“In the midst of a massive, global loss of nature, cities around the world are finding ways to protect and expand open spaces and "rewild" their communities.”
“8 Cities Rewilding Their Urban Spaces”
Crocus Geometer Moth (Xanthotype sospeta)
Driftless Area South Central Wisconsin, Dane County USA
2018 6/27 _F2A0704aaa
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Kevin Hester\NearTermHumanExtinction: IPCC lied about Climate Collapse: Charge the UN with ECOCIDE
“4 years ago I wrote an article titled "Survivable IPCC projections based on science fiction."
The 'Science Fiction' I was referring to was Carbon Capture and Storage at scale.
As Jim reiterates this technology is fiction.
For the record the IPCC have factored CCS at scale into their RCP's.”
“Carbon Capture Storage Idea is Stupid”
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The UN lied about Climate Collapse: Charge the UN with ECOCIDE
The +1.5C to 2.0C was meant to complement the bogus IPCC estimates:
“Read my lips: 1.5C & 2C represent the most sustained sophisticated propaganda campaign(hoax) in human history, necessary for societies to continue to function.”
“There has never been a chance of 1.5C or 2C. Not even 1 in a million.”
“The Truth about Climate Change (Risk Assessor) @ MarkCar… July 27, 2020”
“The moment of epiphany comes when you realise that the UN & IPCC, both govt bodies, have never been interested in solving climate change. Their purpose is to give the illusion of progress whilst ensuring that business as usual continues. Govts are subordinate to fossil interest.”
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“One of Exxon's top lobbyists just got caught admitting what you already knew: they've been secretly working through "shadow groups" to "fight against" science, climate action, and our future.”
“In Video, Exxon Lobbyist Describes Efforts to Undercut Climate Action
On the tape, made in a Greenpeace sting, he described working with “shadow groups” to fight climate science, and detailed efforts to weaken President Biden’s proposals to burn less oil.”
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"About 40% of methane emissions from oil and gas production can be eliminated without costing a cent, the U.S. Energy Information Agency said in a recent report."
“Nearly half of oil and gas emissions could be cut without spending a penny”
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“'This Is What Bipartisanship Looks Like': Vicious Fire Tornado Caught on Film in California”
"Climate policy isn't about imagining a spectrum from left to right and finding the sweet spot in the middle. It's a zero-sum battle with physics."
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“What Price “Defense”?
America's Nearly $1.3 Trillion National Security Budget Isn't Making Us Any Safer”
"We the People" need to wake up to the fact that our foreign policy is being dictated by the military industrial complex and the weapons industry (among others) owns the loyalty of the leadership in both parties... and that leadership owns the loyalty of the majority of the members in congress. As long as tools like Derek Kilmer, Rick Larson and Adam Smith take money from Boeing, Lockheed and Raytheon and takes orders from Nancy Pelosi... this will not change. #FireThemAll
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““The paper was written by an international team of biologists and virologists, led by professor Edward Holmes from the University of Sydney and professor Andrew Rambaut from the University of Edinburgh. Among the co-authors are Georgetown University virologist Dr. Angela Rasmussen and Kristian G. Andersen, director of Infectious Disease Genomics at Scripps Research Translational Institute.
The paper summarizes the existing scientific evidence for the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, concluding it is zoonotic—a transfer from an animal source to humans. The paper, entitled “The Origins of SARS-CoV-2: A Critical Review,” was published as a preprint on Zenodo.””
“Scientists demolish “Wuhan lab” conspiracy theory of coronavirus origins”
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“Elsa Recap with Video - WET BULB Heat SouthEast USA - Long Duration Heat Dome Heads for Western USA
I should've waited till both the NBC and TWC were over before starting my final video export. There was so much shit i cant believe is happening, all at the same time. I have upload limits and limits on how much i can share on FB, so one video a day is ideal. Every time i thought i was done uploading or editing another item came on TV. Don't get me started. it went from 5 to like 13 minutes
• The Cold front carrying severe storms over my home in Long island NY is actually the Jet Stream Collapsing and swinging over my home.
• Because the Gulf of Mexico is Heating up Texas is being hit by a Monsoon everyday now and forever. I guess eventually it will turn to snow.
• The same Hot Gulf is causing an EPIC WET BULB event in the entire South East USA try 85 Degrees plus 85% humidity
• Ive lived in Glen Cove and NYC video from both
• I spread the video highlights throughout the video
• This is why we were afraid of Abrupt Climate Change. Its happening now.
• If they don't listen. If you don't paint your roof white, and disable autoplay, it will get worse, much much worse.
• Every 30 Years we get new average temperatures. We reported on that. When they say 15 degrees above normal. they are using the NEW "Normals"
• I guess they didnt think it was worth mentioning the 12 people who died, 9 were americans!”
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Conservative Governments around the globe played a key role in exacerbating the death count from COVID. Their thinking (shared by Democrats as well as Republicans) has also responsible for bringing down human civilization:
This from the abomination that is Australian Government:
“Government credit agency gave 80 times more money to fossil fuels than renewables over last 11 years
Research from Jubilee Australia has found Export Finance Australia provided up to $1.69 billion in financing to the fossil fuel industry compared to just $20 million for renewable energy projects between 2009 and 2020.
A federal government credit agency has spent about 80 times more money on fossil fuel projects than renewables over the past 11 years, new research estimates.
Analysis by research non-profit Jubilee Australia found Export Finance Australia (EFA) provided up to $1.69 billion in financing to the fossil fuel sector and related services - including for coal, oil and gas - compared to just $20 million for renewable energy projects between 2009 and 2020.
The research trawled through EFA annual reports and transaction registers to identify the types of projects it had been backing.
Jubilee Australia executive director Luke Fletcher said the disparity of financing between fossil fuel projects and renewable energy highlighted a concerning trend.
“The amount of financing for fossil fuels dwarfs the amount that is going into renewables so EFA is really not investing in renewables and that’s a huge problem,” Mr Fletcher told SBS News.
EFA is the federal government’s export credit agency that finances Australian exporting companies and their potential buyers, including overseas projects.
It is self-funded, operates on a commercial basis, and has an independent board, and while its financing activities are guaranteed by the Australian government, it has not yet been required.
EFA is exempt from most freedom of information laws, meaning the full extent of all its transactions is largely protected from public scrutiny.
What projects did EFA fund?
Among the fossil fuel projects financed by EFA include the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal and Santos’ Gladstone LNG project in Queensland, and the Ichthys LNG project off the West Australian coast, according to the research.
In 2011/2012, EFA contributed $94.2 million towards the Wiggins Island project and gave a $254.7 million loan to Santos for the Gladstone LNG project.
In 2012/2013, EFA put a $142.33 million loan towards the Ichthys LNG project.
It also provided a loan of $383.4 million for a Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas project in 2009/10.
The $1.69 billion total Jubilee said was spent on fossil fuel projects includes two refinancing transactions worth $288.77 million.
They were reported in the media but not declared in annual reports or transaction registers. The non-profit said it attempted to corroborate the reported information with EFA but did not receive a response.
In a statement, Trade Minister Dan Tehan said decisions about what projects are funded via the EFA are based on independent assessment and are subject to board oversight and decision.
“EFA assesses all transactions on a case-by-case basis and does not favour certain types of projects over others," he said.
“Between 2015-16 and 2019-20, EFA financing of all energy projects accounted for less than five per cent of the total finance provided by EFA.”
Time to 'turn off the tap'
Tony Wood, director of the energy program at the Grattan Institute thinktank, said the credit agency’s past investment in fossil fuels was not surprising given Australia’s historical export interests.
“Ten years ago there wouldn’t have been very many if any Australian companies in the renewable energy sector who were looking to export,” he told SBS News.
“[But] today you would apply a very different assessment of these projects based simply on the financial risk that you could fund something which ... becomes a stranded asset.”
Australia has long reaped the financial rewards of fossil fuel exports, which accounted for $71 billion in revenue in the last financial year alone.
Australia was the third-largest global exporter of emissions behind Russia and Saudi Arabia in 2019, according to the Australia Institute thinktank.
But as the international community pushes for stronger action on climate change, Mr Wood said fossil fuel projects must now be considered through the lens of their long-term “climate change risk”.
“There is little doubt that
the direction is towards lower emissions and away from higher emissions,” he said.
“That creates I think the best pressure, which is real financial pressure, on these organisations to change the way they’ve been supporting various industries.”
In April, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Britain committed to harnessing public export financing as “a key driver in the fight against climate change”.
The governments in the so-called 'Export Finance for Future' coalition endorsed principles including reviewing finance for fossil fuels more broadly and assessing how to best phase that finance out.
Mr Fletcher said "the tap needs to be turned off on new fossil fuel export projects".
“We're not asking for the government to shut down all existing fossil fuel projects - what we're talking about is the building of new projects,” he said.
Independent MP Zali Steggall said she feared EFA spending was becoming “out of step” with the international community.
“It is very concerning if a vast proportion of that financing capability is in fact being spent on propping up fossil fuels, which we know private money no longer wants to support or fund,” she said.
“It is time to call time on funding of fossil fuels,” she said. “We need to make a rapid transition away from fossil fuels [and] we need to invest in clean technologies.”
Countries are facing pressure to ramp up the ambition of their climate change policies ahead of a UN climate summit in Glasgow in November.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has stated Australia is committed to reaching net-zero "as soon as possible" and preferably by 2050 through investment in green technology.
EFA was contacted for comment.
Source- SBS
1. Ichthys LNG facilities at Bladin Point near Darwin. Source: Supplied
2. Independent MP Zali Steggall. Source AAP”
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“We’re actually heading for a 10C global mean temperature increase in the coming decade or two. Probably much sooner.”
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“A TEMPERATURE RISE OF MORE THAN 18°C BY 2026?
On July 1, 2021 pm, the MetOp-1 satellite recorded a mean methane level of 1935 ppb at 293 mb. This mean methane level translates into 387 ppm CO₂e at a 1-year Global Warming Potential (GWP) of 200.
This GWP is appropriate in the light of the danger of a huge burst of methane erupting from the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean, which would, due to the abrupt nature of such an eruption, make its impact felt instantaneously.
Carbon dioxide on July 1, 2021, was 418.33 ppm. Together, this CO₂e level of methane and this carbon dioxide level add up to 805.33 ppm CO₂e, which is 394.67 ppm CO₂e away from the 1200 ppm clouds tipping point which on its own could increase the temperature rise by a further 8°C.
This 394.67 ppm CO₂e, again at a 1-year GWP of 200, translates into 1973 ppb of methane. In other words, a methane burst of 1973 ppb or about 5 Gt of methane would suffice to trigger the clouds feedback.
A 5 Gt seafloor methane burst would double methane in the atmosphere and could instantly raise the CO₂e level to 1200 ppm and trigger the clouds feedback (top right panel of above chart).
Even with far less methane, levels of further pollutants could rise within years and feedbacks could start kicking in with much greater ferocity, while the resulting extreme weather events would cause sulfate cooling to end, and as a result an 18.44°C temperature rise could occur as early as by 2026 (left panel of above chart).
Meanwhile, humans will likely go extinct with a 3°C rise while a 5°C rise will likely end most life on Earth.
As the bottom figure in the bar on the left of above chart shows and as discussed in an earlier post, the temperature rise from pre-industrial to 2020 may well be as large as 2.29°C. Meanwhile, the IPCC plans to release its next report, the Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), on August 9, 2021, in the lead up to the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference, from October 31 to November 12, 2021 in Glasgow, UK. Given their track record, the IPCC and politicians will probably refuse to consider the above information.
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