climatedepot--2020-11-05--Google Boosts World Bank’s False Claim That Middle-East Crops Are At Risk

Google Boosts World Bank ’ s False Claim That Middle-East Crops Are At RiskClimate Change Dispatch / 3hIs this article about politics ?
YESNO Google News today is promoting articles ( see the Google-promoted PhysOrg article here , for example ) about a speculative World Bank “ study ” claiming climate change is threatening crop production in the Middle East .
The World Bank study is full of speculation but short on facts .
Real-world data show crop yields per acre and total crop production are consistently and dramatically rising in each of the Middle East countries examined by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , titled “ Water in the Balance , ” the World Bank says , “ [ w ] hile information about water scarcity at present and in the future is available there is little knowledge of what this increasing scarcity means for Middle Eastern … food security .
Agriculture will suffer because of climate change and water scarcity… ” In particular , the World Bank asserts water scarcity caused by climate change will reduce farm production in Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Syria , and Turkey .
The available evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Had the study ’ s authors examined real-world data concerning crop production in the Middle Eastern countries , they would have found , even amidst substantial strife in the region , crop yields , and overall production have increased dramatically .
More food is being produced even has thousands of acres of agricultural lands have been abandoned during regional conflicts .
Data from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization show during the period of modest warming since 1989 : • Cereal crop production in Iraq increased 91 percent , even as the acreage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cereal crop production in Iran increased 187 percent , while the acreage harvested increased by just 2.6 percent .
• Cereal Crop production in Jordanincreased 15 percent , even as the acreage harvested declined 30 percent .
• Cereal Crop production in Syriaincreased 22 percent , even as acreage harvested declined 66 percent .
• Cereal Crop production in Turkeyincreased 46 percent , even though acreage harvested declined 19 percent .
It is clearly good news – and not a climate crisis – that Middle Eastern countries have increased crop production despite the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ embroiled in internal political strife , outright civil warfare , and external conflicts .
That good news is ignored in the World Bank ’ s doom-and-gloom report .
Global warming lengthens growing seasons , reduces frost events , and makes more land suitable for crop production .
Also , carbon dioxide is an aerial fertilizer for plant life .
In addition , crops also use water more efficiently under conditions of higher carbon dioxide , losing less water to transpiration .
The latter fact should have allayed the World Bank ’ s concern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crop failure .
The benefits of more atmospheric carbon dioxide and a modestly warming world have resulted in 17 percent more food being available per person today there was 30 years ago , even as the number of people has grown by billions .
Indeed , the last 20 years have seen the largest decline in hunger , malnutrition , and starvation in human history .
Sorry , World Bank , Google , and PhysOrg , but that does not equate to a climate crisis .
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climatedepot--2020-11-05--New Study Effectively Eliminates Confidence In Human Attribution For Modern ‘Global Warming’ – ‘Unce

New Study Effectively Eliminates Confidence In Human Attribution For Modern ‘Global Warming’ – ‘Uncertainty about 80 times greater than anthropogenic signal detection’

New Study : Gebbie , 2021 : Annual Review of Marine Science - `` Combining Modern and Paleoceanographic Perspectives on Ocean Heat Uptake Annual Review of Marine Science '' - Vol .
13 : - ( Volume publication date January 2021 ) : Excerpts : `` To detect the effects of anthropogenic forcing , it would require energy budget imbalance measurement precision of 0.1 W/m² at the top of the atmosphere ( TOA ) .
Uncertainty in the forcing changes affecting climate are ±4 W/m² , meaning that uncertainty is about 80 times greater than an anthropogenic signal detection .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ocean heat content , such as the last deglaciation , have been 20 times larger than modern changes . ''
The forcing uncertainties and lack of observational measurements in the top-to-bottom global ocean preclude an assessment that modern warmth is due to anthropogenic activities .
• 93 % of the changes to the Earth ’ s energy budget , manifested as warming of the Earth system , are expressed in the global ocean .
Just 1 % of global warming is atmospheric .
• Even with the advent of “ quasi-global ” temperature @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ARGO ) , these floats “ do not measure below 2,000-m depth.
” This means that temperature changes in “ approximately half the ocean ’ s volume ” are still not being measured today .
• To detect the effects of anthropogenic forcing , it would require energy budget imbalance measurement precision of 0.1 W/m² at the top of the atmosphere ( TOA ) .
Uncertainty in the forcing changes affecting climate are ±4 W/m² , meaning that uncertainty is about 80 times greater than an anthropogenic signal detection .
• Past changes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the last deglaciation , have been 20 times larger than modern changes .
• Ocean heat storage during the Medieval Warm Period ( Medieval Climate Anomaly , or MCA ) was much greater than modern .
Modern global ocean heat uptake is “ just one-third ” of what is required to reach the levels attained during Medieval times .
One final point .
Dr. Gebbie asserts that approximately 15 % of modern global warming ( ocean ) can be attributed to geothermal heat fluxes through the sea floor that “ persistently heat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assesses that the value attained for geothermal heating of the ocean , 87 mW/m² , is similar to that which is required to end a glacial period ( melt ice sheets ) and transition into an interglacial .
Considering the ocean bottom waters warmed up 2°C from 19,000 to 17,000 years ago about 1,000 years before the surface warmed ( and CO2 began rising ) ( Stott et al.
, 2007 ) , and that Arctic bottom waters were 6-10°C warmer than today at the beginning of the Holocene about 10,000 years ago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , geothermal heat fluxes could potentially explain a large portion of glacial-interglacial transitions – as well as millennial-scale global ocean temperature changes .

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climatedepot--2020-11-05--Biden vows to rejoin Paris climate pact on first day of presidency

What are the details ?
The former vice president tweeted the news on the same day that the United States officially withdrew from the landmark climate change agreement .
President Trump began the process of withdrawal last year , but it finalized Wednesday .
“ Today , the Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Agreement .
And in exactly 77 days , a Biden Administration will rejoin it , ” Biden tweeted .
Should Biden win the presidency and recommit the country to the agreement , it would mark one of likely many Trump initiatives that Biden would seek @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in office .
President Trump has been a staunch critic of the United States ’ participation in the international agreement , which commenced under the Obama administration , arguing it “ hamstrings the United States while empowering some of the world ’ s top-polluting countries.
” The agreement , which aims to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and limit global temperature rise , would require the U.S. to reduce its emissions by 28 % below 2005 levels by 2025 , while other countries such as China are required to do comparatively little .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ has made tackling climate change , one of the most important issues to the left wing of the Democratic Party , a central part of his campaign .
He outlined a $ 1.7 trillion plan to invest in clean energy infrastructure over the next decade and in May tapped progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( N.Y. ) to lead his campaign ’ s climate change task force and promote the “ Green New Deal.
” On his website , Biden calls climate change an “ existential threat — not just to our environment , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , our national security , and our economic well-being ” and vowed not only to recommit the U.S. to the Paris agreement but to “ go much further than that.
” He warned during a campaign event last month that four more years of Trump would lead to the utter destruction of America ’ s suburbs through “ hellish ” fires , floods , hurricanes , and superstorms .


climatedepot--2020-11-05--The Guardian: A Biden Presidency would Crack Down on Climate ‘Cheats’

The Guardian fantasising how Biden might use the USA ’ s economic might to bully other nations on climate policy .
Biden as president would pursue climate ‘ cheaters ’ – and Australia could be among them Scott Morrison has resisted a call to action from the UK – but the US would be hard to ignore Whether Donald Trump loses or wins the presidential election , the US will officially withdraw from the Paris agreement on Wednesday .
The US intention to withdraw was announced in mid-2017 and , exactly one year ago , formal notification was sent to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ four years of winding back climate action and the systematic dismantling of pollution safeguards across the country .
Within his first 100 days , Biden has committed to convene a climate world summit to directly engage the leaders of the major carbon-emitting nations of the world to persuade them to join the United States in making more ambitious national pledges , above and beyond the commitments they have already made .
From the US , we could see a new , more ambitious emission reduction target than its underwhelming 26-28 % by 2025 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s because Australia has the exact same underwhelming target range but for 2030 , and without the desire to improve it ) .
Importantly , Biden will pursue countries seen as “ cheating ” on climate action , using “ America ’ s economic leverage and power of example ” .
Given the Morrison government ’ s insistence on using leftover carbon credits to avoid any credible emission reductions over the next decade – dubbed by the former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres as “ cheating ” and by numerous Australian law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a target of that pursuit .
Morrison claims , “ Our policies won ’ t be set in the United Kingdom , they won ’ t be set in Brussels , they won ’ t be set in any part of the world other than here.
” I wouldn ’ t be so sure .
When former president Obama pressured the Abbott government to do more on climate change in 2014 , it had an impact .
Let ’ s see what happens when Washington calls again .
Richie Merzian is director @ @ @ @ @ @ @ independent think-tank The Australia Institute


climatedepot--2020-11-05--Disappointing: Trump admin picks warmist scientist to head new National Climate Assessment

Washington Post : “ The next National Climate Assessment , the federal government ’ s most definitive and comprehensive report on climate change and its consequences for the United States , will be directed by atmospheric scientist Betsy Weatherhead.
” WaPo : Weatherhead “ accepts human-induced climate change is happening and is a serious physical , ecological and economic threat.
” Morano : Here ’ s the problem , Betsy Weatherhead was “ picked by Kelvin Droegemeier , director of the White House ’ s Office of Science and Technology Policy and a Trump appointee , Weatherhead is to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the career civil service… ” Morano : “ Sad , but not surprising to see Trump admin .
fail once again to challenge National Climate Assessment .
Kelvin Droegemeier strikes again .
Poor pick for Trump.
” Morano : “ Droegemeier has proven to be a wasted pick for Trump .
He is a science bureaucrat best known for dodging any opportunity to go on record with his views on climate .
He clearly does not want to be associated with any Admin .
that would dare challenge so-called climate ‘ consensus.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ it does not matter much now .
Trump admin lost a historic opportunity to challenge the scientific claims made by National Climate Assessment , IPCC , etc .
And all of Trump ’ s overturning of Obama ’ s climate policies will be reversed in the coming year.
” Morano : “ What an additional punch in the eye by Trump admin to climate skeptics & science to pick a “ mainstream ” scientists ( as WaPO describes Weatherhead ) to lead National Climate Assessment.
” “ Here is the past National Climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disgrace .
Fed climate con job : Obama ’ s UN Paris negotiator & green activists helped prepare dire federal climate report :


climatedepot--2020-11-06--A Republican Senate Will Keep Biden in Check? Oh, Please! – ‘Romney is poster child for present-day

A Republican Senate Will Keep Biden in Check? Oh, Please! – ‘Romney is poster child for present-day GOP Senate: pandering, feckless, disloyal, & weak’

If you ’ re disappointed with Mitch McConnell and company now , just wait until next year if Joe Biden is president .
In February 2020 , Mitt Romney became the first U.S. senator in history to vote to convict the president of his own party .
Despite a laughable impeachment case concocted by House Democrats and clear evidence of corruption tied to the Democratic presidential candidate whom the impeachment effort was designed to protect , Romney nonetheless supported the removal of Donald Trump from the White House .
“ My faith is at the heart of who I am @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claimed while working up tears from the Senate floor on February 5 .
“ The grave question the Constitution tasks senators to answer is whether the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of high crime and misdemeanor .
Yes , he did.
” about : blank But Romney didn ’ t just pontificate about the president ’ s behavior .
In that very same soliloquy , Romney defended the actions of both Joe and Hunter Biden .
“ Taking excessive advantage of his father ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not a crime.
” Romney concluded , therefore , that since no crime had been committed by the Bidens , in his opinion , the president ’ s request that Ukrainian officials look into their shady business dealings was “ political.
” With that , Mitt Romney secured his place in political history for something other than losing two campaigns for president .


climatedepot--2020-11-06--CEO Of UK’s National Health Service: COVID-19 is ‘most pressing…but undoubtedly climate change poses

CEO Of UK’s National Health Service: COVID-19 is ‘most pressing…but undoubtedly climate change poses the most profound long-term threat to the health of the nation’

`` 2020 has been dominated by COVID-19 and is the most pressing health emergency facing us .
But undoubtedly climate @ @ @ @ @ long-term threat to the health of the nation . ''
-- Sir Simon Stevens - @ @ @ @ @ England & NHS Improvement ( National Health Service ) .
Via Lockdown skeptics : Sir @ @ @ @ @ be tweeted saying , to paraphrase – “ you thought COVID-19 was bad , but @ @ @ @ @ change down your throat ” simply beggars belief .
The ‘ Great Reset ’ : @ @ @ @ @ ’ – COVID-Climate Technocracy has arrived – ‘ The danger of letting lab coats run @ @ @ @ @ Report No dissent allowed : COVID debate apes climate debate : Physician compares people who @ @ @ @ @ , vaccines – to patients with severe psychosis Covid , Climate Change , and Government @ @ @ @ @ OF FEAR THREATEN OUR LIBERTIES ’


climatedepot--2020-11-06--No dissent allowed: COVID debate apes climate debate: Physician compares people who disagree on COVI

No dissent allowed: COVID debate apes climate debate: Physician compares people who disagree on COVID, masks, vaccines – to patients with severe psychosis

Former NYT reporter Alex Berenson comments on study : `` PHYSICIAN comparing people who disagree with his views on masks or vaccines to patients with Capgras syndrome ( a severe psychosis where you believe the people around you are actually imposters . ''
Physicist Dr. Denis Rancourt comments : `` This is the most unethical publication I have seen in a scientific journal in my lifetime .
Psychosis advanced to `` explain '' mask and COVID skeptics !
I conclude : Medicine is a sick profession , in need of treatment . ''
Bruce L. Miller , MD , published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( JAMA ) on November 2 , 2020 : `` The US public health response to coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ) has been dismal , characterized by antimask behavior , antivaccine beliefs , conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19 , and vocal support by elected officials for unproven therapies ...
The content of false beliefs in dementia with Lewy bodies and frontotemporal dementia differ but may offer insights into the shared neural mechanisms by which humans misperceive information .
... A recognized manifestation of dementia with Lewy bodies is Capgras syndrome @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one has been replaced by an impostor .
Capgras is associated with dysfunction in the retrosplenial cortex , a brain region involved with encoding familiarity , and the right frontal cortex , a region involved with belief evaluation .
In frontotemporal dementia , visual processing is intact , making Capgras rare , but other false beliefs occur .
Sometimes , these patients believe they have won the lottery , leading them to spend money they do not have .
With dementia with Lewy bodies , misbelief begins with a faulty perception of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MD , published in Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ) on November 2 , 2020 : ( Miller is affiliated with the Memory and Aging Center , Department of Neurology , Weill Institute for Neurosciences , University of California , San Francisco ) JAMA Study : “ Science Denial and COVID Conspiracy Theories – Potential Neurological Mechanisms and Possible Responses ” “ The US public health response to coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ) has been dismal , characterized by antimask behavior , antivaccine beliefs , conspiracy theories about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by elected officials for unproven therapies .
Less than half of the people in the US heed health recommendations to wear a mask when out in public…Low science literacy contributes to denial of science .
The relationship between antiscience viewpoints and low science literacy underscores new findings regarding the brain mechanisms that form and maintain false beliefs.
” False beliefs are common in neurodegenerative disorders , particularly dementia with Lewy bodies and frontotemporal dementia .
In neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders , false beliefs range from accusations of theft , delusions of grandeur , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of false beliefs in dementia with Lewy bodies and frontotemporal dementia differ but may offer insights into the shared neural mechanisms by which humans misperceive information .
A recognized manifestation of dementia with Lewy bodies is Capgras syndrome , the false belief that a loved one has been replaced by an impostor .
Capgras is associated with dysfunction in the retrosplenial cortex , a brain region involved with encoding familiarity , and the right frontal cortex , a region involved with belief evaluation .
In frontotemporal dementia , visual processing is intact , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beliefs occur .
Sometimes , these patients believe they have won the lottery , leading them to spend money they do not have .
With dementia with Lewy bodies , misbelief begins with a faulty perception of a face….Conspiracy theories may bring security and calm , as with the patient with frontotemporal dementia who is content to believe they are rich .
This problem is magnified by social media because before the internet , conspiracy theories usually remained siloed and quickly died off due to lack of supporters .


climatedepot--2020-11-06--A Bipartisan Climate Policy? It Could Happen Under a Biden Administration, Washington Veterans Say

Many environmentalists hoped that Joe Biden would become the FDR of climate change .
But if , as seems likely , Biden emerges as the winner of a deeply divisive presidential election , in which the Republican Party retains control of the Senate , it is more likely he will need the skills of an LBJ .
And climate policy , in a Biden era , could end up looking more like President Lyndon Baines Johnson ’ s hard-fought civil rights legislation than President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ’ s sweeping New Deal , say veterans of Washington ’ s energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a $ 2 trillion climate plan , the most ambitious ever proposed by a major party candidate , the Democrats were aiming to pick up the three Senate seats they needed for a majority that would support Biden ’ s plan .
And although that is still a distant possibility , the results from Tuesday ’ s election so far show Republicans have held onto contested seats in Maine , Montana , Iowa and South Carolina , and remain ahead in Alaska and North Carolina .
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Every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Now the Democrats ’ best chance to gain full control of Congress is to win both of the two Senate runoff races set for January in Georgia , a state that has not elected a Democratic senator since 1997 .
If Republicans maintain Senate control , any Biden climate legislation would have to get past Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , a skilled legislative blockader and a longtime Kentucky ally of the coal industry .
But industry and environmental advocates alike say that Biden , who spent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is uniquely suited to the challenge of dealing with McConnell—and with former colleagues of both parties .
They are anticipating that Biden will be able to do more in the face of a hostile Congress than did President Barack Obama , who relied on a series of executive actions on climate that President Donald Trump has spent the past four years overturning .
Climate policy watchers expect Biden to engage Capitol Hill on green stimulus and Covid relief , including measures that already enjoy bipartisan support like infrastructure , farm aid and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and storage .
And perhaps , packaged with the right incentives , that might even include economy-wide legislation that puts a price on carbon .
At least one Capitol Hill veteran argues that partisan disadvantage may be an advantage in the long run , for the stability of climate policy .
When one party controls both the White House and Congress , “ there ’ s a tendency to want to run it down the left-hand side of the field , ” said Bob Inglis , a former Republican Congressman from South Carolina @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a conservative climate action group .
“ And then when the pendulum swings , it can be undone .
A divided government situation may give rise to the best opportunity for a durable climate solution.
” Although extended post-election legal wrangling looms , thanks to Trump ’ s legal challenges to the vote counts in states where he is foundering , climate action advocates already are looking ahead to what policy options would be open to Biden if his narrow electoral advantage holds .
“ We have to make sure that political victories @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racial justice policies , ” said Gene Karpinski , president of the League of Conservation Voters , which spent more than $ 100 million in an effort to defeat Trump and elect pro-environmental candidates all down the ballot .


climatedepot--2020-11-06--US Conflicted over Green Energy – ‘Tied to persistent blackouts in California’

US Conflicted over Green EnergyScience Matters / by Ron Clutz / 22hIs this article about sustainable development ?
YESNO Joel Kotkin writes at Real Clear Energy Democrats ’ Energy Dilemma .
Excerpts in italics with my bolds .
The biggest challenge facing a putative first-term Joe Biden administration and the Democratic Party may lie with energy policy , where gentry and green wishful thinking confront the daily realities of millions of middle- and working-class Americans .
Democrats could choose a climate policy that allows for gradual change – for example , transitioning from coal to natural gas – and consider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plants , while keeping the productive economy afloat .
But Biden , despite some wriggling about fracking on private land , just last week committed himself to the gradualeradication of the fossil fuel industry .
His running mate , Senator Kamala Harris , is beloved by California ’ s extremist greens .
Already , in anticipation of a Democratic sweep , utilities are putting some natural gas projects on hold – threatening a powerful growth engine in places like Pennsylvania and Ohio .
If Biden continues to embrace the basic thrust of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ full-bore socialist program , the impact could be devastating for manufacturing areas that compete with China , which depend largely on natural gas , coal , and nuclear power to keep costs down .
These state economies can not fantasize , as some do in California , that the resulting social costs will be paid for by the wealthy digerati ; lacking sufficient numbers of the rich and famous , these states will be hit hard , and fast .
If , as seems likely , victorious Democrats enact legislation broadly derived from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – and economic disruption – seems inevitable .
Biden and Harris have been almost comically inconsistent in their statements about fracking , but they ’ re certainly hostile to it : if they win the White House and pursue a ban , it would likely drivehigher prices for energy , reduce national energy self-sufficiency , and cause massive job loss among a large number of Americans , particularly in key states like Ohio and Pennsylvania .
Energy effects so many other things – our daily bills , whether an employer locates in our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and is thus a far broader issue , in terms of its consequences , than , say , abortion or race reparations , which often appeal to limited , albeit passionate , constituencies .
Energy policy is certain to fracture the Democrats along ideological , class , and geographic lines .
In the past , Democrats tried to appeal toworkers and communities connected to the oil and gas industries .
Over the past decade or so , these constituencies have generally expanded ; they tend to be unionized and well-paid .
Yet today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Atomic Workers , once a militantly left union , have far less influence on Democratic politics , while the Sierra Club and its allies among the tech oligarchs and , increasingly on Wall Street , have much more .
You don ’ t have to be Karl Marx to see the reasons why financial and tech moguls support a restrictive energy regime despite the challenges posed by the high cost and intermittent nature of renewable energy .
Being “ green ” is great if you make such stupendous profits that a few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t make much difference to your bottom line .
And besides , both Wall Street and the tech moguls have become heavy investors in “ green ” energy schemes that , due to subsidies and tax breaks , guarantee virtually assured profits .
The “ Brahmin left ” – as economist Thomas Picketty puts it – benefits politically and economically from centrally imposed scarcity , under the pretext of “ human survival.
” These interests – notably the tech elites – have lined up massively behind Biden ’ s exceedingly well-funded campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Kamala Harris , as California attorney general , was an aggressive enforcer of California ’ s often-draconian climate and planning laws .
In adopting an ultra-green perspective , Democrats have made a choice to favor their backers among the fantastically rich and on Wall Street , who can use green investments to correct their increasingly low standing among the masses .
Get rich , go green – and preen.Tech elites and their Wall Street allies – as opposed to populists like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren – were clear winners of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the green energy agenda doesn ’ t harmonize easily with the notion of Democrats as the “ party of the people.
” It represents a direct threat to the party ’ s once-vital working-class base .
In the past , Democratic voters came in large part from the working class .
Today , Democrats do better among well-educated “ knowledge workers ” and the prestigious companies that employ them .
This leads some progressives to believe that white working-class voters are no longer critical to the party ’ s chances .
This voting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it still constitutes as much as 44 percent of the electorate , Democratic strategist Ruy Teixeira points out .
These voters provided a critical boost to President Obama ’ s electoral success and later to Donald Trump ’ s .
Teixeira argues that theDemocratic focus on cultural and green issues , as opposed to more lunch-bucket concerns , has limited appeal to the working class .
Certainly extreme environmental policies , as seen in California , hurt poor and minority populations – and electric-car production and solar plants pose their own , though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and working-class voters may say that they want a cleaner climate – and most do want something done about climate change – but generally , they consider environmental issues low priority , and they tend to beskeptical of the costs associated with ambitious programs like the Green New Deal .
Democrats may feel that minorities will support anything the party proposes as long as racism is invoked , but “ people of color ” are also people with their own economic interests and families to support .
Today , barely 58 % of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a 2016 Economic Policy Institute study , nonwhites will become the majority of the working class by 2032 .
In Green New Deal states like California , policies have increased “ energy poverty ” and taken away good blue-collar jobs , particularly for the heavily Latino working class .
Energy policy is unlikely to turn California and most coastal states red ( unless you ’ re using the traditional political meaning of that color ) .
The potential havoc is clearer , though , in parts of the country where low energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the economy .
One can only imagine the damage to the Democratic Party when , despite promises to the contrary , Biden and his presumed heir Harris eventually find a way to “ ban ” through regulations fracking in places like Texas , North Dakota , Ohio , West Virginia , and Pennsylvania .
In Texas alone , by some estimates , 1 million jobs would be lost .
Overall , according to a Chamber of Commerce report , a full ban would cost 14 million jobs , far more than the 8 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The effects will be particularly severe in the Rust Belt , still the fulcrum of American politics .
Trump may be underperforming in high-end suburbs , but he ’ s still doing well in once-Democratic parts of the Midwest , such as Minnesota ’ s mining country .
Beyond the extractive industries , far bigger sectors – logistics , agriculture , and manufacturing – would face serious problems with intermittent and expensive “ green energy , ” as a recent MIT report suggests .
These policies have already been tied to persistent blackouts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to depend on imported energy and delayed its planned decommissioning of gas plants .
These realities may not be enough to save Donald Trump at the polls , but over time , they could further alienate voters in a broad swath of states that generally determine the country ’ s political future .
Ultimately , the test for Joe Biden , and his party , lies in the old union slogan : “ Which side are you on ?
” If Democrats adhere blindly to California ’ s Ecotopian absolutism , glasses may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and in San Francisco , but “ the party of the people ” will surrender its historic legacy – perhaps permanently .


climatedepot--2020-11-06--GWPF calls for urgent inquiry into rising blackout risk, threatening national security

GWPF calls for urgent inquiry into rising blackout risk , threatening national securityThe Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) / by bennypeiser / 1h Britain faces an energy emergency as lack of wind exposes tottering electricity system , rescued by coal London , 6 November : The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) is today calling on MPs to start an urgent inquiry into the economic and national security implications of the growing fragility of the UK electricity system .
For two days running , ( 4th and 5th November ) , National Grid , UK ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the form of an Electricity Margin Notice , alerting the markets to a reduced system margin .
In large part this is due to low levels of wind power as a result of a very large high pressure system that covers the whole of the UK , bringing the first frosts of the winter .
At peak load on the 4th of November the UK ’ s entire transmission connected wind fleet of 18,000 MW in capacity was providing a mere 17 % of its possible output ( 3,000 MW ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ remaining coal plants stepped in and provided over 2,264 MW of generation , alongside other conventional forms of generation .
For a government that claims to be “ Powering Past Coal ” this is deeply embarrassing .
The UK ’ s electricity sector is now so fragile that a normal weather event causes it to wilt like a hothouse plant left out in the frost , and the prospects for the future are deeply troubling .
Much of the conventional capacity that has been stabilising the system in the last two days , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closure in the drive towards Net Zero .
This hasty policy has long looked overambitious , it now appears dangerous as well as ruinously expensive .
The government has become a hostage to renewables industry lobbyists , inside and outside Westminster , and will not spontaneously initiate an inquiry into the threat to energy and national security or admit failure .
The GWPF is calling for MPs to initiate their own investigation of the perilous state of the United Kingdom ’ s electricity system .
Amongst the questions that MPs should be asking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Grid caught out by the weather , and how much has their mistake cost consumers ?
2 ) How can we quickly pause and unwind the increasingly dangerous reliance on renewables and wind power ?
3 ) Does the UK have to extend the lives of coal and older gas generators in order to limit the risk of security of supply and control consumer costs ?
4 ) Should the UK create a market that delivers a long-term cost-minimisation strategy for electricity ?
For technical and background information see “ Colder weather and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The post GWPF calls for urgent inquiry into rising blackout risk , threatening national security appeared first on The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .SHAREVISIT WEBSITE


climatedepot--2020-11-06--Scientists ‘surprised’ that coral reefs recover after bleaching

Scientists ‘ surprised ’ that coral reefs recover after bleachingThe Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) / by bennypeiser / 1h “ We were expecting to see widespread mortality , and we just didn ’ t see it ….
” Scientists inspect healthy coral on the slope of Clerke Reef at the Rowley Shoals .
( Supplied : Department Of Biodiversity , Conservation And Attractions ) It was a depressing , if expected inevitability when Western Australia ’ s Rowley Shoals showed the first signs of mass coral bleaching earlier this year , but a follow-up survey has found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the reef ’ s near-pristine health — at least for now .
Tom Holmes , the marine monitoring coordinator at the WA Department of Biodiversity , Conservation and Attractions , said that while his team was still processing the data , it appeared the coral had pulled off an “ amazing ” return towards health over the past six months .
“ We were expecting to see widespread mortality , and we just didn ’ t see it … which is a really amazing thing , ” Dr Holmes said.Dr Tom Holmes prepares @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Australia .
( Supplied : DBCA ) The survey was a follow-up to one conducted in April that found as much as 60 per cent of corals on some Rowley Shoals reefs had bleached after the most widespread marine heatwave since reliable satellite monitoring began in 1993 .
It has long been known that high sea temperatures cause coral bleaching which can kill coral — as seen by the devastation of the Great Barrier Reef off the Queensland coast — but what is less well known is that bleached corals do not die @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bleaches , it ’ s actually just a sign of initial stress , ” Dr Holmes said .
However , corals rely on these microscopic algae as a food source and can not survive for long without them .
“ If that stress continues for a long time and those corals remain white , then it can lead to mortality , ” Dr Holmes said .
“ But there are some cases of bleaching around the world where … that stress hasn ’ t continued for a long time , and the corals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back in from the water.
” Dr Holmes believes that vital time gap between bleaching and dying created a chance for the reefs to recover at the Rowley Shoals , a chain of three coral atolls 300 kilometres off Broome on the edge of Australia ’ s continental shelf .
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climatedepot--2020-11-06--Colder weather and low winds expose UK electricity system weakness & cost due to climate mandates

Colder weather and low winds expose UK electricity system weaknessThe Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) / by John Constable / 1hIs this article about foreign policy ?
YESNO The sudden onset of cold weather has brought more clear evidence that the United Kingdom ’ s wind-dominated Electricity System is weak and extremely expensive to run .
A high pressure system has resulted in unexpectedly low levels of wind power , low temperatures , and higher demand .
Consequently , generation margins are low , resulting in repeated System Warnings from National Grid .
Nuclear and fossil fuels , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , are stabilising the system .
There has been no interruption of supply , but with both gas and coal stations set to close as part of the low carbon transition the future looks dark and unaffordable .
The Government is compromised and unable to address the imminent disaster .
In the national interest , MPs must institute their own inquiry .
The United Kingdom is currently near the centre of a very large high pressure system , extending from the mid- North Atlantic to Moscow .
High pressure systems bring low winds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ running , on the 4th and the 5th November , National Grid , UK ’ s Electricity System Operator has issued System Warnings in the form of an Electricity Margin Notice , alerting the markets to a generation margin shortfall .
This is largely due to low levels of wind power resulting from the high pressure system .
The purpose of such System Warnings is to bring forward generation or controllable demand and thus reduce the risk to security of supply .
The warnings were successful in this respect , and at 13.00 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warning .
Demand peaked on this day at about 43 GW , as can be seen in this chart from the market data provider , Elexon , which shows contributions from the various fuels and interconnectors by half hour settlement period .
The figure shows all 48 half-hourly settlement periods on the 4th of November and 47 settlement periods on the 5th .
The UK ’ s 18,000 MW of wind capacity was providing only 17 % of its possible output ( 3,000 MW ) , shown in the royal blue bars in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was met by 6 GW of nuclear and 23 GW of Combined Cycle Gas Turbines ( CCGT ) , which is nearly the whole 27 GW CCGT fleet currently in the market .
There were also critically important contributions over the peak hours from the last of the UK ’ s remaining coal plants , which provided over 2,264 MW of generation ( black bars in the chart above ) .
Other notable contributions included 355 MW of fast reacting Open Cycle Gas Turbines , and 1,642 MW of pumped hydro storage .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ responded to National Grid ’ s System Warning asking for notification of additional capacity .
In the evening of the 4th , National Grid issued a second Margin Notice announcing a shortfall for the peak demand on the 5th , a warning that was confirmed at 10.00 the following morning .
One supplier , Octopus , began emailing Time of Use Meter customers with an offer : if they were prepared to reduce their consumption between 16.30 and 18.30 by half or more over the peak period , then the remaining electricity would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to bundle this demand reduction and sell it to National Grid for a price that would more than cover the offer of unbilled consumption .
Many others will have offered their services , and at National Grid cancelled at 14.00 , indicating that sufficient generation and controllable demand had been obtained .
Wind power on the 5th was even less effective than the 4th .
During the ramp up in demand from 16.00 onwards wind input was just over 2 GW , just over 10 % of the fleet ’ s potential output @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ever since the early hours of the previous day , was generating 2 GW and itself ramping up with demand , as was gas fired generation .
As can be seen above in Figure 1 , demand peaked at about 43 GW in settlement period 35 .
Coal was providing about 2,250 MW at this time , with Combined Cycle Gas Turbines some 23,000 MW , Nuclear 6,200 MW , Pumped Storage at 1,782 MW , and OCGT a striking 870 MW .
From its vast installed capacity wind delivered 2,083 MW , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In spite of the lamentable performance of wind power there was no system failure .
The much depleted , demoralised and despised conventional generators saved the day .
The United Kingdom ’ s government continues to boast of “ Powering Past Coal ” , [ 3 ] while as a matter of fact relying on this fuel , and indeed on fossil fuels and conventional energy generally , including nuclear , to guarantee security of electricity supply .
How much longer that can continue is questionable .
As recently as 2018 there were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the UK , but this had fallen to 6,800 MW in 2019 .
[ 4 ] Over that year the remaining units at Cottam ( 2 GW ) , Aberthaw ( 1.6 GW ) also closed , shortly followed by 1.5 GW of Fiddler ’ s Ferry in March this year , and 230 MW at the smaller Uskmouth station .
This leaves at present only units 1 , 2 , and 4 at West Burton ( 1.5 GW ) , the 4 units of Ratcliffe ( 2 GW ) and units @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GW ) , a total of 4.8 GW .
A sizeable part of that remaining coal capacity was active on the 4th , Ratcliffe providing about 1 GW , West Burton just under 900 MW and Drax somewhat under 650 MW .
On the 5th the pattern was repeated .
None of this coal plant is scheduled to remain in the market for much longer , and timely replacement is far from guaranteed , for coal is not the only high-quality generator type being driven from the system by policy .
The markets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coercions , particularly support for renewables , that even gas generators are struggling .
In August this year , the administrators of the failed Calon Energy suspended operation at two large gas-fired power stations , the twenty year old Sutton Bridge ( 800 MW ) , and the only 10 year old Severn Power ( 850 MW ) .
One of the administrators explained that : Neither Sutton Bridge nor Severn Power are in the markets at present .
The UK electricity supply industry is in a sad and embarrassing condition .
Government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a third-rate generator that would never have grown to its current levels in a market driven by economics in the consumer interest and constrained by engineering .
The wager has been lost , and this was not only foreseeable but was foreseen .
As a matter of fact , it has long been understood that even large wind fleets would be almost completely becalmed as a result of extensive high pressure systems .
As long ago as 2008 , Oswald , Raine and Ball , in a now classic paper in Energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ model output from a large distributed UK wind fleet and predicted exactly what we have seen in the last few days .
Commenting on a weather chart showing a high pressure system sitting over the UK they wrote : These findings have been repeatedly confirmed , most recently by Linnemann and Valana in 2017 who wrote : None of this advice has been heeded by the British government , and though National Grid ’ s current difficulties were predicted repeatedly by many engineers and analysts , no corrective action was taken and these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ becoming a regular and indeed a normal part of system operation .
A key indicator of this fact is that UK electricity system balancing costs have risen sharply since the introduction of renewables began in 2002 and are still on a rising trend .
Balancing Services Use of System ( BSUOS ) charges were just under £400 million per year in 2002 , topped £1 billion a year in 2014 , were £1.4 billion last year and are on track to be around £1.8 billion this year .
Figure 3 .
Balancing Services @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2002 to 2020 .
Red indicates actual recorded costs , grey the author ’ s estimate for the remainder of 2020 .
Source : Data from BM Reports , chart by the author .
And this increase in cost is charged to a sharply declining quantity of electricity consumed , 320 TWh in 2002 and down to slightly under 260 TWh in 2019 , meaning that the balancing cost per unit of electricity supplied to consumers has increased by over 400 % in nominal terms .
The fact that electricity consumption has fallen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should be a matter of deep concern , but it is easily explained .
In 2002 subsidies to renewables were trivial , today they are £10 billion per year and still rising .
Add to this sum the system management charges and it is no wonder that electricity is becoming unaffordable .
This is in effect price rationing .
With every passing moment it becomes more expensive to paper over the cracks in British energy policy , and there is now a clear and pressing risk to national well-being and security .
Government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and in particular with wind power , is to blame .
Apart from its high capex and opex , wind power is very difficult to manage , with a geographical distribution and an output profile that pays no regard to consumer or system management needs .
The current crisis provides a perfect example .
In the ten days prior to the System Margin notice ( 27th October to 3rd November ) UK consumers paid wind generators over £18 million to reduce generation , over £6 million a day on two occasions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was actually required , wind power was mostly absent without leave , except in some parts of Scotland where it was still surplus to requirements .
Indeed , in a delicious irony , during the very moments of peak demand on the 4th of November , when coal , and pumped storage and aeroderivative OCGT turbines were propping up a cold windless Britain , we were still paying wind turbines in Scotland a total of £40,000 an hour to reduce output , with a grand total of £500,000 over the 4th of November @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the £1 billion Western Link interconnector between Scotland and England that was designed to prevent such payments .
It is now plain to see that the UK electricity industry is a chaotic joke , with the consumer and the national interest sacrificed repeatedly to save government face and the revenues of the renewables industry .
It is unlikely that the Department of Business , Energy and Industrial Strategy ( BEIS ) has any remaining will power to tackle the situation , and the Secretary of State himself , Alok Sharma , is compromised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COP 26 climate negotiations next year .
He will do nothing .
As a result , it is now up to Parliament to force government ’ s hand and demand a cold-hearted , root and branch inquiry into the grotesquely expensive mess on which the United Kingdom relies for electricity .
MPs should be asking narrowly focused questions about the immediate problems : * Why was National Grid caught out by a foreseeable high pressure system bringing low wind ?
* What is the total cost to consumers of buying generation on and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But they should also put the entire renewables-based Net Zero policy agenda into the spotlight .
We have squeaked through this time , but the future is looking extremely uncertain : * Do we need to extend the lives of coal and older gas generators in order to control consumer costs and limit risks to security of supply ?
* Are renewables paying their share of fixing the management problems they cause ?
* Are system management costs out of control ?
* How can we unwind our now obviously mistaken commitment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How do we change course and create a market that delivers a long-term UK cost-minimisation strategy for electricity ?
[ 7 ] Thomas Linnemann and G. S. Vallana , “ Wind Energy in Germany and Europe ” , VGB Powertech 8 ( 2017 ) , 70–79 .
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climatedepot--2020-11-07--Biden declared winner by media, vowing new direction as President for divided US

WASHINGTON ( AP ) — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday , positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil .
His victory came after more than three days of uncertainty as election officials sorted through a surge of mail-in votes that delayed the processing of some ballots .
Biden crossed 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania .
Trump refused to concede , threatening further legal action on ballot counting .
Biden , 77 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distinctive political ideology than on galvanizing a broad coalition of voters around the notion that Trump posed an existential threat to American democracy .
The strategy proved effective , resulting in pivotal victories in Michigan and Wisconsin as well as Pennsylvania , onetime Democratic bastions that had flipped to Trump in 2016 .
Biden , in a statement , said he was humbled by the victory and it was time for the battered nation to set aside its differences .
“ It ’ s time for America to unite .
And to heal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the campaign over , it ’ s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation , ” Biden said .
“ There ’ s nothing we can ’ t do if we do it together.
” Biden was on track to win the national popular vote by more than 4 million , a margin that could grow as ballots continue to be counted .
Trump was not giving up .
Departing from longstanding democratic tradition and signaling a potentially turbulent transfer of power , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was on his Virginia golf course .
It said his campaign would take unspecified legal actions and he would “ not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands.
” Trump has pointed to delays in processing the vote in some states to allege with no evidence that there was voter fraud and to argue that his rival was trying to seize power — an extraordinary charge by a sitting president trying to sow doubt about a bedrock democratic process .


climatedepot--2020-11-07--Biden announcing COVID task force – Claims voters have ‘given us a mandate for action on COVID, the

Biden announcing COVID task force – Claims voters have ‘given us a mandate for action on COVID, the economy, climate change, systemic racism’

Joe Biden plans Monday to name a 12-member task force to combat and contain the spread of the coronavirus , sources tell Axios .
Why it matters : By announcing a COVID task force even before unveiling his senior White House staff or a single cabinet appointment , Biden is signaling that addressing the coronavirus will be the immediate priority for his transition , and then his potential administration .
• While Biden still hasn ’ t declared victory in Tuesday ’ s election , his team is already planning to govern , and he and his advisers want to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health crisis that ’ s getting worse , not better .
The picture : The task force will be led by three co-chairs : former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy , former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith from Yale University .
• Some members of the group have been advising Biden throughout the campaign , both the public policy challenges , as well as adopting health protocols for the campaign itself to prevent the spread of the virus in Biden ’ s inner circle .
• On Friday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ given us a mandate for action on COVID , the economy , climate change , systemic racism.
” The backdrop : As of 8 am , the United States had suffered 236,099 deaths from COVID-19 , according to the Axios Coronavirus Dashboard .


climatedepot--2020-11-07--Biden to Move Fast to Strike Down Trump’s Environmental Agenda

The EPA and Interior Department under President-elect Joe Biden will have a range of tools at their disposal to start undoing President Donald Trump ’ s deregulatory agenda on the environment , according to former agency officials , lawyers , and environmentalists .
Many of the administration ’ s more ambitious environmental goals , such as reviving regulations on climate pollutants from power plants and automobiles , will take longer to change or put into place .
But most observers expect Biden ’ s team to get working immediately after inauguration on smaller measures , such as the “ secret @ @ @ @ @ @ @ EPA from using scientific research that isn ’ t or can ’ t be made public .
“ They ’ ll be starting right out of the gate , ” predicted Jody Freeman , director of the Environmental and Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School .
But some who support Trump ’ s rollbacks warn that Biden will pay for being too ambitious in efforts to reverse them .
“ The election was a clear mandate for moderation , ” said Kathleen Sgamma , president of the Western Energy Alliance , an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We ’ ll no doubt see some changes in the first 100 days , but there is just no room for radical socialist ideas.
” One of the fastest and easiest actions the environmental agencies can take is to strike down Trump-era guidance that the Biden team disagrees with , said Sam Sankar , senior vice president for programs at Earthjustice .
“ That can be done with the stroke of a pen , ” Sankar said .
Dozens of such guidance documents are now on the books .
Among the candidates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the Environmental Protection Agency , arguing that the Clean Air Act gives states flexibility to administer air pollution requirements and saying some exemptions are appropriate , Sankar said .
Another likely kill is an April 2018 memo on metrics known as significant impact levels , which set thresholds for how much air pollution facilities can produce when expanding or upgrading without degrading air quality , according to Sankar .
The Biden administration also plans to rejoin the Paris climate accord almost immediately without congressional approval .
The U.S. officially left the agreement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expected to immediately restore the boundaries of the much-contested Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah , which former Trump reduced in size , said Drew Caputo , vice president of litigation at Earthjustice .
Conservation groups and Native American tribes are also challenging the moves in court .
“ Biden could come in and redesignate the entirety of Bears Ears as a national monument , ” Caputo said .
“ That would basically fix the problem.
” The White House or agencies could also swiftly issue their own guidance or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on paper .
One example is a new guidance document that directs agencies to consider environmental justice in their decision-making , said Erik Schlenker-Goodrich , executive director of the Western Environmental Law Center .
That would be consistent with the direction Biden has signaled on the campaign trail , and a bill that Vice President-elect Kamala Harris introduced in July as a senator from California , that would require permitting agencies to consider cumulative impacts to frontline communities under the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act .
Bureau of Land Management decisions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ William Perry Pendley could also be set aside nationwide , said John Leshy , a real property law professor at the University of California , Hastings , and former Interior Department solicitor in the Clinton administration .
A Montana court in September deemed Pendley ’ s tenure as acting land bureau director illegal because it violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act .
Biden could also ask his new agency solicitors to issue rapid legal opinions , such as claiming that actions taken during the time Pendley served at Interior were unlawful , said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ professor at the University of Colorado , Boulder .
Such a ruling would have the practical effect of invalidating a Trump regulatory rollback until a court overturns the solicitor ’ s ruling or a new rule replaces it .
“ Someone might challenge that opinion , but my guess is that a carefully written opinion would be tough to overturn , ” Squillace said .
The Biden team could also simply stop working on pending rulemakings that cut against his agenda by preventing them from becoming final , said Kevin Minoli , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2018 and is now a partner at Alston & Bird LLP .
“ I would expect on Day One , at 12:01 , there will be a direction to put pens down on things that are not yet final , and to take actions to prevent things from publishing in the Federal Register , ” Minoli said .
“ And if it ’ s been sent to the Federal Register but not yet published , the direction will be to send it back.
” One high-profile target could be the “ secret science @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its decades-old approach to regulatory science—if the rule isn ’ t final by Inauguration Day .


climatedepot--2020-11-08--Morano on TV: Under Biden & GOP Senate, ‘no Green New Deal passes, unless there are enough Republica

Morano on TV: Under Biden & GOP Senate, ‘no Green New Deal passes, unless there are enough Republican votes to do a Green New Deal Lite’

On last night ’ s episode of The Ezra Levant Show , guest host Keean Bexte spoke to Climate Depot @ @ @ @ @ a possible Joe Biden presidency and what that could mean for the energy industry .
@ @ @ @ @ of what Marc had to say : “ The good news is that Republicans retain @ @ @ @ @ means no Green New Deal passes , unless there are enough Republican votes to do @ @ @ @ @ or something .
“ Basically it means the stopping of that , stopping the court-packing @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden did .
But Biden ’ s will be re-joining of the United Nations @ @ @ @ @ just tweeted ] that he will ‘ rejoin ’ … almost from day one of @ @ @ @ @ just an excerpt from the full Ezra Levant Show .
To watch the whole thing @ @ @ @ @ to RebelNews+ .
Update November 7 , 2020 : Senate Control Likely Decided By Fate @ @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-11-10--Finally! Trump Admin is ‘listening to the science’ & seeks to rebut previous unscientific ‘extreme s

Finally! Trump Admin is ‘listening to the science’ & seeks to rebut previous unscientific ‘extreme scenario’ National Climate Assessment

NYT : Marc Morano , a prominent denier of established climate change science , cheered the departure of Mr. Kuperberg and said he expects Mr. Legates to be named .
“ The Trump administration is ‘ listening to the science ’ by clearing out the anti-science promoters of extreme climate scenarios .
These moves are long , long overdue , ” he said .
Myron Ebell , a director at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a former member of Mr. Trump ’ s transition team .
Mr. Ebell , whose organization has championed the appointment of Dr. [ David ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ science of climate change , said the intention is for him to lead the program while continuing to hold his position at NOAA .
“ It might be a short-term appointment , ” Mr. Ebell said , given the election of President-elect Biden , who has said he will embrace aggressive efforts to tackle climate change .
“ If he only directs it for two months and a week , then he may not get very far , but let ’ s see what can get done in two months .
Maybe the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but maybe some changes will be adopted , who knows , ” Mr. Ebell said .
WASHINGTON — The White House has removed the scientist responsible for the National Climate Assessment , the federal government ’ s premier contribution to climate knowledge and the foundation for regulations to combat global warming , in what critics interpreted as the latest sign that the Trump administration intends to use its remaining months in office to continue impeding climate science and policy .
Michael Kuperberg , executive director of the U.S .
Global Change Research @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , was told Friday that he would no longer lead that organization , people with knowledge of the situation said .
According to two people close to the administration , he is expected to be replaced by David Legates , an academic who was worked closely for years with climate-change denial groups .
Dr. Kuperberg ’ s departure comes amid a broader effort , in the aftermath of Mr. Trump ’ s defeat last week by President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. , to remove officials who have fallen afoul of the White House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , head of the agency that regulates the nation ’ s utility markets , was demoted by the White House , after he publicly supported the use of renewable power .
Dr. Kuperberg did not respond to requests for comment .
The Global Change Research Program reports to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy .
Asked why Dr. Kuperberg had been removed from the role , Kristina Baum , a spokeswoman for that office , said on Monday that “ we do not comment on personnel matters.
” Dr. Kuperberg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ latest setback in the Trump administration for the National Climate Assessment , a report from 13 federal agencies and outside scientists that the government is required by law to produce every four years .
The most recent report , in 2018 , found that climate change poses an imminent and dire threat to the United States and its economy .
A biased or diminished climate assessment would have wide-ranging implications .
It could be used in court to bolster the positions of fossil fuel companies being sued for climate damages .
It could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carbon dioxide into the atmosphere , where it contributes to global warming .
And , ultimately , it could weaken what is known as the “ endangerment finding , ” a 2009 scientific finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that said carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to human health and therefore are subject to government regulation .
Undercutting that finding could make it more difficult to fight climate change under the terms of the Clean Air Act .
The agency most involved in that report is the National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s premier climate science agency .
In September , the White House installed at NOAA new political staff who have questioned the science of climate change .
People familiar with the administration ’ s strategy said the aim was to use NOAA ’ s influence to undercut the National Climate Assessment .
“ They ’ re trying to just do a takeover of all this stuff so they can control the National Climate Assessment thinking , ” said Judith Curry , a former chairwoman of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in an interview Monday .
One of the new political hires was Dr. Legates , a professor at the University of Delaware ’ s geography department and now a deputy administrator at NOAA who has worked closely for years with climate denial groups and has argued that carbon dioxide “ is plant food and not a pollutant .
” Dr. Legates is now being considered to take Dr. Kuperberg ’ s position as head of the Global Change Research Program , according to two people including Myron Ebell , a director at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Mr. Trump ’ s transition team .
Mr. Ebell , whose organization has championed the appointment of Dr. Legates and others who question the established science of climate change , said the intention is for him to lead the program while continuing to hold his position at NOAA .
“ It might be a short-term appointment , ” Mr. Ebell said , given the election of President-elect Biden , who has said he will embrace aggressive efforts to tackle climate change .
“ If he only directs it for two months and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get very far , but let ’ s see what can get done in two months .
Maybe the next administration will throw it all away , but maybe some changes will be adopted , who knows , ” Mr. Ebell said .
Dr. Legates did not respond to a request for comment .
Federal employees , who asked not be identified because they were concerned about retaliation from the White House , said they worried that the administration ’ s goal in removing Dr. Kuperberg was to make it easier to pick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the severity of climate change .
Those who have publicly attacked climate science , like Mr. Ebell and Mr. Morano , said that is the goal .
While the incoming Biden administration could reverse those decisions , doing so would slow down the production of the climate assessment .
The next edition , which was supposed to be released by 2022 , has already been pushed back to 2023 .
Update : Fed climate con job : Obama ’ s UN Paris negotiator & green activists helped prepare dire federal climate report – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Assessment – “ The National Climate Assessment report reads like a press release from environmental pressure groups — because it is , ” said Marc Morano , author of “ The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change.
” Morano described two of the authors — Texas Tech professor Katharine Hayhoe and Donald J. Wuebbles of the University of Illinois — as “ longtime Union of Concerned Scientist activists.
” “ These are not ‘ Trump ’ s own scientists ’ as the media likes to claim , ” Mr. Morano said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ environmental activists with the Union of Concerned Scientists , Center for American Progress , and the Obama Administration .
And they cited outlier studies funded by Steyer and [ Michael ] Bloomberg.
” Scientists rip new federal climate report as ‘ tripe ’ – ’ embarrassing ’ – ‘ systematically flawed ’ – Key claim based on study funded by Steyer & Bloomberg ‘ Ridiculous Climate Prophecy ’ : How the UN & National Climate Assessment used ‘ fairy tail ’ extreme climate models to scare the public


climatedepot--2020-11-09--EPA chief: ‘Trump was right to leave Paris Climate Accords. We have done more to reduce our GHG emis

EPA chief: ‘Trump was right to leave Paris Climate Accords. We have done more to reduce our GHG emissions over the past four years than our international competitors’

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue to Decline as the American Economy Flourishes Under the Trump Administration WASHINGTON ( November 9 , 2020 ) — Today , the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) released 2019 greenhouse gas ( GHG ) data collected under the EPA ’ s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program ( GHGRP ) .
These data show that between 2018 and 2019 total reported GHG emissions from large facilities fell nearly 5 % .
These most recent data are consistent with the decade long trend in which total reported GHG emissions from large facilities decreased by more than 14 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this downward trend in reported in GHG emissions has occurred even as the program began tracking more sources during this timeframe .
With respect to power plant emissions specifically , GHG emissions from this sector decreased by 25 % between 2011 and 2019 .
“ President Trump was right to leave the Paris Climate Accords .
We have done more to reduce our GHG emissions over the past four years than our international competitors who cling to the ceremonial and arbitrary agreement , ” said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler This is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sectors under the GHGRP .
As directed by Congress , EPA collects annual , facility-level emissions data from major industrial sources , including power plants , oil and gas production and refining , iron and steel mills , and landfills .
GHGRP also collects activity data from upstream fossil fuel and industrial gas suppliers .
More than 8,000 direct emitters and suppliers report GHG data to GHGRP .
While the data collected is useful from an informational perspective , it also serves to assist industry in evaluating opportunities for further GHG emission reductions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well to identify nearby sources of greenhouse gas emissions , compare facilities and industries , track emissions from one year to the next , inform policy at the state and local level , and provide important information to the finance and investment communities .
Each year , EPA publishes the greenhouse gas data it collects in its online Facility Level Information on Greenhouse Gases Tool ( FLIGHT ) .
FLIGHT allows users to view reported data by region , industry , or specific greenhouse gas .
Users can also download data-generated lists and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tables and charts .
EPA will be holding an informational webinar to demonstrate this greenhouse gas data publication tool , including new features and a tutorial on common searches .
For a complete accounting of total U.S. GHG emissions , we refer you to a separate EPA report , the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks .
For more information , and to register for the webinar see : www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/ To view the new data directly in FLIGHT , see : https : //ghgdata.epa.gov/ghgp/main.do Background The GHGRP ( codified at 40 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ greenhouse gas ( GHG ) data and other relevant information from large GHG emission sources , fuel and industrial gas suppliers , and CO2 injection sites in the United States .
A total of 41 categories of reporters are covered by the GHGRP .
Facilities determine whether they are required to report based on the types of industrial operations located at the facility , their emission levels , or other factors .
Facilities are generally required to submit annual reports under Part 98 if : • Supply of certain products would result in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emissions if those products were released , combusted , or oxidized .
• The facility receives 25,000 metric tons or more of CO2 for underground injection .
Approximately 8,000 facilities are required to report annually .
Total reported emissions from direct emitters are about 3 billion metric tons CO2e , which is about 50 percent of total U.S. GHG emissions .
Additional GHGs are accounted for using information provided by approximately 1,000 suppliers .
In total , data covering 85-90 percent of U.S. GHG emissions are reported .
A complete accounting of total @ @ @ @ @ @ @ separate EPA report , the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks .
Annual reports covering emissions from the prior calendar year are due by March 31st of each year .
Once data is submitted , EPA conducts a multi-step verification process to ensure reported data are accurate , complete , and consistent .


climatedepot--2020-11-09--The Great Reset: New Book: ‘The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism’

Mike Phipps reviews The Corona Crash : How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism , by Grace Blakeley , published by Verso We are entering a new phase of capitalism argues Grace Blakeley in this short book .
“ The stagnation of the past decade represented the death knell of the speculative mania that characterized the era of financialization , which collapsed under the weight of its own excesses in 2008 .
Amid the pandemic , we have witnessed its replacement – state monopoly capitalism – begin to emerge.
” The evidence is clear : governments across the western world have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ credit card payments , act as guarantor for bank lending to small businesses , and pump almost unlimited liquidity into their domestic corporate sectors.
” The problem is that these measures rest on the assumption that firms and households will ultimately be able to repay the loans .
But this is doubtful : up to half of the small businesses receiving such loans in Britain are expected to default when the scheme ends .
In the US , Congress passed a $ 2 trillion stimulus package which included loans to businesses facing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is clear to the corporate world : no matter how much debt it incurs , when the crisis comes , it will be bailed out .
So once again , profit will remain private , while business risk is being socialized .
Airlines are a classic example : often set up as state-owned enterprises in the post-war period when massive investment was necessary , then privatised in the profitable years , they are now , in an era of losses and bankruptcy , in negotiation with governments over re-nationalisation .
Trillions of dollars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guarantees have been generated by central banks and treasuries .
This intervention has quelled some of the panic in financial markets , but it has not solved the problem .
They just “ defer the inevitable reckoning for another day.
” Within this process , however , there will be winners and losers .
The big corporations , with more resources to last out , will swallow the small ones .
And some of the very big ones have also done very well out of the crisis .
The big tech companies especially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their business model protecting them from the effects of lockdown suffered by other firms .
Amazon has taken on 175,000 extra staff to cope with the rising number of orders .
Microsoft , Apple , Alphabet , Amazon and Facebook now make up a fifth of the entire value of the S & P 500 Index .
As activists have argued for some time , the solution is debt cancellation .
It is odious that members of newly elected democratic governments have to honour the debts incurred by the dictatorships they fought against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breakdown must be met with a global response .
The right argue that fixing the climate emergency is unaffordable , but the costs of failing to tackle it would be astronomical – and not just economically .
The real issue is who should pay ?
“ Proponents of the Green New Deal are clear on this question , ” explains Blakeley .
“ The wealthy are responsible for far more carbon emissions than the poor and should therefore bear a greater part of the burden of decarbonisation .
According to Oxfam , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population is responsible for half of all emissions , and the top 10 per cent of the UK population is responsible for three times the level of domestic household emissions of the poorest 10 per cent.
” Framing climate breakdown as an issue of individual responsibility – recycling , veganism , etc .
– is convenient for the large polluters , whose role is correspondingly overlooked .
But it is precisely these which must be made to pay for the damage they have caused out of their profits .
This won ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global scale that can fight back against a system that exploits human beings as much as it does the natural environment .
The same question – who will pay ?
– arises in the Global North in response to the pandemic .
Will states write off their loans and force the banks that issued the debt to take the hit ?
“ Or will the pain be forced onto workers and small and medium-sized businesses , while investors in the corporate sector remain hooked up to government life support in perpetuity ?
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before the latest furlough scheme , one UK treasury model predicted a £500bn deficit this year .
If the burden of paying for the crisis is pushed onto the backs of those who can least afford it , the collapse in consumer spending alone will produce a long term slump .
This is all the more galling given a recent Institute for Public Policy Research report claimed that as much as 45 % of the net cost of the furlough scheme “ will be spent on rent and debt repayments ” .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same arguments made after the financial crisis of 2008 will be trotted out in the wake of this pandemic to justify public spending cuts : that we are living beyond our means , we are all in this together and cuts are necessary to stabilise the public finances and our international credit rating .
So we have to be ready to say that not only did post-2008 austerity not work in helping the economy recover ; it was in fact a political choice , aimed at squeezing the livelihoods of working people to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And the proof is evident from the COVD-19 crisis : “ If the state could afford to spend billions of pounds bailing out the country ’ s wealthy bankers , then why shouldn ’ t it provide free higher education , housing and healthcare when the crisis ends ?
The separation between politics and economics can not be sustained in such a situation .
States will never again be able to respond to demands for higher wages , better public services and relief for the vulnerable by claiming that these things are unaffordable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end of this crisis , management of the economy will be irreversibly politicised.
” That ’ s a big shift .
We now live in a planned economy .
But the planning is not democratic – it is in the hands of central bankers , government ministers and their advisors in big business and finance .
“ The challenge we will face when this crisis subsides , ” argues Blakeley , “ will be to wrest control back from those who have taken advantage of this moment to increase their power and wealth… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is finally consumed by capitalism.
” There are many in the labour movement today who are used to seeing the British state as a neoliberal organism , essentially facilitating conditions for a free market economy to flourish .
They see the current turn taken by Johnson ’ s government as a kind of primitive socialism .
Well , it ’ s not .
A quantitative increase in state activity does not at all mean a qualitative shift from capitalism to socialism .
We need to focus on who is benefiting , in whose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asks the question : if we are already living in a planned economy , shouldn ’ t those making the decisions be subject to scrutiny ?
Shouldn ’ t the plans that determine how we live our lives be decided democratically ?
It would be a start .
But greater public scrutiny over government and banks is a very fuzzy concept .
Accountability implies oversight of those who have the power and own the resources .
But perhaps a more effective solution would be to go beyond oversight and accountability and involve taking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .


climatedepot--2020-11-09--Study: ‘Covid & U.S. Electricity Consumption’ – ‘Along comes Covid, & turned every day into the week

Study: ‘Covid & U.S. Electricity Consumption’ – ‘Along comes Covid, & turned every day into the weekend’

Four Facts about Covid and U.S. Electricity Consumption New working paper by Steve Cicala documents large changes in how Americans use electricity .
Professor Cicala has been studying the effect of Covid on electricity consumption since back in March , when the Wall Street Journal picked up his work documenting an 18 % decrease in electricity consumption in Italy .
The new work , focused on the United States , is particularly compelling because it uses data that allows him to distinguish between residential , commercial , and industrial sectors .
This turns out to matter a lot .
Without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he uncovers about Covid and U.S. electricity consumption .
Fact # 1 : Firms Are Using Less U.S. commercial electricity consumption fell 12 % during the second quarter of 2020 .
U.S. industrial electricity consumption fell 14 % over the same period .
This makes sense .
The second quarter was by some measures , the worst quarter for the U.S. economy in over 145 years !
Economic activity shrank .
Schools closed .
Offices closed .
Factories closed .
Restaurants closed .
Malls closed .
Even health care offices closed as patients @ @ @ @ @ @ @ routine care .
All this means less heating and cooling , less lighting , less refrigeration , less power for computers and other office equipment , less everything .
The decrease in the industrial sector is a little more surprising .
My impression had been that the industrial sector had not fallen as far as commercial , but the patterns for both sectors are quite similar with the decline peaking in May and then partially rebounding by July .
The paper also shows that areas with higher unemployment rates experienced larger declines in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Households Are Using More While firms are using less , households are using more .
U.S. residential electricity consumption increased 10 % during the second quarter of 2020 .
Consumption surged during March , April , and May , and then leveled off in June and July – with much less of the rebound observed on the commercial/industrial side .
This pattern makes sense , too .
In Professor Cicala ’ s words , “ people are spending an inordinate amount of time at home ” .
Many of us switched over to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ haven ’ t looked back .
This means more air conditioning , more running the dishwasher , more CNN ( especially last week ) , more Zoom , and so on .
The paper also examines the correlates of the decline .
Areas in the U.S. where more people can work from home experienced larger increases .
Unemployment rates , however , are almost completely uncorrelated with the increase .
The paper next turns to a novel dataset from Texas that makes it possible to measure electricity consumption by sector .
As the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in commercial/industrial electricity consumption have occurred Monday through Friday between 9AM and 5PM .
The dashed line shows the pattern during 2019 .
Notice the large spikes in electricity consumption during business hours .
The solid line shows the pattern during 2020 .
Much smaller spikes during business hours .
Finally , we have what I would like to nominate as the “ Energy Figure of the Year ” .
Again , start with the pattern for 2019 , reflected by the dashed line .
Prior to Covid , Texas households used a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Then along comes Covid , and turned every day into the weekend .
Residential electricity consumption in Texas during business hours Monday-Friday is up 16 % ( ! )
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In the pattern for 2020 , it isn ’ t easy to distinguish weekends from weekdays .
If you feel like weekdays and weekends are becoming a big blur – you are not alone .
Researchers are increasingly thinking about electricity consumption as a real-time indicator of economic activity .
This is an intriguing idea , but Professor Cicala ’ s new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look sector-by-sector .
While commercial and industrial consumption indeed seem to measure the strength of an economy , residential consumption has been sharply countercylical – increasing exactly when people are not at work and not at school .
These large changes in behavior are specific to the pandemic .
Still , with the increased blurring of home and non-home activities we may look back on 2020 as a key turning point in how we think about these three sectors of the economy .
More broadly , Professor Cicala ’ s paper highlights the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need facts , data , and yes , science , if we are to understand the economy and craft effective policies .


climatedepot--2020-11-10--Climate change is ‘area for investors to watch’ – CNBC Touts ‘investment opportunities to consider a

Climate change is ‘area for investors to watch’ – CNBC Touts ‘investment opportunities to consider after Biden’s election win’

Excerpt : Even with the constraints of a likely split Congress , [ Louise Dudley , global equities portfolio manager @ @ @ @ @ ] highlighted Biden ’ s plans to tackle climate change as another area for investors @ @ @ @ @ pledged to rejoin the Paris Agreement , the international plan for tackling climate change , @ @ @ @ @ ’ s withdrawal from in 2017 .
Biden also has plans for the U.S. to @ @ @ @ @ 2050 .
Dudley said this could again be seen as a “ collaborative move , @ @ @ @ @ China and Europe have also implemented similar climate goals .
In the U.S. , she @ @ @ @ @ around this environmental refocus would benefit industries such as electric vehicles , batteries , wind @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-11-10--White House plans to put ‘denier’ in charge of climate program

The Trump administration is focused on promoting climate denial even as it counts down the president ’ s final days .
The Trump team is preparing to appoint a climate denier to head development of the National Climate Assessment for the next two months , a key step that involves contracting scientists to write it , according to advisers close to the White House .
Those contracts could be structured to keep researchers who reject climate science in place after President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January .
On Friday , the administration quietly removed Michael Kuperberg from his job @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Global Change Research Program ( GCRP ) , according to two sources with knowledge of the move .
The program comprises the 13 federal agencies that conduct or use climate research .
Meanwhile , planning has been underway for weeks to appoint NOAA ’ s David Legates , a climate change denier recently named as deputy assistant Commerce secretary for observation and prediction , to replace Kuperberg , said Myron Ebell , the head of President Trump ’ s EPA transition team and director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ geologist from the University of Delaware and an affiliate of the Heartland Institute , which exists to muddy the public ’ s understanding of climate change .
He has said burning more fossil fuels would benefit humanity and that policy to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions is a regulatory scheme that runs counter to market principles .
“ They ’ re still in office for two months , so they ’ re going to plow ahead , ” Ebell said .
“ Every administration tries to get as many things out the door before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so maybe there are things you can at GCRP that you can get out the door and it will be hard to take them back.
” The appointment of Legates would come right as the climate assessment is recruiting scientists to work on the report .
The recruitment of authors was delayed for months but has proceeded in recent weeks .
Legates could bring in researchers who criticize consensus climate science and get contracts to perform work on the project even after Biden takes office in January .
Ebell said a plan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place this week .
The National Climate Assessment has been a target for the Trump administration ever since the latest version was released in November 2018 .
A total overhaul of the National Climate Assessment to highlight doubt and downplay certainty was planned for Trump ’ s second term , Ebell said .
It could have been used to go after the endangerment finding , which is the body of science that undergirds federal climate regulations .
The late appointments are happening even if there are only two months left in the administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Personnel , led by John McEntee , is still focused on rooting out federal employees who have been insufficiently loyal to Trump , Ebell said .
“ They ’ ve been going through things and getting better people in — not better in terms of , you know , higher educational qualifications or intelligence or experience , but people who are qualified and support the Trump agenda — and of course David is a great choice , but he ’ s highly qualified , ” Ebell said .


climatedepot--2020-11-10--Prince Charles demands Great Reset: ‘We need a shift in our economic model that places nature & the

Prince Charles demands Great Reset: ‘We need a shift in our economic model that places nature & the world’s transition to net-zero at the heart of how we operate’

Prince Charles : `` I hope you will join me to drive a new Marshall-like plan for nature , people ; and the planet , '' Prince Charles said in a November 10 , 2020 video from Reuters news .
`` We need a shift in our economic model that places nature and the world 's transition to net-zero at the heart of how we operate , prioritizing the pursuit of sustainable inclusive growth in the decades to come , '' he added .
`` I am afraid we are literally at the last hour and there is real urgency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
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Prince Charles now says world is ‘ literally at the last hour ’ in fight against climate change – But he previously issued 10 year , 18 month , 100 month & 35 year tipping points “ I hope you will join me to drive a new Marshall-like plan for nature , people ; and the planet , ” Prince Charles said in a November 10 , 2020 video from Reuters news .
“ We need a shift in our economic model that places nature and the world ’ s transition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we operate , prioritizing the pursuit of sustainable inclusive growth in the decades to come , ” he added .
“ I am afraid we are literally at the last hour and there is real urgency for action.
” Flashback : Growth will be a thing of the past if businesses choose ‘ net zero ’ emissions – ‘ A blueprint for the extinction of capitalism as we know it ’ – – “ There was more rationality to Soviet-style central planning , which at least had the aim of producing something of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ Great Reset ’ : Rule by Unelected ‘ Experts ’ – COVID-Climate Technocracy has arrived – ‘ The danger of letting lab coats run the world ’ – Special Report CEO Of UK ’ s National Health Service : COVID-19 is ‘ most pressing…but undoubtedly climate change poses the most profound long-term threat to the health of the nation ’ Covid , Climate Change , and Government Coercion : ‘ THE POLITICS OF FEAR THREATEN OUR LIBERTIES ’ “ Covid-19 has seen democratic governments exercising coercive powers over their citizens on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Your freedom is someone else ’ s risk of catching a potentially fatal disease .
Having deployed the instruments of social control , politicians and government bureaucrats won ’ t quietly put them away when the crisis passes – not when other opportunities exist to wield their newfound powers… “ Your carbon footprint is my climate change…the common theme between Covid and climate change .
Thanks to the virus , governments now know that they can impose draconian restrictions on their citizens .
“ The government has discovered the power of public fear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Sumption argues .
Net-zero will shrink people ’ s choices and curtail the lives they wish to lead .
Consider Covid a warning of what might yet come.
” Watch 2016 video : World Economic Forum ’ s utopian Great Reset vision of 2030 – ‘ You ’ ll own nothing , and you ’ ll be happy ’ – ‘ Whatever you want you ’ ll rent & it ’ ll be delivered by drone ’ – Meat ‘ will be occasional treat ’ You ’ ll Take The Great Reset—And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Great Reset is a plan to move away from financial liberty to woke economics .
This will be done in the now usual way .
The WEF cajoled Bank of America and others to add “ nonfinancial metrics and disclosures ” to their annual reports , to answer questions such as “ What is the gender pay gap in company X ?
How many people of diverse backgrounds were hired and promoted ?
What progress has the company made toward reducing its greenhouse-gas emissions ?
” “ Business needed to do more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to redress unwoke balances , they said .
… Way back in pre-doom days , in 2016 , the WEF put out a video explaining how by 2030 you , dear reader , will no longer own anything .
And “ you ’ ll be happy ” about this .
All products will become services , they insist .
Meat will become “ a rare treat ” .
Delingpole : Only Donald Trump Can Save Us from the Great Reset There ’ s an excellent , longer-read summary of the key issues by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recognizes that the Great Reset is actually just a repackaged version of the Green New Deal , only with Covid-19 now being used as the big excuse for wholesale Socialistic transformation , rather than ‘ climate change.
’ He quotes healthcare journalist Peter Barry Chowka , who calls it ‘ A flu d ’ état ’ : Health care journalist Peter Barry Chowka was blunt , calling the COVID/Climate “ solution ” linkage “ a flu d ’ état.
” “ A takeover of our supposedly democratic political process by unelected & unaccountable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warned , noting that all of the COVID solutions were virtually the same as the Green New Deal “ solutions ” to the purported climate “ crisis.
” “ Overnight , our society is doing what radical leftist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) and her fellow Green New Deal fanatics have demanded : An almost total end to air travel ; personal automobile travel down to a trickle ; promises of free health care for all quickly becoming the new status quo ; and the ability of people to sit at home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government .
The Democrats want that to continue indefinitely , ” Chowka wrote .
‘ It ’ s the Right Thing to Do ’ : Walmart CEO Doug McMillon Supports ‘ Great Reset ’ – ‘ It ’ s Time to Reinvent Capitalism Post-Coronavirus ’ CEO explains how he has positioned Walmart during the pandemic to make sure the $ 500 billion-plus company thrives in the new landscape that emerges going forward… ” I think the growing interest in stakeholder capitalism stems from companies genuinely invested in doing good for our world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing to do and because businesses who take this approach are stronger .
We simply won ’ t be here if we don ’ t take care of the very things that allow us to exist : our associates , customers , suppliers and the planet .
That ’ s not up for debate.
” ‘ Great Reset ’ – World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab in Time Mag : ‘ We Need to Reimagine Capitalism ’ – Seeks ‘ virtuous capitalist system ’ that prioritizes reducing greenhouse gases , hiring from ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pay gap ’ The ‘ Great Reset ’ : Rule by Unelected ‘ Experts ’ – COVID-Climate Technocracy has arrived – ‘ The danger of letting lab coats run the world ’ – Special Report ‘ Great Reset ’ – World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab in Time Mag : ‘ We Need to Reimagine Capitalism ’ – Seeks ‘ virtuous capitalist system ’ that prioritizes reducing greenhouse gases , hiring from ‘ diverse backgrounds ’ & closing ‘ gender pay gap ’ WEF ’ s Klaus Schwab : In September , my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is possible was reaffirmed by an initiative of the forum ’ s International Business Council led by Brian Moynihan of Bank of America .
They released the Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics : nonfinancial metrics and disclosures that will be added ( on a voluntary basis ) to companies ’ annual reporting in the next two to three years , making it possible to measure their progress over time .
… Doing so requires answering questions such as : What is the gender pay gap in company X ?
How many people of diverse backgrounds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has the company made toward reducing its greenhouse-gas emissions ?
How much did the company pay in taxes globally and per jurisdiction ?
Also see : The ‘ Great Reset ’ : Rule by Unelected ‘ Experts ’ – COVID-Climate Technocracy has arrived – ‘ The danger of letting lab coats run the world ’ – Special Report ‘ Great Reset ’ – World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab in Time Mag : ‘ We Need to Reimagine Capitalism ’ – Seeks ‘ virtuous capitalist system ’ that prioritizes reducing greenhouse gases , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closing ‘ gender pay gap ’ Joe Biden has deep ties to the radical ‘ Great Reset ’ movement and its globalist leaders Justin Haskins : “ Biden called for the end of the “ era of shareholder capitalism.
” Additionally , just like the World Economic Forum and supporters of the Great Reset , Biden has said government should use the coronavirus pandemic as a justification to “ rewrite the social contract ” of the United States .
Biden ’ s “ Build Back Better ” plans also come straight out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For many years , supporters of the Great Reset at the World Economic Forum and elsewhere have talked about “ building back better ” by dramatically expanding the power of government , pursuing costly “ green ” infrastructure plans , and substantially increasing the authority of international institutions .
… Joe Biden is likely an advocate of the radical Great Reset , a proposal that , if enacted , would completely overhaul the world ’ s economy in favor of more collectivism and the centralization of power in the hands of international @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down ’ economy ‘ nowhere near sufficient ’ to stop climate change – ‘ Simply shutting down is not going to get to our goal ’ of net zero Bill Gates , co-founder of Microsoft , said the coronavirus pandemic demonstrates that “ simply shutting down ” the U.S. economy won ’ t bring about net zero carbon emissions to fight climate change .
… Gates : “ Simply shutting down is not going to get to our goal , so just as we need breakthrough innovation for COVID-19 , we also need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the different sectors and bring down climate change , ” Gates said during the annual meeting for the National Academy of Medicine .
“ This crosses many areas — how we make electricity , how we make industrial products , grow food , cool our buildings and all of transportation.
” … “ The change in behavior , like driving less or flying less is helpful but nowhere near sufficient — 2020 is a great example of this , ” he said .
“ We ’ ve cut down carbon emissions … @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quite modest .
When COVID-19 hit , air travel effectively stopped .
Car travel last April was half what it was the year before , and even so the international energy agency estimates that the global emissions only dropped about 8 % this year.
” Characterizing climate change as “ even scarier ” than the COVID-19 pandemic , Gates predicted that climate change could result in 3 times more deaths than coronavirus .


climatedepot--2020-11-10--Wait, what?! Prince Charles now says world is ‘literally at the last hour’ in fight against climate

Wait, what?! Prince Charles now says world is ‘literally at the last hour’ in fight against climate change – But he previously  issued 10 year, 18 month, 100 month & 35 year tipping points

Britain ’ s heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles said the world is ‘ literally at the last hour ’ in the fight against climate change pic.twitter.com/geeTDmapb0 Prince Charles demands Great Reset : ‘ We need a shift in our economic model that places nature & the world ’ s transition to net-zero at the heart of how we operate ’ Here we go again !
Prince Charles issues new 10 years to save the planet tipping point – He previously issued 18 month , 100 month , 35 year tipping points 2020 : The Prince of Wales warns that humans have just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ We really do have to pull our fingers out now because the theory is we have got this decade left , ’ he declared .
2019 : Prince Charles at it again : Issues new 18-month climate tipping point after previous ‘ 100 month ’ deadline expires– The Prince of Wales has warned global leaders that if we don ’ t tackle climate change in 18 months the human race will go extinct in a speech in London yesterday to foreign ministers from the Commonwealth .
“ I am firmly of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decide our ability to keep climate change to survivable levels and to restore nature to the equilibrium we need for our survival , ” Prince Charles said .