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<font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>August 30</b></i></font></font><font
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<i>[ Global climates destabilizing makes for more intense weather
events ]</i><b><br>
</b><b>Hurricane Idalia</b><b> </b><b>‘Catastrophic’ Storm Makes
Landfall in Florida</b><i><br>
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<i>[ NYTimes old information applies to current storm news -
Hurricane Idalia ]</i><br>
<b>What is the impact of climate change on hurricanes?</b><br>
6-29-2022<br>
Veronica Penney and Elena Shao<br>
Researchers are unsure about whether human-caused climate change
will mean longer or more active hurricane seasons in the future, but
there is broad agreement on one thing: Global warming is changing
storms.<br>
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As Earth’s climate warms, more storms are intensifying quickly,
growing from relatively weak tropical storms to Category 3 or higher
hurricanes in under 24 hours, sometimes stunning forecasters and
giving residents little time to prepare.<br>
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Scientists say that unusually warm Atlantic surface temperatures
have helped to increase storm activity.<br>
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“It’s very likely that human-caused climate change contributed to
that anomalously warm ocean,” said James P. Kossin, a climate
scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
“Climate change is making it more likely for hurricanes to behave in
certain ways.”<br>
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Here are some of those ways.<br>
<b>1. Higher winds.</b> There’s a solid scientific consensus that
hurricanes are becoming more powerful...<br>
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<b>2. More rain. </b>Warming also increases the amount of water
vapor that the atmosphere can hold. In fact, every degree Celsius of
warming allows the air to hold about 7 percent more water...<br>
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<b>3. Slower storms.</b> Researchers do not yet know why storms are
moving more slowly, but they are. Some say a slowdown in global
atmospheric circulation, or global winds, could be partly to
blame...<br>
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<b>4. Wider-ranging storms.</b> Because warmer water helps fuel
hurricanes, climate change is enlarging the zone where hurricanes
can form...<br>
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<b>5. More volatility. </b>As the climate warms, researchers also
expect storms to intensify more rapidly, they say. They are still
unsure about why it’s happening, but the trend appears to be
clear...<br>
The rapid intensification of hurricanes can bedevil forecasters,
whose assessments affect a community’s preparedness...“It’s a
forecaster’s nightmare,” Dr. Emanuel said. If a tropical storm or
Category 1 hurricane develops into a Category 4 hurricane overnight,
he said, “there’s no time to evacuate people.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/30/us/hurricane-idalia-florida">https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/30/us/hurricane-idalia-florida</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ WIRED -- watch that rate of heating ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>An Ominous Heating Event Is Unfolding in the
Oceans</b><br>
Average sea surface temperatures have soared to record highs, and
stayed there. It’s a worrying signal of an ocean in crisis.<br>
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<font face="Calibri">“It’s surprising to me that we’re this far off
the trajectory,” says Robert Rohde, lead scientist at Berkeley
Earth, a nonprofit that gathers climate data. “Usually when you
have a particular warming event, we’re beating the previous record
by a little bit. Right now we’re sitting well above the past
records for this time of year, for a considerable period of time.”
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</font><font face="Calibri">Since this record-keeping began in the
early 1980s—the other squiggly lines are previous years—the global
average for the world’s ocean surfaces has oscillated seasonally
between 19.7 and 21 degrees Celsius (67.5 and 69.8 Fahrenheit).
Toward the end of March, the average shot above the 21-degree mark
and stayed there for a month. (The most recent reading, for April
26, was just a hair under 21 degrees.) This temperature spike is
not just unprecedented, but extreme.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">- -<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">TO CALL WHAT’S happening in the oceans
right now an anomaly is a bit of an understatement. Since March,
average sea surface temperatures have been climbing to record
highs, as shown in the dark line in the graph below. <br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.wired.com/story/an-ominous-heating-event-is-unfolding-in-the-oceans">https://www.wired.com/story/an-ominous-heating-event-is-unfolding-in-the-oceans</a></font>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Put your money where E.S.G. reality
rules. PBS video ] </i><br>
</font> <font face="Calibri"><b>Conservatives fight back against
environmental and socially conscious investments</b><br>
PBS NewsHour<br>
Aug 29, 2023<br>
The extreme weather events that hit the U.S. and other countries
have cast a sharp spotlight on the role of climate change. In
recent years, those concerns have been a key part of significant
changes in the way investment firms and companies do business. But
now a backlash is brewing against what conservative politicians
call "woke capitalism." Economics correspondent Paul Solman
reports.<br>
<br>
Correction: This report misstated the number of New York City
teachers, transit workers and other public employees whose assets
are overseen by the New York City Comptroller -- it is 750,000 not
750. We regret the error.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUbl7bMTGcU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUbl7bMTGcU</a><br>
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<i>[ Beware changing reality that forbids irrational carbon
combustion ]</i><br>
<b>Burning Man attendees roadblocked by climate activists: ‘They
have a privileged mindset’</b><br>
Protesters arrested after blocking route to festival, leading to
fiery exchanges and threats<br>
Michelle Lhooq<br>
Mon 28 Aug 2023<br>
The road into Burning Man is a rural, two-lane highway winding
through north-west Nevada. Approximately 80,000 people make an
annual pilgrimage to the beloved bacchanal, many hauling trailers
and RVs across miles of scorching desert in order to make it to
their fabled Gomorrah. This year, however, climate activists
temporarily halted the influx of eager festivalgoers, blocking the
road with a 28-foot trailer and causing a bumper-to-bumper traffic
jam for over an hour. They clashed with outraged Burning Man
attendees as well as Nevada rangers...<br>
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Many of the Burning Man attendees stuck in the traffic jam did not
agree with the activists. Within minutes of the blockade being
erected, several people had called the police to report the
protesters, while others attempted to pick up and move the trailer
themselves. One man crumpled up a flier an activist had handed to
him that listed their demands, throwing it away in disgust. “I think
protest is very important, but destroying and inconveniencing people
doesn’t do anything,” said a man named Will Semmbs, who was on the
way to the festival. “I have solar panels on my RV,” he noted. “The
protesters drove here in gas-powered cars. They’re literally making
the climate worse.”<br>
Festivalgoers observing the commotion as they waited for the traffic
jam to clear questioned why the protesters were targeting Burning
Man, when the event has already made sustainability one of its core
tenets. In addition to developing environmental solutions, the
festival has a “leave no trace” mandate, under which participants
and organizers must remove all trash and debris from the festival
site when the party’s over. “We have principles that we try to live
by, and a lot of them are cultural and environmental in nature,”
said Benjamin Jorgens, a 10-year Burner. “Burning Man takes more
precautions than any festival on the planet,” Jorgens said. “In
fact, this is about as good as it gets.”..<br>
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Illustrating the complexities involved in the transition to green
energy, Burning Man Project – the San Francisco-based non-profit
behind the festival – is suing the Biden administration over an
approved clean-energy project near Gerlach, the small town that
serves as the gateway to the festival. Ormat, the company behind the
development, has suggested that the carbon-free energy generated by
the geothermal plants it plans to build near the festival site would
offset the “copious amounts of fossil fuels” it says Burning Man
emits every year in the desert. However, both the festival and the
Indigenous Paiute Tribe claim the project could endanger local
wildlife and dry up local hot springs in the area.<br>
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On Sunday, the activists were pitted against members of the Paiute
Tribe, which owns the area surrounding the protest. Amid honking
cars, members of the tribe told the activists that they were not
allowed to stage their protest on tribal lands. The activists
refused to move, pointing out that they were chained to the
blockade. But onlookers were able to successfully move the trailer a
few feet to the side, so that vehicles could slowly pass by on the
shoulder, some full of people shouting obscenities at the protesters
as they squeezed through.<br>
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At 1.36pm, just 36 minutes after the protestors had set up the
blockade, officers from Pyramid Lake Paiute tribal police department
arrived on scene with their sirens screeching. One officer told the
protesters to disband within 30 seconds or risk arrest, commanding
them to “get off the fucking road”. In those 30 seconds, a second
ranger plowed through the blockade, his vehicle smashing the trailer
and protest signs as activists still chained to it narrowly missed
getting hit. “We’re non-violent, we have no weapons at all, we’re
environmental protesters,” shouted Collins, as the officer pulled
out what appeared to be a firearm and aimed it at the activists
after threatening: “I am going to take all of you out.”<br>
Fifteen minutes later, four activists were in handcuffs, with
pending municipal code violations and a court date scheduled in
October. It was over quickly but for Mun Chong, who sat in the back
of the ranger vehicle in a green shirt that read “No Burn on a dead
planet”, the act of civil disobedience was worthwhile. “If you
treated the climate crisis like an emergency, Burning Man wouldn’t
be a priority,” she said. “When you disrupt business as usual,
you’re forcing people to confront a situation and take a stance.
We’re hoping these kinds of protests become part of the zeitgeist.<br>
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“What is being late to Burning Man in comparison to having your
entire planet on fire?”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/28/burning-man-protest-climate-change-environment">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/28/burning-man-protest-climate-change-environment</a><br>
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<i>[ Emotional burnings at entrance to Burning Man - ]</i><br>
( shorter version 5 min video. )<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-D3cPzIMXc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-D3cPzIMXc</a> <br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Smart, sarcastic, commentary by Rollie
Williams, year ago. Informative and thoughtful humor ]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>The Supreme Court Declares War On The
Environment | Climate Town</b><br>
Climate Town<br>
419,949 views Premiered Aug 17, 2022<br>
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wvAwVwc6sY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wvAwVwc6sY</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[The news archive - looking back at when
Katrina became global warming ]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>August 30, 2005</b></i></font> <br>
August 30, 2005:<br>
In an essay published in the Boston Globe, and republished the
next<br>
day in the New York Times, Ross Gelbspan writes:<br>
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"The hurricane that struck Louisiana yesterday was nicknamed
Katrina<br>
by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming."<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130618033413/http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0830-22.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/20130618033413/http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0830-22.htm</a><br>
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