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<p><i><font size="+1"><b>February 24, 2020</b></font></i></p>
[TIpping decline]<br>
<b>The Fires Are Out, but Australia's Climate Disasters Aren't Over</b><br>
Devastating floods came soon after the bush fires. Scientists call
it "compound extremes," as one catastrophe intensifies the next.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/23/world/australia/climate-change-extremes.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/23/world/australia/climate-change-extremes.html</a><br>
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[International]<br>
<b>Finance Ministers Grapple Over Economic Threat of Climate Change</b><br>
The United States, under pressure from Europe, agreed to include a
climate reference in an official G20 statement.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/23/us/politics/g20-climate-change.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/23/us/politics/g20-climate-change.html</a><br>
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[it was inevitable - the Washington Post story]<br>
<b>The anti-Greta: A conservative think tank takes on the global
phenomenon</b><br>
The German teen is the newest face of the Heartland Institute's
effort to promote what it calls 'global warming realism.'<br>
Desmond Butler and Juliet Eilperin <br>
Feb. 23, 2020<br>
For climate skeptics, it's hard to compete with the youthful appeal
of global phenomenon Greta Thunberg. But one U.S. think tank hopes
it's found an answer: the anti-Greta.<br>
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Naomi Seibt is a 19-year-old German who, like Greta, is blond,
eloquent and European. But Naomi denounces "climate alarmism," calls
climate consciousness "a despicably anti-human ideology," and has
even deployed Greta's now famous "How dare you?" line to take on the
mainstream German media.<br>
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"She's a fantastic voice for free markets and for climate realism,"
said James Taylor, director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center for
Climate and Environmental Policy at the Heartland Institute, an
influential libertarian think tank in suburban Chicago that has the
ear of the Trump administration.<br>
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In December, Heartland headlined Naomi at its forum at the UN
climate conference in Madrid, where Taylor described her as "the
star" of the show. Last month, Heartland hired Naomi as the young
face of its campaign to question the scientific consensus that human
activity is causing dangerous global warming.<br>
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"Naomi Seibt vs. Greta Thunberg: whom should we trust?" asked
Heartland in a digital video. Later this week, Naomi is set to make
her American debut at the Conservative Political Action Conference,
or CPAC, a high-profile annual gathering just outside Washington of
right-leaning activists.<br>
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Why would an American think tank want to get involved in German
politics? Because it worries that Berlin's strong stance on reducing
greenhouse-gas emissions could be contagious, according to a recent
investigation aired on German television.<br>
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For two decades, Germany has been a leader in pressing other nations
to curb carbon output and shift to renewable energy. Though it is
falling short of its ambitious goals, Germany has pledged to cut its
greenhouse gas emissions this year by 40 percent compared to 1990 --
and by up to 95 percent by mid-century.<br>
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In December, during the Madrid climate conference, two undercover
staffers from the nonprofit investigative newsroom CORRECTIV
approached Taylor and claimed to work for a wealthy donor from the
auto industry who wanted to give Heartland a half-million euros.
Taylor took the bait, and followed up with a three-page proposal
outlining a campaign to push back against German efforts to regulate
emissions.<br>
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"These restrictive environmental programs are largely unnecessary,"
says the document, a copy of which was obtained by The Post. "Worse,
other nations -- including the United States and European Union
nations -- are increasingly being influenced by unwise German
policy."<br>
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The proposal described Naomi as "the star" of a "Climate Reality
Forum" organized by Heartland during the Madrid talks. With "over
100,000 people viewing her talk on climate realism," the proposal
said, Naomi was well-positioned to fight German climate policies.<br>
<br>
"Funding for our Germany Environmental Issues project will enable
Heartland to provide Naomi with the equipment and the sources she
needs to present a series of effective videos calling attention to
the negative impacts of overreaching environmental regulations," the
proposal says.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/02/23/meet-anti-greta-young-youtuber-campaigning-against-climate-alarmism/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/02/23/meet-anti-greta-young-youtuber-campaigning-against-climate-alarmism/</a><br>
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[really - "12 years from now?"]<br>
<b>YouTube Personality Naomi Seibt joins The Heartland Institute</b><br>
Feb 11, 2020<br>
The Heartland Institute<br>
Naomi Seibt, a 19-year-old German YouTube personality and
influencer, has joined The Heartland Institute's Arthur B. Robinson
Center on Climate and Environmental Policy. Naomi will be working on
communicating the climate realism message to her generation - which
has marinated in apocalyptic nonsense their whole lives - for
audiences in both in Europe and the United States.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/HxX-1cWSvVc">https://youtu.be/HxX-1cWSvVc</a><br>
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[See the video that is selling the cultural confrontation]<br>
<b>Naomi Seibt vs. Greta Thunberg: Whom Should We Trust?</b><br>
Dec 20, 2019<br>
The Heartland Institute<br>
Greta Thunberg took the world by storm with her doomsday climate
predictions. Naomi Seibt, a rising star, advocates for proper
scientific discourse over climate change. Who seems like the more
reasonable advocate to you?<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq4fJdjt_vM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq4fJdjt_vM</a><br>
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[Heatwave on the Antarctic polar regions]<br>
<b>"Antarctic temperature rises above 20 C for first time on record"</b><br>
It's correct, and though the record is yet to be confirmed, it's
consistent with readings from Esperanza research base at the tip of
the Antarctic peninsula of two days earlier.<br>
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Scientists describe 20.75C (69.4F) logged at Seymour Island as
'incredible and abnormal'<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146322/antarctica-melts-under-its-hottest-days-on-record">https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146322/antarctica-melts-under-its-hottest-days-on-record</a><br>
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<b>Antarctica Breaks 69 F for the First Time on Record</b><br>
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"We are seeing the warming trend in many of the sites we are
monitoring, but we have never seen anything like this," he said.<br>
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The peninsula and its surrounding islands have been the areas of
Antarctica most impacted by the climate crisis so far, which means
they might indicate how the rest of the region will react.<br>
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"It is important to have sentinel areas like the South Shetlands and
the Antarctic peninsula because they can anticipate the developments
that will happen in the future, the near future," Schaefer told The
Guardian.<br>
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If all of the ice in Antarctica were to melt, it would cause 50 to
60 meters (approximately 164 to 197 feet) of sea level rise. This
would take centuries, however. In the nearer term, scientists
predict 30 to 110 centimeters (approximately 12 to 43 inches) of sea
level rise by 2100, depending on how successfully greenhouse gas
emissions are reduced and how the ice reacts.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.ecowatch.com/antarctic-record-temp-2645149717.html">https://www.ecowatch.com/antarctic-record-temp-2645149717.html</a><br>
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<b>NASA Reveals Shocking Ice Cap Melt in Antarctica After Record
Heat</b><br>
New images from Antarctica's record heat wave show the rapid
greening of an island's ice cap.Two weeks ago, the temperature in
Antarctica topped 18.3C (64.9F), making it the hottest weather on
record for the icy southern continent. NASA has now released
dramatic new images of the extensive ice melt caused by the recent
heatwave, which ran from February 5 to 13.<br>
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Captured by NASA's Landsat 8 satellite, the before-and-after
snapshots expose the rapid greening of Eagle Island, a landmass at
the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, over the course of nine days.
The island is about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Esperanza Base,
where the record-breaking temperature was recorded.<br>
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As the warm temperatures persisted, the island's ice cap swiftly
retreated and meltwater collected in pools that covered roughly a
square mile. The heatwave shaved off about four inches of snow, a
quarter of which melted on February 6, the day that broke the
temperature record. In total, NASA estimates that this one heatwave
caused 20 percent of the region's entire seasonal snow accumulation
to melt on Eagle Island.<br>
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"I haven't seen melt ponds develop this quickly in Antarctica," said
Mauri Pelto, a glaciologist at Nichols College who has been studying
the heatwave, in a NASA post. "You see these kinds of melt events in
Alaska and Greenland, but not usually in Antarctica."<br>
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The heatwave was particularly intense this year because of atypical
weather patterns off the coast of South America. At the peak
temperature, Antarctica was hotter than Orlando, Florida. As
anomalous as that might sound, scientists expect it to become a more
frequent occurrence due to the impacts of human-driven climate
change.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4agqw3/nasa-reveals-shocking-ice-cap-melt-in-antarctica-after-record-heat">https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4agqw3/nasa-reveals-shocking-ice-cap-melt-in-antarctica-after-record-heat</a>
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[great commentary needed more than ever]<br>
<b>Greenwashing. Is it still a thing?</b><br>
Feb 23, 2020<br>
Just Have a Think<br>
GREENWASHING has become such a commonly used phrase that it's
starting to lose its meaning in the increasingly noisy stream of
information we all receive every second of every day via Social
Media. Is it even still a thing or have big corporations finally
started to tell us the truth? <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSrU4ukcgTE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSrU4ukcgTE</a><br>
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[automated propaganda]<br>
<b>Study finds quarter of climate change tweets from bots</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51595285">https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51595285</a><br>
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[Slower crafting an information scarf]<br>
<b>Knitters Chronicle Climate Change One Stitch at a Time</b><br>
Volunteers use different colors of yarn to make "temperature
scarves" that serve as fashionable records of a warming world.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://twitter.com/philamuseum/status/1192577672863473664/photo/1">https://twitter.com/philamuseum/status/1192577672863473664/photo/1</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/22/climate/knitting-climate-change.html?referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/22/climate/knitting-climate-change.html?referringSource=articleShare</a><br>
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[finished work posted to web site]<br>
National Parks Tempestry Project<br>
<b>A CRAFTING COMMUNITY INITIATIVE</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/SynDUSs9izWdc/">https://spark.adobe.com/page/SynDUSs9izWdc/</a><br>
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[slight expanded topics in video]<br>
<b>Paul Krugman with Samantha Bee: Arguing with Zombies</b><br>
Feb 21, 2020<br>
92nd Street Y<br>
Join Samantha Bee and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman for
a conversation about Krugman's new book, Arguing with Zombies--along
with a crash course in contemporary economics and public policy
ahead of the 2020 election. Recorded January 28, 2020, at 92nd
Street Y.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpwMAHX8Xw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpwMAHX8Xw</a><br>
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[Digging back into the internet news archive]<br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming -
February 24, 2002 </b></font><br>
In the Denver Post, Bruce Smart of Republicans for Environmental
Protection rips President George W. Bush's February 14, 2002 speech
on climate change:<br>
<blockquote>"...President Bush reaffirmed the nation's commitment to
the U.N. Framework Convention's 1992 goal 'to stabilize greenhouse
gas concentrations at a level that will prevent dangerous human
interference with the climate,' and he outlined an environmental
path for the nation to follow. A number of the specifics he
proposed, if forcefully pursued, can be helpful.<br>
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"But the medicine prescribed for the world's greatest
environmental threat--the malignant growth of atmospheric
concentrations of greenhouse gases--is only a well-packaged
placebo. It is no cure for global warming and the hazardous
changes in climate that a great majority of scientists believe it
is likely to cause."<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030122161530/http://www.rep.org/opinions/op-eds/19.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/20030122161530/http://www.rep.org/opinions/op-eds/19.htm</a><br>
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