[✔️] May 25 , 2023- Global Warming News Digest | Litigation, Climate Anxiety, NY and NJ risks, Wildfire wx, Disinformation event, MediaMatters, Fact Checking Book, German Activists, no carbon tax ever 1992

[Richard Pauli]

/*May*//*25, 2023*/

/[ New plan ? ] /
*CNBC's Street Signs*
@StreetSignsCNBC
Is litigation the way to go to force corps to take the climate change 
threat seriously?
A study by the LSE Grantham Centre says the threat of lawsuits has 
become a real risk for companies.
But at RajeevPeshawria, Stewardship Asia has a more nuanced take.
@tanvirgill2
@teymoornabili
https://twitter.com/StreetSignsCNBC/status/1661577474726309890



/[ Listen and talk about it... clips from 
https://www.wondermind.com/article/climate-anxiety/ ]/
*How to Deal With All Your Climate Anxiety*
Anyone else feeling sweaty and stressed?
By Colleen Stinchcombe
05.18.23
If you’re anything like us, you’ve had some conflicting feelings on 
these recent unseasonably warm days. On the one hand: Hello, outdoor 
dining weather and beach days in May. But also: Um, Earth, you good? As 
temperatures and rates of extreme weather incidents soar, so does our 
collective climate anxiety. Basically we’re all sweaty and stressed 
about the planet…especially on days that we didn’t expect to be quite so 
sweaty.

While not an official diagnosis, climate anxiety is a term used to 
describe the sometimes overwhelming feelings of worry, grief, sadness, 
hopelessness, and other emotions around climate change. And it’s really 
common: more than two-thirds of U.S. adults say they experience it, 
according to a survey by The Harris Poll on behalf of the American 
Psychological Association.

Climate anxiety can take a lot of forms depending on your situation. You 
might be a young person who’s freaking out about what the world will 
look like 50 years from now or you might be directly experiencing 
climate disasters already. Maybe you’re worried about what this all 
means for your kids—whether you’re already a parent or contemplating 
becoming one. It’s a lot...
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*Let yourself feel multiple feelings. *
When it comes to moments of dissonance—like the simultaneous joy and 
trepidation you feel when it’s 90 degrees in New York City…in 
May—practice embracing the both/and or in-betweens of emotions. “Part of 
living a full human experience is saying things are never totally good 
and they're never totally bad,”...
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*Practice calming your nervous system, especially when you’re out in 
nature. *
Climate change is happening, but we have to find ways to not despair. 
“We're not going to get out of this in our lifetime, and so learning how 
to mitigate that distress is going to be really helpful for us to be 
resilient throughout our lifespan,” Feaver says.

Breathwork and meditation practices can be great stress-relievers, but 
if those don’t appeal to you, you can start by just spending more 
mindful time in nature...
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*Connect with people who understand your concerns. *
A lot of people feel like they’re alone in their worries about climate 
change. But a recent study by the Yale Program on Climate Change 
Communications found that 64% of Americans are at least “somewhat 
worried” about climate change, and over half feel “disgusted” or “sad.”

It can be incredibly isolating to feel like you’re alone in your fears, 
so connecting with people who get your eco-anxiety can be a great way to 
feel validated and supported...
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*Set some healthy limits on your news consumption. *
Checking out of climate change can be a sign of not dealing with it, but 
that doesn’t mean you need to subject yourself to an endless feed of 
doom and gloom. In fact, 56% of people listed media coverage of extreme 
climate events as a top cause of their eco-anxiety, according to a 
survey by OnePoll on behalf of Avocado...
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*Pick one small action to take.*
There are a million things that can be done to help the planet, but no 
one person can do all of them. In fact, trying to do too many things at 
once can be paralyzing. “Don't try to overhaul your whole life. Most of 
us don't have the stamina for that,” Feaver says. Instead, “pick one 
thing to start with that you can fall in love with,”...
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*Change your focus to the future you want to see.*
Anxiety can keep us stuck in imagining worst-case scenarios. That’s hard 
on us, and it’s no good for the planet either, Dr. Carter Robinson says. 
“Climate change is real and it's frightening and we need to act 
quickly,” she says. But panicking only makes it harder to focus on 
solutions.
She encourages people to shift their focus. Instead of keeping a mental 
list of everything that’s gone wrong with climate change, she asks 
people to envision the future they want to live in. “Use that instead of 
fear as your motivation,” she says. Then, find small but meaningful ways 
to work toward creating that future.

https://www.wondermind.com/article/climate-anxiety/



/[ Fire, fire --- NY and NJ woods on fire ]/
*Climate change is making NJ and NY into wildfire hotspots*
By  Rosemary Misdary
Published May 24, 2023

The chances of wildfires in New York and New Jersey are increasing.

In a new nationwide analysis of weather conditions over the past 50 
years, the research nonprofit Climate Central found that the annual 
number of days that have a high risk of fire has risen by 10 days in 
northern New Jersey and coastal New York, which includes the city and 
Long Island.

While wildfires are most often associated with the hot, dry West, the 
Northeast has a larger threat of high-density populations living near or 
in forested areas. In Climate Central’s analysis of 2020 data, around 9 
million homes in the Northeast existed in the wildland-urban interface 
This total was more than double the number in the Southwest, the climate 
region with the most annual fire weather days — and 55% more than the 
West, the region with second most fire weather days.

Human activity plus increasing fire-prone areas creates an equation for 
more wildfire incidents to occur, even during seasons when fires are 
unusual. Felled power lines, discarded cigarettes and sparks from train 
rails can become a blaze source. Humans cause about 85% of wildfires in 
the U.S., according to the National Park Service.

“This is just another hazardous threat exacerbated by human behavior,” 
Robinson said. “Humans are already involved in the fire scenario with 
climate change making the ground more vulnerable to fire – it can only 
potentially get worse.”
https://gothamist.com/news/climate-change-is-making-nj-and-ny-into-wildfire-hotspots

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/[ see for yourself ]/
*Wildfire Weather*
Report•May 23, 2023
https://www.climatecentral.org/report/wildfire-weather



/[ Disinformation report -- Give this a test  ]/
*A fake climate change theory is going viral on TikTok after Joe Rogan 
talked about it*
TikTok videos amplify climate misinformation from Joe Rogan’s podcast.
By Justine Calma, a science reporter covering the environment, climate, 
and energy

May 24, 2023,
A made-up global warming theory discussed in the Joe Rogan Experience 
podcast is spreading on TikTok despite the platform’s new policy against 
climate disinformation, a new report shared exclusively with The Verge 
finds.

Seven TikTok videos promoting the so-called “Adam and Eve” theory — 
which spuriously claims Earth’s magnetic fields will shift and cause 
catastrophic effects across the planet — garnered more than 20 million 
views between January and April, according to the report by the 
nonprofit organization Media Matters for America. The videos include 
clips from a January 18th episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, 
amplifying statements Rogan and his guests made that contradict 
mainstream science.

The videos’ popularity shows how misinformation buried in a 
three-hour-long podcast episode can easily be plucked out and dispersed 
widely on TikTok. It’s also a test of TikTok’s recent commitment to 
“ramp up enforcement” of its new climate change misinformation policy...
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The Adam and Eve theory stems from a 1965 book by Chan Thomas, written 
before there was wide research on climate science. The book caused a 
stir in conspiracy theory circles after the CIA declassified it in 2013. 
(Among other things, the book claims that Jesus was abducted by aliens 
in a “space vehicle.”) The theory today is often framed to imply that 
climate change is caused by natural forces instead of burning fossil 
fuels and isn’t as big of a risk compared to other threats.

Corsetti also walked back some of his statements on climate change in 
his email to The Verge. In one of the viral videos that came out of the 
podcast, with more than 352,000 likes, Corsetti says, “I think that the 
true data on Earth is that the Earth is cold most of the time. That 
right now we should be grateful that it’s nice and cozy.”

The mountain of evidence shows that the planet is warming as greenhouse 
gas emissions from fossil fuels trap heat. The last eight years have 
been the eight hottest on the books, the World Meteorological 
Organization reported in January. The most extreme summer heatwave ever 
recorded in North America buckled roads and triggered a spike in 
emergency department visits in the Pacific Northwest US in 2021, in just 
one example of recent record-smashing heatwaves around the world...
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The popularity of the TikTok videos Corsetti is featured in, which 
cherry-pick misinformation from Rogan’s podcast and package it with 
dramatic music and images, shows how easy it is to false information on 
the platform through emotive shortform videos. It’s also telling of how 
well the platform is enforcing its own policies.

In April, the social media platform committed to “ramp up enforcement of 
a new climate change misinformation policy which removes climate change 
misinformation that undermines well-established scientific consensus, 
such as content denying the existence of climate change or the factors 
that contribute to it.”

And yet, the seven videos that Media Matters flagged in its report are 
still garnering likes and shares on TikTok. TikTok did not immediately 
provide a response to The Verge when it reached out for comment...
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https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/24/23733231/tiktok-joe-rogan-podcast-climate-misinformation

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/[ MediaMatters is the site to check ]/
*Climate change conspiracy theory about cataclysmic changes in Earth’s 
magnetic field goes viral on TikTok...*

Corsetti’s nonsensical explanation was widely shared on TikTok, with one 
viral clip receiving nearly 11 million views. ...
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In reality, NASA reports that pole reversals, when Earth’s North and 
South Poles swap locations — which “take place over hundreds to 
thousands of years,” not a mere seven days — have occurred “183 times in 
the last 83 million years, and at least several hundred times in the 
past 160 million years.” Notably:

    Plant and animal fossils from the period of the last major pole
    reversal don’t show any big changes. Deep ocean sediment samples
    indicate glacial activity was stable. In fact, geologic and fossil
    records from previous reversals show nothing remarkable, such as
    doomsday events or major extinctions...

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Climate misinformation disguised as ancient civilization conspiracy 
theories...
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*Cataclysm narratives as climate sedatives*

Despite its appearance as a conspiracy theory about ancient 
civilizations, The Adam and Eve Story is being used to undermine the 
scientific consensus regarding the cause of climate change. As TikTok 
ramps up the enforcement of its new climate misinformation policy, the 
platform should account for the ways climate denial is often 
incorporated into seemingly harmless conspiracy theories.

Finally, Spotify still has no clear policy regarding the promotion of 
climate misinformation on its platform. Spotify reportedly paid $200 
million for exclusive rights to Rogan’s show, which was the top podcast 
on its platform in 2022. As Rogan’s contract is expected to expire in 
2023, Spotify will have to decide whether platforming his misinformation 
and hate speech is worth the profit.

https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/climate-change-conspiracy-theory-about-cataclysmic-changes-earths-magnetic-field-goes-viral 


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/[ Check the facts  ]
/*The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking, Second Edition*
Second Edition
Brooke Borel
This book will help you:
Recognize what information to fact-check
Identify the quality and ranking of source materials
Learn to fact-check a variety of media types: newspaper; magazine; 
social media; public and commercial radio and television, books, films, etc.
Navigate relationships with editors, writers, and producers
Recognize plagiarism and fabrication
Discern conflicting facts, gray areas, and litigious materials
Learn record keeping best practices for tracking sources
Test your own fact-checking skills
An accessible, one-stop guide to the why, what, and how of contemporary 
editorial fact-checking.

Over the past few years, fact-checking has been widely touted as a 
corrective to the spread of misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy 
theories, and propaganda through the media. “If journalism is a 
cornerstone of democracy,” says author Brooke Borel, “then fact-checking 
is its building inspector.”

In The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking, Borel, an experienced 
fact-checker, draws on the expertise of more than 200 writers, editors, 
and fellow checkers representing the New Yorker, Popular Science, This 
American Life, Vogue, and many other outlets. She covers best practices 
for editorial fact-checking in a variety of media—from magazine and news 
articles, both print and online, to books and podcasts—and the 
perspectives of both in-house and freelance checkers.

In this second edition, Borel covers the evolving media landscape, with 
new guidance on checking audio and video sources, polling data, and 
sensitive subjects such as trauma and abuse. The sections on working 
with writers, editors, and producers have been expanded, and new 
material includes fresh exercises and advice on getting fact-checking 
gigs. Borel also addresses the challenges of fact-checking in a world 
where social media, artificial intelligence, and the metaverse may make 
it increasingly difficult for everyone—including fact-checkers—to 
identify false information. The answer, she says, is for everyone to 
approach information with skepticism—to learn to think like a fact-checker.

The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking is the practical—and thoroughly 
vetted—guide that writers, editors, and publishers continue to consult 
to maintain their credibility and solidify their readers’ trust.

...ABOUT THE CHICAGO GUIDE TO FACT-CHECKING, SECOND EDITION
256 pages | 5 halftones, 3 line drawings | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | © 2023
Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo194938501.html/
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/[ Germany investigates Climate Activists https://youtu.be/qOB9UcR5d5A ]/
*Why the climate activists are now under criminal investigation | DW News*
DW News
May 24, 2023  #lastgeneration #investigation #policeraids
Police on Wednesday said they had searched 15 properties linked to 
members of the Last Generation climate group who are suspected of 
helping finance a criminal enterprise.
The raids were connected to a string of charges filed against activists 
from the group since the middle of last year, authorities said.
Police said the internet homepage for Last Generation in Germany had 
also been shut down on the instructions of the prosecutor's office.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOB9UcR5d5A



/[The news archive - l looking back on why Carbon Tax is so important, 
and totally impossible. ]/
/*May 25, 1992*/
May 25, 1992: The New York Times editorial page calls for a price on 
carbon, stating:

"The prudent course for the West is to impose taxes that help the 
environment, and incidentally combat global warming. The best choice 
would be a modest tax on carbon-based fuels.

"A carbon tax equivalent to, say, 25 cents per gallon of gasoline would 
help reduce pollution. Incidentally, it might be enough to help cut back 
greenhouse emissions in the West to 1990 levels by 2000 -- the policy 
environmentalists fought, unsuccessfully, to have adopted at next 
month's Earth Summit in Brazil."

    Opinion
    *On Global Warming; Why No Carbon Tax?*
    May 25, 1992

    The threat of global warming raises two salient questions: What's
    the economic cost of inaction? And what's the cost of action --
    taking steps to stop further warming?

    The models for studying these questions are primitive, yielding
    little more than educated guesses. In the face of such numbing
    uncertainty, the sensible course is a policy of "no regrets." The
    U.S. would take measures -- including a tax on carbon-based fuels --
    to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases as part of an overall
    strategy to reduce pollution to desirable levels.

    Reducing pollution makes sense whether or not global warming occurs.
    And at the end of the decade, with the benefit of more information
    and new technologies, the U.S. could decide whether more aggressive
    actions were warranted.

    If global temperatures rise 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit by late next
    century, as expected, the cost to the U.S., mainly in lower
    agriculture yields, would probably be 1 to 2 percent of total
    output, or less than $120 billion.

    This large, though not staggering, number would almost certainly
    balloon over time. And countries less geographically fortunate could
    suffer losses many times those of the U.S.

    Estimates of the costs of countering greenhouse emissions vary
    widely. Studies based solely on technological fixes say the cost is
    negligible. But the conclusions are unconvincing because the studies
    overlook the problem of putting new technologies to use.

    Economic models tell a grimmer story. Lowering emissions by 20
    percent from 1990 levels -- by, for example, switching to cleaner
    but more expensive fuels -- might cost the U.S. between $120 billion
    and $300 billion.

    But the true cost of stabilizing global emissions will be
    substantially higher because the West will have to cut emissions by
    far more than 20 percent. Otherwise poor countries like China and
    India will have too little room to grow. Rather than assaulting
    global warming, many countries might decide to spend the money
    instead on more pressing problems like feeding the hungry.

    The prudent course for the West is to impose taxes that help the
    environment, and incidentally combat global warming. The best choice
    would be a modest tax on carbon-based fuels.

    A carbon tax equivalent to, say, 25 cents per gallon of gasoline
    would help reduce pollution. Incidentally, it might be enough to
    help cut back greenhouse emissions in the West to 1990 levels by
    2000 -- the policy environmentalists fought, unsuccessfully, to have
    adopted at next month's Earth Summit in Brazil. The problem with
    pledging to hit that target is that a modest tax might not be
    enough, requiring the West to renege or impose cripplingly higher taxes.

    That's why the U.S. is better off committing itself to a fixed tax
    than a fixed timetable for emissions. A carbon tax would help the
    environment but, by letting the timetable slip if necessary, risk
    doing little harm.

    A carbon tax would show U.S. resolve -- the bite that George Bush's
    no-regrets policy now lacks.

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/25/opinion/on-global-warming-why-no-carbon-tax.html?gwt=regi


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