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<font size="+2"><i><b>January 6, 2023</b></i></font><br>
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<i>[ positive news when we "follow the money" - from OilPrice.Com ]</i><br>
<b>Renewables Financing Tops Fossil Fuel Lending For The First Time
Ever</b><br>
By Tsvetana Paraskova - Jan 05, 2023<br>
- - For the first time in history, banks underwrote more loans for
renewable energy projects than for fossil fuel projects.<br>
- - Hydrocarbon producers increasingly attract funds from private
equity investors.<br>
- - At the end of last year, two prominent banks in Europe vowed to
significantly cut exposure to the fossil fuels sector...<br>
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Banking giant HSBC announced last month it would stop funding new
oil and gas field developments and related infrastructure as part of
a policy to support and finance a net-zero transition. <br>
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Following HSBC’s pledge, the pressure is now on U.S. banks to halt
funding for new oil and gas projects, RAN and other climate
community groups said. <br>
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U.S. banks were the biggest funders of fossil fuel projects in the
world and “are still refusing to make real commitments on climate,”
the environmental groups added. <br>
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“Four US banks, JP Morgan Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo and Bank of
America, are the top fossil fuel funders and make up one quarter of
the total global funding for the industry. Between 2016 and 2021
these banks pumped over US$1.2 trillion into the fossil fuel
sector.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Renewables-Financing-Tops-Fossil-Fuel-Lending-For-The-First-Time-Ever.html">https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Renewables-Financing-Tops-Fossil-Fuel-Lending-For-The-First-Time-Ever.html</a><br>
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<i>[ Grist says the answer is no ]</i><br>
<b>Will California’s ‘atmospheric river’ storms end the drought?</b><br>
Heavy rains may refill reservoirs, but they won't solve the state's
broader water crisis.<br>
Jake Bittle<br>
Jan 05, 2023<br>
A deluge of snow may help recharge the reservoirs that supply major
Central Valley irrigators, but it won’t refill the underground
aquifers in the region, in part because most valley communities
don’t have the ability to store excess water. In other parts of the
country like Arizona, officials can bank water from wet years in
underground aquifers, but any extra rainfall in the Central Valley
just gets lost.<br>
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Cities in the Los Angeles metropolitan area face a similar
two-pronged challenge. The region gets about a third of its water
from the State Water Project, a canal system that diverts water from
the reservoirs in the northern part of the state, and these
deliveries have declined in recent years, forcing some cities to
make drastic cuts. <br>
<br>
The current bout of rain will help fill up those reservoirs, but the
rest of the water used by these cities comes from the Colorado
River, which snakes through the arid western United States. The
river’s two main reservoirs in Nevada and Arizona are both in danger
of bottoming out this year, and the federal government may soon
slash California’s water allotment to stop that from happening. The
rainfall from this week’s atmospheric river event won’t do anything
to alleviate that crisis, although it will make the most dire
scenarios for Los Angeles much less likely.<br>
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“Our focus tends to be on filling of surface reservoirs, and
everybody declares the drought over,” said Mount. “That’s just
fundamentally wrong.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://grist.org/extreme-weather/california-atmospheric-river-storms-floods-drought/">https://grist.org/extreme-weather/california-atmospheric-river-storms-floods-drought/</a><br>
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<i>[ World climate in the new year. One climate scientist in a
graceful rant ]</i><br>
<b>2023 will be among HOTTEST ever | Climate Change</b><br>
ClimateAdam<br>
Jan 6, 2023 #ClimateChange #science<br>
2023 has barely begun, but thanks to global warming, climate
scientists are already predicting it will be one of the hottest
years ever recorded. But how can we already know the effects of
climate change this year, and what role with the natural cycle of El
Niño play? <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RbeXUV4OWs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RbeXUV4OWs</a><br>
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<i>[ The Juice Media - yearly thank you note from Australia - 11 min
Video ]</i><br>
<b>Honest Government Ads | Behind the Scenes 2022</b><br>
thejuicemedia<br>
83,804 views Dec 26, 2022<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_f61YsiZeY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_f61YsiZeY</a><br>
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<i>[ </i><i>MEDIA ANALYSIS by CarbonBrief.org </i><i>is worthy of
greater study ]</i><br>
<b>Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2022</b><br>
January 5. 2023.<br>
Using Altmetric data for 2022, Carbon Brief has compiled its
now-traditional list of the 25 most talked-about climate or
energy-related papers that were published the previous year.<br>
<br>
From megafloods to megadroughts and insects to polar bears, last
year saw a broad range of headline-grabbing research – as well as a
new record-high Altmetric score for a paper in a Carbon Brief annual
review.<br>
<br>
The infographic above shows which papers made it into the top 10,
while the chart at the end of the article shows which journals
feature most frequently in the top 25.<br>
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<b>Pandemic prominence</b><br>
As in 2020 and 2021, the most talked-about scientific research of
the past year has been about Covid-19. <br>
<br>
All but five of the 50 highest scoring papers of 2022 relate to the
coronavirus. Those five include two papers on monkeypox (since
renamed “mpox”), one on the global burden of drug-resistant
bacteria, one that identifies the Epstein-Barr virus as “the leading
cause of multiple sclerosis”, and one finding that, in 2020,
firearms became the main cause of deaths in children in the US.<br>
<br>
Continuing the theme, the most talked-about climate and energy paper
of 2022 also relates to the Covid-19 pandemic.<br>
<br>
Just outside the overall top 50, in 56th place, is “Climate change
increases cross-species viral transmission risk”. Published in
Nature, the study warns that mammals forced to move to cooler climes
amid rising global temperatures are “already” spreading their
viruses further – with “undoubtable” impacts for human health.<br>
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Rounding off the top 10 climate articles of 2022 is the Nature
Climate Change study, “Pronounced loss of Amazon rainforest
resilience since the early 2000s”, with an Altmetric score of 4,195.
This article was mentioned in 563 news stories from 434 outlets,
including Carbon Brief, BBC News, the Independent, the New York
Times and New Scientist. <br>
<br>
The study finds that three-quarters of the Amazon rainforest has
lost “resilience” since 2003 – making it more vulnerable to extreme
events such as droughts. The work shows we are “approaching a
tipping point”, the lead author of the study told journalists at a
press conference...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2022-retina-ps4.png">https://www.carbonbrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2022-retina-ps4.png</a><br>
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Research into extreme weather also appears in the top 25. This
includes a Nature Communications study in 18th place on the 2020
North Atlantic hurricane season – the most active on record – which
finds that “human-induced climate change increased the extreme
three-hourly storm rainfall rates and extreme three-day accumulated
rainfall amounts…for observed storms that are at least tropical
storm strength”. A Science Advances paper in 23rd place warns that
climate change has already doubled the likelihood of an event
capable of producing a catastrophic “megaflood” in California.<br>
<br>
Finally, rounding out the top 25 is a Nature Geoscience study
showing that the Thwaites glacier in west Antarctica has seen
“sustained pulses of rapid retreat” in the past two centuries and
similar pulses “are likely to occur in the near future”.<br>
<br>
All the final scores for the top 25 climate papers of 2022 can be
found in this spreadsheet.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTuldmIkRCj74w4vRmB_NT06t-kPSjeAv0OWzWGA51nm1kiMPgHHzMBbKeUmM5wjgzpirnZ7sICtfBB/pubhtml?gid=1529023877&single=true">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTuldmIkRCj74w4vRmB_NT06t-kPSjeAv0OWzWGA51nm1kiMPgHHzMBbKeUmM5wjgzpirnZ7sICtfBB/pubhtml?gid=1529023877&single=true</a><br>
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<b>Top journals</b><br>
Across the top 25 papers in Carbon Brief’s leaderboard this year,
Nature Climate Change features most frequently with four papers.
Nature Climate Change also took first place in 2021 (jointly with
Nature) and 2016 (jointly with Science). <br>
<br>
In joint-second place is Nature and Science with three papers each.
Nature is perennially high-placed in this analysis, taking first –
or joint first – spot in Carbon Brief’s top 25 in 2021, 2020, 2019,
2018, 2017 and 2015.<br>
<br>
For the rest of the top 25, there are four journals that appear
twice and seven that appear once.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the-climate-papers-most-featured-in-the-media-in-2022/">https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the-climate-papers-most-featured-in-the-media-in-2022/</a><br>
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<i>[ see the data ]</i><br>
<b>DATA Top climate papers 2022 from Altmetric | Carbon Brief :
Top25</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTuldmIkRCj74w4vRmB_NT06t-kPSjeAv0OWzWGA51nm1kiMPgHHzMBbKeUmM5wjgzpirnZ7sICtfBB/pubhtml?gid=1529023877&single=true">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTuldmIkRCj74w4vRmB_NT06t-kPSjeAv0OWzWGA51nm1kiMPgHHzMBbKeUmM5wjgzpirnZ7sICtfBB/pubhtml?gid=1529023877&single=true</a>
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<i>[ CBS 60 Minutes just learned about the 6th Mass Extinction -
reporting what was widely known in 2014 ]</i><br>
<b>Earth currently experiencing a sixth mass extinction, according
to scientists | 60 Minutes</b><br>
60 Minutes<br>
1,416,529 views Jan 1, 2023 #60Minutes #Extinction #News<br>
Leading biologist tells Scott Pelley humans would need “five more
Earths” to maintain our current way of life.<br>
#60Minutes #News #Extinction<br>
"60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history.
Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature
segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in
1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making
Nielsen's Top 10.<br>
Subscribe to the “60 Minutes” YouTube channel: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bit.ly/1S7CLRu">http://bit.ly/1S7CLRu</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TqhcZsxrPA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TqhcZsxrPA</a><br>
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<i>[ Pulitzer, best-seller book came out 9 years ago -- First
Published 2014 ]</i><br>
<b>The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Paperback – January 6,
2015</b><br>
by Elizabeth Kolbert <br>
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE<br>
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR<br>
<br>
A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual
and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of
the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes<br>
<br>
Over the last half-billion years, there have been Five mass
extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and
dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently
monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most
devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped
out the dinosaurs. This time around, the cataclysm is us.<br>
<br>
In prose that is at once frank, entertaining, and deeply informed,
New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert tells us why and how human
beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has
before. Interweaving research in half a dozen disciplines,
descriptions of the fascinating species that have already been lost,
and the history of extinction as a concept, Kolbert provides a
moving and comprehensive account of the disappearances occurring
before our very eyes. She shows that the sixth extinction is likely
to be mankind's most lasting legacy, compelling us to rethink the
fundamental question of what it means to be human.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=&title=The+Sixth+Extinction%3A+An+Unnatural+History&keyisbn=&stage=1">https://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=&title=The+Sixth+Extinction%3A+An+Unnatural+History&keyisbn=&stage=1</a><br>
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<i>[ Two old guys discuss betting on doom future - video interview
50 mins ]</i><br>
<b>Eliot Jacobson: "Humans Are Just Not Compatible With Life"</b><br>
Collapse Chronicles<br>
Jan 4, 2023 SANTA BARBARA<br>
In today's Chronicle of the Collapse, I have the great honor of
finally being able to interview my good friend and fellow Doomer,
Eliot Jacobson. As far as I can recall, he never calls Elon Musk a
Fascist in this conversation. Here is a link to Eliot's fine YouTube
channel, Climate Casino: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/@ClimateCasino">https://www.youtube.com/@ClimateCasino</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b7MiBIiizk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b7MiBIiizk</a><br>
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<i>[The news archive - The election of 2000, how one government
official handled it wisely ]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>January 6, 2001</b></i></font> <br>
January 6, 2001: In a joint session of Congress presided over by
Vice President (and, thus, President of the Senate) Al Gore, George
W. Bush is certified as the winner of the 2000 Presidential
election. The New York Times notes: "Federal law requires a member
of both the House and the Senate to question a state's electoral
votes in writing for a formal objection to be considered. But the
House members [who objected to the certification] had no Senate
support. So Mr. Gore, who was presiding in his role as Senate
president, slammed down the gavel to silence them and rule their
objections and parliamentary maneuvers out of order."<br>
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href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/us/over-some-objections-congress-certifies-electoral-vote.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/us/over-some-objections-congress-certifies-electoral-vote.html</a>
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