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<font size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>March</b></i></font><font
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<i>[ a few clips and charts from Pew Research Center ]</i><br>
<b>How Republicans view climate change and energy issues</b><br>
BY BRIAN KENNEDY AND ALEC TYSON<br>
MARCH 1, 2024<br>
Republican leaders have staked out different positions on climate
and energy issues. Some, including former President Donald Trump,
have called climate change a “hoax” and downplayed the link between
human activity and a warming planet. Others, including some
congressional Republicans, have proposed policies to address climate
change, such as supporting more nuclear power and the development of
carbon capture technology.<br>
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So what do Americans who identify as Republicans or lean toward the
GOP think about climate and energy issues? Here are six facts about
their views, drawn from Pew Research Center surveys<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=452200">https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=452200</a><br>
<b>1 Few Republicans see climate change as a top priority for the
country.</b> Just 12% of Republicans and Republican leaners say
dealing with climate change should be a top priority for the
president and Congress, according to a January 2024 survey. For
Republicans, dealing with climate change ranks last among the 20
issues included in the survey.<br>
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A dot plot showing that Republicans rank climate change at the
bottom of their priorities for the president and Congress in 2024.<br>
Consistent with this view, Republicans express limited concern about
how climate change may impact the United States. In a spring 2022
survey, only 23% saw climate change as a major threat to the
country’s well-being.<br>
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By contrast, 59% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents
say climate change should be a top priority for the president and
Congress. An even larger majority (78%) views it as a major threat
to the U.S.<br>
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Partisan differences over climate change tend to be most pronounced
when it comes to the perceived importance of the issue. There’s a
bit more common ground when it comes to some specific policy
proposals...<br>
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<b>2 Despite expressing little concern about the issue generally,
Republicans support some proposals to address climate change.</b>
As part of efforts to reduce the effects of climate change,
majorities of Republicans support requiring oil and gas companies to
seal methane gas leaks from oil wells (77%) and favor providing a
tax credit to businesses to develop carbon capture technologies
(67%), according to a spring 2023 survey.<br>
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A dot plot that shows a majority of Republicans favor providing a
tax credit to businesses for developing carbon capture technology.<br>
More broadly, 54% of Republicans say they strongly or somewhat
support the U.S. participating in international efforts to help
reduce the effects of global climate change...<br>
<b>3 Republicans support expanding fossil fuel and renewable energy
sources.</b> Burning fossil fuels for energy is the source of most
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Climate scientists have urged
countries to rapidly reduce their reliance on fossil fuel energy
while transitioning to renewable sources to help limit the rise in
Earth’s temperature.<br>
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Among Republicans, large shares back increasing the production of
fossil fuel sources: 73% favor more offshore oil and gas drilling
and 68% favor more hydraulic fracturing.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=452203">https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=452203</a><br>
A diverging bar chart showing that Republicans favor more offshore
oil and gas drilling – and more solar power.<br>
At the same time, comparable shares of Republicans support renewable
energy production, including more solar power farms (70%) and more
wind power (60%). In addition, two-thirds said they favor building
more nuclear power plants, according to a June 2023 survey...<br>
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<b>4 Republicans are concerned about a transition to renewable
energy in the U.S. </b>One of the Biden administration’s top
priorities is to shift the U.S. toward more renewable energy, with a
goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. Republicans express
broad concern about such a shift: 87% say a transition away from
fossil fuels and toward renewable energy sources would be very or
somewhat likely to lead to unexpected problems for the country.<br>
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A bar chart showing that two-thirds of Republicans say a potential
energy transition would increase prices for everyday goods.<br>
Specifically, Republicans worry that a renewable energy transition
would increase prices and hurt the reliability of the electrical
grid.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=452205">https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=452205</a><br>
About two-thirds (66%) say prices for everyday goods would get worse
if the U.S. greatly reduced fossil fuel energy production while
increasing production from renewable sources. About the same share
(65%) say this transition would increase home heating and cooling
costs. And 59% expect the reliability of the electrical grid would
get worse in a major shift toward renewable energy...<br>
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<b>5 There are considerable age differences within the GOP in views
of fossil fuels. </b>Younger Republicans stand out from their
older GOP counterparts on some climate and energy issues. For
instance, a large majority of Republicans ages 18 to 29 (79%) say
human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels, contributes at
least some to climate change – including 35% who think human
activity contributes a great deal. A much smaller share of
Republicans ages 50 and older (47%) say human activity contributes a
great deal or some to climate change...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=452206">https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=452206</a> <br>
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<b>6 Relatively small shares of Republicans say climate change and
extreme weather are having a significant impact on their own
communities. </b>A minority of Republicans (36%) say climate
change is affecting their own community a great deal or some,
according to a March 2023 survey. By contrast, 85% of Democrats
believe it is affecting their local community at least some.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/03/01/how-republicans-view-climate-change-and-energy-issues/sr_24-03-01_republicans-climate_6/">https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/03/01/how-republicans-view-climate-change-and-energy-issues/sr_24-03-01_republicans-climate_6/</a><br>
Perceptions of extreme weather differ by party as well. Republicans
are less likely than Democrats to report that their local community
has experienced at least one of five forms of extreme weather –
including droughts, intense storms and wildfires – in the last year
(58% vs. 79%). These partisan differences hold even when looking at
Republicans and Democrats who live in the same region...<br>
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For example, 76% of Republicans who say their community has
experienced long periods of unusually hot weather believe climate
change has contributed at least a little – including 34% who say it
has contributed a lot.<br>
<br>
Overwhelming shares of Democrats who report experiencing extreme
weather draw a connection to climate change, with most saying
climate change contributed a lot to these events, rather than just a
little..<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/03/01/how-republicans-view-climate-change-and-energy-issues/">https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/03/01/how-republicans-view-climate-change-and-energy-issues/</a><br>
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<i>[ Nate has a keen insight into our predicament. List of
requirements for the libraries of healing - video]</i><br>
<b>7 Key Interventions for the Future | Frankly #55</b><br>
Nate Hagens<br>
Mar 1, 2024<br>
Recorded February 26 2024<br>
In this Frankly, Nate shares insights on his personal/organizational
priorities as a lead up to outlining 7 global interventions that he
sees as being most impactful in preparing for a resource constrained
future. As global stability deteriorates and the various
macro-crises converge, how we invest our time and resources now can
have a big impact for the various scenarios coming our way. Can we
as individuals and communities place health and wellness at the
forefront of our responses - which would in turn leverage many other
higher impact initiatives? What would healthy humans surrounded by
community and a shared purpose, informed by the ecological systems
synthesis be able to accomplish? <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/Mk84BZANyWk?si=fnbi2Az5OkSFY6Ar&t=660">https://youtu.be/Mk84BZANyWk?si=fnbi2Az5OkSFY6Ar&t=660</a><br>
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<i>[ Beckwith describes parts of a study ]</i><br>
<b>Human Health and Resilience to the Onslaught of Abrupt Climate
System Disruption</b><br>
Paul Beckwith<br>
Feb 28, 2024<br>
I chat about the recent report by the WMO (World Meteorological
Organization) titled: “2023 STATE OF<br>
CLIMATE SERVICES — HEALTH”: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://reliefweb.int/attachments/207">https://reliefweb.int/attachments/207</a>...<br>
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Key messages In this report that I discuss in my video include most
of the following:<br>
“The world is warming at a faster rate than at any point in recorded
history. Climate change undermines health determinants and increases
pressures on health systems, thereby threatening to reverse decades
of progress to promote human health and well-being, particularly in
the most vulnerable communities. The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) concludes, with very high confidence, that
future health risks of injury, disease and death will increase due
to more intense and frequent temperature extremes, cyclones, storms,
floods, droughts and wildfires. It is anticipated that over 50% of
the excess mortality resulting from climate change by the year 2050
will occur in Africa.<br>
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Health protection is a priority in almost all countries and requires
high-quality information to better inform decision-making. The
majority of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)and National
Adaptation Plans (NAPs) prioritize the health sector. To
systematically and effectively address the challenges presented by
climate variability and change, the health sector needs to ensure
that climate information and services inform national assessments
and policies. <br>
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Climate information and services are fundamental for better
understanding how and when health systems and population health can
be impacted by climate extremes and a changing climate, and for
managing climate-related risks. Tailored climate products and
services can enhance the evidence and information available to
health sector partners to detect, monitor, predict and manage
climate-related health risks. Examples of where health sector
partners are successfully using climate information and services are
illustrated in the Case studies.<br>
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There is huge potential for enhancing the benefits of climate
science and climate services for health. Despite examples of
success, data shows that the health sector is underutilizing
available climate knowledge and tools. At the same time, climate
services need to be further enhanced to fully satisfy the health
sector requirements. While 74% of National Meteorological and
Hydrological Services (NMHSs) provide climate data to health actors,
the uptake into mainstreamed health decision tools is limited, with
just 23% of Ministries of Health having a health surveillance system
that utilizes<br>
meteorological information to monitor climate-sensitive health
risks. Data from WMO shows that only 31% of NMHSs provide climate
services at a “full” or “advanced” level of capacity, where
co-production and tailoring most often happen. This reflects a
significant capacity gap to be filled in order to increase the role
that NMHSs can play in supporting the health sector.<br>
<br>
Extreme heat causes the greatest mortality of all extreme weather,
yet heat warning services are provided to health decision makers in
only half of the affected countries. Extreme heat services are
expected to rapidly increase by 2027 under the United Nations Early
Warnings for All initiative. The impacts of extreme heat and
heatwaves are underestimated, as heat-related mortality could be 30
times higher than current estimates. Between 2000 and 2019,
estimated deaths due to heat were approximately 489 000 per year,
with a particularly high burden in Asia (45%) and Europe (36%).5<br>
Every year poor air quality is responsible for millions of premature
deaths and is the fourth biggest killer by health risk factor.
Concerns relating to air quality, climate change and health are
interlinked. Climate mitigation action leading to reducing air
pollution can save lives. Despite this, only 2% of climate finance
commitments made by international<br>
development funders in developing and emerging countries is
explicitly aimed at tackling air pollution (in 2015–2021).<br>
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There is insufficient investment to improve the capabilities of the
health sector and related climate services to deploy research and
integrated systems for effective climate adaptation and mitigation
related decision-making. This leaves the health sector ill-prepared
to safeguard the most vulnerable. Currently, just 0.2% of total
bilateral and multilateral adaptation finance supports projects that
identify health as the primary focus. There is insufficient
investment for developing human resource and operational capacities
and the systems needed to provide decision support for local
adaptation and mitigation.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQkB3-p4XlY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQkB3-p4XlY</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> </font> March 3, 2003: The Guardian reports
on GOP operative Frank Luntz's infamous memo urging Republicans to
place renewed emphasis on alleged "uncertainties" in climate
science, to dull public support for efforts to stem carbon
pollution.<br>
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