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<p><font size="+2"><i><b>September 17, 2021</b></i></font></p>
<i>[</i><i>a subpoena would work better]</i><br>
<b>House Panel Expands Inquiry Into Climate Disinformation by Oil
Giants</b><br>
Executives from Exxon, Shell, BP and others are being called to
testify in Congress next month after a secret recording this year
exposed an Exxon official boasting of such efforts.<br>
In letters sent to the industry executives Thursday morning, the
committee also requested information, including internal documents
and emails on climate policy going back to 2015, related to the
companies’ and groups’ efforts to undermine climate policy.<br>
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Industry lobbyists have been working to influence climate provisions
in two key pieces of legislation, the $3.5 trillion budget bill and
$1 trillion infrastructure bill. And after lobbying by groups
including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the House Ways and Means
Committee unveiled a draft tax overhaul this week that protects
fossil fuel subsidies, rebuffing calls by President Biden to get rid
of the incentives, which amount to tens of billions of dollars a
year.<br>
<br>
“Part of the timing of this is to make sure that they know they’re
under a magnifying glass when it comes to any engagement, and
running interference, with the climate agenda of Congress and the
Senate,” Mr. Khanna said...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/climate/exxon-oil-disinformation-house-probe.html?searchResultPosition=1">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/climate/exxon-oil-disinformation-house-probe.html?searchResultPosition=1</a>
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<i>[Congressional press release]</i><br>
<b>Oversight Committee Launches Investigation of Fossil Fuel
Industry Disinformation on Climate Crisis</b><br>
Sep 16, 2021 Press Release<br>
Chairs Maloney, Khanna Invite Top Fossil Fuel Executives to Testify
at Hearing<br>
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<b>“We are deeply concerned that the fossil fuel industry has reaped
massive profits for decades while contributing to climate change
that is devastating American communities, costing taxpayers
billions of dollars, and ravaging the natural world,” the Chairs
wrote. “We are also concerned that to protect those profits, the
industry has reportedly led a coordinated effort to spread
disinformation to mislead the public and prevent crucial action to
address climate change.” </b><br>
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These strategies of obfuscation and distraction span decades and
still continue today. Between 2015 and 2018, the five largest
publicly traded oil and gas companies reportedly spent $1 billion to
promote climate disinformation through “branding and lobbying.”<br>
The Committee requests that the recipients product documents and
communications by September 30, 2021, related to their
organization’s role in supporting disinformation and misleading the
public to prevent action on the climate crisis... <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-committee-launches-investigation-of-fossil-fuel-industry">https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-committee-launches-investigation-of-fossil-fuel-industry</a><br>
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<i>[NPR radio report]</i><br>
<b>A Single Fire Killed Thousands Of Sequoias. Scientists Are Racing
To Save The Rest</b><br>
September 17, 2021<br>
Heard on Morning Edition<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.npr.org/2021/09/17/1037914390/giant-sequoia-national-park-wildfire-climate-change">https://www.npr.org/2021/09/17/1037914390/giant-sequoia-national-park-wildfire-climate-change</a><br>
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<p><i>[Bloomberg video warns of climate anxiety]</i><br>
<b>Bloomberg Quicktake "Take Focus" Full Show 09/16/21</b><br>
Live from New York, this is news for the new media. Watch global
stories and go deeper with original shows on business, technology,
politics, and culture. (Source: Bloomberg)<br>
September 16th, 2021, 8:41 AM PDT<br>
<i>["Things will get worse, before they can get better"]</i><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-09-16/bloomberg-quicktake-take-focus-full-show-09-16-21-video">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-09-16/bloomberg-quicktake-take-focus-full-show-09-16-21-video</a><br>
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<i>[talk with friends and family, get advice, get council, get
therapy]</i><br>
<b>Mental Health Could Be the Next Casualty of Global Warming</b><br>
Cyclones, wildfires, floods and the knowledge they’ll get worse are
fueling a rising tide of anxiety. Therapists are trying to cope.<br>
By Daniela Sirtori-Cortina<br>
September 16, 2021<br>
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“I just realized, OK, this is as good as it will ever be—not because
we can’t do anything to make things better, but because we just
won’t,” said Felts, 43, who works in financial services and now
lives near Atlanta. “It makes you feel like, ‘hey, the apocalypse is
starting.’”<br>
She’s not alone. More people are finding it hard to cope with a
growing sense that governments and businesses won’t do enough to
slow global warming. To make matters worse, there’s the knowledge
that even if humanity suddenly unified in a historic shift to
renewable energy, it’s too late to avoid the grim consequences
already baked in...<br>
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But while the pandemic may recede in the coming months or years, the
atmospheric changes wrought by burning fossil fuels will remain for
a long time to come. As this reality dawns on more people, mental
health professionals all over the world find themselves racing to
develop strategies to help them deal with the fallout, knowing it’s
a phenomenon that may someday affect almost everyone....<br>
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But while the pandemic may recede in the coming months or years, the
atmospheric changes wrought by burning fossil fuels will remain for
a long time to come. As this reality dawns on more people, mental
health professionals all over the world find themselves racing to
develop strategies to help them deal with the fallout, knowing it’s
a phenomenon that may someday affect almost everyone...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-16/mental-health-could-be-the-next-global-casualty-of-climate-change">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-16/mental-health-could-be-the-next-global-casualty-of-climate-change</a><br>
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<i>[Ambitious artist's blog - visuals in digital display]</i><br>
<b>There is no Saving a World Which is Bent on Destroying Itself - A
Complete Index to Climate Destruction</b><br>
This series examines the world not from the idea that we can stop
climate change, but that it is already too late to stop it. It is a
hard look at our world through surrealism and destruction. I hope
that it makes you think.<br>
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On each image page you will also find the developmental process for
how the final image was created. For artists who work with digital
art, it will help you to understand the process better.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://blog.immortalartist.com/2021/05/nosaving.html">https://blog.immortalartist.com/2021/05/nosaving.html</a>
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[video talk from an astronomer]<br>
<b>CO2 Spike 55 Million Years Ago Had an Interesting Effect on Our
Planet</b><br>
Sep 16, 2021<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7uPNLKJnE8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7uPNLKJnE8</a><br>
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<i>[The news archive - looking back]</i><br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming
September 17, 2011</b></font><br>
September 17, 2011:<br>
The Occupy Wall Street movement begins in New York City. Writer
Naomi Klein would later credit OWS for prompting a delay of the
Obama administration's final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://youtu.be/MJ8CoxnjjZg">http://youtu.be/MJ8CoxnjjZg</a><br>
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