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<p><font size="+2"><i><b>November 3, 2022</b></i></font></p>
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<i>[ for enjoyment and edification - the peak fall colors in this
report from Maine - video <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://vimeo.com/765840736">https://vimeo.com/765840736</a> ]<br>
</i><b>How climate change is impacting Maine’s iconic fall foliage</b><br>
Maine Public | By Esta Pratt-Kielley<br>
Published November 2, 2022 <br>
It’s a beautiful early October day at Pigeon Hill Preserve in
Steuben as a group gets ready for a fall foliage hike organized by
the Downeast Coastal Conservancy. Despite the Maine foliage report
saying we’re not quite at peak, the colors are looking pretty
spectacular.
<blockquote>Check out “How climate change is impacting Maine’s
iconic fall foliage” from Maine Public Video Production on Vimeo.<br>
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The video is available for your viewing pleasure at
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“I think it’s like just about peak. Not quite there, not fully … but
we’re starting to lose a couple leaves, so pretty good,” said Cathy
Lookabaugh, the Membership & Outreach Director for the Downeast
Coastal Conservancy.<br>
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Today’s hike is a group of locals who’ve come to leaf peep, like
Barbara Snapp, who has been hiking Pigeon Hill for decades...<br>
Snapp said she has noticed how the changes in weather impact the
peak color timing from year to year.<br>
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“From what I can tell, it depends how much rain we get in the late
summer and into September, and what the temperatures are," she said.
"If it’s warm later, then it’s going to extend later.”<br>
<br>
Her observations are pretty spot on, according to Maine forest
pathologist Aaron Bergdahl.<br>
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“The recipe for really nice fall foliage is periodic rains
throughout the summer, no drought periods. And a warm, wet spring
followed by good growing conditions throughout the entire summer,”
Bergdahl said, “cooler temperatures in the fall with adequate
moisture. And that's really been the issue for these last three
years; we haven't had really excellent moisture conditions
consistently throughout the summer.”<br>
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Summer drought and warmer temperatures lasting well into the fall in
Maine have caused unpredicatability in the leaf peeping season.
Warmer temperatures have delayed the onset of fall in Maine, pushing
the color peak later.<br>
Other factors are also stressing Eastern forests. More intense
storms, rainfall and invasive species harm trees and their leaves,
and may already be reducing the vibrancy of fall colors and
shortening the season.<br>
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Scientists refer to fall as the most understudied season in climate
change research. There are still a lot of unknowns. Yet,
understanding the effects of climate change on fall phenology are
critical for regions like Down East Maine, where fall tourism is a
billion-dollar industry.<br>
<br>
“Fall foliage is important to the state of Maine, it makes up
between 20% and 25% of the annual visitation to the state,” said
Steve Lyons, the director of the Maine Office of Tourism. He said if
the season is more unpredictable, that can be a challenge. But there
are also opportunities in encouraging people to visit Maine later in
the fall instead of congregating in the summertime.<br>
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About 50 miles south of Pigeon Hill, there are thousands of leaf
peepers at Acadia National Park, hoping they timed their trips just
right to see the iconic fall colors paint the coastal landscape...<br>
Environmental scientist Stephanie Spera is surveying people outside
the visitor center in Acadia. Since 2019, she has been researching
how changes in temperature and precipitation have affected the
timing of peak fall foliage in the park, and if those changes impact
fall visitorship.<br>
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Using satellite data, GIS, spatial statistics, climate models and a
historical analysis of old monthly reports and newspaper clippings,
Spera has found evidence of the shift.<br>
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“The timing of peak fall foliage has actually gotten about 10 days
later than it was in the 1950s. It's getting about a day later (per)
decade. A little over a day a decade,” Spera said. “In the early
1950s, you’d come to Acadia the first weekend in October … that'd be
your peak fall foliage. Now, it's about right now, which is the
second weekend of October even later.”<br>
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More visitors are coming to Acadia in the fall and staying later in
the season, which affects park management and staffing of local
businesses.<br>
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These changes are difficult to see during a single leaf peeping trip
or outing. But for those who value the annual ritual of admiring
fall leaves, the season is becoming more unpredictable<br>
<br>
“I came up to Maine every fall for last 20 years on this weekend.
The trees are beautiful, I want to conserve that place. I want to
preserve the people in the places, and the experiences that I love.
So my kids, my grandkids can have them. And I think that's why it
should matter,” Spera said.<br>
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Lookabaugh said that’s why Downeast Coastal Conservancy organizes
these hikes in Washington County.<br>
<br>
“By introducing people to these landscapes, and these places,
they'll maybe want to invest in them, become future stewards. And as
stewards of the land, we can help mitigate climate change by
conserving big pieces of land,” Lookabaugh said.<br>
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For Snapp, that connection to the landscape over times resonates in
her family, who have owned a home at the bottom of Pigeon Hill for
more than 100 years.<br>
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"It’s a tradition to come up here," she said. "It’s ours to make
sure it stays accessible and in good shape and enjoyable for
people."<br>
<br>
Scientists and conservationists want Down East visitors to share
that sense of stewardship, because the shifting leaves are a visible
sign that change is already here.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-11-02/watch-how-climate-change-is-impacting-down-east-maines-iconic-fall-foliage">https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-11-02/watch-how-climate-change-is-impacting-down-east-maines-iconic-fall-foliage</a><br>
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<i>[ new coal financing is deceptive and </i><i>hard-to-understand </i><i>
] </i><br>
Nov 2<br>
<b>Coal plants are still getting financed, despite pledges otherwise</b><br>
David Roberts <br>
Here at Volts, I have done fairly extensive coverage of the US coal
industry and its woes. Most listeners probably know the basic story:
in the US, coal is on the way out, initially because of cheap
natural gas but now because of the whole suite of inexpensive clean
power technologies.<br>
<br>
But the global coal fleet is a different matter. Coal is still
growing across Asia, still getting funded, despite all the headlines
from the last five years about countries and institutions getting
out of the business of coal financing.<br>
<br>
It's a bit of a paradox: it's difficult to find a major financial
institution or government that is willing to be openly associated
with coal, but somehow coal plants are still getting financed.<br>
<br>
How is that? Well, it turns out that it has to do with some fairly
fine distinctions among different kinds of financing and how they
are tracked. A new report from Global Energy Monitor — “Opacity and
Accountability: the Hidden Financial Pipelines Supporting New Coal“
— digs into this question. <br>
Ted Nace & Paddy McCully<br>
To explore the subject, I got in touch with Ted Nace, executive
director of Global Energy Monitor, and Paddy McCully, executive
director of Reclaim Finance. We talked about where the money to
build coal plants is coming from, which sources are and aren't being
cut off, and the next steps for anti-coal activism.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.volts.wtf/p/coal-plants-are-still-getting-financed#details">https://www.volts.wtf/p/coal-plants-are-still-getting-financed#details</a>
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<i>[ "it's corruption of the political process" - 1 hour video
discussion ]</i><br>
<b>Why Scientists Are Protesting | Charlie Gardner</b><br>
Planet: Critical<br>
Charlie Gardner is a conservationist, activist and writer. An
outspoken member of Scientist Rebellion, Charlie left academia last
year to focus on raising the climate alarm through civil
disobedience and science communication.<br>
<br>
Charlie joins me to discuss why scientists feel forced to choose
activism. After decades of ignored data, warnings and suggestions,
these same scientists who have been fighting to understand the
crisis are taking to the streets to be heard. <br>
<br>
We discuss ecological systems, energy policy, corrupt politics,
media, Extinction Rebellion, how to engage the public and how people
can get involved in the face of disastrous inaction. Just this week,
a new report on the state of climate action looked at 40 indicators
of change and found not a single one is on track to keep the world
from heating to the level at which world leaders promised to try to
stop global warming.<br>
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Scientist Rebellion: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://scientistrebellion.com/">https://scientistrebellion.com/</a><br>
Charlie's Twitter: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/CharlieJGardner">https://twitter.com/CharlieJGardner</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G5SvRe0eYw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G5SvRe0eYw</a><br>
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<i>[The news archive - looking back]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>November 3, 2012</b></i></font> <br>
November 3, 2012: <br>
In a CNN.com article, writer Carl Safina notes that were it not
for Superstorm Sandy, climate change would have remained outside of
the political conversation in the final two months of the 2012
presidential election. <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/03/opinion/safina-sandy-said-the-words/?c=&page=0">http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/03/opinion/safina-sandy-said-the-words/?c=&page=0</a><br>
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