[✔️] June 19 , 2023- Global Warming News Digest | Great courtroom drama - ZOOM 89337437466, India heatwave, Ocean tipping point, Hansen's Pipeline, $7 movie to Blow Up a Pipeline

Mon Jun 19 09:19:09 EDT 2023

/*June*//*19, 2023*/

    Note - I have not confirmed whether Montana courts will be in
    session today - a federal holiday.

        "As for Montana’s recognition of Juneteenth, it has consistently
        failed as a state to recognize the importance and contribution
        of Black Montanans, lagging behind nearly every other state.
        Today, Montana continues to refuse to recognize Juneteenth as an
        official state holiday."
        https://www.aclumontana.org/en/news/recognizing-juneteenth-montana/
        /

/[  The great courtroom drama continues this week - live video on Zoom 
--  Montana Youth Plaintiffs in live court proceedings - via Zoom 
connection starts at 9AM MT -//Today children are expected to hear 
opposition arguments.  ]/
*The Live Zoom connection to   89337437466*
Single link to open Zoom in your browser 
https://fishercourtreporting.zoom.us/j/89337437466#success/
Briefing https://www.youthvgov.org/held-v-montana
And the filed complaint -
http://climatecasechart.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/case-documents/2020/20200313_docket-CDV-2020-307_complaint.pdf

/[ 45ºC = 113ºF  ~3 min video report ]/
*India reels under heatwave conditions, 100 deaths reported till now | 
World DNA*
WION
Jun 18, 2023  #india #indiaheatwave #summer
Searing heatwave has swept India's north over this weekend, the latest 
spell of unusually hot weather has cause 100 deaths in just two regions 
alone, since Thursday. The maximum temperatures sore between 42-44 
degree Celsius in at least five states, according to the MeT.
#india #indiaheatwave #summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ak1NQIgPg

/[ Ocean tipping point -//Audio report - //PBS interview Dr Kevin 
Trenberth ]/
*Scientists issue increasingly dire warnings as ocean surface 
temperatures spike*
PBS NewsHour
Jun 15, 2023
The ocean is rapidly heating up, hitting record-breaking levels. The 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that ocean 
surface temperatures spiked in April and May to the highest levels 
recorded since the 1950s. All this could have dangerous consequences for 
aquatic life, hurricane activity and global weather patterns. Amna Nawaz 
discussed what’s happening with Kevin Trenberth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9SbFryYDqc

/[ video discussing the recent academic report from James Hansen ] /
*Global Warming in the Pipeline*
Climate Emergency Forum
This video was recorded on May 24th, 2023, and published on June 18th, 
2023.

Some of the topics discussed:
- How one of the key characteristics of climate change known for decades 
has always been inertia and momentum. This paper shows that at the 
current levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the planet is 
slowly moving towards a 10°C rise in global average temperature.
- How James Hansen is a voice crying in the climate wilderness as he 
always seems to have been because the scientific community is not 
agreeing with him.
- How one of the big feedbacks in the climate system is ice sheet albedo 
and its key role in leading us to a 10°C rise.
- How the methane emissions feedback from the warming of the wetlands 
will be inevitable.
- How a new draft of the paper was released on May 19th.
- How the Global Climate Models (GCMs) have been under predicting the 
global average temperature rates of change and how by using the 
Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS), which is how much the climate 
warms for a doubling of CO2 levels, we can arrive at much more accurate 
prediction of global average temperature rise from paleoclimate data.
- The enormity of consequences of climate change demands a return to a 
Holocene-level global temperature with the required actions that 
include: 1) A global increasing price on GHG emissions; 2) An East-West 
cooperation in a way that accommodates developing world needs; 3) 
Intervention with Earth’s radiation imbalance to phase down today’s 
massive human-made “geo-transformation” of Earth’s climate.
- -
Panelists:
Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the 
Climate Emergency Institute

Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University 
of Ottawa in the Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton 
University

Regina Valdez - Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC. 
GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ArA_xYxfs

- -

/[ Links to the Hansen research paper -- 62 pages ]/
*Global warming in the pipeline*
December 2022
DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2212.04474v2
LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

    Abstract
    Improved knowledge of glacial-to-interglacial global temperature
    change implies that fast-feedback equilibrium climate sensitivity is
    at least ~4°C for doubled CO2 (2xCO2), with likely range 3.5-5.5°C.
    Greenhouse gas (GHG) climate forcing is 4.1 W/m2 larger in 2021 than
    in 1750, equivalent to 2xCO2 forcing. Global warming in the pipeline
    is greater than prior estimates. Eventual global warming due to
    today's GHG forcing alone -- after slow feedbacks operate -- is
    about 10°C. Human-made aerosols are a major climate forcing, mainly
    via their effect on clouds. We infer from paleoclimate data that
    aerosol cooling offset GHG warming for several millennia as
    civilization developed. A hinge-point in global warming occurred in
    1970 as increased GHG warming outpaced aerosol cooling, leading to
    global warming of 0.18°C per decade. Aerosol cooling is larger than
    estimated in the current IPCC report, but it has declined since 2010
    because of aerosol reductions in China and shipping. Without
    unprecedented global actions to reduce GHG growth, 2010 could be
    another hinge point, with global warming in following decades
    50-100% greater than in the prior 40 years. The enormity of
    consequences of warming in the pipeline demands a new approach
    addressing legacy and future emissions. The essential requirement to
    "save" young people and future generations is return to
    Holocene-level global temperature. Three urgently required actions
    are: 1) a global increasing price on GHG emissions, 2) purposeful
    intervention to rapidly phase down present massive geoengineering of
    Earth's climate, and 3) renewed East-West cooperation in a way that
    accommodates developing world needs.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366136487_Global_warming_in_the_pipeline
  [ download the PDF file] 
http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/Documents/PipelinePaper.2023.05.19.pdf

/[ Spend $7. to see the movie now via Google Play, Apple TV, and Redbox 
- although I don't think the FBI should worry much ]/
*This Recent Indie Eco-Thriller Is So Powerful, It Had the FBI Concerned*
BY ORESTES ADAM
June 18, 2023
Rarely does a movie actively inspire its audience to take action as 
intensely as this year's How to Blow Up a Pipeline, a film so realistic 
and procedural from the perspective of its radical climate activists 
that it caught the attention of the FBI. Directed by Daniel Goldhaber, 
who broke into the scene in 2018 with his cerebral Netflix horror Cam, 
this underrated eco-thriller uses the structural beats of heist and 
Western films to craft a deliciously entertaining feature that pulls no 
punches with regard to the dangers of climate change and the moral 
ambiguities of sabotage for a righteous cause. While protest movies tend 
to contain their commentary to historical events, using the context of 
the modern cultural climate to discuss the outdated ways of the old, 
Goldhaber’s sophomore feature is unique in that it doesn’t just 
emphasize the present, but the future as well.

Adapted from Andreas Malm’s non-fiction novel of the same name, the 
likes of which reads like a manifesto arguing for sabotage as a 
righteous form of environmental activism, How to Blow Up a Pipeline 
follows a group of eight activists who attempt to demolish an oil 
pipeline in an attempt to directly combat oil refineries and their 
pollution of the earth. Whether it’s a terminal cancer diagnosis from 
growing up in proximity to chemical plants, the death of a parent over a 
freak heat wave, the corporate invasion of one’s ancestral property, or 
simply the promise of an adrenaline rush, each member of the pipeline 
hit squad is remarkably in it for different reasons. Coming together 
like a band of outlaws, the key distinction between them and the 
charming thieves of other heist movies is that no one on this team is in 
it for personal gain.

*What Does ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ Take From Classic Westerns?*

The Western connection is strong with this one, with its depiction of 
violence matching that of The Wild Bunch and Shane in their time. 
Although How to Blow Up a Pipeline doesn’t feature any shootouts or 
gunfights, the violence depicted is of almost greater concern for the 
fact that it encourages its audience to fight authority in spite of the 
personal risk involved. It’s not just the wide, Texan landscapes that 
irk the Western comparisons either. Daniel Goldhaber specifically chose 
to model his film after Westerns to illustrate how the fight between man 
and state is deeply rooted within American culture. He cites The Great 
Train Robbery specifically for the fact that it’s the first heist movie 
ever made, claiming that the premise of “a gang of outsiders taking back 
agency and control from the man” is one universally understood by 
Americans and deeply ingrained into the culture. Just as Westerns 
interrogate the individualism of its characters in the face of the 
jaw-dropping Western frontier, through its masterful collage of genres, 
How to Blow Up a Pipeline becomes just as much about finding one’s place 
in a dying world as it is about eco-terrorism.

*Daniel Goldhaber Maintains 'How To Blow Up a Pipeline’s Cynical Realism 
Throughout*

Though the phenomenal ticking clock score and flashback structure 
certainly sensationalize the events of the film to a strong degree, 
Goldhaber’s most commendable effort is the way he sustains a realistic 
tone all the way up to the film’s end credits. Like The Battle of 
Algiers, one of the most significant movies to advocate for violence in 
revolution, How to Blow Up a Pipeline makes several attempts to 
underline the fact that people’s livelihoods will be massively disrupted 
as a result of the group’s actions, mainly referring to the steep rise 
in oil prices expected after they cut off a major portion of the supply. 
In the face of this moral dilemma, the activists choose not to show 
hesitance but reinforcement towards their cause, stating that a future 
without gas in your car is better than no future at all. Impressively, 
the film’s quick production cycle ran a lightning-fast 18 months, from 
conception to completion, part of the reason being the absolute urgency 
that the climate issue demands. With mere years until changes to the 
climate become irreversible, as the film’s riveting tagline contends, 
taking drastic action is not terrorism but an act of self-defense.

After this particular rag-tag group of misfits succeeds in blowing up 
the pipeline, unlike Ocean’s Eleven, there’s no final assembly by a 
gushing fountain as the gang celebrates their conquest. Rather, the end 
credits consistently cut back to the individual consequences of the 
group’s actions, whether it’s becoming incarcerated, dying in prison, or 
living the rest of their lives consumed by paranoia. While the film 
outright encourages violent action, it doesn’t make light the issue of 
potentially fatal personal risk as a result of doing so. It doesn’t so 
much as gate keep activism for only the bravest of individuals but 
rather acts as an informative assessment of the dangers of environmental 
revolt.

*How Did the FBI Respond to 'How To Blow Up a Pipeline'?*

Naturally, with a film that openly attempts to radicalize its audience 
against the very government it's released under, major agencies showed 
concern. Prior to the film’s release, the FBI themselves released a 
total of at least 35 warnings about the film to various corporate 
bodies, urging them to increase security in the wake of the film’s 
release and carefully monitor any outside surveillance taking place 
around major energy outlets. This isn’t totally unwarranted, as a 
portion of the film’s official website dubbed ‘Take Action’ showcases a 
detailed map of the U.S.’s expansive network of pipelines and oil 
spills. It doesn’t offer any dark web links to illegal explosives, but 
it does urge its readers to fight for the rights of revolutionaries as 
when it comes to the environment, they’re fighting for yours too.

Unlike the title would suggest, the film does not provide a step-by-step 
instruction manual on how to make bombs. However, it does detail a 
method through which the activists are able to sabotage the pipeline 
without suffering the consequences of an oil spill as if to insist to 
its audience that one can be violent and responsible in their protests 
at the same time. While no direct action against critical infrastructure 
has been taken yet, the fact that it got the FBI jumpy is surely a 
testament to the strength of its message.

Ironically, between the film’s nail-biting set pieces and puzzle-like 
structure, there’s plenty to enjoy even outside the realms of activism, 
with an ensemble cast of young superstars in the making ranging from 
Kristine Froseth to Sasha Lane. Beyond the intended effect, the fact 
that a little American indie could attempt to ignite and shake the 
foundations of U.S. capitalism so boldly is a colossal feat in and of 
itself. With the FBI sounding its alarm, there’s no doubt that it turned 
the right heads, but for a matter like protecting the environment that 
will inevitably affect the entire global population, the only question 
is whether it turned enough. One can only hope that decades down the 
line when the climate issue is inevitably prioritized by politicians, 
film fans can look back on this little indie for the groundbreaking 
awareness it intended to spread before it was too late.
https://collider.com/how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline-fbi-controversy/

/[The news archive - looking back]/
/*June 19, 2003*/
June 19, 2003:
• The New York Times reports:

    "The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to publish a draft
    report next week on the state of the environment, but after editing
    by the White House, a long section describing risks from rising
    global temperatures has been whittled to a few noncommittal paragraphs."

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/19/us/report-by-epa-leaves-out-data-on-climate-change.html 

- -
• The AP reports:

    "The chief goal in a White House plan to study global warming is
    learning more about natural causes of climate change, drawing
    criticism from environmentalists who say reducing industrial carbon
    emissions is the real problem.

    "The new 10-year, $103 million plan to speed up research in some
    high-priority areas was released Thursday by Commerce Secretary Don
    Evans and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, who pointed to $4.5
    billion in government spending on climate change-related programs...

    "The first of the 364-page plan's five goals is to study the
    'natural variability' in climate change. The second is to find
    better ways of measuring climate effects from burning fossil fuels,
    industrial production of warming gases and changes in land use.

    "Other goals are to reduce uncertainty in climate forecasting; to
    better understand how changes in climate affect human, wildlife and
    plant communities; and to find more exact ways of calculating the
    risks of global warming, according to plan summaries obtained by The
    Associated Press.

    "But environmentalists said the administration was focusing too much
    on natural causes and reopening scientific issues already well studied."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-climate-plan-draws-heat/

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