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<font size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>April 8</b></i></font><font
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[ Just have a think -- pr and commentary ]</i><br>
<b>Is El Niño really getting worse?</b><br>
Just Have a Think<br>
Apr 7, 2024<br>
Average surface temperatures across Europe soared to 3.3 degrees
Celsius above pre-industrial levels in February 2024. The global
average was almost 1.8 degrees above pre-industrial. Some say this
marks the start of Abrupt Global Warming. So, is that true? <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtaa1aYPEoA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtaa1aYPEoA</a><br>
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<i>[ Earth Scientist "We have not even started" - discussion with Q
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<b>Getting Honest About the Human Predicament | 2024 Teacher
Workshop</b><br>
Texas Envirothon<br>
Feb 25, 2024 2024 Teacher Workshop<br>
Getting Honest About the Human Predicament<br>
Presented by Art Berman, Director and Geological Consultant,
Labyrinth Consulting Services<br>
The mission of the Texas Envirothon is to develop knowledgeable,
skilled, and dedicated citizens who are willing and prepared to work
toward achieving a balance between the quality of life and the
quality of the environment.<br>
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<i>[ From broadcast tv ]</i><br>
<b>Mark Andresen PhD: Michigan State Climatologist on Climate
Impacts in Michigan</b><br>
greenmanbucket<br>
Apr 7, 2024<br>
Interview from WLNS Channel 6, Lansing MI.<br>
Broadcast April 4, 2024.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhq54MhLW5k">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhq54MhLW5k</a><br>
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<i>[ Paper reading and discussion ]</i><br>
<b>Growth, Emissions, and Financing Behind the Oil, Coal, and
Natural Gas Industry</b><br>
Paul Beckwith<br>
Apr 7, 2024<br>
A recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) looks at
the specifics on size, growth, and financials behind the fossil fuel
industry, namely for coal, oil, and natural gas.<br>
I chat about some highlights and lowlights in this gargantuan
report.<br>
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A couple surprises, for me at least. Nationally Owned (Fossil Fuel)
Companies (NOCs) are responsible for over half of the GHG emissions,
and own over 60% of the fossil fuel reserves on the planet. We often
scapegoat the so-called “majors” oil companies, however their
emissions are only about 13% of the total.<br>
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In reality, we are often concerned about the high level of fossil
fuel subsidies, when the biggest culprit is actually country
governments that own “nationalized” oil companies that are culpable
for the bulk of global emissions and own the bulk of the fossil fuel
reserves. No wonder they do not want to cut production, since they
would lose vast taxation revenue and profits.<br>
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Gargantuan Report:<br>
“The Oil and Gas Industry in Net Zero Transitions”
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/f065ae5e-94ed-4fcb-8f17-8ceffde8bdd2/TheOilandGasIndustryinNetZeroTransitions.pdf">https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/f065ae5e-94ed-4fcb-8f17-8ceffde8bdd2/TheOilandGasIndustryinNetZeroTransitions.pdf</a><br>
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<i>[ 224 pages ]</i><br>
<b>World Energy Outlook Special Report</b><br>
<b>“The Oil and Gas Industry in Net Zero Transitions”</b> <br>
Executive Summary <br>
<b>A moment of truth is coming for the oil and gas industry</b><br>
Structural changes in the energy sector are now moving fast enough
to deliver a peak in oil<br>
and gas demand by the end of this decade under today’s policy
settings. After the peak,<br>
demand is not currently set to decline quickly enough to align with
the Paris Agreement and<br>
the 1.5 °C goal. But if governments deliver in full on their
national energy and climate<br>
pledges, then oil and gas demand would be 45% below today's level by
2050 and the<br>
temperature rise could be limited to 1.7 °C. If governments
successfully pursue a 1.5 °C<br>
trajectory, and emissions from the global energy sector reach net
zero by mid-century, oil<br>
and gas use would fall by 75% to 2050.<br>
<b>This new IEA report explores what oil and gas companies can do to
accelerate net zero<br>
transitions and what this might mean for an industry which
currently provides more than<br>
half of global energy supply and employs nearly 12 million workers
worldwide. </b>Since 2018,<br>
the annual revenues generated by the oil and gas industry have
averaged close to USD 3.5<br>
trillion. Around half of this went to governments, while 40% went
back into investment and<br>
10% was returned to shareholders or used to pay down debt. The
implications of net zero<br>
transitions are far from uniform: the industry encompasses a wide
range of players, from<br>
small, specialised operators to huge national oil companies (NOCs).
While attention often<br>
focuses on the role of the majors, which are seven large,
international players, they hold less<br>
than 13% of global oil and gas production and reserves. NOCs account
for more than half of<br>
global production and close to 60% of the world’s oil and gas
reserves.<br>
<b>The industry’s engagement with clean energy transitions will be a
key topic at COP28,</b> but<br>
this report provides a reference for a debate that will continue
well beyond the UN climate<br>
summit in Dubai.<br>
<b>Most oil and gas companies are watching energy transitions from
the sidelines</b><br>
<b>Oil and gas producers account for only 1% of total clean energy
investment globally. </b>More<br>
than 60% of this comes from just four companies, out of thousands of
producers of oil and<br>
gas around the world today. For the moment the oil and gas industry
as a whole is a marginal<br>
force in the world’s transition to a clean energy system.<br>
<b>The first-order task is to slash emissions from company
operations</b><br>
<b>While there is no single blueprint for change, there is one
element that can and should be<br>
in all company transition strategies: reducing emissions from the
industry’s own<br>
operations.</b> As things stand, less than half of current global
oil and gas output is produced by<br>
companies that have targets to reduce these emissions. A far broader
coalition – with much<br>
more ambitious targets – is needed to achieve meaningful reductions
across the oil and gas<br>
industry. The production, transport and processing of oil and gas
results in just under 15% of<br>
global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. This is a huge
amount, equivalent to all<br>
energy-related greenhouse gas emissions from the United States...<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/f065ae5e-94ed-4fcb-8f17-8ceffde8bdd2/TheOilandGasIndustryinNetZeroTransitions.pdf">https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/f065ae5e-94ed-4fcb-8f17-8ceffde8bdd2/TheOilandGasIndustryinNetZeroTransitions.pdf</a>
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<font face="Calibri"> <font size="+2"><i><b>April 8, 2003 </b></i></font>
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<font face="Calibri"> </font> April 8, 2003: In the New York Times,
climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer declares: "The threat of
global warming, first raised in 1896, has outlived many foreign
policy crises. Our failure to deal with it is starting to bear a
bitter harvest not only in rising seas and intensified rainstorms,
but also in disruption of long-standing alliances, and interference
with other foreign policy objectives. It is well past time for U.S.
leaders to put the climate problem at the center of America's
domestic and international agendas."<br>
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