climatedepot--2020-05-06--WaPo Gets Pulitzer For Series On — Wait For It — Climate Change – Chris Mooney series on ‘2C: Beyond

WaPo Gets Pulitzer For Series On — Wait For It — Climate Change – Chris Mooney series on ‘2C: Beyond the Limit’

Another day , another Pulitzer prize given to The Washington Post for liberal content .
This time , the prize was given for the paper ’ s reporting on climate change .
The Post ’ s media reporter Paul Farhi flaunted the news in a story headlined “ Washington Post wins Pulitzer Prize for series that detailed environmental devastation in global hot spots.
” Farhi wrote how in late 2018 , The Post ’ s “ environmental writer Chris Mooney began noticing a small but recurring theme in scientific studies about climate change.
” Mooney ’ s epiphany ?
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warmer on average over the preceding century , but some had become hotter than others.
” Mooney ’ s light-bulb moment apparently led to an entire climate change series that included “ articles , photos , videos and graphics ” and 53 people in The Post ’ snewsroom .
This was all part of an “ effort to document places on the planet that had experienced above-average warming.
” “ On Monday , a panel of judges awarded the series the Pulitzer Prize , journalism ’ s highest honor.
” [ Emphasis added @ @ @ @ @ @ @ project , “ dubbed ‘ 2C : Beyond the Limit ’ for the benchmark two-degree Celsius temperature rise , won for explanatory journalism.
” Specifically : “ Mooney , whose byline appeared on five of the 10 stories submitted for the Pulitzer , said his reading of the studies gave him ‘ the sense that there was a common theme , where regions that were seeing unusually high levels of warming were seeing some type of bizarre or dramatic ecosystem upheaval.
’ ” Astonishingly , according to Farhi , “ This year ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first during Donald Trump ’ s presidency in which no news organization was recognized for its reporting about Trump ’ s policies , finances or business practices.
” It appears the 53 negative headlinestories The Post ran bashing the Trump administration ’ s coronavirus policies between January 17 and April 25 didn ’ t make the cut .
NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Grahambroke down the descent of the once-acclaimed Pulitzer prize into a biased token of liberal media self-aggrandizement : “ Over the previous three years , four Pulitzer Prizes for reporting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s apparently shady deeds , from alleged Russian collusion to tax evasion .
In the previous eight years , there ’ s not a single reporting prize handed out for exposing anything about Barack Obama or his team .
Democracy was never in darkness back then .
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climatedepot--2020-05-06--Coronavirus: UK warned to avoid climate change crisis

https : //www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3842148/posts The UK must avoid lurching from the coronavirus crisis into a deeper climate crisis , the government @ @ @ @ @ .
They recommend that ministers ensure funds earmarked for a post-Covid-19 economic recovery go to @ @ @ @ @ emissions .
They say the public should work from home if possible ; and to @ @ @ @ @ investment should prioritise broadband over road-building , the Committee on Climate Change ( CCC ) @ @ @ @ @ be encouraged to save emissions by continuing to consult GPs online .
The government will @ @ @ @ @ Energy Secretary Alok Sharma has already spoken in favour of a…

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climatedepot--2020-05-07--Dr. Patrick Moore & Dr. Caleb Rossiter Rebut Wash Post: Oops! Climate Change Actually NOT the Cause

Dr. Patrick Moore & Dr. Caleb Rossiter Rebut Wash Post: Oops! Climate Change Actually NOT the Cause of Coastal Flooding

Consumers of the climate religion media – which comprises pretty much every outlet from CNN leftward – should be forgiven for believing that a climate crisis requires that we ban the cheap , reliable energy that powers 80 percent of the world economy .
After all , those outlets only run stories on one side of the question and brook no debate .
The recent “ Earth Day ” issue of the Washington Post Sunday magazine is a case in point .
It was devoted to finding evidence of climate changes caused by the warming gases that are emitted when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The most important of these emissions , by far , is carbon dioxide , a non-toxic plant , and plankton food .
Unfortunately , the evidence started out weak and got weaker .
And of course , the magazine refused to run letters pointing that out .
There was the requisite image of a polar bear clinging to a melting iceberg , and a story on lower counts of wood thrush in the DC region .
But neither of those has anything to do with climate change .
Polar bear counts , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ animal became a favored fund-raiser for Green groups 20 years ago , are increasing .
The wood thrush story itself pointed out that housing development and deer density are the primary problems .
The final insult to scientific fact , though , was the centerpiece story on flooding in communities around Norfolk , Virginia , which was presented with this subtitle : “ Climate change is forcing many communities to imagine leaving the waterfront behind.
” That claim mirrors the U.S. government ’ s 2018 summary National Climate Assessment , which includes Norfolk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of places threatened by rising seas due to CO2-driven climate change .
However , according to the UN ’ s most recent report , the current global rate of sea-level rise – about an inch a decade , or 3.2 millimeters per year – is the same as it was 100 years ago .
These estimates are uncertain , as sea-level is difficult to measure , but it is clear that the rise is related to the steady increase in global temperature since the Little Ice Age ended around 1800 .
All of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before 1950 , which the UN reports were when industrial carbon dioxide was first emitted in sufficient quantities to cause measurable warming .
Ironically , this UN information about sea-level rates being the same before and after CO2 warming was included in the scientifically-detailed version of the National Climate Assessment , contradicting the widely-publicized summary .
Sea-level rates include the fall , or “ subsidence , ” of land due to a variety of natural and human-caused processes that have nothing to do with temperature .
The reason that sea-level rise is higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year , according to the U.S. Geological Service ) at the mouth of the Chesapeake is that the land there is sinking at a rate that far exceeds the global subsidence rate .
Who says so ?
Every scientist who studies it , as shown in the U.S. Geological Service ’ s 2013 report , Land Subsidence and Relative Sea-Level Rise in the Southern Chesapeake Bay Region : “ Land subsidence has been observed since the 1940s in the southern Chesapeake Bay region at rates of 1.1 to 4.8 millimeters per year ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This land subsidence helps explain why the region has the highest rates of sea-level rise on the Atlantic Coast of the United States .
Data indicate that land subsidence has been responsible for more than half the relative sea-level rise measured in the region.
” Why is land falling around Norfolk ?
As the USGS points out , “ most land subsidence in the United States is caused by human activities.
” The withdrawal of groundwater for human use and agriculture causes 80 percent of it nationally .
In the Norfolk area @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compacts the clay layers in the aquifer system , permanently .
That is why the USGS recommends moving Norfolk ’ s pumping activities far inland .
Groundwater levels have already fallen by about 200 feet around Norfolk in the past century .
But in Norfolk , there is yet another important source of land subsidence : what the USGS calls “ glacial isostatic adjustment ” and estimates at one mm per year .
As land levels a few hundred miles north of Norfolk rebound from the melting of heavy , mile-high ice 18,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in response .
For purposes of comparison , let ’ s use the data for the longest periods in the USGS report ’ s Chart 3 : 3.9 mm annual rise in sea-level , but a long-term global average of 1.8 mm , both of which include land subsidence .
But the local land subsidence is 2.8 mm , meaning that at least 72 percent of the change in flooding is due not to rising seas but sinking lands .
Yet in the magazine article , there is no mention – not one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subsidence .
An additional possible factor in land subsidence is the geology around Norfolk , which is unique in America due to a remarkable event 35 million years ago : the impact of an asteroid that left a crater right at the opening of the Chesapeake 55 miles around and a mile deep .
Some USGS scientists see the crater as a continuing factor in land subsidence , while others , as in the 2013 summary report , discount it .
Like the rest of the possible factors in sea-level rise in Norfolk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with CO2-driven “ climate change.
” Ecologist Patrick Moore is the chair of the CO2 Coalition of 55 climate scientists and energy economists .
Dr. Moore was a long-time leader of Greenpeace and leads the Allow Golden Rice Now campaign .
Climate statistician Caleb Stewart Rossiter is the Coalition ’ s executive director .
Dr. Rossiter was formerly a professor of international affairs , mathematics , and statistics at American University .


climatedepot--2020-05-07--Wouldn’t it be funny if global warming were the answer to murder hornets?

Wouldn ’ t it be funny if global warming were the answer to murder hornets ?
This post is somewhat tongue-in-cheek , but not entirely .
The defense that honeybees have against the murder hornet suggests ( at least to me ) that a warming world might spell the murder hornets ’ end .
The premise for this post is the fact that leftists insist that global warming is responsible for everything wrong in the world .
By now we ’ re all familiar with the most obvious bad things global warming is responsible for : “ We ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ polar bears will , too.
” However , there are other bad things laid to rest at the changing climate ’ s feet : • More killer climate events , such as hurricanes , except in those years when we have fewer killer climate events , such as hurricanes .
• Female farmers in Africa will have fewer crops .
• Women and girls who have to get water will have a harder time ( never mind that this theoretical global warming , by melting glaciers , will release more water into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of food shortages will hit women and girls first because men are piggies .
• Floods will happen more often , and women and girls will die first .
• We ’ ll see both rising and falling lakes , which are always bad , no matter what .
• The Great Barrier Reef will be destroyed .
The above is just the short list .
We are told with certainty that , based on those always reliable models ( I ’ m being sarcastic ) , everything wrong will happen because of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who say this don ’ t know their history .
Europe had a warming period from 950 A.D. through around 1250 A.D .
It was a great deal for Europe .
There was more water and a longer growing season , so the population grew .
However , by 1250 A.D. , the Little Ice Age set in .
The growing season shrank , and famine took hold , something that was not helped by the incessant war between England and France .
When the Mongol Empire moved toward Europe , the combination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both Mongol warriors and traders ended up traveling through regions with plague-infected marmots .
Eventually , the marmots ’ fleas hitched rides on black rats in Europe .
The Black Death that these fleas carried would have been explosive under any circumstances , but it was especially dangerous to a population weakened by famine and warfare .
This led to the most devastating pandemic in human history .
When the plague ended , between a third to a half of the world ’ s population was gone .
Knowing history as I do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warmth is generally good for humans .
This has always made the “ global warming panic ” strange to me .
Warm or cold , though , humans can learn to adapt to any climate .
Animals , however , aren ’ t always so adaptable .
As this fascinating video shows , the murder hornet that ’ s currently exciting the media now that they can ’ t scare us with the Wuhan virus is temperature-sensitive : Maybe I ’ m the only one to have this thought but , after watching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that a warmer climate might be just the thing to stop those heat-sensitive murder hornets .
Wouldn ’ t it be great if , after the failure of all the gloom-and-doom predictions from the climate apocalypse crowd , a little bit of global warming destroyed those nasty murder hornets ?


climatedepot--2020-05-07--The dark side of environmentalism: ‘The response of eco-activists to the coronavirus pandemic has ex

The dark side of environmentalism: ‘The response of eco-activists to the coronavirus pandemic has exposed their deep misanthropy’

There are some who believe that the Covid-19 pandemic represents humanity ’ s comeuppance .
They will tweet comments like ‘ humanity is the real virus ’ , or that this is Mother Nature ’ s way of defending herself against humanity .
And the principal source of such statements lies in a part of the environmentalist movement , and its anti-human , sometimes openly misanthropic worldview .
Just look at the enthusiasm with which some greens have greeted the stopping of so much human activity , despite the economic damage it will wreak .
And then there is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ At the very least , they portray humans as feckless exploiters of nature .
Others are less coy , and overtly cast humanity as a plague on the planet , or a cancer that needs to be eradicated .
The more fervent the eco-warrior , the more dehumanising the rhetoric .
Even more morbid is greens ’ suggestion that mass pandemics serve the useful function of culling people .
This ties to another favourite subject of radical conservationists : population control .
Population control has been advocated by several prominent politicians and public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that population growth will result in the use of more resources and therefore will put more strain on the environment .
This argument draws on the thoroughly debunked work of 18th-century reactionary Thomas Malthus , who claimed that since the earth ’ s resources are finite , it could only support a finite number of people .
Too many people would mean famine , disease and war .
Malthus ’ s error was to underestimate the extent to which humanity , through technological advances , could increase productivity and unlock hitherto inaccessible resources @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since the 1790s , not only is there currently more food available than ever before , it is more efficiently produced and distributed , too .
You would have thought this would have been cause for celebration .
But no – despite the persistent historical refutation of the overpopulation thesis , it has continually found doom-laden advocates , especially in the environmentalist movement .
So , in the 1960s and 70s , many scientists and experts , citing Malthus , predicted that global mass starvation and civilisational collapse would occur within two or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taken .
One of the most vocal prophets of ecological doom at this time was Paul Ehrlich , a Stanford professor and author of The Population Bomb ( 1968 ) .
He warned that between 1970 and 1990 , billions would starve to death due to population growth exceeding levels of food production .
Additionally , he argued that the earth ’ s natural resources would be depleted , leading to an energy crisis and major world conflicts .
Like Malthus , his predictions were apocalyptically bleak .
And like Malthus he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the overpopulation thesis is not simply that it is wrong – it is that it has resulted in the proposal of sinister , draconian solutions .
Ehrlich and others , for instance , recommended spiking food and water supplies with sterilising drugs ; keeping blacklists of organisations and individuals who were seen to hinder population-control efforts ; and gradually changing the culture to vilify couples with more than two children .
Ehrlich also said that governments should resort to ‘ compulsion ’ if people failed to change their procreative habits voluntarily .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Well , it looks a lot like communist China ’ s one-child policy , complete with mandatory sterilisations and forced abortions .
Even less authoritarian regimes imposed similarly brutal policies in the name of tackling overpopulation .
The Indian government , for instance , carried out millions of often coerced sterilisations during the 1970s .


climatedepot--2020-05-07--Net-Zero Greenhouse-Gas Emissions, and Extinction Capitalism

To climate-shame corporations is to hobble economic dynamism .
Shutting down the whole global economy is the only way of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Centigrade , Yvo de Boer , the former United Nations climate chief , warned in the runup to the 2015 Paris climate conference .
Thanks to COVID-19 we now have an inkling what that looks like .
The conference went further and chose to write into the Paris agreement an aspiration to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C .
The 1.5°C backstory reveals much about the quality of what passes for science and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and is directly relevant to American corporations that now find themselves on the front line of the climate wars .
Nine weeks before the Copenhagen climate conference , the one where Barack Obama was going to slow the rise of the oceans , President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives held the world ’ s first underwater cabinet meeting .
“ We are trying to send our message to let the world know what is happening and what will happen to the Maldives if climate change isn ’ t checked , ” Nasheed told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a campaign by the Alliance of Small Island States claiming that climate change magnified the risk that their islands would drown .
The sinking-islands trope has been endlessly recycled by the U.N. for decades .
In 1989 , a U.N. official stated that entire nations could disappear by 2000 if global warming was not reversed .
Like so many others , that prediction of climate catastrophe came and went .
The failed prediction didn ’ t prevent the current U.N. secretary-general , António Guterres , from declaring last year , “ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was no science behind 1.5°C and the sinking-island hypothesis .
Studies show , here and here , that the Maldives and Tuvalu have increased in size .
As the 25-year-old Charles Darwin might have told the U.N. , coral atolls are formed by the slow subsidence of the ocean bed .
Having incorporated 1.5°C into the sacred texts of the U.N. climate process , the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) was charged with coming up with a scientific justification for it .
In 2018 , the IPCC published its report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the sinking-islands scare , reporting that unconstrained atolls have kept pace with rising sea levels .
The IPCC had a bigger problem than non-sinking islands .
The IPCC ’ s existing 1.5°C carbon budget — the maximum amount of greenhouse gases to keep the rise in global temperature to 1.5°C — was on the verge of being used up .
Like some end-of-the-world cult after the clock had passed midnight , it would find itself in a predicament that promised to be more than a little embarrassing .
Help was at hand .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , IPCC lead author Myles Allen confirmedthat climate model projections had been running too hot and that they had been forecasting too much warming since 2000 .
Together with some other handy adjustments , the IPCC managed to more than double the remaining 1.5°C budget .
Although it could muster only medium confidence in its revised carbon budget , the IPCC had high confidence that net emissions had to fall to zero by 2050 and be cut by 45 percent by 2030 .
In this fashion , net zero by 2050 was carved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being used to bully American corporations into aligning their business strategies with the Paris agreement and force them to commit to eliminating greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 .
In fact , the text of the Paris agreement speaks of achieving a balance between anthropogenic sources and removals “ in the second half of this century.
” The net-zero target has no standing in American law or regulation .
Net zero is not about a few tweaks here and there .
It necessitates a top-down coercive revolution the likes of which have never been seen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out in the IPCC ’ s 1.5°C report , which might as well serve as a blueprint for the extinction of capitalism .
The IPCC makes no bones about viewing net zero , it says , as providing the opportunity for ‘ intentional societal transformation.
’ Limiting the rise to rise in global temperature to no more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels — an ill-defined baseline chosen by the U.N. because the Industrial Revolution is our civilization ’ s original sin — requires ‘ transformative systemic change ’ and ‘ very ambitious , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supply and demand.
’ Thanks to COVID-19 , we have a foretaste of what the IPCC intends .
It envisages , for example , the industrial sector cutting its emissions by between 67 and 91 percent by 2050 , implying a contraction in industrial output so dramatic as to make the 1930s Great Depression look like a walk in the park , a possibility the IPCC choses to ignore .
The IPCC places its bets on a massive transition to wind and solar , but no amount of wishful thinking can overcome the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and their intermittency , which explains why countries with the highest proportion of wind and solar on their grids also have the highest energy costs in the world .
One option the IPCC does not favor — a wholesale transition to nuclear power — seems unachievable anyway on the timetable it has in mind .
Nuclear power stations typically take well over five years to build , and not many are planned for now .
Germany is switching out of nuclear power , the Japanese are , to quote the New York Times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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plants ” and the Chinese are wary of overdoing their nuclear construction because of the risk of accident .
Rather than address the possibility of a sustained slump in economic activity the IPCC ’ s approach is to say the benefits of holding the line at 1.5°C are — surprise , surprise !
— greater than at 2 degrees Centigrade while studiously ignoring the extra costs of the more ambitious target .
A few numbers show why .
A carbon tax sufficiently high to drive emissions to net zero would range @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , over 60 times the hypothetical climate benefits estimated by the Obama administration , indicating that the climate benefits of net zero are less than 2 percent of its cost .
In a rational world , discussion of net zero would end at this point .
You don ’ t have to be a Milton Friedman to fathom the incompatibility with free markets and capitalist growth of what the IPCC terms “ enhanced institutional capabilities ” and “ stringent policy interventions.
” So it ’ s easy to understand why the governments of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ net zero by 2050 .
As Todd Stern , one of the principal architects of the Paris agreement , remarked last November , “ there is a lack of political will in virtually every country , compared to what there needs to be.
” Led by Britain , several European countries have legislated net-zero targets without having a clue how they might meet them or their economic impact .
Indeed , Britain can claim to be the world ’ s leading climate hypocrite .
Having offshored its manufacturing base to China and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s largest per capita net importer of carbon dioxide emissions .
Before adopting its net zero target , the Committee on Climate Change observed that Britain lacked a credible plan for decarbonizing the way people heat their homes and that government policy was insufficient to meet even existing targets .
If governments — the legal parties to the Paris Agreement — have no collective intention to achieve net zero , why should America ’ s corporations ?
There is no environmental , economic , or ethical good when a corporation cuts its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ target when the rest of the world doesn ’ t , unless , that is , you ’ re one of the select few who believes that self-impoverishment is inherently virtuous .
Yet corporations are increasingly being held to ransom by billionaire climate activists like Mike Bloomberg and BlackRock ’ s Larry Fink with the demand that they commit to net zero , make their shareholders and stakeholders poorer , and give a leg up to their competitors in the rest of the world , especially in the Far East .
The arrogation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state by a handful of climate activists raises profound questions on the demarcation between the rightful domains of politics and of business .
It also raises profound questions about the future of capitalism .
“ Capitalism pays the people that strive to bring it down , ” Joseph Schumpeter , the greatest economist of capitalism , observed in the 1940s .
They won ’ t succeed , but for the efforts of soft anti-capitalists within the capitalist system .
The moral case for capitalism rests on its prodigious ability to raise living standards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the better .
To climate-shame corporations without the sanction of law or regulation will extinguish the economic dynamism that justifies capitalism .
Remove its capacity to do so , and we will have entered a post-capitalist era .
This is how capitalism ends .
RUPERT DARWALL is a senior fellow of the RealClear Foundation and author of THE CLIMATE NOOSE .


climatedepot--2020-05-07--Freedom or Safety? Meteorologist Joe Bastardi: Be it Covid 19 or climate, Americans have to answer t

Freedom or Safety? Meteorologist Joe Bastardi: Be it Covid 19 or climate, Americans have to answer this essential question

Was it Covid 19 ?
I don ’ t know , but when antibody testing comes out where I am not jamming up the medical system , I am going to get one .
I suspect that there are many times more people that have had this , which changes ideas on how to fight it But here is the point , I can see the next huge battle from the left building because they are going to try to piggy back the climate issue with the desperation of this urgent issue .
Facts on human life improving so dramatically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not .
The fact that co2 has just broken an hourly record for all time record high ( near 420 ppm ) despite the shutdown caused by Covid 19 , ( while true harmful pollutants dropped ) means that arguments about this being one of the ways to stop man made climate change have to be questioned .
If one wants to argue “ lag ” I am open to that , but then we should see a bigger drop off than average in the green season which in spite of the record @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as so often happens naturally when its cold in one place its warm in others , so the west is frying .
Which leads to another point which is about what is going on in California .
In the years of the greatest generation our TROOPS stormed beaches in faraway places to defend our way of life .
Just what is our way of life ?
I sum it up with “ life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness ” Here we are so many decades later and we have people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opposite direction simply because they want that way of life that our true warriors fought for .
I am not against recommendations from people in power , strong recommentions .
But dictating to people , threatening to arrest people ( how crazy is that , letting people out of jail , and replacing them with a conditional law breaker , based on what someone above thinks .
But then again when you see what happened to general Flynn , you realize what can happen in other things ) But think about that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” I am talking about is ?
You have a hideous disease , I make no bones about that , but as information is revealed we are seeing the ways to fight this .
The problem is that we have evolved to a society that pays no attention to the old Italian adage ( I have and Italian heritage after all and am getting old ) : “ No Solo rischiando tu vivrai ” translated : “ only by risking will you live ” ( note : listen to Andrea Bocelli ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Giorno ) But it comes down to this , without risking there is a limit on life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness .
In addition the song title of the song means “ It ’ s a new day ” You see , we start every day understanding what we have .
Our stuff .
Once we get our stuff , we own it .
Its ours .
So you own it but it then owns you .
It can weigh down your thinking so much you will exchange freedom for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ control others are well aware of that .
So what is going to be the natural pivot from the current real crisis we are in , one I do believe looking at the latest data and being smart we can still pull out of , To the other pressing “ disaster ” of our time , manmade climate change .
Quite frankly the American people with both issues are faced with a choice .
What is the acceptable risk for life liberty and the pursuit of happiness ?
Does one want to outsource @ @ @ @ @ @ @ group of people that offers supposed safety over freedom .
There is a large amount of people that are invested in the latter .
You look at the Drudge report and you are hard pressed to find anything positive .
Fear and safety sells .
Seriously , if you are a large company interested in making a profit , you go to what sells .
How can you not ?
Its like the person that has their whole life invested in man made climate change .
Why aren ’ t they stopping to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increase in a product of naturally warmed oceans outsourcing it .
You think an Al Gore or John Kerry is looking at the Keeling curve of co2 , and wondering , hey I wonder why this is not slowing down ?
If there is an interesting bone being thrown skeptics on the cause and effect of all this its that if there is no response ( keep in mind we are talking parts per million here , so there should be some indication even if there is a lag ) then we must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being touted as a way to stop man made climate change indeed needs to questioned , since the number one devil , co2 ’ has not batted an eyelash .
Even if it is .5 PPM lower than last year , given the seasonal drop due to greening , that is not too much to ask given about 25 % of the year had the economic slowdown .
BTW the hint in how to make this all a moot point is a massive global tree planting initiative ( more nuclear power and carbon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be far less limiting to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness and actually show voters concerned about climate change that there is a reasonable response .
It would take the whole co2 question off the table and we can really see what the cause of the rise of it and the warming is .
I suspect though this would take a way a big cottage industry built around letting people know how bad things are .
But people are going to have a choice .
Those men and women of the greatest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ freedom more than safety .
They are part of the reason we are who we are today , have advance so far and have so much that we own , that it now owns us .
So the question is which do we cherish most ?
The chance for freedom or supposed safety .
Ronald Reagan said it only takes a generation to destroy freedom .
With each passing day his words carry more weight


climatedepot--2020-05-07--Climate & COVID: Same Incompetent Academics – Different Story

Sixteen years ago this week , Sir David King said everyone would have to move to Antarctic to escape the @ @ @ @ @ Why Antarctica will soon be the only place to live – literally Now he says @ @ @ @ @ in their homes and wear masks .
I assume with the air conditioning on , @ @ @ @ @ outside .
Public ’ s trust in science at risk , warns former No 10 @ @ @ @ @ The Guardian


climatedepot--2020-05-07--Claim: Antarctic Sea Ice Growth Caused by Meltwater

According to climate scientists , less dense meltwater on the surface of the Antarctic ocean reduced convection between the surface and ocean depths , leaving heat trapped in the depths .
One small area of ocean not changed by global warming Climate and marine scientists are observing pervasive warming of the ocean and the land surfaces across the globe .
Since the middle of the 19th century , the average global temperature recorded on the land surface has risen by around one degree centigrade , and by 0.6 degrees across the ocean surface .
Global warming has been most pronounced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A few years ago , Haumann and Gruber and various colleagues already discovered the reason for this expansion of sea ice in the Southern Ocean .
They noticed that stronger southerly winds over this period propelled more of the sea ice that is being formed along the coast out into the open sea , enhancing the melting there .
The resulting stronger conveyor belt enhanced the transport of freshwater from near the continent out into the open ocean .
This is because when sea ice is being formed from seawater , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the sea ice melts in the summer well away from the coast , the freshwater is released into the surface , reducing the salinity of the seawater there .
This reduction in surface salinity strengthened the vertical stratification of the seawater : the fresher , and in this part of the ocean lighter water stays in the upper 100 m , while the denser saltier water remains below .
In general , the saltier and colder the water , the greater its density and the greater its depth in the ocean .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between the deeper layers and the surface water , causing the heat to remain trapped at depth .
In addition , the air above the Southern Ocean during winter is generally colder than the temperature of the seawater .
Combined with the reduction of the vertical exchange of heat in the ocean , this ultimately created the observed situation where the surface water cooled and the subsurface warmed .
In addition , the current study went only up to 2011 .
“ We have observed a trend reversal since 2015 .
The sea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to recede at a rapid rate , ” says the ETH Professor .
“ And this is very much in line with the overall trend of continuing global warming.
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climatedepot--2020-05-07--New York Sits On A Natural-Gas Gold Mine They Refuse To Tap

New York Democrats who are asking Congress to supply them with what is widely described as a would be in a stronger economic and political position today if they took advantage of their state ’ s natural resources .
Unlike neighboring Pennsylvania , New York has banned the use of hydraulic fracturing that can be used to extract oil and natural gas deposits available within an underground rock formation known as the Marcellus Shale .
For this reason , New York residents have lost out on an energy production boom that would have enabled the state to produce more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heating , electrical , and industrial needs .
In fact , New York has enough untapped resources to become an exporter of natural gas to other states .
The Institute for Energy Research , a nonprofit group based in Washington , D.C. , that advocates for free-market energy policies , has published some highly revealing that show how costly the ban on drilling has been in a state that is in desperate need of affordable , reliable energy .
The Marcellus Shale extends from New York through Pennsylvania and West Virginia and includes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But New York policymakers have effectively cut off 12 million acres from the Marcellus Shale that could be used to supply growing energy needs .
“ Without hydraulic fracturing , New York produces less than one percent of the natural gas that it consumes , ” the IER says .
Because of this wide disparity between what is produced and what is consumed , the state must import large quantities of natural gas from other states .
How does this make sense when there are ample supplies of natural gas within New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gas prices from the for New York , the value of the natural gas consumed in 2018 was $ 10.77 billion , of which the majority , $ 10.67 billion , was imported from outside of New York at a value of $ 6.39 billion that was paid to the natural gas producers of another state .
That means that New Yorkers were forced to send over $ 6 billion out of their state to buy a widely-used product that has been banned from being produced at home .
It also means fewer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and less tax revenue for the state and local governments .
Now that New York policymakers are beset with the economic fallout from COVID-19 , they may want to rethink their anti-energy posture instead of lobbying for more taxpayer-funded bailouts .
With Congress passing providing emergency funding in response to COVID-19 , it ’ s fair to say the federal response has already been substantial .
Now is the time for New York to look inward at its own failed policies , starting with its ban on hydraulic fracturing .
There ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blunt criticism to start that process .
In the past few days , New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have been involved in a highly publicized with the president , who recently suggested on and in a media that Republicans should not be compelled to bail out blue states that have been “ poorly run ” and “ mismanaged ” by Democrats .
Trump didn ’ t name names , but Cuomo and de Blasio have good reason to believe Trump was talking about them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long before it became the epicenter for the coronavirus , and it was Cuomo in who decided to maintain a ban on fracking that had been in place under his predecessor .
The New York City mayor is also as someone who opposes natural gas development .
Whatever the merits might be of Trump ’ s critique of New York ’ s leadership , it ’ s evident that the anti-energy mindset that has taken hold of top elected officials has resulted in self-inflicted wounds .
They don ’ t have to travel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their ban on fracking has been .
In Pennsylvania , natural gas production totaled in 2018 , which is almost double of what it produced in 2013 .
“ Pennsylvania produces about one-fifth of the nation ’ s natural gas , making it the second-largest natural gas producer after Texas , ” the IER says .
“ Natural gas production has revitalized communities in the state , not only in production areas where new housing , hotels , restaurants , and other businesses have been established , but across the state due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1.7 billion for community projects , environmental programs , and public safety initiatives.
” In this economic crisis , New York political figures should pay less attention to Trump ’ s tweets and instead take a long , hard look at the untapped potential that sits within the Marcellus Shale .


climatedepot--2020-05-07--No, GQ Mag, Global Warming Has Not Launched Biblical End Times or the Antichrist

GQ magazine has asserted a host of climate lies as an excuse to publish an article titled , “ The Climate Crisis Isn ’ t Coming , It ’ s Already Here.
” The article presents the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from the biblical Book of Revelation , making the ridiculous claim that climate change has already brought the onset of the biblical End Times and these terrifying figures .
The author of the GQ article , Rosecrans Baldwin , writes , “ The climate crisis has been called ‘ our third world war.
’ John Kerry ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ War Zero .
The martial language emphasizes the human culpability at play.
” The fact that politician John Kerry calls climate change a war , however , does not elevate the modest and beneficial warming of the past century to the biblical Book of Revelation .
Revelation 6:4 reads , “ And there went out another horse that was red : and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth , and that they should kill one another : and there was given unto him a great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Baldwin assert that climate change has so plunged the world into global war .
Of course , such a claim would be nonsense .
“ Actually , global warming has plenty to say when it comes to viruses , ” writes Baldwin .
“ One consequence is a potential to revitalize diseases like bubonic plague.
” Baldwin , however , presents no scientific reasoning or evidence to assert that global warming has brought about a return of the bubonic plague .
Of course , such a claim would be nonsense .
Moreover , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ period , as the world slipped out of the Medieval Warm Period and into the Little Ice Age .
And , as documented in the excellent book , In the Wake of the Plague , cold conditions were likely a direct factor in the spread of the plague .
Regardless , Baldwin ’ s unsubstantiated and counter-scientific speculation that warming temperatures might bring back the bubonic plague does not mean that it is already happening , nor does it mean that the bubonic plague would return in such force as to fit the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ In Los Angeles , in recent years , the look of starvation , of desperation , is seemingly on every corner and under every bridge , ” writes Baldwin , referring to the city ’ s homeless population .
The mere fact that a city like Los Angeles has a homeless population does not mean that we are facing a climate catastrophe causing famine .
Homelessness is not a new phenomenon .
Nor does the existence of homelessness in downtown Los Angeles mean the world is experiencing shrinking crop production .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) reports farmers have set new records for crops yields almost every year in recent years .
And the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change , in Climate Change Reconsidered : Biological Impacts , shows the carbon dioxide humans have been releasing into the air since the middle of the 20th century has been a positive boon for the environment .
Higher carbon dioxide levels have resulted in a greening of the earth , including some desert areas being reclaimed by abundant plant life .
Baldwin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warming has already brought the apocalyptic horseman of death is anecdotal stories of people being very stressed out about climate change .
Yes , really .
Baldwin tells stories of a few people he knows who claim they have trouble sleeping because they are so worried about climate change .
Revelation 6:8 reads , “ And I looked , and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death , and Hell followed with him .
And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and with hunger , and with death , and with the beasts of the earth.
” I ’ m sorry , but a few climate hypochondriacs worried about climate change is not the same as the global death and Hell presented in Revelation 6:8 .
To the contrary , Chapter 7 of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change ’ s report , Climate Change Reconsidered : Biological Impacts , details the results of dozens of peer-reviewed studies and reports showing premature deaths from illness and disease are far more prevalent during colder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warmer weather or eras .
Conclusion : Modest Global Warming Is Here , The End Times Are Not Contrary to the fear-mongering assertions in GQ , the overwhelming scientific evidence shows we are not in the biblical End Times , and certainly not as a result of global warming .
Instead , the overwhelming scientific evidence shows no net downside to a modestly warmer world .
The overwhelming scientific evidence also shows Rosecrans Baldwin needs to take both an elementary science course and an elementary religion course .


climatedepot--2020-05-07--LA Times Caught Inventing Fake Link Between Climate, Drought, and Fires

The Los Angeles Times has launched a new way to make money and gain leftists accolades from the false climate crisis : a new newsletter called “ Boiling Point.
” Sammy Roth , a Times energy reporter , opened a May 5 preview of the newsletter by telling quite a whopper – and providing no scientific evidence to back it up .
Roth claimed , “ Drought conditions in Northern California may prompt an early start to the 2020 wildfire season – and as Californians have learned in recent years , climate change is fueling more devastating droughts and fires.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( NOAA ) does report , hereand in the chart below , that Northern California is currently experiencing “ moderate drought , ” and is one of the few places in the country experiencing dryer than average conditions .
At the same time , NOAA reports most of California is experiencing normal conditions , while Southern California is experiencing “ moderately moist ” conditions .
Hmmm… some areas are dry , some are moist , and most are normal .
Must be a climate crisis !
In reality , as shown here and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only a small amount of the country is experiencing drought .
Also , Climate at a Glance : Drought reports the United States is undergoing its longest period in recorded history without at least 40 percent of the country experiencing “ very dry ” conditions , with peaks in drought around 1978 , 1954 , 1930 , and 1900 being much larger than what the U.S. experienced during any time in the 21st century or the late 20th century .
Just as compelling , Climate at a Glance : Drought reports that in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ registered its smallest percentage of land area experiencing drought in recorded history .
Even the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledges with “ high confidence ” that precipitation has increased over mid-latitude land areas of the Northern Hemisphere ( including the United States ) during the past 70 years , while IPCC has “ low confidence ” about any negative trends globally .
Since drought conditions are low , and drought is easily the single biggest climate factor regarding wildfires , it should come as no surprise that wildfires have not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years .
In the few regions that have experienced particularly severe wildfires , such as California and Australia , geologist Gregory Wrightstone and Montana state Sen. Jennifer Fielder explain that the root cause of these fires is government policies hampering proper land management in areas prone to wildfires .
Perhaps all this good news and scientific evidence are why Roth and the Times are required to make false statements , without presenting scientific evidence , in order to perpetuate their money-making climate scare .
The post LA Times Caught Inventing Fake Link Between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first on Climate Realism .


climatedepot--2020-05-07--Stossel: COVID-19 Measures Highlight Absurdity of Plastic Bag Bans

Recently , many politicians were in such a hurry to ban plastic bags .
California and Hawaii banned them , then New York .
Then Oregon , Connecticut , Maine , and Vermont passed laws against them .
More than 400 cities did , too .
Why ?
Because plastic bags are evil , didn ’ t you know ?
“ Look at the damage done by plastic bags !
It is everywhere !
” complained New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo .
A Washington state senator cited “ videos of animals choked by plastics , tangled in garbage !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of plastic ?
Cloth bags !
They ’ re reusable !
“ Certainly the way to go !
” said New Jersey ’ s assembly speaker .
But now , suddenly , politicians are canceling their bans .
Instead , they ’ re banning the once praised reusable bags .
It ’ s because of COVID-19 , of course .
Reusable bags already brought bacteria into stores .
We ’ re supposed to wash them , but almost no one does .
Studies found reusable bags crawling with dangerous bacteria .
After plastic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ food poisoning deaths increased sharply .
But environmental groups , like Greenpeace , call those disease fears “ misinformation.
” “ There are no studies or evidence that reusable bags are transmitting viruses , ” says Alex Truelove of the Public Interest Research Group in my new video .
He ’ s right .
There are no human studies , but COVID-19 is so new .
Millions of piglets died from swine coronavirus .
The agriculture department concluded that reusable feed bags were probably the cause .
Still , even now , some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plastic again .
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh says , “ As soon as this crisis is over we ’ ll go back to all paper bags and reusable bags.
” “ Politicians are always just looking for something to do , ” complains supermarket executive Andrea Catsimatidis .
She points out that paper bags cost five times what plastic costs .
“ When you ’ re talking billions of bags , it really adds up !
” And paper bags don ’ t hold as much .
They rip .
Plastic is more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what ’ s convenient ?
“ Over two-thirds of everything we use is not recycled or composted and ends up in a landfill , ” complains Truelove .
People think America is running out of room for landfills , but that ’ s not true .
“ All America ’ s trash for the next century would fit in one landfill just 18 miles square , ” says environmental economist Ross McKitrick .
Landfills take up so little space that “ if you look the air you wouldn ’ t even be able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ modern landfills hardly pollute .
They ’ re surrounded by layers of clay and plastic that keep nasty stuff in the garbage from leaking out .
But what about all that plastic in the ocean ?
Plastic bags are sometimes eaten by animals .
Some sea turtles mistake the bags for jellyfish and then starve .
Islands of floating garbage have formed in the Pacific Ocean .
Green groups have convinced Americans that we are to blame .
But we aren ’ t !
Even if you litter—and today , fewer Americans do—your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an ocean .
Almost all the plastic in oceans comes from Asia and Africa .
Less than 1 % comes from North America .
In other words , banning plastic bags in America will accomplish roughly … nothing .
What it will do is inconvenience Americans and make some of us sick .
Truelove says , “ We should … set an example for the rest of the world.
” “ That ’ s posturing , ” replies McKitrick .
“ The rest of the world isn ’ t looking to see what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ If we are concerned about other countries ’ waste going into their river systems , ” he adds , “ there are better things we can do .
We can share technology with them so they process their waste better .
That ’ s better than imposing on consumers ’ tiresome inconveniences in hopes that it will somehow change behavior on the other side of the planet.
” Politicians “ looking for something to do ” routinely do more harm than good .


climatedepot--2020-05-07--Michael Mann vs. Michael Moore: Mann rips Moore’s film in Newsweek for using ‘tactics of denial, del

Michael Mann vs. Michael Moore: Mann rips Moore’s film in Newsweek for using ‘tactics of denial, delay, distraction and deflection’

File this one under the category of “ with friends like this ” : None other than liberal icon Michael Moore has now joined the ranks of the renewable energy-bashers .
Working with Director Jeff Gibbs , his long-time collaborator on left-of-center polemics like the anti-NRA Bowling for Columbine and anti-Bush/Iraq War “ Fahrenheit 9/11 ” Moore has , in his new film “ Planet of the Humans ” ( “ POTH ” ) promoted a full-on assault on renewable energy .
Though Gibbs directed the doc , Moore put the full weight of his celebrity into the project , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flacking the film like next month ’ s rent depended on it .
Make no mistake : This is a Michael Moore film and Moore ’ s reputational wagon is firmly hitched to it .
So he ended up posting it for free on Youtube on Earth Day as if his intention was to launch a hand grenade that would produce maximum collateral damage to action on climate .
While numerous other commentaries having now exposed the critical flaws in the film , a mostly overlooked aspect of the film is the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agenda underway aimed at forestalling action on climate .
So heroes become villains and villains , ironically , become heroes .
Climate champion Bill McKibben is vilified for having once , long ago , supported the limited use of biomass energy .
Al Gore is attacked for supposedly being “ more focused on cashing in than saving the planet ” ( couldn ’ t a similar argument be made about Michael Moore and his $ 50 million net worth ? )
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Moore and Gibbs were apparently “ shocked to find a company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solar tax credits ” .
Now , there are many reasons to dislike the Koch Brothers—but the fact that they invested in solar energy is not one of them .
Only in the Trumpian era of gaslighting could a progressive filmmaker produce a polemic premised on the absurd notion that ultra-right-wing plutocrats are secretly behind the effort to end our dependence on fossil fuels .
And get progressives to actually fall for it .
Writing for Films for Action , award-winning long-time environmental filmmaker Neal Livingston is even harsher : “ SHAME on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this , full of misinformation and disinformation , to intentionally depress audiences , and make them think there are no alternatives…Let me make it absolutely clear that the new documentary , Planet of the Humans , by Jeff Gibbs — with executive producer Michael Moore , is inaccurate , misleading and designed to depress you into doing nothing.
” Doomism and the loss of hope can lead people down the very same path of inaction as outright denial .
The forces of inaction don ’ t care about the path you take , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this sort of framing .
Environmental author Ketan Joshi remarks that Moore “ ends up at population control – a cruel , evil and racist ideology that you can see coming right from the start of the film , while Earther ’ s Brian Kahn notes “ Over the course of the movie , [ Gibbs ] interviews a cast of mostly white experts who are mostly men to make that case… ” Other fossil fuel industry shills , like Marc Morano of CFACT promoted the film and attacked its critics on social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on twitter thanks to the massive army of Trollbots doing the same , released perhaps by bad state actors known for this prevalent modus operandi in the New Climate War .
What we do know is that their misguided polemic furthers the agenda of fossil fuel interests and their tactic of denial , delay , distraction and deflection by feeding misleading and false narratives about renewable energy .
Moore and Gibbs are setting back the cause of societal and economic decarbonization this is so critical to averting catastrophic planetary warming .
Unless they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will go down in history as having sided with wealthy , powerful polluters , rather than “ the people ” they purport to care about , in the defining battle of our time .
Blood & Gore : Michael Moore ’ s ‘ Planet of The Humans ’ Unmasks The Power & Money Behind Renewables Scam Michael Moore Presents : Planet of the Humans – ‘ It ’ s like someone read all the major skeptic blogs in the world and turned them into a documentary ’ ‘ Planet of the Humans ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Corporate Sellout Scapegoat Stanford Prof. Blackballing ‘ Planet Of The Humans ’ Must Pay SLAPP Suit Fees Climate Activists Want Michael Moore ’ s Doc Panning Green Energy Banned , Say It ’ s Chock Full Of Misinformation Watch : Morano on Ezra Levant TV on Michael Moore ’ s surprising film exposing the green energy con Michael Moore : Coronavirus ‘ Should Act as a Warning from Mother Nature ’ that ‘ our behavior is not appreciated ’ The Left has ‘ has attacked ’ Michael Moore ’ for his ‘ Planet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and solar power , electric vehicles , ethanol , biomass and biofuels can not exist without fossil fuel energy and are environmentally destructive .
Wind turbines eat up arable land , level mountain top forests , require massive amounts of concrete , steel , fibreglass and balsam to construct , fall apart after 20 years and have to be backed up by fossil fuel energy because they only provide intermittent power to the electricity grid .
Ditto solar power , where panels are made by mining quartz and coal and fusing them , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which then has to be backed up by fossil fuel-powered electricity plants , making those plants operate less efficiently .
Electric cars , wind turbines and solar panels require the mining of rare earth metals , involving some of “ the most toxic and industrial processes that we ’ ve ever created.
” Alex Epstein : The 5 Things Michael Moore ’ s Planet of the Humans Gets Totally Wrong Michael Moore : Exiled From The Planet Of Progressives Eco-leftists are suddenly turning on Michael Moore : New film ‘ reveals that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a fraud ’ We Disagree with You , So Shut Up : Michael Moore ’ s film faces censorship – ‘ A cage fight has recently erupted among the Environmental Left ’


climatedepot--2020-05-07--USA Today Keeps Changing Date For Climate Armageddon – ‘So, which is it? 10 years? 50 years?’

Environmentalists in the media often seem to want to move the goalposts on their climate Armageddon predictions .
USA Today ran a story headlined “ Unsuitable for ‘ human life to flourish ’ : Up to 3B will live in extreme heat by 2070 , study warns ” May 4 , 2020 .
USA Today stated that “ By 2070 , up to 3 billion people are likely to live in climate conditions ‘ deemed unsuitable for human life to flourish.
’ ” Citing a new study , USA Today warned that “ [ w ] ithout climate mitigation or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of humanity will be exposed to average annual temperatures warmer than nearly anywhere today.
” Interesting , given that USA Today national correspondent Elizabeth Weise published a conflicting story in December 2019 headlined , “ 10 years to save planet Earth : Here are 6 imaginative climate change solutions.
” So , which is it ?
10 years ?
50 years ?
Perhaps it ’ s 30 years ?
Weise released another story in June 2019 headlined , “ End of civilization : climate change apocalypse could start by 2050 if we don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Apparently , the outlet can ’ t seem to get its act together on this subject .
In 2009 , USA Todayreleased an article citing eco-extremist Al Gore .
The article was headlined , “ Gore : Polar ice cap may disappear by summer 2014.
” In February 2020 , The Weather Channelreported that despite the total amount of ice being below average , “ Ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean is currently the highest it has been since 2010 with support from the strongest polar vortex on record.
” Maybe someone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eco-crystal ball under wraps .


climatedepot--2020-05-07--New Study: 11,500 Years Ago, Spain Warmed And Cooled ~3°C Within Decades…Warmth Was ‘Higher Than Cur

New Study: 11,500 Years Ago, Spain Warmed And Cooled ~3°C Within Decades…Warmth Was ‘Higher Than Current’

New Study : 11,500 Years Ago , Spain Warmed And Cooled ~3°C Within Decades…Warmth Was ‘ Higher Than Current ’ NoTricksZone : Not here to worship what i… / by Kenneth Richard / 8h At the end of the last glacial , when CO2 concentrations hovered around 250 ppm , there were abrupt warming and cooling events in the Spanish mountains ( Béjar range ) with magnitudes of 3°C within decades .
Peak temperatures were at times warmer than today .
It has often been claimed that abrupt warming and cooling events with amplitudes reaching multiple degrees within 20 to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from polar climates .
Greenland Greenland , for example , warmed by 8 to 16°C “ within decades or less ” 20 or more times during the last 80,000 years ( Li et al.
, 2019 ) .
The warming and cooling events may have occurred in the absence of an external an forcing mechanism ; instead , they were an “ unforced oscillation ” .
The abrupt climate changes extended throughout the Northern Hemisphere and even into the Southern Hemisphere .
￼ New England ( US ) In the northeastern United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years about 13,000 years ago ( Hou et al.
, 2007 ) .
Then , around 11,600 years ago , temperatures abruptly rose ~5.4°C “ in less than 200 years ” .
One proxy location ( Blood Pond ) even suggests there was an 8°C warming event in the US about 11,500 years ago .
Western Spain ( Béjar ) A new study ( Lopez-Saez et al.
, 2020 ) of the Late-Glacial-Early-Holocene period ( about 15,000 to 11,500 years ago ) analyzes evidence of tree cover transitions in the western Iberian region @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were assessed to have abruptly expanded and declined during this period .
The established temperature tolerances for this tree species suggest the warming-cooling transitions occurred within decades to centuries , and the climate change amplitudes could reach 2-4°C .
Despite the low and modestly fluctuating CO2 concentrations during this Late-Glacial period ( ~250 ppm ) , the evidence suggests regional temperatures were warmer than today 13.9 , 12.3 , 11.5-11.3 , and 10.9 ka cal BP ( thousand calibrated years before present ) .
These pronounced natural climate change events in the paleoclimate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ modern temperture changes are unusual or unprecedented .


climatedepot--2020-05-07--Alex Epstein: The 5 Things Michael Moore’s Planet of the Humans Gets Totally Wrong

The 5 Things Planet of the Humans Gets Totally Wrong The Five Things Planet of the Humans Gets Totally Wrong “ Safer Outside ” — How Lockdowns Make Us More Vulnerable to COVID-19 The Five Things Planet of the Humans Gets Totally Wrong On last week ’ s Power Hour I covered “ The Five Things Planet of the Humans Gets ( Mostly ) Right.
” This week ’ s episode is about “ The Five Things Planet of the Humans Gets Totally Wrong.
” The five things are : It evades how bad the “ natural ” planet was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good today ’ s humanized planet is for human life .
It evades our ability to create new value and grow indefinitely .
It evades our ability to produce more value with fewer side effects ( e.g.
, nuclear ) .
It evaluates the state of the planet by an anti-human standard ( unchanged nature ) , not a pro-human standard ( human flourishing ) .
You can watch the episode on YouTube and listen on Apple Podcasts .
Please share it widely !
Those who see some truth in Planet of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is deeply false and anti-human .
On the Yaron Brook Show I discussed the good and bad of Planet of the Humans and answered numerous listener questions , ranging from climate change to martial arts .
On the Zennie Abraham Show I discussed how fossil fuels and renewable energy are faring—and what energy policy should be going forward .
One point of particular interest might be my answer to the argument that COVID-19 has made our environment better .
I appeared on several other programs and will share the links next week .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ make us more vulnerable to COVID-19 In a bonus episode of Power Hour I interview one of my favorite COVID commentators , economist Daniil Gorbatenko , about the overwhelming evidence that the lockdown mantra “ safer inside ” is wrong .
( We recorded the episode before today ’ s headline : Cuomo says it ’ s ‘ shocking ’ most new coronavirus hospitalizations are people who had been staying home . )
Being inside increases our risk of a dangerous infection from COVID-19 by a ) exposing millions to higher doses of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Being outside by contrast , exposes us to lower doses of the virus and increases our immunity .
So not only are the lockdowns catastrophically destructive to every aspect of life besides COVID-19 , they also make many and likely most Americans more vulnerable to harm from COVID-19 itself .
Here ’ s a link to the full episode on YouTube ( get the Apple Podcast here ) .
For the first 30 minutes we discuss Dr. Gorbatenko ’ s background and what I particularly like about his methods .
If you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and policy of “ safer outside , ” go here .
Here are links to Gorbatenko ’ s excellent Twitter and Medium pages .
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climatedepot--2020-05-08--NYT features Climate Depot’s Morano: ‘What is the Green New Deal if you think about it? It’s just on

NYT features Climate Depot’s Morano: ‘What is the Green New Deal if you think about it? It’s just one giant national recession’

NYT : A recent online conference asking , “ Is the Coronavirus Lockdown the Future Environmentalists Want ?
” At the meeting , Marc Morano , who runs Climate Depot , a website that is funded by the fossil fuel industry and promotes the denial of climate science , said : “ What is the Green New Deal if you think about it ?
It ’ s just one giant national recession.
” G.O.P .
Coronavirus Message : Economic Crisis Is a Green New Deal Preview As the economy melts down , embattled conservatives are testing a political response : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pain .
NYT excerpt : The most explicit attack so far has come from the Heartland Institute , a climate denialist group with ties to the Trump administration , which held a recent online conference asking , “ Is the Coronavirus Lockdown the Future Environmentalists Want ?
” At the meeting , Marc Morano , who runs Climate Depot , a website that is funded by the fossil fuel industry and promotes the denial of climate science , said : “ What is the Green New Deal if you think about it ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ recession .
”


climatedepot--2020-05-08--Envrio leftie George Monbiot takes on enviro leftie Michael Moore on overpopulation: ‘Why do so many

Envrio leftie George Monbiot takes on enviro leftie Michael Moore on overpopulation: ‘Why do so many people in rich nations claim that the biggest environmental problem is population growth?’ Answer: ‘Racism’

Monbiot nails the root of the overpopulation fears : `` So why do so many people in the rich world ( the great majority of whom , in my experience , are male , white and quite affluent ) insist , often furiously , that the 'real ' global issue , the 'elephant in the room ' , is population growth ? ''
Monbiot 's answer : `` What we see is white people pointing the finger at black and brown people , saying “ It ’ s not us .
It ’ s Them ” ... What we see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ black and brown people , saying “ It ’ s not us .
It ’ s Them ” .
What we see is white people pointing the finger at black and brown people , saying “ It ’ s not us .
It ’ s Them ” ...
The answer to my question - 'why do so many people in rich nations claim that the biggest environmental problem is population growth ? '
- is…Racism . ''
Morano responds to Monbiot .
Spot on !
It is important to note that it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is typically white male liberals who worry about `` overpopulation '' in countries with people of color .
One of the loudest cheerleaders of reducing African nations ' population has been Al Gore .
Below is what Gore said at a Bill Gates event in 2014 .
Flashback 2014 : Gore : ‘ Fertility management ’ is needed to reduce the number of Africans to help ‘ control the proliferation of unusual weather ’ - Gore : 'Depressing the rate of child mortality , educating girls , empowering women and making fertility management @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many children and the spacing of children -- is crucial to the future shape of human civilization .
Africa is projected to have more people than China and India by mid-century .
More than China and India combined by the end of the century .
And this is one of the causal factors that must be addressed' The film offers only one concrete solution to our predicament : the most toxic of all possible answers .
“ We really have got to start dealing with the issue of population … without seeing some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there ’ s no turning back.
” Yes , population growth does contribute to the pressures on the natural world .
But while the global population is rising by 1 % a year , consumption , until the pandemic , was rising at a steady 3 % .
High consumption is concentrated in countries where population growth is low .
Where population growth is highest , consumption tends to be extremely low .
Almost all the growth in numbers is in poor countries largely inhabited by black and brown people .
When wealthy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , point to this issue without the necessary caveats , they are saying , in effect , “ it ’ s not Us consuming , it ’ s Them breeding.
” It ’ s not hard to see why the far-right loves this film .
Population is where you go when you haven ’ t thought your argument through .
Population is where you go when you don ’ t have the guts to face the structural , systemic causes of our predicament : inequality , oligarchic power , capitalism .
Population is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kick down .


climatedepot--2020-05-08--CDC’s ‘outlandish plan to prolong the nation’s misery’ – ‘A labyrinth of more unconstitutional order

CDC’s ‘outlandish plan to prolong the nation’s misery’ – ‘A labyrinth of more unconstitutional orders to make sure we live in a constant state of fear’

Julie Kelly : I read thru the CDC 's latest “ plan ” to re-open the economy—it ’ s a labyrinth of more unconstitutional orders to make sure we live in a constant state of fear and misery .
“ Our children would be turned into obsessive-compulsive cultists ; field trips , class parties , and extracurricular activities would be canceled , cafeterias would close , classmates seated six feet apart in some sort of educational dystopia.
” Weddings and funerals would be virtual . ''
`` Bars and restaurants would resemble TSA lines not places of fun and friendship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; it would replace the focus of life—family , friends , faith—with a virus . ''
Is the CDC Meddling with the 2020 Election ?
The coronavirus crisis is reaping big political benefits for Democrats .
President Trump ’ s signature achievement—a booming economy with record low unemployment , rising middle-class wages , and a sky-high stock market—lies in tatters .
At least 33 million Americans abruptly and without warning are out of work .
Second-quarter gross domestic product estimates are horrifying , a double-digit dive that the country has never experienced even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are scared for their health and fearful of the future .
Neighbors are turning on each other ; the inner tyrant of every state governor , mayor , and police officer has been unleashed .
And President Trump has been denied access to his only stimulant—energetic political rallies where he connects directly with supporters across the country .
Instead , the president has been stuck in Washington , D.C. , listening to the advice of “ experts ” who used fraudulent models to convince him in late March to “ shut down ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Joe Biden , has been safely shuttered away in his home studio where he struggles to read teleprompter scripts or offer articulate responses to softball questions from late-night hosts .
The Democratic National Convention has been canceled so the American electorate won ’ t be able to assess Biden ’ s frailty and incoherence on a national stage a few months before Election Day .
At the same time , near-daily disclosures confirm that corrupt federal prosecutors and cops loyal to Barack Obama targeted Trump associates to sabotage his 2016 candidacy and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Russian election collusion .
The two events , anyone who has been paying attention over the past five years certainly realizes , are not unrelated .
Moreover , it ’ s becoming clear that the coronavirus crisis may succeed where the Russia collusion hoax failed : To oust Donald Trump from the Oval Office .
And the Centers for Disease Control is looking more and more like the 2020 version of James Comey ’ s FBI .
The agency that foisted the disastrous experiment of “ social distancing ” on 330 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on matters far beyond its purview or expertise .
Not satisfied with throwing tens of millions of American workers on the unemployment line or forcing tens of millions of American students out of school with its initial “ Flatten the Curve ” plan immediately followed by its “ Slow the Spread ” plan , the CDC has prepared yet another outlandish plan to prolong the nation ’ s misery .
The document was leaked to the press last week and published by the Associated Press on Thursday sourced by—surprise !
—an anonymous government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speak to reporters.
” ( Stop me if you ’ ve heard this before or a gazillion times in the Trump era . )
“ The guidance contained detailed advice for making site-specific decisions related to reopening schools , restaurants , summer camps , churches , daycare centers and other institutions , ” the AP reported .
“ It had been widely shared within the CDC and included detailed ‘ decision trees , ’ flow charts to be used by local officials to think through different scenarios.
” As one would expect , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , unconstitutional , and draconian recommendations that would result in a permanent paranoid police state for the foreseeable future .
Our children would be turned into obsessive-compulsive cultists ; field trips , class parties , and extracurricular activities would be canceled , cafeterias would close , and classmates seated six feet apart in some sort of educational dystopia .
“ If a cafeteria is or group dining room is typically used , serve meals in classrooms instead .
Consider keeping classes together to include the same group of children each day.
” Rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blessings of peace with fellow congregants , churchgoers would wear masks and stand six feet apart .
Church-centered celebrations would move online .
“ Consider whether other gatherings may have to have attendance limited or be held virtually if social distancing is difficult , such as funerals , weddings , religious education classes , youth events , support groups and other programming.
” Choirs and musical ensembles would be canceled .
( If this doesn ’ t make you wonder what sort of heartless sadists populate powerful government agencies , nothing will .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ virtual ” visits , except for last rites .
Bars and restaurants , the lifeblood of the country ’ s social life and the livelihood for millions of small business owners , would lose any modicum of fun or fellowship .
In fact , bars would really never reopen and restaurants would more resemble the TSA line at the airport than the enjoyable experience with friends and family we all remember .
“ Consider reducing occupancy and limiting the size of parties dining in together .
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all tables and bar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from being cruel , these bureaucrats apparently have no friends , either . )
This wholly unrealistic approach would replace the center of people ’ s lives—family , faith , and friends—with a virus .
Every action would be calculated against the nonstop threat of a disease that is proving to be far less lethal to the general public than predicted .
The government , not the individual , would demand compliance for the benefit of the “ common good , ” the feigned moral imperative of every power-lusting authoritarian in political history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The White House , mercifully and wisely , has shelved the plan .
But it ’ s hard to see the proposal as anything but an egregious attempt to keep Americans depressed , isolated , and angry throughout the year , manifesting itself in a rebellion at the ballot box this November against the man allegedly responsible for causing so much misery—Donald Trump .
This latest guidance , however , isn ’ t the only politically-motivated stunt coming from the CDC .
The agency has published a series of voting recommendations that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This includes mail-in ballots and early voting .
“ Encourage drive-up voting for eligible voters if allowed in the jurisdiction , ” the guidance reads .
“ Encourage relocating polling places from nursing homes , long-term care facilities , and senior living residences , to minimize COVID-19 exposure among older individuals and those with chronic medical conditions.
” ( Trump won voters 65 and older in 2016 . )
Mail-in ballots are broadly supported by Democrats , including the party ’ s doyenne , Michelle Obama , who is publicly voicing support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The former first lady joined other Democrats in condemning Wisconsin ’ s in-person primary last month .
“ Today , Wisconsin voters had to choose between making their voice heard and keeping themselves and their family safe , ” Obama tweeted on April 7 .
“ No American should ever have to make that choice .
We must do better to ensure voting is safe for all voters.
” Her husband followed up a few days later .
“ Everyone should have the right to vote safely , and we have the power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former president tweeted on April 10 .
“ Let ’ s not use the tragedy of a pandemic to compromise our democracy .
Check the facts of vote by mail.
” That should be plenty of reason to be highly suspicious of the CDC ’ s uninvited meddling in the 2020 election .
A column in RealClearPolitics on Wednesday detailed the protracted debacle that could ensue following a mail-in election .
“ You ’ re looking at a prescription for mail-in mayhem and vote-counting chaos , ” Adam Goodwin wrote .
“ First @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) well beyond Election Day , meaning no immediate winner , no instant gratification , no balloon drops in hotel ballrooms .
The impatience will build as quickly as faith in an accurate result will teeter .
Next , in those critical swing states where declarations are made about who won and lost , the lawsuits will flow built upon a common gripe : the vote itself is flawed , incomplete , and wrong , if not manipulated , corrupted or rigged.
” The Justice Department , CIA , and FBI abused their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2016 election by seeding fear that Donald Trump was a Russian stooge and his associates were Kremlin agents .
Four years later , we are still sorting out that mess .
The last thing the country needs is a repeated attempt—with far more devastating consequences—by partisan bad actors in Atlanta .
The White House would be well advised to empty out that agency before it ’ s too late .


climatedepot--2020-05-08--Wash Post columnist claims ‘climate change’ to blame for COVID-19

Excerpt : And then there is climate change , which intensifies everything — transforming ecosystems , forcing more animals out @ @ @ @ @ tropical conditions to places that were previously temperate .
Scientific American reports , “ The @ @ @ @ @ variable conditions brought by climate change are .
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making it easier to transmit @ @ @ @ @ dengue fever , chikungunya , yellow fever , Zika virus , West Nile virus and @ @ @ @ @ of the world.
” As we change ecosystems and natural habitats , long-dormant diseases can @ @ @ @ @ no immunity .
The real scandal is not what China did to us , but @ @ @ @ @ to the planet — and what only we together can stop .


climatedepot--2020-05-08--Wind, Solar And Biofuel Energy Are Devastating Planet Earth

Never in my wildest dreams did I envision a day when I ’ d agree with anything filmmaker Michael Moore said – much less that he would agree with me .
But mirabile dictu , his new film , Planet of the Humans , is as devastating an indictment of wind , solar , and biofuel energy as anything I have ever written .
The documentary reflects Moore ’ s willingness to reexamine the environmentalist doctrine .
It ’ s soon obvious why more rabid greens tried to have the “ dangerous film ” banned .
Indeed , Films for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ took Planet off its website , but then put it back up .
The film is also on YouTube .
Would-be censors included Josh Fox , whose Gasland film Irish journalists Phelim McAleer and Anne McElhinney totally eviscerated with their FrackNation documentary ; Michael Mann , whose hockey stick global temperature graph was demolished by Canadian analysts Ross McKitrick and Steve McIntyre , and many others ; and Stanford professor Mark Jacobson , who just got slapped with a potential $ 1-million penalty ( in legal fees ) for bringing a SLAPP ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defamation lawsuit against a mathematician who criticized Jacobson ’ s renewable energy claims .
These critics and their allies are rarely willing to discuss any climate or energy issues that they view as “ settled science , ” much less engage in full-throated debate with “ deniers ” or allow former colleagues to stray from the catechism of climate cataclysm and renewable energy salvation .
They prefer lawsuits .
But they sense the Planet documentary could be Fort Sumter in a green civil war , and they ’ re terrified .
Their main @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is correct but irrelevant .
The film ’ s key point is the same as my own : wind , solar and biofuel energy are not clean , green , renewable , or sustainable , and they are horrifically destructive to vital ecological values .
The censors believe admitting that is sacrilegious .
Director-narrator Jeff Gibbs never talks to coal , oil , or natural gas advocates – or to “ renewable ” energy and “ man-made climate crisis ” skeptics .
Instead , he interviews fellow environmentalists who are justifiably aghast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ projects are doing to scenic areas , wildlife habitats , rare and endangered species , and millions of acres of forests , deserts , and grasslands .
He peeks backstage to expose bogus claims that solar panels actually provided the electricity for a solar promotion concert .
After speaking with “ renewable ” advocates in Lansing , Michigan , and learning that the Chevy Volt they ’ re so excited about is actually recharged by a coal-fired generating plant , Gibbs visits a nearby football-field-sized solar farm .
It can power 50 ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Powering all of Lansing ( not including the Michigan State University campus ) would require 15 square miles of panels – plus wind turbines and a huge array of batteries ( or a coal or gas power plant ) for nights and cloudy days .
The crew films one of those turbines being erected outside of town .
Each one is comprised of nearly 5,000,000 pounds of concrete , steel , aluminum , copper , plastic , cobalt , rare earth , fiberglass , and other materials .
Every step in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , installation , maintenance , and ( 20 years later ) removal process requires fossil fuels .
It bears repeating : wind and sun are renewable and sustainable ; harnessing them for energy to benefit mankind absolutely is not .
( Go to 36:50 for a fast-paced mining tutorial on where all these “ clean , green ” technologies really come from . )
Then they ’ re off to Vermont , where a wooded mountaintop is being removed to install still more wind turbines .
Removing mountaintops to access coal , bad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , good ?
An aerial shot features 350,000 garage-door-sized mirrors sprawling across six square miles of former Mojave Desert habitat – with the giant Ivanpah “ solar ” power plant in the center .
The system gets warmed up each morning by natural gas-powered heaters so that it can generate a little electricity by sundown .
This “ environmentally benign ” solar facility now sits where 500-year-old yuccas and Joshua trees once grew .
“ Outdated ” footage shows them being totally shredded to destroy any evidence they ever existed .
Gibbs and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corn , water , fertilizer , and fossil fuelsrequired to create this “ clean , green , renewable ” gasoline substitute , which emits lots of carbon dioxide when burned .
Even worse is the total devastation of entire forests – clear cut , chopped into chips , maybe pelletized , and shipped hundreds or even thousands of miles … to be burned in place of coal or natural gas to generate the electricity that makes modern homes , factories , hospitals , living standards , and life spans possible .
The crew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a denuded forest and “ biomass ” power plant area in Vermont – or be arrested .
Haunting images of a bewildered indigenous native in Brazil and a terrified , mud-covered orangutan in Indonesia attest to the destruction wrought in the name of saving Earth from climate change .
You ’ re left to wonder how many acres of corn , sugarcane , or canola it took for Richard Branson to fly one biofuel-powered jet to mainland Europe .
How many it would take to produce the 96 billion gallons of oil-based fuel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How many decades it will take to replace the millions of acres of slow-growth forest that are incinerated each year as a “ carbon neutral ” alternative to coal .
“ Is it possible for machines made by industrial civilization to save us from industrial civilization ?
” the producers wonder .
“ Renewable ” energy systems last only 15-20 years , and then must be torn down and replaced , using more non-renewable resources , “ if there ’ s enough planet left , ” they say .
“ We ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ d be “ better off just burning fossil fuels in the first place , ” than doing this .
Indeed .
But bear in mind , the devastation that so deeply concerns Moore and Gibbs is happening in a world that is still some 85 % dependent on oil , natural gas and coal , 4 % on nuclear and 7 % on hydroelectric .
Imagine what our planet would look like if we went 100 % ( pseudo ) renewable under various Green New Deals : millions of wind turbines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of batteries , thousands of biofuel plantations and denuded forests , thousands of new and expanded mines , and more .
But where some see the devastation , others see opportunity .
Or as Arnold Schwarzenegger says in the film , where some see the Mojave Desert as miles and miles of emptiness , he sees a vast “ gold mine.
” Al Gore sees endless millions in profits , a lovely seaside mansion , and cushy private jets .
Koch Industries sees bigger solar and biofuel empires .
The Sierra Club and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more millions off climate doom and renewable salvation , while 350.org founder Bill McKibben can ’ t seem to remember that the Rockefeller Brothers and other fat-cat foundations gave him millions of dollars , too .
But Moore and Gibbs aren ’ t indicting free-market capitalism .
They ’ re indicting government-mandated and subsidized crony corporatist opportunism .
And the solution they ultimately proffer isn ’ t recognizing that climate change has been “ real ” since Earth began ; that humans and fossil fuels play only minimal roles amid the powerful natural @ @ @ @ @ @ @ periods , Medieval Warm Periods and Little Ice Ages ; or that modern nuclear power plants generate abundant CO2-free electricity .
Instead , they propose that we humans must “ get ourselves under control.
” This means not just slashing our living standards ( may we all have “ carbon footprints ” as small as Al Gore ’ s ) and “ de-developing ” and “ deindustrializing ” the United States and Europe , while simultaneously dictating to still impoverished nations how much they will be “ permitted ” to develop , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Holdren ’ s totalitarian instincts .
It also means having far fewer humans on this glorious planet .
( How exactly that is to be achieved they don ’ t say , though several twentieth-century dictators offer ideas . )
This is where Planet of the Humans takes a troubling , wrongheaded , neo-Malthusian turn .
But these final minutes should be viewed attentively , to understand what still motivates far too many “ environmentalists , ” who too often get lionized or even canonized for their devotion to Mother Earth – even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left in unimaginable poverty , malnutrition , and energy deprivation , and millions dying long before they should .
Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs have done us a great service in exposing the environmental degradation from pseudo-renewable energy .
Now they just need to reexamine neo-Malthusian doctrines as well .
Paul Driessen is a senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow ( www.CFACT.org ) and author of Eco-Imperialism : Green Power , Black Death , and other books and articles on energy , environment , climate , and human rights @ @


climatedepot--2020-05-08--Study Finds We’re Winning The War On Climate-Related Diseases – ‘A wholesale rolling back of the big

Study Finds We’re Winning The War On Climate-Related Diseases – ‘A wholesale rolling back of the biggest killers like diarrhea and malaria’

A new report from the Global Warming Policy Foundation reveals that there have been dramatic falls in climate-related mortality over the last 30 years .
The study ’ s author , Indur Goklany , says that these improvements have been seen in almost every category : “ You see improvement across the board , but most notably there has been a wholesale rolling back of the biggest killers like diarrhea and malaria.
” Goklany ’ s report makes strong criticisms of the Lancet Countdown , a review of climate-related mortality published by the prominent medical journal , which he says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to give a false impression of a worsening situation .
“ They highlight comparatively rare conditions , like dengue , which have worsened , while ignoring the wider picture , which is almost all good news .
It ’ s highly misleading.
” Indur Goklany is an independent scholar and author .
He was a member of the US delegation that established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) and helped develop its First Assessment Report .
He subsequently served as a US delegate to the IPCC and an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lancet Countdown on Climate Change : The need for context ( pdf )


climatedepot--2020-05-08--Michael Moore Ditches Green Movement For Climate Commies – Praises Extinction Rebellion: ‘Wow, more

Michael Moore Ditches Green Movement For Climate Commies – Praises Extinction Rebellion: ‘Wow, more of this…They’re like doing things I’m even afraid to do. I had immediate admiration for them’

Michael Moore has had enough of the modern green movement .
The Oscar-winning director made it official late last month by unleashing his new project , for free , on YouTube .
“ The Planet of the Humans , ” which Moore executive produced and shared via his Rumble Media platform , excoriates some of the green movement ’ s sacred cows : The documentary shreds all of the above , albeit from a decidedly progressive perspective .
Solar and wind , no matter how well-intentioned those who support them , can ’ t power the planet .
Electric cars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saving the world .
Gore may talk a good game , but he also raked in the cash by selling his network to the oil-rich Al Jazeera for $ 500 million .
The Nation savaged Moore ’ s film , going so far as to say it should be pulled from YouTube .
Pen America stepped in , demanding the filmremain on the platform .
Moore and co. wisely used the free speech argument to its benefit .
The film now boasts more than 6.7 million YouTube views and counting .
Moore has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as he sees it .
The current green movement can ’ t save the planet .
It ’ s time to go to the next level .
For Moore , that means Extinction Rebellion ( also known as XR ) .
It ’ s a British-based group he “ has a lot of respect for , ” he said in a recent live-stream event tied to the film .
XR embraces mass eco-disruptions , the likes of which we haven ’ t seen in western culture .
Until now .
“ I came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ‘ wow , more of this.
’ They ’ re like doing things I ’ m even afraid to do [ laughs ] .
I had immediate admiration for them … for all of us to win this battle , to save the planet , to save our species and to be a different way than the way we ’ ve been .. we have to reach out to all kinds of organizations and people … we may not agree on everything , and that ’ s OK. ” Moore followed up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rebellion co-founder Clare Farrell .
So what , exactly , does Moore support to prevent irreversible climate change ?
Here ’ s a quick look at what XR did in recent months .
National Review surveyed its actions last October and fired a dramatic report from the front lines .
XR ’ s London action began when some of its members sprayed beetroot juice on delegates to a fossil-fuels conference .
“ Eco-warriors ” then used a fire hose to douse the Treasury building with 400 gallons of red paint .
Breastfeeding mothers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A protester dressed as Prime Minister Boris Johnson used scaffolding to climb to the top of Big Ben… .
They hit bottom last Thursday when two activists climbed on top of commuter trains during rush hour and blocked their departure .
They unfurled a banner that read “ Business as Usual = Death.
” Earlier this year , the group targeted the U.K. ’ s Trinity College , digging up its lawns during a week-long protest aimed at stopping the school from working with fossil fuel companies .
More recently , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to piggyback on the global pandemic to hurt the reeling British economy – enduring its “ worst recession in 300 years.
” Extinction Rebellion wants activists to stage rent strikes , halt tax payments and take out bank loans they never intend to repay in protest at an economic system they claim is fuelling a climate catastrophe .
Internal documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday set out plans for a ‘ Money Rebellion ’ involving acts of financial sabotage to ‘ directly challenge the fundamental principles that govern our national and global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legitimise the protest by arguing that ‘ our economic system is causing cancer in our planet ’ .
It adds : ‘ We will resist irresponsible lenders .
Some of us will legally dispute debts , others will refuse to pay debts.
’ Some of the group ’ s exploits have proven less than popular .
Still , many groups and leaders remain fearful and refuse to crack down during their protests .
John Fund of National Review suggested last year the XR protests may come to the States .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grow from there .
If so , they may thank the millionaire filmmaker ’ s support for the group ’ s global expansion .
Read more at Hollywood In Toto


climatedepot--2020-05-08--LA Times Invents Fake Link Between Climate, Drought, Wildfires

The Los Angeles Times has launched a new way to make money and gain leftists accolades from the false climate crisis : a new newsletter called “ Boiling Point.
” Sammy Roth , a Times energy reporter , opened a May 5 preview of the newsletter by telling quite a whopper – and providing no scientific evidence to back it up .
Roth claimed , “ Drought conditions in Northern California may prompt an early start to the 2020 wildfire season – and as Californians have learned in recent years , climate change is fueling more devastating droughts and fires.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( NOAA ) does report , here and in the chart below , that Northern California is currently experiencing “ moderate drought , ” and is one of the few places in the country experiencing dryer than average conditions .
At the same time , NOAA reports most of California is experiencing normal conditions , while Southern California is experiencing “ moderately moist ” conditions .
Hmmm… some areas are dry , some are moist , and most are normal .
It must be a climate crisis !
In reality , as shown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ above , only a small amount of the country is experiencing drought .
Also , Climate at a Glance : Drought reports the United States is undergoing its longest period in recorded history without at least 40 percent of the country experiencing “ very dry ” conditions , with peaks in droughts around 1978 , 1954 , 1930 , and 1900 being much larger than what the U.S. experienced during any time in the 21st century or the late 20th century .
Just as compelling , Climate at a Glance : Drought reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States registered its smallest percentage of land area experiencing drought in recorded history .
Even the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledges with “ high confidence ” that precipitation has increased over mid-latitude land areas of the Northern Hemisphere ( including the United States ) during the past 70 years , while IPCC has “ low confidence ” about any negative trends globally .
Since drought conditions are low , and drought is easily the single biggest climate factor regarding wildfires , it should come as no surprise that wildfires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in recent years .
In the few regions that have experienced particularly severe wildfires , such as California and Australia , geologist Gregory Wrightstone and Montana state Sen. Jennifer Fielder explains that the root cause of these fires is government policies hampering proper land management in areas prone to wildfires .
Perhaps all this good news and scientific evidence are why Roth and the Times are required to make false statements , without presenting scientific evidence , in order to perpetuate their money-making climate scare .


climatedepot--2020-05-08--We Are Winning The War On Climate-Related Diseases – ‘Dramatic falls in climate-related mortality ov

We Are Winning The War On Climate-Related Diseases – ‘Dramatic falls in climate-related mortality over the last 30 years’

Indur Goklany has a new paper published by GWPF , regarding climate related diseases : London , 8 May : @ @ @ @ @ Global Warming Policy Foundation reveals that there have been dramatic falls in climate-related mortality over @ @ @ @ @ The study ’ s author , Indur Goklany , says that these improvements have been @ @ @ @ @ : “ You see improvement across the board , but most notably there has been @ @ @ @ @ the biggest killers like diarrhea and malaria.
” Goklany ’ s report makes strong criticisms @ @ @ @ @ a review of climate-related mortality published by the prominent medical journal , which he says @ @ @ @ @ misleading figures in order to give a false impression of a worsening situation .
“ @ @ @ @ @ , like dengue , which have worsened , while ignoring the wider picture , which @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s highly misleading.
” The full report is here .
But the @ @ @ @ @