it .
As recently as a week ago , only 1-2 people were dying ( and it was “ with Covid ” , usually not “ due to Covid ” ) while the average number of daily deaths in Czechia is about 300 – but these deaths don ’ t seem to be a problem for anyone who is seen in public .
If we continue along this path , there won ’ t be any good solution and there won ’ t be any happy end .
Let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these serious matters .
Let us separate the essence of this disease which has a mild ( flu-like ) course for most people from the abusing of the anti-pandemic policies for the radical rearrangement of our society .
Let us abandon the habit to label the maximization of bans , of compulsory face masks , of tracing , and of the creation of fear and hysteria as the heydey of the responsibility .
These things are often just a manifestation of the politicians ’ opportunism and cowardliness .
Let us separate our lack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in our nation from the communist times – in the government from the justifiable criticisms of particular moves designed to counter the epidemics .


climatedepot--2020-09-30--Trump and Biden clash on climate in debate

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump attacked former vice president Joe Biden ’ s plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change as likely to wreck the U.S. economy during a presidential debate Tuesday night .
“ We ’ re talking about the Green New Deal , ” Trump said , referring to the plan put forward by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y. “ They want to rip down buildings and rebuild the buildings .
It ’ s the dumbest thing , where airplanes are out , the two-car system is out and they want to take out the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spend $ 2 trillion over the next four years , to modernize the U.S. economy towards bringing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 .
But he has distanced himself from the Green New Deal , saying Tuesday night he did not support the plan , and argued his climate plan would create jobs .
“ It ’ s going to create millions of good paying jobs , ” Biden said .
“ We spend billions of dollars on floods and hurricanes.
” null The Democratic nominee also said it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate accord , which Trump announced he was pulling out of not long after taking office .
“ Without us in it , look what ’ s happening , it ’ s all falling apart , ” Biden said .
Trump , for his part , offered a more moderate take on climate change than he is the past .
Under questioning by moderator Chris Wallace , of Fox News , the president said greenhouse gas emissions played “ some role ” in climate change and even said he liked electric cars .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ back vehicle emissions standards , saying those put in place by former president Barack Obama and Biden would have driven up car prices for minimal climate gain .
“ The cars has gotten so expensive because they have computers all over the place for a little bit of gasoline ( savings ) , ” he said .
“ What they ’ ve done in California is crazy .
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climatedepot--2020-09-30--Trump Goes After Joe Biden Over Son’s Role At Ukrainian Energy Firm, $3.5 Million Wire Payment


climatedepot--2020-09-30--Alex Epstein: Trump ‘has had probably the best energy & env policies of any president in last 60 yea

Alex Epstein: Trump ‘has had probably the best energy & env policies of any president in last 60 years’ — But ‘he did virtually nothing to explain & defend the virtues of his policies’ in debate with Biden

By Alex Epstein – Founder of the Center for Industrial Progress Like many people , I found last night ’ s debate excruciating to watch for myriad reasons .
But I want to focus on energy , as that ’ s my specialty .
President Trump , with whom I disagree on many , many things , has had probably the best energy and environmental policies of any president in the last 60 years .
Yet in last night ’ s debate he did virtually nothing to explain and defend the virtues of his policies .
And he had no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were guaranteed to come up .
When the President of the United States can not champion and defend his own good energy policies it makes those policies as such look disreputable .
If anyone on this [ email ] list is close to the administration , I implore you to share EnergyTalkingPoints.com with them .
I and others have tried so far , obviously without success .
But sometimes a disappointing debate performance is a wake-up call to prepare differently—and better .
Trump and Biden clash on climate in debate Biden now claims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Deal — But that ’ s NOT what his website says


climatedepot--2020-09-30--Physicist Dr. Ralph Alexander: Cold, Not Hot, Extremes That Are on the Rise

Despite the hullabaloo about hot weather extremes in the form of heat waves and drought , little attention has been paid to cold weather extremes by the mainstream media or the IPCC ( Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ) , whose assessment reports are the voice of authority for climate science .
Yet , though few people know it , cold extremes appear to be on the rise – in contrast to weather extremes in general which are trending downward rather than upward , if at all .
The WMO ( World Meteorological Organization ) does at least acknowledge the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has no explanation for their origin nor their rising frequency .
Cold extremes include prolonged cold spells , unusually heavy snowfalls and longer winter seasons .
In a world obsessed with global warming , such events go almost unnoticed .
One person who has noticed is Madhav Khandekar , who has a PhD in meteorology and was formerly a research scientist at Environment Canada as well as an expert reviewer for the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC .
Although much of Khandekar ’ s work on cold extremes has focused on Canada @ @ @ @ @ @ @ events worldwide .
In remarking recently that extreme weather – both hot and cold – is part of natural climate variability , Khandekar points out : “ Even when the earth ’ s climate was cooling down during the 1945-77 period there were as many extreme weather events as there are now.
” Before we look at recent cold weather extremes , it ’ s important to distinguish between climate and weather .
Weather is what ’ s predicted in daily forecasts which describe short-term changes in atmospheric conditions .
Climate , on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ average of the weather over an extended period of time , typically 30 years .
Recurring frigid global temperatures over the past 15 years have been documented by Khandekar , the WMO and the blog Electroverse ( here and here ) .
The northern winter of 2005-06 was exceptionally cold over most of western and northeastern Europe , while in May 2006 during the southern winter , South Africa reported 54 cold weather records .
The winter of 2009-10 was equally brutal : Scotland suffered some of the bitterest winter months in almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coldest winter ever ; and Beijing saw its coldest day in 50 years .
Northern climes experienced abnormally low temperatures again in the winters of 2014-15 , 2015-16 and 2018-2019 .
The period from January to March 2015 was the coldest in the northeastern U.S. since 1895 , as shown in the figure below .
In January 2016 , eastern China froze as far south as Thailand , a very rare event .
And in early 2019 , bone-chilling cold persisted for months over much of the north-central U.S. and western Canada .


climatedepot--2020-09-30--Biden now claims he does not support the Green New Deal — But that’s NOT what his website says

In the first presidential debate on Tuesday Joe Biden said he supported the Green New Deal .
Joe Biden wants @ @ @ @ @ and coal plants and weatherize 4 million buildings in the United States .
Biden then @ @ @ @ @ ” support the Green New Deal .
TRENDING : OUTRAGEOUS !
Chris Wallace Calls Out @ @ @ @ @ to Not Riot !
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WTH ?
After BLM-Antifa Rip Apart the Country !
( @ @ @ @ @ ’ t what it says on his own website !
If you go to the @ @ @ @ @ supports the Green New Deal .
The Green New Deal will cost $ 93 trillion @ @ @ @ @ of America and complete nonsense .
But China and Venezuela and Iran and Russia support @ @


climatedepot--2020-09-30--From Lockdowns to ‘The Great Reset’: The ‘coming technocracy’ – ‘The experts know better’ is the jus

From Lockdowns to ‘The Great Reset’: The ‘coming technocracy’ – ‘The experts know better’ is the justification – Lockdowns appeared ‘orchestrated’

Without popular resistance , the end of the pandemic will not mean the end of the lockdown and social distancing ...
The perpetrators of the new world order have smelled blood .
Declaring the coronavirus a pandemic has come in handy to promote the agenda of their Great Reset .
Only massive opposition can slow down and finally stop the extension of the power grip of the tyrannical technocracy that is on the rise . ''
`` Earlier totalitarian regimes needed mass executions and concentration camps to maintain their power .
Now , with the help of new technologies , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be identified and marginalized .
The nonconformists will be silenced by disqualifying divergent opinions as morally despicable .
The 2020 lockdowns possibly offer a preview of how this system works .
The lockdown worked as if it had been orchestrated—and perhaps it was .
As if following a single command , the leaders of big and small nations—and of different stages of economic development—implemented almost identical measures .
Not only did many governments act in unison , they also applied these measures with little regard for the horrific consequences of a global lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Great Reset , the advancement of technology is not meant to serve the improvement of the conditions of the people but to submit the individual to the tyranny of a technocratic state .
`` The experts know better '' is the justification ...
The ideology of the World Economic Forum is neither left nor right , nor progressive or conservative , it is also not fascist or communist , but outright technocratic .
As such , it includes many elements of earlier collectivist ideologies . ''
Antony P. Mueller : `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identity is reduced to an app or chip that registers almost any personal activity .
In order to gain a few individual rights , and be it only to travel to a certain place , a person must balance such apparent privileges with his submission to a web of regulations that define in detail what is “ good behavior ” and deemed as beneficial to humankind and the environment .
For example , during a pandemic , this sort of control would extend from the obligation of wearing a mask and practicing social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to apply for a job or to travel . ''
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Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article .
The lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the implementation of long-held plans to establish a so-called new world order .
Under the auspices of the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) , global policymakers are advocating for a “ Great Reset ” with the intent of creating a global technocracy .
It is not by coincidence that on October 18 , 2019 , in New York City @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” at the “ high-level ” pandemic exercise organized by the John Hopkins Center for Health Security .
This coming technocracy involves close cooperation between the heads of the digital industry and of governments .
With programs such as guaranteed minimum income and healthcare for all , the new kind of governance combines strict societal control with the promise of comprehensive social justice .
The truth , however , is that this new world order of digital tyranny comes with a comprehensive social credit system .
The People ’ s Republic of China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surveillance and control of individuals , corporations , and sociopolitical entities .
For the individual , one ’ s identity is reduced to an app or chip that registers almost any personal activity .
In order to gain a few individual rights , and be it only to travel to a certain place , a person must balance such apparent privileges with his submission to a web of regulations that define in detail what is “ good behavior ” and deemed as beneficial to humankind and the environment .
For example , during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would extend from the obligation of wearing a mask and practicing social distancing to having specific vaccinations in order to apply for a job or to travel .
It is , in short , a type of social engineering which is the opposite of a spontaneous order or of development .
Like the mechanical engineer with a machine , the social engineer—or technocrat—treats society as an object .
Different from the brutal suppressions by the totalitarianism of earlier times , the modern social engineer will try to make the social machine work on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For this purpose , the social engineer must apply the laws of society the way the mechanical engineer follows the laws of nature .
Behavioral theory has reached a stage of knowledge that makes the dreams of social engineering possible .
The machinations of social engineering operate not through brute force , but subtly by nudge .
Under the order envisioned by the Great Reset , the advancement of technology is not meant to serve the improvement of the conditions of the people but to submit the individual to the tyranny of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ better ” is the justification .
The plan for an overhaul of the world is the brainchild of an elite group of businessmen , politicians , and their intellectual entourage that used to meet in Davos , Switzerland , in January each year .
Brought into existence in 1971 , the World Economic Forum has become a megaglobal event since then .
More than three thousand leaders from all over the world attended the meeting in 2020 .
Under the guidance of the WEF , the agenda of the Great Reset says that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requires a thorough overhaul of the economy , politics , and society .
Such a comprehensive transformation requires the alteration of human behavior , and thus “ transhumanism ” is part of the program .
The Great Reset will be the theme of the fifty-first meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2021 .
Its agenda is the commitment to move the world economy toward “ a more fair , sustainable and resilient future.
” The program calls for “ a new social contract ” that is centered on racial equality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of nature .
Climate change requires us “ to decarbonize the economy ” and to bring human thinking and behavior “ into harmony with nature.
” The aim is to build “ more equal , inclusive and sustainable economies.
” This new world order must be “ urgently ” implemented , the promotors of the WEF claim , and they point out that the pandemic “ has laid bare the unsustainability of our system , ” which lacks “ social cohesion.
” The WEF ’ s great reset project is social engineering at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reset contend that the UN failed to establish order in the world and could not advance forcefully its agenda of sustainable development—known as Agenda 2030—because of its bureaucratic , slow , and contradictory way of working .
In contrast , the actions of the organizational committee of the World Economic Forum are swift and smart .
When a consensus has been formed , it can be implemented by the global elite all over the world .
The ideology of the World Economic Forum is neither left nor right , nor progressive or conservative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communist , but outright technocratic .
As such , it includes many elements of earlier collectivist ideologies .
In recent decades , the consensus has emerged at the annual Davos meetings that the world needs a revolution , and that reforms have taken too long .
The members of the WEF envision a profound upheaval at short notice .
The time span should be so brief that most people will hardly realize that a revolution is going on .
The change must be so swift and dramatic that those who recognize that a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time to mobilize against it .
The basic idea of the Great Reset is the same principle that guided the radical transformations from the French to the Russian and Chinese Revolutions .
It is the idea of constructivist rationalism incorporated in the state .
But projects like the Great Reset leave unanswered the question of who rules the state .
The state itself does not rule .
It is an instrument of power .
It is not the abstract state that decides , but the leaders of specific political parties and of certain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mass executions and concentration camps to maintain their power .
Now , with the help of new technologies , it is believed , dissenters can easily be identified and marginalized .
The nonconformists will be silenced by disqualifying divergent opinions as morally despicable .
The 2020 lockdowns possibly offer a preview of how this system works .
The lockdown worked as if it had been orchestrated—and perhaps it was .
As if following a single command , the leaders of big and small nations—and of different stages of economic development—implemented almost identical measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in unison , they also applied these measures with little regard for the horrific consequences of a global lockdown .
Months of economic stillstand have destroyed the economic basis of millions of families .
Together with social distancing , the lockdown has produced a mass of people unable to care for themselves .
First , governments destroyed the livelihood , then the politicians showed up as the savior .
The demand for social assistance is no longer limited to specific groups , but has become a need of the masses .
Once , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Now it is fear of disease .
What lies ahead is not the apparent coziness of a benevolent comprehensive welfare state with a guaranteed minimum income and healthcare and education for all .
The lockdown and its consequences have brought a foretaste of what is to come : a permanent state of fear , strict behavioral control , massive loss of jobs , and growing dependence on the state .
With the measures taken in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic , a big step to reset the global economy has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end of the pandemic will not mean the end of the lockdown and social distancing .
At the moment , however , the opponents of the new world order of digital tyranny still have access to the media and platforms to dissent .
Yet the time is running out .
The perpetrators of the new world order have smelled blood .
Declaring the coronavirus a pandemic has come in handy to promote the agenda of their Great Reset .
Only massive opposition can slow down and finally stop the extension of the power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the rise .


climatedepot--2020-09-30--An ‘Ecotopian’ Future: Can California’s Green Extremism Go National? Seek ‘handing over power to cre

An ‘Ecotopian’ Future: Can California’s Green Extremism Go National? Seek ‘handing over power to credentialed environmental ‘experts’

Joel Kotkin : This is a state that issues mandates for electrification of everything while reducing its generating capacity .
It blames devastating fires on climate change , without taking the blame for forestry practices that helped make the seasonal fires much worse .
In California , pot is legal , but owning a car with a gas engine , however clean , may soon not be , and climate skeptics of any stripe face opprobrium , consignment to obscurity , and—if they have assets—court dates .
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In both Germany and California , green policies have hurt the working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who , argues British socialist James Heartfield , actually benefit from scarcity .
Family-oriented people may also object to Ecotopia-like calls for restrictions on having children due to their “ carbon legacy , ” a proposal already endorsed by climate researchers at Sweden ’ s Lund University and Oregon State University .
Some scientists suggest that we will have to shift from hamburgers to such delightful concoctions as “ maggot sausages.
” One scientist even suggested that we recycle ourselves and rediscover the finer points of cannibalism .
It ’ s unlikely that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But many greens , concerned that the masses may not follow orders , prefer the post-democratic method of handing over power to credentialed environmental “ experts ” operating in Washington , Brussels , or the United Nations , a notion already advanced by former Obama budget advisor Peter Orszag and journalist Thomas Friedman .
They paved paradise…And put up a parking lot…With a pink hotel , a boutique…And a swinging hot spot…Don ’ t it always seem to go…That you don ’ t know what you ’ ve got ‘ til it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Big Yellow Taxi , ” 1970 One is often at a loss to explain California to people from other planets—like , say , earth .
This is a state that issues mandates for electrification of everything while reducing its generating capacity .
It blames devastating fires on climate change , without taking the blame for forestry practices that helped make the seasonal fires much worse .
In California , pot is legal , but owning a car with a gas engine , however clean , may soon not be , and climate skeptics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to obscurity , and—if they have assets—court dates .
To understand how a state could adopt what often seem insane policies , impoverishing its people while claiming the mantle of social justice , you need to consult the state ’ s unique history .
California is just not like other places , and you won ’ t get anywhere without understanding that .
With few navigable rivers and a lack of water near its coast and fertile valleys , the state largely engineered its own rise .
“ Science is the mother of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ California ’ s second president , Daniel Coit Gilman .
Largely dominated by desert , flammable dry chaparral and high mountains , California depended on bringing water to its bone-dry coast , tapping electricity from distant dams , and accommodating a massive influx of new residents with largely suburban housing .
The state ’ s rapid population growth from 1.5 million in 1900 to nearly 40 million today placed enormous strains on its natural systems .
During the Gold Rush , mining practices devastated the Mother Lode country and poisoned the rivers .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ natural scrubland was converted first into farms , then into housing tracts , wiping out whole ecosystems .
Those who grew up here , from Jerry Brown to Joni Mitchell , or who have lived here long , like this writer—nearly a half-century resident—have witnessed immense changes .
We ’ ve seen the citrus orchards all but vanish from the coast , the massive 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill , ever-more suffocating traffic congestion , and the densification of many communities .
It ’ s hard not to harken back to “ better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ house is now a Target .
Still , where these real challenges , along with concerns over climate change , might have encouraged constructive solutions , they have instead metastasized the apocalyptic side of modern environmentalism .
Predictably , The New York Times suggests that California is “ ground zero for climate disasters , ” while the Los Angeles Times claims that California now fights not just fires and droughts but “ climate despair.
” A letter to the editor insists that the state is already “ a climate change hell , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by media coverage of the recent fires .
That voice of establishment reasoning , the Council on Foreign Relations , helpfully chimes in that “ California is a Preview of Climate Change ’ s Devastation for the Entire World.
” In California , we appear to have made the transition from awesome to awful .
The “ pastoral ideal , ” historian Leo Marx noted , “ has been used to define the meaning of America ever since the age of discovery.
” Initially , it reflected the Jeffersonian vision of a nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the gentry in the rapidly developing industrial areas of New England , New York , and the Hudson Valley .
Modern environmentalism , though , is largely a California product .
To some , particularly the ecological Left , environmental rapine is to California what the legacy of slavery has been to the South .
In a state where the frontier closed quickly , and wilderness confronted the consequences of extraordinarily rapid growth , the well-born sought ways to preserve something of our spectacular natural state .
The Sierra Club , still the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ early in the last century against the flooding of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite to supply water to largely waterless San Francisco .
This struggle presaged an almost endless succession of battles across the state over land use , energy , and water development .
When the Sierra Club ’ s solutions seemed too tame , the Friends of Earth , also founded in San Francisco , rose to fill the gap , establishing a pattern of steady radicalization .
In their early days , California greens were largely conservationist , with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mostly in the coastal areas , who looked askance at development closing in on their once-pristine neighborhoods .
By the late 1960s , however , greens increasingly embraced often-hysterical scenarios of a dystopian future .
Stanford ’ s Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb in 1968 , forging a deep impression with its predictions of starvation on a global scale .
Inspired by Rachel Carson ’ s 1962 Silent Spring , others worried , sometimes justifiably , about the effects of pesticides , the speculated-upon environmental causes of cancer , and potential disasters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ views gained acceptance in Sacramento with the elevation of Jerry Brown to the governorship in 1974 .
Unlike his father , Edmund G. “ Pat ” Brown , a renowned builder of infrastructure , Jerry , noted the late Max Palevsky , former chairman of Xerox and co-founder of Intel , came into office with “ a kind of hippy dippy ideology ” and a philosophy that emphasized a new “ era of limits.
” Perhaps no book better illustrated the new radical turn than Ecotopia , published in 1975 by an obscure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ author was Ernest Callenbach , an equally obscure movie critic .
To everyone ’ s surprise , Ecotopia became a major best-seller , selling a million copies .
The book follows a newspaper reporter who visits a breakaway republic whose policies in many ways presage the goals of today ’ s environmental movement .
Ecotopia reflects environmental concerns common in the 1970s—air pollution , energy dependence , pesticides , nuclear power , overpopulation .
Callenbach called his new state “ a small precarious island of hope ” and portrays the rest of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Although conditions on environmental issues like air pollution have greatly improved since the 1970s , Ecotopian policies resonate with extreme environmentalists today : a highly regulated , essentially socialistic society without cars , fossil fuels , or air travel , and with limits placed on child-bearing .
Like many radicals of our own time , the Ecotopians also were hostile to the nuclear family and embraced the principles of racial politics , with special rights and “ greater autonomy ” for various minorities , including Asians , Latinos , Native Americans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s greens , Ecotopia reads like a how-to-manual for imposing a regulatory regime that limits virtually every function of daily life and economy—one for which Covid-19 is providing a “ test run.
” California ’ s powerful green lobby has imposed a series of policies—on housing , transportation , and energy—that diverge from national norms .
The state , for instance , is looking to go all-electric in the next decade , with the elimination of gas-powered cars by 2035 , at enormous cost , even as it cuts power from natural gas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this could leave California looking like Cuba , filled with rickety , but affordable , gas-powered automotive dinosaurs .
Little mention is made in the press or academia about how these policies have proved catastrophic for the state ’ s working and middle classes , driven the cost of energy and housing to unsustainable levels , and chased millions out of the state .
Much mainstream media coverage approaches environmental issues with all the objectivity of Pravda .
This was particularly evident in the coverage of fires , with the media mindlessly repeating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blame the conflagrations on climate change .
Not since the Middle Ages , where everything was seen as caused by divine will , have incompetents found a more convenient excuse for their failures .
In reality , as even the usually left-leaning Pro Publica has revealed , the fires were made far worse by green policies driven by the demands of environmentalists .
These included constant lawsuits against local efforts to clean up old growth , particularly dead trees , and stopping even sustainable logging .
California , as few reporters note , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left alone , would burn many times more than even the worst fire season .
Most tragically , current policies have little chance of making a meaningful difference to the climate .
California , though a hotbed of climate extremism , has reduced its greenhouse gases between 2007 and 2016 at a rate that ranked just 40th per capita among the states .
Similar failures can be seen in Germany ( whose policies Newsom wants to follow ) , where the much heralded Energiewende—the nation ’ s planned transition to low-carbon fuel sources—has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ results in emissions declines .
The impact of such steps by California on global climate , note some recent studies , would be , given that the primary source of rising emissions comes from outside the West—notably China , easily the world ’ s biggest emitter .
If Kamala Harris makes it to the White House , Ecotopian ideas—at least those that don ’ t threaten her tech oligarch backers , often the beneficiaries of renewable investments—are almost certain to come to the fore .
Like California , the rest of the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and less reliable energy , along with huge investments in mass transit—yielding few new riders—and restrictions on middle-class suburban housing , even as this form of housing , according to the National Association of Realtors , has gained even more popularity since the pandemic .
Californians can move out ( and many are doing so ) as conditions become intolerable , but a national green regime would be harder to escape .
Americans in the rest of country , where weather tends more to extremes , would suffer more than California from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the “ oil patch , ” and the manufacturing centers of the Midwest , where people still depend on reliable energy for the production of goods .
In both Germany and California , green policies have hurt the working class far more than the affluent , who , argues British socialist James Heartfield , actually benefit from scarcity .
Family-oriented people may also object to Ecotopia-like calls for restrictions on having children due to their “ carbon legacy , ” a proposal already endorsed by climate researchers at Sweden ’ s Lund @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientists suggest that we will have to shift from hamburgers to such delightful concoctions as “ maggot sausages.
” One scientist even suggested that we recycle ourselves and rediscover the finer points of cannibalism .
It ’ s unlikely that voters will long embrace such ideas .
But many greens , concerned that the masses may not follow orders , prefer the post-democratic method of handing over power to credentialed environmental “ experts ” operating in Washington , Brussels , or the United Nations , a notion already advanced by former Obama budget @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Over time , however , the green movement , now funded by the wealthy , may become less genteel .
Grassroots Ecotopian extremism is rising ; the vast majority of young Americans believe that we face imminent environmental catastrophe .
The student movement around Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg recalls the youthful fanaticism of Medieval sanctus puer—the “ holy children , ” who rampaged through Europe in the 13th century—or Mao ’ s Red Guards , unleashed during the Chinese Communists ’ Cultural Revolution in the 1960s .
Like their Maoist forebears , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ideological conformity , in their case against climate skeptics of any kind—even those who agree that climate change poses a serious challenge .
Dissidents , some suggest , should be jailed , or at least dropped into the media memory hole .
And perhaps uncooperative companies could be dispossessed of their assets .
What happens when the green funders from Wall Street , Hollywood , and Silicon Valley find themselves under attack , as did liberal aristocrats during the French Revolution ?
After all , the Ecotopians rightly find it unacceptable that Al @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , rapper Drake , and Brad Pitt—who worries about “ consuming ourselves to extinction ” —still fly in their gas-guzzling private jets , even to climate-oriented events .
Zealots like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Thunberg already seek to restrict air travel for the masses .
There ’ s no moral high ground for the green gentry living in massive estates and private islands , while neo-Ecotopians rage against modestly spacious suburban homes .
As in Ecotopia , the most committed greens embrace the idea that austerity should be shared by all .
The wealthy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and they will continue to do so—at least until the green clerisy succeeds in capturing control of government policy .
Then even the wealthy will be at their mercy .
California ’ s Ecotopia , far from a fantasy , could soon become reality—for the rich and everyone else .
Joel Kotkin is the Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and executive director of the Urban Reform Institute .
His new book , , is now out from Encounter .
You can follow him on Twitter


climatedepot--2020-09-30--Climate Hustle 2: More ways to watch! DVD or Blu-Ray or Stream – Already viewed in 97 countries worl

Climate Hustle 2: More ways to watch! DVD or Blu-Ray or Stream – Already viewed in 97 countries worldwide

Buy Climate Hustle 2 : Rise of the Climate Monarchy today and own it for life .
Climate Hustle 2 @ @ @ @ @ So many tell us how tired they are of the unceasing torrent of exaggerations and @ @ @ @ @ push out through an all-too-compliant media .
Buy Climate Hustle 2 on DVD or Blu-Ray @ @ @ @ @ online for a 48 hour rental or buy it for life .
Check out the @ @ @ @ @ hustlers terrified .
CH2 has now been viewed in over 97 countries !
In some @ @ @ @ @ of climate change , while in others the debate has been completely squelched .
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climatedepot--2020-09-30--Watch: ‘Climate Hustle 2’ facing censorship for questioning the narrative  – Marc Morano on Ezra Lev

Watch: ‘Climate Hustle 2’ facing censorship for questioning the narrative  – Marc Morano on Ezra Levant’s Rebel TV

On yesterday ’ s episode of The Ezra Levant Show , Ezra was joined by the producer of Climate Hustle , Marc Morano , to discuss his followup film , Climate Hustle 2 : Rise of the Climate Monarchy .
Marc told Ezra about a discussion he had with an associate who had grown up in the former Czechslovakian Socialist Republic , who told him that the greatest threat to freedom since the fall of the Berlin Wall comes from the overly-ambitious climate justice movement .
Afterwards , Marc gave a preview of the movie — perhaps of the not-too-distant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We open with the COVID/climate connection .
The idea that all the climate leaders — from John Kerry , Al Gore , the U.N. , Greta Thunberg — are lusting and drooling over the solutions of lockdowns .
This is what they ’ ve sought ; this is what they want .
Essentially , our lives are going to be ruled by nameless , faceless , bureaucrats who are doing it “ for our safety ” and “ for the good of the planet ” .
That ’ s why they ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lockdowns , you ’ re going to love the coming climate lockdowns .
Marc also explained how Climate Hustle 2 had faced challenges with censorship for disputing the “ official narrative ” , in the same way that Ezra ’ s China Virus was by Amazon .
Climate Hustle 2 : Rise of the Climate Monarchy has just premiered this week .
You can purchase a ticket to watch online by CLICKING HERE .


climatedepot--2020-09-30--‘Climate emergency’ means house arrest: COVID ‘has revealed the inner-tyrants of many politicians’

`` Under the pretense of a 'climate emergency , ' politicians and bureaucrats will increasingly impose Covid-like restrictions on our jobs , transportation , food choices , housing and much else based the purported need to 'reduce greenhouse gases . '
Not surprisingly , the once Golden State is leading the way .
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission , a government agency in the San Francisco Bay area ... recommends billions of dollars for job training , affordable housing , high-speed internet , adaptions for “ sea-level rise ” ( est .
cost : $ 19 billion ) , “ retrofit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , and “ enable carbon neutrality ” for all existing public and commercial buildings ( $ 18 billion ) .
This central planning scheme also includes this doozy : “ allow a variety of housing types at a range of densities ” including in areas “ with the region ’ s best schools and economic opportunities.
” Translation : public housing projects are coming to suburban communities .
A regional transportation agency in California recently approved a far-reaching societal makeover plan that offers a glimpse into the very near future of America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ruse of dealing with a “ climate emergency.
” The coronavirus pandemic has revealed the inner-tyrants of many politicians across the country with the mandatory closure of “ non-essential ” businesses , schools and churches under the guise of a health emergency .
The top-down government control over the American populace arising from the pandemic is supposed to be temporary , yet it ’ s a warm-up for upcoming climate change policies , and it won ’ t be pretty .
Under the pretense of a “ climate emergency , ” politicians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on our jobs , transportation , food choices , housing and much else based the purported need to “ reduce greenhouse gases.
” Not surprisingly , the once Golden State is leading the way .
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission , a government agency in the San Francisco Bay area , recently voted 11-to-1 to proceed with a multi-billion dollar , 30-year plan to remake the region ’ s transportation network , housing arrangements and much more to reduce carbon emissions .
The commission was not content to stick with transportation issues .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for job training , affordable housing , high-speed internet , adaptions for “ sea-level rise ” ( est .
cost : $ 19 billion ) , “ retrofit ” residential buildings ( $ 15 billion ) , and “ enable carbon neutrality ” for all existing public and commercial buildings ( $ 18 billion ) .
This central planning scheme also includes this doozy : “ allow a variety of housing types at a range of densities ” including in areas “ with the region ’ s best schools and economic opportunities.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to suburban communities .
This progressive cornucopia would not be complete without including a proposal for “ guaranteed income ; ” in this case for $ 500 per month , adjusted by household size and composition and “ paired with tax increases for those outside of the low-income tax bracket.
” That means the Bay Area “ Transportation ” commission wants tax hikes on middle income and working class families ( not just the rich ) , to pay for this estimated $ 205 billion proposal that has nothing to do with highways @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Perhaps the most noticed item in the MTC plan was the proposal to impose “ telecommuting mandates for major office-based employers ” applied to 60 percent of their workforce .
That means if you work in an office , your daily freedom to travel will be restricted to reduce vehicle emissions .
If the MTC prevails , government would force many employers to keep their employees at home , working from a computer .
This is akin to house arrest for most of the week .
One need not enjoy commuting to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of freedom , along with the necessary massive intrusion by climate bureaucrats to enforce this mandate .
Mandating less travel for errands , leisure , conventions and other basic economic activity can not be far behind , since it ’ s an “ emergency.
” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf , a member of the commission , gave the game away .
She believes “ very strongly ” in the telecommuting mandate , and stated , “ There is an opportunity to do things that could not have been done in the past.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that fighting global warming justifies the government to force permanent , disruptive changes previously unthinkable .
Such a radical mindset will not stop at ordering companies to reduce commuting .
The Libby Schaafs in public office throughout this country will inexorably continue their efforts to limit economic freedom and lifestyles based on their religious belief that fighting climate change justifies any government action to the point of tyranny .
Count on it .
Fortunately , this MTC proposal limiting commuting has gotten pushback .
One Google employee told the commission “ we do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lifestyle , ” i.e.
, living like it ’ s a pandemic .
Hopefully , such common sense will not cost this man his job , since climate alarmists run Google .
Others rightly voiced concern about the effect on businesses that that rely on office workers ; indeed , the economic fall-out would be enormous .
As with so many climate plans , no attempt is made to justify or explain how reducing carbon emissions in this one region would have an iota of an impact on the planet ’ s climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this climate plan , including the telecommuting mandate , is the first step in the governmental process toward remaking society .
While such ideas are worthy of ridicule , that alone will not stop Bay Area radicals in public office from forging ahead to become a reckless example designed for the rest of the nation to follow .


climatedepot--2020-10-01--Poll: 64% of Voters in Philly Suburbs Reject Higher Energy Costs for Biden’s Green New Deal – 40% of

Poll: 64% of Voters in Philly Suburbs Reject Higher Energy Costs for Biden’s Green New Deal – 40% of voters ‘aren’t willing to pay a single additional penny in higher electric bills’ & 24% only willing to pay $10 a month more

Joe Biden may be wildly popular in the Delaware Valley , but his energy policies don ’ t enjoy the same support .
In fact , four in 10 voters in the region say they aren ’ t willing to pay a single additional penny in higher electric bills to implement his green energy plans .
The findings are in a new poll released by Delaware Valley Journal this week surveying registered voters in the four-county area .
The poll revealed that Biden has a massive 60 to 35 percent lead over President Trump , but that support doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
... Another 24 percent said they are only willing to pay an additional $ 10 per month .
That ’ s far below the anticipated price tag for switching to a carbon-free energy grid .
... Republican political analyst Charlie Gerow sees potential good news for President Trump in these numbers on energy .
It may be a case , he says , of where “ media hype far out distances conversations around the breakfast table.
” Joe Biden may be wildly popular in the Delaware Valley , but his energy policies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In fact , four in 10 voters in the region say they aren ’ t willing to pay a single additional penny in higher electric bills to implement his green energy plans .
The findings are in a new poll released by Delaware Valley Journal this week surveying registered voters in the four-county area .
The poll revealed that Biden has a massive 60 to 35 percent lead over President Trump , but that support doesn ’ t extend fully to his energy policy .
One of the most contentious issues is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , off-again support for a fracking ban .
It appears , however , that in southeast Pennsylvania , voters aren ’ t motivated by the issue either way .
More than 40 percent of respondents said Biden ’ s position on fracking would impact their votes .
Only about 27 percent of respondents a fracking ban would boost their support for Biden — the same number who said they would be less inclined .
Those responses stand out given that the DVJ poll exhibited a decided left-leaning tilt , with Biden enjoying a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collar region .
Recent statewide polls found a slight majority of Pennsylvanians , 52 percent , favor a fracking ban while 48 percent are opposed .
Delaware Valley residents , however , are adamant about paying higher energy bills to implement the Green New Deal : They ’ re against it .
Despite the apparent popularity of environmental causes in the four-county community , more than 40 percent of respondents said they are unwilling to pay any more in utility bills to enact green policies .
Another 24 percent said they are only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per month .
That ’ s far below the anticipated price tag for switching to a carbon-free energy grid .
Republican political analyst Charlie Gerow sees potential good news for President Trump in these numbers on energy .
It may be a case , he says , of where “ media hype far out distances conversations around the breakfast table.
” “ The area of the state , southeastern Pennsylvania , that benefits from fracking every single day opposes it much more than the areas that are actually taking the gas out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which I just think has to be pointed out , ” Gerow told Delaware Valley Journal .
“ But , it ’ s pretty clear that neither a ban on fracking nor the Green New Deal is moving any votes in Joe Biden ’ s direction , even in the more liberal suburbs of Philadelphia .
And it certainly isn ’ t in the rest of the state .
So , I think that is on balance very , very good news for President Trump.
” For well over a year there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party that the fracking issue might cause an irrevocable split between two key constituencies on the left : environmentalists worried about climate change versus blue-collar union workers who have been on a decades-long train of stable good paying jobs related to energy .
“ In Crucial Pennsylvania , Democrats Worry a Fracking Ban Could Sink Them , ” a headline from the New York Times openly worried .
For example , when Biden picked Kamala Harris as his running mate , it reignited the question over Biden ’ s energy policies , given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fracking ban while she was still a presidential candidate in 2019 .
“ With this pick for vice president , we know exactly where he stands , ” Jim Snell , business manager for the Steamfitters 420 in SEPA told Delaware Valley Journal shortly after Harris was picked .
“ This is a ticket that wants to shut down oil and gas development in Pennsylvania.
” The Steamfitters union has been heavily invested in jobs with the construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline as well as ongoing work at the Marcus Hook @ @ @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-10-01--Alex Epstein: ‘We don’t need to be worried about running out of fossil fuels, we need to be worried

Alex Epstein: ‘We don’t need to be worried about running out of fossil fuels, we need to be worried about running out of freedom’


climatedepot--2020-10-01--UNICEF becomes 3rd UN agency to begin an internal inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse of women

UNICEF becomes 3rd UN agency to begin an internal inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse of women – Claims of rape by UN workers

UNICEF on Wednesday became the third U.N. agency in less than 48-hours to begin an internal inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ) , as claims of rape by U.N. workers threaten to engulf the globalist organization .
The children ’ s fund said it was “ appalled that people who identify as UNICEF workers have reportedly committed abuse against vulnerable women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
” It added that once the internal inquiry is complete , “ There will be serious consequences for any staff who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people .
Earlier Wednesday the International Organization for Migration ( IOM ) said it too was investigating allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by one of its staff during the DRC ’ s Ebola crisis , while the World Health Organization ( W.H.O . )
made a similar announcement Tuesday .
As Breitbart News reported , W.H.O .
has been accused by at least 50 women of a series of sexual attacks in a joint investigation by two news agencies .
Local women were allegedly plied with drinks , “ ambushed ” in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with aid workers , and two became pregnant .
Jobs in return for repeated sexual favors has also been alleged against both men and women .
The allegations cover the period between 2018 and March this year .
“ The actions allegedly perpetrated by individuals identifying themselves as working for W.H.O .
are unacceptable and will be robustly investigated , ” the organization said in a statement .
The Director-General , Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu has initiated a review of the specific allegations , as well as broader protection issues in health emergency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UNICEF said that it “ encourage ( s ) all victims to come forward ” , adding that it has “ strengthened our efforts to prevent , and respond to , sexual exploitation and abuse ” in the past two years and has now sent extra staff to DRC to investigate the latest allegations .
“ Such abuses by U.N. personnel and other humanitarian workers are an outrageous breach of trust with those we are mandated to support , often in very trying humanitarian circumstances , ” the IOM said earlier Wednesday .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ all peace operations deployed by the U.N. for the past 20 years at least .
These behaviours are diverse , ranging from sex trafficking , rape , sodomy , and murder to prostitution , the production of pornography and transactional sex , with differing degrees of coercion , consent and criminality .
In 2014 , almost 100 girls in the Central African Republic said they were sexually abused by international peacekeepers .
The U.N. announced an investigation into allegations of rape and assault .
In 2011 , several Oxfam staff were accused of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be prostitutes in Chad in 2006 .
In 2002 , aid workers for more than 40 agencies , including the UNHCR and Save the Children in West Africa , were involved in extensive sexual exploitation of refugee children , offering food rations in return for favors .
Perpetrators reportedly targeted adults and young vulnerable children , with the primary victims women and children under the age of 18 who are incapable of fighting back against their U.N. blue helmeted-attackers .


climatedepot--2020-10-01--Biden: ‘The Green New Deal is not a bad deal, but it’s not the plan I have—that’s the ‘Biden Green D

Biden: ‘The Green New Deal is not a bad deal, but it’s not the plan I have—that’s the ‘Biden Green Deal’

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