[✔️] May 19, 2023- Global Warming News Digest | Yale helps, AZ water loss, TV show bring in climate change, Stranded energy risk, slamming Joe Barton 2009

[Richard Pauli]

/*May*//*19, 2023*/

/[  Results from Yale: talk precedes action ] /
*Yale Program on Climate Change Communication*
One of the most important actions people can take to address global 
warming is to talk about it, says Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, climate 
scientist and Chief Scientist at The Nature Conservancy. According to 
Dr. Hayhoe, positive conversations about the climate can help people 
connect over shared values including family, community, health, and 
religion. In turn, this can help people think more deeply about how a 
changing climate affects who and what they care about, and support 
changes in beliefs and attitudes about global warming.

Research has found that non-judgmental one-on-one discussions (e.g., 
deep-canvassing) can lead to enduring opinion changes about emotionally 
and politically charged topics by providing an opportunity to exchange 
personal stories without judgment. Talking about an issue – including 
global warming – can also lead to deeper processing and understanding, 
which can motivate people to talk about it with others.

However, most Americans rarely or never talk about global warming 
currently. According to our latest Climate Change in the American Mind 
December 2022 survey, only 37% of Americans say they discuss global 
warming with family and friends either “occasionally” (29%) or “often” 
(8%), while most (63%) say they either “rarely” (30%) or “never” (33%) 
discuss it.

In this analysis, we use our latest data to identify the types of people 
most likely to talk with family and friends about global warming and 
some characteristics that may help to explain why they do. Although the 
data presented here are correlational and cannot determine causal 
relationships, the results suggest ways to support more climate 
conversations by the public.

Results
Of all the demographic groups examined, Democrats, people with a 
Bachelor’s degree or higher, urban residents, Gen Z and Millennials, and 
Hispanic/Latino Americans are among the groups most likely to discuss 
global warming with family and friends (more than 40% in each group say 
they discuss it at least occasionally). The groups least likely to 
discuss global warming include Republicans, rural residents, people with 
a high school education or less, and people who do not identify with a 
party or are not interested in politics (less than 30% in each group say 
they discuss it with family and friends at least occasionally). Liberal 
Democrats (68%) are the most likely to discuss global warming, while 
conservative Republicans (11%) are the least likely to discuss it.
https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/



/[ water disappearing ]/
*Arizona's farms are running out of water, forcing farmers to confront 
climate change*
May 18, 2023
Ximena Bustillo
Cassy England is a fifth-generation farmer in Pinal County, Arizona. For 
decades, her family has been a part of the vibrant agricultural 
community in the southern part of the state, growing cotton, alfalfa and 
grains.

But this year, she's facing an unexpected challenge: She has to manage 
her crops with half of the usual water supply.

Agriculture in this area relies on the Colorado River, and a historic 
drought is causing severe shortages. Just as she was beginning to plan 
her planting season, England was notified that her farms would not get 
any water from the river and would have to make do with available 
groundwater instead.

"We had to cut back about 50% of our planting, which cuts back on 
income," England explained. "It'll cut us down at least 30%, probably, 
of our normal revenue at least. And so that's really going to be an impact."

Farmers across southern Arizona are among those in the West facing the 
brunt of climate change. The drought, worsening fire seasons, 
temperature swings and monsoons all impact their businesses, food 
production, utility costs and livelihoods...
- -
Rural communities also tend to lean Republican politically, which can 
put them at odds with climate activists and environmental protection 
groups, which tend to be more aligned with Democrats. And the 
agriculture sector accounts for an estimated 11% of U.S. greenhouse gas 
emissions, putting farmers directly in the crosshairs of climate advocates.

But farmers in this region, across the political spectrum, say they also 
want solutions on climate issues now...
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Rural communities also tend to lean Republican politically, which can 
put them at odds with climate activists and environmental protection 
groups, which tend to be more aligned with Democrats. And the 
agriculture sector accounts for an estimated 11% of U.S. greenhouse gas 
emissions, putting farmers directly in the crosshairs of climate advocates.

But farmers in this region, across the political spectrum, say they also 
want solutions on climate issues now...
- -
Decades-old agreements over water use among the federal government, 
states and Native American tribes resulted in an unintended 
overallocation of water. More water is allocated along rivers, streams 
and canals than the river actually produces, said Robert Medler, manager 
of government affairs for Arizona with Western Growers, a producer 
advocacy group. This is especially true with a worsening multiyear drought.

About 80% of the Colorado River goes toward agriculture, which means 
farmers will be among the first to take cuts.

"The solution is going to be hard," Medler said. "Everyone realizes 
that, and everyone's seemingly willing to come to the table. But 
everyone's situation is different, and that's where the conflicts arise."...
- -
England, the farmer in Pinal County, has already had her access to river 
water cut off. She explains that when the issue was first raised in her 
community, there was a divide between some more conservative farmers who 
argued that there was sufficient groundwater and others who were more 
concerned with the drying canals.

But now that cuts are coming into place and groundwater is being pumped, 
she does not see those political divides anymore.

"Everybody kind of has the same opinion," England said. "It's just a 
problem and everyone kind of wants to fix it."

And the clock is ticking. England and many others won't have their water 
back for the foreseeable future.

"Every day that goes by without some sort of solution just makes the 
problem worse," Medler said.
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/18/1176657700/arizona-farms-running-out-water-farmers-climate-change-colorado-river



/[ a few clip of Claire's latest  ]/
*The next cameo on your favorite TV show could be climate change*
Behind the push to get more climate mentions in film and television.
Claire Elise Thompson
Associate Editor
May 17, 2023
*The vision*
“You can locate the ways that climate and sustainability intersect with 
any good stories, without explicitly telling a climate change story. 
Because it frankly intersects with nearly every story.”
- -
*The spotlight*
Fewer than 3 percent of film and TV scripts from 2016 to 2020 included 
any climate-related terms, according to an analysis by Good Energy and 
the Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact Project. It’s Good Energy’s 
mission to change that. Last year, the organization released a playbook 
for screenwriters, industry executives, and other creatives who want to 
explore ways of weaving climate themes into their projects — from soap 
operas to thrillers to rom coms...
“We’re not talking about a new kind of genre or story. We’re just 
talking about writing about what it feels like to be alive right now,” 
says Joyner. “And that includes living in a world where there’s a 
climate crisis.”...
- -
*The impact of climate on screen*
While 64 percent of Americans report being worried about climate change, 
67 percent also say they “rarely” or “never” discuss it with family and 
friends, according to research from the Yale Program on Climate 
Communication. “If we’re not talking about climate, if we’re not facing 
it, then we’re certainly not doing anything about it,” Joyner says. And 
one way of encouraging climate conversations is to show them on screen.
- -
Rubin knows his work will take time to pay off. “I think people forget 
that making a movie takes literally three to five years,” he says. The 
shows and movies that have been greenlit in the past year may not hit 
screens until 2025 or 2026. Meanwhile, the industry is contending not 
just with an evolving understanding of climate, justice, and 
representation, but also with internal struggles, as the current 
Hollywood writers’ strike highlights. “It’ll take time, but it’s 
happening,” Rubin says....
https://grist.org/looking-forward/the-next-cameo-on-your-favorite-tv-show-could-be-climate-change/ 





/[  recognizing a notable risk from Fire Protection Research Foundation ]/
*Stranded Energy within Lithium-Ion Batteries*
Stranded energy – defined as the energy remaining in a cell after 
efforts to safely discharge the stored energy in damaged lithium-ion 
cells – is an important, unresolved issue. Residual, stranded, DC energy 
within damaged lithium-ion batteries presents a significant fire and 
shock hazard – particularly to emergency responders.

Stranded energy can impact when emergency responders can declare an 
event safe as well as when and how the batteries can be safely removed 
from their respective installation, transported, and disposed. 
Significant responsibility is placed on first and second responders to 
ensure the hazard of stranded energy is properly mitigated and the 
batteries are safely and properly handled post event.

The most effective approach to mitigate the hazard of stranded energy 
and safely neutralize the batteries is still unclear. Procedures, 
guidelines, and related tools for all first and second emergency 
responders are needed to address this issue.

Research goal: The goal of this project is to develop a summary report 
of the present and anticipated hazards of stranded energy, related 
incidents, and established mitigation procedures for safely handling 
stranded energy within damaged lithium-ion batteries across the 
full-spectrum of industry applications to provide guidance to first and 
second emergency responders.

https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Resources/Fire-Protection-Research-Foundation/Current-projects/Stranded-Energy-within-Lithium-Ion-Batteries


/[The news archive - looking back at the Worst Person in the World ]/
/*May 19, 2009*//*09*/
• MSNBC's Keith Olbermann rips into climate-denier Rep. Joe Barton of Texas:

    "But our winner, Republican Congressman Joe Barton of Texas, who is
    back in the battle with Michele Bachmann and Steve King for world‘s
    craziest Congressman, saying there is no global warming or climate
    change because, quote, 'CO2, carbon dioxide, is not a pollutant in
    any normal definition of the term.  I am creating it as I talk to
    you.  It's in your Coca-Cola, your Dr. Pepper, your Perrier water. 
    It is necessary for human life.  It is odorless, colorless,
    tasteless, does not cause cancer, does not cause asthma.  And
    something that the Democratic sponsors do not point out, a lot of
    the CO2 created in the United States is naturally created.  You
    can‘t regulate God.  Not even the Democratic majority in the U.S.
    Congress can regulate God.'

    "It is naturally created.  So you can‘t regulate it.  Like cocaine
    or anthrax or stupid Congressmen. Congressman Joe, 'You know what
    else is naturally created? BS!' Barton, today‘s worst person in the
    world."

http://youtu.be/SsJKu5ur7ds


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