[✔️] December 19, 2022 - Global Warming News Digest
Richard Pauli
Richard at CredoandScreed.com
Mon Dec 19 10:56:00 EST 2022
/*December 19, 2022*/
/[NASA has bad luck ]/
*NASA hurricane-tracking satellite falls out of contact with Earth*
A piece of an important wind-tracking satellite array is no longer
communicating with scientists on the ground, the agency says.
Dan Carson
Dec. 16, 2022
NASA scientists are attempting to reestablish contact with a satellite
that serves as part of an agency array tracking the formation and
movement of hurricanes in the Earth's oceans, Space.com'sert Lea
reported Thursday.
The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) is billed as the
"first space-based system to collect frequent measurements of wind
speeds from the ocean's surface" and is tasked with tracking activity
near the eyes of forming cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes. The system
is comprised of eight separate spacecraft that in aggregate form a
picture of maritime storm behavior around the world used by scientists
to project and measure severe weather activity...
https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-satellite-hurricane-17658726.php
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/[ NASA makes an un-wise decision ] /
*NASA cancels climate change satellite to monitor greenhouse gases*
By Stefanie Waldek published about 10 hours ago
The agency still maintains its commitment to studying climate change.
All good things must come to an end, and in the case of NASA's GeoCarb
mission, some good things must end before they really begin.
NASA has canceled the GeoCarb mission, which was a collaboration with
the University of Oklahoma and Lockheed Martin that intended to put a
greenhouse gas–monitoring satellite into geostationary orbit. GeoCarb
would have measured levels of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and
methane in the atmosphere about 4 million times per day. The mission was
selected by NASA in 2016.
"Decisions like this are difficult, but NASA is dedicated to making
careful choices with the resources provided by the people of the United
States," Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's associate administrator for science,
said in a statement. "We look forward to accomplishing our commitment to
state-of-the-art climate observation in a more efficient and
cost-effective way."
According to NASA's statement, the decision to end GeoCarb was due to
"technical concerns, cost performance and availability of new
alternative data sources." The most recent anticipated cost of GeoCarb
was $600 million, much higher than the mission's original $170.9 million
estimate.
As for those new data sources, they include the new Earth Surface
Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) instrument that arrived at the
International Space Station (ISS) in July, as well as the mission
extension of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 instrument that began
work in 2019 also aboard the ISS.
NASA is also working on the Earth System Observatory, a series of
Earth-focused satellites due to launch by 2030. The satellites will
study aerosols, clouds, surface biology and geology, and surface
deformation and change, among other areas of research.
"NASA prioritizes understanding how our home planet is changing — and
greenhouse gasses play a central role in that understanding," Karen St.
Germain, NASA Earth Science division director, said in a statement. "We
are committed to making key methane and carbon dioxide observations,
integrating them with measurements collected by other national,
international and private sector missions, and making actionable
information available to communities and organizations who need it to
inform their decisions."
Follow Stefanie Waldek on Twitter @StefanieWaldek. Follow us on Twitter
@Spacedotcom and on Facebook.
https://www.space.com/nasa-geocarb-climate-change-mission-canceled
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/[ Opinion clips from Wallace-Welles in NYTimes ]/
*Big Oil Companies Are Bullies That ‘Want to Be Seen as Good Guys’*
Dec. 15, 2022
David Wallace-Wells
OPINION
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*You’ve been looking at the bad behavior of Big Oil for more than a
year. What have you learned?*
The first thing that surprised me is how the culture of big oil
companies has not really changed. Yes, they now acknowledge that burning
fossil fuels causes climate change — they had not done that for decades.
But they still are insistent on defending every past statement that
their company officials made. I was really struck by the lack of
introspection, the lack of even a willingness to say sorry for past
mistakes...
I was also struck by the bullying, the vitriol against climate activists
and climate reporters — most strikingly against the Sunrise Movement
kids. You have documents in which they are wishing the activists get
bedbugs as they’re traveling and against Hiroko Tabuchi, the Times
reporter, because of her coverage. You have these executives reaching
out to The Times to try to intimidate her and going after tweets of
hers. These are just two examples where you see this pervasive bunker
mentality — hunker down and fight the external world that cares about
climate...
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*Are more punitive measures necessary too, to make sure we’re replacing
dirty energy with clean as opposed to subsidizing it?*
I think having methane emissions regulations makes a lot of sense. I
think ultimately, on industrial processes, having some regulatory price
on carbon emissions is something that we need to do. The challenge has
been that that’s harder to do politically. But that’s different, in my
view, than a price that’s going to hurt people at the pump and lead to
the yellow vest syndrome.
*Given the political landscape, do you think there is an opportunity for
major federal legislation on climate? Or are we going to be dealing only
with regulatory rule-making, state-level policy and resource allocation
for the time being?*
Senator Marco Rubio and I have a bill coming out calling for an economic
development council that has the different agencies with the private
sector reporting for the president. It’s not focused just on clean tech;
it’s focused on building new industry, period, in this country. And the
fact that you have bipartisan support for this idea — that we need
coordination when it comes to new factories, new industries — suggests
that there is the political will that could emerge. That was, of course,
the Hamilton and Roosevelt model of building the American industry and
American economy.
*Personally, I’m relatively bullish about future bipartisan work — the
CHIPS Act and infrastructure bill both suggest to me the possibility of
some limited Republican cooperation on climate, at least. And I think a
growing green economy may reduce some of the culture war dynamics at play.*
I agree.
*But I also wanted to ask you about the political dynamics on the left.
In the aftermath of the I.R.A., there’s an increasingly public conflict
between activists and the technocratic center. Activists took a harder
line on permitting than they did on the big bill, and from their critics
there’s been a fair amount of commentary in the spirit of, we’ll take it
from here, kids, or “Give Senator Joe Manchin his pipeline.” Is that how
it seems to you? If so, how do we go about rebuilding that coalition?*
Look, I got significantly criticized as being the only House progressive
who was in talks with Senator Manchin during the I.R.A. But to the
credit of the environmental movement, virtually every group supported it
— from Sunrise to Sierra [Club] to N.R.D.C [the Natural Resources
Defense Council]. That was a moment where the climate community really
came together. And I don’t think we would have had that achievement but
for the climate movement.
And the reason is: How did we decide that of all the things that Build
Back Better promised, that what was nonnegotiable, was climate? That’s
not because politicians thought that up. That’s because these activists
were out there in the 2020 primary and at the president’s side, and
senators and congresspeople saw that they were out there for two years.
So I give them enormous credit.
Then the permitting fight happened. And there I think that the challenge
was that we didn’t have an alternative perspective from the
environmental movement, saying, “We want to expedite permitting for
renewables. We just don’t want to expedite a pipeline.”
*Right, I agree that was a missed opportunity. When I asked you about it
a few months ago, it didn’t seem that such a proposal was very close. Is
it closer now?*
I think you can see that emerging in the next few months at the
environmental groups I’ve talked to. They want to get behind a
permitting reform proposal for clean energy. And you’re going to have,
of course, healthy debate between those who say, “We need the
renewables,” and those who say, “Well, we need to protect endangered
species and biodiversity and frontline communities.” Let’s have that
debate. Because I think that can be worked out in the environmental
community. The coalescing around the I.R.A. showed that the community is
capable of being pragmatic. It was far from what the climate activists
wanted. And yet when push came to shove, they coalesced support,
supported it, and we passed it, through very narrow majorities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/opinion/chevron-exxon-shell-bp-climate-change-ro-khanna.html
/[Try ChatGPT output from Chat.OpenAI.com - I asked an artificial
intelligence system: ]/
*
Please tell me several things that human civilization can do to prevent
extinction due to carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution and over-heating.
*
There are several things that human civilization can do to prevent
extinction due to carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution and over-heating:
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions: One of the most effective ways to
reduce CO2 pollution and prevent over-heating is to reduce the amount of
greenhouse gases that we emit into the atmosphere. This can be done
through a variety of measures, such as improving energy efficiency,
transitioning to renewable energy sources, and reducing deforestation
and land use changes that contribute to CO2 emissions.
Implement carbon pricing: Carbon pricing is a way to put a price on the
carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, encouraging businesses and
individuals to reduce their emissions in order to save money. This can
be done through carbon taxes or cap-and-trade systems.
Invest in carbon capture and storage: Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
is a technology that captures CO2 emissions from power plants and other
industrial sources and stores them underground, rather than releasing
them into the atmosphere. Investing in CCS technologies can help reduce
CO2 emissions while still allowing us to use fossil fuels as a source of
energy.
Promote sustainable land use: Land use practices such as deforestation,
agriculture, and urbanization contribute significantly to CO2 emissions.
Promoting sustainable land use practices, such as reforestation and
conservation, can help to reduce CO2 emissions and mitigate the effects
of climate change.
Increase energy efficiency: Improving energy efficiency in buildings,
transportation, and industry can help to reduce CO2 emissions by
reducing the amount of energy that we use. This can be achieved through
a variety of measures, such as designing more efficient appliances,
using public transportation, and implementing building codes that
require energy-efficient construction.
Invest in research and development: Investing in research and
development can help us to develop new technologies and approaches that
can help us reduce CO2 emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate
change. This includes research into renewable energy technologies,
carbon capture and storage, and climate-resilient infrastructure.
https://chat.openai.com/chat
/[ The news archive - looking back at an early year for climate activism ]/
/*December 19, 2008*/
December 19, 2008:
• Tim DeChristopher engages in civil disobedience during an (illegal)
Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease auction in Salt Lake City,
Utah. He is later prosecuted for his activism and sentenced to two years
in prison.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/us/21drilling.html
• In his "Bushed" segment, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann notes:
"Number two, environment-gate. Now we know why the Bush pushed through
a midnight regulation insisting federal agencies could not consider the
global warming implications of a given project: so that Mr. Bush‘s
corrupt head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Stephen L. Johnson,
could rule, as he did last night, any last minute applications, he says,
by utilities to build new coal fired power plants may not be reviewed
for greenhouse emissions or its impact on global warming. This, even
though the Supreme Court ruled last year that the EPA can regulate the
top global warming gas, carbon dioxide. Johnson is a global warming
denier who has gone so far as to suppress global warming findings by his
own administration and lied about it to Congress. Well, he‘s now
vaulted a higher hurdle. Steven L. Johnson has, in effect, overruled
the Supreme Court."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/business/19coal.html
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-12-11-endangered-species_N.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yf_-u1pbFA
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