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<font size="+2"><i><b>December 19, 2022</b></i></font><br>
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<i>[NASA has bad luck ]</i><br>
<b>NASA hurricane-tracking satellite falls out of contact with Earth</b><br>
A piece of an important wind-tracking satellite array is no longer
communicating with scientists on the ground, the agency says.<br>
Dan Carson<br>
Dec. 16, 2022<br>
NASA scientists are attempting to reestablish contact with a
satellite that serves as part of an agency array tracking the
formation and movement of hurricanes in the Earth's oceans,
Space.com'sert Lea reported Thursday. <br>
The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) is billed as
the "first space-based system to collect frequent measurements of
wind speeds from the ocean's surface" and is tasked with tracking
activity near the eyes of forming cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes.
The system is comprised of eight separate spacecraft that in
aggregate form a picture of maritime storm behavior around the world
used by scientists to project and measure severe weather activity...
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-satellite-hurricane-17658726.php">https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-satellite-hurricane-17658726.php</a><br>
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<i>[ NASA makes an un-wise decision ] </i><br>
<b>NASA cancels climate change satellite to monitor greenhouse gases</b><br>
By Stefanie Waldek published about 10 hours ago<br>
The agency still maintains its commitment to studying climate
change.<br>
<br>
All good things must come to an end, and in the case of NASA's
GeoCarb mission, some good things must end before they really begin.<br>
<br>
NASA has canceled the GeoCarb mission, which was a collaboration
with the University of Oklahoma and Lockheed Martin that intended to
put a greenhouse gas–monitoring satellite into geostationary orbit.
GeoCarb would have measured levels of carbon dioxide, carbon
monoxide and methane in the atmosphere about 4 million times per
day. The mission was selected by NASA in 2016.<br>
<br>
"Decisions like this are difficult, but NASA is dedicated to making
careful choices with the resources provided by the people of the
United States," Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's associate administrator for
science, said in a statement. "We look forward to accomplishing our
commitment to state-of-the-art climate observation in a more
efficient and cost-effective way."<br>
According to NASA's statement, the decision to end GeoCarb was due
to "technical concerns, cost performance and availability of new
alternative data sources." The most recent anticipated cost of
GeoCarb was $600 million, much higher than the mission's original
$170.9 million estimate. <br>
<br>
As for those new data sources, they include the new Earth Surface
Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) instrument that arrived at
the International Space Station (ISS) in July, as well as the
mission extension of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 instrument
that began work in 2019 also aboard the ISS.<br>
<p>NASA is also working on the Earth System Observatory, a series of
Earth-focused satellites due to launch by 2030. The satellites
will study aerosols, clouds, surface biology and geology, and
surface deformation and change, among other areas of research.<br>
<br>
"NASA prioritizes understanding how our home planet is changing —
and greenhouse gasses play a central role in that understanding,"
Karen St. Germain, NASA Earth Science division director, said in a
statement. "We are committed to making key methane and carbon
dioxide observations, integrating them with measurements collected
by other national, international and private sector missions, and
making actionable information available to communities and
organizations who need it to inform their decisions."<br>
Follow Stefanie Waldek on Twitter @StefanieWaldek. Follow us on
Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.space.com/nasa-geocarb-climate-change-mission-canceled">https://www.space.com/nasa-geocarb-climate-change-mission-canceled</a><br>
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<i>[ Opinion clips from Wallace-Welles in NYTimes ]</i><br>
<b>Big Oil Companies Are Bullies That ‘Want to Be Seen as Good Guys’</b><br>
Dec. 15, 2022<br>
David Wallace-Wells<br>
OPINION<br>
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<b>You’ve been looking at the bad behavior of Big Oil for more than
a year. What have you learned?</b><br>
<br>
The first thing that surprised me is how the culture of big oil
companies has not really changed. Yes, they now acknowledge that
burning fossil fuels causes climate change — they had not done that
for decades. But they still are insistent on defending every past
statement that their company officials made. I was really struck by
the lack of introspection, the lack of even a willingness to say
sorry for past mistakes...<br>
I was also struck by the bullying, the vitriol against climate
activists and climate reporters — most strikingly against the
Sunrise Movement kids. You have documents in which they are wishing
the activists get bedbugs as they’re traveling and against Hiroko
Tabuchi, the Times reporter, because of her coverage. You have these
executives reaching out to The Times to try to intimidate her and
going after tweets of hers. These are just two examples where you
see this pervasive bunker mentality — hunker down and fight the
external world that cares about climate...<br>
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<b>Are more punitive measures necessary too, to make sure we’re
replacing dirty energy with clean as opposed to subsidizing it?</b><br>
<br>
I think having methane emissions regulations makes a lot of sense. I
think ultimately, on industrial processes, having some regulatory
price on carbon emissions is something that we need to do. The
challenge has been that that’s harder to do politically. But that’s
different, in my view, than a price that’s going to hurt people at
the pump and lead to the yellow vest syndrome.<br>
<br>
<b>Given the political landscape, do you think there is an
opportunity for major federal legislation on climate? Or are we
going to be dealing only with regulatory rule-making, state-level
policy and resource allocation for the time being?</b><br>
<br>
Senator Marco Rubio and I have a bill coming out calling for an
economic development council that has the different agencies with
the private sector reporting for the president. It’s not focused
just on clean tech; it’s focused on building new industry, period,
in this country. And the fact that you have bipartisan support for
this idea — that we need coordination when it comes to new
factories, new industries — suggests that there is the political
will that could emerge. That was, of course, the Hamilton and
Roosevelt model of building the American industry and American
economy.<br>
<br>
<b>Personally, I’m relatively bullish about future bipartisan work —
the CHIPS Act and infrastructure bill both suggest to me the
possibility of some limited Republican cooperation on climate, at
least. And I think a growing green economy may reduce some of the
culture war dynamics at play.</b><br>
<br>
I agree.<br>
<br>
<b>But I also wanted to ask you about the political dynamics on the
left. In the aftermath of the I.R.A., there’s an increasingly
public conflict between activists and the technocratic center.
Activists took a harder line on permitting than they did on the
big bill, and from their critics there’s been a fair amount of
commentary in the spirit of, we’ll take it from here, kids, or
“Give Senator Joe Manchin his pipeline.” Is that how it seems to
you? If so, how do we go about rebuilding that coalition?</b><br>
<br>
Look, I got significantly criticized as being the only House
progressive who was in talks with Senator Manchin during the I.R.A.
But to the credit of the environmental movement, virtually every
group supported it — from Sunrise to Sierra [Club] to N.R.D.C [the
Natural Resources Defense Council]. That was a moment where the
climate community really came together. And I don’t think we would
have had that achievement but for the climate movement. <br>
<br>
And the reason is: How did we decide that of all the things that
Build Back Better promised, that what was nonnegotiable, was
climate? That’s not because politicians thought that up. That’s
because these activists were out there in the 2020 primary and at
the president’s side, and senators and congresspeople saw that they
were out there for two years. So I give them enormous credit.<br>
<br>
Then the permitting fight happened. And there I think that the
challenge was that we didn’t have an alternative perspective from
the environmental movement, saying, “We want to expedite permitting
for renewables. We just don’t want to expedite a pipeline.”<br>
<br>
<b>Right, I agree that was a missed opportunity. When I asked you
about it a few months ago, it didn’t seem that such a proposal was
very close. Is it closer now?</b><br>
<br>
I think you can see that emerging in the next few months at the
environmental groups I’ve talked to. They want to get behind a
permitting reform proposal for clean energy. And you’re going to
have, of course, healthy debate between those who say, “We need the
renewables,” and those who say, “Well, we need to protect endangered
species and biodiversity and frontline communities.” Let’s have that
debate. Because I think that can be worked out in the environmental
community. The coalescing around the I.R.A. showed that the
community is capable of being pragmatic. It was far from what the
climate activists wanted. And yet when push came to shove, they
coalesced support, supported it, and we passed it, through very
narrow majorities.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/opinion/chevron-exxon-shell-bp-climate-change-ro-khanna.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/opinion/chevron-exxon-shell-bp-climate-change-ro-khanna.html</a><br>
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<i>[Try ChatGPT output from Chat.OpenAI.com - I asked an artificial
intelligence system: ]</i><br>
<b><br>
Please tell me several things that human civilization can do to
prevent extinction due to carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution and
over-heating.<br>
</b><br>
There are several things that human civilization can do to prevent
extinction due to carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution and over-heating:<br>
<br>
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions: One of the most effective ways to
reduce CO2 pollution and prevent over-heating is to reduce the
amount of greenhouse gases that we emit into the atmosphere. This
can be done through a variety of measures, such as improving energy
efficiency, transitioning to renewable energy sources, and reducing
deforestation and land use changes that contribute to CO2 emissions.<br>
<br>
Implement carbon pricing: Carbon pricing is a way to put a price on
the carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, encouraging
businesses and individuals to reduce their emissions in order to
save money. This can be done through carbon taxes or cap-and-trade
systems.<br>
<br>
Invest in carbon capture and storage: Carbon capture and storage
(CCS) is a technology that captures CO2 emissions from power plants
and other industrial sources and stores them underground, rather
than releasing them into the atmosphere. Investing in CCS
technologies can help reduce CO2 emissions while still allowing us
to use fossil fuels as a source of energy.<br>
<br>
Promote sustainable land use: Land use practices such as
deforestation, agriculture, and urbanization contribute
significantly to CO2 emissions. Promoting sustainable land use
practices, such as reforestation and conservation, can help to
reduce CO2 emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change.<br>
<br>
Increase energy efficiency: Improving energy efficiency in
buildings, transportation, and industry can help to reduce CO2
emissions by reducing the amount of energy that we use. This can be
achieved through a variety of measures, such as designing more
efficient appliances, using public transportation, and implementing
building codes that require energy-efficient construction.<br>
<br>
Invest in research and development: Investing in research and
development can help us to develop new technologies and approaches
that can help us reduce CO2 emissions and adapt to the impacts of
climate change. This includes research into renewable energy
technologies, carbon capture and storage, and climate-resilient
infrastructure.<br>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://chat.openai.com/chat">https://chat.openai.com/chat</a><br>
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<br>
<i>[ The news archive - looking back at an early year for climate
activism ]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>December 19, 2008</b></i></font> <br>
December 19, 2008: <br>
• Tim DeChristopher engages in civil disobedience during an
(illegal) Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease auction in
Salt Lake City, Utah. He is later prosecuted for his activism and
sentenced to two years in prison.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/us/21drilling.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/us/21drilling.html</a><br>
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• In his "Bushed" segment, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann notes:<br>
"Number two, environment-gate. Now we know why the Bush pushed
through a midnight regulation insisting federal agencies could not
consider the global warming implications of a given project: so that
Mr. Bush‘s corrupt head of the Environmental Protection Agency,
Stephen L. Johnson, could rule, as he did last night, any last
minute applications, he says, by utilities to build new coal fired
power plants may not be reviewed for greenhouse emissions or its
impact on global warming. This, even though the Supreme Court ruled
last year that the EPA can regulate the top global warming gas,
carbon dioxide. Johnson is a global warming denier who has gone so
far as to suppress global warming findings by his own administration
and lied about it to Congress. Well, he‘s now vaulted a higher
hurdle. Steven L. Johnson has, in effect, overruled the Supreme
Court."<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/business/19coal.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/business/19coal.html</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-12-11-endangered-species_N.htm">http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-12-11-endangered-species_N.htm</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yf_-u1pbFA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yf_-u1pbFA</a><br>
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