<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<p><i><font size="+1"><b>June 4, 2021</b></font></i></p>
[news from the information battleground]<br>
<b>Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban</b><br>
Going forward politicians will be treated more like everyone else<br>
<blockquote>The hands-off policy for political speech faced intense
blowback when Trump used Facebook to stoke division after the
murder of George Floyd and later praised his supporters as they
attempted a violent insurrection at the US Capitol in January. And
in India, Facebook’s largest country by users, the company has
come under fire for not taking action against violent comments
made by members of the ruling party. Under the new policy for
politicians, Facebook could still use its newsworthiness exemption
to leave up a post that would otherwise be taken down. But it will
commit to disclosing when it does so...<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/3/22474738/facebook-ending-political-figure-exemption-moderation-policy">https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/3/22474738/facebook-ending-political-figure-exemption-moderation-policy</a><br>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
[Yale opinion research]<br>
<b>Republican Support for Clean Energy is Dropping</b><br>
More significantly, however, while Democrats continue to say
developing sources of clean energy should be a high or very high
priority for the president and Congress, Republican prioritization
of clean energy has dropped dramatically since November 2019.<br>
For example, most Democrats think global warming should be a high or
very high priority for the president and Congress, while relatively
few Republicans agree.<br>
more at -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/politics-global-warming-march-2021/2/">https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/politics-global-warming-march-2021/2/</a>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<br>
[recent history of lethal heatwaves]<b><br>
</b><b> </b><b>Doctors, healthcare workers sound alarm over health
risks of climate change</b><br>
“Patients come with a host of factors that impact their health, like
the food they eat, the houses they live in and the air they
breathe," Dr. Issa said. “I’m seeing children with 10 percent
reduced lung capacity. If we’re truly to address their health we
also have to tackle the air they breathe. If we don’t want to have
to treat kids with worsening lung capacity and heatstroke, then we
need to take action now.”<br>
<br>
Dr. Issa’s findings in her clinical practice are backed up by
scientific data.<br>
<br>
Results from a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate
Change showed that more than a third of heat-related deaths around
the world from 1991 to 2018 were the result of human-induced global
warming. More than 43 countries in the study recorded heat levels
higher than the optimal temperature for human health.<br>
<br>
Researchers also found that the health impacts of climate change
were already being felt. Despite Covid-19 lockdowns, which saw a
global fall in pollution levels last year, global temperatures still
rose to 1.2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels, edging close to
the 1.5°C maximum benchmark set by the world’s nations.<br>
<br>
The shock of the Covid-19 pandemic illustrated that there is a
public health issue that “doesn’t respect national boundaries, or
care if you’re rich or poor”, said Dr. Issa, adding that she
believed the crisis helped the health aspect of climate change break
into the mainstream.<br>
<br>
While she understands that activism is not for all doctors, Dr. Issa
believes that “medicine is inherently political”...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20210603-doctors-healthcare-workers-sound-the-alarm-over-health-risks-of-climate-change">https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20210603-doctors-healthcare-workers-sound-the-alarm-over-health-risks-of-climate-change</a><br>
<br>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<br>
[Be Prepared]<b><br>
</b> <b>What you can do to prepare for wildfire smoke this summer</b><br>
AuthorBill GabbertPosted onMay 31,
2021CategoriesUncategorizedTagsair filter, air quality, smoke<br>
Certain type of air cleaners and masks can be helpful<br>
<br>
In August and September of last year some areas in the western
states were under smoke advisories for weeks at a time due to
numerous wildfires. If the weather in the coming months is hot, dry,
and windy, and with the vegetation being dried by the multi-year
drought, there could be multitudinous large fires producing
conditions at least as smoky as 2020, or worse.<br>
<br>
Smoke can have serious adverse effects on those who have asthma,
COPD, heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic conditions or acute
infections such as COVID-19. Older people, pregnant women, and
young children can also be at risk.<br>
<br>
It is not practical for most of us to move to a different part of
the country to find better air quality, but there are some measures
that can be taken to reduce the concentration of the tiny smoke
particles inside the home that can cause problems when they get into
the lungs.<br>
<br>
Closing windows will not keep smoke out of a structure. However, if
you have a good quality air filtration device, the air inside the
house should be better than what is outside with the windows closed.
When the smoke is dense, it would be difficult for one portable air
cleaner with a HEPA filter to treat the entire home, so if you only
have one, put it where you spend the most time, such as the bedroom.<br>
<br>
If you have a central air conditioner or heating system, slide-in
filters can be purchased that are rated to remove very small
particles like smoke and pollen. Filters are rated under various
criteria — one is MERV (Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value). The
higher the MERV number the better it is at removing the small
particles. And medium-efficiency MERV filters in the 8 to 13 range
can remove about 90 percent or more of these.<br>
<br>
You can also tape a MERV 8 to 13 filter on a box fan and it will do
a pretty good job of removing smoke in a small room. Unfortunately
not all filter manufacturers use the MERV rating system. The New
York Times reports that Filtrete, one of the larger filter
companies, said their rating system, MPR, can be translated to MERV.
“Filtrete said MPR 1900 is equivalent to MERV 13, MPR 1500 to MERV
12, and MPR 1000 to MERV 11.”<br>
<br>
Respirator masks used during the pandemic, such as well-fitting N95,
KN95 and KF94 masks, can offer protection when outside. A simple
cloth mask can’t filter the PM 2.5 smoke particles.<br>
<br>
Apps for smart phones can provide up to date air quality
information. Examples include WeatherCAN and AQHI Canada in Canada,
and AirNow and SmokeSense in the U.S.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wildfiretoday.com/2021/05/31/what-you-can-do-to-prepare-for-wildfire-smoke-this-summer/">https://wildfiretoday.com/2021/05/31/what-you-can-do-to-prepare-for-wildfire-smoke-this-summer/</a><br>
<br>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
[The news archive - looking back]<br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming June
4, 2008</b></font><br>
in a strongly worded editorial, the New York Times calls out the
George W. Bush administration for its scorn of climate science.<br>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>EDITORIAL<br>
The Science of Denial<br>
June 4, 2008<br>
<br>
The Bush administration has worked overtime to manipulate or
conceal scientific evidence and muzzled at least one prominent
scientist to justify its failure to address climate change.<br>
<br>
Its motives were transparent: the less people understood about
the causes and consequences of global warming, the less they
were likely to demand action from their leaders. And its
strategy has been far too successful. Seven years later,
Congress is only beginning to confront the challenge of global
warming.<br>
<br>
The last week has brought further confirmation of the
administration’s cynicism. An internal investigation by NASA’s
inspector general concluded that political appointees in the
agency’s public affairs office had tried to restrict reporters’
access to its leading climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen. He
has warned about climate change for 20 years and has openly
criticized the administration’s refusal to tackle the issue
head-on.<br>
<br>
More broadly, the investigation said that politics played a
heavy role in the office and that it had presented information
about global warming “in a manner that reduced, marginalized or
mischaracterized climate-change science made available to the
general public.”<br>
<br>
Meanwhile, the administration finally agreed, under duress, to
release a Congressionally mandated report on the effects of
climate change on various regions of the United States. Some of
the report’s predictions, like the inevitable loss of coastal
areas to rising seas, were not new. Others were, including
warnings of a potential increase in various food- and
water-borne viruses.<br>
<br>
What was most noteworthy about the latter report was that it
made it to the light of day. A 1990 law requires the president
to give Congress every four years its best assessment of the
likely effects of climate change. The last such assessment was
undertaken by President Clinton and published in 2000. Mr. Bush
not only missed the 2004 deadline but allowed the entire
information-gathering process to wither. Only a court order
handed down last August in response to a lawsuit by public
interest groups forced him to deliver this month.<br>
<br>
This administration long ago secured a special place in history
for bending science to its political ends. One costly result is
that this nation has lost seven years in a struggle in which
time is not on anyone’s side.<br>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/opinion/04wed2.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/opinion/04wed2.html</a>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<p>/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------/</p>
<br>
/Archive of Daily Global Warming News <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="https://pairlist10.pair.net/pipermail/theclimate.vote/2017-October/date.html"
moz-do-not-send="true"><https://pairlist10.pair.net/pipermail/theclimate.vote/2017-October/date.html></a>
/<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://pairlist10.pair.net/pipermail/theclimate.vote"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://pairlist10.pair.net/pipermail/theclimate.vote</a><br>
<br>
/To receive daily mailings - click to Subscribe <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:subscribe@theClimate.Vote?subject=Click%20SEND%20to%20process%20your%20request"
moz-do-not-send="true"><mailto:subscribe@theClimate.Vote?subject=Click%20SEND%20to%20process%20your%20request></a>
to news digest./<br>
<br>
- Privacy and Security:*This mailing is text-only. It does not
carry images or attachments which may originate from remote
servers. A text-only message can provide greater privacy to the
receiver and sender. This is a hobby production curated by Richard
Pauli<br>
By regulation, the .VOTE top-level domain cannot be used for
commercial purposes. Messages have no tracking software.<br>
To subscribe, email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:contact@theclimate.vote" moz-do-not-send="true">contact@theclimate.vote</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:contact@theclimate.vote" moz-do-not-send="true"><mailto:contact@theclimate.vote></a>
with subject subscribe, To Unsubscribe, subject: unsubscribe<br>
Also you may subscribe/unsubscribe at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://pairlist10.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/theclimate.vote"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://pairlist10.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/theclimate.vote</a><br>
Links and headlines assembled and curated by Richard Pauli for <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://TheClimate.Vote"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://TheClimate.Vote</a> <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://TheClimate.Vote/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><http://TheClimate.Vote/></a>
delivering succinct information for citizens and responsible
governments of all levels. List membership is confidential and
records are scrupulously restricted to this mailing list.<br>
<br>
<br>
</body>
</html>