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<font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>May</b></i></font></font><font
size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b> 15, 2023</b></i></font><font
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Very positive news -- thank you ] </i><br>
</font> <font face="Calibri"><b>Despairing about climate change?
These 4 charts on the unstoppable growth of solar may change
your mind</b><br>
May 11, 2023<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Last year, the world built more new solar
capacity than every other power source combined.<br>
<br>
Solar is now growing much faster than any other energy technology
in history. How fast? Fast enough to completely displace fossil
fuels from the entire global economy before 2050.<br>
<br>
The rise and rise of cheap solar is our best hope for rapidly
mitigating climate change.<br>
<br>
Total solar capacity tipped over 1 terawatt (1,000 gigawatts) for
the first time last year. The sector is growing at around 20% a
year. If this continues, we’ll hit 6 terawatts around 2031. In
capacity terms, that would be larger than the combined total of
coal, gas, nuclear and hydro...<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Fewer and fewer new fossil fuel power stations
are now being built. As the rest of the global fleet age, most
will retire by mid-century.<br>
<br>
<b>Australia is finding the path</b><br>
It might surprise you to learn that Australia is a global
renewable energy pathfinder. Most solar panels use
Australian-developed PERC technology, for instance.<br>
<br>
All the leading countries for per capita solar and wind generation
are in Europe – except Australia. In Australia, 99% of new
generation capacity is now solar and wind because it is cheap...</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><b>Where will the era of ubiquitous solar take
us?</b><br>
Solar capacity has been growing at 20% a year for decades.<br>
<br>
Elimination of fossil fuels from the global economy is
straightforward: electrify everything using clean electricity from
solar and wind. This includes:<br>
electric vehicles replacing conventional vehicles<br>
electric heat pumps replacing gas space and water heaters in homes
and businesses<br>
electric furnaces replacing gas burners in factories<br>
electrolysis of water producing green hydrogen for the chemical
industry, allowing for clean production of ammonia, metals,
plastics and synthetic aviation fuel.<br>
To run our homes, industries and vehicles with electricity, we’ll
need to double electricity production. Why not more? Because
electricity is usually much more efficient at producing an energy
outcome. For example, 85% of the petrol you put into your car is
wasted as heat.<br>
<br>
In countries with a significant chemical industry, electricity
production might need to triple.<br>
<br>
If these trends continue, by mid-century we will be in a very
different – and better – energy world.<br>
<br>
Many developing countries – including population giants such as
Indonesia, India, China and Nigeria – could catch up with Europe
or Australia for per capita energy consumption. Given electricity
consumption is strongly correlated with affluence, access to cheap
electricity will be a major boon for many nations...</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://theconversation.com/despairing-about-climate-change-these-4-charts-on-the-unstoppable-growth-of-solar-may-change-your-mind-204901">https://theconversation.com/despairing-about-climate-change-these-4-charts-on-the-unstoppable-growth-of-solar-may-change-your-mind-204901</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ music sing in with 1000 young people -
video (some call it "hopium")]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>A huge group of New Yorkers came
together to sing about climate change</b><br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">NEW YORK (PIX11) – There was a one-of-a-kind
public performance at Lincoln Center on Saturday.<br>
<br>
It was a world premiere public performance of a piece called
“Search for Spring” in the main plaza. It was also billed as a
crowd action for optimism. This hour-long choral piece explored
the toll of climate change and our hope for a better future.<br>
<br>
Gov. Hochul wants the OK to house migrants at Floyd Bennett Field<br>
New Yorkers made up of six different choirs from across the five
boroughs came together for this monumental work composed by
Jonathan Dove...</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">- -</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Fans of Jonathan Doves traveled from as far
away as Minnesota to hear this piece that was free and open to
all.<br>
<br>
“I am passionate about climate change problems and here they are
talking and singing about it, and it is just absolutely
fantastic,” Marcia Aubineau, who traveled from Minnesota, told
PIX11 News.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://pix11.com/news/a-huge-group-of-new-yorkers-1000-came-together-to-sing-about-climate-change/">https://pix11.com/news/a-huge-group-of-new-yorkers-1000-came-together-to-sing-about-climate-change/</a><br>
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<i><font face="Calibri">[ $ From the Economist - another exuberant
expression of political hope - $ ]</font></i><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>A new world order seeks to prioritise
security and climate change</b><br>
But policymakers must not forget the lessons of economics<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">After the cold war, America and Europe
established an economic order based upon open markets, global
trade and limited state meddling in the economy. Climate change
was a distant threat. Allowing countries like China or Russia into
the global economy was widely seen to be beneficial for both them
and their Western trading partners. As the two countries grew they
would surely adopt market economics and, ultimately, democracy.
Other things mattered. But economic considerations took
precedence.<br>
<br>
Not anymore. Policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic have come
to the conclusion that national security and climate change must
now come first. In Brussels talk is of “economic security” and
“strategic autonomy”—policymakers want the bloc to be able to
chart its own course. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the
European Commission, recently said that she wants to “derisk”
relations with China. Officials in Washington have similar
ambitions. They believe that the old world order allowed America’s
industrial base to wither, created economic dependencies that
could be exploited for geopolitical gain, left the climate crisis
unaddressed and increased inequality in a manner that undermined
democracy. Yet pursuing greater security, tackling climate change
and seeking to counter the threat of China involves all manner of
trade-offs. Even if economic considerations are no longer
dominant, the discipline of economics still has much to offer...<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">[ more at ]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/05/11/a-new-world-order-seeks-to-prioritise-security-and-climate-change">https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/05/11/a-new-world-order-seeks-to-prioritise-security-and-climate-change</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Fundamentals -- humans thinking
systemically ]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>William E. Rees on The Fundamental
Issue: Overshoot</b><br>
Nate Hagens<br>
May 14, 2023 #thegreatsimplification #overshoot #ecology<br>
Excerpted from The Great Simplification episode #53 aired on
January 11, 2023<br>
Full Episode: William E. Rees:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQTuDttP2Yg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQTuDttP2Yg</a> <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1vX03h7w9c">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1vX03h7w9c</a></font>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ disinformation battlegrounds ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>Climate crisis deniers target scientists for
vicious abuse on Musk’s Twitter</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Abusive, often violent tweets denying the
climate emergency have become a barrage since Elon Musk acquired
the platform, say UK experts</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri"> Anna Fazackerley</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Sun 14 May 2023 02.00 EDT</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> </font> <br>
<font face="Calibri">Climate scientists say the change has been
stark, and they are fighting to make themselves heard over a
“barrage” of often hostile comments.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">“There’s been a massive change,” said Mark
Maslin, professor of earth system science at University College
London and the author of popular books including How to Save Our
Planet. “I get so much abuse and rude comments now. It’s happening
to all of us, but I challenge the climate deniers so I’ve been
really targeted.”</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">Maslin says he used to have regular meetings
with Sean Boyle, Twitter’s former head of sustainability, who was
laid off in Musk’s mass cull of staff shortly after he took over
in Aprll 2022. Maslin said Boyle discussed the platform’s work to
develop ways of ensuring that trusted information was pushed to
the top.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">“They were using climate change as a good test
bed, because it was fairly clear who the good and bad actors
were,” Maslin said. “But he was sacked and Twitter became the wild
west.”</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">Maslin said he will stay on the platform and
push back against conspiracy theories with scientific evidence. “I
want people to understand there are solutions. There is a real
need for us to be on social media defending the truth, however
nasty the responses get.”</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">But not all scientists have found standing up
to regular hostility an easy feat. Doug McNeall, a statistician
working on climate change at the Met Office Hadley Centre at
Exeter University, said he had blocked or muted many accounts on
Twitter even before Musk’s arrival. “I got to the point where it
was definitely affecting my mental health,” he said.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">“I spent years debating quite strongly with
climate sceptics, including people I assume were paid,” he added.
“But there can be a real personal cost interacting over a long
time with people who are abusing you.”</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">McNeall said it was hard for scientists to work
out how to cut through the false information on Twitter. “I just
can’t tell if people are seeing disinformation or getting good
scientific information about what is happening,” he said. “That’s
really worrying.”</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">Ed Hawkins, professor of climate science at
Reading University, who has 94,000 Twitter followers, said he had
seen a “huge increase” in tweets from climate-denier accounts,
often involving conspiracy theories or long-debunked topics. “A
larger fraction of the comments are personal and abusive,” he
said. “Any mildly popular tweet from a climate scientist is now
targeted for a barrage of replies.”</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">Hawkins has noticed that many denier accounts
have paid subscriptions to Twitter and therefore appear higher up
in the replies. “It appears to be a coordinated effort [by climate
change deniers] to make it appear as though climate denial is more
prevalent than it really is,” he said.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">Professor Richard Betts, chair of climate
impacts at Exeter University and head of climate impacts at the
Hadley Centre, said: “Outright hostility has increased in recent
weeks. It’s mostly just people saying you’re talking rubbish. They
don’t want a conversation.”</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">A survey of 468 international climate
scientists published by campaign group Global Witness last month
found that prominent scientists were the most likely to face
abuse, with half of those who had published at least 10 papers
reporting they had suffered online harassment as a result of their
climate work. One in eight female scientists who reported abuse
had been threatened with sexual violence.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">Twitter was approached for comment but did not
respond.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/14/climate-crisis-deniers-target-scientists-abuse-musk-twitter">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/14/climate-crisis-deniers-target-scientists-abuse-musk-twitter</a></font><br>
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<i><font face="Calibri">[ From GlobalWitness.org ]</font></i><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>Global Hating -- What we found</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Half of climate scientists surveyed with more
than 10 publications have faced online abuse</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">- -</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Half of climate scientists surveyed with more
than 10 publications have faced online abuse</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">The survey found that level of exposure to
harassment was linked to amount of academic publications and
frequency of media appearances. Overall, 39% of all scientists
polled (183 out of 468) have experienced online harassment or
abuse as a result of their climate work. This rate is lower for
those who have published fewer than six articles (24%) and
increases to 49% of scientists who have published more than 10
journal articles. </font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">The results suggest abuse increases with both
academic output and media exposure. Of those scientists who are in
the media at least once a month (13% of respondents), 73% have
experienced abuse, and 29% reported having experienced ‘a great
deal’ or ‘a fair amount’ of abuse. Even for those scientists who
have never made any media appearances (19% of respondents), 12%
reported they have experienced online abuse...</font>
<blockquote><font face="Calibri">"I keep communicating, but every
time I engage, I also try to gauge what the repercussions could
be and what are the benefits, and the benefit-risk analysis
aspects of it. And so some things I’ve declined, and also
because I’ve done quite a lot of press I don’t feel I need to
accept and do everything. But I still try to engage as much as I
can because climate change is a much bigger issue than the
consequences that I am experiencing from actively engaging in
communication. <br>
<br>
It’s my impression that the women get a worse deal than a lot of
the men. But I also know that some of the more vocal climate
scientists, no matter the gender, have had some rather
unpleasant experiences as well. "</font><br>
</blockquote>
<font face="Calibri">The death (and rape) threats were extended to
my children</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> –Quote from a climate scientist’s
survey response</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/global-hating/">https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/global-hating/</a></font><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[ Hey Montana, does that include droughts,
floods and wildfires? ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> </font> <font face="Calibri"><b>Gianforte
signs bill banning state agencies from analyzing climate impacts
</b><br>
House Bill 971 comes as Montana courts are poised to consider how
“clean and healthful environment” protections intersect with
energy regulations.<br>
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The bill also comes as a Helena judge is weighing a case brought by
16 youth plaintiffs asking the judicial branch to require the state
to measure and regulate greenhouse gas emissions. That lawsuit, Held
vs. Montana, is set for a 10-day hearing that will start June 12.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://montanafreepress.org/2023/05/12/gianforte-signs-climate-change-analysis-ban-into-law/">https://montanafreepress.org/2023/05/12/gianforte-signs-climate-change-analysis-ban-into-law/</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[ The news archive - looking back -- at
important, historic, and successful civil disobedience -
although mostly symbolic ]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>May 15, 2013</b></i></font> <br>
May 15, 2013: In a courageous act of civil disobedience that
calls attention to coal's contamination of the climate, activists
Ken Ward and Jay O'Hara forestall a coal shipment headed for the
Brayton Point Power Plant in Somerset, Massachusetts.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://lobsterboatblockade.org/">http://lobsterboatblockade.org/</a><br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/15-2">http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/15-2</a><br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/lobster-boat-successfully-blockades-40000-ton-coal-shipment.html">http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/lobster-boat-successfully-blockades-40000-ton-coal-shipment.html</a><br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/05/15/climate-change-activists-say-they-blocked-freighter-from-delivering-coal-mass-power-plant/gjnEb86grXDaFflJPVynTI/story.html">http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/05/15/climate-change-activists-say-they-blocked-freighter-from-delivering-coal-mass-power-plant/gjnEb86grXDaFflJPVynTI/story.html</a><br>
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