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<font size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>February 22, 2023</b></i></font><font
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<i><font face="Calibri">[ a bit of political schadenfreude - but not
at all surprising ]</font></i><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>Republican Leaders Want to Reinvent the
Party’s Climate Image. The Far Right Won’t Let Them</b><br>
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<font face="Calibri">The Republican party has an image issue when it
comes to climate change.<br>
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For decades, the GOP has consistently pushed back against warnings
from the science community that human-caused global warming poses
an existential threat to the planet. And while that largely
remains the same today—after all, no Republicans voted for
President Joe Biden’s flagship climate law, the Inflation
Reduction Act—some conservative lawmakers have at least started to
recognize global warming as a political threat.<br>
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Recent polls have consistently shown that Americans generally view
climate change as a serious issue and support policies that
address it.<br>
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About 70 percent of Americans now believe global warming is
occurring, with almost as many saying they’re worried to some
degree about the threats it poses to them, according to a December
poll conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change
Communication. A second George Mason University poll that month
found that nearly 80 percent of U.S. registered voters support
developing renewable energy, such as solar and wind, on public
land. That total includes more than half of the survey respondents
who identified as conservative Republicans, as opposed to
moderate.<br>
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Republican leaders have responded to that political landscape in
recent years by taking a more measured approach to climate issues.
Ahead of the midterm elections, for example, House Republicans
unveiled their own climate plan—albeit one that received harsh
criticism from environmentalists for its heavy reliance on oil and
gas production. And as the GOP ramped up its campaign last year
against the Biden administration’s proposal to require public
companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and
climate-related risks to federal regulators, with some calling it
“woke capitalism,” some of the party’s top-ranking members tried
to temper that fight by conveying a softer tone.<br>
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“I have long recognized the threat climate change poses to
communities across America, and thoughtful climate policy—focused
on the health and welfare of America’s working class—is long
overdue,” wrote North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry, the incoming
Republican leader of the House Financial Services Committee, in a
March press release that criticized the proposed climate
disclosure rule.<br>
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But as Republican leaders attempt to revamp the party’s climate
image, they’re running headlong into resistance from a small but
vocal group of far-right lawmakers who are touting extreme views
of global warming and making it far more difficult for the GOP to
establish a unified platform.<br>
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In fact, Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert will help to kick off the
Heartland Institute’s 15th annual climate change conference this
week, where the event’s prevailing message is that “there is no
climate crisis.” Boebert, a GOP firebrand who has made a name for
herself by leaning into America’s culture war, was one of 20
far-right lawmakers who initially blocked California Rep. Kevin
McCarthy’s election as House Speaker last month in what was
arguably the most public display yet of the growing rift within
the Republican party...<br>
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<font face="Calibri">“Republican members of Congress who attempt to
lean in and address climate change in a responsible manner will
find a warm embrace by their Democratic colleagues on the Hill,
but will also get a cold shoulder or worse from many of their
Republican colleagues,” Edward Maibach, director of George Mason
University’s Center for Climate Change Communication, told me in
an email interview. <br>
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“They need to look beyond the hostile members of their own caucus
and look to their voters,” added Maibach, who oversees the
climate-related polling conducted by George Mason University and
Yale. “Our polls show that Republicans who are willing to stand
tall for climate action will have a better chance of winning in
their general election because large majorities of voters favor
climate action.”<br>
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Boebert’s participation in Heartland’s summit this week, however,
could make it harder for more centrist Republicans like McHenry to
pursue that course of action. The free-market think tank’s close
ties to former President Donald Trump only highlights the ongoing
infighting over who will represent the Republican party in the
2024 presidential election. The Heartland Institute also has a
long history of spreading misleading and false claims about global
warming and is widely viewed by climate advocates as a
disinformation machine.<br>
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The group was responsible for launching then-German teenager Naomi
Seibt into the international spotlight in 2020. Seibt, who was 19
years old at the time, billed herself as a grassroots “climate
skeptic,” prompting some to dub her the “anti-Greta”—a
counterweight to the rising popularity of Swedish youth climate
activist Greta Thunberg. Considering Seibt was found to be on the
Heartland Institute’s payroll, however, many in the climate
movement quickly dismissed her claims of coming from humble
grassroots beginnings.<br>
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Earlier this month, the organization sent copies of its book,
“Climate at a Glance,” to 8,000 middle and high school teachers
across the country, saying it was providing the schools with “the
data to show the Earth is not experiencing a climate crisis.”<br>
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The book was the second attempt by the group to influence public
school science education since at least 2017 and contained highly
misleading statements such as “sea levels have been rising at a
fairly steady pace since at least the mid-1800s.” A closer look at
the data shows that the rate of sea-level rise has more than
doubled in the 2000s when compared to most of the 20th century.<br>
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“It’s a misleading interpretation of scientific facts and
questionable inferences drawn from cherry picked data from
unreliable sources,” Robert Brulle, a visiting professor of
sociology at Brown University who has researched the public
relations strategies of the fossil fuel industry, told Grist. “It
almost seems quaint that they’re still running with this. It’s
like ‘The 1990s called. They want their scientific misinformation
back.’”<br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Opinion from Politico ] </i><br>
</font> <font face="Calibri"><b>The climate refugee crisis is
landing on Europe’s shores — and we are far from ready</b><br>
International law gives no protection to those displaced due to
climate change. In fact, we can’t even agree on who counts as as a
climate refugee.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">BY IBRAHIM ÖZDEMIR<br>
FEBRUARY 20, 2023<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">Last year, the highest number of
migrants entered the European Union since the year 2015. Yet,
policymakers are failing to recognize exactly what this means —
the start of an unprecedented climate refugee crisis that could
quickly destabilize Europe’s social order, roiling the Continent’s
politics.<br>
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And we are far from prepared...</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">On February 6, the same week my home country of
Turkey suffered the most severe earthquake in almost a century —
killing more than 40,000 and displacing nearly 300,000 people in
neighboring Syria, the EU hosted a high-level migration summit.
The earthquake sent political shock waves across Europe, but it is
a wake-up call to reevaluate the bloc’s outdated refugee policy...<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Globally, migrant flows have doubled in the
past decade, and around 1.2 billion people are at risk of being
displaced by climate disasters before 2050. These climate refugees
are predominantly from sub-Saharan Africa and the MENA region,
where countries are already struggling with climate emergencies
and are crippled by extreme droughts.<br>
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In 2015, the mass influx of refugees and migrants were caused by
an unparalleled political crisis. It escalated friction between
European capitals as the bloc struggled to cope; its institutions
were broken. And now, eight years later, the EU is faced with a
nearly 64 percent increase in unauthorized migrant crossings — a
figure that excludes the almost 8 million Ukrainian refugees now
scattered across the Continent.<br>
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During this time, the EU still hasn’t reformed its asylum system,
and policymakers are caught in a quandary, as global summits like
the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP27 and Davos have failed to
address climate-related migration. In fact, not only did the COP27
agenda ignore human mobility, but “displacement by climate change”
remained a sidelined discussion. Meanwhile, Davos was a
billionaires’ playground that put corporate greed above the
planet.<br>
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Most crucially, however, international law currently gives no
protection to climate refugees — in fact, we can’t even agree on
who counts as one. And without legal status, climate refugees slip
through the cracks with no safety net or legal migration options.
Yet, instead of reforming its migration policy, the EU has wasted
billions of euros on border walls and fences — the equivalent of
nearly 12 Berlin Walls.<br>
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However, not only is building “Fortress Europe” unlikely to
restrict unwanted movement, the approach also fails to consider
the EU’s dire need to grow its labor force...<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Despite all this, with Sweden currently holding
the European Council presidency, the next few months are still
unlikely to see a shift in the bloc’s refugee policy. The
country’s new right-wing coalition government has already halted
its annual intake of refugees to less than one-fifth of previous
figures, and its presidency hasn’t demonstrated a willingness to
push through the EU’s deadlocked immigration deal either — and
expectations for any change on this front are low.<br>
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Sweden’s immigration stance is far from abnormal though.<br>
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To win popular support and deepen political polarization, many
politicians have increasingly been relying on inflammatory
rhetoric, which is a dangerous approach based on short-term gains
that has caused a moral vacuum in Europe’s immigration debate.
Many European countries have become more violent and unwelcoming
toward refugees — including Italy, which now has its first
far-right government since World War II.<br>
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Thus, in the current political climate, policymakers alone can’t
shift the hostile public discourse surrounding migration. This is
why it’s imperative the EU works with civil society leaders, who
have been proving they have a crucial role to play when it comes
to mobilizing public support. For instance, building on the
momentum sparked by the war in Ukraine, religious leaders recently
met with the European Commission, calling for the EU to reaffirm
its moral values and confront internal disputes...</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Indeed, tapping into values of shared humanity
in this way will be central to preparing societies for the
inevitable influx of refugees, many of whom will be from
Muslim-majority countries — which most Europeans currently hope to
ban.<br>
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To this effect, the Muslim World League Secretary-General Muhammad
bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa has long been campaigning to leverage
moral frameworks like faith to realize public support for refugees
displaced by climate change. And he founded Faith For Our Planet
to become the world’s first global climate NGO, tackling climate
change through interfaith solutions that utilize shared moral
frameworks...</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Similarly, the U.N. High Commissioner for
Refugees has urged both Sweden and Spain to use their 2023 Council
presidencies to build on lessons from Ukraine, with various MEPs
calling for legal refugee pathways into Europe. After the
Commission’s 2020 Pact on Migration and Asylum failed to repair
the the bloc’s frayed refugee policy, the stakes are high, as
members are expected to push for reform before next year’s
European elections. <br>
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Ultimately, Europe’s approach to climate-related displacement
needs radical reform.<br>
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And considering the unpredictable nature of the climate crisis,
Europe requires a framework that can handle a potential rapid
influx of refugees after a natural disaster or climate emergency.
Here, the temporary protection granted to Ukrainian refugees could
serve as a model. Moreover, we could also see European governments
using AI as a preventative mechanism that can help predict future
climate and refugee patterns.<br>
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But we need a shift in public attitudes too.<br>
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During the past decade, the Mediterranean has turned into a
graveyard. Europeans have signed human rights conventions, but
they have failed to comply with them, and hardly anything has
changed despite migration being back on the EU’s agenda.<br>
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Without urgent action from European policymakers, we will soon
face a political crisis far worse than anything before.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-refugee-crisis-europe-policy/">https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-refugee-crisis-europe-policy/</a></font>
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<i>[ Meanwhile, heat and violence. ]</i><br>
<b>New climate change model finds nuanced relationship between
temperature, conflict</b><br>
FEBRUARY 20, 2023<br>
by Phil Ciciora, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<br>
A new framework for studying the intersection of climate anomalies
and social conflicts finds a strong link between temperature
fluctuations and aggregated global conflicts, in a paper co-written
by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign analytics expert.<br>
Climate anomalies such as rainfall and temperature deviations are
often associated with social conflict via civilian protests, but the
majority of climate-related conflicts are triggered by rebel actors
against government resources, according to a study co-written by
Ujjal Kumar Mukherjee, a professor of business administration at the
Gies College of Business at Illinois.<br>
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"Many past studies of climate change and societal conflicts have
failed to fully account for the interdependencies that underpin
these respective processes," he said. "Climate change and social
conflict each have spatial and temporal dependencies at the regional
as well as global levels. That's why we developed a new framework to
specifically address those challenges and help social scientists
explore similar domains."<br>
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Mukherjee's co-authors are Benjamin E. Bagozzi, a professor of
political science at the University of Delaware, and Snigdhansu
Chatterjee, a professor of statistics at the University of
Minnesota.<br>
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The results show a nuanced relationship between temperature
deviations and social conflicts that has not been found in previous
research, Mukherjee said.<br>
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"There has been a lot of discussion at the international policy
level about climate change and its impact on various aspects of life
such as health, social life and economic activity," he said. "It's
well known that competition for access to resources such as arable
land and minerals can, over time, create conflict. But our study is
predicated upon understanding the relation between temperature
anomalies and social conflicts of different kinds among different
groups like government forces, armed non-state individuals and
groups, and unarmed civilians."<br>
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Using an intricate modeling framework to analyze global data during
times of peace as well as conflict, the researchers evaluated the
relationship between temperature anomalies and different types of
social conflicts, including "material conflicts" involving physical
confrontations such as protests or roadside bombings, and "verbal
conflicts" involving threats, ultimatums or similar forms of
nonphysical confrontation...<br>
The researchers found significant evidence to suggest that periods
of unusually high temperatures were associated with social conflict
primarily through government-rebel material conflicts such as rebel
attacks against government resources or acts of state repression,
and government-civilian conflict via civilian protests.<br>
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"We find that the majority of the conflicts associated with climate
anomalies are triggered by rebel actors, and others who react to
such acts of conflict," Mukherjee said. "The big contribution of
this paper is the objective quantification of the impact of rising
temperatures and climate change on human conflict. There's been a
lot of anecdotal evidence, but there hasn't been a structured,
large-scale study with global data."<br>
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The implications of the research underscore how vital international
cooperation is for combating climate change, Mukherjee said.<br>
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"Functionally, policymakers ought to be interested in the paper
because it shows how interdependent regions are with regard to
climate conflict," he said. "International cooperation on climate
change-mitigation efforts have been premised on the notion that
harmful social and economic activities in one region can spill over
into other regions through greenhouse gas emissions, global warming
and the aftereffects of extreme climate events. We saw this recently
with the farmer protests in India. The farmers felt that they
weren't getting enough in government subsidies, so they were
demanding more.<br>
<br>
"Such conflicts aren't uncommon, but they are likely to reverberate
regionally, because everyone depends on agriculture and mineral
resources."<br>
<br>
The framework also can help social scientists explore similar
domains involving large-scale spatial and temporal dependencies,
Mukherjee said.<br>
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"Researchers, particularly political science researchers, should be
interested in our framework from a methodological standpoint,
because they can take the model and analyze similar data that can
help in policymaking," he said. "In the field of big data, there's
always the issue of reverse causality. Our new model accounts for
that."<br>
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The paper was published by the journal Environmetrics.<br>
<i>More information: Ujjal Kumar Mukherjee et al, A Bayesian
framework for studying climate anomalies and social conflicts,
Environmetrics (2022). DOI: 10.1002/env.2778</i><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://phys.org/news/2023-02-climate-nuanced-relationship-temperature-conflict.html">https://phys.org/news/2023-02-climate-nuanced-relationship-temperature-conflict.html</a><br>
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<i><font face="Calibri">[ Reuters -- political destabilization
pushes military action ]</font></i><br>
<b><font face="Calibri">Russia targets Netherlands' North Sea
infrastructure, says Dutch intelligence agency</font></b><i><font
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</font></i><font face="Calibri">THE HAGUE, Feb 20 (Reuters) -
Russia has in recent months tried to gain intelligence to sabotage
critical infrastructure in the Dutch part of the North Sea, Dutch
military intelligence agency MIVD said on Monday.<br>
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<font face="Calibri">"We saw in recent months Russian actors tried
to uncover how the energy system works in the North Sea. It is the
first time we have seen this," Swillens said...</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">- -</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">"Russia is mapping how our wind parks in the
North Sea function. They are very interested in how they could
sabotage the energy infrastructure."</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">Dutch intelligence agencies MIVD and AIVD, in a
joint report published on Monday, said critical offshore
infrastructure such as internet cables, gas pipes and windmill
farms had become the target of Russian sabotage activities...</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">"Russia is secretly charting this
infrastructure and is undertaking activities which indicate
preparations for disruption and sabotage", the agencies said.</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">Covert threats by Russia to water and energy
supplies in the Netherlands were also conceivable, they added.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">The Netherlands said on Saturday it would expel
an undisclosed number of Russian diplomats as it accused Russia of
continuously bringing in spies under diplomatic cover.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">It also ordered Russia to close its trade
mission in Amsterdam and said it would shut down the Dutch
consulate in Saint Petersburg.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-targets-netherlands-north-sea-infrastructure-says-dutch-intelligence-2023-02-20/">https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-targets-netherlands-north-sea-infrastructure-says-dutch-intelligence-2023-02-20/</a></font><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[ A Red Pill presentation - from a top
activist scientist - video 80 mins ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> </font> <font face="Calibri"><b>Professor
Kevin Anderson From iniquity to integrity … there’s no hiding
from carbon budgets</b><br>
Cambridge Climate Lecture Series<br>
Feb 17, 2023<br>
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<blockquote><b><font face="Calibri">Talk Abstract:</font></b><br>
<font face="Calibri">As climate change increasingly exacerbates
extreme weather events around the globe, so government leaders
are increasingly using the language of a “climate emergency”.
But look beyond the fine words, and it is quickly evident that
behind the relatively recent framing of ‘net zero’, many
governments, companies and institutions are planning for little
more than incremental adjustments to business-as-usual. But
“nature will not be fooled” by empty rhetoric, subterfuge and
unsubstantiated optimism – and nor should we. The challenges we
face in delivering on our Paris climate commitments beg
fundamental questions of almost every facet of modern society.
This presentation will seek to lay bare the sheer scale, scope
and urgency of emission cuts now required to meet our Paris
climate commitments. It will conclude by offering an outline of
the key characteristics delivering on such commitments needs to
entail. Please note, for those with a more sensitive
disposition, this is very much a “red pill” presentation.</font><br>
</blockquote>
<font face="Calibri">Short Bio:<br>
Kevin is professor of Energy and Climate Change at the University
of Manchester and visiting professor at the Universities of
Uppsala (Sweden) and Bergen (Norway). Formerly he held the
position of Zennström professor (in Uppsala) and was director of
the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (UK). Kevin engages
widely with governments, industry and civil society, and remains
research active with publications in Climate policy, Nature and
Science. He has a decade’s industrial experience in the
petrochemical industry, is a chartered engineer and fellow of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers.<br>
Twitter: @KevinClimate<br>
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<i><font face="Calibri">[ Global warming and climate disinformation
in Israel ]</font></i><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>Scientists chide environment minister for
meeting with climate skeptics</b><br>
Group calls on Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman to
consult with climate change experts rather than people who ‘spread
false information’<br>
By SUE SURKES <br>
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<font face="Calibri">Dozens of scientists pushed back against a
meeting last week between Environmental Protection Minister Idit
Silman and members of the so-called Rational Environmentalism
Forum, a group that opposes the general scientific view that
humans are responsible for climate change.<br>
<br>
On Monday, a not-for-profit group of scientists called Little, Big
Science wrote to Silman saying that while it was important to
listen to different views, the Rational Environmentalism Forum
represented a “negligible minority” and that most of its members
were not climate scientists.<br>
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Little, Big Science, which represents around 50 scientists in
different fields and was set up to explain science to the general
public, pointed out that the vast majority of the world’s
scientists, many of them involved with the UN’s Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, were certain that climate warming was a
human-driven phenomenon.<br>
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Groups like the Rational Environmentalism Forum “spread false
information that requires a lot of effort and resources to
eliminate,” the letter went on, urging the minister to restrict
her consultations to “professionals with relevant expertise in the
field in question.”<br>
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Rational Environmentalism Forum includes professors Yonatan Dubi,
Hallel Gershoni and Micha Klein.<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Dubi has argued that the human contribution to
climate change is unproven, that the government should be
prioritizing environmental issues such as pollution, that the rush
to deploy solar panels will leave behind a mass of non-recyclable
materials and ruin the countryside, and that fossil fuels such as
gas are the best way to ensure energy security.<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Sources familiar with the three-hour-long
meeting told the Haaretz daily that the group presented Silman and
ministry director-general Guy Samet with information that they
said supported their view that Israel’s climate-related activity
is unnecessary, expressed doubt over the human involvement in
causing climate change, and were skeptical about its severity.<br>
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Silman’s office said in response that she had met with “a wide
variety of people from the Jewish, Arab, ultra-Orthodox public,
while also listening to different opinions” over the week.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/scientists-chide-environment-minister-for-meeting-with-climate-skeptics/">https://www.timesofisrael.com/scientists-chide-environment-minister-for-meeting-with-climate-skeptics/</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Almost me - from Futurity ]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>FOOD INSECURITY CAN SPEED OLDER
ADULTS’ COGNITIVE DECLINE</b><br>
FEBRUARY 20TH, 2023<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">Older adults living with food insecurity
are more likely to experience malnutrition, depression, and
physical limitations that affect how they live, a new study shows.<br>
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<font face="Calibri">The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP) is the largest federally funded nutrition-assistance
program in the United States, and research has shown that SNAP
reduces hunger and food insecurity in the general population.<br>
<br>
Little evidence is available, however, on how SNAP may affect
brain aging in older adults. To bridge this knowledge gap,
researchers investigated the relationship between food insecurity,
SNAP, and cognitive decline. They found that food sufficiency and
participation in SNAP may help protect against accelerated
cognitive decline in older adults.<br>
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The researchers analyzed a representative sample of 4,578 older
adults in the United States using data from the National Health
and Aging Trends Study, 2012-20. Participants reported their
experiences with food insecurity and were classified as food
sufficient or food insufficient.<br>
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The SNAP status was defined as SNAP participants, SNAP-eligible
nonparticipants, and SNAP-ineligible nonparticipants. The
researchers found that food insecure adults experienced cognitive
declines more rapidly than their food secure peers.<br>
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The researchers identified different trajectories of cognitive
decline using food insufficiency status or SNAP status. Rates of
cognitive decline were similar in SNAP participants and
SNAP-ineligible nonparticipants, both of which were slower than
the rate of SNAP-eligible nonparticipants.<br>
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The greater cognitive decline rate observed in the food insecure
group was equivalent to being 3.8 years older, whereas the greater
cognitive decline rate observed in the SNAP-eligible
nonparticipant group was equivalent to being 4.5 years older.<br>
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“For an aging population, roughly four years of brain aging can be
very significant,” says Muzi Na, assistant professor of
nutritional sciences at Penn State, and lead author of the study
in the Journal of Nutrition.<br>
<br>
“These results really point to the importance of food security for
people as they age and the value that SNAP can have in improving
people’s cognitive health as they age. We need to make sure that
people have access to—and encourage them to use—the SNAP program
as they age.”<br>
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Future studies are warranted to investigate the impact of
addressing food insecurity and promoting SNAP participation on
cognitive health in older adults, Na says.<br>
<br>
Additional coauthors are from Brown University, the University of
South Carolina, the University of North Carolina Wilmington, the
University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Penn State.<br>
<br>
The Broadhurst Career Development Professorship for the Study of
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and the National Institute
of Mental Health supported the work.<br>
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Original Study DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.12.012<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.futurity.org/food-insecurity-older-adults-cognitive-decline-2878352/">https://www.futurity.org/food-insecurity-older-adults-cognitive-decline-2878352/</a>
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<i>[ stop extinction now ]</i><br>
<b>Cartoon by First Dog on the Moon</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/17/three-easy-steps-to-stop-creatures-becoming-extinct">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/17/three-easy-steps-to-stop-creatures-becoming-extinct</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[The news archive - looking back at a big
day of deliberate disinformation called out by Potholer54, ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> <font size="+2"><i><b>February 22, 2010</b></i></font>
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<font face="Calibri">February 22, 2010: </font><br>
<b><font face="Calibri">-- The Economist calls out the Daily Mail
for promoting the notion that climate change "stopped" in 1995.</font></b>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/02/climategate_distortions">http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/02/climategate_distortions</a></font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">-- YouTube video from Potholer 54 - <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PWDFzWt-Ag">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PWDFzWt-Ag</a></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> </font>- -<br>
<b><font face="Calibri">8a. Climate Change - Phil Jones and the 'no
warming for 15 years'</font></b><br>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://youtu.be/cp-iB6jwjUc">http://youtu.be/cp-iB6jwjUc</a></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> </font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> Media Matters reports: "A New York Post
editorial baselessly asserted that the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change's (IPCC) 'bogus' statement about the date by which
Himalayan glaciers will likely disappear was a 'key finding' in
order to claim that climate change science is 'unraveling.' In
fact, scientists have noted that the IPCC report's claim should
not be described as a central finding because it was not included
in the IPCC's larger summaries; moreover, the editorial distorted
several of climate scientist Phil Jones' statements on warming
trends to suggest that they undermine the consensus that human
activities are contributing to higher global temperatures."</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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