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<p><font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>September 19</b></i></font></font><font
size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>, 2023</b></i></font><font
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ This may become an important reference
article ]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>Meet the Shadowy Network Vilifying
Climate Protestors</b><br>
The Atlas Network is behind the effort to brand climate activists
as extremists and pass anti-protest legislation.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">(For decades, the Atlas Network has used its
reach and influence to spread conservative philosophy—and
criminalize climate protest.)<br>
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<font face="Calibri">By Amy Westervelt and Geoff Dembickion Sep 12,
2023 <br>
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<font face="Calibri">Earlier this year, news footage began making
the rounds on social media of young activists from the German
climate organization Letzte Generation (Last Generation) being
assaulted by their fellow citizens as they obstructed streets in
an effort to draw attention to the German government’s inaction on
climate. A young woman, with her hand glued to a road was ripped
off the road by her hair; a young man was run over by a truck
driver; a passerby punched the protestors and was cheered on. A
few months later, German police raided the homes of Last
Generation activists and seized their bank accounts. It all seemed
like a gross overreaction to a pretty tame form of protest.
Although Last Generation stands out for its willingness to
inconvenience everyday people’s lives to draw awareness to the
severity of the climate crisis, the tactic of road blockades is
not a new one — it was commonly used by suffragettes, civil rights
activists, and anti-war activists in the pasts, and has been used
by cycling advocates for decades as well...<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">. . <br>
</font><font face="Calibri">Atlas is a global network of more than
500 member think tanks, advocating for “free market” policies in
the majority of democratic countries. Its members are in regular
contact with each other, sharing ideas, tips, and strategies. Back
in the 1990s, the Atlas Network even bragged about being early
adopters of the internet, for the sole purpose of staying
regularly connected and sharing ideas. Representatives from member
think tanks also meet at events like the annual regional Liberty
Forums or the two-day Liberty Forum and Freedom Dinner. Ideas are
shared between member think tanks via various publications as
well, including the quarterly Freedom’s Champion magazine, a Latin
America podcast “Hablemos Libertad,” and various books in both
English and Spanish (even a cookbook!). <br>
</font><font face="Calibri">- -<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">By the end of 2017, the American Fuel
and Petrochemical Manufacturers, a trade group representing oil
refiners, pipeline companies, and petrochemical manufacturers, had
drafted legislation criminalizing protest near “critical
infrastructure,” the state of Oklahoma had passed it, and ALEC was
pushing it to other state lawmakers. Canada took a similar
approach, with various provinces passing anti-protest legislation
and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police forming a new unit—the
Community Industry Response Group—to shut down protest camps and
arrest protesters...</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">- -</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Media Matters’ analysis found that fewer than
half of U.S. media stories on climate protest included anything
about the scientific basis for climate change or the political
stalemate driving the surge in protests. Meanwhile, the study
found that Fox News has run four times the combined coverage of
its competitors CNN (27 segments) and MSNBC (9 segments); all of
the network’s 144 segments on the topic have painted climate
protesters as dangerous radicals. <br>
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<font face="Calibri">Social scientists who study movements and
social change have largely been confused by how much questions
over the “civility” of climate protesters’ tactics have dominated
the discourse. “There really hasn’t been much destruction of
property—the climate movement’s tactics have been very tame so
far,” says Dana Fisher, who heads up the Center for Environment,
Community, and Equity and has been researching protest in general
and climate protest in particular for years. <br>
<br>
The fixation on whether climate activists are “radical” makes a
lot more sense in the context of the Atlas Network’s history.
“It’s this method that you see over and over again over the
years,” Walker, the Atlas researcher, says. “They’ll throw
something out into the public sphere, which will get a little bit
of press, and then before you know it, a new law has been written,
possibly by one of them. And now you have the criminalization of
what was previously seen as legitimate civil protest.”<br>
<br>
This story was produced in collaboration with independent
investigative news sites Drilled and DeSmog. <br>
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<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://newrepublic.com/article/175488/meet-shadowy-global-network-vilifying-climate-protesters">https://newrepublic.com/article/175488/meet-shadowy-global-network-vilifying-climate-protesters</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.desmog.com/2023/09/12/atlas-network-vilifying-climate-protestors/">https://www.desmog.com/2023/09/12/atlas-network-vilifying-climate-protestors/</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ This is another worrisome news report
-- 5 min video ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>Antarctic winter sea-ice reaches record lows
- BBC News</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">BBC News</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Sep 17, 2023 #Antarctica #BBCNews
#ClimateChange</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">The sea-ice surrounding Antarctica is well
below any previous recorded winter level, satellite data shows, a
worrying new benchmark for a region that once seemed resistant to
global warming.</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">"It's so far outside anything we've seen, it's
almost mind-blowing," says Walter Meier, who monitors sea-ice with
the National Snow and Ice Data Center.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">Antarctica's huge ice expanse regulates the
planet's temperature, as the white surface reflects the Sun's
energy back into the atmosphere.</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">An unstable Antarctica could have far-reaching
consequences, polar experts have wanted.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> </font> <font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6IhyM79HHI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6IhyM79HHI</a></font><br>
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<i><font face="Calibri">[ the essential problem ]</font></i><br>
<font face="Calibri">The Recount @therecount<br>
<b>"Their deception caused a delayed societal response to global
warming." </b><br>
The state of California has filed a sweeping climate lawsuit
against the big 5 oil and gas companies — Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP,
ConocoPhillips, and Chevron — alleging a "decades-long campaign of
deception."<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1703737473849807066">https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1703737473849807066</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ clip from California press release --
notice of lawsuit ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>Attorney General Bonta Announces Lawsuit
Against Oil and Gas Companies for Misleading Public About
Climate Change</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Press Release Attorney General Bonta Announces
Lawsuit Against Oil and Gas…</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">The complaint includes the following causes of
action:</font><br>
<blockquote><font face="Calibri"><b>Public nuisance: </b>Under
California law, a “nuisance” is “anything which is injurious to
health,” and a “public nuisance” is “one which affects at the
same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any
considerable number of persons.” The complaint alleges that all
the defendants, by their deceptions, acts, and omissions, have
created, contributed to, and assisted in creating harmful
climate-related conditions throughout California.<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>Damage to natural resources: </b>California
law authorizes the Attorney General to take legal action to
protect the state’s natural resources “from pollution,
impairment, or destruction.” The complaint alleges that the
misconduct by all the defendants has served to exacerbate the
climate crisis in California, and has led to the pollution,
impairment, and destruction of California’s natural resources.<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>False advertising: </b>California
law prohibits untrue and misleading advertising in connection
with the disposition of property or services. The complaint
alleges that all defendants, with the intent to induce members
of the public to purchase and utilize fossil fuel products, made
misleading statements concerning fossil fuels.<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>Misleading environmental marketing:</b>
Under California law, “[i]t is unlawful for a person to make an
untruthful, deceptive, or misleading environmental marketing
claim, whether explicit or implied.” The complaint alleges that
all defendants have made environmental marketing claims that are
untruthful, deceptive, and/or misleading, whether explicitly or
implicitly.<br>
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</font><font face="Calibri"><b>Unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent
business practices: </b>California law prohibits unlawful,
unfair, or fraudulent business acts or practices. The complaint
alleges that all defendants committed unlawful acts by, among
other things, deceiving the public about climate change and
affirmatively promoting the use of fossil fuels while knowing
that fossil fuels would lead to devastating consequences to the
climate, including in California.<br>
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</b></font><font face="Calibri"><b>Products liability (strict
and negligent): </b>The complaint alleges that, as a result
of the defendants’ failure to warn about the climate-related
harms related to the use of their products, California has
sustained a plethora of injuries and damages, including to state
property, state infrastructure, and its natural resources.</font><br>
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<p><font face="Calibri"><b>A copy of the lawsuit can be found </b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/FINAL%209-15%20COMPLAINT.pdf">https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/FINAL%209-15%20COMPLAINT.pdf</a></font></p>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-announces-lawsuit-against-oil-and-gas-companies">https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-announces-lawsuit-against-oil-and-gas-companies</a></font><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Perfunctory gestures ? ]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>World Petroleum Congress kicks off in
Calgary with energy transition theme</b><br>
Global News<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">Sep 17, 2023 #GlobalNews<br>
Oil and gas leaders from around the world are meeting in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada for the 24th World Petroleum Congress this week.
The theme of the gathering this year is Energy Transition: The
Path to Net Zero.<br>
A number of heads of prominent oil and gas firms will be at the
event, including ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods and Saudi Aramco CEO
Amin Nasser.<br>
But as Heather Yourex-West explains, this will not be a conference
about reaching climate targets.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-g6p9Gi8k">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-g6p9Gi8k</a><br>
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</font><font face="Calibri"> <i>[ The news archive - looking back
some 7 years ago similar to our time ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> <font size="+2"><i><b>September 19, 2015 </b></i></font>
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<font face="Calibri"> September 19, 2015:</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">In a New York Times op-ed, Noah S. Diffenbaugh,
an associate professor of earth system science at Stanford
University, and Christopher B. Field, a director of the department
of global ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science,
observe:</font><br>
<blockquote><font face="Calibri">"As wildfires rage, crops are
abandoned, wells run dry and cities work to meet mandatory water
cuts, drought-weary Californians are counting on a savior in the
tropical ocean: El Niño.</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">"This warming of the tropical Pacific occurs
about every five years, affecting climate around the globe and
bringing heavy winter precipitation to parts of California. The
state experienced two of its wettest years during two of the
strongest El Niños, in 1982-83 and 1997-98.</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">"Now climatologists have confirmed that a
powerful El Niño is building, and forecasts suggest a high
likelihood that El Niño conditions will persist through the next
several months. So we in California expect a rainy winter.</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">"But before everyone gets too excited, it is
important to understand this: Two physical realities virtually
ensure that Californians will still face drought, regardless of
how this El Niño unfolds.</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">"The first is that California has missed at
least a year’s worth of precipitation, meaning that it would
take an extraordinarily wet rainy season to single-handedly
break the drought. Even if that happened, we would most likely
suffer from too much water too fast, as occurred in the early
1980s and late 1990s, when El Niño delivered more rainfall than
aquifers could absorb and reservoirs could store.</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">"The second is that California is facing a
new climate reality, in which extreme drought is more likely.
The state’s water rights, infrastructure and management were
designed for an old climate, one that no longer exists.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">"Our research has shown that global warming
has doubled the odds of the warm, dry conditions that are
intensifying and prolonging this drought, which now holds
records not only for lowest precipitation and highest
temperature, but also for the lowest spring snowpack in the
Sierra Nevada in at least 500 years. These changing odds make it
much more likely that similar conditions will occur again,
exacerbating other stresses on agriculture, ecosystems and
people."</font><br>
</blockquote>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/opinion/a-wet-winter-wont-save-california.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/opinion/a-wet-winter-wont-save-california.html?ref=opinion</a></font><br>
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