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<font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>December 8</b></i></font></font><font
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<i>[ Criticizing COP - video]</i><br>
<b>"Cabal of Oil Producers": Climate Scientist Kevin Anderson Slams
Corporate Capture of COP28</b><br>
Democracy Now!<br>
Dec 7, 2023 Latest Shows<br>
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As we broadcast from COP28 in Dubai, leading climate scientist Kevin
Anderson lays out why he dismisses the annual climate talks as
"grand events" that do little to actually curb emissions. "These
COPs have become little more than a scam under which the oil
companies and the other fossil fuel companies are hiding that
nothing is being done," says Anderson. Decades of inaction make
solving the climate crisis much harder, and Anderson notes
"technology and fairness have to go hand in hand" in order to save
the planet.<br>
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Nr6WDamnQ"
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<i>[ </i><i>COP is "Burning Man in the desert" - </i><i>a video
expressing opinions ]</i><br>
<b>Paul Beckwith COP28 and 1.5 degrees C</b><br>
Canadian Association for the Club of Rome<br>
Dec 6, 2023<br>
An insiders perspective on the COP28 and the uncertainty around
claiming we have passed 1.5 degrees of global warming.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVCM11OHbbg"
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<i>[ Here's a smart idea called for years ago. Now is time. ]</i><br>
<b>subsidies</b><br>
‘We cannot allow the emissions to be going up,’ the top US climate
envoy tells POLITICO.<br>
BY ANNE MCELVOY AND CLAUDIA CHIAPPA<br>
DECEMBER 7, 2023 <br>
The United States must end “crazy” oil and gas subsidies to achieve
its climate goals, but a stalled Congress is preventing President
Joe Biden from taking action, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told
POLITICO.<br>
<br>
“The subsidies are crazy, and we have them still in the United
States,” Kerry said in an interview with POLITICO’s Power Play
podcast. “President Biden has said we've gotta get rid of these
subsidies. But again … you have to legislate to do that and we've
been pretty gridlocked in our country for a period of time.”<br>
<br>
As the U.S. heads into a presidential election year, Kerry said he
hopes people will put aside “party labels” and “come together around
good, common-sense solutions” to fight climate change. The U.S.
diplomat, who is currently in Dubai for the COP28 summit, is
preparing to welcome the U.S. Republican congressional delegation,
slated to arrive in the United Arab Emirates later this week...<br>
<br>
Donald Trump, the American conservatives' standard bearer and
front-runner to win the Republican presidential nomination in 2024,
has been notoriously skeptical on climate issues, even pulling the
U.S. out of the Paris climate deal during his time in the White
House...<br>
<br>
“I really look forward to meeting with the congressional
delegation,” Kerry told POLITICO. “They have legitimate points of
view about some ways to try to come at this problem. Not everybody
has to attack it the same way.”<br>
<br>
Kerry also shrugged off COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber's
controversial remarks that there is “no science” behind demands for
a fossil fuel phaseout. The comments, published by the Guardian,
struck a chord with al-Jaber's critics, who have long questioned
whether the COP28 chief can credibly lead the climate talks given
his other role as CEO of the UAE's state-owned oil company, Adnoc.<br>
<br>
Al-Jaber’s comments may require “clarification,” Kerry told
POLITICO, but he made it clear he is not withdrawing his
long-standing support for the COP28 chief.<br>
<br>
“Look, he's gotta decide how he wants to phrase it, but the bottom
line is this COP needs to be committed to phasing out all unabated
fossil fuel,” Kerry said. "That means we cannot allow the emissions
to be going up for sure."<br>
<br>
“I think he was saying that the science doesn't dictate the
methodology that you have to use,” he added. “You have to choose
between many different ways of doing it.”...<br>
<br>
As the COP28 host country, the UAE has also been under scrutiny for
its role as a large oil producer and exporter, especially after
leaked documents indicated the country planned to use the summit to
push fossil fuel deals. <br>
<br>
Kerry agreed the UAE must “cut [oil and gas production], and
everybody needs to be reducing supply and demand.”<br>
<br>
“We all have to be part of hitting this goal of keeping the earth's
temperature limit to 1.5 degrees,” he said.<br>
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href="https://www.politico.eu/article/john-kerry-us-rid-crazy-oil-subsidies-climate-change-fossil-fuel-paris-climate-deal-cop28/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.politico.eu/article/john-kerry-us-rid-crazy-oil-subsidies-climate-change-fossil-fuel-paris-climate-deal-cop28/</a><br>
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<i>[ A study of dangers of disruptive activism ]</i><br>
<b>COP, Look, Listen: Special Edition (1)</b><br>
The Growing Threat to Climate Activists<br>
Activists as a “Security Threat”<br>
Labelling climate activists as "extremists", “lunatics” or “zealots”
is common amongst right-wing<br>
media, as are calls to proscribe environmental groups as “terrorist
entities” (see examples<br>
shared by Spiked, The Daily Mail, GB News and Turning Point UK, to
name a few). As Amy<br>
Westervelt and Geoff Dembicki have revealed, vilifying activists is
also a well-worn and explicit<br>
strategy used by groups like the Atlas Network – a US-based
non-profit supporting over 500<br>
“free market” think tanks and organisations across the globe...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://caad.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/COP-Look-Listen-Spotlight-1.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://caad.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/COP-Look-Listen-Spotlight-1.pdf</a>
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<i>[ Like a weather report on the sources of misinformation ]</i><br>
<b>Deny Deceive Delay ( Vol. 3)</b><br>
Climate Information Integrity Ahead of COP28<b><br>
</b><br>
The Impacts of Mis- and Disinformation<br>
At this pivotal juncture, it is more important than ever for
societies to have a shared<br>
understanding of climate change, and to chart a path forward based
on credible science and<br>
data. Realising meaningful plans for Net Zero requires information
integrity, as without it a strong public mandate for meaningful
action is far harder to build.<br>
Unfortunately, mis- and disinformation about climate continues to
thrive. As well as<br>
undermining public and political support for action, it is
increasingly linked to real-world<br>
harm. Such content not only impacts debate and implementation of
climate policy, but also<br>
centres climate as a vector for wider conspiracy theories,
scapegoating and social division. With<br>
the latter, 2023 has seen alarming mobilisation to violence against
those even loosely<br>
associated with climate action, from elected officials and
policymakers to scientists, activists<br>
and journalists. When a traffic calming proposal in Oxford, UK, was
falsely conflated with “climate<br>
lockdowns” and Stalinism, large scale protests broke out with death
threats sent to local<br>
politicians. Similarly, a conspiracy claiming droughts were a result
of geoengineering led to<br>
attacks on weather forecasters and Met Offices across the globe,
with reports of trolling and<br>
abuse from Spain, France, the US and UK. More broadly, a study by
Global Witness polled 468<br>
climate scientists and found that 39% had experienced online
harassment or abuse in recent<br>
months, with numbers increasing for those who present their evidence
via the media or<br>
publications.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://caad.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Deny-Deceive-Delay-Vol.-3.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://caad.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Deny-Deceive-Delay-Vol.-3.pdf</a><br>
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<i>[ PHYS+ORG Climate science examines new river flows ]</i><br>
<b>When sea-level rise threatens coastal wetlands, don't look to
rivers for help, scientists say</b><br>
by Stroud Water Research Center<br>
DECEMBER 7, 2023<br>
Amid climate change, large dam removal projects have gained
attention as a solution to the loss of coastal wetlands that reduce
flooding, filter water, and provide wildlife habitat. But in a paper
appearing in Science, researchers conclude that this strategy won't
work in most U.S. rivers...<br>
<br>
The reason, they said, is not enough sediment. Of the nearly 5,000
rivers analyzed, almost three out of every four could not deliver
enough sediment to match sea-level rise in their connected coastal
areas. Nearly half fell short of the amount of sediment needed by at
least 10-fold.<br>
<br>
This is the first national study to examine how much watershed
sediment could be deposited by rivers into coastal areas. Until now,
research has focused on a few very large rivers like the
Mississippi, and steep rivers like the Elwha in Washington, that are
not representative of most others in the contiguous United States.<br>
<br>
According to the researchers, most U.S. watersheds are small and are
not the leading source of sediment buildup in wetlands. It's on
these small rivers that most dams exist.<br>
<br>
Research Scientist Scott Ensign, Ph.D., of Stroud Water Research
Center, a nonprofit that studies freshwater streams and rivers
around the world, led the study. He said, "The Elwha is the poster
child for a dam removal project restoring coastal sediment, and for
good reason: it liberated an enormous amount of sediment and sand."<br>
<br>
"However, rivers along the East and Gulf coasts are less steep than
on the West Coast, and they have less sediment that could
potentially reach wetlands—wetlands that are larger, requiring more
sediment to keep them above rising seas. Basically, the numbers
don't add up."<br>
<br>
Christopher Craft, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Indiana
who focuses on wetland restoration and climate change, said, "The
expansive and comprehensive spatial analysis conducted by the
authors strongly suggests that sediment supply of most coastal
watersheds is inadequate to sustain tidal wetlands as sea level
rises. In other words, sediment will not save them."<br>
<br>
Ensign and his co-authors, Joanne Halls from the University of North
Carolina and Erin Peck from the University of Massachusetts, used
publicly available data from the U.S. Geological Survey and National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to model the supply of
watershed sediment to coastal wetlands using ArcGIS Pro technology
from Esri. They then compared their predictions to tidal wetlands
around the U.S. with previously reported rates of change.<br>
<br>
"By and large, the sediment that saves most wetlands from drowning
doesn't come from the river upstream. In many places on the East
Coast, removing dams won't help. We have to look elsewhere," Ensign
explained.<br>
<br>
James Pizzuto, Ph.D., a professor of geological sciences
specializing in river science at the University of Delaware, said
that the researchers cleverly addressed a complex problem.<br>
<br>
"These results, and the local variations documented by mapping the
entire coastal U.S., provide essential guidance to managers and
scientists, documenting where future efforts should focus on other
processes beyond watershed sediment," he said.<br>
<br>
Such efforts might include finding ways to keep more mineral
sediments, plant material, and organic carbon in wetland soils,
explained Donald F. Boesch, professor emeritus of the University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science. He said, "This is true
both where they are sediment-starved and where sediments are being
diverted to build and maintain wetlands experiencing high rates of
relative sea-level rise, such as in the Mississippi Delta."<br>
<br>
Future studies are needed to measure how much sediment is trapped
behind specific dams and to accurately predict its effect on tidal
wetlands downstream.<br>
<br>
Ensign said, "Across the board, the most important action for saving
tidal wetlands is to allow them to migrate upslope. In some areas,
this will require restoring natural hydrology and preserving
low-lying land. Direct application of sediment and other engineering
approaches can also be useful at very local scales."<br>
<br>
More information: Scott H. Ensign et al, Watershed sediment cannot
offset sea level rise in most U.S. tidal wetlands, Science (2023).
DOI: 10.1126/science.adj0513. <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj0513"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj0513</a><br>
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Laurel G. Larsen et al, Tidal marshes threatened by lack of
sediment, Science (2023). DOI: 10.1126/science.adl4251. <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl4251"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl4251</a><br>
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Journal information: Science <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://phys.org/news/2023-12-sea-level-threatens-coastal-wetlands-dont.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://phys.org/news/2023-12-sea-level-threatens-coastal-wetlands-dont.html</a><br>
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<i>[ Here's the science paper - ]</i><br>
<b>Watershed sediment cannot offset sea level rise in most US tidal
wetlands</b><br>
SCOTT H. ENSIGN <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-1490-4751"
moz-do-not-send="true">HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-1490-4751</a> ,
JOANNE N. HALLS <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0001-8427-9181"
moz-do-not-send="true">HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0001-8427-9181</a>,
AND ERIN K. PECK <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-2021-6584Authors"
moz-do-not-send="true">HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-2021-6584Authors</a>
Info & Affiliations<br>
SCIENCE<br>
7 Dec 2023<br>
Vol 382, Issue 6675<br>
DOI: 10.1126/science.adj0513<br>
<br>
<b>Editor’s summary</b><br>
Sea-level rise threatens to overtake coastal wetlands, but
elevation-building processes, including deposition of sediments from
upstream, can help keep wetlands above water. Ensign et al.
investigated whether watershed sediment loads are enough to keep up
with sea-level rise at US coasts (see the Perspective by Larsen and
Milligan). Their model conservatively estimated that incoming
sediment loads may be sufficient in the western Gulf of Mexico and
Pacific coasts but insufficient in other regions where most
watersheds are smaller. Local accretion is often higher than
predicted from the model, suggesting an important role for
biological processes to raise marsh elevation in the face of
sea-level rise. —Bianca Lopez<br>
<br>
<b>Abstract</b><br>
Watershed sediment can increase elevation of tidal wetlands
struggling against rising seas, but where and how much watershed
sediment helps is unknown. By combining contiguous US datasets on
sediment loads and tidal wetland areas for 4972 rivers and their
estuaries, we calculated that river sediment accretion will be
insufficient to match sea level rise in 72% of cases because most
watersheds are too small (median 21 square kilometers) to generate
adequate sediment. Nearly half the tidal wetlands would require 10
times more river sediment to match sea level, a magnitude not
generally achievable by dam removal in some regions. The realization
that watershed sediment has little effect on most tidal wetland
elevations shifts research priorities toward biological processes
and coastal sediment dynamics that most influence elevation change.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj0513"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj0513</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[The news archive - big politics ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> <font size="+2"><i><b>December 8, 2014 </b></i></font>
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<font face="Calibri"> </font> December 8, 2014:<br>
The Washington Post reported:<br>
<blockquote>"Oil, gas and coal interests that spent millions to help
elect Republicans this year are moving to take advantage of
expanded GOP power in Washington and state capitals to thwart
Obama administration environmental rules.<br>
<br>
"Industry lobbyists made their pitch in private meetings last week
with dozens of state legislators at a summit of the American
Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an industry-financed
conservative state policy group.<br>
<br>
"The lobbyists and legislators considered several model bills to
be introduced across the country next year, designed to give
states more power to block or delay new Obama administration
environmental standards, including new limits on power-plant
emissions.<br>
<br>
"The industry’s strategy aims to combat a renewed push by
President Obama to carve out climate change as a top priority for
his final two years in office. The White House has vowed to
continue using executive authority to enact more environmental
limits, and the issue is shaping up to be a major flash point
heading into the 2016 presidential election.<br>
<br>
"With support from industry lobbyists, many Republicans are
planning to make the Environmental Protection Agency a primary
political target, presenting it as a symbol of the kind of
big-government philosophy they think can unify social and economic
conservatives in opposition."<br>
</blockquote>
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