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<font size="+2"><i><b>September 12, 2021</b></i></font><br>
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<i>["We have already landed on a new planet"...At the Writers'
Conference -- The speed of our disorientation and the brink of
catastrophe]</i><br>
<b>THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH: LIFE AFTER WARMING - David Wallace-Wells</b><br>
Jul 20, 2021<br>
Sun Valley Writers' Conference<br>
Writing about climate change can be challenging, especially if the
desire is to raise serious alarm but offer some solutions and hope.
No one has done that better than DAVID WALLACE-WELLS, whose recent
book, The Uninhabitable Earth, has been called “this generation’s
Silent Spring.” He alerts us to the human effects on our planet, the
ways that environmental damage is transforming nature, influencing
global politics, threatening capitalism and, indeed, human progress.
But—as the author will explain—his book is also an impassioned call
to action. For just as the world was brought to the brink of
catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to
avoid it now belongs to a single generation—today’s. Guiding us
forward, Wallace-Wells will also lay out some of the dramatic
actions we could take to build a livable, prosperous world in the
age of global warming.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrFhFz2EQfE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrFhFz2EQfE</a><br>
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<i>[Interview about a counter-attack on the source of danger -- on
the battlefield of misinformation]</i><br>
<b>‘We’re going after creatives that greenwash fossil fuels’: the
group targeting ad agencies</b><br>
Jocelyn Timperley<br>
Jamie Henn, the founder of Fossil Fuel Free Media, on how
advertising agencies help legitimise the fossil fuel industry<br>
Sat 11 Sep 2021<br>
Jamie Henn, a co-founder of the climate group 350.org, had for a
long time noticed a gap in climate advocacy that many had
overlooked: while the fossil fuel industry pours money into ad
campaigns, much of the climate movement simply doesn’t have the
resources to do that work.<br>
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Inspired to change that, Henn launched Fossil Free Media to give
public relations and communications support to grassroots groups
taking on the fossil fuel industry and campaigning for climate
justice.<br>
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Fossil Free Media is also trying to change the wider PR and
advertising industry through its Clean Creatives campaign,
pressuring agencies to break their ties with the fossil fuel
industry...<br>
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Many agencies have already pledged not to work with tobacco
companies. Fossil fuels kill more people than cigarettes each year,
so if you’re going to draw a red line on smoking, you should
certainly do the same on pollution.<br>
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We also have a pledge for individuals within those agencies to
decline future contracts with fossil fuel companies, trade
associations or front groups, because we know that a lot of people
who work in huge multinational conglomerates would not be able to
get their entire agency to switch overnight. We want to build a
movement within the industry of individual creatives and
freelancers.<br>
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Then, finally, we have a pledge for clients. We know that one of the
ways to move a big ad agency is to get their top clients, who may
care deeply about sustainability and see it as part of their
business plan, to really send the signal that they don’t want to
work with an agency that is also working with fossil fuels.<br>
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But these ads are political propaganda designed explicitly to try to
block the type of real action that we need. Oil companies are trying
to act as if they’re on top of the problem, they’re dealing with it,
they care, so that they can avoid the type of public pressure and
ultimately political regulation that would truly force them to
change at the pace that we need them to.<br>
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The people they need to be working with are the engineers, lawyers
and others who are figuring out how to restructure these companies
to be part of the clean energy economy. Not PR and ad people who
figure out how to make them look good while they’re continuing to
pollute the planet.<br>
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We are in the era of true climate greenwashing. We’re seeing these
companies pretend that they’re part of the solution. And I think
it’s so important for the next decade for people to not believe the
problem is solved when they hear oil companies saying they care
about the climate crisis but instead to ask: are you still drilling
for oil? Or, have you developed a new business plan?<br>
<b>What are the most effective things that companies can do about
the climate crisis?</b><br>
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One is really committing to a clear zero emissions plan, not just
net zero. Making sure that they are going to be compliant with the
Paris climate agreement and have a plan to transition over the next
decade is essential.<br>
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But just as important is getting involved in political pressure.
Supporting grassroots advocates, where companies can, but also
really getting involved in the political process is really
important.<br>
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We’ve heard time and again from senators, including the Rhode Island
senator Sheldon Whitehouse, that they’re not seeing Apple, Google or
Facebook put any lobbying muscle behind the fight against climate
change, despite all their grandiose statements on climate action.<br>
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Specifically for Clean Creatives, people should call up their
advertising and PR shop and ask them if they’re working with fossil
fuel companies. That doesn’t mean you have to drop them tomorrow, we
understand that there are contracts and people have pre-existing
relationships. But what we want to do is really spark that
conversation.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/11/greenwash-fossil-fuels-ad-agencies">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/11/greenwash-fossil-fuels-ad-agencies</a><br>
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<i>[This organization acts to break up misinformation ]</i><br>
<b>Together We Can End Fossil Fuels</b><br>
Fossil Free Media is a nonprofit media lab that supports the
movement to end fossil fuels and address the climate emergency. <br>
<b>Fossil Free Media:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://fossilfree.media">https://fossilfree.media</a><br>
Fossil Free Media is a nonprofit media lab that supports the
movement to end fossil fuels and address the climate emergency.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://fossilfree.media/">https://fossilfree.media/</a><br>
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<i>[BBC explains talks]</i><br>
<b>Glasgow climate change summit faces huge challenges - BBC News</b><br>
Sep 6, 2021<br>
BBC News<br>
10.7M subscribers<br>
Key global climate talks will be be hosted by the UK in Glasgow in
November 2021. <br>
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Campaigners for action on global warming say the summit will need to
agree tough and radical reductions in carbon emissions if they are
to limit the worst effects climate change.<br>
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So what are the main challenges facing those trying to forge a new
agreement at the talks? <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKiNfHaWvH4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKiNfHaWvH4</a><br>
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<i>[Moose and people and of course it is global warming]</i><br>
<b>What’s killing Minnesota’s moose?</b><br>
Sep 9, 2021<br>
Vox<br>
And what it would mean to lose the moose.<br>
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The Anishnaabe, or Ojibwe, have lived on the land we now call
Minnesota since long before European settlers arrived. For as long
as they can remember, their lives have been intertwined with that of
the moose. It’s more than a source of food — it’s also a way of
staying in touch with their ancestors, who carved game pieces from
the antlers, fashioned elaborate clothing from the hides, and used
the hair to embroider intricate designs on everything from stockings
to cradleboards. <br>
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But this relationship between the Anishnaabe and the moose is in
danger. The population has been in freefall for the past two
decades. We joined a group of scientists as they set out to unravel
the mystery, in the hopes that this generation of Anishnaabe won’t
be the last to thrive alongside the moose.<br>
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Note: A previous version of this video was mistakenly published with
a graphical error. The error was corrected and a new version was
published.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3mazk5j8Sg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3mazk5j8Sg</a><br>
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<i>[Great images of melting permafrost... video from Russia]</i><br>
<b>The Big Thaw: Russia's disappearing permafrost</b><br>
Jul 21, 2021<br>
Sky News<br>
Expanses of Russia's permafrost in the Arctic Circle is thawing -
revealing fascinating prehistory<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4kD9FYXlWk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4kD9FYXlWk</a><br>
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<i>[Radio Ecoshock video is boring to view, interesting to hear]</i><br>
<b>Abrupt Climate Change Is Possible - Sune O. Rasmussen on Radio
Ecoshock</b><br>
May 5, 2021<br>
Alex Smith<br>
Abrupt climate change: unimaginable changes in less than a
lifetime. From Copenhagen Dr. Sune Olander Rasmussen explains the
risks. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M8BF9wmBrw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M8BF9wmBrw</a><br>
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[Global risks]<br>
<b>Imperial Climate X Change Tipping Points: Looming Non-linearities
in the Climate System</b><br>
Jul 14, 2021<br>
University of Exeter<br>
Imperial Climate X Change Seminar: Tipping Points: Looming
Non-linearities in the Climate System.<br>
What is a tipping point? Why are they important? Are they connected
to one another? Will we find out in time before we cross one? <br>
Professor Tim Lenton, expert on tipping points and Director of the
Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter to explain
everything there is to know about tipping points!<br>
Date: 7/5/2021<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haG2S0B0aNU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haG2S0B0aNU</a><br>
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</i><i> [The news archive - looking back]</i><br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming
September 12, 2007</b></font><br>
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September 12, 2007: US District Judge William Sessions III issues a
240-page decision upholding Vermont's right to regulate greenhouse
gas emissions from vehicles. <br>
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href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/12/AR2007091202391.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/12/AR2007091202391.html</a><br>
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