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<b>With Federal Aid on the Table, Utilities Shift to Embrace Climate
Goals</b><br>
As billions in government subsidies were at stake, the electric
utility industry shed its opposition to clean-air regulation and put
its lobbying muscle behind passing President Biden’s climate bill...<br>
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Their new stance is driven less by evolving ideology than the
changing economics of renewable energy, fueled in part by the sheer
amount of money the federal government is putting on the table to
encourage utilities to move more quickly to cleaner and more
sustainable sources of energy like solar and wind...<br>
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“Let’s be honest — these guys can say all they want about the
environment and how we are all aligned,” said Shahriar Pourreza, who
has spent two decades studying the utility industry for Wall Street
firms. “But you strip back the layers of the onion and this is also
a major long-term growth opportunity for these utilities.”...<br>
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“For many years we would be sitting in a room and we’d be on
opposite ends,” said Mr. Nolan, the chief executive at Eversource,
who was among the industry executives celebrating the legislation’s
passage at the White House in September. “Now, they got to get on
board. They can’t deny climate change.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/29/us/politics/electric-utilities-biden-climate-bill.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/29/us/politics/electric-utilities-biden-climate-bill.html</a><br>
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<i>[ NYTimes discusses - tipping points can trigger other tipping
points - video 34 min ]</i><br>
<b>How Close Are We to a Climate Change Tipping Point?</b><br>
New York Times Events<br>
6,643 views Nov 8, 2022<br>
Our climate is dangerously close to the point of no return — the
moment when nothing will ever be the same again. Once certain
thresholds, or tipping points, are crossed, chain reactions caused
by an accumulation of small changes will shift our climate
irrevocably. But what exactly are these climate tipping points? If
they occur over decades or centuries, could we cross them without
even noticing? What extreme risks are they already perpetuating and
how can we avoid the worst impacts?<br>
<blockquote>Speakers:<br>
Max Bearak, Correspondent, The New York Times<br>
Raymond Zhong, Climate Reporter, The New York Times<br>
Hoesung Lee, Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<br>
Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
Research<br>
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<i>[ Letting loose the off-set ---- nice to plant trees, but carbon
still chokes the atmosphere ]</i><br>
<b>What does climate neutral mean? | DW Documentary</b><br>
DW Documentary<br>
112K views Nov 8, 2022<br>
More and more companies claim to be climate neutral. It’s a term
that is used to sell goods and services. Even countries say that
they are seeking to attain climate neutrality. But who actually
determines what ‘climate neutral’ means? And who regulates it?<br>
<br>
Climate neutrality has become an important argument when it comes to
winning over customers. But it is very hard to pin down exactly what
climate neutral actually means. It is not a regulated term, nor is
there a universal definition for the label. There are a lot of
products and services that claim to be climate neutral these days,
such as T-shirts, electricity tariffs and flights. More and more
climate neutral goods are popping up on supermarket shelves, too.
But there is no general definition to guide consumers. Nor does a
legal framework exist to regulate or monitor its use. <br>
<br>
At first glance it seems very simple. Something is climate neutral
when a manufacturing process or service does not emit more
greenhouse gas emissions than can be saved elsewhere. At least that
is roughly how the European Parliament, for example, defines climate
neutrality. But it’s not quite so simple. <br>
<br>
Climate neutrality can also be achieved via offsets. That means
companies do not, for instance, reduce harmful gases in the
production process, but instead compensate for those emissions
later. Anyone who has spent a few euros on offsetting their carbon
footprint when buying a flight ticket is familiar with the concept.
It does not cut fuel emissions, but the money is used, for example,
to plant trees and so contribute to the reduction of greenhouse
gases.<br>
<br>
There is also a fundamental discussion going on behind the scenes:
Can a company describe itself as climate neutral, if it is primarily
achieving that status with offsets? Can products, companies, or
entire countries really be or become climate neutral? Or is it all
empty promises, yet more greenwashing?<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx6wFq9B-BM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx6wFq9B-BM</a>
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<i>[ "the United States was blocking action" -- discussion - 19 min
video ]</i><br>
<b>After THE OIL MACHINE: Sir David King</b><br>
Sonja Henrici Creates<br>
375 views Nov 11, 2022<br>
The issues raised in the film THE OIL MACHINE have become even more
urgent with recent upheavals in energy security, the cost of living,
and our climate. At the same time, the UK government is rushing to
offer 100 new licences for North Sea oil and gas exploration. One
year on from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow and coinciding
with COP27, we’re now going back to the film’s contributors to ask
them how recent global events have shaped the ongoing debate about
oil.<br>
<br>
Here's our catch-up with Sir David King, formerly the UK
Government's Chief Scientific Advisor and Special Representative for
Climate Change. He is the founder of the Cambridge Centre for
Climate Repair and the Climate Crisis Advisory Group.<br>
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oq5QzL9j3I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oq5QzL9j3I</a><br>
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<i>[ Predicting the future of the financial system - "3 meals from
anarchy" - video 27 min ]</i><br>
<b>After THE OIL MACHINE: Steve Waygood</b><br>
Sonja Henrici Creates<br>
240 views Nov 14, 2022<br>
The issues raised in the film THE OIL MACHINE have become even more
urgent with recent upheavals in energy security, the cost of living,
and our climate. At the same time, the UK government is rushing to
offer 100 new licences for North Sea oil and gas exploration. One
year on from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow and coinciding
with COP27, we’re now going back to the film’s contributors to ask
them how recent global events have shaped the ongoing debate about
oil.<br>
Here's our catch-up with Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment
Officer with Aviva Investors.<br>
See our events and get involved at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theoilmachine.org">https://www.theoilmachine.org</a><br>
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IydrbegZy2A">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IydrbegZy2A</a><br>
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href="https://youtu.be/IydrbegZy2A?t=793">https://youtu.be/IydrbegZy2A?t=793</a><br>
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<i>[ See the movie ]</i><br>
<b>The Oil Machine - Official Trailer - In Cinemas 4 November</b><br>
Sonja Henrici Creates<br>
1,169 views Oct 26, 2022<br>
On release from 4 November in the UK<br>
#theoilmachine #theoilmachinefilm<br>
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The Oil Machine explores our economic, historical and emotional
entanglement with oil by looking at the conflicting imperatives
around North Sea oil. <br>
<blockquote> Director: Emma Davie<br>
Producer: Sonja Henrici<br>
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href="mailto:contact@sonjahenrici.com">contact@sonjahenrici.com</a><br>
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href="https://www.theoilmachine.org/">https://www.theoilmachine.org/</a><br>
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JfArIOGC-A">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JfArIOGC-A</a>
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<i>[ After you see the movie ]</i><br>
<b>After THE OIL MACHINE: Tessa Khan</b><br>
Sonja Henrici Creates<br>
Nov 15, 2022<br>
The issues raised in the film THE OIL MACHINE have become even more
urgent with recent upheavals in energy security, the cost of living,
and our climate. At the same time, the UK government is rushing to
offer 100 new licences for North Sea oil and gas exploration. One
year on from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow and coinciding
with COP27, we’re now going back to the film’s contributors to ask
them how recent global events have shaped the ongoing debate about
oil.<br>
Here's our catch-up with Tessa Khan, a climate lawyer and
campaigner.<br>
See our events and get involved at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theoilmachine.org">https://www.theoilmachine.org</a><br>
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAER7ov-JM0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAER7ov-JM0</a><br>
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<i>[ Yes we know, and no, we are not ready -- text in Axios ]</i><br>
<b>The 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave was a climate change warning</b><br>
Ben Geman<br>
Andrew Freedman<br>
Axios on facebook<br>
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The 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest, which killed hundreds
of people in the U.S. and Canada, was a harbinger of a new
generation of climate disasters to come, a new study finds.<br>
<br>
Why it matters: In the most comprehensive analysis to date of what
made the heat wave so extreme, scientists ruled out the possibility
this was a "black swan" event, which is unpredictable and unlikely
to recur.<br>
<br>
The big picture: Instead, the new study in Nature Climate Change
shows that amplifying feedbacks between factors such as unusually
dry soils and a highly contorted jet stream added to the effects of
long-term climate change.<br>
<br>
This dialed up the heat to unprecedented levels for the region.<br>
The wavy jet stream pattern, itself tied to climate change, helped
give rise to a record-strong heat dome that parked itself over
British Columbia and the Northwest U.S. in early summer.<br>
The study finds that in the Northwest but likely other areas as
well, multiple trends are pushing the climate into a zone where such
extremes are far more likely.<br>
“The background warming, the atmospheric dynamics, and the soil
moisture deficiency interacted in a way that amplified this event
beyond a normal extreme,” study coauthor Kai Kornhuber, a senior
fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations, tells Axios in an
interview.<br>
Between the lines: In the 1950s, the study states, the prospect of
such a heat wave occurring in the Pacific Northwest was virtually
impossible, but climate change had transformed that into a
1-in-200-year event by 2021.<br>
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-- Part of the reason for this is the gradual drying seen across the
region.<br>
-- "Our study is the first to pinpoint how warming-induced land
drying has transitioned the Pacific Northwest from a wet region
without effective soil moisture-temperature feedbacks to a
transitional climate between wet and dry," said study coauthor
Mingfang Ting of Columbia University.<br>
-- "That can strengthen land-atmosphere feedbacks and thus large
temperature swings."<br>
<br>
-- Kornhuber says that while it is "encouraging" that models used
for weather forecasting captured the heat wave's likely development
and severity, climate models used to conduct risk assessments for
heat hazards in coming decades may be flawed.<br>
-- If they are missing some of the feedbacks the study identifies,
climate models could underplay the risk of a repeat or even worse
event.<br>
-- Looking ahead, if climate change is held to 2°C above the
pre-industrial average, 2021-type Pacific Northwest heat events are
likely to take place at a frequency of about once every 10 years.<br>
Yes, but: Even if all existing emissions pledges are met, the world
is currently headed for greater than 2°C of warming.<br>
<br>
What they're saying: "Our study supports a very direct conclusion
that extreme heat like this will only become more and more likely —
both in this region and across the globe, especially where heat
stress is already extremely high — as more fossil fuels are burned,"
lead author Samuel Bartusek of Columbia University told Axios via
email.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/28/climate-change-heat-wave-northwest-warning-sign">https://www.axios.com/2022/11/28/climate-change-heat-wave-northwest-warning-sign</a><br>
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disinformation -- video 34 min]</i><br>
<b>PalmerTrolls - You Can Be Anything | Comedy Special</b><br>
Ben Palmer<br>
139,125 views Oct 8, 2022<br>
Ben Palmer - You Can Be Anything <br>
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<i>[The news archive - looking back at the Paris Accords ]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>November 29, 2015</b></i></font> <br>
November 29, 2015:<br>
The New York Times reports:<br>
<blockquote>"After two decades of talks that failed to slow the
relentless pace of global warming, negotiators from almost 200
countries are widely expected to sign a deal in the next two weeks
to take concrete steps to cut emissions.<br>
<br>
"The prospect of progress, any progress, has elicited cheers in
many quarters. The pledges that have already been announced
'represent a clear and determined down payment on a new era of
climate ambition from the global community of nations,' said
Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change, in a statement a month
ago.<br>
<br>
"Yet the negotiators gathering in Paris will not be discussing any
plan that comes close to meeting their own stated goal of limiting
the increase of global temperatures to a reasonably safe level.<br>
<br>
"They have pointedly declined to take up a recommendation from
scientists, made several years ago, that they set a cap on total
greenhouse gases as a way to achieve that goal, and then figure
out how to allocate the emissions fairly. The pledges countries
are making are voluntary, and were established in most nations as
a compromise between the desire to be ambitious and the perceived
cost and political difficulty of emissions cutbacks.<br>
<br>
"In effect, the countries are vowing to make changes that
collectively still fall far short of the necessary goal, much like
a patient who, upon hearing from his doctor that he must lose 50
pounds to avoid life-threatening health risks, takes pride in
cutting out fries but not cake and ice cream.<br>
<br>
"The scientists argue that there is only so much carbon — in the
form of exhaust from coal-burning power plants, automobile
tailpipes, forest fires and the like — that the atmosphere can
absorb before the planet suffers profound damage, with swaths of
it potentially becoming uninhabitable."<br>
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