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<font size="+1"><i>October 29, 2018</i></font><br>
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[CO2]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-coast-pacific-ocean-hypoxia-season/">Oregon
Now Has A Hypoxia Season, Just Like A Wildfire Season</a></b><br>
by Kristian Foden-Vencil<br>
- - <br>
Hypoxia is a condition in which the ocean water close to the sea
floor has such low levels of dissolved oxygen that the organisms
living down there die.<br>
Some of the first signs came in 2002 when dead crabs were hauled up
in crab pots. Since then, scientists and crabbers say things have
worsened.<br>
- - -<br>
"Scientists keep saying that the ocean is changing along with the
climate, and people are beginning to get in tune," said Barth. "They
see the heat waves and all the smoke from wildfires and are
beginning to realize that this is something different."<br>
"The crabbing and the oyster industries were ahead of the curve.
They were among the first to notice that the ocean just off our
coast is changing and was affecting their livelihoods. And they have
been working with scientists ever since."<br>
- - -<br>
"Scientists from Oregon State have been involved since day one on
both the emerging challenges of coastal ocean hypoxia and ocean
acidification," said Caren Braby, marine resources program manager
at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and co-chair of the
Oregon Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Council.<br>
Scientists say rising levels of carbon dioxide, attributed to the
burning of fossil fuels, are major drivers of increased ocean
acidification.<br>
In its first biannual report to the Legislature, Oregon’s Hypoxia
Council said the state needs more monitoring and policy direction on
this problem.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-coast-pacific-ocean-hypoxia-season/">https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-coast-pacific-ocean-hypoxia-season/</a></font><br>
- - <br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://westcoastoah.org/">California
Acidification and Hypoxia Science Task Force</a></b><b><br>
</b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://westcoastoah.org/">http://westcoastoah.org/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
CAMPAIGN 2018<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060104451">This Dem might
beat the strongest Republican on climate</a></b><br>
Mark K. Matthews<br>
MIAMI -- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has a problem that's rare for a
Democrat this year -- the Floridian and former college administrator
is running against a Republican incumbent who not only accepts that
climate change is happening but has introduced legislation to combat
it.<br>
<br>
It's the kind of record that has kept Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.)
in office since 2015 while representing an environmentally conscious
South Florida seat that went for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump
by 16 percentage points in 2016.<br>
But Mucarsel-Powell, who appeared at a Democratic rally yesterday on
the campus of Florida International University, said she has a
simple message to short-circuit Curbelo's advantage: being a
good-enough Republican on the environment isn't good enough anymore.<br>
<br>
"We don't have time to waste," Mucarsel-Powell said in a post-rally
interview. "We have very little time to address the impact of
climate change and to reduce carbon emissions. And it's why I think
that at this point it's crucial to elect me to Congress and have a
majority of Democrats that are the only ones who are going to bring
any sort of [climate] bill to the floor."<br>
Over the last couple of years, Curbelo has made a name for himself
as a Republican willing to speak out on climate change...<br>
- - - <br>
While his 2017 score with the League of Conservation Voters was at
23 percent, it was enough to put him in the top tier of House
Republicans. So one of the group's campaign arms, LCV Action Fund,
has declined to endorse either Curbelo or Mucarsel-Powell in their
fight for Florida's 26th District.<br>
Still, Mucarsel-Powell has received the backing of the Florida
chapter of the Sierra Club in part because of Curbelo's overall
record and what the group sees as the advantage of a
Democratic-controlled Congress.<br>
<br>
"He didn't take the next step to actually vote for good climate
bills and against bad ones. And it's not just the word 'climate' in
the bill. You're talking about clean energy policies that will
reduce the amount of carbon going in the atmosphere," said Frank
Jackalone director of Sierra Club Florida.<br>
<br>
He said it would be a "better choice" to add Mucarsel-Powell to a
Democratic majority that would be more committed than its GOP
counterpart to passing legislation that would address global
warming.<br>
<br>
But Curbelo, at a homeowners association forum yesterday, made the
case that his work on climate is integral to combating global
warming.<br>
"Of course humans contribute to climate change, and that's why
humans have to fix all our environmental problems," said Curbelo,
pointing to his carbon tax bill.<br>
<br>
With Election Day less than two weeks away, Mucarsel-Powell's
partisan-heavy approach could be paying dividends in a district
where registered Democratic voters outnumber Republicans.<br>
A mid-October poll by The New York Times found a slight 1 percentage
point edge for Mucarsel-Powell -- which is well within the survey's
margin of error of 4.9 percentage points.<br>
That's an improvement for Mucarsel-Powell since the newspaper polled
the district last month and found Curbelo ahead by 3 percentage
points, which also was within the poll's margin of error.<br>
<font size="-1">more at - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060104451">https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060104451</a></font><br>
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<br>
[forget beer and wine]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.salon.com/2018/10/28/world-hunger-has-risen-for-three-straight-years-and-climate-change-is-a-cause_partner/">World
hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is
a cause</a></b><br>
Among the factors driving global malnourishment is climate change
itself<br>
JESSICA EISE, KENNETH FOSTER<br>
OCTOBER 28, 2018<br>
World hunger has risen for a third consecutive year, according to
the United Nations' annual food security report. The total number of
people who face chronic food deprivation has increased by 15 million
since 2016. Some 821 million people now face food insecurity,
raising numbers to the same level as almost a decade ago.<br>
<br>
The situation is worsening in South America, Central Asia and most
regions of Africa, the report shows. It also spotlights a troubling
rise in anemia among women of reproductive age. One in 3 women
worldwide are affected, with health and developmental consequences
for them and their children.<br>
From 2005 to 2014, global undernourishment was on the decline. But
the rate of decline continuously eroded, like a car moving forward
at an ever-decreasing speed. Several years ago it stopped
altogether, and world hunger started to climb once more. Among the
factors driving this reversal was climate change...<br>
- - <br>
Climate change is anticipated to force more than 100 million people
into extreme poverty by 2030. Adapting to climate change is a key
way to combat this -- and technology can help.<br>
For instance, precision agriculture can leverage computers, global
positioning systems, geographic information systems and sensors to
provide the data necessary to give each tiny parcel of land on a
field exactly the inputs it needs. And a resurgent interest is
occurring in use of the time-honored technology of cover crops to
mitigate climate change impacts.<br>
<br>
We can go even smaller in our measurements with the emergence of
nanotechnology. Aside from making field sensors smaller and more
compact, nanotechnologies can also help improve how fertilizers and
pesticides are released. By putting chemical inputs into tiny
capsules or in gels, it is possible to control when and how these
inputs are released to make them more effective, and at the same
time reduce chemical emissions and runoff.<br>
But ultimately, it is up to individuals. Around the world, people
must wield their social power to encourage mitigation of climate
change and promote investments in technologies for adaptation. We
need everyone at the table contributing to a food-secure future.<br>
<font size="-1">more at -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.salon.com/2018/10/28/world-hunger-has-risen-for-three-straight-years-and-climate-change-is-a-cause_partner/">https://www.salon.com/2018/10/28/world-hunger-has-risen-for-three-straight-years-and-climate-change-is-a-cause_partner/</a></font><br>
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<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.startribune.com/some-minnesotans-find-ways-to-take-action-on-climate-change-challenges/498797431/">Some
Minnesotans find ways to take action on climate change
challenges</a></b><br>
Many Minnesotans are rethinking their daily habits as evidence
mounts on the imminent climate perils. <br>
By Matt McKinney Star Tribune OCTOBER 27, 2018 <br>
- - -<br>
A report this month, the most urgent yet from the U.N.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said even the best-case
scenario predicts widespread drought, pervasive forest fires,
flooded coasts and a degraded planet in coming decades.<br>
<br>
The authors said humans must eliminate fossil fuels entirely by 2050
or face a future of killer heat waves, monster hurricanes, smaller
crops and widespread social disruption.<br>
<br>
A report this month, the most urgent yet from the U.N.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said even the best-case
scenario predicts widespread drought, pervasive forest fires,
flooded coasts and a degraded planet in coming decades.<br>
<br>
The authors said humans must eliminate fossil fuels entirely by 2050
or face a future of killer heat waves, monster hurricanes, smaller
crops and widespread social disruption.<br>
<font size="-1">more at -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.startribune.com/some-minnesotans-find-ways-to-take-action-on-climate-change-challenges/498797431/">http://www.startribune.com/some-minnesotans-find-ways-to-take-action-on-climate-change-challenges/498797431/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Meeting at the Salt Lake City Unitarian Church]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.facebook.com/events/301136613946428/">10 Steps
to Psychosocial Resilience in a Chaotic Climate</a></b><br>
Public · Hosted by Good Grief Network and First Unitarian Church of
Salt Lake City<br>
Join our 10-Step meetings to combat despair, deepen self-awareness,
and embrace interconnection. We invite everyone grappling with
today's systemic challenges (e.g. climate change, environmental
destruction, mass violence, and pervasive inequality) to join us as
we build community and psychosocial resilience. Discover inspiration
and tools to uncover meaning in your daily life. <br>
Meetings held weekly: 6:30-8:30pm in Room 218 of the Unitarian
Church (569 1300 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84102)<br>
Drop-Ins welcome, but RSVP recommended for more info: <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:ADAIRKOVAC@GMAIL.COM">ADAIRKOVAC@GMAIL.COM</a><br>
Meeting Dates:<br>
<blockquote>October 30 <br>
Step 1: Accept the problem and its severity<br>
November 6 <br>
Step 2: Acknowledge That I Am Part Of The Problem As Well As The
Solution<br>
November 13 <br>
Step 3: Practice Sitting With Uncertainty<br>
November 27 <br>
Step 4: Confront My Own Mortality And The Mortality Of All<br>
December 4<br>
Step 5: Feel My feelings<br>
December 11<br>
Step 6: Do Inner Work<br>
December 18<br>
Step 7: Take Breaks And Rest As Needed<br>
January 8<br>
Step 8: Develop Awareness of Brain Patterns and Perception<br>
January 15 <br>
Step 9: Show Up<br>
January 22<br>
Step 10: Reinvest Into Problem-Solving Efforts<br>
</blockquote>
More here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://mailchi.mp/84eac2b4160e/big-news">https://mailchi.mp/84eac2b4160e/big-news</a><br>
<font size="-1">more at - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.facebook.com/events/301136613946428/">https://www.facebook.com/events/301136613946428/</a><br>
[step 11: repeat]<br>
</font><br>
<br>
[WECAN website]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://wecaninternational.org/">Women's
Earth & Climate Action Network</a></b><br>
InternationalThe Women's Earth & Climate Action Network is a
solutions-based, multi-faceted effort established to engage women
worldwide to take action as powerful stakeholders in climate change
and sustainability solutions.For Our Earth and Future Generations<br>
Download the WECAN agenda
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wecaninternational.org/uploads/cke_documents/WECAN-Agenda-update-2016-webd.pdf">https://wecaninternational.org/uploads/cke_documents/WECAN-Agenda-update-2016-webd.pdf</a><br>
<font size="-1">much more at - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wecaninternational.org/">https://wecaninternational.org/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Washington State activism note]<br>
With WA on the verge of becoming the first state in the country to
put a fee on climate pollution & the first anywhere in the world
to do it by direct democracy, the campaign is attracting serious
national attention:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.thenation.com/article/washington-carbon-emissions-tax-initiative-1631/">
The Nation</a>, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://time.com/5431374/washington-carbon-tax-1631-climate-change/">Time</a>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/9/28/17899804/2018-midterm-elections-washington-state-climate-change-1631-carbon-fee-green-new-deal">Vox</a>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/10/16/us/ap-us-carbon-fee-washington.html">New
York Time</a>s are just a few of the national outlets to report on
the climate battle being waged here in the Northwest.<br>
"We like to think that's because this is a statewide fight with
national consequences..."<br>
<b>Oil industry spending to stop 1631 has now topped $30 million</b>.
To put that in context, the previous most expensive political
campaign ever in WA topped out at $22 million. To fight that sort of
outrageous money we need people all over the country to help us. We
still have 200,000 phone numbers left to call to reach our field
goals -- and we simply can't do that unless we have a lot of help
from folks in other states. So, I know this isn't really a call to
action type of list (y'all are already called/the ones doing the
calling) but writing to y'all today to ask if any of you on here can
help us phone bank to pass the first carbon fee policy in the
country? <br>
Sign up to phone bank here <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://act.yeson1631.org/signup/call-for-clean-air/">https://act.yeson1631.org/signup/call-for-clean-air/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
[Gaia]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://charleseisenstein.net">Climate:
A New Story</a></b><br>
Flipping the script on climate change, Eisenstein makes a case for a
wholesale reimagining of the framing, tactics, and goals we employ
in our journey to heal from ecological destruction<br>
<blockquote>With research and insight, Charles Eisenstein details
how the quantification of the natural world leads to a lack of
integration and our “fight” mentality. With an entire chapter
unpacking the climate change denier's point of view, he advocates
for expanding our exclusive focus on carbon emissions to see the
broader picture beyond our short-sighted and incomplete approach.
The rivers, forests, and creatures of the natural and material
world are sacred and valuable in their own right, not simply for
carbon credits or preventing the extinction of one species versus
another. After all, when you ask someone why they first became an
environmentalist, they're likely to point to the river they played
in, the ocean they visited, the wild animals they observed, or the
trees they climbed when they were a kid. This refocusing away from
impending catastrophe and our inevitable doom cultivates
meaningful emotional and psychological connections and provides
real, actionable steps to caring for the earth. Freeing ourselves
from a war mentality and seeing the bigger picture of how
everything from prison reform to saving the whales can contribute
to our planetary ecological health, we resist reflexive postures
of solution and blame and reach toward the deep place where
commitment lives.<br>
</blockquote>
The print version is available on Amazon or from the publisher
directly. Other online booksellers, such as IndieBound carry the
book as well. Or better yet, ask for it at your local bookstore.<br>
Length: 320 pages<br>
ISBN-10: 1623172489<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://charleseisenstein.net/video/">https://charleseisenstein.net/video/</a><br>
- - -<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/DYQKLrbiCDE">5 min
video lecture about the book</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/DYQKLrbiCDE">https://youtu.be/DYQKLrbiCDE</a><br>
<br>
<br>
[audio interview starts 4:24]<br>
<u>Last Born In The Wilderness</u><br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://soundcloud.com/lastborninthewilderness/charles-eisenstein-complete">#141
| Initiation: A New Story Of Climate w/ Charles Eisenstein</a></b><br>
Our guest for this episode is Charles Eisenstein -- public speaker
and author of several influential books, including 'Sacred
Economics,' 'The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible,'
and most recently 'Climate: A New Story.'<br>
- - -<br>
In this interview, I ask Charles to discuss the themes and ideas
presented in his upcoming book 'Climate: A New Story,' a book that
"flips the script on climate change," making the "case for a
wholesale reimagining of the framing, tactics, and goals we employ
in our journey to heal from ecological destruction," in which the
global climate crisis ultimately stems from. + As someone deeply
concerned about ecological crisis unfolding on this planet, I asked
Charles expound on his understanding of what the planetary crisis is
asking of us as a collective and as individual members of the human
species. Are we going to continue to live within and act on behalf
of a paradigm that disconnects us from the living planet, alienates
and disconnects us from each other and the land we live on, and
rationalizes the ongoing maintenance of a global economic system
that demands infinite growth in order to exist? The climate crisis,
and the ecological crisis more broadly, points to the deeper crisis
of meaning humanity is coming up against in this time we find
ourselves in. The stories we have been telling ourselves about our
role on this planet no longer make sense, for very obvious reasons.
The abrupt changes in the global climate system speaks to this
reality.<br>
<br>
Is humanity meant for self-destruction (an evolutionary cul-de-sac),
or is this crisis pointing to something else entirely? Can we
develop a right relationship and role within the living systems of
this planet by beginning the sacred process of healing from the
wounds we have wrought on our long journey to this moment? We
discuss this an more in this episode.<br>
<br>
Charles Eisenstein and his work has deeply influenced my thinking
and understanding of the nature of the converging crises we are
experiencing in this time we all share. I have to thank Charles for
taking the time to speak with me for this episode, and to Marie
Goodwin for setting this interview up. Charles is a teacher,
speaker, and writer that focuses on themes of civilization,
consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. He is the host
of the podcast 'A New and Ancient Story,' a podcast that engages in
topics that “revolve around concepts of interbeing and 'technologies
of reunion' -- anything drawing from and contributing to a new
story, including material, social, psychological, agricultural,
healing, and educational 'technologies.'”% He is the author of
several books that expound on these topics, including 'The Yoga of
Eating,' 'The Ascent of Humanity,' 'Sacred Economics,' 'The More
Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible,' and most recently
'Climate: A New Story.'<br>
+ Source: bit.ly/ClimateNewStory<br>
% Source: bit.ly/NewAncientStory<br>
Episode Notes:<br>
- Pre-order Charles' new book 'Climate: A New Story' here:
bit.ly/ClimateNewStory<br>
<br>
<br>
[Classic doomerist video screed]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue9Rin38dDw">Last Hours:
The Frightening Reality of Global Climate Change</a></b><br>
The Big Picture RT<br>
Published on Mar 6, 2015<br>
A special segment of “Last Hours,” the frightening reality of global
climate change, narrated by Thom Hartmann and Leonardo DiCaprio.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue9Rin38dDw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue9Rin38dDw</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/national/29CLIM.html">This
Day in Climate History - October 29, 2003</a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
October 29, 2003: The New York Times reports:<br>
<blockquote>"Motivated by environmental and economic concerns,
states have become the driving force in efforts to combat global
warming even as mandatory programs on the federal level have
largely stalled."<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/national/29CLIM.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/national/29CLIM.html</a><br>
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