[✔️] September 5, 2022 - Global Warming News Digest

[Richard Pauli]

/*September 5, 2022*/

/[  danger of outdated information ] /
*US flood maps outdated thanks to climate change, Fema director says*
Deanne Criswell makes admission as ‘extremely dangerous and 
life-threatening situation’ hits Georgia
Flood maps used by the federal government are outdated, the director of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or Fema, said on Sunday, 
considering a series of devastating floods caused by excessive rainfall 
induced by climate change..
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/04/fema-flood-maps-climate-change-georgia-floods

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/[ understanding California Hot Drought - CBS video report ]/
*Parched: California's Climate Crisis*
Sep 1, 2022  A special report on California's changing climate and the 
ongoing drought by CBS stations across the Golden State. (9-1-22)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRD1SZ1HWJQ



/[ shuffling the deck ]/
*Biden reshuffles top White House climate team*
The president is hiring a veteran policy hand in John Podesta as Gina 
McCarthy, Biden’s national climate adviser, prepares to leave her post 
this month...
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Under McCarthy, the White House had a heavy hand in guiding departments’ 
actions and implementing the bipartisan infrastructure law, which 
contained new programs aimed at mitigating the impacts of climate change 
and pollution.

She has served as Biden’s top domestic climate adviser, while John F. 
Kerry, a former secretary of state, acts as Biden’s chief climate envoy 
internationally. Before joining the Biden administration, she ran a 
major green group called the Natural Resources Defense Council and 
served as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Obama.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/02/gina-mccarthy-stepping-down-climate-advisor/

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/[ to reduce noise and air pollution - they say ]/
*Israel to ban Boeing 747s, other 4-engine planes amid environmental 
concerns*
...aircraft with four engines will be allowed in exceptional cases and 
only with a special permit.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/israel-ban-boeing-747s-other-4-engine-planes-amid-environmental-concerns-2022-09-04/ 




/[ A Brookings pronouncement - text and video ]/
*What is climate risk and why does it matter?*
Sanjay Patnaik -- September 1, 2022...

Climate disasters cost the U.S. $95 billion in damages in 2020 alone and 
since 1980, extreme climate events have cost over $2 trillion. These 
costs show that climate change is an economic issue and a problem of 
risk management...

(3 min video - What is climate risk and why does it matter? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnX4eE5o3-U )

Proactively mitigating risk, paired with policies that reduce overall 
greenhouse gas emissions to curb climate change, will be cheaper than 
rebuilding after disaster strikes. Understanding those risks and 
adequately preparing for them is a critical part of protecting people 
and places from the mounting costs of climate change.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2022/09/01/what-is-climate-risk-and-why-does-it-matter/



/[  debts, everywhere, eventually settled by the laws of physics ]/
*What Is Owed to Pakistan, Now One-Third Underwater*
Sept. 3, 2022
By Fatima Bhutto - Ms. Bhutto is a Pakistani writer and the author of 
the novel “The Runaways.”

We heard the story all the time, told as a warning: When man first set 
foot on Earth, all the winged animals flew high into the sky, and the 
fish dived deeper into the sea, scattering in fear because they knew the 
destroyer of the world had arrived.

What is folklore but prophecy?

Today, one-third of my country, Pakistan, is underwater. After unusually 
intense monsoon rains fell over several weeks, the waters from flash 
floods made their way into the Indus, overwhelming the riverbanks. 
According to climate experts, rapidly melting glaciers caused by rising 
temperatures added to the downward rushing superflood of epic proportions.

One in seven Pakistanis has been affected, with many sleeping under open 
skies, without shelter. About 900,000 livestock animals have been lost, 
and more than two million acres of farmland and 90 percent of crops have 
been damaged. In some provinces, cotton and rice crops, date trees and 
sugar cane have been nearly obliterated, and half of the onion, chili 
and tomato crops, all staple foods, are gone. Over 1,350 people are 
dead, and some 33 million people (50 million, according to unofficial 
tallies) have been displaced...
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The worst-hit province, Sindh, in the south, suffers in extremis. It 
does not appear to have any disaster preparedness or any plans in place 
to reinforce water infrastructure or the barely functioning sewage system.

The survivors, the majority of whom are poor, must now avoid hunger and 
disease lurking in the rising, fetid floodwater. More rain is predicted. 
Much of Sindh is close to sea level, which means that the floodwaters 
from the north will continue rushing downstream...
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The lack of attention to Pakistan is heartbreaking: Too few major 
international cultural figures are speaking up for us in this moment of 
crisis. It is either a snide form of racism — that terrible things 
happen to places like Pakistan — or an utter failure of compassion. But 
Pakistan has long been a cipher, a warning for the world, just like 
those old stories. And so the wealthy world would do well to pay 
attention. The horrors that Pakistan is struggling with today could soon 
come for everyone.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/03/opinion/environment/floods-in-pakistan-climate-change.html



/[ Since the 1930's Europe, same calamity as Pakistan ]/
*Vanishing glaciers threaten Europe's water supply, says study – BBC News*
Sep 4, 2022  Switzerland's glaciers have lost more than half their 
volume in less than a hundred years, and the long hot summer this year 
has accelerated the thaw, a new study shows.

The glaciers support ski resorts and attract climbers and hikers in 
summer but are also essential to Europe's water supply.

Now, communities across the Alps are worrying about their future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDc2lYJ6rJ0



/[  video conversation -- wise and interesting - modern ]/
*Andrew Gaines introducing a new paradigm for social change*
Aug 31, 2022  Summary:
This webinar will induce ways of thinking that have the potential to 
make the environmental-progressive movement orders of magnitude more 
influential.  There are four core ideas:
- Improving brain functioning.
- Improving emotional functioning.
- Aligning to an overarching positive goal.
- Communicating to affect mainstream thinking.

Our speaker will introduce ways to act on each of these.

Biography:
Andrew Gaines is the instigator of Inspiring Transition, a platform 
championing transitioning to a life affirming culture, rather than 
continuing on our present course of ecological self-destruction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AwGetoMC_c



/[The news archive - looking back]/
/*September 5, 2005*/
The New York Times reports:

    "With their denomination’s support, a small cadre of Methodist
    ministers is planting churches with an environmentalist Gospel. For
    them, environmentalism is about more than pollution and global
    warming; it’s about connections between consumption patterns and
    inequality. The earth is God’s creation, they say, so waste is a
    sin. They try to eat local, and they pay attention to how
    environmental problems disproportionally affect poor people and
    minorities."


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/05/us/young-methodists-plant-churches-with-environmental-gospel.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=mini-moth&region=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below


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