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<p><font size="+2"><i><b>October 25, 2021</b></i></font><br>
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<i>[ one then another ]</i><br>
<b>A Bomb Cyclone Has Merged With an 'Atmospheric River' to Batter
California</b><br>
The term "bomb cyclone" refers to the rapid intensification process
– "bombogenesis" – that forms it. Such storms occur when pressure in
the central region of the storm descend by at least 24 millibars (an
atmospheric pressure measurement) in 24 hours, according to the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). <br>
<br>
The bomb cyclone has merged with a Category 5 "atmospheric river" –
giant flowing trains of moist air in the sky.<br>
<br>
Atmospheric rivers, like hurricanes and tornadoes, are rated based
on their potential for damage; a Category 5 is the strongest, or
"most hazardous," bringing the chance for gusty winds, flooding,
debris flow and mudslides, according to the California Department of
Water Resources.<br>
<br>
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Sacramento issued numerous
warnings on Sunday (Oct. 24) concerning extreme rainfall, flooding
and debris flows. In some regions, rainfall may reach into the
double digits in inches.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.sciencealert.com/a-bomb-cyclone-had-merged-with-an-atmospheric-river-to-batter-california">https://www.sciencealert.com/a-bomb-cyclone-had-merged-with-an-atmospheric-river-to-batter-california</a><br>
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<i>[ climate changes happening ]</i><br>
<b>Longer, more frequent outages afflict the U.S. power grid as
states fail to prepare for climate change</b><br>
State officials are reluctant to ask ratepayers to foot the bill for
investments experts say are needed to fortify the grid against
increasingly severe weather<br>
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Across the nation, severe weather fueled by climate change is
pushing aging electrical systems past their limits, often with
deadly results. Last year, the average American home endured more
than eight hours without power, according to the U.S. Energy
Information Administration — more than double the outage time five
years ago.<br>
This year alone, a wave of abnormally severe winter storms caused a
disastrous power failure in Texas, leaving millions of homes in the
dark, sometimes for days, and at least 200 dead. Power outages
caused by Hurricane Ida contributed to at least 14 deaths in
Louisiana, as some of the poorest parts of the state suffered
through weeks of 90-degree heat without air conditioning.<br>
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As storms grow fiercer and more frequent, environmental groups are
pushing states to completely reimagine the electrical grid,
incorporating more batteries, renewable energy sources and localized
systems known as “microgrids,” which they say could reduce the
incidence of wide-scale outages. Utility companies have proposed
their own storm-proofing measures, including burying power lines
underground...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/24/climate-change-power-outages/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/24/climate-change-power-outages/</a><br>
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<i>[ another positive innovation - video description ]</i><br>
<b>Carbon Free Steel becomes a reality at Volvo and Mercedes Benz.</b><br>
Oct 24, 2021<br>
Just Have a Think<br>
Steelmaking is currently extremely carbon intensive, accounting for
about 7% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. As we continue to
use ever more steel for new infrastructure around the world, the
task of decarbonising the industry is growing ever more urgent.
Hydrogen can now perform that task and Volvo has just taken delivery
of the first consignment of carbon-free <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZdX5Hhk9r0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZdX5Hhk9r0</a><br>
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<i>[ Home power for less than $3K, easy do-it-yourself solar power,
from a smart, trusted young man ]</i><br>
<b>Beginner And Budget Friendly DIY Solar Power System! Anyone can
build this!</b><br>
Oct 24, 2021<br>
DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse<br>
[ See the site for the links to products. ]<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adFGmOlDM-Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adFGmOlDM-Y</a><br>
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<i>[ activism now -- 45 min. - hint -- manually boost your video
resolution ]</i><br>
<b>Day 10 - Julia Steinberger: Struggle for survival: The importance
of climate activism from the ...</b><br>
Oct 5, 2021<br>
Institut des sciences cognitives - UQAM<br>
ISC 2021 Summer School – Cognitive Challenges of Climate Change
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sites.grenadine.uqam.ca/sites">https://sites.grenadine.uqam.ca/sites</a>...) <br>
Day 10<br>
Talk by Julia Steinberger: Struggle for survival: The importance of
climate activism from the perspectives of political economy and
science communication<br>
MC: Stevan Harnad, Professor of Psychology (cognitive sciences) at
UQAM and at McGill and Professor Emeritus at the University of
Southampton.<br>
<blockquote>Abstract:<br>
Climate activism is crucial for any sustained progress on climate
action. I will discuss this from two systemic perspectives in
social science: political economy and science communication. I
will explore what the terms "fossil capitalism" and "captured
state" mean in reality and for activism, in particular through the
lens of the political economy of dependence on cars. I will build
on this systemic understanding to draw lessons for the role,
potential and necessity of social organizing and activism.<br>
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References:<br>
Pirgmaier, E. and J.K. Steinberger (2019) Roots, Riots, and Radical
Change—A Road Less Travelled for Ecological
Economics. Sustainability 11(7). <br>
Mattioli, M., D. Roberts, J.K. Steinberger and A. Brown (2020) The
political economy of car dependence: a systems of provision
approach. Energy Research and Social Science.<br>
Steinberger, J. K. (2019) A Postmortem for Survival: on science,
failure and action on climate change. Medium.com .<br>
<br>
Bio:<br>
Julia Steinberger is a Professor of Ecological Economics at the
University of Lausanne. From 2011 to 2020, she was an associate
professor in ecological economics at the University of Leeds. Before
she was a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Social Ecology in
Vienna (SEC), where she investigated sustainable cities and the
links between material use and economic performance, held
postdoctoral positions at the Universities of Lausanne and Zurich,
and obtained her PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Her research examines the connections between resource use (energy
and materials, greenhouse gas emissions) and societal performance
(economic activity and human wellbeing).<br>
<br>
She received a Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for her research
project 'Living Well Within Limits' investigating how universal
human well-being might be achieved within planetary boundaries. She
was the Lead Author in working group 3 for the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)6th Assessment Report, contributing to
the report's discussion of climate change mitigation pathways.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/2973tOyZ-TA">https://youtu.be/2973tOyZ-TA</a><br>
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<b>[ pdf file - chart of activism ]</b><br>
<b>So you're ready to take action against climate change...</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://grandgather.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/copy-of-so-youre-ready-to-take-action-against-climate-change1.pdf">https://grandgather.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/copy-of-so-youre-ready-to-take-action-against-climate-change1.pdf</a><br>
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<b>[ Hearing for a second time, this seems most sensible. Calmly
spoken radical statement - YouTube video]</b><br>
<b>How We End Climate Imperialism</b><br>
Oct 22, 2021<br>
Our Changing Climate<br>
This is how we end climate imperialism through climate debt. <br>
<br>
In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at
how we end climate imperialism through climate debt. With COP 26 on
our doorstep, it's more important than ever to talk about climate
debt and climate imperialism. Climate debt is a concept developed to
reveal the unequal relationship between Global North (the imperial
core) and the Global South (the imperial periphery) caused by
centuries of imperialism, colonialism, and climate change. Climate
debt demands countries in the imperial core pay reparations for the
damage they've done to people, atmosphere and planet. For countless
COPs countries in the imperial periphery have pushed for repayment
of climate debts, but have been rebuffed over and over. In part,
this is why The World People's Conference on Climate Change and the
Rights of Mother Earth took place in Cochabamba in 2010. Indeed, the
People's Agreement that came out of the Cochabamba People's
Conference highlights climate debt as an essential tool in the fight
to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis.<br>
<blockquote>Timestamps:<br>
0:00 - Intro<br>
1:08 - What Is Climate Debt?<br>
4:12 - Who Is Responsible?<br>
7:15 - How to Repay a Climate Debt<br>
9:39 - Support OCC on Patreon<br>
10:31 - Outro<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shQEaJNvsoE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shQEaJNvsoE</a><br>
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<i>[ important advice - text posting from NPR ]</i><br>
<b>Anxiety from climate change isn't going away. Here's how you can
manage it</b><br>
October 23, 2021<br>
JULIA SIMON - CLARE MARIE SCHNEIDER<br>
Tens of thousands of Americans are already experiencing the climate
crisis. They've lost their homes, their pets and their loved ones.<br>
<br>
But even if you haven't yet experienced profound harm, you may still
be feeling the stress of the crisis. Maybe you don't have AC and had
to move in with a friend during the last heatwave. Maybe you check
the air quality every day because of wildfire smoke. Or maybe you
were driving through the last big rainstorm and were worried you
would get swept away with your car.<br>
<br>
Phoenix Smith is an ecotherapist who works with anxiety related to
climate change. They say that climate change emotions can feel like
grieving.<br>
"It can be denial at first, and then you may have some fear and
anger and then sadness," they say.<br>
<br>
These feelings also manifest physically.<br>
<br>
"When you're in the fight-or-flight mode, you're grinding your
teeth," Smith says. "You're holding your body tight."<br>
<br>
This is climate anxiety — all the ways the climate crisis affects
how we think and feel.<br>
<br>
These feelings aren't going away, but here are five ways to
recognize them, sit with them and use them. We'll give you tools to
build up resilience and deal with these feelings through the coming
decades.<br>
Let yourself feel the feelings — all of them<br>
Smith lives in California, and they've witnessed the state's
decades-long drought, made worse by climate change. "It's not like,
'Oh, when things get back to normal.' There's no 'normal' to get
back to," says Smith.<br>
Smith says when you really sit with that degree of loss, you may
feel fear or despair. Those feelings are a normal response to this
crisis, they say, and you can't just inject optimism and brush aside
your negative feelings.<br>
<br>
"We are all going to be uncomfortable," Smith says. "So I'm not
going to tell you. 'Do this! do that!' No, we all are going to have
to learn and find tools to learn to sit with the discomfort."<br>
<br>
So first just let yourself feel all the feelings. They are complex
and intense, but only by recognizing them can you begin to address
them.<br>
Find a way to reset and calm your central nervous system<br>
Britt Wray is the author of Gen Dread, a newsletter about staying
sane and finding purpose in the climate crisis. She says climate
change opens up a world of uncertainty, and our brains don't like
that.<br>
<br>
"What often happens with climate emotions is that they can push us
out of what's called our window of tolerance," Wray says.<br>
<br>
The window of tolerance is the "nice zone."<br>
Wray says this is the place where "life feels like smooth sailing.
We can be our best selves. We can judge the future and make
decisions in the present."<br>
But the uncertainty of the climate crisis throws us out of that
window, and we can find ourselves unmoored. So Wray says it helps to
find tools to engage with the present.<br>
<br>
"Mindfulness practices, as well as meditation, can be very effective
for just grounding oneself in the present moment, bringing you back
to baseline when you might otherwise be spiraling," Wray says.<br>
<br>
Breathing exercises also help get your nervous system in order, says
Smith. So does getting outside — even if it's just going out on your
porch — or going to the park or on a hike.<br>
<br>
Smith says being in nature "has the impact of calming your central
nervous system so you can find a way to kind of reset."<br>
Find someone to talk to, and we don't just mean a therapist<br>
Maybe you can reset on your own, but you may need to talk to
someone.<br>
<br>
If you can find a therapist, look out for something called
climate-aware therapy. Wray says these therapists won't tell you
that feeling despair about the climate crisis means you're engaging
in catastrophic thinking.<br>
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"Instead, they validate it as a normal, reasonable, and totally
understandable stress response to what is an unfolding existential
threat."<br>
<br>
But if you are part of the majority of Americans who don't have
access to professional therapists, reach out to your friends, family
or neighbors. You may find that these feelings are much more common
in your circle than you previously realized.<br>
<br>
It's important to recognize, though, that for some of the people in
your life, it may be too tough for them to talk about the climate
crisis.<br>
<br>
"What will often happen is that you provoke their anxiety by talking
about it truthfully, face on," says Wray. If their response is to
dismiss you, "that definitely leaves people feeling more alienated
and isolated."<br>
That's why Wray suggests going online to find communities of other
folks experiencing climate emotions. She suggests online climate
cafes.<br>
<br>
"[These are] places that you can just hop onto virtually and for an
evening, talk openly, vulnerably and say, 'You know, I'm feeling
this way. I'm dealing with a lot of despair. I don't really know
what to do. How about you?'"<br>
<br>
She says engaging with these online communities can be a way to
build solidarity and to think of creative ideas to tackle these
climate feelings together.<br>
<br>
<b>Channel your feelings to connect with others</b><br>
One of the feelings that may come up with the climate crisis is
numbness.<br>
<br>
"Eco anxiety can often lead people towards paralysis," says Wray.
"The sense that the hopelessness is so immense that they start
concluding that there's nothing to be done."<br>
<br>
You don't have to disavow these more hopeless emotions, but Wray
says you can tap into other more energizing feelings too. "Other
forms of emotion that can be really motivating, like anger at the
injustice, rage at the fact that we're in the situation."<br>
There have been major institutional failures that have caused
climate change. If that makes you furious, Wray says you can use
that rage as a starting point to taking action.<br>
<br>
"It's something that a lot of leaders in the climate space rely on
as an activating emotion," she says.<br>
<br>
Smith says connecting with others may look like getting involved in
politics related to climate change legislation or activism around
environmental justice.<br>
<br>
Maybe that means helping people in your community who are dealing
with high food prices or unaffordable housing. She suggests signing
up for a mutual aid network to do things like deliver groceries to
those in need.<br>
<br>
Building connections can also involve thinking about the past. In
her ecotherapy workshops, Smith says she started asking people about
family practices related to nature. People would remember things
like their grandmother growing a certain plant or a family camping
trip.<br>
<br>
Remembering and recreating family traditions, especially around
nature, can be a healing way to deal with fear around the climate
crisis, Smith says.<br>
<br>
"Creating family rituals, remembering your ancestors and bringing
that in is a very healing and generative way to deal with the fear
around all the changes [that] are happening," she says.<br>
<br>
You may end up thinking about mortality, and that's not necessarily
a bad thing<br>
"It's really hard to talk about the climate crisis without it
becoming a conversation about death," Wray says with a chuckle.<br>
<br>
"I live in a canyon, in a mountain. There's drought everywhere," she
says. "I'm very aware that there could be fires at any time."<br>
<br>
Wray says she probably won't live in this canyon forever, but she
appreciates being there now and embracing the quality of the moment.<br>
"The beauty of those mountain lions and bobcats on the street,
there's little migrating newts and all these cool things. But who
knows how long that's going to be around for? I'm not particularly
sure," says Wray.<br>
<br>
She says she's adopted that mortality-aware perspective for all of
life, and she thinks there's something healthy in that.<br>
<br>
Smith says that thinking about climate change brings up questions,
like "Is this the life that you want to live, and this is the life
you want to pass on to your children?"<br>
<br>
These are big questions, she admits. But they're the most important
ones, Smith says, and the answers are worth pursuing.<br>
<br>
"You're not going to find it in a training or in a sound bite or on
the interweb," Smith says, "That's within you."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.npr.org/2021/10/23/1047753592/anxiety-from-climate-change-isnt-going-away-heres-how-you-can-manage-it">https://www.npr.org/2021/10/23/1047753592/anxiety-from-climate-change-isnt-going-away-heres-how-you-can-manage-it</a><br>
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<i>[ 23 minute audio, text and transcript ]</i><br>
<b>How To Talk To Kids About Climate Change</b><br>
Life Kit<br>
October 24, 2019<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510338/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/npr/lifekit/2019/10/20191031_lifekit_life_kit_climate_change__-_final_updated_trax-33dc6ac4-4ae7-4e0a-a6d1-659d4fece669.mp3?d=1384&size=22098672&e=772266241&t=podcast&p=510338&awEpisodeId=772266241&awCollectionId=510338&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer">https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510338/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/npr/lifekit/2019/10/20191031_lifekit_life_kit_climate_change__-_final_updated_trax-33dc6ac4-4ae7-4e0a-a6d1-659d4fece669.mp3?d=1384&size=22098672&e=772266241&t=podcast&p=510338&awEpisodeId=772266241&awCollectionId=510338&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.npr.org/transcripts/772266241">https://www.npr.org/transcripts/772266241</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.npr.org/2019/10/22/772266241/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-climate-change">https://www.npr.org/2019/10/22/772266241/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-climate-change</a><br>
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<i>[ DW documentary on Science Disinformation ]</i><br>
<i> </i><b>Fact vs. fake - why don’t we trust science any more? |
DW Documentary</b><br>
Oct 22, 2021<br>
DW Documentary<br>
Asbestos, climate change, 5G, coronavirus - the public is caught in
a battle for the truth. Science is being manipulated and undermined
to sway opinion and create doubt. What are the mechanisms behind it
all?<br>
<br>
Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and widely
shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly challenged.<br>
<br>
It’s no longer surprising to see private corporations put strategies
in place to confuse public debate and paralyze political
decision-making. Why did it take decades to classify tobacco as
harmful? Why do people still deny human involvement in climate
change? Overwhelmed by an excess of information, how can we, as
citizens, sort out fact from fiction?<br>
<br>
One by one, this film dismantles the machinations that aim to turn
science against itself.<br>
With the help of declassified archives and testimonies from experts,
lobbyists and politicians, this investigation plunges us into the
science of doubt. Along with a team of experts, including
philosophers, economists, cognitive scientists, politicians, and
scholars, we explore concrete examples of how doubt can be sown, and
try to understand the process.<br>
#documentary #science #conspiracies #freedocumentary <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frCIYEyURV0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frCIYEyURV0</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
October 25, 2014</b></font><br>
October 25, 2014: The New York Times reports:<br>
<blockquote>"While politicians are increasingly willing to include
environmental messages in their campaigns, many at the national
level still steer clear of the politically charged topic of
climate change. But in communities across the country where the
effects are lapping at the doorsteps of residents, pragmatism
often trumps politics, and candidates as well as elected officials
across the political spectrum are embracing the issue.<br>
<br>
"Some local Republican officials in Florida and elsewhere say they
can no longer follow the lead of state and national party leaders
like Senator Marco Rubio and Gov. Rick Scott, who have publicly
questioned whether human activity has had an effect on climate
change. (Though both have recently taken a more vague 'I’m not a
scientist' stance.) The Center for American Progress Action Fund,
a left-leaning advocacy group in Washington, tracks the statements
of American political figures on climate change and reports that
more than 58 percent of Republicans in Congress have denied a link
between human activity and global warming.<br>
<br>
"But in the Florida Keys, George Neugent, a Republican county
commissioner, said that while people might disagree about what to
do about climate change, the effects of flooding and hurricanes
were less ambiguous. 'Clearly rising tides are going to affect
us,' he said."<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/science/pragmatism-on-climate-change-trumps-politics-at-local-level-across-us.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/science/pragmatism-on-climate-change-trumps-politics-at-local-level-across-us.html</a><br>
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