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<i><font size="+1"><b>August 4, 2020</b></font></i><br>
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<b>Amazon region: Brazil records big increase in fires</b><br>
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[TIME Magazine declares:]<br>
<b>It's Time for American Leaders to Wake Up to the Threat of
Climate Change for the Good of the Planet and Business</b><br>
BY JOHN R. KASICH - AUGUST 3, 2020<br>
Kasich was the governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019.<br>
The coronavirus pandemic has worn out its welcome on Earth. Just try
and find someone who's not sick and tired of working from the
basement, wearing a mask, bumping elbows in greeting or simply
living with the worry of themselves or their family getting sick.
And these inconveniences pale in comparison to the pain many have
suffered from sickness or the loss of loved ones.<br>
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If we could have seen the pandemic coming and had the power to
prevent it, of course, we would have. If we had that power but sat
on our hands as millions became sick and died, that inaction would
be unforgivable.<br>
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There is another problem that we know is coming, that we have the
power to address, and yet which we continually do too little--or
often nothing--to tackle. I'm talking about climate change.<br>
<br>
Left unchecked, the impact of climate change will only further alter
our world as we know it--reshaping our coastlines and the cities
that sit on them, accelerating species extinction, devastating
agriculture and causing famine, ravaging our economy and impacting
everyone's health.<br>
Though often regarded as a hot potato in politics, one of the
biggest points of opposition to addressing climate change is the
cost. How can a world whose transportation and energy systems are so
heavily rooted in burning hydrocarbons afford to scrap them and
shift to other, cleaner forms of energy?<br>
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I approach it from the other direction, however: how can we afford
not to?<br>
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Yes, the looming cost to human life and the natural world are
paramount and merit immediate and sustained commitment to long-term
action. For those who also worry about the economics of tackling
climate change, consider this: Goldman Sachs recently estimated that
there is $16 trillion to be made in just the next 10 years from new
investments in renewable energy. Furthermore, if the United States
committed to help keep global warming within 2 degrees Celsius, this
would create between $1 trillion and $2 trillion in yearly
investments in renewable energy.<br>
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At a time when the global pandemic has dealt a mighty blow to the
world's economy, those kinds of numbers should be music to our ears.
Why would we not embrace the enormous economic benefits and job
creation of investing in next generation transportation and
renewable energy systems?<br>
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As a Republican governor of the 7th largest state and a top-25
global economy, I was proud to champion energy and environmental
policies that helped Ohio reduce its carbon emissions by almost 30
percent between 2005 and 2014--all while achieving strong job
creation and still managing major new investments in natural gas
from shale with regulations that surpassed the federal government's.<br>
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Our approach was balanced, reasonable and productive, with a focus
on encouraging energy investments while also protecting public
health and the environment--and preserving the Ohio's renewable
energy standard. Thanks to the state's support for renewable energy,
thousands of new jobs were created by companies like Amazon and
Facebook which, like many tech companies, are committed to renewable
energy use.<br>
<br>
The time has come for people who understand the need to be good
stewards of our environment--and who can appreciate the value of a
global economic boost--to roll up their sleeves and push for the
switch to renewable energy and clean transportation. Traditional
renewable energy sources like solar and wind have stood the test of
time and merit greater investment and deployment. Clean natural gas
can be the bridge as we ramp up more renewables and make the final
break from carbon-intensive fuels. We also need to support research
into new green energy technologies and bring these to market.<br>
<br>
I joined with former Secretary of State John Kerry and former
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger behind an effort called
"World War Zero" to help bring together a group of unlikely allies -
Democrats, Republicans and independents, scientists, military
leaders, business leaders, diplomats, entertainers, and ordinary
people from all walks of life - to mobilize, speak up, and tackle
climate change together. And to find new ways of helping people
appreciate the need to address the problem.<br>
<br>
Seeing the economic benefits of renewable energy investments at a
time of a global recession might not be an angle that first comes to
mind. But tough problems merit different approaches and demand that
we take advantage of the opportunities when they arise--like now.<br>
<br>
Just like America's shift to a wartime footing in the 1940s helped
end the Great Depression, the manufacturing revolution and global
job creation that would be ushered in by the transition to a clean
energy economy could deal critical blows to two dragons at once:
climate change and the economic downturn. Let your voice be heard
and make clear to those who lead that we cannot waste this
opportunity.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://time.com/5873394/take-climate-change-seriously-business/">https://time.com/5873394/take-climate-change-seriously-business/</a>
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[political adjustments]<br>
<b>With big rallies cancelled, young climate activists are adapting
election tactics</b><br>
Phone banks, social media and friend-to-friend campaigning are the
new focus ahead of this year's US elections<br>
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or young climate activists in the US, staying home because of the
pandemic does not mean staying silent, with plans gathering pace
across the country to make their voices heard in November's
elections.<br>
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It has been nearly a year since an estimated 6 million people across
the world joined the youth-led global climate strikes on 20
September.<br>
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In the US, students from Los Angeles to Washington DC skipped school
to voice their frustration over the slow response to the climate
crisis by elected leaders, and Greta Thunberg told a cheering crowd
in New York City "this is only the beginning".<br>
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But in the 10 months since the historic protests, the Covid-19
pandemic has ravaged the US, making meeting and organizing in-person
hazardous. Climate strikes, including a major three-day mass protest
that was planned for Earth Day 2020 in April, have been cancelled...<br>
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But networks of youth climate activists have been regrouping, with a
new focus on election campaigning with phone banks, social media and
friend-to-friend organizing, according to interviews with
organizers...<br>
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"We are a generation that was really born into crises," said
Jimenez-Hudis. "We don't have some golden age that we can look back
on and feel that there is any kind of resonance with a call to
normalcy because our normal has always been endless wars, has always
been police brutality."<br>
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Youth voter turnout during the 2016 elections was disappointing with
just 46% of eligible voters aged 18 to 29 going out to vote,
compared to 70% of the oldest voters, 70 and over.<br>
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Then in the wake of Donald Trump's election, youth movements began
building campaigns and gaining visibility, with climate change
growing as a key issue, driven in part by the burgeoning Sunrise
Movement, which was founded in 2017.<br>
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In preparation for the 2018 midterm elections, the Sunrise Movement
began training young activists to canvass for candidates who were
proponents of renewable energy and publicly confront incumbents who
take money from the fossil fuel industry. When the 2018 midterms
came around, 20% more young Americans ages 18 to 29 went out to vote
compared to the last midterms in 2014, and Democrats won the House.<br>
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The group has more recently been pushing Democratic leaders to
embrace the Green New Deal, a bold carbon-neutral plan for the
economy championed by progressive Democrats including Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez.<br>
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Backing the policy was initially seen as too radical by many
Democrats but it has now been embraced more widely by members of the
party. Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee,
recently unveiled a climate and jobs plan that mirrors some of the
aggressiveness of the Green New Deal, though some activists believe
he is not tough enough on fossil fuel industries.<br>
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With the pandemic, Jimenez-Hudis said, the Sunrise Movement has
shifted its electoral strategy to focus entirely on phone banking
and friend-to-friend organizing - encouraging people to talk to
their friends and relatives directly about the candidates they
support.<br>
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"We still have lots of work to do to make sure that we get the right
Democrats on the ballot, the right Green New Deal champions on the
ballot for the election in November just up and down the ticket,"
Jimenez-Hudis said.<br>
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The organization credits its phone banking volunteers for helping
Jamaal Bowman, a former teacher who ousted a longtime congressman in
New York, win his election and for tightening the race of Charles
Booker, a Democrat in Kentucky who was hoping to run against the
Republican senator Mitch McConnell.<br>
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Aligning racial justice and climate fights<br>
In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in May, the
Sunrise Movement has also made efforts to streamline its focus
toward racism and police brutality, encouraging members to attend
protests and speak out about the intersection of racial justice and
climate activism. The organization recently started its #WideAwake
campaign, encouraging local activists to protest outside the homes
of elected officials. On Juneteenth, a local Sunrise chapter
coordinated such a protest outside the home of Senator McConnell,
demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed in her
home by police in Louisville, Kentucky.<br>
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Recent months have helped some young climate activists see that the
same systemic changes needed to address climate change are in line
with the ones that will bring racial justice, escalating the need
for elected officials who will bring those changes.<br>
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Rose Strauss, 20, a former organizer with the Sunrise Movement, said
her time with the organization helped her understand the gravity of
the 2020 election. She dropped out of college so she could dedicate
all her time to the election and canvass for Senator Bernie Sanders
in New Hampshire.<br>
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Once it became clear that Sanders was not going to win the
nomination, Strauss and a few fellow activists began to dedicate
their efforts to starting a new initiative called the Down Ballot
Disruption Project. The program, held entirely over Zoom, aims to
teach young people how to canvass for candidates in their local
elections and how to build a community around their activism,
especially on social media.<br>
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Young people can "change this election in massive ways. The only
arena right now, because we can't go and canvass outside, is social
media. That's where we know how to do stuff," Strauss said. "We
really need to make sure that the politicians who get elected this
cycle are going to be the ones that are really caring about our
futures."...<br>
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"We want climate change to be a top priority on people's minds when
they're going to the polls in November because of the way it will
impact people of color and people living in those cities," said
Zanagee Artis, 20, the co-founder and deputy director of digital
advocacy for Zero Hour.<br>
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While climate advocacy during the pandemic has largely been on video
chats and social media, young activists are eager to get back on the
streets. Fridays for Future, the global organization founded by
Greta Thunberg, plans on holding a global climate strike on 25
September. Local chapters are working on what the protest will look
like in their areas to accommodate local Covid-19 conditions.<br>
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Spencer Berg, 17, an organizer with Fridays for Future NYC, said
organizers are still working out the logistics of what the protest
will look like, but the overall message of the demonstration will be
to advocate for a "green recovery" and ensure that New York City
continues to uphold its commitments to fighting climate change.<br>
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While the pandemic has left devastation across the city and in many
other places in the US, activists are hopeful that coronavirus can
provide parallels to climate change and show how a single crisis can
affect everyone.<br>
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Coronavirus has "inspired a lot of people because it has shown us
that the government can act quickly and efficiently to quell a
crisis", Berg said. "That's what this is: it's a climate crisis. A
lot of politicians say we can't afford to do that, we don't have
enough time for this, but coronavirus showed us that we can have
complete systematic change if we need to."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/03/young-climate-activists-rallies-us-elections-coronavirus">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/03/young-climate-activists-rallies-us-elections-coronavirus</a><br>
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[more curiosity video 50 mins]<br>
<b>Living in the Time of Dying</b><br>
Documentary<br>
If we accepted the climate science was true, how would we choose to
live and what would matter to us? This is my journey exploring these
topics. Interviews with: Author of " Deep Adaptation" Professor Jem
Bendell, Dharma teacher and author of "Facing Extinction "Catherine
Ingram, journalist and author of "The End of Ice" Dhar Jamail and
Elder, teacher , author and Citizen of the Chiricuhua Apache Nation,
Stan Rushworth.<br>
To find out more about the doco, make a donation or listen to the
full length interviews go to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.livinginthetimeofdying.com">www.livinginthetimeofdying.com</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 -
August 4, </b></font><br>
<p><b>NYTimes.com reports:</b><br>
"President Obama on Monday unveiled an aggressive plan to sharply
limit greenhouse gases emitted by the nation's power plants,
declaring that time was running out to thwart the most dangerous
impacts of global climate change.<br>
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"'No challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future
generations than a changing climate,' Mr. Obama said in a speech
from the East Room of the White House as he announced his most
ambitious action to date to tackle the planet's rising
temperatures. 'There is such a thing as being too late when it
comes to climate change.'<br>
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"The president, who wants to make his initiatives to address the
warming of the planet a central element of his legacy, called the
new rules a public health imperative and 'the single most
important step America has ever taken in the fight against global
climate change.' He also sought to wrap the policy in the
legitimacy of transcendental values, noting that Pope Francis had
issued an encyclical in June, calling action on the issue a 'moral
obligation.'<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/us/obama-unveils-plan-to-sharply-limit-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html?mwrsm=Email">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/us/obama-unveils-plan-to-sharply-limit-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html?mwrsm=Email</a><br>
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