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<p><font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>August 28</b></i></font></font><font
size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>, 2023</b></i></font><font
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<i><font face="Calibri">[ Christian Climate Scientist Dr Katharine
Hayhoe ]</font></i><br>
<font face="Calibri">The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe<br>
@KHayhoe<br>
<b>Every "but what about...?" argument against human-caused
climate change is already covered by @skepticscience's handy
list; so why won't it convince people? </b><br>
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<font face="Calibri">Because it's never been about science or facts.
It's solution aversion so any excuse that justifies that position
will do.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/KHayhoe/status/1695887319822176568">https://twitter.com/KHayhoe/status/1695887319822176568</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri">The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Here is the list:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php">https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php</a></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">And here's my Global Weirding episode on why
facts are (very sadly) not enough to catalyze climate action:</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">youtube.com</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>If I just explain the facts, they'll get it,
right?</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkMIjbDtdo0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkMIjbDtdo0</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ not gentle activism - how do we stay calm?
]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>Peter Kalmus, Climate Scientist </b><br>
Moby Pod<br>
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author. Moby and Lindsay talk to Peter about the state of our
climate reality, the science behind it, and what we can do to help
our planet survive. In a fun way.<br>
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<font face="Calibri"> </font> <i>[ tiny victory reported from the
misinformation battleground - the attack was started in 2014 ]</i><br>
<b>Scientific journal retracts article that claimed no evidence of
climate crisis</b><br>
Publisher Springer Nature says 2022 article ‘not supported by
available evidence’ as editors launch investigation<br>
Graham Readfearn<br>
@readfearn<br>
Fri 25 Aug 2023 <br>
One of the world’s biggest scientific publishers has retracted a
journal article that claimed to have found no evidence of a climate
crisis.<br>
<br>
Springer Nature said it had retracted the article, by four Italian
physicists, after an internal investigation found the conclusions
were “not supported by available evidence or data provided by the
authors”.<br>
<br>
Climate sceptic groups widely publicised the article, which appeared
in the European Physical Journal Plus in January 2022 – a journal
not known for publishing climate change science.<br>
<br>
Nine months later the article was reported uncritically in a page
one story in the Australian newspaper and promoted in two segments
on Sky News Australia – a channel that has been described as a
global hub for climate science misinformation. The segments were
viewed more than 500,000 times on YouTube.<br>
The article claimed to have analysed data to find no trend in
rainfall extremes, floods, droughts and food productivity.<br>
<br>
“In conclusion on the basis of observational data, the climate
crisis that, according to many sources, we are experiencing today,
is not evident yet,” the article said.<br>
<br>
Several climate scientists told the Guardian and later the news
agency AFP that the article had misrepresented some scientific
articles, was “selective and biased” and had “cherrypicked”
information.<br>
<br>
After those concerns were raised, Springer Nature announced in
October it was investigating the article.<br>
<br>
In a statement Springer Nature said its editors had launched a
“thorough investigation”, which included a post-publication review
by subject matter experts.<br>
<br>
The authors of the article also submitted an addendum to their
original work during the course of the investigation, the statement
said.<br>
<br>
“After careful consideration and consultation with all parties
involved, the editors and publishers concluded that they no longer
had confidence in the results and conclusions of the article,” the
journal said.<br>
<br>
“The addendum was not considered suitable for publication and
retraction was the most appropriate course of action in order to
maintain the validity of the scientific record.”<br>
<br>
A retraction note appearing on the article says concerns were raised
“regarding the selection of the data, the analysis and the resulting
conclusions of the article”.<br>
<br>
The note says the article’s conclusions “were not supported by
available evidence or data provided by the authors”.<br>
<br>
“In light of these concerns and based on the outcome of the post
publication review, the editors-in-chief no longer have confidence
in the results and conclusions reported in this article,” the note
adds.<br>
<br>
The article is still available for download, but the manuscript now
has the words “RETRACTED ARTICLE” stamped over each page. According
to the journal’s website, the article was accessed 92,000 times.<br>
<br>
The Guardian asked why the issues with the paper were not picked up
before publication. Springer Nature said it could not discuss “the
specific history or peer review process of a paper with anyone other
than the authors”.<br>
<br>
The publisher and editors were “committed to maintaining the highest
possible levels of integrity in the content published in the
journal, and we are taking steps to ensure that similar issues do
not occur in the future”.<br>
<br>
“For example, we are supporting our editors-in-chief in increasing
oversight of editors and guest editors to ensure that our policies
and best practice are adhered to,” a statement added.<br>
Prof Steven Sherwood, a climate scientist at the University of New
South Wales who was among those critical of the article, said it was
important the journal had allowed the authors to defend their work.<br>
<br>
“This shows the journal did not rush to judgment against the paper,”
he said.<br>
<br>
“I commend the journal, both for giving this initial benefit of the
doubt to the authors and for having the resolve to retract the paper
when the authors could not justify their claims.”<br>
<br>
Two of the study’s four authors, retired nuclear physicist Renato
Ricci and known climate science sceptic Franco Prodi, signed a
declaration in early 2022 that there was “no climate emergency” and
that “enriching the atmosphere with CO2 is beneficial”.<br>
<br>
The study’s lead author, nuclear physicist Prof Gianluca Alimonti,
argued in 2014 that there was no consensus among climate scientists
that global warming was caused by human activity. At least six
separate studies have shown that between 90% and 100% of climate
scientists agree warming is caused by humans.<br>
<br>
The Guardian emailed Alimonti for comment but did not receive a
reply. The Australian newspaper and Sky News Australia were also
approached for comment.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/26/scientific-journal-retracts-article-that-claimed-no-evidence-of-climate-crisis">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/26/scientific-journal-retracts-article-that-claimed-no-evidence-of-climate-crisis</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ from a radical critic and former
Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration ]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>The GOP and the crises of climate
change and democracy</b><br>
The lowest point of last night’s debate<br>
ROBERT REICH<br>
AUG 24, 2023<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Friends,<br>
<br>
I wasn’t planning to say anything more about last night’s
Republican debate (minus Trump), but I can’t resist pointing to
what I considered the lowest point out of many low points.<br>
<br>
It came when the candidates fielded a pre-taped question by a
young person named Alexander Diaz, who spoke about how the climate
crisis is “young people’s number one issue,” and asked, “How will
you as both president and leader of the Republican Party calm the
fear that the Republican Party doesn’t care about climate change?”<br>
<br>
Before turning the question over to the candidates, Bret Baier,
one of the moderators of the debate, asked the candidates to raise
their hands if they believe “human behavior is causing climate
change.”<br>
<br>
Almost immediately, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shot back:
“We’re not schoolchildren, let’s have the debate.” Then, instead
of talking about climate change, DeSantis lashed out at Joe Biden
for his response to the deadly Maui fires. (DeSantis’s criticism
was utter rubbish, of course. Biden has been very much involved in
the aftermath of the Maui fires, with federal disaster assistance
and ongoing briefings, culminating in his visit several days ago.)<br>
<br>
DeSantis later insisted he never raised his hand in affirmation.<br>
<br>
As Florida faces increasingly powerful hurricanes and storm
surges, as well as threats from sea level rise, DeSantis has
supported projects to build seawalls and improve drainage systems.
But he has refused to acknowledge the role of global heating on
these disasters, scoffing at the “politicization of the weather”
and pushing bills banning Florida cities from adopting 100% clean
energy goals. He also barred the state’s pension fund from
considering the climate crisis when making investment decisions.<br>
<br>
After DeSantis’s attempt to avoid talking about climate change
last night, Vivek Ramaswamy, a 38-year-old entrepreneur who
presents himself as a nonpolitical outsider who can tell the
truth, then piped up: “The climate-change agenda,” he declared,
“is a hoax.”<br>
<br>
Hello?<br>
<br>
Donald Trump, who did not attend the debate, has done whatever he
could to impede climate action. As president, he rolled back
nearly 100 climate regulations, according to a New York Times
tally, and backed out of the Paris Accord.<br>
<br>
Meanwhile, right-wing groups have been working with the Republican
Party to boost the fossil fuel industry while undermining the
energy transition. Project 2025, a $22 million endeavor by the
climate change-denying think tank The Heritage Foundation, has
developed a proposal that lays out how a Republican president
could dismantle U.S. climate policy within their first 180 days in
office. The proposal was made in collaboration with several former
Trump officials.<br>
<br>
Friends, the twin crises of the climate and democracy are
intertwined. Climate change threatens life on Earth. But without a
working democracy, there’s little we can hope to do about it. The
Republican Party — with Trump in the lead, and DeSantis and others
trailing behind in the GOP presidential primaries — seems
dedicated to destroying both.<br>
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<blockquote><font face="Calibri"><i>Robert B. Reich is Chancellor's
Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at
Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing
Economies, and writes at robertreich.substack.com. Reich
served as Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration,
for which Time Magazine named him one of the ten most
effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth century. He has
written fifteen books, including the best sellers
"Aftershock", "The Work of Nations," and"Beyond Outrage," and,
his most recent, "The Common Good," which is available in
bookstores now. He is also a founding editor of the American
Prospect magazine, chairman of Common Cause, a member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and co-creator of the
award-winning documentary, "Inequality For All." He's
co-creator of the Netflix original documentary "Saving
Capitalism," which is streaming now.</i></font><br>
</blockquote>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-gop-and-the-crises-of-climate?r=kv56u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email">https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-gop-and-the-crises-of-climate?r=kv56u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Comment - without the 40 years of intense
disinformation and misinformation from the fossil fuel industry
- we maybe could have avoided the inevitable heat that we now
face.</i><i>]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>The Human Ecology of Overshoot: Why a Major
‘Population Correction’ Is Inevitable</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">by William E. Rees </font><font
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</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4060/4/3/32">https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4060/4/3/32</a></font>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Conversation IPCC ]</i><br>
@IPCC_CH<br>
<b>🔹#Climatechange is a threat to human well-being &
planetary health.</b><br>
🔹There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a
liveable & sustainable future for all.<br>
🔹The solution lies in climate-resilient development.<br>
#IPCC's Synthesis Report ➡️ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bit.ly/SRYRpt23">https://bit.ly/SRYRpt23</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/">https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[The news archive - looking back at positive
action by individual states ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> <font size="+2"><i><b>August 28, 2017</b></i></font>
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<font face="Calibri"> August 28, 2017:</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">The New York Times editorial page observes: </font><br>
<blockquote><font face="Calibri">“The one bright spot amid the
generally gloomy news about climate change, and the Trump
administration’s resistance to doing anything about it, is the
determination of a number of state governments to take action on
their own.</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">“California, as usual, has commanded the
headlines on this score, having just strengthened its commitment
to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Now the nine Northeastern
states that form the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative have
done much the same, in a further rebuke to the know-littles and
do-nothings like Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, who are now calling the shots
on climate policy in Washington.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">“The nine states, including Connecticut,
Massachusetts and New York, last week agreed to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions from power plants an additional 30
percent by 2030, on top of the 40 percent cut they have already
achieved since the program began in 2009. R.G.G.I., as the
initiative is known, was the nation’s first multistate
greenhouse gas initiative. From the beginning (and despite the
defection of New Jersey’s Gov. Chris Christie), it has had the
backing of governors from both parties. More important, it has
quietly achieved substantial emissions reductions at little cost
to the states’ economies or to their consumers.”</font><br>
</blockquote>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/opinion/climate-change-states-trump.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/opinion/climate-change-states-trump.html</a>
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