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<p><i><font size="+1"><b>October 14, 2020</b></font></i> <br>
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[Wildfire]<br>
<b>PG&E Is Under Investigation for Starting a Deadly
Wildfire--Again</b><br>
Dharna Noor<br>
PG&E, the utility that supplies power to 16 million people in
northern and central California, is under investigation for starting
a deadly fire. Again.<br>
<br>
The blaze in question is the Zogg Fire, which has killed four people
and destroyed some 200 structures in Northern California. The
wildfire broke out on Sept. 27 during strong Diablo winds, dry air,
and triple-digit temperatures. Since then, it's scorched 56,338
acres, and is still burning.<br>
<br>
In a Friday filing, PG&E announced that as part of an
investigation into how the fire began, Cal Fire, the state's
firefighting agency, took possession of some of the utility's
equipment near where the Zogg Fire started in Shasta County...<br>
- -<br>
This week, California will once again face fire weather, so more
blazes could be on the way. As a precaution, PG&E has announced
that it may have to shut off power for up to three days. But
blackouts are inconvenient and can even be dangerous, as they can
limit people's access to food, medical equipment, and technology
needed to obtain fire updates. It's clear that bigger shifts are
needed.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://earther.gizmodo.com/pg-e-is-under-investigation-for-starting-a-deadly-wildf-1845357205">https://earther.gizmodo.com/pg-e-is-under-investigation-for-starting-a-deadly-wildf-1845357205</a><br>
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[wildfire weather conditions]<br>
<b>California to face elevated wildfire danger again this week</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/California-fire-weather-this-week_-.jpg">https://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/California-fire-weather-this-week_-.jpg</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/10/12/california-to-face-elevated-wildfire-danger-again-this-week/">https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/10/12/california-to-face-elevated-wildfire-danger-again-this-week/</a><br>
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[BP reaches out]<br>
<b>BP's climate reinvention dodges politics</b><br>
Amy Harder<br>
<blockquote>Video press interview A
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOQdo_2dUrs&feature=emb_logo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOQdo_2dUrs&feature=emb_logo</a><br>
XIOS on HBO: Bernard Looney on BP Spending (Clip) | HBO<br>
Oct 12, 2020<br>
HBO<br>
CEO of BP, Bernard Looney, discusses the company's plans for
future spending. #HBO #AxiosOnHBO<br>
BP CEO Bernard Looney is leading the biggest transformation in the
oil industry's 160-year history, but he's staying quiet on the
thorniest part: the politics.<br>
</blockquote>
Driving the news: In our recent interview for "Axios on HBO," Looney
made a scripted case for BP's big plan to pivot to renewable energy
and survive -- and even thrive -- while doing it.<br>
<br>
Over the course of an hour, he redirected or waved off questions on
the climate-change positions of President Trump and Joe Biden, BP's
lobbying activities in Washington, and mistrust from the public and
environmentalists over the oil industry's willingness to address
climate change.<br>
<br>
"I get the sort of suspicion. But we are serious about this. This is
in the interests of our company. It's not like we're trying to
protect our existing business and get by. We are pivoting BP from
being an international oil company that we've been for 111 years to
becoming an integrated energy company."<br>
-- Looney to "Axios on HBO"<br>
The big picture: The company is facing strong headwinds: BP's stock
is tanking, investors are skeptical that the transformation can be
profitable, and the pandemic is battering the entire industry's
finances. There's little room for error.<br>
<br>
How it works: BP unveiled in September what many experts consider
the oil industry's most aggressive plan to move away from oil and
gas toward renewable energy.<br>
<br>
By 2030:<br>
Cutting its oil and gas production by 40%, which would set it apart
from other producers.<br>
Increasing the amount of annual spending on clean-energy
technologies from $500 million to $5 billion.<br>
<br>
By 2050:<br>
Reaching "net-zero" emissions from both its operations and its own
oil and gas production, which means its entire business will not
emit emissions (or will offset them).<br>
Cutting by 50% the emissions intensity (emissions per unit of
output) from the products it sells. These emissions are at least
double the emissions of BP's operations and its own oil and gas.<br>
The intrigue: For the CEO of an oil company that's trying to
position itself as an industry leader on climate, he had little to
say about either a president who encourages climate-change denial or
a candidate who would pursue an aggressive climate plan that's
roughly in line with BP's goal.<br>
<br>
On Trump: "My response is what we're doing. … [Climate change is] a
huge issue and we're in action. And, you know, I'm not going to
comment on what other people's views are. People have a right to
their views."<br>
On Biden: "I didn't study [Biden's] plan in detail. … BP is
supportive of any sound, sensible policy which accelerates the world
on a path to net-zero. That's what we support."<br>
The backstory: Looney has given conflicting messages on how central
government policy is to BP's strategy.<br>
<br>
"We need policymakers to incentivize lower carbon choices," Looney
told investors at a week-long meeting on the new plan in September.
In our interview right after that, he said, "While policy is helpful
to our strategy, our strategy is not predicated on policy."<br>
Close observers are blunter. "They fare much better in a world where
climate policy is strong and universal than in a world that is more
fragmented and weak," said Andrew Logan, who interacts with oil and
gas companies as a senior director at the sustainable investment
nonprofit Ceres.<br>
Where it stands: BP said it would end its long-running corporate
reputation campaign -- which cost the company $100 million last year
-- and redirect at least part of that money toward supporting
climate policies around the world.<br>
<br>
For this year and next, the company has budgeted $6.5 million for
campaigns advocating for climate policies throughout the country and
in Washington, D.C., according to Geoff Morrell, a BP executive vice
president responsible for global advocacy and spending.<br>
"We are spending millions and would gladly spend tens of millions
more if there were viable net-zero policies to actively advocate
for," Morrell said.<br>
BP is supporting the European Union's big climate policy and the
United Kingdom's plan to ban internal combustion engine cars in
2035, Looney said in the interview.<br>
Looney deflected a few questions about past actions by BP and the
industry writ large, including the sector's mixed practice over
decades of helping fund initiatives doubting climate science and
opposing policies.<br>
<br>
"I'm not sure it helps anybody to dwell in the past when we have an
incredible challenge ahead of us," Looney said.<br>
What we're watching: If Biden wins the White House, BP's new
lobbying posture will be put to an immediate test.<br>
<br>
Earlier this year, BP said it was leaving three trade associations,
but it's staying in the most powerful ones: the American Petroleum
Institute and U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Neither one has climate
policies anywhere close to what BP is pushing.<br>
The bottom line: "The success of their climate strategy depends on
society moving forward quickly as well," said Logan. "If they're
earnest about what they're trying to do, that will show up in their
lobbying. It can't be an ancillary effort -- it has to be a core
part of the strategy."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.axios.com/bp-ceo-climate-reinvention-axios-on-hbo-624c3a9c-9ad4-4fb1-9b38-552c558a3544.html">https://www.axios.com/bp-ceo-climate-reinvention-axios-on-hbo-624c3a9c-9ad4-4fb1-9b38-552c558a3544.html</a><br>
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[DW - brief view ~5 mins]<br>
<b>Climate change in Russia: Can Siberia's permafrost be saved? |
Focus on Europe</b><br>
Oct 14, 2020<br>
DW News<br>
In parts of Siberia, the permafrost is thawing. That endangers not
only roads and buildings but also underground cold-storage
facilities. Cracks are appearing in more and more of them.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoIG08fDV5k">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoIG08fDV5k</a>
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[Less ice in Arctic]<br>
<b>There was no ice on the water, says captain of tall ship Sedov
about Arctic voyage</b><br>
"We had at least expected some minor pieces," says Mikhail Novikov
as his 100 years old sailing ship exits the Northern Sea Route.<br>
By Atle Staalesen<br>
October 13, 2020<br>
It is the first time ever that a ship of the kind sails the Russian
Arctic route between the Pacific and Atlantic seas. The Sedov on
Tuesday passed the southern tip of archipelago Novaya Zemlya and is
expected in Murmansk in the course of the week.<br>
<br>
The voyage would have been unthinkable only few years ago. But this
year's unprecedented low levels of sea-ice has made sailing on the
route smooth and easy.<br>
<br>
According to the expedition diary, there has hardly been minus
degrees during the voyage and sea-ice has hardly been spotted.<br>
<br>
"We expected that we at least would have encountered some
finely-crushed ice in the Vilkitsky Strait and the Longa Strait,"
ship captain Novikov told newspaper Neft.<br>
<br>
"But we have sailed across practically the whole Northern Sea in
open waters, and we have not run into any crushed sea-ice, nor
icebergs," he explains...<br>
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The ship is expected to reach reach its home port of Kaliningrad on
15th November this year.<br>
<br>
The Sedov is one of the world's biggest sailing ships in operation.
It is almost 118 meter long and is manned by a crew of about 220
people.<br>
<br>
The Arctic voyage takes place only few months before the ship turns
100 years. The bark was launched in 1921 in Kiel, Germany. It sailed
under the named "Magdalene Vinnen II" and "Kommodore Johnsen" before
it in 1945 was taken over by Soviet authorities and renamed Sedov
after Russian Arctic explorer Georgy Sedov.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/climate-crisis/2020/10/there-was-no-ice-water-says-captain-tall-ship-sedov-about-arctic-voyage">https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/climate-crisis/2020/10/there-was-no-ice-water-says-captain-tall-ship-sedov-about-arctic-voyage</a>
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[well known]<br>
<b>The Arctic is in a death spiral. How much longer will it exist?</b><br>
The region is unravelling faster than anyone could once have
predicted. But there may still be time to act<br>
<br>
At the end of July, 40% of the 4,000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf,
located on the north-western edge of Ellesmere Island, calved into
the sea. Canada's last fully intact ice shelf was no more.<br>
<br>
On the other side of the island, the most northerly in Canada, the
St Patrick's Bay ice caps completely disappeared.<br>
<br>
Two weeks later, scientists concluded that the Greenland Ice Sheet
may have already passed the point of no return. Annual snowfall is
no longer enough to replenish the snow and ice loss during summer
melting of the territory's 234 glaciers. Last year, the ice sheet
lost a record amount of ice, equivalent to 1 million metric tons
every minute.<br>
<br>
The Arctic is unravelling. And it's happening faster than anyone
could have imagined just a few decades ago. Northern Siberia and the
Canadian Arctic are now warming three times faster than the rest of
the world. In the past decade, Arctic temperatures have increased by
nearly 1C. If greenhouse gas emissions stay on the same trajectory,
we can expect the north to have warmed by 4C year-round by the
middle of the century...<br>
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The Arctic of the past is already gone. Following our current
climate trajectory, it will be impossible to return to the
conditions we saw just three decades ago. Yet many experts believe
there's still time to act, to preserve what once was, if the world
comes together to prevent further harm and conserve what remains of
this unique and fragile ecosystem.<br>
<br>
Gloria Dickie<br>
Tue 13 Oct 2020 <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/oct/13/arctic-ice-melting-climate-change-global-warming">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/oct/13/arctic-ice-melting-climate-change-global-warming</a><br>
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<br>
[Digging back into the internet news archive]<br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming -
October 14, 2013 </b></font><br>
In an editorial, the Baltimore Sun declares:<br>
<blockquote>"The latest analysis produced by the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), compiled by hundreds of scientists
and dozens of authors from around the globe, shows that climate
change is real, it's largely caused by man, and it's the greatest
environmental threat we face.<br>
<br>
"That's not alarmism, it's reality. Of course, know-nothing
deniers will be as dismissive of the IPCC findings as they've been
of similar reports in the past. That the IPCC is under the
auspices of the United Nations will be used to stir up
nationalistic suspicions. That climate change policy is highly
inconvenient for the fossil fuel industries will cause the big
coal and oil companies to continue their disinformation campaigns.<br>
<br>
"None of which changes the reality that climate change poses a
serious threat, and as the evidence mounts, it's actually become
easier to distinguish these basic changes in the ecosystem from
the normal ups and downs of weather. No one super storm or drought
or tornado is traceable to global warming, of course, but the data
are simply too overwhelming to ignore. Each of the last three
decades has proven successively warmer than the previous. Any
recent slowing of that trend or plateau, as the report notes, has
more to do with variables such as volcanic activity and the solar
cycle over the last five years than it does the build-up of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere."<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-10-14/news/bs-ed-climate-20131014_1_ipcc-report-climate-change-intergovernmental-panel">http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-10-14/news/bs-ed-climate-20131014_1_ipcc-report-climate-change-intergovernmental-panel</a><br>
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