[TheClimate.Vote] May 31, 2019 - Daily Global Warming News Digest
Richard Pauli
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Fri May 31 08:28:29 EDT 2019
/May 31, 2019/
[Floods causing food stresses - video overview]
*Food, Glorious Food. Never Before Has Earth Needed More: Part 1 of 2*
Paul Beckwith - Published on May 30, 2019
Planting of corn, wheat, soy, etc. has been severely delayed by flooding
over vast regions of the most productive farmland in the U.S., and what
has been planted is not growing well. There is simply too much water on
the surface and in the saturated soils. A huge and persistent trough of
the jet stream has been stuck over the central US all spring (and last
winter) bringing associated low pressure and thus storms with firehose
like precipitation deluged, as well as tornadoes galore. I chat about
the clear and present danger of global food shortages and price explosion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-QenYgC8oM
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[important second video]
*Global Food Supply Disruption from Abrupt Climate Change: Part 2 of 2*
Paul Beckwith - Published on May 30, 2019
U.S. farmers are at wits end; livelihoods on the line, as they wait for
persistent torrential rains to stop, and for fields to dry out enough
for planting. They're posting images of their soggy, submerged fields on
Twitter under the hashtags #noplant19, #plant19, #corn, #wheat, #soy, #food
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtoJ6VjZWf4
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Corn Acres at Risk
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23plant19&src=typd
[Greenpeace - Take the Quiz1]
*WHERE'S YOUR 2020 CANDIDATE ON CLIMATE?*
Greenpeace asked the 2020 candidates how they'll act on the climate
crisis if they become president. Here's what they said… or didn't say.
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*1. CLICK ON A CANDIDATE*
Find out where your candidate stands on kickstarting the #GreenNewDeal
and saying #NoToFossilFuels (the recipe for addressing climate change
before it's too late).
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The candidates need to hear from all of us: whether it's praise for a
strong climate platform or a call out for half-baked or downright bad
ideas if we're going to get aggressive climate action within ten years
and avoid climate catastrophe.
*3. CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY*
If we push each candidate often and altogether, we have a HUGE
opportunity to make real climate action a priority this primary season.
Get updates on our #Climate2020 progress by texting "CLIMATE" to 877-877
now...
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/climate2020/
[Fixing vs Acceptance]
*What Would It Mean to Deeply Accept That We're in Planetary Crisis?*
By Dahr Jamail, Barbara Cecil, originally published by TruthOut
May 30, 2019
"The work of these times is not about saving the world but in belonging
to it more fully."
https://truthout.org/articles/what-would-it-mean-to-deeply-accept-that-were-in-planetary-crisis/
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-05-30/what-would-it-mean-to-deeply-accept-that-were-in-planetary-crisis/
[Download A Policy Paper]
*Can we think in new ways about the existential human security risks
driven by the climate crisis?*
Note: This post is the foreword to a policy paper on existential climate
and security risks released today by Breakthrough. It is written by
Retired Admiral Chris Barrie, who was Chief of the Australian Defence
Force from 1998 to 2002.
by Admiral Chris Barrie, AC RAN Retired
In 2017-18, the Australian Senate inquired into the implications of
climate change for Australia's national security. The Inquiry found that
climate change is "a current and existential national security risk",
one that "threatens the premature extinction of Earth- originating
intelligent life or the permanent and drastic destruction of its
potential for desirable future development".
I told the Inquiry that, after nuclear war, human- induced global
warming is the greatest threat to human life on the planet. Today's 7.5
billion human beings are already the most predatory species that ever
existed, yet the global population has yet to peak and may reach 10
billion people, with dire implications absent a fundamental change in
human behaviour.
This policy paper looks at the existential climate-related security risk
through a scenario set thirty years into the future. David Spratt and
Ian Dunlop have laid bare the unvarnished truth about the desperate
situation humans, and our planet, are in, painting a disturbing picture
of the real possibility that human life on earth may be on the way to
extinction, in the most horrible way.
http://www.climatecodered.org/2019/05/can-we-think-in-new-ways-about.html
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[ PDF policy paper ]
*EXISTENTIAL CLIMATE-RELATED SECURITY RISK*
A scenario approach
Understanding climate-driven security risks relies on climate impact
projections, but much knowledge produced for policymakers is too
conservative. Because the risks are now existential, a new approach to
climate and security risk assessment is required using scenario
analysis. A 2050 scenari
https://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/papers
[Dave Roberts report]
*More natural gas isn’t a “middle ground” -- it’s a climate disaster*
To tackle climate change, natural gas has got to go.
Article:
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/5/30/18643819/climate-change-natural-gas-middle-ground
[Radio 31 mins - language in media - "To the Point"]
*Should 'Climate Change' be 'Climate Crisis?'*
Hosted by Warren Olney May. 27, 2019 National
Bill Nye on 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.'
Led by the Columbia Journalism Review, the Nation and the Guardian,
environmental journalists are accusing their own profession of being
"complacent while the world burns." They say wildfires, floods and
other disasters are too often reported without reference to what science
says they mean for the future. Both "happy talk news" on local TV and
major newspapers are driven by "the brutal demands of ratings and
money." Instead of "sleepwalking us toward disaster," they need to
awaken, inform, and rouse the people to action."
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/to-the-point/should-climate-change-be-climate-crisis
https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cua2Nydy5jb20vbmV3cy9zaG93cy90by10aGUtcG9pbnQvcnNzLnhtbA%3D%3D&episode=MzExNDJlYWMzNDM0NDBhMzhiZDBkMTFjMmIyODI5YjM%3D
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[referring to the five alarm emergency]
#coveringclimatenow
https://twitter.com/BillMoyers/status/1131212228710064130
[carbon emissions]
*Burning the Gas 'Bridge Fuel' Myth: Why Gas Is Not Clean, Cheap, or
Necessary *
Oil Change International - priceofoil.org
DOWNLOAD REPORT
http://priceofoil.org/content/uploads/2019/05/gasBridgeMyth_web-FINAL.pdf
DOWNLOAD 2-PAGE SUMMARY
http://priceofoil.org/content/uploads/2019/05/gas-myth-2-pager-final-web-r2.pdf
DOWNLOAD SELECTED FIGURES
http://priceofoil.org/content/uploads/2019/05/gas-myth-figures-r1.zip
*Key Findings and Recommendations:*
This new report released by Oil Change International makes the case that
gas is not a 'bridge fuel' to a safe climate. As the global climate
crisis intensifies and gas production and consumption soars, it is
clearer than ever that gas is not a climate solution. Leaking methane
along the gas supply chain has been at the center of the debate around
the climate impact of gas, but it's far from the only issue at stake.
There are five additional reasons why gas cannot form a bridge to a
clean energy future, even if methane leakage is addressed.
*These five points make clear that gas is not clean, not cheap, and not
necessary:*
1. Gas Breaks the Carbon Budget: The economically recoverable oil,
gas, and coal in the world's currently producing and
under-construction extraction projects would take the world far
beyond safe climate limits. Further development of untapped gas
reserves is inconsistent with the climate goals in the Paris Agreement.
2. Coal-to-Gas Switching Doesn't Cut It: Climate goals require the
energy sector to be decarbonized by mid-century. This means that
both coal and gas must be phased out. Replacing coal plants with new
gas plants will not cut emissions by nearly enough, even if methane
leakage is kept to a minimum.
3. Low-Cost Renewables Can Displace Coal and Gas: The dramatic and
ongoing cost declines for wind and solar disrupt the business model
for gas in the power sector. Wind and solar will play an increasing
role in replacing retiring fossil fuel capacity.
4. Gas Is Not Essential for Grid Reliability: Wind and solar require
balancing, but gas is not the only, nor the best, resource available
for doing so. Battery storage is fast becoming competitive with gas
plants designed for this purpose. Managing high levels of wind and
solar on the grid requires optimizing a wide range of technologies
and solutions, including battery storage, demand response, and
transmission. There is no reason to favor gas as the primary solution.
5. New Gas Infrastructure Locks In Emissions: Multibillion-dollar
gas infrastructure built today is designed to operate for decades to
come. Given the barriers to closing down infrastructure ahead of its
expected economic lifespan, it is critical to stop building new
infrastructure, the full lifetime emissions of which will not fit
within Paris-aligned carbon budgets.
The myth of gas as a "bridge" to a stable climate does not stand up to
scrutiny. While much of the debate to date has focused on methane
leakage, the data shows that the greenhouse gas emissions just from
burning the gas itself are enough to overshoot climate goals.
There is an urgent need for policymakers and investors to use climate
goals as a starting point for energy decisions, particularly when it
comes to gas. Rather than searching for ways to justify using the
abundant supply that new drilling methods have unleashed, policymakers
and investors should consider how much gas is compatible with achieving
the goals of the Paris Agreement. The answer is the same for gas as it
is for coal and oil: We need less, not more.
http://priceofoil.org/2019/05/30/gas-is-not-a-bridge-fuel/
[Churches getting involved prior to court ruling]
*WesThe Climate Change Action Group at The Unitarian Church in Westport
is hosting a screening of the film "Paris to Pittsburgh" on Saturday,
June 1.*
The film brings highlights the efforts of individuals who are battling
what they perceive as the most severe threats of climate change in their
own backyards, according to a news release. Set against the national
debate over the United States' energy future -- and the Trump
administration's decision to exit the Paris Climate Agreement -- the
film "captures what's at stake for communities around the country and
the inspiring ways Americans are responding," the group said.tport
Unitarian Church's Climate Change Action Group screening 'Paris to
Pittsburgh*'*
"Paris to Pittsburgh" is a new film from National Geographic, produced
by RadicalMedia in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies -- narrated
by Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress and activist Rachel
Brosnahan ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel").
The film screening coincides with close to 100 coordinated press
conferences on the same day across the country and around the globe that
are taking place just days before an appellate court hearing in Oregon
on the landmark constitutional youth climate lawsuit Juliana v. United
States, the release noted...
https://www.thehour.com/entertainment/article/Westport-Unitarian-Church-s-Climate-Change-13904441.php
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more at - https://www.ciel.org/issue/climate-justice/
https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/
https://twitter.com/climatelawnews?lang=en
[Climate crisis and public health 2 minute video]
*Climate Health Connection Infectious Disease*
Climate Reality
Published on May 30, 2019
http://climaterealityproject.org
[disinformation examination]
*First, Climate Change, Now the Global Extinction Crisis: Industry-Paid
Hacks Deny Science to Congress*
Thursday, May 23, 2019
https://www.desmogblog.com/2019/05/23/climate-science-deniers-marc-morano-patrick-moore-biodiversity-report
*This Day in Climate History - May 31, 2006 - from D.R. Tucker*
On MSNBC's "Countdown," fill-in host Brian Unger discusses the all-out
effort by the fossil-fuel industry and the American conservative
movement to attack Al Gore in the wake of the release of "An
Inconvenient Truth."
http://mediamatters.org/video/2006/05/31/msnbcs-countdown-documented-the-swift-boating-o/135841
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