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<font size="+2"><i><b>October 13, 2022</b></i></font><br>
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<i>[ report from the Guardian ] </i><br>
<b>Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since
1970, report reveals</b><br>
Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action,
say world’s leading scientists<br>
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Many scientists believe we are living through the sixth mass
extinction – the largest loss of life on Earth since the time of the
dinosaurs – and that it is being driven by humans. The report’s 89
authors are urging world leaders to reach an ambitious agreement at
the Cop15 biodiversity summit in Canada this December and to slash
carbon emissions to limit global heating to below 1.5C this decade
to halt the rampant destruction of nature.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/almost-70-of-animal-populations-wiped-out-since-1970-report-reveals-aoe">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/almost-70-of-animal-populations-wiped-out-since-1970-report-reveals-aoe</a><br>
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<i>[ WWF report]</i><br>
<b>LIVING PLANET REPORT 2022</b><br>
The Living Planet Report 2022 is a comprehensive study of trends in
global biodiversity and the health of the planet. This flagship WWF
publication reveals an average decline of 69% in species populations
since 1970. While conservation efforts are helping, urgent action is
required if we are to reverse nature loss.<br>
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<b>INTERLINKED EMERGENCIES: CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS</b><br>
The evidence is unequivocal—we are living through the dual crises of
biodiversity loss and climate change driven by the unsustainable use
of our planet’s resources. Scientists are clear: unless we stop
treating these emergencies as two separate issues neither problem
will be addressed effectively.<br>
<br>
<b>OUR BROKEN RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE</b><br>
Climate change and biodiversity loss are not only environmental
issues, but economic, development, security, social, moral, and
ethical issues too. Industrialized countries are responsible for
most environmental degradation but it is developing nations that are
disproportionately impacted by biodiversity loss. We all have a role
to play in building a nature-positive society that safeguards the
planet for the good health of everyone.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://livingplanet.panda.org/en-US/">https://livingplanet.panda.org/en-US/</a>
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<i>[ BBC says Greenland is the biggest source of sea level rise - 3
min+ video ]</i><br>
<b>The impact of climate change on Greenland as the Arctic heats up
- BBC News</b><br>
Oct 12, 2022 Communities in northern Greenland have lived in one of
the world's toughest environments for centuries.<br>
<br>
But temperatures have risen faster in the Arctic region than
elsewhere on earth, and the impact of climate change is being felt
on the local way of life.<br>
<br>
Greenland‘s ice cap is the single biggest contributor to global sea
levels rises and what happens to the ice sheet and glaciers will
impact the rest of the world.<br>
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzm_ZXeHRbY"
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<i>[ Variety news reports on all things entertainment ]</i><br>
<b>Scripted TV and Movies Ignore Climate Change Concerns in
Storytelling</b><br>
Scant mention of environmental crises found in study of more than
37,000 scripts from 2016-2020<br>
By William Earl<br>
A new study from nonprofit environmental firm Good Energy and the
USC Norman Lear Center found few references to climate change and
environmental crises in a survey of more than 37,000 scripts from
2016 to 2020.<br>
<br>
The study aimed to track the level of “climate change
representation” in mainstream scripted entertainment. The data
showed that only 2.8% of 37,453 scripts analyzed used any “climate
change keywords,” while only 0.6% featured the words “climate
change.” Only 10% of stories that depicted “extreme weather events”
tied the occurance to any form of climate change, while a mere 12%
of those tied the problem to the use of fossil fuels.<br>
<br>
CBS and HBO Max were cited as the broadcast and pay TV platforms
with the highest rate of climate change-related scripted content,
with CBS clocking in at 7.5% and HBO Max at 6.4%. That compares with
research indicating that some 40% of Americans live in countries
that have been affected by extreme weather events.<br>
“Right now the vast majority of shows and films are set in an
alternate universe that doesn’t include the<br>
climate crisis. This study shows that audiences are starting to feel
that disconnect,” said Anna Jane<br>
Joyner, founder and director of Good Energy. “That’s why Good Energy
exists – we support<br>
screenwriters in uncovering how characters would authentically
encounter the climate crisis. What’s<br>
exciting is that this process unlocks all kinds of new character
conflicts and story possibilities.”<br>
<br>
The study, “A Glaring Absence: The Climate Crisis is Virtually
Nonexistant in Scripted Entertainment,” asserts that surveys show
that viewers have a growing interest in climate-related stories and
thus it gives Hollywood an incentive to weave stories that address
real-world climate issues like wildfires, flooding, extreme winds,
drought, hurricanes, superstorms and other destructives aspects of
climate change...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/climate-change-cbs-hbo-max-good-energy-usc-norman-lear-1235400598/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://variety.com/2022/film/news/climate-change-cbs-hbo-max-good-energy-usc-norman-lear-1235400598/</a>
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<i>[ Here's the link to the study ]</i><br>
<b>A Glaring Absence</b><b><br>
</b><b>The Climate Crisis is Virtually Nonexistent in Scripted
Entertainment</b><br>
<br>
This groundbreaking report, produced by Good Energy and the USC
Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact Project, is a first-of-its-kind
analysis of 37,453 TV and movie scripts from 2016-2020. Our findings
confirm what we all suspected: there is a glaring absence of climate
change in scripted media.<br>
As the crisis worsens, stories that do not acknowledge climate will
begin to feel divorced from reality. Thus, telling climate stories
is not just good for the planet, it is in the best interests of an
industry that seeks to engage audiences through authentic characters
and narratives.<br>
We studied 37,453 scripted TV episodes and films released between
2016 and 2020, to find out how frequently they featured climate
change, including 36 related keywords.<br>
The biggest takeaway<br>
<br>
<b>PEOPLE WANT TO SEE CLIMATE CHANGE REFLECTED ON-SCREEN</b><br>
Audience members have difficulty recalling any recent climate
portrayals on-screen, positive or negative.<br>
<br>
When we asked people when they last saw a portrayal of climate
change on-screen, by far the most common response was “I don’t know”
(68%), followed by 2004’s The Day After Tomorrow and the Mayan
prophecy disaster film 2012, which was not about climate change.<br>
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href="https://www.goodenergystories.com/offerings/research"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.goodenergystories.com/offerings/research</a><i><br>
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<i>[ The Full Report available as PDF file]</i><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://learcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GlaringAbsence_NormanLearCenter.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://learcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GlaringAbsence_NormanLearCenter.pdf</a><i><br>
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<i> [ from Grist ]</i><br>
<b>Report: World Bank invested nearly $15 billion in fossil fuel
projects despite climate commitment</b><br>
A new report alleges the international finance institution has
failed on its promise to align more closely with the Paris
agreement...<br>
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The report comes from Big Shift Global, a coalition of NGOs that
work to bring transparency to global energy investments, which
analyzed public data from Oil Change International’s Public Finance
for Energy database. It found that net new investments from the
World Bank Group between the fiscal years of 2018 to 2021 amounted
to roughly $14.8 billion. <br>
<br>
“There is no excuse for a new fossil fuel project to be
constructed,” said Elaine Zuckerman, who left the World Bank in the
1990s to hold the group accountable for the gender and climate
impacts of its decisions. Her organization, Gender Action, is a
member of Big Shift Global and a contributor to the report. <br>
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“My view, based on more than 40 years of experience with the World
Bank is that the biggest beneficiary of world bank loans are these
very large corporations — often multinational corporations,” she
said.<br>
<br>
From a strategy standpoint, clean energy projects are better,
cheaper vehicles for job creation than fossil fuel projects, said
Jim Barrett, a energy and environmental economist who consulted with
the World Bank in 2021.<br>
<br>
It’s not a matter of whether or not a fossil fuel investment creates
jobs, he said. “It will no doubt create jobs. The question is, is
there a better, more productive way to invest a million dollars in
developing countries? And the answer is yes.”<br>
<br>
A spokesperson from the World Bank Group told Grist: “We dispute the
findings of the report: it makes inaccurate assumptions about the
World Bank Group’s lending. In fiscal year 2022, the Bank Group
delivered a record $31.7 billion for climate-related investments, to
help communities around the world respond to the climate crisis, and
build a safer and cleaner future.”<br>
<br>
But the report’s authors argue those investments can end up locking
communities and economies into a future dependent on fossil fuels
“at a time when politically, scientifically and in the real world,
the case to divest from fossil fuels and invest in clean renewables
should have been obvious.” Leaders from the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund are expected to meet in Washington,
D.C., this week to discuss a range of investment questions moving
forward.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://grist.org/economics/report-world-bank-invested-nearly-15-billion-in-fossil-fuel-projects-despite-climate-commitment/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://grist.org/economics/report-world-bank-invested-nearly-15-billion-in-fossil-fuel-projects-despite-climate-commitment/</a><br>
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<i>[ More from Grist ]</i><br>
<b>Wildfire smoke is hurting pregnant moms and babies. Can
California cities protect them?</b><br>
The legacy of redlining in Fresno isn’t just linked to housing
access. It also has deadly effects on air quality and preterm birth.<br>
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Those most at risk were likely the people living in substandard
housing, a problem tied to historically exclusionary policies in the
region. As research increasingly shows how wildfire smoke and poor
air quality hurt pregnant people and the children they carry, cities
across California are working to curb these effects through
ventilation centers and weatherization programs. In Fresno, where
the air quality is routinely some of the worst in the country, the
city and its residents are grappling with how to keep up with the
increased risk of severe wildfire smoke...<br>
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“Areas that were redlined have been shown to have houses that are of
poor quality,” says Rachel Sklar, a post-doctoral researcher at the
UC Air pollution of all types is a problem for these “leaky” homes.
But as wildfire smoke increases in both severity and intensity in
places like Fresno, public health messages are failing to address
inequalities in housing standards. According to a report titled
“Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Professionals” compiled
by the Environmental Protection Agency, “the most common advisory
during a smoke episode is to stay indoors, where people can better
control their environment.” However, the authors explained that the
effectiveness of staying indoors as a strategy “depends on how well
the building limits smoke from coming indoors.” The authors
acknowledged that access to air conditioning is helpful to reduce
indoor smoke, but many low-income households don’t have access to
it...<br>
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Air quality districts around the state are starting to realize the
importance of healthy air in homes and have piloted a variety of
incentives to find solutions, though improvements in air quality are
often one of many benefits of energy-focused programs. The Fresno
Economic Opportunities Commission has a weatherization program aimed
at helping homeowners and renters cut down on energy costs and
prepare their homes for extreme weather by weather-stripping doors,
caulking windows and gaps, insulating exterior walls, and repairing
and replacement ducts. “Of the residents served within the past
year, 56 percent lived in homes 50 years or older,” says Fresno EOC
Energy Manager Matt Contrestano. “In addition, almost 23 percent of
the homes assessed were deferred services due to the condition of
the home including structural, electrical, plumbing, sewage and
water leaks or clutter and pest infestation issues.”<br>
<br>
In 2021, Fresno EOC’s Transform Fresno project, which focuses on
downtown, Chinatown, and southwest corners of Fresno, provided
energy-efficient upgrades to 12 homes; in 2020, they reached 34
homes. According to Contrestano, these programs help residents by
reducing utility bills, maximizing energy efficiency, and allowing
each resident to live in a healthier and more comfortable
environment.<br>
<br>
In 2021, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District
launched a program to give hundreds of free air purifiers to
residents in the towns of Guadalupe and Casmalia. This year, the San
Joaquin Valley District followed suit, approving a similar program
to give 1,500 families free in-home air purifiers to mitigate the
in-home risks of wildfire smoke exposure.<br>
<br>
Despite the grueling summer months, Pacheco-Werner had a healthy
pregnancy and carried her baby to full term. But her son, now 4
years old, has developed asthma, which has been difficult for
Pachecho-Werner’s family to manage. There’s no way to know if his
asthma is related to the wildfire smoke his mother breathed in when
he was growing in her womb.<br>
<br>
This past spring, Pacheco-Werner became pregnant again, and she
worried that she’d have to endure another summer of hot, smoky
weather. So far, the pollution has been moderate, but Pacheco-Werner
ended up facing another challenge: Her second baby was born preterm,
at 36 weeks. Although she and the newborn are recovering well,
Pacheco-Werner is concerned he too will develop asthma like his
brother.<br>
<br>
Even so, Pacheco-Werner is well aware of the privilege that her
fluent English and health insurance afford her. But as a Mexican
immigrant who spent much of her life in Fresno’s “most impacted
neighborhoods,” she continues to use her personal experiences to
inform her research on the relationships between neighborhoods and
health, fighting for every Californian to have equal access to clean
air.<br>
<br>
“When we don’t pay attention to inequality,” she says, “it affects
us all.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://grist.org/article/wildfire-smoke-is-hurting-pregnant-moms-and-babies-can-california-cities-protect-them/"
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<i>[ Oxford Climate Society -- discuss facing the future - video
]</i><br>
<b>Restoring the Earth: The Essential Work of the 21st Century</b><br>
Oct 12, 2022 “Our planet is being heavily depleted by the
insatiable demands of an expanding human population and a culture
that is driven by the unsustainable dogma of endless economic
growth. On every continent natural forests and other ecosystems are
in decline, rivers and the air are polluted, topsoil is being lost
and the land poisoned with herbicides and pesticides. The oceans are
being overfished, we’re in early stages of the 6th mass extinction
event in the Earth’s history, this one caused entirely by humans,
and anthropogenically induced climate breakdown threatens our
culture and life as we know it today. It’s clear that we need a
completely different way of living, with a positive focus that will
create a truly viable future for both humans and all other life on
Earth.” - Alan W. Featherstone<br>
<br>
Alan Featherstone is an acclaimed ecologist, public speaker, nature
photographer and founder of the award-winning conservation charity
Trees for Life. His restoration work in the Caledonian Forest in
Scotland has inspired similar projects across the world.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiCHGZANWhA"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiCHGZANWhA</a><br>
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<i>[The news archive - looking back]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>October 13, 2004</b></i></font> <br>
October 13, 2004: In his third debate with President Bush,
Democratic challenger and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry declares:<br>
<br>
"Now, my faith affects everything that I do and choose. There's a
great passage of the Bible that says, 'What does it mean, my
brother, to say you have faith, if there are no deeds? Faith without
works is dead.' And I think that everything you do in public life
has to be guided by your faith, affected by your faith, but without
transferring it in any official way to other people. That's why I
fight against poverty. That's why I fight to clean up the
environment and protect this Earth. That's why I fight for equality
and justice. All of those things come out of that fundamental
teaching and belief of faith.<br>
<br>
"But I know this, that President Kennedy, in his Inaugural Address,
told all of us that, 'Here on Earth, God's work must truly be our
own.' And that's what we have to—so I think that's the test of
public service."<br>
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(30:37--31:25)<br>
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