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<font size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>March</b></i></font><font
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<i>[ Is this news? or is it publicity? (both? ) Worth seeing the
play and this performance ]</i><br>
<b>‘No theatre on a dead planet’: climate activists disrupt Jeremy
Strong Broadway show</b><br>
Production of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People halted when
protesters warned the audience about environmental damage<br>
Benjamin Lee<br>
Fri 15 Mar 2024<br>
<br>
Climate change protesters disrupted a preview showing of Jeremy
Strong’s new Broadway show on Thursday before being forcibly
ejected.<br>
<br>
During a revival of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, led by
the Succession actor, activists brought the production to a stop
during a major scene.<br>
<br>
“I object to the silencing of scientists,” a protester said to the
audience. “I am very, very sorry to interrupt your night and this
amazing performance.” He then proceeded to warn about impending
environmental chaos as members of the cast, including the Sopranos
star Michael Imperioli pushed back.<br>
<br>
“You need to leave, you’re interrupting,” he said while Strong
stayed in character saying: “Let them speak.”<br>
<br>
“No theatre on a dead planet!” the activist shouted as he was
escorted to the exit.<br>
<br>
Responsibility for the protest has been claimed by a group known as
Extinction Rebellion NYC with a later post on X sharing the video.
The group defines itself as “a global, non-partisan climate justice
movement using non-violent direct action to pressure governments to
act now”.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/XR_NYC/status/1768475497636237526">https://twitter.com/XR_NYC/status/1768475497636237526</a><br>
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“This play highlights that climate activists are not the enemy,”
said the group’s spokesperson, Laura Robinson. “But why are we being
treated as such? Non-violent climate protesters are being charged as
if they have committed very violent acts. This is not sustainable
and this is unacceptable.”<br>
<br>
<br>
An Enemy of the People, which opens officially on Broadway next
week, tells the story of a Dr Thomas Stockmann who finds harmful
bacteria in the spas of a small town but his attempts to make others
aware turn him into a pariah. Another version of the play, starring
Matt Smith, is currently playing in the West End.<br>
<br>
Imperioli, who plays Stockmann’s brother and mayor of the town,
later made reference to the incident on Instagram. He wrote:
“tonight was wild….no hard feelings extinction rebellion crew.
michael is on your side but mayor stockmann is not.”<br>
<br>
“Theater-as-usual won’t be possible on a planet in which humanity
fails to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius,” a statement
from the group read. “If activists don’t disrupt these shows,
dangerous weather will make it impossible for the show to go on.”<br>
<br>
Last October, a London performance of Les Misérables was similarly
interrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/mar/15/jeremy-strong-broadway-climate-protest">https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/mar/15/jeremy-strong-broadway-climate-protest</a>
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<i>[ Get your Duct Tape ready for wildfire smoke season - 30 minutes
to construct ]</i><br>
<b>Wildfire smoke getting into your home? Build a DIY
Corsi-Rosenthal air filter.</b><br>
Designed to combat the spread of COVID-19, this simple air purifier
can help keep indoor air clean, protecting your health during
wildfires. And you can build one for less than $100.<br>
<br>
by SAMANTHA HARRINGTON<br>
JANUARY 16, 2023<br>
As climate change makes wildfires more extreme, people are
increasingly living with smoke. The number of people residing in
areas that experience at least one day of dangerous smoke pollution
per year has increased 27-fold over the last decade, according to
research led by Stanford scientists.<br>
<br>
A DIY air purifier called a Corsi-Rosenthal box can help clean the
air in your home, making it safer for you and your family to
breathe. The boxes cost under $100 to build, less than half the
price of commercial air filter units.<br>
The design was originally created by Richard Corsi, the dean of
engineering at the University of California, Davis, and Jim
Rosenthal, the CEO of filter manufacturer Tex-Air Filters, to help
reduce the spread of COVID-19. The Corsi-Rosenthal box uses four air
filters and one box fan. To save space and money, some people build
a filter with a box fan and a single air filter.<br>
I don’t live in an area with many wildfires, but I built a
Corsi-Rosenthal box to help my friends gather safely during the
pandemic. Here’s how I did it.<br>
<br>
<b>Step 1: Get your supplies</b><br>
To build a Corsi-Rosenthal box, you’ll need:<br>
<blockquote>One 20-inch box fan<br>
The cardboard box the fan comes in<br>
Four 20×20-inch MERV 13 filters<br>
One roll of duct tape<br>
Scissors or a box cutter<br>
</blockquote>
The Environmental Protection Agency recommends using a newer-model
box fan, as they have better safety features. Fans made before 2012
pose fire risks. I found my supplies at my local hardware store.<br>
<b>Step 2: Duct tape the filters together to form the sides of a
cube</b><br>
The side of the filters should have arrows on them. Make sure that
the arrows point to the cube’s center. Tape over the full length of
the corner where the filters meet to create a seal. A well-sealed
Corsi-Rosenthal box ensures that air is forced to go into the box
through the filters before being pushed out of the fan.<br>
<b>Step 3: Cut a square of cardboard and tape it to the bottom of
the filter cube</b><br>
The base of a typical Corsi-Rosenthal box is a piece of cardboard. I
cut my cardboard square out of the box the fan came in. For extra
filtration power, some people put a filter as the base of the cube.
If you choose to make that variation, you’ll want to raise the cube
so it doesn’t sit directly on the floor.<br>
<b>Step 4: Place the box fan on top of the cube and identify gaps</b><br>
The box fan will sit on top of the four filters. Place it there and
check the corners for holes that air can get through. Cover these
gaps with small pieces of cardboard.<br>
<b>Step 5: Tape the box fan to the top of the filter cube</b><br>
Place the box fan on top of the cube and make sure that the air is
blowing up, out of the box. Once again, you’ll want to tape over all
of the gaps to ensure that air can’t get into the cube without first
going through the filters. I also taped a few inches down the
electrical cord to make sure there were no gaps at the place where
the cord met the fan.<br>
<b>Step 6: Breathe easier</b><br>
Combine your new Corsi-Rosenthal box with other safety precautions,
such as keeping windows tightly sealed. If your home is drafty, the
Environmental Protection Agency suggests designating one room to be
the “clean air room.” Keep your Corsi-Rosenthal box in that room and
spend as much time as you can there.<br>
<br>
The Environmental Protection Agency tested DIY air filters for
safety and found that “none of the scenarios tested posed any
observable fire hazards.” But you should make sure that your fan
meets safety standards for electric fans (look for a UL or ETL
safety marking). You should also follow the box fan manufacturer’s
instructions, which may include not leaving children unattended when
the fan is in use, avoiding use of an extension cord, and not using
a damaged or malfunctioning fan. And make sure that you have working
smoke detectors throughout your home.<br>
<br>
During a heavy smoke event, you may need to change out the filters
on your Corsi-Rosenthal box. If you see large particles accumulate,
the filters darken in color, or smell smoke odor coming from the
fan, replace the filters.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/01/wildfire-smoke-getting-into-your-home-build-a-diy-corsi-rosenthal-air-filter/">https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/01/wildfire-smoke-getting-into-your-home-build-a-diy-corsi-rosenthal-air-filter/</a><br>
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<i>[ for youth and high energy adults -- where can we go? ]</i><br>
<b>Choosing a Climate Destination</b><br>
American Resiliency<br>
Aug 3, 2023<br>
A lot of people who email me are very focused on trying to find the
perfect climate destination. But it's just the reality that in a
future of intense global change, every destination will experience
some level of change. In this video I talk a little about managing
change and thinking more about to live and be of service in a
changing landscape, rather than striving for a fantasy of total
security.<br>
<br>
And Jay C, I forgot to add you to the donor slide! Thank you for
being our first member here on YouTube, I'm fixing it now so you'll
be included in the next video.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucUdhHO091g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucUdhHO091g</a><br>
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<i>[cynically - more like a parasitic monster that cannot be killed
- like a bad horror movie ]</i><br>
<b>The Zombies of the U.S. Tax Code: Why Fossil Fuels Subsidies Seem
Impossible to Kill</b><br>
For the fourth year in a row, President Biden is trying to eliminate
federal tax breaks for coal, oil and gas companies. But fossil fuel
subsidies have proven difficult to stop.<br>
By Lisa Friedman<br>
March 15, 2024<br>
SHINGTON — As a candidate in 2020, Joseph R. Biden Jr. campaigned to
end billions of dollars in annual tax breaks to oil and gas
companies within his first year in office.<br>
<br>
It’s a pledge he has been unable to keep as president.<br>
<br>
Mr. Biden’s budget request to Congress this week was his fourth
attempt to eliminate what he called “wasteful subsidies” to an
industry that is enjoying record profits.<br>
<br>
“Unlike previous administrations, I don’t think the federal
government should give handouts to big oil,” Mr. Biden said after
his inauguration. His new budget proposal calls for the elimination
of $35 billion in tax breaks that would otherwise be provided to the
industry over the next decade.<br>
<br>
Mr. Biden’s wish is opposed by the oil industry, Republicans in
Congress and a handful of Democrats. In Washington, it seems, oil
and gas subsidies are the zombies of the tax code: impossible to
kill.<br>
“Everybody agrees fossil fuel subsidies are wasteful, stupid and
moving things in the wrong direction,” said Michael L. Ross, a
political science professor at the University of California, Los
Angeles who studies fossil fuel tax breaks. “Getting rid of them
seems to be one of the hardest things to achieve on the climate
agenda.”<br>
<br>
The oil and gas industry enjoys nearly a dozen tax breaks, including
incentives for domestic production and write-offs tied to foreign
production. Total estimates vary widely; environmental groups take a
broad view of what constitutes a subsidy while the industry hews to
a more narrow definition. The Fossil Fuel Subsidy Tracker, run by
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
calculated the total to be about $14 billion in 2022.<br>
<br>
Two of the biggest tax breaks have been in place for about a
century.<br>
<br>
The oldest, known as “intangible drilling costs,” was created by the
Revenue Act of 1913 and was aimed at encouraging the development of
U.S. resources. The deduction allows companies to write off as much
as 80 percent of the costs of drilling, things like employee wages
and survey work, in the first year of operation, even before
producing a drop of oil.<br>
Another subsidy, dating from 1926 and known as the depletion
allowance, initially let oil companies deduct their taxable income
by 27.5 percent, a number that seemed strangely specific.<br>
“We could have taken a 5 or 10 percent figure, but we grabbed 27.5
percent because we were not only hogs but the odd figure made it
appear as though it was scientifically arrived at,” Senator Tom
Connally, the Texas Democrat who sponsored the break and who died in
1963, was quoted as having said in “Sam Johnson’s Boy, a Close-Up of
the President From Texas,” a biography of Lyndon B. Johnson.<br>
That tax break proved so lucrative it prompted celebrities like
Jimmy Stewart, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby to become oilmen on the
side, buying interests in oil wells and using the deduction to
shelter their Hollywood income.<br>
<br>
The allowance was eliminated in 1975 for large producers and reduced
for smaller companies, which are still allowed to deduct 15 percent
of their revenue from their taxable income.<br>
<br>
Early on, lawmakers justified the deductions by saying they would
help attract investors to oil drilling, which could be a risky
venture. After all, not every well strikes oil.<br>
<br>
Today, Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the largest U.S. energy companies,
are enormously profitable. Last year, American companies pumped 13
million barrels each day on average, a record that had made the
United States the largest crude oil producer in the world, according
to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The country is also
the world’s leading exporter of liquefied natural gas.<br>
The oil and industry is expected to reap $1.7 billion in 2025 from
the intangible drilling tax break, and $9.7 billion over the next 10
years, according to the White House. It is expected to realize $880
million in benefits from the depletion allowance tax break in 2025,
and $15.6 billion by 2034.<br>
<br>
Instead of investing in their businesses, the oil and gas companies
have poured profits into “stock buybacks, mergers, and acquisitions
that benefited executives and wealthy shareholders,” the Biden
administration said on a fact sheet accompanying the budget
proposal.<br>
The two tax incentives together have increased the expected value of
new oil and gas projects by billions of dollars in most years and as
much as $20 billion in years when the price of oil was high,
according to a 2021 study by the Stockholm Environment Institute, a
research organization.<br>
<br>
A New York Times analysis of lobbying reports found that energy
companies have spent more than $30 million since Mr. Biden was
elected on lobbying efforts that included preserving the intangible
drilling and depletion allowance tax breaks. The U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, which spends more than $100 million annually in lobbying
on a wide range of issues, also cited energy tax breaks on its
lobbying reports.<br>
Ending subsidies for oil and gas is not a new idea, but it has never
gotten far.<br>
<br>
President Barack Obama tried in almost every budget to scrap the tax
breaks but failed, even when Democrats controlled both the House and
Senate from 2009 to 2011.<br>
Among the Democrats who have fought to preserve the subsidies has
been Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, the state that is
ranked second for coal production and fourth for natural gas. In the
House, Representatives Vicente Gonzalez Jr. and Henry Cuellar, both
Texas Democrats, implored party leaders in 2021 to maintain the
subsidies. They were joined by Filemon Vela Jr., a Democrat who also
represented Texas in the House at the time.<br>
<br>
Mr. Manchin said this week that Congress had enacted tax incentives
for both clean energy and fossil fuels and that coal, oil and gas
should not be singled out for changes.<br>
“The Biden Administration and their radical climate advisers have
disregarded common sense by requesting Congress remove these
incentives before we accomplish an energy transition that doesn’t
sacrifice reliability and affordability,” Mr. Manchin said in a
statement.<br>
Oil executives reject the term “subsidy” to describe the tax
policies. They argue that most industries enjoy tax deductions and
oil companies write off just a sliver of what they pay in federal
taxes.<br>
<br>
They also point out that federal subsidies for wind, solar and other
forms of clean energy are rapidly expanding. The Energy Information
Administration found that about 46 percent of federal energy
subsidies between 2016 and 2022 were associated with renewable
energy.<br>
<br>
Anne Bradbury, chief executive officer of the American Exploration
& Production Council, called Mr. Biden’s call to change the tax
code “a direct attack on American energy production” that would harm
an industry that supports more than 9 million jobs.<br>
<br>
“This budget should not even receive a vote in the House or Senate,
and lawmakers in both chambers should craft budgetary policy that
does not impede American energy production,” Ms. Bradbury said in a
statement.<br>
Senator Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, dismissed Mr. Biden’s
request to end tax breaks as messaging aimed at young climate
activists. “Do I think it’s going to go anywhere? No,” she said.<br>
<br>
The debate over semantics aside, the result is that the government
is helping to artificially lower the price of producing oil, gas and
coal in a way it does not do for other manufacturers, economists
said.<br>
<br>
“It’s just corporate welfare,” said Joseph Aldy, a professor at the
John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University who
served as a special adviser to President Barack Obama on energy
issues.<br>
<br>
Others note the irony of continued government support for fossil
fuels at a time when scientists say nations must rapidly transition
away from oil, gas and coal to cut the carbon emissions that are
driving climate change.<br>
<br>
Congress has a “fiscal and moral responsibility to stop taxpayer
dollars from padding the profits of an industry that is destroying
our planet,” said Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont.<br>
<br>
Last year nearly 200 countries signed a global accord at the United
Nations climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to move away
from fossil fuels and eliminate “inefficient” subsidies for coal,
oil and gas. The United States was among the signatories.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/climate/tax-breaks-oil-gas-us.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/climate/tax-breaks-oil-gas-us.html</a>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/climate/tax-breaks-oil-gas-us.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c00.gA0Y.rEd01du0sbwS&smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/climate/tax-breaks-oil-gas-us.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c00.gA0Y.rEd01du0sbwS&smid=url-share</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[The news archive - House of MacBeth -
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<font face="Calibri"> <font size="+2"><i><b>March 16, 2004 </b></i></font>
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<font face="Calibri"> </font> March 16, 2004: The Craig Unger book
"House of Bush, House of Saud,<u>"</u> which explores the business
connections between the Bush family and the Saudi royal family, is
released.<br>
<blockquote>'House of Bush, House of Saud'' is a book with dual
aspirations. On one hand Craig Unger seeks to chronicle the
intertwined ascent of two powerful dynasties, the Bush family in
the United States and the royal family of Saudi Arabia. On the
other he attempts to establish that close connection became
pernicious collusion, contending that ''the secret relationship
between these two great families helped trigger the Age of Terror
and give rise to the tragedy of 9/11.''<br>
<br>
Mr. Unger succeeds in the first task, detailing the business
interests and personal friendships that evolved between the Bush
family's inner circle and the Saudi elite. The book, however,
falls well short of its second aim, with Mr. Unger failing to
provide persuasive evidence implicating the ties between the two
families in the terror attacks of 9/11.<br>
<br>
The story begins in the 1970's, when the Saudi elite arrived in
Houston and pumped petrodollars into the local economy. Members of
the bin Laden family and Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who would later
become Riyadh's ambassador to Washington, were among those who
developed close contacts with Texas's political establishment,
including individuals linked to the Bush family...<br>
- -<br>
Mr. Unger also questions the Bush administration's motives in
helping Saudi elites leave the United States in the days
immediately following 9/11. Despite the restrictions on air
traffic, the F.B.I. and other relevant agencies arranged for
private aircraft to gather prominent Saudis -- including members
of the bin Laden family -- from different parts of the country to
enable them to begin departing the United States on Sept. 16.<br>
<br>
Mr. Unger does an impressive job of reporting this admittedly
puzzling effort to shepherd Saudis out of the country even as the
investigation into the attacks was just beginning. The House of
Saud's connections to the Bush family surely mattered; Prince
Bandar visited the president in the White House on Sept. 13. But
the episode demonstrates only the administration's concern for the
safety of prominent Saudis during the tense days after the
attacks, not that the president was coddling the sponsors of
terrorism.<br>
<br>
The Bush administration's handling of foreign affairs can be
legitimately criticized on many counts, its errant war in Iraq and
its dismissive attitudes toward allies most prominent among them.
Mr. Bush's critics have plenty of ammunition and need not muddy
the waters by mounting attacks based on loose innuendo rather than
compelling evidence.<br>
</blockquote>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/12/books/books-of-the-times-saudi-and-american-elites-find-friends-in-high-places.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm">http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/12/books/books-of-the-times-saudi-and-american-elites-find-friends-in-high-places.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm</a></p>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/12/books/books-of-the-times-saudi-and-american-elites-find-friends-in-high-places.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c00.Puag.lmhqfBe87UNa&smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/12/books/books-of-the-times-saudi-and-american-elites-find-friends-in-high-places.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c00.Puag.lmhqfBe87UNa&smid=url-share</a><br>
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