climatedepot--2020-12-09--Trump Urged to Send the Paris Climate Treaty to the Senate

Mr. Trump could and should submit the treaty to the Senate for its advice and consent – and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should quickly schedule a debate and vote .
Every Senator will have an opportunity to go on record : for or against a treaty that would make the United States , and every individual state and family , subjects of unelected , unaccountable UN and foreign powers .
President Trump should do this posthaste – thereby preventing another unilateral executive action and what Government Accountability & Oversight lawyer Chris Horner has described as a well-coordinated “ climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ courts in an endless series of lawsuits to make every Paris Climate Treaty provision legally binding on every US state , industry , business and family .
If We the People ultimately decide we do want to transform our energy and economic system , reduce our living standard , curtail our liberties , and subject ourselves to international governance , we can do so through proper nationwide debates and legislative processes .
We should not have these decisions imposed on us via collusion , corruption , chicanery and unconstitutional power grabs .
Article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Constitution is simple and direct : “ The President … shall have Power , by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate , to make Treaties , provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur.
” It served America well for 225 years .
Then , in 2015 , the UN ’ s “ international community ” of climate activists gathered in Paris to hammer out language requiring that developed nations slash their fossil fuel use , tighten greenhouse gas emission targets every five years , and become “ carbon neutral ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a manmade climate chaos forecast by computer models but not supported by Earth history or real-world evidence .
Developing countries would be under no such obligations .
Most incredibly , economic , military and tech powerhouse China was included among the developing countries , and thus is under no such obligations .
In short , the Paris accords would force the United States to engage in a massive , painful transformation of its entire economy – electricity generation , transportation , manufacturing , agriculture and much more – under the aegis of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activists , politicians and bureaucrats .
Aside from ending major wars , what was concocted in Paris is probably the most far-reaching , impactful agreement this country was ever asked to sign .
It is the very embodiment of what our Founding Fathers had in mind when they wrote the language requiring Senate debate , advice and consent for all treaties .
However , President Obama unilaterally decreed that Paris was not a “ treaty , ” but merely an agreement , an accord – some lesser document that he could personally sign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ making an end-run around our constitutional and democratic process , and giving Congress and America no opportunity to examine , discuss and agree to or reject this intrusive , destructive treaty .
In so doing , Mr. Obama set the stage for coordinated efforts by liberal politicians , activists , bureaucrats , state attorneys general , forum-shopped judges and corporate CEOs to make the Paris language binding on every American .
President Trump recognized how unfair and disastrous the Paris Climate Treaty would be .
In 2017 , he announced that the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effective November 4 , 2020 .
Joe Biden has made it clear that he will recommit our nation to the Paris not-a-treaty , possibly within hours of being sworn in as president , if lingering vote issues are resolved in his favor .
Fortunately , President Trump can easily prevent this disaster .
As Paris Treaty experts have suggested , Mr. Trump could and should submit the treaty to the Senate for its advice and consent – and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should quickly schedule a debate and vote .
Every Senator @ @ @ @ @ @ @ record : for or against a treaty that would make the United States , and every individual state and family , subjects of unelected , unaccountable UN and foreign powers .
President Trump should do this posthaste – thereby preventing another unilateral executive action and what Government Accountability & Oversight lawyer Chris Horner has described as a well-coordinated “ climate litigation industry ” plan to commandeer our courts in an endless series of lawsuits to make every Paris Climate Treaty provision legally binding on every US state , industry , business and family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Healey promised Michael Bloomberg ’ s State Energy & Environmental Impact Center that , if its deep coffers provided her office with privately hired lawyers whom she could utilize as “ Special Assistant Attorneys General , ” she would put them to work “ ensuring that Massachusetts and neighboring states meet the long-term commitments set forth … in the Paris Agreement ” – whatever those might be or could be creatively interpreted to be .
She ’ s already doing it .
Another scheme involves reviving the reviled Obama era practice of sue-and-settle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government agencies to implement and impose rules that the litigators and regulators both want but aren ’ t clearly supported by law or would face strong public opposition if they went through a normal rulemaking process .
The parties select a usually cooperative court and , instead of fighting the lawsuit , the government agency caves in , agrees to settle the case , and consents to whatever demands were made by the agency ’ s handpicked pseudo-adversary .
The citizenry and parties impacted by the new rules never get their day in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rule until it is imposed on them .
The schemes are audacious , outrageous , an abuse of law and authority , and in many minds treasonous .
Activists will employ them and the Paris Climate Treaty as weapons of mass destruction against America ’ s energy , economy , living standards and freedoms .
Horner also notes that rejoining the Paris Treaty would subject America ’ s energy and economic policy to a UN climate “ conciliation commission ” that could allow “ antagonistic ” nations and parties to file complaints @ @ @ @ @ @ @ block infrastructure development , and impose carbon taxes .
He and Competitive Enterprise Institute senior fellow Marlo Lewis also point out that : * allowing the Obama “ climate coup ” to stand would allow future presidents to adopt any treaties they and foreign elites want , without Senate review and ratification , simply by deeming them “ not a treaty.
” * the Paris Treaty would imperil American self-government – by empowering administrations to make long-term commitments without congressional authorization , and by making US energy and economic policies beholden to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and international pressure groups .
If We the People ultimately decide we do want to transform our energy and economic system , reduce our living standard , curtail our liberties , and subject ourselves to international governance , we can do so through proper nationwide debates and legislative processes .
We should not have these decisions imposed on us via collusion , corruption , chicanery and unconstitutional power grabs .
Too many of our ruling elites disdain business , industry and working classes ; rarely if ever did serious manual work ; and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that once stood up for workers , but now has turned its back on working men and women .
These elites would help ensure that same families pummeled hardest and longest by Covid lockdowns will be punished in perpetuity by Paris Climate Treaty edicts .
All that red on county-by-county 2020 voting maps is where jobs , economies and living standards will hammered hardest .
Many of these counties have manufacturing jobs … farmlands , forests , scenic and open spaces , habitats where birds , bats and wildlife flourish … and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is where land will be blanketed with millions of wind turbines , solar panels , battery complexes and transmission lines , to “ replace ” billions of megawatt-hours of reliable electricity with intermittent power – decimating many rare , threatened , endangered and just plain magnificent species .
It ’ s where new dust bowls will arise , as biofuel crops replace today ’ s grasslands .
It ’ s where factories will close , because the Paris Treaty will make electricity intermittent and expensive , and petrochemical raw materials too costly or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senator McConnell let a Biden-Harris Administration – in league with squads of America-denigrating politicians and Deep State activists – do this to our country ?
Or will they preserve the Constitution , the Trump energy , economic , employment and military legacy – the livelihoods , living standards and liberties , not only of MAGA Trump voters , but of all Americans ?
This may be their last opportunity to do so .
I therefore urge them – and I ’ m certain I ’ m joined by tens of millions of my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senate Majority Leader : Present this defective , destructive Paris Climate Treaty to the Senate .
Let the assembled Senators debate it , vote on it – and send it to history ’ s dustbin , where it belongs .


climatedepot--2020-12-09--Watch: Climatologist explains why EPA Endangerment Finding on CO2 should be vacated

CEI 's Pat Michaels explains why the EPA Endangerment Finding for CO2 should be vacated .
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climatedepot--2020-12-09--EU Globalists Plot To Hasten Green Agenda, Climate Issues With Biden

The European Union is seeking ways to reset transatlantic ties between the bloc and the United States under the assumption that globalist-minded former vice president Joe Biden ascends to the White House .
Eurocrats met in Brussels on Monday to discuss strategies for working with a possible Biden presidency , on issues such as ‘ Build Back Better ’ green agenda issues and the Chinese coronavirus pandemic .
“ With Joe Biden´s election as the new American president , there are a lot of major opportunities that we as Europe want to take , ” said German Foreign Minister Heiko @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell ( pictured ) said per the Associated Press that the goal of the gathering was to establish “ a new , refreshed start of our engagement with the U.S. ” In a document released last week , entitled A New EU-U.S .
Agenda for Global Change , the EU Commission said that it would seek to “ reinforce and reform the World Health Organization ” with Biden .
Earlier this year , President Trump removed the United States from the UN body over concerns that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ties with the Chinese Communist Party .
“ The EU wants to work with the US to ensure funding for the development and equitable global distribution of vaccines , tests , and treatments , develop joint preparedness and response capacities , facilitate trade in essential medical goods , and reinforce and reform the World Health Organization , ” the Commission said .
There are also hopes in the EU that a Biden presidency would see the United States rejoin the Paris Climate accords , fulfilling a campaign promise of the 77-year-old Democrat .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Great Reset , the EU called for the creation of a “ transatlantic green agenda.
” The continental power bloc claimed that while the Chinese coronavirus continues to pose “ significant challenges ” the issues of “ climate change and biodiversity loss remain the defining challenges of our time ” .
“ They require systemic change across our economies and global cooperation across the Atlantic and the world , ” the Commission said .
The plan would see the United States alongside European countries commit to net-zero emissions by the year 2050 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ green energy .
The EU also claimed that the bloc and the United States share a “ fundamental interest ” in promoting democracy throughout the world and upholding human rights .
Yet , the document did not point to China , which is one of the world ’ s most egregious offenders of human rights , as well as one of the least democratic .
Last week , figures from Eurostat revealed that amidst the global pandemic caused by the failures of the Chinese state , the communist nation has overtaken the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trading partner .
During the first nine months of this year , 425.5 billion euros ( $ 514 billion ) in trade was exchanged between China and the European Union , some 13 billion more euros than was exchanged with the United States .
Speaking ahead of the November presidential election , the former U.S. ambassador to the EU and Biden campaign advisor , Anthony Gardner , said that if elected Biden would announce a “ declaration of support for the European Union ” .
“ If Biden is elected , I believe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there will be a ] declaration of support for the European Union , declaration of support for European integration , declaration of support in favor of NATO , the lynchpin of the trans-Atlantic alliance , which has been weakened because of this administration ’ s policies , ” Gardner said In stark contrast to Joe Biden , President Trump has been frequently at odds with globalist Eurocrats , in particular over the failures of many European NATO countries — Germany in particular — to pay for their fair share in defense spending .


climatedepot--2020-12-09--CNN Admits Islands Aren’t Being Submerged!

For decades , CNN reported that Pacific islands would be submerged due to sea level rise .
In the face @ @ @ @ @ contrary , CNN has admitted these islands are not being submerged !
In typical CNN @ @ @ @ @ an alarmist spin on the topic .


climatedepot--2020-12-09--‘Pursuing tyranny rather than rational policy’: Why We Can’t Let COVID-19 Lockdowns Become a Permane

‘Pursuing tyranny rather than rational policy’: Why We Can’t Let COVID-19 Lockdowns Become a Permanent Political Power Grab

This week , as Los Angeles County announced it would lock down all outdoor dining , a video went viral .
That video featured restaurant owner Angela Marsden , proprietor of the Pineapple Hill Saloon and Grill , decrying the lockdown policy while pointing to the erection of production catering set up for a Hollywood shoot just a few feet away .
“ Everything I own is being taken away from me , and they set up a movie company right next to my outdoor patio , ” Marsden said , adding that she has spent approximately $ 80,000 complying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , only to see it shut down her business completely .
There is no scientific policy justifying Los Angeles County ’ s outdoor dining shutdown .
In fact , during a Board of Supervisors meeting , a community member quizzed county health officer Dr. Muntu Davis on the evidence to support such a ban .
Muntu provided no such evidence , likely because there is none .
But those who want to run their businesses in a safe and secure fashion are being targeted nonetheless by a political class incentivized to pursue tyranny @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mayor Eric Garcetti—who told police to stand down as rioters tore through his city during a pandemic—said that his “ heart goes out to Ms. Marsden ” and then added , “ No one likes these restrictions , but I do support them as our hospital [ intensive care unit ] beds fill to capacity.
” He explained , “ We must stop this virus before it kills thousands of more Angelenos.
” He did not explain why , if outdoor dining was so dangerous , Hollywood is still allowed to engage in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Throughout the pandemic , one set of rules has applied to America ’ s most ardent lockdown advocates , and another set of rules has applied to everyone else .
Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl voted to ban outdoor dining—and then went to an outdoor restaurant later that evening .
California Gov .
Gavin Newsom is currently locking down some 33 million residents , but had no problem eating indoors with members of the California Medical Association at the French Laundry restaurant .
Mayor London Breed of San Francisco ate at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Austin , Texas , Mayor Steve Adler told his constituents to “ stay home if you can ” in a Facebook video filmed from his vacation timeshare in Cabo San Lucas , Mexico , where he ’ d just headed with seven others after a wedding in Austin .
Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago got her hair cut and called it an “ essential ” business activity while promoting lockdowns .
New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo told everybody to stay home for Thanksgiving and then announced he would be getting together @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , only to then reverse himself .
The message is obvious : Our intellectual and moral betters in politics are free to make their own rational calculations on COVID-19 risk .
The rest of us are to be locked in our homes until further notice .
When these political actors suggest that we must act out of an abundance of caution , they mean that they ought to enjoy abundance while benefiting from our caution .
You and your family are capable of making the same decisions Cuomo , Garcetti , Newsom , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should be careful .
You should engage in social distancing , mask up when in close proximity with others , and generally avoid social gatherings involving those with preexisting conditions .
But you can do all of these things and still live in a free society .
Our politicians don ’ t believe that , because our politicians have seen how easily so many Americans were willing to indefinitely suspend their freedoms out of trust in our authorities .
Until the incentive structures change , our freedoms will continue to be throttled by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own .
One need not be a COVID-19 skeptic in order to question whether the enthusiastic authoritarian streak revealed by those politicians can be curbed .
The longer we tolerate it , the more our politicians will normalize their power grabs .


climatedepot--2020-12-09--Bastardi: Fauci’s climate pandemic comments more predictable than weather

There are 2 chapters in my book ( shameless plug ) The Weaponization of Weather in the Phony Climate War , that foresaw the linkage that was easy to see coming , between the fear whipped up by Covid , ( certainly with some validity ) and how to use that to link to climate change and whip up that fear .
Well our favorite non meteorologist prognosticator of extremes with Covid ( again some right , some not so right ) has now thrown down the gauntlet and stepped into it…where “ it ” is what was opined in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Here it is : Fauci : “ We have entered the Pandemic Era ” because of Climate Change .
Now this is fascinating on many levels having nothing to do with climate .
• If there are more people on the planet , largely because of man ’ s progress , would not there be a much larger population pool for viruses to spread to ?
Fauci ’ s statement is the same kind of strange logic as Al Gore , etal , when they say damage is rising from storms .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in places where there were not , then guess what , even with no increase in storms , there is going to be more damage .
Well , more people , more sickness .
Did you know for instance that more people are dying now than ever before in human history ?
And that is with no increase in the % of total population that eventually dies .
Must be climate change .
That is the kind of logic here that is being used .
And no one in the mainstream media stops @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you have more people living , are not more people open to getting sick ?
2 ) Given the life expectancy now is some 35 years or so longer than the a pandemic like the Spanish flu , how is it climate change is responsible when if we had the same life expectancy as the “ good old days ” ( circa 1918 ) not nearly as many people would have died since the vast majority of the deaths were with people aged 15-34 ?
• How is it viruses thrive in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it not intuitive that a warmer climate would mean viruses would not thrive where its warm .
As far as melting in far north areas that would allow dormant viruses to spring to life , the very fact that they are in such cold areas in the first place should at least get one to question the validity of saying a warmer climate would mean more pandemics .
And here is an inconvenient question that needs an answer .
If warmth is so deadly why is it so many people are living where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way ?
And another inconvenient observation : If we look at the warming the last 30 years , guess where the lions share has been ?
WHERE PEOPLE DON ’ T LIVE !
If you didn ’ t tell people how bad its getting , they would have no idea that its getting so bad .
Even areas that have had a .25C increase over 30 years , like Europe , do you not think that humans with the advances made simply adapt ?
4 ) Now I can go on and on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is unaware that previous times even warmer than today were referred to as climate optimums .
Why ?
Because those warmer times were optimum for the advancement of life on the planet .
I have shown this chart a kajillion times .
Here , for the good Doctor is kajillion and one .
Cold kills more than heat .
That is from the CDC who I would think Dr. Fauci would have some knowledge of before he makes such statements .
In fact , this article from a paper than can not be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ piece , The Washington Post , lays it out pretty nicely The graphic in this shows that ( source attribution is included on the bottom of the graphic ) But this is all predictable .
Not only the chapters in the book but I have had over a half dozen Covid/Climate blogs here at CFACT .
Here are just 3 examples wonder if Dr. Fauci saw this chart this was out on March 23 BTW I finished the book in March so those chapters were written then .
My point all this is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that has little to do with actual science but other motives .
The reader is left to figure out what that may be .
But I wrote this is because I was sent that quote and thought it gave me an opportunity to show some counter arguments .


climatedepot--2020-12-09--UN warns: The world’s rich need to cut their carbon footprint by a factor of 30 to slow ‘climate cha

UN warns: The world’s rich need to cut their carbon footprint by a factor of 30 to slow ‘climate change’

The world ’ s rich need to cut their carbon footprint by a factor of 30 to slow climate change @ @ @ @ @ //t.co/tbC8hu6rLW w/ @ brady_dennis @ sarahkaplan48 If you kill yourself , you 'll be really @ @ @ @ @ '' If the 7 % drop in emissions caused by the pandemic proves an isolated @ @ @ @ @ of a major trend , the episode will prevent only .01C ( 0.018F ) of @ @ @ @ @ , the UN report found . ''
`` Last year ’ s UN 'emissions gap @ @ @ @ @ to cut emissions by pandemic amounts ( 7.6 % ) every year to meet the @ @ @ @ @ is nowhere near to becoming a reality . ''
“ Are we on track to @ @ @ @ @ not , ” the new report bluntly states .


climatedepot--2020-12-10--Fear Not Rising Temperatures or Ocean Levels

Dominick T. Armentano writes at the Independent Institute Are Temperatures and Ocean Levels Rising Dangerously ?
Not Really .
Excerpts in italics with my bolds .
H/T John Ray There are two widely held climate-change beliefs that are simply not accurate .
The first is that there has been a statistically significant warming trend in the U.S. over the last 20 years .
The second is that average ocean levels are rising alarmingly due to man-made global warming .
Neither of these perspectives is true ; yet both remain important , nonetheless , since both are loaded with very expensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first view , we turn to data generated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) for the relevant years under discussion .
The table below reports the average mean temperature in the continental U.S. for the years 1998 through 2019* : It is apparent from the data that there has been no consistent warming trend in the U.S. over the last 2 decades ; average mean temperatures ( daytime and nighttime ) have been slightly higher in some years and slightly lower in other years .
On balance–and contrary to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temperatures on average in the U.S. were no higher in 2019 than they were in 1998 .
The second widely accepted climate view—based on wild speculations from some op/ed writers and partisan politicians–is that average sea levels are increasing dangerously and rationalize an immediate governmental response .
But as we shall demonstrate below , this perspective is simply not accurate .
There is a wide scientific consensus ( based on satellite laser altimeter readings since 1993 ) that the rate of increase in overall sea levels has been approximately .12 inches per year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the average sea level nine years from now ( in 2029 ) is likely to be approximately one inch higher than it is now ( 2020 ) .
One inch is roughly the distance from the tip of your finger to the first knuckle .
Even by the turn of the next century ( in 2100 ) , average ocean levels ( at that rate of increase ) should be only a foot or so higher than they are at present .
None of this sounds particularly alarming for the general society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ draconian regulations or costly infrastructure investments .
The exception might be for very low- lying ocean communities or for properties ( nuclear power plants ) that , if flooded , would present a wide-ranging risk to the general population .
But even here there is no reason for immediate panic .
Since ocean levels are rising in small , discrete marginal increments , private and public decision makers would have reasonable amounts of time to prepare , adjust and invest ( in flood abatement measures , etc . )
if required .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Empirical evidence of any substantial increases taken from land-based measurements has been ambiguous .
This suggests to some scientists that laser and tidal-based measurements of ocean levels over time have not been particularly accurate .
For example , Professor Niles-Axel Morner ( Stockholm University ) is infamous in climate circles for arguing–based on his actual study of sea levels in the Fiji Islands–that “ there are no traces of any present rise in sea levels ; on the contrary , full stability.
” And while Morner ’ s views are controversial , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ empirical evidence to substantiate his nihilist position on the sea-level increase hypothesis .
The world has many important societal problems and only a limited amount of resources to address them .
What we don ’ t need are overly dramatic climate-change claims that are unsubstantiated and arrive attached to expensive public policies that , if enacted , would fundamentally alter the foundations of the U.S. economic system .
DOMINICK T. ARMENTANO is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and professor emeritus in economics at the University of Hartford ( CT ) .
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climatedepot--2020-12-10--Environment Of Dystopia: Germany Plans To Wipe Out 20 Million Sq M Of 1000-Year Old Forest, For Wind

Environment Of Dystopia: Germany Plans To Wipe Out 20 Million Sq M Of 1000-Year Old Forest, For Wind Parks!

Environment Of Dystopia : Germany Plans To Wipe Out 20 Million Sq M Of 1000-Year Old Forest , For Wind Parks !
NoTricksZone : Not here to worship what i… / by P Gosselin / 1dIs this article about climate ?
YESNO 20 million square meters of 1000-year old “ fairy tale ” forest to be designated as an industrial wind park zone .
“ Approval procedure in final phase ” !
At Facebook , environmentalist Gero Lenhardt writes a desperate plea to rescue one of Germany ’ s most idyllic , fairy tale-like forests : the Reinhardswald located in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
1000-year-old “ fairy tale ” forest is slated to be industrialized for “ green ” energy The German state of Hesse ’ s largest contiguous forest area will become a wind industry area if profit-seeking planners get their way .
The Reinhardswald is known as the “ treasure house of European forests ” or “ Grimm ’ s fairy tale forest ” .
“ A total of about 2000 hectares ( 20 million m² ) of the thousand-year-old Reinhardswaldhave been designated for wind power plant development , ” says Lenhardt , at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the affected citizens is being ignored by the state government , ” reports Lenhardt .
Natural , virtually undisturbed habitat may fall victim of the greed of crony policymakers and industry lobbyists .
“ The first 20 wind turbines of unprecedented size are planned ( see map ) , the approval procedure is in its final phase , ” says Lenhardt .
Location of planned wind parks in the Reinhardswald , west of Göttingen ( Google Map ) .
And that would only be the beginning : A total of more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be built on 7 large areas .
Lenhardt writes that their wonderful Reinhardswald is “ on the verge of being degraded ” and “ with incalculable consequences for nature and the whole region.
” He needs both the support of local citizens and the attention from around the world .
Lenhardt says that not only will the planned turbines pose a hazard to drinking water for over 50,000 people , it will also disfigure the landscape and lead to noise pollution for hikers , tourists and residents .
Moreover it will seriously endanger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stork , red kite , bats and other red-listed species .
You can write a statement protesting the planned construction of the wind parks by sending an email to : [ email protected ] Emails in the English language are fine as many Germans understand English quite well .
You can visit their site at : www.rettet-den-reinhardswald.de .
“ But no matter what you write , the main thing is that you write !
” says Lenhardt .
The following are visualizations are that are true to scale and position and thus illustrate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the project go through .
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climatedepot--2020-12-10--Claim: ‘Climate change’ threatens the grave of Karl Marx – Cemetery facing ‘warmer temps…rampant fun

Claim: ‘Climate change’ threatens the grave of Karl Marx – Cemetery facing ‘warmer temps…rampant fungi, freak storms & shifting graves’

France 24 : `` Global warming is threatening London 's historic Highgate Cemetery , an overgrown oasis housing graves of notable figures from Karl Marx to pop star George Michael , its custodians say .
Concerned at rampant fungi , freak storms and shifting graves , the cemetery 's custodians are now seeking expert help to ensure its survival . ''
Winds have got stronger , too , Cano said , and warmer temperatures are causing fungi to thrive and trees to suffer `` many more pests and diseases '' .
Flashback NYT : ‘ Global warming ’ is even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deal needed to ‘ save frozen mummies ’ Flashback : ‘ Climate change ’ causes mummies to turn to ‘ black ooze ’ – Burial sites ‘ experiencing higher humidity levels due to climate change ’ Global warming is threatening London ’ s historic Highgate Cemetery , an overgrown oasis housing graves of notable figures from Karl Marx to pop star George Michael , its custodians say .
Concerned at rampant fungi , freak storms and shifting graves , the cemetery ’ s custodians are now seeking expert help to ensure its survival @ @ @ @ @ @ @ famous figures including the novelist George Eliot and “ The Hitchiker ’ s Guide to the Galaxy ” author Douglas Adams .
It is still being used for burials .
The British pop singer George Michael , who died in 2016 , has an unmarked grave there , according to his family ’ s wishes .
Chief gardener Frank Cano pointed to a 19th-century stone tomb whose top is gradually being pushed off the base by a nearby tree , causing fresh chips in the stonework .
A greater degree of shrinking and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is causing the elaborate stone tombs to shift , said Cano , who has worked at the cemetery for six years .
In turn this affects the roots of the trees growing wild between the graves , making them more unstable .
“ The threat to the cemetery is from our trees , from the ivy , from the brambles .
It ’ s basically nature trying to take the cemetery back.
” Winds have got stronger , too , Cano said , and warmer temperatures are causing fungi to thrive and trees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diseases ” .
The cemetery last year had to fell its centrepiece , a great Cedar of Lebanon , as it was afflicted by a bad fungus infestation .
In addition , increased rainfall is washing away gravel paths and overfilling antiquated drainage systems .
NYT : ‘ Global warming ’ is even impacting the DEAD !
– UN climate deal needed to ‘ save frozen mummies ’ Harvard study : Global warming may end threat of mummies – By Pedro Gonzales – For generations , books , films , and TV have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In their crypts they are relatively harmless , but when they rise from the dead and start strangling people , as they did in the Cotswolds of south central England in “ Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars , ” they become a much greater threat .
But this problem may shortly be solved , thanks to global warming .
New Claim : ‘ Climate change ’ causes mummies to turn to ‘ black ooze ’ – Burial sites ‘ experiencing higher humidity levels due to climate change ’


climatedepot--2020-12-10--‘Real meat is greener and healthier than any fake’ meat’ manufactured by green alchemists’ – ‘All re

‘Real meat is greener and healthier than any fake’ meat’ manufactured by green alchemists’ – ‘All real meat is plant-based’

Real Meat is GreenThe NO CARBON TAX Climate Sceptics Blog / by Geoff / 4dIs this article about gardening ?
YESNO Wandering recently through an arcade popular with the green smoothie set , I saw a sign boasting : “ Plant-Based Meat ” .
Someone should advise those nutritional dunderheads that all real meat is plant-based .
Real beef and lamb are built from live plants like grasses , lucerne and mulga , plus salt , minerals and clay ; the best chicken is built mostly on seeds and shoots of wheat , corn and grasses plus a few worms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I was a kid our bacon was built by porkers from pollard , whey and vegetable scraps .
Cattle , sheep , pigs , goats , deer , bison , rabbits , turkeys and kangaroos have a long history of providing meat for our ancestral hunters and farmers .
In tough times the gatherers and gardeners collected and cultivated survival foods like wild onions , seasonal fruit , cabbages , tubers and grass seeds .
But there was always a celebratory feast when the hunters returned with high-nutrition meat .
Fake “ meat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , peas and wheat , all grown using diesel fuel for cultivation , planting , harvesting and transport – a huge carbon footprint .
Then they add meat glue , binders and fillers to hold it together , and artificial flavouring and colouring to make it look and taste right .
It is not natural , not green , and less healthy than the worst feed-lot meat .
Sustainable plant-based meat is made when cattle , sheep , goats , camels , deer and pigs graze natural free-range pasture which gathers solar energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grazing animals harvest plant biomass without using diesel and they also spread valuable plant fertiliser onto the ground and into the air .
Real meat is greener and healthier than any fake “ meat ” manufactured by green alchemists .
Interesting Reading : Do We Really Need Fake Meat : https : //theconsciousfarmer.com.au/do-we-really-need-fake-meat/ The Battle for our Livestock : https : //clexit.net/2016/11/04/grasslands/SHAREVISIT WEBSITE


climatedepot--2020-12-10--12 Indian Meteorologists Demonstrate How Warming Can Be ‘Discovered’ In Temperature Records

12 Indian Meteorologists Demonstrate How Warming Can Be ‘ Discovered ’ In Temperature RecordsNoTricksZone : Not here to worship what i… / by Kenneth Richard / 2dIs this article about economy ?
YESNO A new temperature record for all of India shows no obvious net warming since 1951 or 1705 .
But when scientists select a cold year and draw in a red-hot short-term upward trend from thatpoint , warming appears .
Pages 21 to 45 of a new Springer book entitled Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region and authored by 12 Indian meteorologists ( Sanjay et al.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for India as a whole throughout the last few centuries .
A proxy temperature reconstruction since 1705 reveals no obvious net modern warming – and a warmer 18th century than recent decades .
When the drawn-in trend lines are removed , an annual , max .
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instrumental record that begins in 1951 also shows no obvious net warming .
Since a non-warming trend during an era when CO2 concentrations rose from 315 to 415 ppm would not support the narrative that the globe has been rapidly warming due to human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ steps to create a warming trend where none existed .
A cold year , 1986 , was selected as the starting point for the newfangled global warming in India .
From there , a red-hot warming trend line was drawn-in and a per-decade rate of warming ( i.e.
, 0.15°C ) also emerged in flaming red tones .
And , just like that , India is in the fold , sweltering in the throes of anthropogenic global warming .


climatedepot--2020-12-10--‘Net zero’ climate targets? Read the fine print

Well , exactly .
Only quoting short parts of the article here , as it ’ s laced with the inevitable nods to questionable ( to say the least ) ‘ greenhouse gas ’ theory that seems to create havoc in climate models , constantly pushing them out of alignment with observations .
Instead a few points of interest are selected .
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– – – The worldwide effort to prevent Earth from becoming an unlivable hothouse [ according to climate models ] is in the grips of “ net zero ” fever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases , net-zero pledges are an improvement , but in others the ‘ net ’ provision is a black box that can conceal all sorts of problems , ” Duncan McLaren , a professor at Lancaster University ’ s Environment Centre , told AFP .
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“ The devil is in the details , ” said Kelly Levin , a senior associate with the World Resources Institute ’ s ( WRI ) global climate program .
There are several keys to evaluating the worth of carbon neutral promises , Levin and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether they apply to all greenhouse gases , or just carbon dioxide .
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New Zealand for instance cemented it ’ s net-zero-by-2050 vows into law in November 2019 , but with a woolly caveat : it only applies to CO2 .
A third of the country ’ s total emissions come from belching cattle and especially sheep .
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The UN ’ s climate science advisory panel , the IPCC , has said that manmade emissions must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent by 2050—to have any hope of staying on this side of the 1.5C guardrail .
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“ You can not get to net zero without some carbon dioxide removal , ” or CDR , said Oliver Geden , a researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs , and an IPCC lead author .
And yet all of the options on the table for taking excess carbon out of the air remain deeply flawed , experts say .
To work at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the size of India would be needed for tree farms by the latter half of the century , studies have shown .
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Another approach—in which the CO2 emitted from burning biofuels is buried underground—runs into a similar problem .
Meanwhile , technology that draws CO2 directly from the air , to be sequestered or converted into fuel pellets , remains in its infancy .
“ There is a large degree of uncertainty about the scale and availability of future carbon removals from both land-based carbon sinks ( trees ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Levin of WRI .
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A UN report last week showed that global fossil fuel production must in fact decline roughly 6 percent annually over the next decade to keep the 1.5C target in view .
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Finally , one must read the fine print of net zero pledges to see exactly what is , or is not , included .
“ There is not an agreed set of principles and guidelines for these plans , so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Jesse Bragg , media director for watchdog NGO Corporate Accountability .
Many national schemes leave out the aviation and shipping sectors which , if they were nations , would each rank in the top ten of global emitters .
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But even if promises on carbon neutrality are all kept , he added , that only stabilises the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere .
“ That means climate change impacts will remain as bad or worse than they are now unless we subsequently increase removals to bring concentrations down , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for plants , vegetation , trees etc .
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climatedepot--2020-12-10--UK Committee on Climate Change’s Net Zero advice to government is ‘a political suicide note’

Committee on Climate Change ’ s Net Zero advice to government is “ a political suicide note ” The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) / by bennypeiser / 2hIs this article about foreign policy ?
YESNO London , 10 December : Energy experts at the Global Warming Policy Forum have called the Committee on Climate Change ( CCC ) advice to government on Net Zero decarbonisation “ a political suicide note ” .
The criticism follows the publication of the Sixth Carbon Budget outlining how the government can achieve Net Zero and at what cost .
Claims by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Zero will be “ surprisingly low ” are based on fallacious assumptions and magical thinking that is simply not credible .
The magnitude of the CCC costing errors can be seen in this comparison of the BEIS estimates on which they rely , and the reality known from audited accounts : The GWPF ’ s own economic analysis reveals that the decarbonisation of the electricity system , housing and private transport alone is estimated to cost more than £3 trillion in the next three decades .
The central cost assumptions used in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reality .
Some of them are out by several hundred percent , meaning that the claim that we can decarbonise painlessly doesn ’ t stand up to even cursory scrutiny.
” Offshore wind is twice as expensive to build as the CCC assumes , and two to four times more expensive to operate .
The resulting electricity will be many , many times more expensive than they claim , making the use of heat pumps and Electric Vehicles utterly unaffordable.
” Worse still , these mistaken assumptions aren ’ t even their own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all it has done is accept the generation cost estimates of Alok Sharma ’ s Department of Business .
Far from being an independent advisor , the CCC is nothing more than a passive and uncritical sock puppet repeating government nonsense.
” GWPF director Dr Benny Peiser warned that if the major parties continue to go along with the government ’ s plans they face an existential crisis and political realignment : The 6th Carbon Budget is just sales-talk designed to fool the public into signing on the dotted line and sacrificing their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The CCC analysis is an attempt to conceal true costs and trick the public into committing to a policy that will ruin lives across society , with truly terrible effects on low income households.
” Every time someone has to buy a high-price heat pump rather than a cheap gas-fired boiler , every time they are forced to replace their cheap car with an expensive electric one and every time they get their ever more expensive electricity bill , they will remember who lied to them about the cost of Net Zero.
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climatedepot--2020-12-10--A ban on gas boilers would be yet another pointless eco catastrophe

Ross Clark : A ban on gas boilers would be yet another pointless eco catastropheThe Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) / by bennypeiser / 6h Has the Government ’ s Climate Change Committee ( CCC ) been seized by one of those gangs which promises to tarmac your driveway for £50 and then , when it has finished its shoddy work , tells you , no , you misheard : £50 was the price per square foot ?
In its Sixth Carbon Budget , published yesterday , the CCC claims the cost of turning Britain carbon neutral by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to cost “ just ” £50 billion a year by 2030 .
And eventually that is all going to be cancelled out by lower fuel bills , anyway , so it will be free .
If something sounds too good to be true , you can be pretty sure it is .
Remember David Cameron ’ s Green Deal , introduced in 2013 to offer loans for energy improvements , the net cost of which would be zero because they would save more money than they cost ?
It was abandoned two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ improvements weren ’ t going to save nearly enough money to repay the loans .
A National Audit Office report concluded that the scheme had cost the taxpayer £17,000 per loan , with negligible reduction in carbon emissions .
Now , central to the Climate Change Committee ’ s ambitions are our homes , in particular a proposed ban on the sale of all new gas boilers by 2033 and oil boilers – relied upon by people in rural areas – by 2028 .
It is right to build new homes to high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sadly all too easy to predict the result of a rushed scheme to retrofit all existing homes to make them zero carbon .
Homeowners will be fleeced , left with damp , chilly homes .
Worse , the costs are bound to fall disproportionately on the lowest- income homeowners .
Some homes , says the CCC , may be heated with hydrogen – even though the technology to produce clean hydrogen has yet to be proven on a commercial scale .
In most cases , though , the CCC wants gas boilers to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But these cost a lot more : between £6,000 and £8,000 for a typical air-source heat pump , according to Which.Air Source Heat Pump Cost : 2020 .
Source TradesmenCost.co.uk But if you live in one of Britain ’ s nine million older homes with solid walls , that is just the beginning .
Heat pumps operate on lower water temperatures than gas boilers .
To heat a home effectively you may need to install much larger radiators and insulate the walls , too .
Solid wall insulation , again according to Which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stuck on the inside ( which makes all the rooms smaller ) and £13,000 if stuck on the outside .
Damp is another potential hazard : cover an old house , built without a damp course , with cladding and insulation and you are asking for trouble .
The CCC puts a timetable of 10-15 years on bringing all homes up to a grade “ C ” level on an Energy Performance Certificate .
Where , other than the bands of cowboy contractors who will already be smacking their lips , does it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ required workforce ?
And if you can ’ t pay to upgrade your home ?
The CCC wants the sale of all new homes which don ’ t come up to standard to be banned from 2028 , and mortgages on them to be stopped from 2033 .
In other words , if you can ’ t spend thousands to upgrade your home , you won ’ t be able to sell it or continue paying a mortgage .
Yes , a government quango is proposing a policy which would lead to mass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A ban on gas boilers would be yet another pointless eco catastrophe appeared first on The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .SHAREVISIT WEBSITE


climatedepot--2020-12-11--UN urges ‘green economic recovery’ – Laments lockdowns (theoretically) only cut 2050 temps by 0.01%

UN urges ‘green economic recovery’ – Laments lockdowns (theoretically) only cut 2050 temps by 0.01% – ‘Drop in emissions has had a ‘negligible’ impact on global warming’

UN report : A brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will make no significant difference to long-term climate change .
World is still heading for a catastrophic temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century CO2 emissions could decrease by about 7 per cent in 2020 Reduced global emissions throughout the 2020 coronavirus pandemic will have a negligible impact on long-term global warming , according to a UN report .
The Emissions Gap report from the UN Environment Programme ( Unep ) found the lockdown has lowered 2050 temperature predictions by only 0.01 per cent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reach a catastrophic 3.2°C ( 6.6°F ) of warming by 2100 , the report warns , because the brief dip in greenhouse gas emissions will not significantly influence long-term forecasts .
However , a ‘ green economic recovery ’ following the pandemic could put the world on course to hit the 2°C ( 3.6ºF ) target set out by the Paris Agreement if citizens and governments commit to change , it says .
This graph shows the reduction in CO2 emissions throughout 2020 by sector .
At the start of April , during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outside of China and when the most stringent restrictions were in place , ground transport CO2 emissions were more than 11 megatonnes ( Mt ) does compared to 2019 A brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will make no significant difference to long-term climate change .
World is still heading for a catastrophic temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century CO2 emissions could decrease by about 7 per cent in 2020 Although 2020 emissions will be lower than in 2019 due to the COVID-19 crisis and associated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continue to rise , with the immediate reduction in emissions expected to have a negligible long-term impact on climate change Domestic and international shipping and aviation currently account for around 5 per cent of global CO2 emissions and are projected to increase significantly Emissions of the richest 1 per cent of the global population account for more than twice the combined share of the poorest 50 per cent ‘ The expected reduction in CO2 emissions is seven per cent in 2020 , with a smaller drop in GHG emissions as non-CO2 is likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report authors write .
‘ The reduction is unprecedented and significantly larger than the reduction of 0.9 per cent in CO2 emissions during the 2007–2008 global financial crisis ( 0.6 per cent for all GHGs ) .
’ High-pollution sectors of business such as industry , power and ground transport were major contributors to this vast reduction .
At the start of April , during the peak of the coronavirus first wave outside of China and when the most stringent restrictions were in place , ground transport CO2 emissions were more than 11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 .
All sectors combined , the reduction was in excess of 18Mt at this point .
As the year progressed , emissions returned closer to their normal levels , but remained significantly lower than expected .
But the severe drop in emissions , although unparallelled in history , will not in itself impact future warming projections without policymakers changing focus and prioritising curbing emissions going forward .
‘ As the COVID-19 crisis eases emissions will rebound , but how far and how fast is highly uncertain and depends primarily on the choices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ states .
‘ If COVID-19 recovery packages focus on accelerating the ongoing renewable energy transition , then emissions may continue to decline depending on how large and long-term the recovery packages are.
’ It also claims that 2020 will likely be the warmest year on record .
This is unsurprising considering the climate chaos of the past 12 months , with parts of the world suffered from widespread drought , wildfires blazed and glaciers disappeared .
The report also looked at how greenhouse gas emissions have changed since 1990 .


climatedepot--2020-12-11--A COVID lockdown side effect: Used masks polluting California coastal waters

People walk here along the northern coast of the San Francisco Bay , crowding a path that bends to the contour of the shore .
At the small pebble beach near a park called Blackies Pasture , a surgical mask is tangled in the marsh at the edge of the Bay .
A little farther on is another , then another on the other side of the path , waiting to be blown into the sea .
“ I mean this is a high-wealth area and even here you see it , ” said Peter Ottesen , a fit 74-year-old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Addie , on a recent clear morning .
“ It ’ s now like cigarette butts or anything else .
You see it on the sides of the path , the sides of the road , and if you don ’ t see it , you are not looking.
” There is the economic crash , the education gap , the depression of solitary life .
Now another unwelcome and potentially enduring side effect of the coronavirus pandemic has emerged : the masks , gloves , disinfectant wipes and other items of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ save lives are also polluting the environment .
Since the pandemic began early this year , masks have become a go-to item of the national wardrobe , especially here along the California coast where mask-wearing rates are high .
But many are careless with the new accessory and , in windy places like many along this state ’ s 840-mile coast , the masks and other products are ending up on sidewalks , skittering into storm drains , blowing onto beaches and ending up in the Pacific Ocean and its bays .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ traditional rainy season , which washes urban flotsam and jetsam into the sea .
It is due to begin this month .
Many types of masks , including the most common surgical variety , contain plastics that taint ocean ecosystems and disrupt marine food chains .
The bottom line is that , in the era of covid-19 , another form of mass-produced human stuff is making its way into places where humans do not live .
“ Whatever the product may be this is a new , additional plastic threat , ” said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conservation education program at the Marine Mammal Center based in the Marin headlands , which rescues and heals seals , sea lions , otters and other animals along a 600-mile stretch of California coast .


climatedepot--2020-12-11--‘It’s beyond catastrophic’: John Kerry Admits UN Paris Climate PACT Does NOTHING for ‘Climate Change

‘It’s beyond catastrophic’: John Kerry Admits UN Paris Climate PACT Does NOTHING for ‘Climate Change’ – ‘Even if we did everything that was promised in Paris, the earth’s temps still going to rise’

John Kerry : `` I can tell you , we ’ re not getting done even what we promised in Paris.
” “ And even if we did everything that was promised in Paris , the earth ’ s temperature ’ s still going to rise to 3.7 degrees Fahrenheit [ sic ] , ” Kerry continued .
“ But because we ’ re not doing anything , we ’ re actually heading to [ a rise of ] 4.1 , 4.5 degrees today .
It ’ s beyond catastrophic.
” But in 2015 , the UN Paris climate pact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of State John F. Kerry in 2015 : “ This is a tremendous victory for all of our citizens–not for any one country or bloc , but a victory for all of the planet , and for future generations . ''
Former Secretary of State John Kerry admitted this week that the U.S. ’ s participation in global climate change initiatives , such as the Paris Climate Accord , would not bring down the world ’ s temperature .
Kerry suggested that electing Democrat Joe Biden is not enough to move the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it comes to global warming .
“ We ’ re in trouble – I mean , our democracy ’ s in trouble , so we ’ ve got a fight on that front .
We made a great step forward to do that by rejecting the Orange Menace , and moving forward with a new presidency , one committed to doing the right things , all under the umbrella of restoring the soul of our country , ” he said during a conversation with “ Squad ” member Rep. Ayanna Pressley , D-Mass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough .
I can tell you , we ’ re not getting done even what we promised in Paris.
” “ And even if we did everything that was promised in Paris , the earth ’ s temperature ’ s still going to rise to 3.7 degrees Fahrenheit [ sic ] , ” Kerry continued .
“ But because we ’ re not doing anything , we ’ re actually heading to [ a rise of ] 4.1 , 4.5 degrees today .
It ’ s beyond catastrophic.
” President Trump withdrew the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which forces nations to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by the second half of the century .
Biden has pledged to rejoin the climate agreement as soon as he takes office .
He designated Kerry as his special climate envoy on the National Security Council after his expected inauguration .
Kerry praised Biden for making climate change one of his top priorities .
“ The first priority ’ s COVID obviously , restoring the economy , dealing with the racial divide and , and the soul of our country , and finally the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , very serious about it .
We ’ re going to have an unparalleled , I think , climate effort , ” Kerry added .


climatedepot--2020-12-11--Climate activist Eric Holthaus: COVID lockdowns are ‘teaching us we can do much more than we thought

Climate activist Eric Holthaus: COVID lockdowns are ‘teaching us we can do much more than we thought’ on climate – If ‘Covid recovery prioritizes climate policies, global emissions will have permanently peaked in 2019’

Holthaus : Lockdowns gave `` a once-in-a-planet chance to reshape our economies and our societies in a way that works with the Earth . ''
`` Globally , emissions in 2020 were roughly the same as they were in 2011 .
More specifically , 2020-level emissions were last seen in : Amid all of this year ’ s pain and suffering , we gave ourselves a once-in-a-planet chance to reshape our economies and our societies in a way that works with the Earth .
Let ’ s be clear about one thing : A virus is not a climate plan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clock on emissions worldwide .
But it ’ s changed nothing – yet – about the problem that got us here : Extractive capitalism working in partnership with white supremacy , patriarchy , and imperialism .
To change everything , we need everyone healthy , valued , and loved . ''
Emissions are down in 2020 , big time The pandemic is teaching us we can do much more than we thought .
This week marks five years since the Paris climate accord was agreed upon , the world ’ s first global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new report out today finds that carbon emissions are indeed down since 2015 , but only after a hell-year of pandemic-related lockdowns , mass death , and governments around the world placing harsh curbs on immigration and freedom of movement .
Even though this was expected , it ’ s still huge , huge news .
The majority of this year ’ s global dip in emissions were transportation related , particularly in the US and Europe as people worked from home and abandoned air travel .
Globally , emissions in 2020 were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2011 .
More specifically , 2020-level emissions were last seen in : • 1988 in the US Amid all of this year ’ s pain and suffering , we gave ourselves a once-in-a-planet chance to reshape our economies and our societies in a way that works with the Earth .
Let ’ s be clear about one thing : A virus is not a climate plan .
The Covid pandemic turned back the clock on emissions worldwide .
But it ’ s changed nothing – yet – about the problem that got us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with white supremacy , patriarchy , and imperialism .
To change everything , we need everyone healthy , valued , and loved .
That means NOW IS A SUPER IMPORTANT TIME .
If we return to business as usual post-Covid , it will be a disaster that may be unrecoverable .
Climate change needs to be at the heart of every country ’ s recovery plans in 2021 .
For the first time in a very long time , there are emerging signs that we are starting to get back on the right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a bigger deal than we thought President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to re-join the Paris agreement on the first day of his presidency .
To do that , though , he ’ ll need to officially submit a new national goal ( a “ nationally determined contribution ” ) to improve upon the one that President Obama originally committed us to in 2015 .
That ’ s the harder part of rejoining Paris .
( Here ’ s a good overview of the nuts and bolts of the process . )
Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A 26-28 % reduction in emissions by 2025 , compared to 2005 levels .
Climate experts think Biden could ramp this all the way up to 50 % by 2030 – something that was honestly unthinkable even just a few years ago , and nearly in-line with a path to a less-than-2°C–warming world .
As my conversation this week with Biden ’ s frontrunner for EPA Administrator Mary Nichols shows , a rapid decarbonization of the US economy seems imminent .
An analysis last month showed Biden ’ s climate plan alone could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by 2030 , but that will be hard to do without comprehensive climate legislation .
Democrats can win control of the Senate if they maintain their lead in the two Georgia elections on January 5 .
By 2030 , says Nichols , “ almost the entire energy system , both our electricity and our transportation systems , [ could ] be zero carbon ” and we ’ ll have made tremendous progress on the tougher sectors like agriculture , industry , and buildings , too .
Of course , “ nearly ” on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough , and a 2°C warmer world is still unacceptably dangerous .
Cutting emissions is just the first step .
To be a climate leader on a global scale , Biden will need to pledge resources to help countries who have done the least to cause the climate emergency adapt to escalating disasters , including debt relief , and a permanent shift to repairing the centuries-long harms of extractive capitalism and inequality .
Limiting warming to less than 1.5°C is an existential necessity .
Joe Biden won ’ t get us there on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a transformative leap in the right direction .
A better world is possible .
It ’ s never too late .


climatedepot--2020-12-11--Are Temperatures and Sea Levels Rising Dangerously? Hardly

There are two widely held climate-change beliefs that are simply not accurate .
The first is that there has been a statistically significant warming trend in the U.S. over the last 20 years .
The second is that average ocean levels are rising alarmingly due to man-made global warming .
Neither of these perspectives is true ; yet both remain important , nonetheless , since both are loaded with very expensive public policy implications .
To refute the first view , we turn to data generated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) for the relevant years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the average mean temperature in the continental U.S. for the years 1998 through 2019* : It is apparent from the data that there has been no consistent warming trend in the U.S. over the last 2 decades ; average mean temperatures ( daytime and nighttime ) have been slightly higher in some years and slightly lower in other years .
On balance–and contrary to mountains of uninformed social and political commentary—annual temperatures on average in the U.S. were no higher in 2019 than they were in 1998 .
The second widely accepted climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ writers and partisan politicians–is that average sea levels are increasing dangerously and rationalize an immediate governmental response .
But as we shall demonstrate below , this perspective is simply not accurate .
There is a wide scientific consensus ( based on satellite laser altimeter readings since 1993 ) that the rate of increase in overall sea levels has been approximately 0.12 inches per year .
To put that increase in perspective , the average sea level nine years from now ( in 2029 ) is likely to be approximately one inch higher than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One inch is roughly the distance from the tip of your finger to the first knuckle .
Even by the turn of the next century ( in 2100 ) , average ocean levels ( at that rate of increase ) should be only a foot or so higher than they are at present .
None of this sounds particularly alarming for the general society and little of it can justify any draconian regulations or costly infrastructure investments .
The exception might be for very low-lying ocean communities or for properties ( nuclear power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would present a wide-ranging risk to the general population .
But even here there is no reason for immediate panic .
Since ocean levels are rising in small , discrete marginal increments , private and public decision-makers would have reasonable amounts of time to prepare , adjust , and invest ( in flood abatement measures , etc . )
if required .
But are sea levels actually rising at all ?
Empirical evidence of any substantial increases taken from land-based measurements has been ambiguous .
This suggests to some scientists that laser and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have not been particularly accurate .
For example , Professor Niles-Axel Morner ( Stockholm University ) is infamous in climate circles for arguing–based on his actual study of sea levels in the Fiji Islands–that “ there are no traces of any present rise in sea levels ; on the contrary , full stability.
” And while Morner ’ s views are controversial , he has at least supplied peer-reviewed empirical evidence to substantiate his nihilist position on the sea-level increase hypothesis .
The world has many important societal problems and only a limited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What we don ’ t need are overly dramatic climate-change claims that are unsubstantiated and arrive attached to expensive public policies that , if enacted , would fundamentally alter the foundations of the U.S. economic system .


climatedepot--2020-12-11--EU Commits to 55% Cut in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Boris to 68% in UK

BRUSSELS ( AP ) — European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the bloc ’ s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 per cent by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels , avoiding a hugely embarrassing deadlock ahead of a U.N. climate meeting this weekend .
Following night-long discussions at their two-day summit in Brussels , the 27 member states approved the EU executive commission ’ s proposal to toughen the bloc ’ s intermediate target on the way to climate neutrality by mid-century , after a group of reluctant , coal-reliant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goal .
“ Europe is the leader in the fight against climate change , ” tweeted EU Council president Charles Michel as daylight broke over the EU capital city .
“ We decided to cut our greenhouse gas emissions of at least 55 per cent by 2030.
” Five years after the Paris agreement , the EU wants to be a leader in the fight against global warming .
Yet the bloc ’ s heads of state and government were unable to agree on the new target the last time they met in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by eastern nations seeking more clarity about how to fund and handle the green transition .
But the long-awaited deal on a massive long-term budget and coronavirus recovery clinched Thursday by EU leaders swung the momentum .
Large swaths of the record-high 1.82 trillion-euro package are set to pour into programs and investments designed to help the member states , regions and sectors particularly affected by the green transition , which are in need of a deep economic and social transformation .
EU leaders have agreed that 30 per cent of the package @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Still , agreeing on common language was not an easy task .
Negotiations were punctuated throughout the night by intense discussions in the plenary session and multiple chats in smaller groups on the sidelines .
Another delay in revising the EU ’ s current 40 per cent emission cuts objective for 2030 would have been particularly embarrassing before the virtual Climate Ambition Summit marking five years since the Paris deal , and leaders worked to the wire to seal a deal .
The event on Saturday will be co-hosted by the UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last week he wants the UK to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 68 per cent from 1990 levels by 2030 — a more ambitious goal than the EU ’ s .
Poland , which last year didn ’ t commit to the EU ’ s 2050 climate neutrality goal , and other eastern countries , including the Czech Republic and Hungary , largely depend on coal for their energy needs .
They considered it unfair that all member states should be submitted to the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
To win their approval , member states agreed that the new target should be delivered collectively .
According to the Belgian Prime minister ’ s office , “ leaders agreed that the cuts will be first achieved in sectors and countries where there is still plenty of room for improvement.
” In addition , the European Commission will take into account specific national situations when drawing up the measures .
A progress report will be submitted to the European Council in the spring .
The accord also left the door open to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power as they drop fossil fuels .
EU leaders agreed last year that nuclear energy would be part of the bloc ’ s solution to making its economy carbon neutral , and they reiterated Friday that they would respect member states ’ rights to decide on their energy mix and to choose the most appropriate technologies to reach the goal .
According to a French official who was not authorized to speak publicly about the meeting , Poland also obtained guarantees that the EU ’ s Emissions Trading System — a cap-and-trade scheme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 40 per cent of the EU ’ s greenhouse gas emissions — would be revamped .
Poland wants the reform of the system to redirect more revenues to the poorer EU countries .
World leaders agreed five years ago in Paris to keep the global warming increase to below 2 degrees Celsius ( 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit ) , and ideally no more than 1.5 degrees C ( 2.7 degrees F ) by the end of the century .
Under the Paris accord , countries are required to submit updated climate targets by @ @ @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-12-11--Lockdowns Should Make Climate Activists Happy: Global carbon dioxide emissions decline 7% in 2020 –

Lockdowns Should Make Climate Activists Happy: Global carbon dioxide emissions decline 7% in 2020 – ‘The biggest drop ever’ – USA CO2 drops 12%, Europe drops 11% & China only drops 1.7%

Who says there ’ s no good news coming out of the pandemic ?
Climate alarmists should at least be of good cheer heading into the Christmas season because there ’ s been a predictable side effect from the world being largely stuck in lockdown mode .
Global carbon emissions have plunged considerably in 2020 , though I don ’ t see any of the eco-warriors cheering about it very much .
The amount of carbon dioxide being pumped into the atmosphere is down significantly , though not all countries are contributing to the decrease equally .
The Associated Press @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States is leading the way in reducing emissions yet again , though this obviously isn ’ t going to be a long-term trend .
A locked-down pandemic-struck world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by 7 % , the biggest drop ever , new preliminary figures show .
The Global Carbon Project , an authoritative group of dozens of international scientists who track emissions , calculated that the world will have put 37 billion U.S. tons ( 34 billion metric tons ) of carbon dioxide in the air in 2020 .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tons ( 36.4 billion metric tons ) in 2019 , according a study published Thursday in the journal Earth System Science Data .
Scientists say this drop is chiefly because people are staying home , traveling less by car and plane , and that emissions are expected to jump back up after the pandemic ends .
Seven percent is a significant drop no matter how you measure it .
But America was well above the global average , registering a drop of 12 % .
Europe was close on our heels , cutting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care to take a guess as to who showed the smallest decrease ?
If you said China , give yourself a cookie .
They only registered a drop of 1.7 % .
The cause for all of this should be fairly obvious .
Automobiles account for approximately 25 % of all carbon emissions caused by human beings .
America is one of the most mobile , car-crazy countries in the world , so with most of the population stuck at home , people are driving far fewer miles .
Europe is similarly in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ve seen a significant decrease also .
So what about China ?
Two factors appear to explain their stagnant emissions numbers .
First , they didn ’ t engage in nearly as much of a prolonged lockdown after they unleashed the virus on the world .
Also , it ’ s a less mobile nation and a much larger portion of its carbon emissions come from manufacturing and other industrial processes .
They ’ ve never shown much interest in cutting emissions to begin with and the pandemic hasn ’ t changed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States was already leading the world in reducing emissions even before the pandemic struck .
Improvements in drilling technology and a major shift toward the use of natural gas instead of coal or oil led to America making major cuts in carbon emissions and we somehow managed to do that without burdensome new regulations or joining the Paris climate accord .
Of course , Joe Biden has already pledged to put us back into that agreement so we can be told what to do by countries that haven ’ t made anywhere @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on that front .
This news should serve as a useful reminder that regulating industry in the United States isn ’ t the way to address the emissions question .
If that ’ s your primary goal , you should be working on having fewer cars on the road and making them run more cleanly .
But that idea never seems to make it into the Democrats ’ platform , does it ?
It ’ s clearly more fun to try to impose a carbon tax on everyone .
Flashback 2013 : Fmr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
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: ‘ The only way a 2015 agreement can achieve a 2-degree goal is to shut down the whole global economy ’ “ The only way that a 2015 agreement can achieve a 2-degree goal is to shut down the whole global economy , ” Yvo de Boer , former UNFCCC ( United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ) executive secretary said in 2013 .
Yvo de Boer ’ s words sound prophetic when compared to the comments of climate campaigners in 2020 excited about the impact of the COVID @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on April 22 , 2020 , about the impact of lockdowns on global CO2 emissions : “ This is roughly the same pace that the IPCC says we need to sustain every year until 2030 to be on pace to limit global warming to 1.5C and hit the Paris climate goals .
This is what ‘ rapid , far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society ’ looks like.
” Reality Check : Chart showing the futility of climate agreements to slow CO2 rise : BOMBSHELL : U.N .
Admits Emission Reductions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Climate Change ’


climatedepot--2020-12-11--Associated Press: Five years on, signs that Paris climate accord is working: CO2 emissions ‘barely r

Associated Press: Five years on, signs that Paris climate accord is working: CO2 emissions ‘barely rose globally from 2018 to 2019, then dropped 7% this year because of the pandemic, although it’ll likely rise again’

Excerpt : The forecast for global warming is looking a little less bleak in the long term , but not so rosy in the short term .
With numerous countries pledging to clean up their act and projected temperature rises now smaller than they once were , scientists and diplomats say the outlook for mid-to-late century is not as gloomy as it was when the historic 2015 Paris climate accord was signed .
But they caution that impacts of warming already are hitting Earth harder than scientists predicted .
And they say the use of coal , oil and natural @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dropping as much as needed , despite cheaper renewable energy .
The climate change landscape has changed in five years , and UN officials credit both cold , hard economics and a push from an idealistic younger generation .
But Swedish teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg on Thursday blasted world leaders for setting “ distant hypothetical targets ” while “ speeding in the wrong direction.
” Carbon pollution barely rose globally from 2018 to 2019 , then dropped 7 % this year because of the pandemic , although it ’ ll likely rise again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so fast that renewable energy is often cheaper than dirtier fossil fuels .
“ Globally the top 1 % of income earners emit more than twice the combined share of the poorest 50 % of the global population , ” said U.N .
Environment Programme policy and planning chief Ann Olhoff .
For the world to reach the most stringent Paris goal , she said , “ The richest 1 % ” would need to cut their emissions to one-thirtieth of what it is now .
But Christiana Figueres , the former U.N. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the Paris negotiations , said the undercurrents have shifted since 2015 — evidenced by the decisions of major investors , such as New York ’ s public pension fund , to stop funding fossil fuel power .
“ We ’ re moving faster than we ever were and will continue to increase the speed , ” said Figueres .
“ So am I optimistic ?
Yes , by choice and by evidence .
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climatedepot--2020-12-11--Climate czar nominee John Kerry under fire for private jet use – Reported millions in income through

Climate czar nominee John Kerry under fire for private jet use – Reported millions in income through his wife’s charter flight company

Former Secretary of State John Kerry has come under fire for his apparently luxurious lifestyle of yachts and using a private plane , which some have argued is hypocritical for a public official advancing climate reforms .
The criticism surfaced after President-elect Joe Biden nominated Kerry to serve as his climate change envoy or “ climate czar , ” as it ’ s been referred to in the media .
During his 2004 presidential run , Kerry ’ s campaign made 60 payments to his wife ’ s charter jet company , totaling $ 273,171 , the New York Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sailing yacht and using his wife ’ s private jet – dubbed “ Flying Squirrel ” – Kerry repeatedly reported nine figures in assets in his wife ’ s charter company .
As late as 2013 , his executive branch personnel financial disclosure shows him owning “ over $ 1,000,001 ” in assets for “ Flying Squirrel LLC ” through his wife .
Kerry ’ s financial disclosures from 2009-2012 also show that amount .
In his 2013 disclosure , the former secretary of state reported between “ $ 50,001- $ 100,000 ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That figure was over $ 1 million in his 2012 form and between $ 100,001- $ 1,000,000 for 2013 .
Other disclosures show rental income of over $ 1 million for 2011 , “ $ 100,001- $ 1,000,000 ” for 2010 , “ $ 100,001- $ 1,000,000 ” for 2008 , “ $ 15,001- $ 50,000 ” for 2005 , “ $ 100,001- $ 1,000,000 ” for 2004 , and “ $ 100,001- $ 1,000,000 ” for 2003 .
While it ’ s unclear exactly how much Kerry benefited from his wife @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been estimated to emit upward of 40 times as much carbon per passenger as commercial flights .
“ We look forward to the anti-carbon lectures from a guy who travels the globe on private jets and luxury yachts , ” read a New York Post editorial on Monday .
Biden ’ s transition team did not respond to Fox News ’ request for comment .
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Fox News host Pete Hegseth echoed the New York Post ’ s criticism of Kerry , characterized by the paper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ one of the biggest gasbags in American politics , [ who is ] singlehandedly responsible for massive amounts of terrible emissions ” with his use of private jets and luxury yachts .
“ It ’ s a common thing , ” Hegseth said .
“ They want the rules not to apply to them , but of course , the rest of us need to destroy our economy in order to save the weather .
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climatedepot--2020-12-11--Biden transition team mulled bringing back John Holdren as science advisor & Katharine Hayhoe  to Na

Biden transition team mulled bringing back John Holdren as science advisor & Katharine Hayhoe  to National Climate Assessment

One of the transition team ’ s top candidates to lead either NOAA or NASA doesn ’ t want the job , and another contender for NOAA chief is married to President-elect Joe Biden ’ s chief of staff .
But there are more — a lot more — people out there competing for a range of climate science positions at NASA , NOAA and elsewhere , sources said .
So much so that one observer warned that Biden could be dissuaded from picking a climate hawk for his top science adviser position because there might be “ too many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have centered around a few key candidates , some who would be new to Washington while others are Obama administration veterans , according to multiple sources who spoke on background because they were not authorized to talk on the record .
J. Marshall Shepherd , chair of NASA ’ s Earth Science Advisory Committee , has been mentioned frequently as a possibility for NOAA administrator , which The Washington Post first reported .
He is also being discussed as a possible head for NASA .
Shepherd leads the atmospheric sciences program at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president of the American Meteorological Society .
He was also a research meteorologist at NASA ’ s Goddard Space Flight Center .
Shepherd told E & E News that he would turn down an offer to lead the nation ’ s premier science agencies because he wants to spend time with his family before his children go to college .
He told E & E News that he is flattered to be considered , but believes NOAA and NASA have to do a lot of rebuilding after the Trump years .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ external to the government , ” he said .
“ Where some people are sort of awestruck or starstruck by these potential opportunities , my first thought is about the realistic aspects of them , the challenges of them because I ’ ve seen the work ahead .
It ’ s going to require someone to get down and dirty in those positions .
You ’ re going to need to have someone who ’ s willing to commit a good portion of their time.
” Shepherd said he would endorse Everette Joseph @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Atmospheric Research in Colorado , for the NOAA job .
Joseph is under serious consideration for that position , according to multiple sources .
Joseph spent a significant part of his career heading the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center at the State University of New York at Albany and helped establish an advanced weather detection system in the state .
If nominated , Joseph would also become NOAA ’ s first Black administrator .
There has been some discussion about bringing in Katharine Hayhoe , a climate scientist at Texas Tech University and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Assessment , into a public climate role .
However , it was unclear if that would be as science adviser at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy or as lead scientist at NOAA or NASA .
Hayhoe also has been discussed as a possible head of the U.S .
Global Change Research Program , which coordinates research across multiple federal agencies .


climatedepot--2020-12-08--JunkScience.com’s Steve Milloy testifies at PA Dept of Env. Protection climate hearing: ‘RGGI will a

JunkScience.com’s Steve Milloy testifies at PA Dept of Env. Protection climate hearing: ‘RGGI will accomplish nothing for the environment, climate or public health. Instead, energy prices will increase, making Pennsylvania & Pennsylvanians poorer’

Steve Milloy : `` We know that unemploying people and making them poorer hurts their health .
That is certain to happen as Gov .
Wolf ’ s RGGI ( Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ) membership kills coals mining , fracking , power plants and their support industries .
What ’ s the bottom line ?
Pennsylvania ’ s participation in RGGI will accomplish nothing for the environment , climate or public health .
Instead , energy prices will increase , making Pennsylvania and Pennsylvanians poorer . ''
My oral testimony delivered this morning to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Josh ) .
Gov .
Wolf wants to enlist Pennsylvania in a futile battle to change the weather .
He ’ s proposed that Pennsylvania join something called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or “ RGGI ” .
RGGI is an agreement between Northeast states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions via a cap-and-trade system .
If Pennsylvania joins RGGI , power plants in the state will have to purchase permits to emit carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) .
The scheme is for the price of the permits to increase and their availability to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more and more expensive for power plants to emit CO2 .
What could go wrong with a plan to make electricity cost more every year ?
If you listen to Gov .
Wolf , the answer is nothing .
He claims that emissions will decline by a cumulative 188 million tons by 2030 .
He says electricity prices will be 3 % lower than they otherwise would be by 2030 .
He says personal income will only be slightly lower by 2030 but state revenue will be slightly higher .
Gov .
Wolf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health benefits worth an estimated $ 6.3 billion by 2030 .
What ’ s not to like ?
So the whole idea of this scheme is to “ combat climate change.
” Will it ?
Regardless of whether you believe United Nations science on climate , an indisputable reality is that human activities produce about 55 billion tons of emissions every year .
The UN says those emissions are increasing with no end in sight .
So by 2030 , when Pennsylvania ’ s RGGI membership supposedly will have reduced state CO2 emissions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will have emitted more than 550 billion tons .
So RGGI in Pennsylvania will reduce global emissions by a measly 0.034 % at most .
The insignificance to the global climate and weather of that level of emissions cut is obvious .
So RGGI will accomplish nothing for the climate or environment .
But electricity prices will be 3 % lower , says Gov .
Wolf .
Well , how will electricity prices be lower if the cost to produce electricity is going to increase every year ?
That ’ s easy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ electricity because they will be using a lot less electricity .
Gov .
Wolf wants to reduce cumulative electricity use in Pennsylvania by a whopping 27,822 gigawatt-hours by 2030 .
The other term for this so-called “ demand reduction ” policy is rationing .
Though the world is awash in cheap energy , Gov .
Wolf intends to ration electricity in Pennsylvania and Pennsylvanians will be paying more for less electricity .
Don ’ t forget that compared with states without excessive CO2 emissions regulations , the other states in RGGI have already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faster , according to the Commonwealth Foundation .
What about Gov .
Wolf ’ s projections for personal income and state revenue ?
I know of no state government that can successfully predict your or its income 10 years in the future .
But if you work in , or depend on the coal or fracking industries – like hundreds of thousands in Pennsylvania — RGGI is not designed to be a job security program for you .
Such high-paying jobs are earmarked to be redistributed to much lower wage wind and solar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state to come out ever so slightly financially ahead by 2030 because of RGGI ’ s cap-and-tax design , this is nonsense .
There will be offsetting and lost tax revenues from reduced coal mining and fracking .
Also , it ’ s hard to imagine how making people pointlessly poorer will boost state tax revenues .
Finally , there is the claim that RGGI ’ s emissions cuts will bring public health benefits that , if hypothetically monetized , are worth billions of dollars .
This is more total nonsense .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ clean and safe .
Air pollution in Pennsylvania is at historically low levels .
Claims to the contrary are based on statistical shenanigans and other junk science outside the scope of this 5-minute testimony .
Air quality is not killing or sickening anyone .
Not a cough or a wheeze is caused by anything coming out of any power plant .
There is simply no scientific or medical evidence indicating that anyone ’ s health is being harmed by Pennsylvania air quality .
But if you doubt me , let ’ s debate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Pennsylvania Department of Environment Protection .
You will lose , but learn a great deal .
In contrast , we know that unemploying people and making them poorer hurts their health .
That is certain to happen as Gov .
Wolf ’ s RGGI membership kills coals mining , fracking , power plants and their support industries .
Pennsylvania ’ s participation in RGGI will accomplish nothing for the environment , climate or public health .
Instead , energy prices will increase , making Pennsylvania and Pennsylvanians poorer .
Gov .
Wolf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the standard of living in Pennsylvania .
The cap-and-tax wolf is at the door , Pennsylvania .
Don ’ t open it .


climatedepot--2020-12-12--UN Chief: ‘I call on all leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate Emergency in their countrie

UN Chief: ‘I call on all leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate Emergency in their countries’ – COVID Lockdowns to Morph into Climate Lockdowns?!

( Reuters ) - World leaders should declare states of “ climate emergency ” to spur faster cuts in greenhouse gas emissions , U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday at a summit marking the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate accord .
... “ Can anybody still deny that we are facing a dramatic emergency ?
” Guterres said via video .
“ That is why today , I call on all leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate Emergency in their countries until carbon neutrality is reached.
” ... Guterres said economic recovery packages launched in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an opportunity to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future - but said this was not happening fast enough .
The ‘ Great Reset ’ : Rule by Unelected ‘ Experts ’ – COVID-Climate Technocracy has arrived – ‘ The danger of letting lab coats run the world ’ – Special Report ‘ Fantastic ’ for the climate : Activists See Coronavirus Lockdowns As A Dress Rehearsal for ‘ Climate Emergency ’ LONDON ( Reuters ) – World leaders should declare states of “ climate emergency ” to spur faster cuts in greenhouse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said on Saturday at a summit marking the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate accord .
Dozens of world leaders addressed the one-day virtual gathering , aimed at building momentum for more ambitious national commitments ahead of a pivotal round of climate talks due to take place in Glasgow in late 2021 .
“ Can anybody still deny that we are facing a dramatic emergency ?
” Guterres said via video .
“ That is why today , I call on all leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate Emergency in their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Guterres said economic recovery packages launched in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic should represent an opportunity to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future – but said this was not happening fast enough .
“ So far , the members of the G20 are spending 50 % more in their stimulus and rescue packages on sectors linked to fossil fuel production and consumption , than on low-carbon energy , ” Guterres said .
“ This is unacceptable .
The trillions of dollars needed for COVID recovery is money that we are borrowing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On the eve of the summit on Friday , co-host Britain had announced it would end direct government support for overseas fossil fuel projects , aiming to spur similar moves by other countries to accelerate a shift to cleaner energy .
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the summit that countries could work together to radically cut dependence on fossil fuels , change agricultural practices , and reverse the process by which for centuries humanity has been quilting the planet in “ a toxic teacosy ” of greenhouse gases .
“ And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ create hundreds of thousands of jobs , millions of jobs , across the planet as we collectively recover from coronavirus , ” Johnson said .


climatedepot--2020-12-14--UK Climate Assembly’s ‘recommendation’ is that meat & dairy consumption be reduced by 20-40% – In fa

UK Climate Assembly’s ‘recommendation’ is that meat & dairy consumption be reduced by 20-40% – In fact, just ten people made that recommendation

New video on the UK Climate Assembly 's `` recommendation '' that meat and dairy consumption be reduced by 20-40 @ @ @ @ @ just ten people made that recommendation .
https : //t.co/1lVP7z4fsz