[✔️] September 6, 2022 - Global Warming News Digest

Tue Sep 6 11:19:50 EDT 2022

/*September 6, 2022*/

/[ Such consideration is a positive call for change ] /
*How Biden could help U.S. reach climate goals on his own*
A new report published Monday outlines a slew of executive actions the 
Biden administration could take to combat climate change.
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The Revolving Door Project report, in part, calls on the EPA to use that 
law to close loopholes that allow oil and gas companies to underreport 
emissions. Additionally, the report suggests lowering the threshold for 
required reporting, meaning more facilities would need to report their 
methane emissions.

“Methane, at least in the short term, is one of the biggest 
bang-for-the-buck targets for climate policy,” said Colin Murphy, deputy 
director of the Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy 
at the University of California at Davis, who was not involved in the 
report.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/09/05/biden-executive-action-climate-change-goals/

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/[ Revolving Door Project - PDF report is 99 pages and readable ]/
*CORPORATE CRACKDOWN PROJECT — CLIMATE*
(T)he Revolving Door Project is proud to present this report on a 
“Climate Corporate
Crackdown” outlining what the Biden executive branch is already doing on 
climate change, and what
more it could do under its existing authorities. We intend to show that 
there are still policy options
available despite all of the obstacles our system imposes to climate 
action. If Congress refuses to act
further, then executive branch actions which should already have been 
pursued become that much
more urgent. If institutionalism is the elite mode of the hour, then we 
present a suite of policy options
based in long-standing government authorities and aimed at revivifying 
the New Deal administrative
state Biden idealizes.
https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Corporate-Crackdown-Project-Climate-1.pdf

/[ Poetic notion of the Albatross around our necks  - guilt and shame in 
a Coleridge poem ]/
*Dead in their nests or washed ashore: why thousands of seabirds are 
dying en masse*
Emma Bryce
Mon 5 Sep 2022
Twenty years ago, David Grémillet, a seabird ecologist, watched in 
dismay as a heatwave hit a breeding colony of Cape gannets in Lambert’s 
Bay, South Africa, causing dozens of birds to keel over. An unseasonably 
hot wind sent temperatures to 40C (104F), too intense even for the 
heat-adapted birds.

While guarding their nests, they baked in the heat, says Grémillet, a 
researcher at the National Centre for Scientific Research in 
Montpellier, France. He and his colleague waded into the colony, picking 
up listless gannets and tossing them into the sea to cool down. Their 
frantic attempts saved a few, but in just under an hour, 100 birds died.

“When a seabird adult dies, you’re [also] losing all the young it could 
raise,” Grémillet says.

The fainting gannets were the first time Grémillet had witnessed how 
quickly birds could fall prey to high temperatures. In the two decades 
since, there have been several similar events. Colonies worldwide are 
experiencing sudden, large-scale die-offs, some killing thousands of 
seabirds at once...
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Seabirds have always suffered mortalities in storms, but recurring 
wrecks over short periods can dramatically undermine slow-breeding 
species such as the European shag. On the east coast of Scotland, which 
holds some of the UK’s largest shag colonies, storms have destroyed up 
to 85% of that local population in one go, says Francis Daunt, an animal 
population ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

“We are concerned about whether these [eastern] populations might go 
extinct over the course of this century,” Daunt says.

Such momentous seabird losses have a ripple effect. Seabird colonies 
deposit vast amounts of nutrient-rich guano across the land and sea; if 
this declines, so could the health of some forests and coral reefs, 
which rely on this nourishment.

Seabirds are “powerful indicators of the state of the oceans”, says 
Grémillet. When they struggle, it means stress for other animals beneath 
the waves, and signals systemic threats to an ecosystem on which humans 
also depend.

These threats do not always result in huge numbers of deaths. Extreme 
weather events are rooted in climate changes, which chip away at seabird 
populations in slower but no less destructive ways. Shifting ocean 
currents are relocating fish, forcing birds into longer foraging trips, 
a process that taxes their bodies and undermines their ability to breed....
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More data on changing marine and seabird health could inspire better 
conservation measures. In 2021, conservationists drew up a huge 
high-seas marine protected area in the north Atlantic after BirdLife 
International collated years of tracking data, revealing that roughly 5 
million seabirds congregated in this region to feed.

“If we can protect these areas, we can build resilience in species to 
cope with climate change,” says Dias, who was involved in the project.

But seabird declines may continue to be precipitous. Grémillet says this 
has caused him to develop “a form of eco-grief” but, he says, continuing 
to study seabirds is crucial to saving species. His mission is “to bring 
testimony to people about these beautiful creatures, and what we’re 
about to lose”.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/sep/05/dead-in-their-nests-or-washed-ashore-why-thousands-of-seabirds-are-dying-en-masse

/[ What is more important than true love and the joys of personal 
attention ]/
*‘I couldn’t date a climate change denier!’ The couples who bond – and 
split – over love for the planet*
Jon Bonifacio and Mitzi Jonelle Tan.
‘I looked at him and knew we could be activists together’
Melissa Godin
Mon 5 Sep 2022
When Mitzi Jonelle Tan first saw Jon Bonifacio at a student council 
meeting at the University of the Philippines in 2017, she knew she liked 
him. But it wasn’t his good looks or sense of humour that got her 
swooning: it was his interest in climate activism. “I looked at him and 
knew we could be activists together,” she says. They went on to spend 
four years together as a couple, and even after splitting up earlier 
this year they remain close.

For Tan and Bonifacio, both 24, who are climate activists for the 
Fridays For Future movement, finding a partner with shared values isn’t 
optional – it’s a must. “Of course there are reasons I love her outside 
our climate work,” says Bonifacio. “But it’s a fundamental part of our 
relationship.” They are not alone.

As the climate crisis worsens, people around the world are changing 
their lifestyles to reduce their carbon footprints. From everyday 
choices such as whether to drive or eat meat, to bigger decisions about 
whether to fly or have kids, the crisis is increasingly influencing how 
people choose to live – and who they choose to love.

In 2019, the dating site OkCupid saw a 240% increase in mentions of 
climate change on users’ profiles, with the dating app Tinder reporting 
a similar trend. The rise of people looking for partners with compatible 
climate views led OkCupid to create a function that filters out climate 
deniers.

“People are increasingly thinking about the climate when they’re 
choosing who to go on a date with,” says Matthew Goldberg, an associate 
research scientist at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

“For people who are climate-conscious, finding a partner with shared 
values on the climate can be really important,” says Andrew Bryant, a 
clinical social worker and psychotherapist specialising in climate 
mental health. “It comes down to questions of: Do I feel as if I can 
relate to you? Do you get me?”

This is particularly true among millennials and generation Z. “I 
wouldn’t date a climate change denier,” says Elleonora Ali Uddman, an 
18-year-old Swedish-Kurd. The climate crisis has already been a feature 
of her romantic life. While her first girlfriend wasn’t as interested in 
the climate as she was, they spoke about it often, in the same way 
teenagers speak about music or movies. “I try not to let it be 
everything that I talk about and let my personality come through,” she 
says. “But I also wouldn’t date someone who defied science.”
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One of the hardest climate-related topics among couples, he says, is 
whether to have children. Some people argue it is unethical to bring 
another human being into this world when emissions are already so high. 
Nearly a quarter of adults who haven’t had children say climate change 
is factoring into their reproductive decisions. A rising number of men 
are getting vasectomies and some women have gone on birth strike, citing 
climate inaction as the reason behind it.
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Aedy and her partner, Jack Harries, are aligned in their climate values: 
together, they make documentaries about the climate crisis and have 
launched the climate production company Earthrise. But the question of 
whether to have kids during a climate emergency remains challenging.

“We’ve had conversations about, can we do this? Is it ethical? Is it a 
selfish desire?” says Harries. “Alice has always maintained that we 
should. She speaks about people in war zones having children, even 
though they are living in challenging situations. But I’m not as sure.”

Harries started questioning whether he wanted to have kids after the 
IPCC released its dire report on the state of the climate last summer. 
“For me, it’s not the emissions that are the problem,” he says. “It’s 
the idea that you would be bringing children into a world of systemic 
collapse.”

But even among climate advocates and scientists, there is disagreement 
about whether withholding from having children is an effective or humane 
response to the crisis, with some arguing it places the burden of 
responsibility of curbing emissions on individuals instead of institutions.
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Though these topics are challenging, Bryant hopes that discussions and 
disagreements among couples can be opportunities to push people towards 
greater climate consciousness. “There are always opportunities for 
growth,” he says.

Tan and Bonifacio say that their discussions have changed their views on 
the crisis. When they first started dating, Tan struggled with 
eco-anxiety. “I was deeper into activism at that point and it felt like 
a burden to explain it,” she says. But during their time together, 
Bonifacio came to understand how debilitating climate anxiety can be – 
not just for Tan, but for everyone. “I became more exposed to the 
reality of this issue around the world,” he says. “Our relationship made 
me want to work more on climate change.”

“I can’t imagine myself with anyone who doesn’t care about the climate 
crisis,” Tan says, as she looks back at the relationship. “I don’t think 
I can relate to someone who can’t see the importance of caring about our 
planet.”
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/sep/05/i-couldnt-date-a-climate-change-denier-the-couples-who-bond-and-split-over-love-for-the-planet

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/[ Journal of Environmental Psychology ]/
*Perceptions and correspondence of climate change beliefs and behavior 
among romantic couples*
Matthew H.Goldberga

Climate change beliefs and behaviors often differ between romantic partners.
People are both accurate and biased in their perceptions of their 
partner's climate change beliefs/behavior.

Partners who discuss climate change are more accurate in their 
understanding of each other's climate beliefs/behavior.

People higher in attachment anxiety are more accurate in their 
perceptions of their partner's climate behavior.
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**Abstract*

    Romantic partners influence each other's beliefs and behaviors.
    However, little is known about the dynamics of climate change
    beliefs and behaviors within romantic couples. We surveyed 758
    romantic couples (N = 1,516 individuals) to investigate (a)
    correspondence between partners' climate change beliefs/behaviors,
    (b) accuracy and bias in people's perceptions of their partner's
    beliefs/behaviors, (c) whether a person's perceptions of their
    partner's beliefs/behaviors are more strongly predicted by that
    partner's actual beliefs/behaviors or by projections of one's own
    beliefs/behaviors, and (d) how perceptual accuracy varies across
    moderating variables such as frequency of discussion about global
    warming. We find that climate change beliefs and behaviors often
    differ between romantic partners. Moreover, people's perceptions of
    their partner's beliefs/behaviors are predicted by their own beliefs
    and behaviors (assumed similarity), independently from the
    predictive effect of their partner's actual beliefs and behaviors
    (accuracy). We identify opportunities for future research on
    relationship-based climate change interventions.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494422000810

/[ emerging news journalist talks all things climate ]/
*California just passed MANY climate bills*
Sep 5, 2022  This is a podcast episode from The Climate Recap brought to 
you by the Beckisphere Climate Corner. Episodes can also be found 
wherever you get your podcasts and the scripts can be found on Medium.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x38SOHJBPS0

/[The news archive - looking back]/
/*September 6, 2015*/
September 6, 2015:

The Los Angeles Times covers the fossil-fueled fury over climate-change 
legislation in California--and the hyper-aggressive efforts by the oil 
industry to kill the legislation.

http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-air-board-20150906-story.html

http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-air-board-qa-20150906-story.html

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