[TheClimate.Vote] May 9, 2019 - Daily Global Warming News Digest

Thu May 9 08:25:56 EDT 2019

/May 9, 2019/

[Activists and candidates make a declaration]
*The No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge*
Are you a candidate or elected official interested in taking the No 
Fossil Fuel Money Pledge?
Continue reading to find out how you can join in the effort to protect 
the health of our families, our climate, and our democracy.
The Pledge:

    I pledge to not take contributions from the oil, gas, and coal
    industry and instead prioritize the health of our families, climate,
    and democracy over fossil fuel industry profits.
    Taking the pledge means that you and your campaign will adopt a
    policy to not knowingly accept any contributions over $200 from the
    PACs, lobbyists, or SEC-named executives of fossil fuel companies --
    companies whose primary business is the extraction, processing,
    distribution, or sale of oil, gas, or coal. ...[Click page] for an
    indicative list of these companies - this is not a complete list,
    but an indication of the type of fossil fuel company covered by the
    pledge.

How to Take the Pledge

    1. Take a photo or video of yourself signing the pledge (printable)
    or create a shareable graphic that includes your name, seat you're
    running for, and the text of the pledge.
    2. Post the photo, video, or graphic on your website or social media
    accounts with the hashtag #nofossilfuelmoney
    3. Fill out this form to notify the No Fossil Fuel Money Coalition.

Follow the instructions below to take the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge. 
If you have any questions, please send an email to 
pledge at nofossilfuelmoney.org.
No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge Signers
Over 1,400 politicians all over the country - and at all levels of 
government - have signed the pledge.
http://nofossilfuelmoney.org/politician-signup/
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[connect with candidates - Tweet and Facebook ]*
**Presidential Candidate Signers*
Twelve major 2020 Democratic Presidential candidates have signed the No 
Fossil Fuel Money pledge. These signers are listed below, as well as all 
major* candidates on the Democratic side who have not yet signed the pledge.

Take action today: Use the buttons provided below to thank candidates 
who've signed, and urge those who haven't to get on board and stand with 
people, not big polluters.
Please contact info at nofossilfuelmoney.org with any questions or corrections.

Download a Spreadsheet of All Signers at All Levels
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRovWQR4zIdL04VGzuua4xthbcuMCwoFwqoenHMDw9SBc6Q5F0sUx1GyBpExhfE9j5PYT2_zzL3-Poq/pub?gid=784766552&single=true&output=csv
http://nofossilfuelmoney.org/presidential-signers/

[Climate Refugees - documentary presents some stunning images and 
difficult message]
*Fleeing climate change - the real environmental disaster | DW Documentary*
DW Documentary
Published on May 1, 2019k

How many millions of people will be forced to leave their homes by 2050? 
This documentary looks at the so-called hotspots of climate change in 
the Sahel zone, Indonesia and the Russian Tundra.

Lake Chad in the Sahel zone has already shrunk by 90 percent since the 
1960s due to the increasing heat. About 40 million people will be forced 
to migrate to places where there is enough rainfall. Migration has 
always existed as a strategy to adapt to a changing environment. But the 
number of those forced to migrate solely because of climate change has 
increased dramatically since the 1990s. It is a double injustice: after 
becoming rich at the expense of the rest of the world, the 
industrialized countries are now polluting the atmosphere with their 
emissions and bringing a second misfortune to the inhabitants of the 
poorer regions. One of them is Mohammed Ibrahim: as Lake Chad got hotter 
and drier, he decided to go where the temperatures were less extreme and 
there was still a little water, trekking with his wife, children and 70 
camels from Niger to Chad and then further south. The journey lasted 
several years and many members of his herd died of thirst. Now he and 
his family are living in a refugee camp: they only have seven camels 
left. Mohammed is one of many who have left their homelands in the Sahel 
- not because of conflict and crises, but because of the high 
temperatures. He's a real climate refugee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4Uv9_7KJE&t=131s

[denier showdown]*
**Beto respectfully but forcefully disagrees with climate change denier*
Beto's events usually have a lot of Q&A, and it is no surprise that 
Republicans sometimes show up to try to ask "gotcha" questions.   During 
his Senate campaign, Beto's response to the NFL kneeling controversy 
that went viral was an earlier example where a Cruz plant asked the 
question thinking it would trip Beto up.   One thing that impresses me 
about Beto is he is able to handle these types of questions in stride, 
staying calm and sticking to his values.

Here is an example from this week where a climate denier asks what he 
thinks are "gotcha" questions to Beto.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/6/1855825/-Beto-respectfully-but-forcefully-disagrees-with-climate-change-denier
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[Science arguments for every misinformed climate science question]
*Global Warming & Climate Change Myths*
Here is a summary of global warming and climate change myths, sorted by 
recent popularity vs what science says. Click the response for a more 
detailed response. You can also view them sorted by taxonomy, by 
popularity, in a print-friendly version, with short URLs or with fixed 
numbers you can use for permanent references.
[Nearly 200 myths debunked in brief statements and links to more 
information]
https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php

*This Day in Climate History - May 9, 2007 - from D.R. Tucker*
May 9, 2007: Grist.org reports on News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch's plans 
to make his company carbon-neutral and conscious of climate risk, plans 
that apparently did not involve ending the Fox News Channel's fixation 
on attacking climate science.
http://grist.org/article/murdoch/
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