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A Sept. 7, 2019, CNBC video notes “This Bill Gates-funded chemical cloud could help stop global warming [with ‘significant risks and uncertainties’]”
Last week Corey Gabriel, Executive Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Masters of Advanced Studies in Climate Science and Policy (MAS CSP) gave a geoengineering lecture that showed stakes are rapidly rising for nations to decide how, where, when and if to use this controversial plan to reduce climate impacts. I was there to give a 90-minute climate change…
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Welcome to the Future — Thoughts and Prayers for Those in Dorian’s Path
Today weather.com reported “This is the strongest hurricane to ever go through the NW Bahamas, right now 180 miles an hour maximum sustained winds with gusts to up to 220 miles an hour.” Democracy Now! has this Sept. 6 update. In more bad news, according to Scott Sistek, KOMONews.com Meteorologist, “‘The Blob’ is back in the Pacific…
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What’s wrong with this picture?
The Guardian‘s Naaman Zhou reported today in “Sydney Anglican and Catholic schools system won’t back student climate strike” “While [the NSW Government is] thrilled to see our students passionate about the environment, the best way for young people to really make a difference is to receive a quality education. This will provide them with the skills and…
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Roger Hallam’s Emotional and Intellectual Honesty
I posted the above video because I respect Roger Hallam’s emotional and intellectual honesty. I heard him interviewed by Stephen Sackur at BBC Hard Talk and wanted to know more about this co-founder of Extinction Rebellion. I was also curious about the British public and police response in April 2019 while, according to The Guardian, “thousands of protesters use[d] roadblocks and…
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Look to Iceland for “Rude Truth” About Climate Crisis
The site of the former Okjökull glacier, photographed in 2018. Photo by Ragnar Antoniussen. The memorial for the former glacier Okjökull. Words by Andri Snær Magnason. Photo by Grétar Thorvaldsson/Málmsteypan Hella. July 22, 2109 Jon Henley in The Guardian quoted Iceland’s memorial “unveiled in August” to Okjökull, “the first of Iceland’s 400 glaciers to be lost to the…
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17-year-old Hardware Store Worker Gets 118.4 Fahrenheit [48°C] While Wealthy Get A/C in Iraq
David Wallace-Wells’ (The Uninhabitable Earth) Twitter page linked this story today which, according to Richard Hall of independent.co.uk, “offers a troubling glimpse into a future where only the wealthy are equipped to escape the effects of climate change.” Regarding climate injustice against the young and unborn, judges Murguia, Hurwitz, and Staton have not ruled on…
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Trees, Ghost Fish, and Dreams? Bristol Bay Watershed’s Feared Pebble [Gold and Copper] Mine May Proceed after EPA Removes Salmon Protection Overruling “Top Scientists” According to CNN
This morning I saw the Pebble Mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay area may proceed if Alaska Governor Dunleavy gets his wish. If you click the link, you will hear republican, former New Jersey governor, and “under President George W. Bush, [. . .] EPA [Chief]” Christine Todd Whitman say “It’s mind-boggling that it’s still being…
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“How It Is [in Greenland]”
August 16, 2019 Update: According to Jon Henley in today’s The Guardian “Donald Trump may have expressed an interest in acquiring Greenland for the US, but Denmark thinks the idea is frankly insane and Greenlanders have pointed out their home is not actually for sale.” The article continues “‘It must be an April Fools’ Day…
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“Deep adaptation is just really a set of four questions . . .” — Jem Bendell’s talk at European Commission published May 30, 2019
In my post “Arctic Methane Debate Rages On” (February 7, 2019) I wrote about conflicting views between Jem Bendell, Professor of Sustainability Leadership and Founder of the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS) at the University of Cumbria (UK), and Carolyn Ruppel, Ph.D, Research Geophysicist at Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, and leader of…