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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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Here's Andy talking with cohorts who know about birds, and bird life, and threats that we humans can act to minimize as we look to protect life of Earth...<br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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โข Adam Smith, an architect and director of design at Synecdoche, a Michigan firm centering bird-safe features in its projects.<br />
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โข Brendon Samuels, a Ph.D. candidate at Western University in London, Ontario, studying building design and bird behavior. Samuels, working with the Fatal Light Awareness Program, a k a FLAP Canada, has created and assembled an array of invaluable resources highlighting the bird-building collision crisis and ways to mitigate enormous losses, which, he stresses, are NOT restricted to cities. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 suggests all of us protect birds and wildlife. <br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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Even as brutal prison conditions took their toll on his body โ he was often denied medical and dental treatment โ there was no hint that Mr. Navalny had lost his clarity of mind, his writings show. ...<br />
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Kerry Kennedy, a human-rights activist and the daughter of the Democratic politician Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968, also exchanged letters with Mr. Navalny. He told her that he had cried โtwo or three timesโ while reading a book about her father recommended by a friend, according to a copy of a letter, handwritten in English, that Ms. Kennedy posted on Instagram after Mr. Navalny died.<br />
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Planet Labs first came onto our radar screen here in 2011. We have been following the evolution of the Planet Labs' story (now re-branded ''Planet'' @ Planet.com) from its mission statement to today.<br />
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''Planet is driven by a mission to image all of Earth's landmass every day, and make global change visible, accessible and actionable.''<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, have a special interest in the work of Planet, as we were 'in at the beginning' as it were. We were there, in person, close up, when the original NASA mission statement, including these words -- โTo understand and protect our home planet..." -- were being spoken of by a US representative serving on the Space and Technology committee responsible for policy and oversight. [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr '''Congressman George Brown'''] from California showed your GreenPolicy360 Founder/Siterunner words that were motivating him to propose [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook '''Landsat missions'''] that came to be called 'Big Science', Earth Imaging/Earth Science and Atmospheric-Climate Science. For 30+ years Representative George E. Brown led the charge, as it were, to gather the data needed to make informed and wise decisions about our home Planet.<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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And now, here we are! Planet.com and GreenPolicy360.com, we're on mission ....<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary<br />
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<big>'''Understanding AIโs Impact on Space Data with Planetโs Head of Product'''</big><br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_API<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Labs_Doves_Fly<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Vital_Signs<br />
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We, now at GreenPolicy360, are continuing on, presenting Earth science news, green politics and environmental movement recollections and highlights from the eco-journey:<br />
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Visit GreenPolicy360's story of Earth Science research from our decades of research, eco-activism and #PlanetCitizens education.<br />
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[[Earth and Space, Politics]]<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJ Schmidt: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 1960s and 1970s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role in laying a foundation of scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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<big>''Our Living Planet: Recalling the Message of a Presidential Farewell -- and the Anniversary of the US Endangered Species Protection Act'''</big><br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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President Joe Biden, today on the anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, urged Americans to protect ecosystems and biodiversity and to ''โhonor all the progress we have made toward protecting endangered species,โ and to โcome together to conserve our planet.โ ''<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, urge our Planet Earth community, as 2024 approaches, to move away from generation-to-generation war and to act to protect life and our common future.<br />
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The [https://www.tampabay.com/about/ '''Tampa Bay Times'''] | [https://www.poynter.org/about/ '''Poynter'''] home of fact-checking pioneer, '''PolitiFact''' announced today (Dec. 23) that it is expanding PolitiFact's coverage beginning in January 2024. Good news, especially here 'on the home front', as GreenPolicy360's global network originates in Tampa Bay. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 are pleased to have shared the Poynter PolitiFact story and expansion of its 'best practices' networking model. At the end of last year, 2022, there were 424 fact-checking websites, up from just 11 in 2008, according to an annual census by the Duke University Reportersโ Lab. Poynter's PolitiFact and over 100 news publishing participants in a global fact checking network are confronting/battling an online proliferation of dis/misinformation, lies and political manipulation. Today and going forward, fact-checking operations are playing an increasingly essential role, delivering information, facts, opening eyes and bringing profoundly important ''veritas'' to people in every nation, community, market and political system. <br />
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''Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.''<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber called the deal "historic" but added that its true success would be in its implementation.''<br />
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''"We are what we do, not what we say," he told the crowded plenary at the summit. "We must take the steps necessary to turn this agreement into tangible actions."''<br />
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''Several countries cheered the deal for accomplishing something that until now eluded decades of climate talks.''<br />
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''"It is the first time that the world unites around such a clear text on the need to transition away from fossil fuels," Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide said.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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<big>'''''Open secret at global climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone'''''</big><br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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<big>'''''Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages'''''</big><br />
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[https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7 Associated Press]<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Peace <big>'''Peace, a New Vision'''</big>]<br />
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<big>'''Gaza-Israel War Worsens as It Expands'''<br />
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: The Costs of War Extend Far from Today's Fighting, Bombing and Death Count<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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<big>'''Online, a Social Media Fight Hits as War in the Mideast Heats Up'''</big><br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Other_Side_-_Life_in_Gaza,_Israel.jpg<br />
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: '''Where Next?'''<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=eyJiYXNlbWFwIjp7InZhbHVlIjoicGxhbmV0IiwibmFtZSI6InBsYW5ldF9tZWRyZXNfbm9ybWFsaXplZF9hbmFseXRpY18yMDIxLTA1X21vc2FpYyIsImNvbG9yIjoiIn0sImRhdGFzZXRzIjpbeyJkYXRhc2V0IjoiZ2xhZC1zMi1kZWZvcmVzdGF0aW9uLWFsZXJ0cyIsIm9wYWNpdHkiOjEsInZpc2liaWxpdHkiOnRydWUsImxheWVycyI6WyJkZWZvcmVzdGF0aW9uLWFsZXJ0cy1nbGFkLXMyIl19LHsiZGF0YXNldCI6ImdsYWQtZGVmb3Jlc3RhdGlvbi1hbGVydHMtdjIiLCJvcGFjaXR5IjoxLCJ2aXNpYmlsaXR5Ijp0cnVlLCJsYXllcnMiOlsiZGVmb3Jlc3RhdGlvbi1hbGVydHMtZ2xhZCJdfSx7ImRhdGFzZXQiOiJyYWRkLWRlZm9yZXN0YXRpb24tYWxlcnRzIiwib3BhY2l0eSI6MSwidmlzaWJpbGl0eSI6dHJ1ZSwibGF5ZXJzIjpbImRlZm9yZXN0YXRpb24tYWxlcnRzLXJhZGQiXX0seyJkYXRhc2V0IjoiZmlyZS1hbGVydHMtdmlpcnMiLCJvcGFjaXR5IjoxLCJ2aXNpYmlsaXR5Ijp0cnVlLCJsYXllcnMiOlsiZmlyZS1hbGVydHMtdmlpcnMiXX0seyJkYXRhc2V0IjoicG9saXRpY2FsLWJvdW5kYXJpZXMiLCJsYXllcnMiOlsiZGlzcHV0ZWQtcG9saXRpY2FsLWJvdW5kYXJpZXMiLCJwb2xpdGljYWwtYm91bmRhcmllcyJdLCJvcGFjaXR5IjoxLCJ2aXNpYmlsaXR5Ijp0cnVlfV19&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
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Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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[[File:Daniel - June 16, 2023.png]]<br />
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Photo: Wally Fong/Associated Press<br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
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Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
<br />
In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
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By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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<big>'''Ex-President Criminally Charged'''</big><br />
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'''June 13, 2023'''<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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[[File:NASA logo1.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>'''The Original Mission Statement of NASA'''</big></big><br />
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: '''Quote: NASA's Mission, โTo understand and protect our home planet..."''' <br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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<big>'''''Methane Reduction Action by European Parliament / European Union'''''</big><br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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[[File:NASA has a new mission... against Methane.png]]<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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April 22, 2023<br />
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[[File:Biden re Earth Day 2023.png]]<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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<small>โข<br />
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary</small><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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::<small>* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/10/sea-level-rise-southern-us/</small><br />
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'' โThese rapid rates are unprecedented over at least the 20th century and they have been three times higher than the global average over the same period.โ''<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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<big>'''Meanwhile, up north....'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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PBS<br />
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<big><big>'''The Movement and the 'Madman' '''</big></big><br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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<big>'''Mapping Internet Freedom - Democracy Status'''</big><br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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About Freedom House<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/issues<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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March 29<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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Via [https://www.thebulwark.com/about-us/ '''The Bulwark''']<br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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March 22-24 | New York City<br />
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Thread<br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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โItโs not what happens in three days... Itโs what happens afterward.โ<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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'''UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals'''<br />
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:'''Act to Make a Positive Difference'''<br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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<big>'''Profit-taking in a Profitable Year'''</big><br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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::'''Four oil companies had total sales of $1 trillion last year'''<br />
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:::'''Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Shell all reported record profits in 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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''In the terms of yin and yang (้ด้ณโyฤซn yรกng), the Rabbit is yin...''<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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Key Findings From the Jan. 6 Committeeโs Report, Annotated<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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''โItโs a global goal. Every country commits what they are capable of committing,โ said Masha Kalinina, a senior officer focused on biodiversity at the Pew Charitable Trusts. โSome will do more, some will do less.โ''<br />
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''The world has a long way to go to achieving that goal. Right now, only about a sixth of the continents and a 12th of the oceans have some form of protection, according to the U.N.โs World Conservation Monitoring Centre.''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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Climate TRACE's data show emissions at the facility-level.<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Global_Stocktake,_the_first_GST.jpg<br />
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: Our Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative continues as the next Global Climate Conference approaches, November's Conference of the Parties (COP27)<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources ''GreenPolicy360: Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws ''Environmental Laws, Regs, Rules... Lawsuits & Legal Actions'']<br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Summit / COP27 Updates - November 11, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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<big>More from the Global Climate Conference</big><br />
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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about โvery life of the planetโ<br />
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* https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1136000297/biden-says-u-s-will-rise-to-the-global-challenge-of-climate-change<br />
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - ''United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''The speech set an urgent tone as governments sit down for two weeks of talks on how to avert the worst of climate change, even as they are distracted by Russiaโs war in Ukraine, rampant consumer inflation and energy shortages.''<br />
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<big><big>'''COP27'''</big></big><br />
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: <big>'''Time for [[Planet Citizen Action]]'''</big> <br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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* <small>https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:NASA_has_a_new_mission..._against_Methane.png</small><br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:'''"Super emitters", we have a message for you, you can't hide....''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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<big>'''October 2022'''</big><br />
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:::::::::::<big><big>'''[[Planet Citizen Vision of Living Earth]]'''</big></big><br />
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::::::::<big>'''[[Planet Citizen Action]], [[Environmental protection]]. [[Quality of Life]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big><big>'''Planet Citizens / Scientists, Preserving & Protecting the Home Planet Earth'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Politics_of_Beauty_-_Oct_2022.png<br />
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'''Stewart Udall Film Trailer''': http://vimeo.com/708323643<br />
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* https://vimeo.com/491417423 <br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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Now comes '''"Nowhere to Hide"''' by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<br />
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Read it -- https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 and with our associate, Strategic Demands have worked alongside the Bulletin and its goals...<br />
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Now a flashing warning continues louder and brighter -- be aware of the danger. Act to reduce the danger of nuclear disaster. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ultimatum-time/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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We have to ask, as now is the time to ask about Florida's future, what about Florida? Where is the 'trending' threads of concern acknowledging, risks, problems and identifying solutions to 'extreme weather events'. Here at GreenPolicy we have for years spoken of a warming Gulf of Mexico and tropical storms that 'rapidly intensify' as a result. Ian the hurricane did exactly that, surprising many but not out of line with the physics of a Gulf of Mexico that is heating due to climate change. The atmospheric science, earth science, ocean science, the statistics and the physics of interacting systems, and the political responses to the full scope of the devastation this extreme weather event/storm/typhoon, call it what you will, is on the radar. We are seeing connections between human decisions and nature's responses. Florida is, as we have written for years, "The frontlines of climate change". <br />
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'''E.O. Wilson:''' [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''Planet Citizen''']<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''He discovered hundreds of new species by putting his hands in the dirt as a field biologist, synthesized evolving thinking in science and coined new terms, such as biodiversity and biophilia, to explain it. Of his many accomplishments in evolutionary biology, his biggest contribution was probably in the new scientific field of sociobiology, in which he addressed the biological basis of social behavior in animals, including humans.''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/<br />
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'''Protect Life, Be Pro-Life, Prevent Extinction'''<br />
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* https://eowilsonfoundation.org/many-people-want-to-set-aside-half-of-earth-as-nature/<br />
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<big><big>'''Big Picture Time: On the Way to Cosmology'''</big></big><br />
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''"The launch of the Webb Space Telescope is a pivotal moment -- this is just the beginning for the Webb mission," said Gregory L. Robinson, Webb's program director at NASA Headquarters.''<br />
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''"Now we will watch Webb's highly anticipated and critical 29 days on the edge. When the spacecraft unfurls in space, Webb will undergo the most difficult and complex deployment sequence ever attempted in space. Once commissioning is complete, we will see awe-inspiring images that will capture our imagination."''<br />
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<big><big>Big Science: How the James Webb Telescope Will See Back in Time</big></big><br />
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'''More GreenPolicy360 Archives of Highlighted Green Stories of the Day'''<br />
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<big>'''Roll back into the GreenPolicy360 Archive ...'''</big><br />
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: Green Movement, Green Politics, Green Party, Strategic Demands<br />
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:: 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s ... and on and on and on ...<br />
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<big>'''Visit GreenPolicy360's Associate -- Strategic Demands'''</big><br />
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: Global Security, Indivisible<br />
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:<big>Recent GreenPolicy Stories</big><br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2021'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2021 <u>'''''Featured in 2021'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2020'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2020 <u>'''''Featured in 2020'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2019'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2019 <u>'''''Featured in 2019'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2018'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2018 <u>'''''Featured in 2018'''''</u>]<br />
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::[[File:Connect cooperative networking 2a.jpg|link=https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2018]]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2017'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2017 <u>'''''Featured in 2017'''''</u>]<br />
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::[[File:Connect cooperative networking 2a.jpg|link=https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2017]]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2016'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2016 <u>'''''Featured in 2016'''''</u>]<br />
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::[[File:Connect cooperative networking 2a.jpg|link=https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2016]]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2015'''''</big><br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2015 <u>'''''Featured in 2015'''''</u>]<br />
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::[[File:Connect cooperative networking 2a.jpg|link=http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2015]]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2014'''''</big><br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2014 <u>'''''Featured in 2014'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2013'''''</big><br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2013 <u>'''''Featured in 2013'''''</u>]<br />
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<big><big><font color=green> '''''Planet Citizens'''''</font></big></big><br />
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:[http://www.planetcitizen.org '''www.planetcitizen.org''']<br />
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::[http://www.planetcitizens.org '''www.planetcitizens.org''']<br />
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:::[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Vision_of_Living_Earth '''Planet Citizen Vision of Living Earth''']<br />
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<big><big><font color=green>[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Green_Best_Practices Frontlines of Green Best Practices]</font></big></big><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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: <big>'''DYK? Yes, we do, we remember the beginnings !'''</big> <br />
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: ๐ [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf <big>'''The 1960s... Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement'''</big>] <br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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: <big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary</small><br />
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... Remembering the student teach-ins, the means we used to spread the word and we did. The Vietnam Moratorium Committee became the peace group and and when we talked to Senator Nelson and George Brown about doing environmental teach-ins that would be the first in a series of annual peace and environment events they got it and put their combined weight behind the effort.<br />
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It came to be, from an [https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1249.html Earthrise moment], to the Moratorium demonstrations and teach-in, to the teach-ins of Earth Day. What quickly followed was the passage of the first generation of US environmental protection legislation.<br />
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The environmental movement that sprang from the global realization passed on to us by the NASA Apollo missions, and student activism, are shaping a new generation and modern environmental movement.<br />
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'''The 1970s and 80s'''<br />
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<big><big>''Greening Our Blue Planet''</big></big><br />
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In 1977-78 the first climate science comes to light... first generation science for national and global environmental action set a platform in place on which to create [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy climate policy] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection environmental protection] over the coming decades ...'''<br />
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<big><big>'''First National Climate Act, Historic Work, 1978'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJS: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 60s and 70s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role with scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Energy_and_Climate_Report%2C_1977%2C_National_Academy_of_Sciences.pdf '''Energy and Climate Report, 1977, National Academy of Sciences / 175 pp. / PDF via GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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George Brown, taking the 1977 Energy and Climate Report from the Academy, made climate science actionable. In a historic moment, Representative Brown from East Los Angeles proposed and drafted the legislation for the first U.S. National Climate Program and shepherded its passage in 1978. In 1979 came the first follow-on [https://www.nap.edu/read/12181/chapter/1 National Science Academy report]. This study and report of national scientists was [https://phys.org/news/2019-07-charney-years-scientists-accurately-climate.html prescient and accurate in its global warming predictions.]<br />
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: This first federal program established to study and assess scientifically the issues and risks of human-caused climate change became a foundation for comprehensive initiatives, and led to [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space an array of new Earth Science missions] by NASA and NOAA, the EPA and USGS. <br />
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<big>'''At the Beginning of U.S. Science on Global Warming, Strategies & Planning'''</big><br />
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'''1978, Launching U.S. Climate Action:'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:US_Public_Law_95-367.png '''National Climate Program Act, Public Law 95-367''']<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/National_Climate_Program_Act_Public_Law_95-367_Sept_1978.pdf '''National Climate Program Act of September 1978''']<br />
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<big>Into the 1990s... Going Green Globally</big><br />
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* http://www.desmogblog.com/ <br />
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* https://www.snopes.com/collections/climate-change-denial-debunked/ <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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Here's Andy talking with cohorts who know about birds, and bird life, and threats that we humans can act to minimize as we look to protect life of Earth...<br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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::[https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/Interactive: '''Tracking negotiating texts at COP28 climate summit''']<br />
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<big>'''Tracking Negotiating Texts, Tracking News on the Dubai 2023 Int'l Climate Summit'''</big><br />
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December 12, 2023<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/oil-states-face-outrage-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-dropped-from-cop-draft/<br />
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December 12<br />
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Dubai -- at the International Climate Summmit (COP28, Conference of the Parties)<br />
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Today is the scheduled final day of the gathering of nations<br />
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* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/conferences/un-climate-change-conference-united-arab-emirates-nov/dec-2023/about-cop-28<br />
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Reuters question -- '''''Explainer - Why does OPEC oppose the idea of a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28?'''''<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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(The international news service of Reuters answers in 'simple English' here...)<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''The members rely heavily on oil and gas revenues as their main source of income.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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''Hence, any language that calls for the phasing out of fossil fuels threatens the model on which these oil- and gas-producing countries' economies are built.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:EleanorRooseveltHumanRights.png<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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December 10 / NYT International<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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<big>'''''Open secret at global climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone'''''</big><br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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: * https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/03/cop28-global-temperature-goal-00129766<br />
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<big>'''November'''</big><br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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Image of Dubai from GreenPolicy360's Earth-imaging friends at the Planet headquarters in California.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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November 30, 2023<br />
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<big>'''[[Planet API]]</big><br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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Nov. 22 / World News<br />
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<big>'''''Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages'''''</big><br />
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[https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7 Associated Press]<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Peace <big>'''Peace, a New Vision'''</big>]<br />
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<big>'''Gaza-Israel War Worsens as It Expands'''<br />
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: The Costs of War Extend Far from Today's Fighting, Bombing and Death Count<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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:::* https://strategicdemands.com/blowback-far-beyond-gaza-israel/<br />
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<big>'''Online, a Social Media Fight Hits as War in the Mideast Heats Up'''</big><br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checking/ '''Fact-Checking News''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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[[File:The Other Side - Life in Gaza, Israel.jpg|link=https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs]]<br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Other_Side_-_Life_in_Gaza,_Israel.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Humanitarian Disaster in Israel/Gaza... War and Generational Disaster'''</big></big></big><br />
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: '''Where Next?'''<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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<big><big>'''Fog of War'''</big></big> <br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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'''October'''<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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Many more will die.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>{In Hebrew) ''What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will resonate (echo) with them over the generations...''</small><br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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: 1. Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''From Earthbeat, and environmental movement'''</big><br />
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Planet citizens in action<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Media release:''<br />
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<big>'''''โLaudate Deumโ: the Popeโs cry for a response to the climate crisis'''''</big><br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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''Nearly a decade later, the popeโs message has taken on new urgency.''<br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''US Government Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets'''</big></big><br />
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September 21, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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Planet Citizen, Where Are You on Planet Earth?<br />
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<big>Dynamic Change Is All Around Us</big<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-46.74,44.98,403/loc=-45.541,-53.340<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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''But in a democracy, thereโs another tool that is at least as essential as these to overcoming climate change: effective solutions-driven storytelling.''<br />
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Read more from the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media:<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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<big>'''โOne Earth, One Family, One Future"'''</big><br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[[File:The Daily Puffin.png]]<br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
<br />
Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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[[File:Oppenheimer movie - 2023.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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: [[File:3M lawsuit re forever chemicals - June 2023.png]]<br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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[[File:Daniel - June 16, 2023.png]]<br />
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Photo: Wally Fong/Associated Press<br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
<br />
Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
<br />
In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
<br />
By Steven Schmidt<br />
<br />
June 17, 2023<br />
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<br />
The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
<br />
Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
<br />
Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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<big>'''Profit-taking in a Profitable Year'''</big><br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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::'''Four oil companies had total sales of $1 trillion last year'''<br />
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:::'''Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Shell all reported record profits in 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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[[File:Alaska Willow - March 12 2023.png]]<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities '''Externalities'''] | '''[[Environmental full-cost accounting]]'''<br />
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'''[[New Definitions of National Security]]''' | '''[[Climate News]]''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels '''Fossil Fuels'''] | [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands '''Strategic Demands'''] | '''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life'''''</big></big><br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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''The open oceans of the world have no international body or agreement with a primary focus of protecting marine biodiversity. If enacted, this treaty would change that...''<br />
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<big>'''''Depleted Under Trump, a โTraumatizedโ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission'''''</big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''โThe agency is moving further and faster than ever before,โ Dan Utech, Mr. Reganโs chief of staff, said in a statement. He added that accomplishments had come โdespite depleted staffing levels, persistent funding challenges and a previous administration that left the agency neglected and scientifically compromised.โ''<br />
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''The E.P.A. is at an unusual juncture. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the climate law enacted last year have begun to pump $90 billion into the agency over the next 10 years for climate projects like $1.5 billion for new technologies to monitor and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells, $5 billion for states to purchase low-emission school buses and $3 billion to cut pollution at ports...''<br />
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By Fefe Ho & Chloe Chiao<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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''In the terms of yin and yang (้ด้ณโyฤซn yรกng), the Rabbit is yin...''<br />
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December 25th, Christmas Day<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Democracy <big><big><big>'''Act to Protect Democracy'''</big></big></big>]<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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<big><big>'''The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol'''</big></big> <br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/about<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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Key Findings From the Jan. 6 Committeeโs Report, Annotated<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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December 19, 2022<br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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Via Washington Post<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''โThis is an incredible milestone for the world when it comes to conservation,โ said Brian OโDonnell, the director of the conservation group Campaign for Nature. โWe have been on a rapid path of destruction of nature for hundreds of years, and this can mark a turning point.โ''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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''โItโs a global goal. Every country commits what they are capable of committing,โ said Masha Kalinina, a senior officer focused on biodiversity at the Pew Charitable Trusts. โSome will do more, some will do less.โ''<br />
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''The world has a long way to go to achieving that goal. Right now, only about a sixth of the continents and a 12th of the oceans have some form of protection, according to the U.N.โs World Conservation Monitoring Centre.''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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<big>'''News from the US Department of Energy, Livermore Lab, of a Successful Fusion Demonstration'''</big><br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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-- Ernest J. Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary and CEO of the non-profit Energy Futures Initiative<br />
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<big>Via The Bulwark</big><br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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'''December 5, 2022'''<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/about<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-story<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-approach<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/map<br />
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Via Protocol ("Launched to cover the evolving power center of tech")<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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''The Climate TRACE project is not being presented as the โclimate copsโ on the beat. The coalition in formation is seen as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by legal services and non profit groups who need local information and data to make their enforcement case. <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg '''Measure to Manage: Gather the Data and Science''']<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/<br />
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* https://eowilsonfoundation.org/many-people-want-to-set-aside-half-of-earth-as-nature/<br />
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... Remembering the student teach-ins, the means we used to spread the word and we did. The Vietnam Moratorium Committee became the peace group and and when we talked to Senator Nelson and George Brown about doing environmental teach-ins that would be the first in a series of annual peace and environment events they got it and put their combined weight behind the effort.<br />
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It came to be, from an [https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1249.html Earthrise moment], to the Moratorium demonstrations and teach-in, to the teach-ins of Earth Day. What quickly followed was the passage of the first generation of US environmental protection legislation.<br />
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In 1977-78 the first climate science comes to light... first generation science for national and global environmental action set a platform in place on which to create [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy climate policy] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection environmental protection] over the coming decades ...'''<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJS: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 60s and 70s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role with scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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George Brown, taking the 1977 Energy and Climate Report from the Academy, made climate science actionable. In a historic moment, Representative Brown from East Los Angeles proposed and drafted the legislation for the first U.S. National Climate Program and shepherded its passage in 1978. In 1979 came the first follow-on [https://www.nap.edu/read/12181/chapter/1 National Science Academy report]. This study and report of national scientists was [https://phys.org/news/2019-07-charney-years-scientists-accurately-climate.html prescient and accurate in its global warming predictions.]<br />
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'''1978, Launching U.S. Climate Action:'''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Change_-_Global_Warming_Keyword-Terms <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Merchants_of_Doubt <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:FLICC_techniques_of_science_denial.png (Video)<br />
* http://www.nature.com/news/wikipedia-shapes-language-in-science-papers-1.22656 <br />
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* https://climatefeedback.org <br />
* https://climatecrocks.com/ <br />
* https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/y3z737/the-12-arguments-every-climate-denier-uses-and-how-to-debunk-them <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/ <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/about <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/global-warming-denier-database <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/slamming-the-climate-skeptic-scam <br />
* https://www.beforetheflood.com/explore/the-deniers/top-10-climate-deniers/ <br />
* https://www.drillednews.com/post/fake-science-is-a-real-danger <br />
* https://grist.org/series/skeptics/ <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_of_the_Humans,_a_documentary_film <br />
* http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Change_Denier_Talking_Points_--_and_Rebuttals <br />
* https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php <br />
* https://skepticalscience.com/climate-models-intermediate.htm <br />
* https://www.snopes.com/collections/climate-change-denial-debunked/ <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary<br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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The [https://www.tampabay.com/about/ '''Tampa Bay Times'''] | [https://www.poynter.org/about/ '''Poynter'''] home of fact-checking pioneer, '''PolitiFact''' announced today (Dec. 23) that it is expanding PolitiFact's coverage beginning in January 2024. Good news, especially here 'on the home front', as GreenPolicy360's global network originates in Tampa Bay. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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The online world is especially convoluted these days... the demands for fact-checking of memes and gaslighting, dis- and mis-info is 24/7/365 <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking<br />
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* https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 are pleased to have shared the Poynter PolitiFact story and expansion of its 'best practices' networking model. At the end of last year, 2022, there were 424 fact-checking websites, up from just 11 in 2008, according to an annual census by the Duke University Reportersโ Lab. Poynter's PolitiFact and over 100 news publishing participants in a global fact checking network are confronting/battling an online proliferation of dis/misinformation, lies and political manipulation. Today and going forward, fact-checking operations are playing an increasingly essential role, delivering information, facts, opening eyes and bringing profoundly important ''veritas'' to people in every nation, community, market and political system. <br />
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<big><big>'''A Dubai Surprise'''</big></big><br />
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'''CNBC'''<br />
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''The latest proposal published by the UAE early on Wednesday. Dec. 13, calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science.โ''<br />
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* https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/13/countries-agree-to-deal-at-cop28-climate-summit.html<br />
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''The COP28 deal might be historic, but there are many caveats...'''<br />
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* https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2023/12/13/the-cop28-deal-might-be-historic-but-there-are-many-caveats<br />
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''Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.''<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber called the deal "historic" but added that its true success would be in its implementation.''<br />
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''"We are what we do, not what we say," he told the crowded plenary at the summit. "We must take the steps necessary to turn this agreement into tangible actions."''<br />
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''Several countries cheered the deal for accomplishing something that until now eluded decades of climate talks.''<br />
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''"It is the first time that the world unites around such a clear text on the need to transition away from fossil fuels," Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide said.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''That battle pushed the summit a full day into overtime on Wednesday, and had some observers worried the negotiations would end at an impasse...''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/countries-push-cop28-deal-fossil-fuels-talks-spill-into-overtime-2023-12-12/<br />
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'''Financial Times'''<br />
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''COP28 is better than feared, but less than needed''<br />
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''Call to move away from fossil fuels lacks deadlines to phase them out...''<br />
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* https://www.ft.com/content/21852bf3-80e6-46f7-ad06-c94d89bc90de<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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<big>'''Tracking Negotiating Texts, Tracking News on the Dubai 2023 Int'l Climate Summit'''</big><br />
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December 12, 2023<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/oil-states-face-outrage-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-dropped-from-cop-draft/<br />
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Dubai -- at the International Climate Summmit (COP28, Conference of the Parties)<br />
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Reuters question -- '''''Explainer - Why does OPEC oppose the idea of a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28?'''''<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''The members rely heavily on oil and gas revenues as their main source of income.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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''Hence, any language that calls for the phasing out of fossil fuels threatens the model on which these oil- and gas-producing countries' economies are built.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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<big>'''''Open secret at global climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone'''''</big><br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Peace <big>'''Peace, a New Vision'''</big>]<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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Many more will die.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>{In Hebrew) ''What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will resonate (echo) with them over the generations...''</small><br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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: kฤthโฒษ-lฤญk, kฤthโฒlฤญk<br />
: 1. Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive.<br />
: 2. Including or concerning all humankind; universal.<br />
: 3. Of or involving the Roman Catholic Church.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''From Earthbeat, and environmental movement'''</big><br />
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Planet citizens in action<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Media release:''<br />
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''Via Vatican News''<br />
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<big>'''''โLaudate Deumโ: the Popeโs cry for a response to the climate crisis'''''</big><br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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''Nearly a decade later, the popeโs message has taken on new urgency.''<br />
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<big><big>'''[[Pope Francis on the Environment]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Laudato Si]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Integral Ecology]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''September'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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[[File:Mysterious circles around the world.png]]<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''US Government Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets'''</big></big><br />
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September 21, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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Planet Citizen, Where Are You on Planet Earth?<br />
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<big>Dynamic Change Is All Around Us</big<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-46.74,44.98,403/loc=-45.541,-53.340<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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''But in a democracy, thereโs another tool that is at least as essential as these to overcoming climate change: effective solutions-driven storytelling.''<br />
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Read more from the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media:<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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<big>'''โOne Earth, One Family, One Future"'''</big><br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[[File:The Daily Puffin.png]]<br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
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Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
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Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
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In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
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By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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<big>'''Ex-President Criminally Charged'''</big><br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities '''Externalities'''] | '''[[Environmental full-cost accounting]]'''<br />
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'''[[New Definitions of National Security]]''' | '''[[Climate News]]''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels '''Fossil Fuels'''] | [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands '''Strategic Demands'''] | '''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life'''''</big></big><br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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''The open oceans of the world have no international body or agreement with a primary focus of protecting marine biodiversity. If enacted, this treaty would change that...''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''The E.P.A. is at an unusual juncture. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the climate law enacted last year have begun to pump $90 billion into the agency over the next 10 years for climate projects like $1.5 billion for new technologies to monitor and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells, $5 billion for states to purchase low-emission school buses and $3 billion to cut pollution at ports...''<br />
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By Fefe Ho & Chloe Chiao<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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December 25th, Christmas Day<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Democracy <big><big><big>'''Act to Protect Democracy'''</big></big></big>]<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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<big><big>'''The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol'''</big></big> <br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/about<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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Key Findings From the Jan. 6 Committeeโs Report, Annotated<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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<big>'''News from the US Department of Energy, Livermore Lab, of a Successful Fusion Demonstration'''</big><br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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-- Ernest J. Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary and CEO of the non-profit Energy Futures Initiative<br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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<big>'''Time to Remember: "An Oath" '''</big><br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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'''December 5, 2022'''<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/about<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-story<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-approach<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/map<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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''The Climate TRACE project is not being presented as the โclimate copsโ on the beat. The coalition in formation is seen as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by legal services and non profit groups who need local information and data to make their enforcement case. <br />
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โSome โ maybe many โ governments (will) use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied withโ...''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360:<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg '''Measure to Manage: Gather the Data and Science''']<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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Climate TRACE's data show emissions at the facility-level.<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360: Follow Our "Climate Plans Enforcement" Initiative<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''[[Climate Plans Enforcement - Resources]]'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 welcomes the arrival of a global science mission, a "Global Stocktake", a collection of earth science data to be made available to the community of nations, to planet citizen activists and scientists, educational institutions, non-profits, NGOs, young and old to become tools for legal enforcement of national climate plans & pledges<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Global_Stocktake,_the_first_GST.jpg<br />
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<big>'''GreenPolicy360's Campaign to 'Turn National Climate Promises & Pledges into Reality' '''</big><br />
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: Our Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative continues as the next Global Climate Conference approaches, November's Conference of the Parties (COP27)<br />
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:: Drawing from the database of Earth Science resulting from decades of space-based missions designed to provide us with actionable 'Earth-system and Climate-related data'<br />
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::: Measuring and Monitoring to better manage Earth's Living, Dynamic and Changing Systems, Local, National and Global<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png ''Methods to Enforce Climate Plan Pledges'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources ''GreenPolicy360: Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws ''Environmental Laws, Regs, Rules... Lawsuits & Legal Actions'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Glasgow_Climate_Summit_-_Pledges,_Promises,_Declarations_-_What%27s_Next_Up ''Glasgow (2021) & Paris (2015) Summits: Int'l Climate Plan Pledges & Promises (INDCs-NDCs)'']<br />
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"Earth Observing System": Decades of Earth Science/Climate Science Data Accessible for Planet Citizen Action<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Observing_System_-_fleet_of_satellites.png<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Summit / COP27 Updates - November 11, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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<big>More from the Global Climate Conference</big><br />
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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about โvery life of the planetโ<br />
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* https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1136000297/biden-says-u-s-will-rise-to-the-global-challenge-of-climate-change<br />
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - ''United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''The speech set an urgent tone as governments sit down for two weeks of talks on how to avert the worst of climate change, even as they are distracted by Russiaโs war in Ukraine, rampant consumer inflation and energy shortages.''<br />
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<big><big>'''COP27'''</big></big><br />
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: <big>'''Time for [[Planet Citizen Action]]'''</big> <br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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* <small>https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:NASA_has_a_new_mission..._against_Methane.png</small><br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:'''"Super emitters", we have a message for you, you can't hide....''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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<big><big><big>'''Planet Citizens / Scientists, Preserving & Protecting the Home Planet Earth'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Politics_of_Beauty_-_Oct_2022.png<br />
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* https://vimeo.com/491417423 <br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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Now comes '''"Nowhere to Hide"''' by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<br />
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Read it -- https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 and with our associate, Strategic Demands have worked alongside the Bulletin and its goals...<br />
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Now a flashing warning continues louder and brighter -- be aware of the danger. Act to reduce the danger of nuclear disaster. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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We have to ask, as now is the time to ask about Florida's future, what about Florida? Where is the 'trending' threads of concern acknowledging, risks, problems and identifying solutions to 'extreme weather events'. Here at GreenPolicy we have for years spoken of a warming Gulf of Mexico and tropical storms that 'rapidly intensify' as a result. Ian the hurricane did exactly that, surprising many but not out of line with the physics of a Gulf of Mexico that is heating due to climate change. The atmospheric science, earth science, ocean science, the statistics and the physics of interacting systems, and the political responses to the full scope of the devastation this extreme weather event/storm/typhoon, call it what you will, is on the radar. We are seeing connections between human decisions and nature's responses. Florida is, as we have written for years, "The frontlines of climate change". <br />
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'''E.O. Wilson:''' [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''Planet Citizen''']<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''He discovered hundreds of new species by putting his hands in the dirt as a field biologist, synthesized evolving thinking in science and coined new terms, such as biodiversity and biophilia, to explain it. Of his many accomplishments in evolutionary biology, his biggest contribution was probably in the new scientific field of sociobiology, in which he addressed the biological basis of social behavior in animals, including humans.''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/ <br />
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* https://eowilsonfoundation.org/many-people-want-to-set-aside-half-of-earth-as-nature/<br />
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<big><big>'''Big Picture Time: On the Way to Cosmology'''</big></big><br />
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''"The launch of the Webb Space Telescope is a pivotal moment -- this is just the beginning for the Webb mission," said Gregory L. Robinson, Webb's program director at NASA Headquarters.''<br />
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''"Now we will watch Webb's highly anticipated and critical 29 days on the edge. When the spacecraft unfurls in space, Webb will undergo the most difficult and complex deployment sequence ever attempted in space. Once commissioning is complete, we will see awe-inspiring images that will capture our imagination."''<br />
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<big><big>Big Science: How the James Webb Telescope Will See Back in Time</big></big><br />
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* https://www.methanesat.org/project-updates/methanesat-is-launching-today-on-groundbreaking-mission-to-protect-the-climate/<br />
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* https://www.methanesat.org/press/<br />
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* https://www.methanesat.org/<br />
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In 2020/21 GreenPolicy360 first put forward a strategic initiative for "climate plans enforcement" developed and presented by nearly all nations of the world at climate summits. The Paris conference in 2015 was the first reveal of this plans and since then many promises for action have been made by nations and their political representatives -- but with sporadic follow up and performance. <br />
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We saw a pressing need to, as we put it, 'turn national climate plans and pledges into reality'. The plans/pledges/promises made on paper had to translate to action on the ground and, as we said, in the skies above. The [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/INDCs '''INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions)'''] had to bring in facts and data, and as we pointed to, the data was there in the form of satellite missions capable of surveying and reporting emissions, hot spots, 'code red' vital signs.<br />
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In other words, as we have said for many years, science could be and should be used. [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg ''' 'Measure-to-manage' '''] was a call to action for climate plans enforcement.<br />
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The use of [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Imaging-New_Space '''Earth Imaging'''] systems via satellite programs was high on our list, as our GreenPolicy360 founder has been involved in [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space '''Earth Science research from space'''] since its beginnings in the 1970s.<br />
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Now, with the launch of MethaneSAT, the vision of data that can be used for enforcement, to reduce methane emissions as a potent source of global warming, is now becoming a reality. Read on...<br />
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'''Distributing the MethaneSAT data is the next step...'''<br />
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* https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-07/michael-r-bloomberg-methane-tracking-satellite-s-powerful-potential<br />
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* https://gizmodo.com/methane-satellite-monitors-oil-gas-companies-1851313982<br />
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* https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/environment/article/methane-satellite-spacex-pollution-tracking-18695764.php<br />
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* https://www.space.com/methane-tracking-satellite-launch-spacex-transporter-10<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/methanesat-revolutionizes-climate-action-satellite-launched-to-expose-global-polluters/ar-BB1jp4MK<br />
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* https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/methanesat-satellite-methane-emmissions-9197297/<br />
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* https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/4/24090025/methanesat-satellite-launch-spacex-bezos-fund-google-map-methane-edf<br />
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* https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-03-07/the-big-brother-that-will-monitor-oil-industry-methane-leaks-is-orbiting-earth-already.html<br />
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* https://optics.org/news/15/3/6<br />
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You don't need a degree in statistics to know that facts count and data is a key to seeing how to navigate to your goals and destination.<br />
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'''Our World in Data''' is one of the best sources available online for gathering data in its various forms, fields, presentations and timelines. '''Our World in Data''' is now launching -- '''Data Insights'''. <br />
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We regularly check with '''Our World in Data''' for their data-science. <br />
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One of GreenPolicy360's oft-stated axioms is 'facts count' and so, after checking out [https://ourworldindata.org/about '''Our World in Data'''] and bookmarking them as a favorite, perhaps it's time to surf through some of GreenPolicy360's popular facts and science pages. One of our key goals is to provide actionable facts, data, and science that powers up green work... <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Change_-_Global_Warming_Keyword-Terms <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Merchants_of_Doubt <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:FLICC_techniques_of_science_denial.png (Video)<br />
* http://www.nature.com/news/wikipedia-shapes-language-in-science-papers-1.22656 <br />
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* https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/facebook_climate_misinformation/ <br />
* https://climatefeedback.org <br />
* https://climatecrocks.com/ <br />
* https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/y3z737/the-12-arguments-every-climate-denier-uses-and-how-to-debunk-them <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/ <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/about <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/global-warming-denier-database <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/slamming-the-climate-skeptic-scam <br />
* https://www.beforetheflood.com/explore/the-deniers/top-10-climate-deniers/ <br />
* https://www.drillednews.com/post/fake-science-is-a-real-danger <br />
* https://grist.org/series/skeptics/ <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:PEN_America-Earth_Institute-Columbia_U..._How_to_defend_yourself_online.jpg<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_of_the_Humans,_a_documentary_film <br />
* http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Change_Denier_Talking_Points_--_and_Rebuttals <br />
* https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php <br />
* https://skepticalscience.com/climate-models-intermediate.htm <br />
* https://www.snopes.com/collections/climate-change-denial-debunked/ <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
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* https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/22056/Flaco-the-Eurasian-Eagle-Owl-Has-Died.aspx<br />
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The Owl who escaped from the NY Central Park Zoo, went wild and lived with Owl freedom in the middle of New York City has come to an end.<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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Here's Andy talking with cohorts who know about birds, and bird life, and threats that we humans can act to minimize as we look to protect life of Earth...<br />
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[https://revkin.substack.com/p/new-yorks-eagle-owl-flaco-embraced?publication_id=1136572&post_id=142070207&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&open=false '''Via Sustain What'''] -- <br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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''Though the animal literature is peppered with stories of animals โ usually pets โ who suffer hardships and return home, Flaco never retreated to the zoo. Perhaps freedom itself was the home heโd discovered.''<br />
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โข Adam Smith, an architect and director of design at Synecdoche, a Michigan firm centering bird-safe features in its projects.<br />
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โข Brendon Samuels, a Ph.D. candidate at Western University in London, Ontario, studying building design and bird behavior. Samuels, working with the Fatal Light Awareness Program, a k a FLAP Canada, has created and assembled an array of invaluable resources highlighting the bird-building collision crisis and ways to mitigate enormous losses, which, he stresses, are NOT restricted to cities. <br />
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The times we are in, times of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species endangered species] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Extinction species extinction] suggest an [[All Species Day]], today.<br />
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Excerpts from the [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/world/europe/navalny-letters-russia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Wk0.FCsR.oX8eUDAG9UxE&smid=em-share '''Unlocked' NY Times Article''']<br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Energy_and_Climate_Report%2C_1977%2C_National_Academy_of_Sciences.pdf '''Energy and Climate Report, 1977, National Academy of Sciences / 175 pp. / PDF via GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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::: <big>'''Launch of Annual International Climate Conferences'''</big> <br />
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<big>'''GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Memories of Riding Free in Canyons and on Mesas of the Ghost Ranch'''</big><br />
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: (And memories of my spirited & wild Appaloosa and [https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=pedernal+new+mexico&atb=v408-1&iax=images&ia=images '''Ghost Ranch exploring'''] after summer monsoons)<br />
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<big><big>''' "Democracy is on the ballot" '''</big></big><br />
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:<big>'''US President Joe Biden's Speech in Pennsylvania Signals a Main Theme in the 2024 Presidential Campaign'''</big><br />
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January 2024<br />
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"โWe must be clear,โ Mr. Biden said. โDemocracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot.โ ... <br />
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"Today, we are here to answer the most important of questions: Is democracy still America's sacred cause? ... it's what the 2024 election is all about...''<br />
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* https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-marks-3-years-since-jan-6-2021-capitol-riot-valley-forge/<br />
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<big><big>'''2023'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''GreenPolicy360's 'Favorite Pic' from 2023'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''December'''</big></big><br />
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<big>''Our Living Planet: Recalling the Message of a Presidential Farewell -- and the Anniversary of the US Endangered Species Protection Act'''</big><br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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President Joe Biden, today on the anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, urged Americans to protect ecosystems and biodiversity and to ''โhonor all the progress we have made toward protecting endangered species,โ and to โcome together to conserve our planet.โ ''<br />
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Presidents make a difference, as we can see.<br />
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And today, thinking of life, we are remembering Jimmy Carter in his presidential farewell speech:<br />
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President Carter left office by urging Americans to ''โprotect the quality of this world within which we liveโฆ. There are real and growing dangers to our simple and our most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land which sustains us... The rapid depletion of irreplaceable minerals, the erosion of topsoil, the destruction of beauty, the blight of pollution, the demands of increasing billions of people, all combine to create problems which are easy to observe and predict, but difficult to resolve.''<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, urge our Planet Earth community, as 2024 approaches, to move away from generation-to-generation war and to act to protect life and our common future.<br />
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* https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/farewell-address-the-nation-0<br />
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The [https://www.tampabay.com/about/ '''Tampa Bay Times'''] | [https://www.poynter.org/about/ '''Poynter'''] home of fact-checking pioneer, '''PolitiFact''' announced today (Dec. 23) that it is expanding PolitiFact's coverage beginning in January 2024. Good news, especially here 'on the home front', as GreenPolicy360's global network originates in Tampa Bay. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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The online world is especially convoluted these days... the demands for fact-checking of memes and gaslighting, dis- and mis-info is 24/7/365 <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking<br />
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* https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 are pleased to have shared the Poynter PolitiFact story and expansion of its 'best practices' networking model. At the end of last year, 2022, there were 424 fact-checking websites, up from just 11 in 2008, according to an annual census by the Duke University Reportersโ Lab. Poynter's PolitiFact and over 100 news publishing participants in a global fact checking network are confronting/battling an online proliferation of dis/misinformation, lies and political manipulation. Today and going forward, fact-checking operations are playing an increasingly essential role, delivering information, facts, opening eyes and bringing profoundly important ''veritas'' to people in every nation, community, market and political system. <br />
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<big>'''News from the International Climate Summit in Dubai...'''</big><br />
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'''December 13, 2023'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A Dubai Surprise'''</big></big><br />
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With Multiple [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caveat '''Caveats''']<br />
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'''CNBC'''<br />
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''The latest proposal published by the UAE early on Wednesday. Dec. 13, calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science.โ''<br />
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* https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/13/countries-agree-to-deal-at-cop28-climate-summit.html<br />
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'''Economist'''<br />
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''The COP28 deal might be historic, but there are many caveats...'''<br />
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* https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2023/12/13/the-cop28-deal-might-be-historic-but-there-are-many-caveats<br />
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'''Reuters''' <br />
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''Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.''<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber called the deal "historic" but added that its true success would be in its implementation.''<br />
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''"We are what we do, not what we say," he told the crowded plenary at the summit. "We must take the steps necessary to turn this agreement into tangible actions."''<br />
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''Several countries cheered the deal for accomplishing something that until now eluded decades of climate talks.''<br />
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''"It is the first time that the world unites around such a clear text on the need to transition away from fossil fuels," Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide said.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''That battle pushed the summit a full day into overtime on Wednesday, and had some observers worried the negotiations would end at an impasse...''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/countries-push-cop28-deal-fossil-fuels-talks-spill-into-overtime-2023-12-12/<br />
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'''Financial Times'''<br />
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''COP28 is better than feared, but less than needed''<br />
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''Call to move away from fossil fuels lacks deadlines to phase them out...''<br />
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* https://www.ft.com/content/21852bf3-80e6-46f7-ad06-c94d89bc90de<br />
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'''NY Times'''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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::[https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/Interactive: '''Tracking negotiating texts at COP28 climate summit''']<br />
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<big>'''Tracking Negotiating Texts, Tracking News on the Dubai 2023 Int'l Climate Summit'''</big><br />
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December 12, 2023<br />
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Read updates from Carbon Brief:<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/oil-states-face-outrage-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-dropped-from-cop-draft/<br />
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Dubai -- at the International Climate Summmit (COP28, Conference of the Parties)<br />
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Today is the scheduled final day of the gathering of nations<br />
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* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/conferences/un-climate-change-conference-united-arab-emirates-nov/dec-2023/about-cop-28<br />
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Reuters question -- '''''Explainer - Why does OPEC oppose the idea of a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28?'''''<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''The members rely heavily on oil and gas revenues as their main source of income.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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''Hence, any language that calls for the phasing out of fossil fuels threatens the model on which these oil- and gas-producing countries' economies are built.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:EleanorRooseveltHumanRights.png<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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December 10 / NYT International<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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<big>'''''Open secret at global climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone'''''</big><br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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<big>'''[[Planet API]]</big><br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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<big>'''''Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages'''''</big><br />
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[https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7 Associated Press]<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Peace <big>'''Peace, a New Vision'''</big>]<br />
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<big>'''Gaza-Israel War Worsens as It Expands'''<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checking/ '''Fact-Checking News''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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[[File:The Other Side - Life in Gaza, Israel.jpg|link=https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs]]<br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Other_Side_-_Life_in_Gaza,_Israel.jpg<br />
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: '''Where Next?'''<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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<big><big>'''Fog of War'''</big></big> <br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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'''October'''<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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[[File:War and Disasters in Israel.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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Many more will die.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>{In Hebrew) ''What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will resonate (echo) with them over the generations...''</small><br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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[[File:Laudate Deum - To All Peoples of Good Will - On the Climate Crisis.png]]<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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: kฤthโฒษ-lฤญk, kฤthโฒlฤญk<br />
: 1. Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''From Earthbeat, and environmental movement'''</big><br />
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Planet citizens in action<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Media release:''<br />
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''Via Vatican News''<br />
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<big>'''''โLaudate Deumโ: the Popeโs cry for a response to the climate crisis'''''</big><br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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''Nearly a decade later, the popeโs message has taken on new urgency.''<br />
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<big><big>'''[[Pope Francis on the Environment]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Laudato Si]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''September'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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[[File:Mysterious circles around the world.png]]<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''US Government Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets'''</big></big><br />
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September 21, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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Planet Citizen, Where Are You on Planet Earth?<br />
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<big>Dynamic Change Is All Around Us</big<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-46.74,44.98,403/loc=-45.541,-53.340<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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[[File:Telling stories of solutions for the climate crisis.jpg]]<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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''But in a democracy, thereโs another tool that is at least as essential as these to overcoming climate change: effective solutions-driven storytelling.''<br />
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Read more from the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media:<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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<big>'''โOne Earth, One Family, One Future"'''</big><br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
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Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
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Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
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In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
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By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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<big>'''Ex-President Criminally Charged'''</big><br />
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'''June 13, 2023'''<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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<big><big>'''The Original Mission Statement of NASA'''</big></big><br />
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: '''Quote: NASA's Mission, โTo understand and protect our home planet..."''' <br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities '''Externalities'''] | '''[[Environmental full-cost accounting]]'''<br />
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'''[[New Definitions of National Security]]''' | '''[[Climate News]]''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels '''Fossil Fuels'''] | [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands '''Strategic Demands'''] | '''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life'''''</big></big><br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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''The open oceans of the world have no international body or agreement with a primary focus of protecting marine biodiversity. If enacted, this treaty would change that...''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''The E.P.A. is at an unusual juncture. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the climate law enacted last year have begun to pump $90 billion into the agency over the next 10 years for climate projects like $1.5 billion for new technologies to monitor and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells, $5 billion for states to purchase low-emission school buses and $3 billion to cut pollution at ports...''<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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''In the terms of yin and yang (้ด้ณโyฤซn yรกng), the Rabbit is yin...''<br />
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<big><big>'''2022'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''December 2022'''</big><br />
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December 25th, Christmas Day<br />
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:'''Remember that a simple act of kindness can change someoneโs day, week and sometimes life'''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Democracy <big><big><big>'''Act to Protect Democracy'''</big></big></big>]<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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<big><big>'''The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol'''</big></big> <br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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Key Findings From the Jan. 6 Committeeโs Report, Annotated<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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December 19, 2022<br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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Via Washington Post<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''โThis is an incredible milestone for the world when it comes to conservation,โ said Brian OโDonnell, the director of the conservation group Campaign for Nature. โWe have been on a rapid path of destruction of nature for hundreds of years, and this can mark a turning point.โ''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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''โItโs a global goal. Every country commits what they are capable of committing,โ said Masha Kalinina, a senior officer focused on biodiversity at the Pew Charitable Trusts. โSome will do more, some will do less.โ''<br />
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''The world has a long way to go to achieving that goal. Right now, only about a sixth of the continents and a 12th of the oceans have some form of protection, according to the U.N.โs World Conservation Monitoring Centre.''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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<big>'''News from the US Department of Energy, Livermore Lab, of a Successful Fusion Demonstration'''</big><br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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-- Ernest J. Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary and CEO of the non-profit Energy Futures Initiative<br />
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<big>Via The Bulwark</big><br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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<big>'''Time to Remember: "An Oath" '''</big><br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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'''December 5, 2022'''<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/about<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-story<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-approach<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/map<br />
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Via Protocol ("Launched to cover the evolving power center of tech")<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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''The Climate TRACE project is not being presented as the โclimate copsโ on the beat. The coalition in formation is seen as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by legal services and non profit groups who need local information and data to make their enforcement case. <br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360:<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg '''Measure to Manage: Gather the Data and Science''']<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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Climate TRACE's data show emissions at the facility-level.<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360: Follow Our "Climate Plans Enforcement" Initiative<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''[[Climate Plans Enforcement - Resources]]'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 welcomes the arrival of a global science mission, a "Global Stocktake", a collection of earth science data to be made available to the community of nations, to planet citizen activists and scientists, educational institutions, non-profits, NGOs, young and old to become tools for legal enforcement of national climate plans & pledges<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Global_Stocktake,_the_first_GST.jpg<br />
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<big>'''GreenPolicy360's Campaign to 'Turn National Climate Promises & Pledges into Reality' '''</big><br />
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: Our Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative continues as the next Global Climate Conference approaches, November's Conference of the Parties (COP27)<br />
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:: Drawing from the database of Earth Science resulting from decades of space-based missions designed to provide us with actionable 'Earth-system and Climate-related data'<br />
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::: Measuring and Monitoring to better manage Earth's Living, Dynamic and Changing Systems, Local, National and Global<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png ''Methods to Enforce Climate Plan Pledges'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources ''GreenPolicy360: Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws ''Environmental Laws, Regs, Rules... Lawsuits & Legal Actions'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Glasgow_Climate_Summit_-_Pledges,_Promises,_Declarations_-_What%27s_Next_Up ''Glasgow (2021) & Paris (2015) Summits: Int'l Climate Plan Pledges & Promises (INDCs-NDCs)'']<br />
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"Earth Observing System": Decades of Earth Science/Climate Science Data Accessible for Planet Citizen Action<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Observing_System_-_fleet_of_satellites.png<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Summit / COP27 Updates - November 11, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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<big>More from the Global Climate Conference</big><br />
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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about โvery life of the planetโ<br />
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* https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1136000297/biden-says-u-s-will-rise-to-the-global-challenge-of-climate-change<br />
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - ''United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''The speech set an urgent tone as governments sit down for two weeks of talks on how to avert the worst of climate change, even as they are distracted by Russiaโs war in Ukraine, rampant consumer inflation and energy shortages.''<br />
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<big><big>'''COP27'''</big></big><br />
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: <big>'''Time for [[Planet Citizen Action]]'''</big> <br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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* <small>https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:NASA_has_a_new_mission..._against_Methane.png</small><br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:'''"Super emitters", we have a message for you, you can't hide....''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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<big><big><big>'''Planet Citizens / Scientists, Preserving & Protecting the Home Planet Earth'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Politics_of_Beauty_-_Oct_2022.png<br />
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* https://vimeo.com/491417423 <br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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Now comes '''"Nowhere to Hide"''' by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<br />
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Read it -- https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 and with our associate, Strategic Demands have worked alongside the Bulletin and its goals...<br />
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Now a flashing warning continues louder and brighter -- be aware of the danger. Act to reduce the danger of nuclear disaster. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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We have to ask, as now is the time to ask about Florida's future, what about Florida? Where is the 'trending' threads of concern acknowledging, risks, problems and identifying solutions to 'extreme weather events'. Here at GreenPolicy we have for years spoken of a warming Gulf of Mexico and tropical storms that 'rapidly intensify' as a result. Ian the hurricane did exactly that, surprising many but not out of line with the physics of a Gulf of Mexico that is heating due to climate change. The atmospheric science, earth science, ocean science, the statistics and the physics of interacting systems, and the political responses to the full scope of the devastation this extreme weather event/storm/typhoon, call it what you will, is on the radar. We are seeing connections between human decisions and nature's responses. Florida is, as we have written for years, "The frontlines of climate change". <br />
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'''E.O. Wilson:''' [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''Planet Citizen''']<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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<big><big>Big Science: How the James Webb Telescope Will See Back in Time</big></big><br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2021'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2021 <u>'''''Featured in 2021'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2020 <u>'''''Featured in 2020'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2019 <u>'''''Featured in 2019'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2018 <u>'''''Featured in 2018'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2017 <u>'''''Featured in 2017'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2016 <u>'''''Featured in 2016'''''</u>]<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2015 <u>'''''Featured in 2015'''''</u>]<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2014 <u>'''''Featured in 2014'''''</u>]<br />
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: ๐ [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf <big>'''The 1960s... Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement'''</big>] <br />
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: <big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big><br />
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... Remembering the student teach-ins, the means we used to spread the word and we did. The Vietnam Moratorium Committee became the peace group and and when we talked to Senator Nelson and George Brown about doing environmental teach-ins that would be the first in a series of annual peace and environment events they got it and put their combined weight behind the effort.<br />
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It came to be, from an [https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1249.html Earthrise moment], to the Moratorium demonstrations and teach-in, to the teach-ins of Earth Day. What quickly followed was the passage of the first generation of US environmental protection legislation.<br />
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The environmental movement that sprang from the global realization passed on to us by the NASA Apollo missions, and student activism, are shaping a new generation and modern environmental movement.<br />
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In 1977-78 the first climate science comes to light... first generation science for national and global environmental action set a platform in place on which to create [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy climate policy] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection environmental protection] over the coming decades ...'''<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJS: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 60s and 70s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role with scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Energy_and_Climate_Report%2C_1977%2C_National_Academy_of_Sciences.pdf '''Energy and Climate Report, 1977, National Academy of Sciences / 175 pp. / PDF via GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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George Brown, taking the 1977 Energy and Climate Report from the Academy, made climate science actionable. In a historic moment, Representative Brown from East Los Angeles proposed and drafted the legislation for the first U.S. National Climate Program and shepherded its passage in 1978. In 1979 came the first follow-on [https://www.nap.edu/read/12181/chapter/1 National Science Academy report]. This study and report of national scientists was [https://phys.org/news/2019-07-charney-years-scientists-accurately-climate.html prescient and accurate in its global warming predictions.]<br />
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: This first federal program established to study and assess scientifically the issues and risks of human-caused climate change became a foundation for comprehensive initiatives, and led to [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space an array of new Earth Science missions] by NASA and NOAA, the EPA and USGS. <br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:US_Public_Law_95-367.png '''National Climate Program Act, Public Law 95-367''']<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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โข Adam Smith, an architect and director of design at Synecdoche, a Michigan firm centering bird-safe features in its projects.<br />
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โข Brendon Samuels, a Ph.D. candidate at Western University in London, Ontario, studying building design and bird behavior. Samuels, working with the Fatal Light Awareness Program, a k a FLAP Canada, has created and assembled an array of invaluable resources highlighting the bird-building collision crisis and ways to mitigate enormous losses, which, he stresses, are NOT restricted to cities. <br />
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<big><big>'''Inside Aleksei Navalnyโs Final Months'''</big></big><br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, have a special interest in the work of Planet, as we were 'in at the beginning' as it were. We were there, in person, close up, when the original NASA mission statement, including these words -- โTo understand and protect our home planet..." -- were being spoken of by a US representative serving on the Space and Technology committee responsible for policy and oversight. [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr '''Congressman George Brown'''] from California showed your GreenPolicy360 Founder/Siterunner words that were motivating him to propose [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook '''Landsat missions'''] that came to be called 'Big Science', Earth Imaging/Earth Science and Atmospheric-Climate Science. For 30+ years Representative George E. Brown led the charge, as it were, to gather the data needed to make informed and wise decisions about our home Planet.<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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And now, here we are! Planet.com and GreenPolicy360.com, we're on mission ....<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary<br />
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<big>'''Understanding AIโs Impact on Space Data with Planetโs Head of Product'''</big><br />
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* https://payloadspace.com/understanding-ais-impact-on-space-data-with-planets-head-of-product/<br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_API<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Labs_Doves_Fly<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Vital_Signs<br />
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We, now at GreenPolicy360, are continuing on, presenting Earth science news, green politics and environmental movement recollections and highlights from the eco-journey:<br />
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Visit GreenPolicy360's story of Earth Science research from our decades of research, eco-activism and #PlanetCitizens education.<br />
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[[EarthPOV]]<br />
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ThinBlueLayer.com - [[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]<br />
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[[Earth and Space, Politics]]<br />
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[[New Definitions of National Security]]<br />
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<big><big>'''Flashback -- 1978, Climate Action Memories'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJ Schmidt: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 1960s and 1970s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role in laying a foundation of scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Energy_and_Climate_Report%2C_1977%2C_National_Academy_of_Sciences.pdf '''Energy and Climate Report, 1977, National Academy of Sciences / 175 pp. / PDF via GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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Rep. George Brown took the findings of the 1977 Energy and Climate Report from the Academy of Sciences and made the science actionable. In a historic moment, he proposed and drafted the legislation of the first U.S. National Climate Program and shepherded its passage in 1978.<br />
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"Today, we are here to answer the most important of questions: Is democracy still America's sacred cause? ... it's what the 2024 election is all about...''<br />
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* https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-marks-3-years-since-jan-6-2021-capitol-riot-valley-forge/<br />
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<big>''Our Living Planet: Recalling the Message of a Presidential Farewell -- and the Anniversary of the US Endangered Species Protection Act'''</big><br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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President Joe Biden, today on the anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, urged Americans to protect ecosystems and biodiversity and to ''โhonor all the progress we have made toward protecting endangered species,โ and to โcome together to conserve our planet.โ ''<br />
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And today, thinking of life, we are remembering Jimmy Carter in his presidential farewell speech:<br />
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President Carter left office by urging Americans to ''โprotect the quality of this world within which we liveโฆ. There are real and growing dangers to our simple and our most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land which sustains us... The rapid depletion of irreplaceable minerals, the erosion of topsoil, the destruction of beauty, the blight of pollution, the demands of increasing billions of people, all combine to create problems which are easy to observe and predict, but difficult to resolve.''<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, urge our Planet Earth community, as 2024 approaches, to move away from generation-to-generation war and to act to protect life and our common future.<br />
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The [https://www.tampabay.com/about/ '''Tampa Bay Times'''] | [https://www.poynter.org/about/ '''Poynter'''] home of fact-checking pioneer, '''PolitiFact''' announced today (Dec. 23) that it is expanding PolitiFact's coverage beginning in January 2024. Good news, especially here 'on the home front', as GreenPolicy360's global network originates in Tampa Bay. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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The online world is especially convoluted these days... the demands for fact-checking of memes and gaslighting, dis- and mis-info is 24/7/365 <br />
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* https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 are pleased to have shared the Poynter PolitiFact story and expansion of its 'best practices' networking model. At the end of last year, 2022, there were 424 fact-checking websites, up from just 11 in 2008, according to an annual census by the Duke University Reportersโ Lab. Poynter's PolitiFact and over 100 news publishing participants in a global fact checking network are confronting/battling an online proliferation of dis/misinformation, lies and political manipulation. Today and going forward, fact-checking operations are playing an increasingly essential role, delivering information, facts, opening eyes and bringing profoundly important ''veritas'' to people in every nation, community, market and political system. <br />
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<big><big>'''A Dubai Surprise'''</big></big><br />
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'''CNBC'''<br />
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''The latest proposal published by the UAE early on Wednesday. Dec. 13, calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science.โ''<br />
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''Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.''<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber called the deal "historic" but added that its true success would be in its implementation.''<br />
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''"We are what we do, not what we say," he told the crowded plenary at the summit. "We must take the steps necessary to turn this agreement into tangible actions."''<br />
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''Several countries cheered the deal for accomplishing something that until now eluded decades of climate talks.''<br />
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''"It is the first time that the world unites around such a clear text on the need to transition away from fossil fuels," Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide said.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''That battle pushed the summit a full day into overtime on Wednesday, and had some observers worried the negotiations would end at an impasse...''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/countries-push-cop28-deal-fossil-fuels-talks-spill-into-overtime-2023-12-12/<br />
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''COP28 is better than feared, but less than needed''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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December 12, 2023<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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<big>'''''Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages'''''</big><br />
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[https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7 Associated Press]<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Peace <big>'''Peace, a New Vision'''</big>]<br />
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<big>'''Gaza-Israel War Worsens as It Expands'''<br />
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: The Costs of War Extend Far from Today's Fighting, Bombing and Death Count<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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<big>'''Online, a Social Media Fight Hits as War in the Mideast Heats Up'''</big><br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Other_Side_-_Life_in_Gaza,_Israel.jpg<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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<big><big>'''Fog of War'''</big></big> <br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
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Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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: [[File:3M lawsuit re forever chemicals - June 2023.png]]<br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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Photo: Wally Fong/Associated Press<br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
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Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
<br />
In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
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By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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<big>'''Ex-President Criminally Charged'''</big><br />
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'''June 13, 2023'''<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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[[File:NASA logo1.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>'''The Original Mission Statement of NASA'''</big></big><br />
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: '''Quote: NASA's Mission, โTo understand and protect our home planet..."''' <br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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<big>'''''Methane Reduction Action by European Parliament / European Union'''''</big><br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
<br />
''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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[[File:NASA has a new mission... against Methane.png]]<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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April 22, 2023<br />
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[[File:Biden re Earth Day 2023.png]]<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
<br />
:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<br />
<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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<small>โข<br />
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary</small><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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::<small>* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/10/sea-level-rise-southern-us/</small><br />
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'' โThese rapid rates are unprecedented over at least the 20th century and they have been three times higher than the global average over the same period.โ''<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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<big>'''Meanwhile, up north....'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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[[File:Dan Ellsberg - the world is in your hands.png]]<br />
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[[File:The Movement and the Madman - PBS - March 2023.png]]<br />
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PBS<br />
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<big><big>'''The Movement and the 'Madman' '''</big></big><br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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[[File:Internet Freedom - Democracy Status - FH Map 2022-23.png]]<br />
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<big>'''Mapping Internet Freedom - Democracy Status'''</big><br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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About Freedom House<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/issues<br />
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News<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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March 29<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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Via [https://www.thebulwark.com/about-us/ '''The Bulwark''']<br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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March 22-24 | New York City<br />
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Thread<br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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โItโs not what happens in three days... Itโs what happens afterward.โ<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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<br />
'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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'''UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals'''<br />
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:'''Act to Make a Positive Difference'''<br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<br />
<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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<big>'''Profit-taking in a Profitable Year'''</big><br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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::'''Four oil companies had total sales of $1 trillion last year'''<br />
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:::'''Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Shell all reported record profits in 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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[[File:Iran to buy Russian SU-35 fighter jets.png]]<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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[[File:Alaska Willow - March 12 2023.png]]<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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[[File:Where is the snow.PNG]]<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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''โItโs a global goal. Every country commits what they are capable of committing,โ said Masha Kalinina, a senior officer focused on biodiversity at the Pew Charitable Trusts. โSome will do more, some will do less.โ''<br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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''The Climate TRACE project is not being presented as the โclimate copsโ on the beat. The coalition in formation is seen as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by legal services and non profit groups who need local information and data to make their enforcement case. <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg '''Measure to Manage: Gather the Data and Science''']<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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Climate TRACE's data show emissions at the facility-level.<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Global_Stocktake,_the_first_GST.jpg<br />
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: Our Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative continues as the next Global Climate Conference approaches, November's Conference of the Parties (COP27)<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png ''Methods to Enforce Climate Plan Pledges'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources ''GreenPolicy360: Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws ''Environmental Laws, Regs, Rules... Lawsuits & Legal Actions'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Glasgow_Climate_Summit_-_Pledges,_Promises,_Declarations_-_What%27s_Next_Up ''Glasgow (2021) & Paris (2015) Summits: Int'l Climate Plan Pledges & Promises (INDCs-NDCs)'']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Observing_System_-_fleet_of_satellites.png<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Summit / COP27 Updates - November 11, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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Via NY Times Reporters/Live - On Location<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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<big>More from the Global Climate Conference</big><br />
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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about โvery life of the planetโ<br />
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* https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1136000297/biden-says-u-s-will-rise-to-the-global-challenge-of-climate-change<br />
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - ''United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''The speech set an urgent tone as governments sit down for two weeks of talks on how to avert the worst of climate change, even as they are distracted by Russiaโs war in Ukraine, rampant consumer inflation and energy shortages.''<br />
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<big><big>'''COP27'''</big></big><br />
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: <big>'''Time for [[Planet Citizen Action]]'''</big> <br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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* <small>https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:NASA_has_a_new_mission..._against_Methane.png</small><br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:'''"Super emitters", we have a message for you, you can't hide....''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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<big>'''October 2022'''</big><br />
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:::::::::::<big><big>'''[[Planet Citizen Vision of Living Earth]]'''</big></big><br />
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::::::::<big>'''[[Planet Citizen Action]], [[Environmental protection]]. [[Quality of Life]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big><big>'''Planet Citizens / Scientists, Preserving & Protecting the Home Planet Earth'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Politics_of_Beauty_-_Oct_2022.png<br />
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'''Stewart Udall Film Trailer''': http://vimeo.com/708323643<br />
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* https://vimeo.com/491417423 <br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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Now comes '''"Nowhere to Hide"''' by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<br />
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Read it -- https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 and with our associate, Strategic Demands have worked alongside the Bulletin and its goals...<br />
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Now a flashing warning continues louder and brighter -- be aware of the danger. Act to reduce the danger of nuclear disaster. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ultimatum-time/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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We have to ask, as now is the time to ask about Florida's future, what about Florida? Where is the 'trending' threads of concern acknowledging, risks, problems and identifying solutions to 'extreme weather events'. Here at GreenPolicy we have for years spoken of a warming Gulf of Mexico and tropical storms that 'rapidly intensify' as a result. Ian the hurricane did exactly that, surprising many but not out of line with the physics of a Gulf of Mexico that is heating due to climate change. The atmospheric science, earth science, ocean science, the statistics and the physics of interacting systems, and the political responses to the full scope of the devastation this extreme weather event/storm/typhoon, call it what you will, is on the radar. We are seeing connections between human decisions and nature's responses. Florida is, as we have written for years, "The frontlines of climate change". <br />
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'''E.O. Wilson:''' [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''Planet Citizen''']<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''He discovered hundreds of new species by putting his hands in the dirt as a field biologist, synthesized evolving thinking in science and coined new terms, such as biodiversity and biophilia, to explain it. Of his many accomplishments in evolutionary biology, his biggest contribution was probably in the new scientific field of sociobiology, in which he addressed the biological basis of social behavior in animals, including humans.''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/ <br />
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'''Protect Life, Be Pro-Life, Prevent Extinction'''<br />
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* https://eowilsonfoundation.org/many-people-want-to-set-aside-half-of-earth-as-nature/<br />
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'''E.O. Wilson: The 8 Million++ Species We Donโt Know'''<br />
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<big><big>'''Big Picture Time: On the Way to Cosmology'''</big></big><br />
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''"The launch of the Webb Space Telescope is a pivotal moment -- this is just the beginning for the Webb mission," said Gregory L. Robinson, Webb's program director at NASA Headquarters.''<br />
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''"Now we will watch Webb's highly anticipated and critical 29 days on the edge. When the spacecraft unfurls in space, Webb will undergo the most difficult and complex deployment sequence ever attempted in space. Once commissioning is complete, we will see awe-inspiring images that will capture our imagination."''<br />
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<big><big>Big Science: How the James Webb Telescope Will See Back in Time</big></big><br />
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:::* https://twitter.com/PPathole/status/1474735297778782208/photo/1<br />
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'''More GreenPolicy360 Archives of Highlighted Green Stories of the Day'''<br />
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<big>'''Roll back into the GreenPolicy360 Archive ...'''</big><br />
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: Green Movement, Green Politics, Green Party, Strategic Demands<br />
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:: 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s ... and on and on and on ...<br />
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<big>'''Visit GreenPolicy360's Associate -- Strategic Demands'''</big><br />
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: Global Security, Indivisible<br />
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::* https://www.StrategicDemands.com<br />
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:<big>Recent GreenPolicy Stories</big><br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2021'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2021 <u>'''''Featured in 2021'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2020'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2020 <u>'''''Featured in 2020'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2019'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2019 <u>'''''Featured in 2019'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2018'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2018 <u>'''''Featured in 2018'''''</u>]<br />
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::[[File:Connect cooperative networking 2a.jpg|link=https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2018]]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2017'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2017 <u>'''''Featured in 2017'''''</u>]<br />
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::[[File:Connect cooperative networking 2a.jpg|link=https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2017]]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2016'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2016 <u>'''''Featured in 2016'''''</u>]<br />
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::[[File:Connect cooperative networking 2a.jpg|link=https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2016]]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2015'''''</big><br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2015 <u>'''''Featured in 2015'''''</u>]<br />
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::[[File:Connect cooperative networking 2a.jpg|link=http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2015]]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2014'''''</big><br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2014 <u>'''''Featured in 2014'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2013'''''</big><br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2013 <u>'''''Featured in 2013'''''</u>]<br />
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<big><big><font color=green> '''''Planet Citizens'''''</font></big></big><br />
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:[http://www.planetcitizen.org '''www.planetcitizen.org''']<br />
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::[http://www.planetcitizens.org '''www.planetcitizens.org''']<br />
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:::[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Vision_of_Living_Earth '''Planet Citizen Vision of Living Earth''']<br />
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<big><big><font color=green>[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Green_Best_Practices Frontlines of Green Best Practices]</font></big></big><br />
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: <big>Green Policy ... Vision and #Resilience</big><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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: <big>'''DYK? Yes, we do, we remember the beginnings !'''</big> <br />
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: ๐ [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf <big>'''The 1960s... Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement'''</big>] <br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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: <big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary</small><br />
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... Remembering the student teach-ins, the means we used to spread the word and we did. The Vietnam Moratorium Committee became the peace group and and when we talked to Senator Nelson and George Brown about doing environmental teach-ins that would be the first in a series of annual peace and environment events they got it and put their combined weight behind the effort.<br />
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It came to be, from an [https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1249.html Earthrise moment], to the Moratorium demonstrations and teach-in, to the teach-ins of Earth Day. What quickly followed was the passage of the first generation of US environmental protection legislation.<br />
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The environmental movement that sprang from the global realization passed on to us by the NASA Apollo missions, and student activism, are shaping a new generation and modern environmental movement.<br />
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'''The 1970s and 80s'''<br />
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<big><big>''Greening Our Blue Planet''</big></big><br />
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An environmental foundation, initiatives and laws that serve a model for state -- and international -- action:<br />
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In 1977-78 the first climate science comes to light... first generation science for national and global environmental action set a platform in place on which to create [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy climate policy] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection environmental protection] over the coming decades ...'''<br />
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<big><big>'''First National Climate Act, Historic Work, 1978'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJS: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 60s and 70s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role with scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Energy_and_Climate_Report%2C_1977%2C_National_Academy_of_Sciences.pdf '''Energy and Climate Report, 1977, National Academy of Sciences / 175 pp. / PDF via GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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George Brown, taking the 1977 Energy and Climate Report from the Academy, made climate science actionable. In a historic moment, Representative Brown from East Los Angeles proposed and drafted the legislation for the first U.S. National Climate Program and shepherded its passage in 1978. In 1979 came the first follow-on [https://www.nap.edu/read/12181/chapter/1 National Science Academy report]. This study and report of national scientists was [https://phys.org/news/2019-07-charney-years-scientists-accurately-climate.html prescient and accurate in its global warming predictions.]<br />
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: This first federal program established to study and assess scientifically the issues and risks of human-caused climate change became a foundation for comprehensive initiatives, and led to [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space an array of new Earth Science missions] by NASA and NOAA, the EPA and USGS. <br />
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<big>'''At the Beginning of U.S. Science on Global Warming, Strategies & Planning'''</big><br />
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'''1978, Launching U.S. Climate Action:'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:US_Public_Law_95-367.png '''National Climate Program Act, Public Law 95-367''']<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/National_Climate_Program_Act_Public_Law_95-367_Sept_1978.pdf '''National Climate Program Act of September 1978''']<br />
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<big>Into the 1990s... Going Green Globally</big><br />
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[[File:Earth Summit 1992.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>Remembering the First Earth Summit</big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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Here's Andy talking with cohorts who know about birds, and bird life, and threats that we humans can act to minimize as we look to protect life of Earth...<br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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::[https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/Interactive: '''Tracking negotiating texts at COP28 climate summit''']<br />
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<big>'''Tracking Negotiating Texts, Tracking News on the Dubai 2023 Int'l Climate Summit'''</big><br />
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December 12, 2023<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/oil-states-face-outrage-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-dropped-from-cop-draft/<br />
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December 12<br />
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Dubai -- at the International Climate Summmit (COP28, Conference of the Parties)<br />
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Today is the scheduled final day of the gathering of nations<br />
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* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/conferences/un-climate-change-conference-united-arab-emirates-nov/dec-2023/about-cop-28<br />
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Reuters question -- '''''Explainer - Why does OPEC oppose the idea of a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28?'''''<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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(The international news service of Reuters answers in 'simple English' here...)<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''The members rely heavily on oil and gas revenues as their main source of income.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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''Hence, any language that calls for the phasing out of fossil fuels threatens the model on which these oil- and gas-producing countries' economies are built.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:EleanorRooseveltHumanRights.png<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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December 10 / NYT International<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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<big>'''''Open secret at global climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone'''''</big><br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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: * https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/03/cop28-global-temperature-goal-00129766<br />
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<big>'''November'''</big><br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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Image of Dubai from GreenPolicy360's Earth-imaging friends at the Planet headquarters in California.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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November 30, 2023<br />
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<big>'''[[Planet API]]</big><br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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Nov. 22 / World News<br />
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<big>'''''Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages'''''</big><br />
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[https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7 Associated Press]<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Peace <big>'''Peace, a New Vision'''</big>]<br />
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<big>'''Gaza-Israel War Worsens as It Expands'''<br />
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: The Costs of War Extend Far from Today's Fighting, Bombing and Death Count<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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:::* https://strategicdemands.com/blowback-far-beyond-gaza-israel/<br />
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<big>'''Online, a Social Media Fight Hits as War in the Mideast Heats Up'''</big><br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checking/ '''Fact-Checking News''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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[[File:The Other Side - Life in Gaza, Israel.jpg|link=https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs]]<br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Other_Side_-_Life_in_Gaza,_Israel.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Humanitarian Disaster in Israel/Gaza... War and Generational Disaster'''</big></big></big><br />
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: '''Where Next?'''<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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<big><big>'''Fog of War'''</big></big> <br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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'''October'''<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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Many more will die.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>{In Hebrew) ''What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will resonate (echo) with them over the generations...''</small><br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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: 1. Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''From Earthbeat, and environmental movement'''</big><br />
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Planet citizens in action<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Media release:''<br />
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<big>'''''โLaudate Deumโ: the Popeโs cry for a response to the climate crisis'''''</big><br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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''Nearly a decade later, the popeโs message has taken on new urgency.''<br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''US Government Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets'''</big></big><br />
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September 21, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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Planet Citizen, Where Are You on Planet Earth?<br />
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<big>Dynamic Change Is All Around Us</big<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-46.74,44.98,403/loc=-45.541,-53.340<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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''But in a democracy, thereโs another tool that is at least as essential as these to overcoming climate change: effective solutions-driven storytelling.''<br />
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Read more from the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media:<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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<big>'''โOne Earth, One Family, One Future"'''</big><br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[[File:The Daily Puffin.png]]<br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
<br />
Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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[[File:Oppenheimer movie - 2023.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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: [[File:3M lawsuit re forever chemicals - June 2023.png]]<br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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[[File:Daniel - June 16, 2023.png]]<br />
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Photo: Wally Fong/Associated Press<br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
<br />
Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
<br />
In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
<br />
By Steven Schmidt<br />
<br />
June 17, 2023<br />
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<br />
The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
<br />
Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
<br />
Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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<big>'''Profit-taking in a Profitable Year'''</big><br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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::'''Four oil companies had total sales of $1 trillion last year'''<br />
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:::'''Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Shell all reported record profits in 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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[[File:Alaska Willow - March 12 2023.png]]<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities '''Externalities'''] | '''[[Environmental full-cost accounting]]'''<br />
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'''[[New Definitions of National Security]]''' | '''[[Climate News]]''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels '''Fossil Fuels'''] | [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands '''Strategic Demands'''] | '''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life'''''</big></big><br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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''The open oceans of the world have no international body or agreement with a primary focus of protecting marine biodiversity. If enacted, this treaty would change that...''<br />
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<big>'''''Depleted Under Trump, a โTraumatizedโ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission'''''</big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''โThe agency is moving further and faster than ever before,โ Dan Utech, Mr. Reganโs chief of staff, said in a statement. He added that accomplishments had come โdespite depleted staffing levels, persistent funding challenges and a previous administration that left the agency neglected and scientifically compromised.โ''<br />
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''The E.P.A. is at an unusual juncture. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the climate law enacted last year have begun to pump $90 billion into the agency over the next 10 years for climate projects like $1.5 billion for new technologies to monitor and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells, $5 billion for states to purchase low-emission school buses and $3 billion to cut pollution at ports...''<br />
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By Fefe Ho & Chloe Chiao<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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''In the terms of yin and yang (้ด้ณโyฤซn yรกng), the Rabbit is yin...''<br />
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December 25th, Christmas Day<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Democracy <big><big><big>'''Act to Protect Democracy'''</big></big></big>]<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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<big><big>'''The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol'''</big></big> <br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/about<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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Key Findings From the Jan. 6 Committeeโs Report, Annotated<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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December 19, 2022<br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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Via Washington Post<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''โThis is an incredible milestone for the world when it comes to conservation,โ said Brian OโDonnell, the director of the conservation group Campaign for Nature. โWe have been on a rapid path of destruction of nature for hundreds of years, and this can mark a turning point.โ''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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''โItโs a global goal. Every country commits what they are capable of committing,โ said Masha Kalinina, a senior officer focused on biodiversity at the Pew Charitable Trusts. โSome will do more, some will do less.โ''<br />
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''The world has a long way to go to achieving that goal. Right now, only about a sixth of the continents and a 12th of the oceans have some form of protection, according to the U.N.โs World Conservation Monitoring Centre.''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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<big>'''News from the US Department of Energy, Livermore Lab, of a Successful Fusion Demonstration'''</big><br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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-- Ernest J. Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary and CEO of the non-profit Energy Futures Initiative<br />
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<big>Via The Bulwark</big><br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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'''December 5, 2022'''<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/about<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-story<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-approach<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/map<br />
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Via Protocol ("Launched to cover the evolving power center of tech")<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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''The Climate TRACE project is not being presented as the โclimate copsโ on the beat. The coalition in formation is seen as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by legal services and non profit groups who need local information and data to make their enforcement case. <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg '''Measure to Manage: Gather the Data and Science''']<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/<br />
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* https://eowilsonfoundation.org/many-people-want-to-set-aside-half-of-earth-as-nature/<br />
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... Remembering the student teach-ins, the means we used to spread the word and we did. The Vietnam Moratorium Committee became the peace group and and when we talked to Senator Nelson and George Brown about doing environmental teach-ins that would be the first in a series of annual peace and environment events they got it and put their combined weight behind the effort.<br />
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In 1977-78 the first climate science comes to light... first generation science for national and global environmental action set a platform in place on which to create [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy climate policy] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection environmental protection] over the coming decades ...'''<br />
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<big><big>'''First National Climate Act, Historic Work, 1978'''</big></big><br />
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'''1978, Launching U.S. Climate Action:'''<br />
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'''''Three years later, beware dangerous revisionism of Jan. 6 (2021)'''''<br />
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''The third anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob comes amid troubling indicators about public opinion on that event. A Post-University of Maryland poll published this week shows a sizable share of Americans accept lies about the 2020 election and the insurrection that followed on Jan. 6, 2021. Only 62 percent say Joe Bidenโs victory was legitimate, down from 69 percent two years ago, and far lower than after the contested 2000 election. One-third of U.S. adults say they believe thereโs โsolid evidenceโ of โwidespread voter fraudโ in the 2020 election. Regarding Jan. 6 itself, 28 percent say former president Donald Trump bears no responsibility, 21 percent say the people who stormed the Capitol were โmostly peacefulโ and 25 percent say the FBI probably or definitely instigated the attack.''<br />
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''These are minority views, but thatโs cold comfort. Disproportionate numbers of Republicans hold them, showing just how corrosive Mr. Trumpโs repeated lies, amplified by a right-wing media echo chamber, have been. The devotion of the GOP base to this alternative history helps explain why Mr. Trump has avoided meaningful accountability, why he is still the front-runner, by far, for the Republican nomination โ and how dangerous he could be back in power. Already, he promises โfull pardonsโ and a government apology to many Jan. 6 rioters, plus โrevengeโ and โretributionโ for unnamed others.''<br />
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''The truth must be told. Mr. Biden won the 2020 election, fair and square, and no credible evidence has emerged of widespread voter fraud. Mr. Trump, despite knowing that he lost, summoned supporters to Washington ahead of the certification of the election and told a crowd on the Ellipse that heโd go with them to the Capitol and that they needed to โfight like hell.โ Mr. Trump relished watching on television as his supporters attacked the Capitol for 187 minutes and resisted pleas to stop them. As Vice President Mike Pence said later: โHis reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day.โ''<br />
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''More than 140 police officers were injured there that day. So far, 1,240 people have been charged with federal crimes related to Jan. 6, including 452 who were charged with assaulting law enforcement officers. More than 700 have been sentenced after receiving due process, including the right to a jury trial. FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, a Republican appointed by Mr. Trump, has testified categorically and under oath that thereโs nothing to the โludicrousโ conspiracy theories that his agency played any role in urging people into the Capitol.''<br />
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''The Supreme Court agreed last month to hear challenges to a law that has been used to charge 332 people in connection with Jan. 6, which makes it a crime to obstruct or impede an official proceeding. Defense lawyers say the government has used it overly broadly. Even if the justices agree, however, it would leave convictions on other matters intact.''<br />
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''Itโs simple political realism to acknowledge that the latest polling suggests that efforts to hold Mr. Trump accountable have fallen short. In 2021, 10 House Republicans voted to impeach him, and seven Senate Republicans voted to convict, for inciting the insurrection. But there werenโt enough votes to disqualify Mr. Trump from running again. In 2022, his favorability ratings fell amid the hearings of the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, which resulted in a damning 814-page report. However, criminal indictments against Mr. Trump in 2023, as justified as any might be on the legal merits, have turned into a rallying point for his backers: The Post-UMD poll showed that 41 percent of Americans, and 77 percent of Republicans, say they believe the Justice Department is unfairly targeting Mr. Trump for political reasons. It is unclear how potential election-year trials might affect the broader electorate.''<br />
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''For now, a mere 46 percent of Americans said Jan. 6 should disqualify Mr. Trump from the presidency and 33 percent said his conduct that day is โnot relevant.โ In between, 17 percent say Mr. Trumpโs actions โcast doubts on his fitness for the job but are not disqualifying.โ That segment could decide the election. What they, and all voters, must understand is that, just like in 2020, the 2024 elections will be free and fair. Audit after audit has shown the U.S. election system is secure, and none of Mr. Trumpโs 2020 legal challenges panned out. They also need to understand the real chance that he could win, legitimately, but that there is still time, and an effective way โ via the ballot box โ to prevent that.''<br />
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''In the immediate wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, lawmakers of both parties were rattled. Many condemned the violence and moved to clarify the objection process to stop the assault from happening again. ''<br />
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In the United States, facing tumultuous political times, it is again time to speak of supporting and defending, preserving and protecting the Constitution and a 'Living Democracy' ... <br />
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We are recalling a quote of Benjamin Franklin responding to a question in 1787 about the newly announced birth of the US as he left Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention: We have "a Republic, if you can keep it."<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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After the historic, precedent-setting, and widely disputed Supreme Court decision of 2000 that delivered the presidency of the US to George W. Bush, the 2023 court decision to determine the legality of the [https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/moore-v-harper-explained '''โindependent state legislature theoryโ was closely watched'''.] The history of precedent and law, facts and future of democracy were all headlined in the news. The swing of the court would determine the form of democratic republican government, acting to define free and fair elections without voter suppression, annulment, or manipulation through gerrymandering/redistricting and partisan manipulation.<br />
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The court's decision announced on June 27, 2023 was an affirmation for democratic traditions and, as such, sends a message to ensure a fair, legal outcome of elections in 2024. <br />
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The January 2021 Washington DC attack on the US Capitol and failed attempt to block the 2020 election is now further addressed. The insurrection, and political disinformation that led to it, will now have to face a SCOTUS ruling that empowers democracy. <br />
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The 2024 election for president has now, in 2023, looked at the consequences of empowering a precedent-setting independent state legislature theory -- and rejected it. <br />
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The court ruling came with a 6-3 vote. <br />
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* https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1271_3f14.pdf<br />
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* https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-electoral-votes-are-counted-presidential-election<br />
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'''The Electoral Count Reform Act addresses vulnerabilities exposed by the efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election'''...<br />
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''In December 2022, Congress passed the Electoral Count Reform Act to overhaul the poorly drafted 1887 Electoral Count Act, which governs the process of appointing presidential electors and tallying their votes. The law seeks to fix confusing and ambiguous provisions in the original law that helped pave the way for the unprecedented attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, culminating in the January 6 assault on the Capitol.'' <br />
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'''''What is the Electoral College, and how many votes are needed to win?''''' <br />
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Read the Brennan Law Center explanation of the new law [https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-electoral-votes-are-counted-presidential-election '''here''']<br />
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On-the-street investment reality -- and push back from reactionary lobbies <br />
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<big><big>'''On Wall St., โSocially Responsibleโ Is Common Sense. In Congress, Itโs Political'''</big></big><br />
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: '''Lawmakers are trying to restrict these investment choices in workplace retirement plans, but big fund managers are trying to give shareholders a voice'''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/business/esg-socially-responsible-investing.html<br />
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''In the financial world, trillions of dollars have been placed in investments that take E.S.G. issues into account. โE.S.G. investing is now totally mainstream,โ said Jon Hale, head of sustainable investing research for Morningstar. โItโs part of the thinking of every major investment company because, at its core, itโs just common sense.โ''<br />
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''Itโs not far-fetched to believe that under the Labor Department rules, and a few further changes, consistently applied, it may be possible one day for you to use your hard-earned retirement money to influence big companies to curb their carbon emissions.''<br />
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''โThere are many approaches within E.S.G. investing,โ said Tim Smith, a senior policy adviser and founding staff member at the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility, who was present at the creation of the socially responsible investing movement. โItโs now a very big tent."''<br />
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<big>'''Double Voter Turnout in the US with On-cycle Elections'''</big><br />
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* https://democracysos.substack.com/p/heres-how-to-double-voter-turnout<br />
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''Many election reformsโgerrymandering bans, ranked choice voting, proportional representationโare controversial. Winning them is a daunting prospect. But one is snoozingly uncontroversial among US voters, even while it boosts turnout more than any other change scholars have studied.''<br />
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''That reform is election consolidation: rescheduling local elections to occur with national and state elections in even years (often referred to as โon-cycle electionsโ). Nationwide, researchers have found that local voter turnout generally doubles when elections move from off-cycle to on-cycle contests...''<br />
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''When an election consolidation plan comes before voters, it usually passes by a wide margin and with little debate. To voters, synchronizing elections is a no-brainer. There should be one general Election Day, they believe, and it should be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even years. The primary election should precede it by a few months.''<br />
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<big><big>'''The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol'''</big></big> <br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big><big>'''In the United States, Democracy and Democratic traditions at risk'''</big></big><br />
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As the U.S. November 8, 2022 midterm election approaches, President gives a 'preserve and protect' Democracy speech that receives wide media coverage, apart from unsurprising Fox network negative coverage. Without doubt, one can predict that if the U.S. Congress turns, as a result of election returns, to a Republican party controlled body then the result will be years of chaotic governance. November 8th is ... a โdefining momentโ for democracy as voter intimidation and political violence loom over the upcoming elections. <br />
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Here, for history to record, consider and remember, is President Biden's November 2, 2022 Democracy speech:<br />
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Preserving and Protecting Our Democracy (Transcript)<br />
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President Joe Biden (00:00):<br />
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''Good evening everyone. Just a few days ago, a little before 2:30 AM in the morning, a man smashed the back windows and broke into the home of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the third highest ranking official in America. He carried in his backpack zip ties, duct tape, rope, and a hammer. As he told the police, heโd come looking for Nancy Pelosi to take her hostage, to interrogate her, to threaten to break her kneecaps, but she wasnโt there. Her husband, my friend, Paul Pelosi, was home alone. The assailant tried to take Paul hostage. He woke him up, he wanted to tie him up. The assailant ended up using a hammer to smash Paulโs skull. Thankfully, by the grace of God, Paul survived.''<br />
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''All this happened after the assault and it just, itโs hard to even say. Itโs hard to even say. After the assailant entered the home asking, โWhereโs Nancy? Whereโs Nancy?โ Those are the very same words used by the mob when they stormed the United States Capitol on January the 6th, when they broke windows, kicked in the doors, brutally attacked law enforcement, roamed the corridors hunting for officials, and erected gallows to hang the former Vice President of Mike Pence. It was an enraged mob that had been whipped up into a frenzy by a president repeating over and over again the big lie that the election of 2020 had been stolen.''<br />
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''Itโs a lie that fueled the dangerous rise in political violence and voter intimidation over the past two years. Even before January the 6th, we saw election officials and election workers in a number of states subject to menacing calls, physical threats, even threats to their very lives. In Georgia, for example, the Republican Secretary of State and his family were subjected to death threats because he refused to break the law and give in to the defeated presidentโs demand, just find him 11,780 votes. โJust find me 11,780 votes.โ Election workers like Shaye Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, were harassed and threatened just because they had the courage to do their job and stand up for the truth, to stand up for our democracy.''<br />
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''This institution, this intimidation, this violence against Democrats, Republicans, and non-partisan officials just doing their jobs are the consequence of lies told for power and profit, lies of conspiracy and malice, lies repeated over and over to generate a cycle of anger, hate, vitriol, and even violence. In this moment, we have to confront those lies with the truth. The very future of our nation depends on it. My fellow Americans, weโre facing a defining moment, an inflection point. We must, with one overwhelming unified voice, speak as a country and say thereโs no place, no place for voter intimidation or political violence in America, whether itโs directed at Democrats or Republicans. No place, period. No <br />
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''I speak today near Capitol Hill, near the US Capitol, the citadel of our democracy. I know thereโs a lot at stake in these midterm elections. From our economy, the safety of our streets, to our personal freedoms, the future of healthcare, social security, Medicare, itโs all important, but weโll have our differences. Weโll have our difference of opinion, and thatโs what itโs supposed to be. But thereโs something else at stake; democracy itself. Iโm not the only one who sees it. Recent polls have shown that overwhelming majority of Americans believe our democracy is at risk, that our democracy is under threat. They too see that democracy is on the ballot this year and theyโre deeply concerned about it.''<br />
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''So today, I appeal to all Americans, regardless of party, to meet this moment of national and generational importance, we must vote knowing whatโs at stake, and not just the policy of the moment, but institutions that have held us together as weโve sought a more perfect union are also at stake. We must vote knowing who we have been, what weโre at risk of becoming. Look, my fellow Americans, the old expression, freedom is not free, it requires constant vigilance. From the very beginning, nothing has been guaranteed about democracy in America. Every generation has had to defend it, protect it, preserve it, choose it, for thatโs what democracy is. Itโs a choice, a decision of the people by the people and for the people.''<br />
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''The issue couldnโt be clearer in my view. We, the people, must decide whether weโll have fair and free elections and every vote counts. We, the people, must decide whether weโre going to sustain a republic where reality is accepted, the law is obeyed, and your vote is truly sacred. We, the people, must decide whether the rule of law will prevail, whether we will allow the dark forces that thirst for power put ahead of the principles that weโve long guided us. American democracy is under attack because the defeated former president of the United States refused to accept the results of the 2020 election. He refuses to accept the will of the people. He refuses to accept the fact that he lost. He has abused his power and put the loyalty to himself before loyalty to the Constitution. And heโs made a big lie, an article of faith in the MAGA Republican Party, the minority of that party.''<br />
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''The great irony about the 2020 election is that itโs the most attacked election in our history, and yet, and yet thereโs no election in our history that we can be more certain of its results. Every legal challenge that could have been brought was brought. Every recount that could have been undertaken was undertaken. Every recount confirmed the results. Wherever fact or evidence had been demanded, the big lie has been proven to be just that; a big lie, every single time. Yet now, extreme MAGA Republicans aim to question not only the legitimacy of past elections, but elections being held now and into the future. The extreme MAGA element of the Republican party, which is a minority of that party as I said earlier, but itโs its driving force, is trying to succeed where they failed in 2020 to suppress the right of voters and subvert the electoral system itself. That means denying your right to vote and deciding whether your vote even counts.''<br />
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''Instead of waiting until an election is over, theyโre starting well before it. Theyโre starting now. Theyโve emboldened violence and intimidation of voters and election officials. Itโs estimated that there are more than 300 election deniers on the ballot all across America, this year. We canโt ignore the impact this is having on our country. Itโs damaging, itโs corrosive, and itโs destructive. And I want to be very clear, this is not about me, itโs about all of us. Itโs about what makes America America. Itโs about the durability of our democracy. For democracies are more than a form of government, theyโre a way of being, a way of seeing the world, a way that defines who we are, what we believe, why we do what we do. Democracy is simply that fundamental, we must in this moment dig deep within ourselves and recognize that we canโt take democracy for granted any longer.''<br />
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''With democracy on the ballot, we have to remember these first principles. Democracy means the rule of the people, not the rule of monarchs or the monied, but the rule of the people. Autocracy is the opposite of democracy. It means the rule of one, one person, one interest, one ideology, one party. To state the obvious, the lives of billions of people from antiquity till now have been shaped by the battle between these competing forces, between the aspirations of the many and the greed and power of the few, between the peopleโs right for self-determination and the self-seeking autocrat, between the dreams of a democracy and the appetites of an autocracy. What weโre doing now is going to determine whether democracy will long endure. It, in my view, is the biggest of questions. Within the American system, the prize is the individual bends towards justice and depends, depends on the rule of law, whether that system will prevail.''<br />
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''This is the struggle weโre now in, a struggle for democracy, a struggle for decency and dignity, a struggle for prosperity and progress, a struggle for the very soul of America itself. Make no mistake, democracy is on the ballot for all of us. You must remember that democracy is a covenant. We need to start looking out for each other again, seeing ourselves as we, the people, not as entrenched enemies. This is a choice we can make. Disunion and chaos are not inevitable.''<br />
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''Thereโs been anger before in America. Thereโs been division before in America, but weโve never given up on the American experiment and we canโt do that now. The remarkable thing about American democracy is this, just enough of us on just enough occasions have chosen not to dismantle democracy, but to preserve democracy. We must choose that path again. Because democracy is on the ballot, we have to remember that even in our darkest moments, there are fundamental values and beliefs that unite us as Americans and they must unite us now. What are they? Well, I think first, we believe the vote in America is sacred, to be honored, not denied, respected, not dismissed, counted, not ignored. A vote is not a partisan tool to be counted when it helps your candidates and tossed aside when it doesnโt.''<br />
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''Second, we must, with an overwhelming voice, stand against political violence and voter intimidation, period. Stand up and speak against it. We donโt settle our differences in America with a riot, a mob, or a bullet, or a hammer, we settle them peaceably at the ballot box. We have to be honest with ourselves though. We have to face this problem. We canโt turn away from it. We canโt pretend itโs just going to solve itself. Thereโs an alarming rise in the number of our people in this country condoning political violence or simply remaining silent because silence is complicity. The disturbing rise of voter intimidation, the pernicious tendency to excuse political violence, or at least, at least trying to explain it away. We canโt allow this sentiment to grow. We must confront it head on now. It has to stop now. I believe the voices excusing or calling for violence and intimidation are a distinct minority in America, but theyโre loud and they are determined. We have to be more determined. All of us who reject political violence and voter intimidation, and I believe thatโs the overwhelming majority of the American people, all of us must unite to make it absolutely clear that violence and intimidation have no place in America.''<br />
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''And third, we believe in democracy. Thatโs who we are as Americans. I know it isnโt easy. Democracy isnโt perfect, it always has been. We are all called to defend it now, now. History and common sense tell us that liberty, opportunity, and justice thrive in a democracy, not in an autocracy. At our best, America is not a zero sum society or for you to succeed, someone else has to fail. I promise Americaโs big enough, itโs big enough for everyone to succeed. Every generation opening the door of opportunity just a little bit wider. Every generation, including those whoโve been excluded before. We believe we should leave no one behind, because each one of us is a child of God and every person, every person is sacred. If thatโs true, then every personโs rights must be sacred as well. Individual dignity, individual worth, individual determination. Thatโs America, thatโs democracy, and thatโs what we have to defend.''<br />
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''Look, even as I speak here tonight, 27 million people have already cast their ballot in the midterm elections. Millions more will cast their ballots in the final days leading up to November the 9th, 8th, excuse me, and for the first time, this is the first time since the national election of 2020, once again weโre seeing record turnout all over the country, and thatโs good. We want Americans to vote. We want every Americanโs voice to be heard. Now we have to move the process forward. We know that more and more ballots are cast in early voting or by mail in America and we know that many states donโt start counting those ballots till after the polls close on November 8th. That means in some cases we wonโt know the winner of the election until a few days after the election. It takes time to count all legitimate ballots in a legal and orderly manner. Itโs always been important for citizens in democracy to be informed and engaged. Now itโs important for citizens to be patient as well. Thatโs how this is supposed to work.''<br />
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''This is also the first election since the events of January 6th when the armed angry mob stormed the US Capitol. I wish, I wish I could say the assault on democracy had ended that day, but I cannot. As I stand here today, there are candidates running for every level of office in America for Governor, Congress, Attorney General, Secretary of State who wonโt commit, they will not commit to accepting the results of election that theyโre running in. This is a path to chaos in America. Itโs unprecedented, itโs unlawful, and itโs un-American.''<br />
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''As Iโve said before, you canโt love your country only when you win. This is no ordinary year, so I ask you to think long and hard about the moment weโre in. In a typical year, weโre often not faced with questions of whether the vote we cast will preserve democracy or put us at risk, but this year we are. This year I hope youโll make the future of our democracy an important part of your decision to vote and how you vote. I hope youโll ask a simple question of each candidate you might vote for. Will that person accept the legitimate will of the American people, of the people voting in his district or her district? Will that person accept the outcome of the election, win or lose? The answer to that question is vital, and in my opinion, it should be decisive. On the answer to that question hangs the future of the country we love so much and the fate of the democracy that has made so much possible for us.''<br />
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''Too many people have sacrificed too much for too many years for us to walk away from the American project in democracy. Because weโve enjoyed our freedoms for so long, itโs easy to think theyโll always be with us no matter what. But that isnโt true today. In our bones, we know democracy is at risk, but we also know this; itโs within our power, each and every one of us, to preserve our democracy, and I believe we will. I think I know this country. I know we will. You have the power. Itโs your choice, itโs your decision. The fate of the nation, the fate of the soul of America lies where it always does, with the people, in your hands, in your heart, in your ballot. My fellow Americans, we will meet this moment. We just need to remember who we are. We are the United States of America. Thereโs nothing, nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together.''<br />
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''May God bless you all. May God protect our troops. May God bless those standing guard over our democracy. Thank you and Godspeed.''<br />
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<big><big>'''''U.S. President Biden warns that Ex-President Trump's extreme MAGA Republicans are a 'danger' to U.S. democracy'''''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''A speech about Democracy -- and protecting Democracy and the Republic'''</big></big> <br />
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''President Biden delivered a speech on the โsoul of the nationโ Thursday evening in Philadelphia, with its famed Independence Hall as the backdrop. Itโs far from the first presidential speech at the historic building. Hereโs a primer on Independence Hallโs origins, transformations and key moments throughout its 269-year history.''<br />
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''Independence Hall is where the Declaration of Independence was approved in July 1776 and where the Founders debated and wrote the Constitution in the summer of 1787. Itโs where the Liberty Bell rang and where George Washington was named commander in chief of the Continental Army at the start of the Revolutionary War. In 1797, he made his final public appearance as president next door at Congress Hall โ which together with Independence Hall is now part of Independence National Historic Park...''<br />
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* https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/09/the-speech-no-president-should-have-to-give/671338/<br />
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* https://twitter.com/froomkin/status/1565752641279361025<br />
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<big><big>'''January 6, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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[[File:One year later...I will defend this nation Jan-6-2022.png]]<br />
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'''''Biden decries Trump backersโ โdagger at throatโ of democracy'''''<br />
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Associated Press<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-siege-biden-congress-3dd8fd804c857c23f8e0fe2324c9d8a4<br />
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'''''Jan. 6: Trump hits back, saying Biden trying to 'further divide America' to distract from failures:''''' <br />
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''Trump called Biden's Jan. 6 speech 'political theater' '' <br />
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* https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jan-6-trump-responds-biden-divide-america<br />
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'''''Americaโs living presidents โ save one โ warn about the danger our democracy faces'''''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/06/americas-living-presidents-save-one-warn-about-danger-our-democracy-faces/<br />
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'''''Biden condemns Trump as a threat to democracy in speech marking one year since January 6 attack'''''<br />
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CNN <br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/politics/january-6-anniversary/index.html<br />
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'''''Capitol Events Commemorate Jan. 6 Attack as Biden Blames Trumpโs โWeb of Liesโ '''''<br />
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NY Times <br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/06/us/jan-6-capitol-riot<br />
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''''' 'Darkest day' -- Politicians speak on anniversary of U.S. Capitol attack'''''<br />
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Reuters<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/world/us/do-not-follow-big-lie-americans-speak-first-anniversary-us-capitol-attack-2022-01-06/<br />
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'''''No time for platitudes as Biden gives sharpest denunciation of Trump yet:''''' <br />
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''This was the moment the president realized the clear and present danger posed to US democracy by an ex-leader gone rogue''<br />
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The Guardian<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/06/biden-trump-january-6-capitol-attack-democracy-analysis<br />
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[[File:Summit for Democracy.png]]<br />
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<big><big>'''Bringing a Critical Eye to the 'Summit for Democracy' & Role of a Free (and Thriving) Press'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.state.gov/schedule-the-summit-for-democracy/<br />
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''โGiven the increasing challenges journalists face all around the world, is it time to rebuild journalism, not simply as a media sector, but as a piece of essential infrastructure for any functioning democracy?โ the agenda states.''<br />
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Yes... yes. Yes and yes, but how?<br />
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''โWhat would a New Deal for journalism look like, and what national and international commitments are required to foster consistently independent, reliable, accessible and compelling public-interest journalism all around the world?โ''<br />
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* https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/biden-democracy-summit-highlights-saving-press/<br />
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<big>'''Focusing on Dangers to Democracy Around the World & Clear & Present Danger to Democracy in the U.S.'''</big><br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/china-russia-biden-us-democracy-summit/index.html<br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/biden-tells-world-protecting-democracy-defining-challenge-of-our-time-145858543.html<br />
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* https://findings2021.monitor.civicus.org/<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/opinions/biden-democracy-summit-challenge-lopez-epshtein/index.html<br />
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* https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2021/12/08/column-wheres-california-invitation-bidens-democracy-summit/6439625001/<br />
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* https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/09/10-contradictions-plague-bidens-democracy-summit<br />
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* https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/republican-party-america-democracy-in-crisis/620839/<br />
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* https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/12/9/22824509/summit-for-democracy-biden-america<br />
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''November 22, 2021''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Report: Democracy backsliding across the world amid pandemic'''''</big></big><br />
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''COPENHAGEN, Denmark (Associated Press / AP) โ Democracy is deteriorating across the world, with countries notably taking undemocratic and unnecessary actions to contain the coronavirus pandemic, an intergovernmental body said in its new report Monday.''<br />
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''โMany democratic governments are backsliding," the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, or International IDEA, said.''<br />
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''The 34-nation organization added that as of August 2021, 64% of countries have taken an action to curb the pandemic that it considers โdisproportionate, unnecessary or illegal."''<br />
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''The Swedish-based body added that the situation is also getting worse in countries that are not democratic. Autocratic regimes have become โeven more brazen in their repression,โ free speech has been restricted and the rule of law has been weakened, it said.''<br />
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''In its flagship report on the state of democracy, International IDEA said the number of backsliding democracies has doubled in the past decade...''<br />
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''The report comes ahead of U.S. President Joe Bidenโs Dec. 9-10 virtual โsummit for democracyโ aimed at gathering government, civil society and private sector leaders in what Biden has cast as a global faceoff against rising autocratic forces.''<br />
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'''''United States Department of State Organizes 'Summit for Democracy' - December 9-10, 2021''''' <br />
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* https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy/<br />
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''Democracy Summit / Agenda Goals:'' <br />
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: ''Defending against authoritarianism''<br />
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: ''Addressing and fighting corruption''<br />
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: ''Promoting respect for human rights''<br />
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<big>'''''Global State of Democracy Report 2021'''''</big><br />
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''Building Resilience in a Pandemic Era'' <br />
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* https://www.idea.int/gsod/global-report<br />
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* https://www.idea.int/gsod/sites/default/files/2021-11/global-state-of-democracy-2021-summary.pdf<br />
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''The world is becoming more authoritarian.''<br />
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''The world is becoming more authoritarian as non-democratic regimes become even more brazen in their repression and many democratic governments suffer from backsliding by adopting their tactics of restricting free speech and weakening the rule of law, exacerbated by what threatens to become a "new normal" of Covid-19 restrictions. For the fifth consecutive year, the number of countries moving in an authoritarian direction exceeds the number of countries moving in a democratic direction. In fact, the number moving in the direction of authoritarianism is three times the number moving towards democracy.''<br />
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'''''Global State of Democracy Report 2021 - Key Facts and Findings'''''<br />
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: ''The number of countries moving in an authoritarian direction in 2020 outnumbered those going in a democratic direction. The pandemic has prolonged this existing negative trend into a five-year stretch, the longest such period since the start of the third wave of democratization in the 1970s.''<br />
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: '''''Democratically elected governments, including established democracies, are increasingly adopting authoritarian tactics. This democratic backsliding has often enjoyed significant popular support.'''''<br />
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: ''Some of the most worrying examples of backsliding are found in some of the worldโs largest countries (Brazil, India). The United States and three members of the European Union (EU) (Hungary, Poland and Slovenia, which holds the chair of the EU in 2021) have also seen concerning democratic declines.''<br />
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: '''''Authoritarianism is deepening in non-democratic regimes (hybrid and authoritarian regimes). The year 2020 was the worst on record, in terms of the number of countries affected by deepening autocratization. The pandemic has thus had a particularly damaging effect on non-democratic countries, further closing their already reduced civic space.'''''<br />
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: ''Electoral integrity is increasingly being questioned, often without evidence, even in established democracies. The former US President Donald Trumpโs baseless allegations during the 2020 US presidential election have had spillover effects, including in Brazil, Mexico, Myanmar and Peru, among others.''<br />
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: '''''The uneven global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, as well as anti-vaccine views, undermine the uptake of vaccination programmes and risk prolonging the health crisis and normalizing restrictions on basic freedoms.'''''<br />
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<big>IDEA / Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance -- Democracy Resources</big><br />
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* https://www.idea.int/gsod/<br />
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* https://youtu.be/0KbiPccEGpo<br />
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* https://www.idea.int/gsod/gsod-resources<br />
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<big>Facts On-the-Ground -- 'Democratic Backsliding'</big><br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_backsliding<br />
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Democracy Backsliding Across the World / AP<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/report-democracy-backsliding-across-the-world-amid-pandemic/ar-AAQZjXy<br />
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<big>As Democracy 'Backslides' in the U.S.</big><br />
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''The United States has joined an annual list of 'backsliding Democracies' for the first time, the International IDEA think-tank said on Monday, pointing to a 'visible deterioration' that it said began in 2019. Globally, more than one in four people live in a backsliding democracy, a proportion that rises to more than two in three with the addition of authoritarian or 'hybrid' regimes, according to the Stockholm-based International [https://www.idea.int/Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance].''<br />
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* https://igcc.ucsd.edu/news-events/news/why-is-democratic-backsliding-on-the-rise.html<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/22/united-states-backsliding-democracies-list-first-time/<br />
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* https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/11/22/us-named-a-backsliding-democracy-for-the-first-time-on-european-think-tanks-annual-list/<br />
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* https://www.facingsouth.org/tags/international-institute-democracy-and-electoral-assistance<br />
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* https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gsod-indices-list-us-backsliding-democracy_n_619bb417e4b0f398af0870df<br />
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[[File:Steve Clemons - Bottom Line on the 'Summit for Democracy' - Interview w Fried, Labott, Adler.png]]<br />
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<big>'''''Democratic Challenges in the U.S.'''''</big><br />
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: <big>[[Campaign Finance System Reform]]</big><br />
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''"We can't have a democracy as we know it without a free press, and that's why Poynter is so important."''<br />
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* https://www.poynter.org/about/<br />
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Independent Journalism -- Informing, Educating, Democracy in Action <br />
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: Fact Finding & Informed, Knowledgeable Democratic Decision Making <br />
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* http://www.politifact.com/ | PolitiFact via Poynter<br />
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* https://www.poynter.org/ifcn/ | Poynter Int'l Fact Checking Network<br />
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* http://www.poynter.org/category/fact-checking/ | Poynter Int'l List <br />
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<big><big><big>'''[[Fact Checking]]'''</big></big></big>'''<br />
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: Fact Finding, Fact Checking & the '3 Ds' -- Discussion, Debate & Decision-Making<br />
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: * https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking<br />
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: <big>[[Digital Rights]]</big><br />
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: <big>[[Disinformation - Online - Dangerous]]</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Civil_Liberties<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Civil_Rights<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Election_Law<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Election_System_Reform<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Electoral_System_Reform<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Human_Rights<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Initiative_and_Referendum<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Media<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Money_in_Politics<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Resilience<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Workers_Rights<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Digital_Citizen<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Digital_Rights<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Education<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Internet<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Networking<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Planet_Citizen<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Privacy_Rights<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:World_Wide_Web<br />
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[[Category:Climate Policy]]<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Democracy 360'''</big></big></big><br />
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: '''Protecting Freedom, Protecting Rights, Protecting Democracy Nation-by-Nation '''<br />
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<big>''"Once again, we are at a time of testing. How it comes out rests, as it always has, in our hands." Heather Cox Richardson, [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/books/review/democracy-awakening-heather-cox-richardson.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YE0.8pXG.JYIswGTTC5tZ&smid=url-share ''' "Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America" (2023)''']''</big><br />
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<big>'''In the US, Joe Biden Launches 2024 Presidential Election with a Campaign Speech Focusing on Democracy'''</big><br />
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'''January 5, 2024'''<br />
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''โWe must be clear,โ Mr. Biden said. โDemocracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot.โ'' ... <br />
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''"Today, we are here to answer the most important of questions: Is democracy still America's sacred cause? ... it's what the 2024 election is all about..."''<br />
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* https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-marks-3-years-since-jan-6-2021-capitol-riot-valley-forge/<br />
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'''A Washington Post Editorial on US Politics For and Against Democracy'''<br />
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'''''Three years later, beware dangerous revisionism of Jan. 6 (2021)'''''<br />
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''By the Editorial Board''<br />
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''January 5, 2024''<br />
: Published the afternoon of President Biden's Democracy Protection campaign Launch Speech)<br />
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''The third anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob comes amid troubling indicators about public opinion on that event. A Post-University of Maryland poll published this week shows a sizable share of Americans accept lies about the 2020 election and the insurrection that followed on Jan. 6, 2021. Only 62 percent say Joe Bidenโs victory was legitimate, down from 69 percent two years ago, and far lower than after the contested 2000 election. One-third of U.S. adults say they believe thereโs โsolid evidenceโ of โwidespread voter fraudโ in the 2020 election. Regarding Jan. 6 itself, 28 percent say former president Donald Trump bears no responsibility, 21 percent say the people who stormed the Capitol were โmostly peacefulโ and 25 percent say the FBI probably or definitely instigated the attack.''<br />
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''These are minority views, but thatโs cold comfort. Disproportionate numbers of Republicans hold them, showing just how corrosive Mr. Trumpโs repeated lies, amplified by a right-wing media echo chamber, have been. The devotion of the GOP base to this alternative history helps explain why Mr. Trump has avoided meaningful accountability, why he is still the front-runner, by far, for the Republican nomination โ and how dangerous he could be back in power. Already, he promises โfull pardonsโ and a government apology to many Jan. 6 rioters, plus โrevengeโ and โretributionโ for unnamed others.''<br />
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''The truth must be told. Mr. Biden won the 2020 election, fair and square, and no credible evidence has emerged of widespread voter fraud. Mr. Trump, despite knowing that he lost, summoned supporters to Washington ahead of the certification of the election and told a crowd on the Ellipse that heโd go with them to the Capitol and that they needed to โfight like hell.โ Mr. Trump relished watching on television as his supporters attacked the Capitol for 187 minutes and resisted pleas to stop them. As Vice President Mike Pence said later: โHis reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day.โ''<br />
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''More than 140 police officers were injured there that day. So far, 1,240 people have been charged with federal crimes related to Jan. 6, including 452 who were charged with assaulting law enforcement officers. More than 700 have been sentenced after receiving due process, including the right to a jury trial. FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, a Republican appointed by Mr. Trump, has testified categorically and under oath that thereโs nothing to the โludicrousโ conspiracy theories that his agency played any role in urging people into the Capitol.''<br />
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''The Supreme Court agreed last month to hear challenges to a law that has been used to charge 332 people in connection with Jan. 6, which makes it a crime to obstruct or impede an official proceeding. Defense lawyers say the government has used it overly broadly. Even if the justices agree, however, it would leave convictions on other matters intact.''<br />
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''Itโs simple political realism to acknowledge that the latest polling suggests that efforts to hold Mr. Trump accountable have fallen short. In 2021, 10 House Republicans voted to impeach him, and seven Senate Republicans voted to convict, for inciting the insurrection. But there werenโt enough votes to disqualify Mr. Trump from running again. In 2022, his favorability ratings fell amid the hearings of the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, which resulted in a damning 814-page report. However, criminal indictments against Mr. Trump in 2023, as justified as any might be on the legal merits, have turned into a rallying point for his backers: The Post-UMD poll showed that 41 percent of Americans, and 77 percent of Republicans, say they believe the Justice Department is unfairly targeting Mr. Trump for political reasons. It is unclear how potential election-year trials might affect the broader electorate.''<br />
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''For now, a mere 46 percent of Americans said Jan. 6 should disqualify Mr. Trump from the presidency and 33 percent said his conduct that day is โnot relevant.โ In between, 17 percent say Mr. Trumpโs actions โcast doubts on his fitness for the job but are not disqualifying.โ That segment could decide the election. What they, and all voters, must understand is that, just like in 2020, the 2024 elections will be free and fair. Audit after audit has shown the U.S. election system is secure, and none of Mr. Trumpโs 2020 legal challenges panned out. They also need to understand the real chance that he could win, legitimately, but that there is still time, and an effective way โ via the ballot box โ to prevent that.''<br />
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<big>'''December 2023'''</big><br />
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: '''''Washington Post Editorial Board:''''' <br />
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''In the immediate wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, lawmakers of both parties were rattled. Many condemned the violence and moved to clarify the objection process to stop the assault from happening again. ''<br />
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''A bill to change vague and vulnerable wording in the 19th-century Electoral Count Act โ supported by dozens of members of both parties โ was included in a year-end spending bill signed by President Joe Biden in December 2022.''<br />
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''The law made some significant changes:''<br />
:''Clarifying that the vice presidentโs role is ceremonial and does not include the power to accept or reject electors''<br />
:''Designating one official in each state to submit the stateโs slate of electors, rather than leaving the possibility of multiple slates being submitted to Congress, and requires Congress to accept only that slate''<br />
:''Created a process of expedited court review of electoral challenges from presidential candidates''<br />
:''Raised the threshold to object to a stateโs election results from one senator and one representative to one-fifth of both the House and the Senate''<br />
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<big>'''November'''</big><br />
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'''Thought for Our Times'''<br />
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In the United States, facing tumultuous political times, it is again time to speak of supporting and defending, preserving and protecting the Constitution and a 'Living Democracy' ... <br />
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We are recalling a quote of Benjamin Franklin responding to a question in 1787 about the newly announced birth of the US as he left Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention: We have "a Republic, if you can keep it."<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/12/18/republic-if-you-can-keep-it-did-ben-franklin-really-say-impeachment-days-favorite-quote/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
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<big><big>'''Moore v. Harper, Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States'''</big></big><br />
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After the historic, precedent-setting, and widely disputed Supreme Court decision of 2000 that delivered the presidency of the US to George W. Bush, the 2023 court decision to determine the legality of the [https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/moore-v-harper-explained '''โindependent state legislature theoryโ was closely watched'''.] The history of precedent and law, facts and future of democracy were all headlined in the news. The swing of the court would determine the form of democratic republican government, acting to define free and fair elections without voter suppression, annulment, or manipulation through gerrymandering/redistricting and partisan manipulation.<br />
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The court's decision announced on June 27, 2023 was an affirmation for democratic traditions and, as such, sends a message to ensure a fair, legal outcome of elections in 2024. <br />
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The January 2021 Washington DC attack on the US Capitol and failed attempt to block the 2020 election is now further addressed. The insurrection, and political disinformation that led to it, will now have to face a SCOTUS ruling that empowers democracy. <br />
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The 2024 election for president has now, in 2023, looked at the consequences of empowering a precedent-setting independent state legislature theory -- and rejected it. <br />
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The court ruling came with a 6-3 vote. <br />
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* https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1271_3f14.pdf<br />
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[https://twitter.com/DemocracyDocket Attorneys List via Democracy Docket]<br />
* https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1674091250863964161/photo/1<br />
* https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1674091250863964161/photo/2<br />
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* https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-electoral-votes-are-counted-presidential-election<br />
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'''The Electoral Count Reform Act addresses vulnerabilities exposed by the efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election'''...<br />
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''In December 2022, Congress passed the Electoral Count Reform Act to overhaul the poorly drafted 1887 Electoral Count Act, which governs the process of appointing presidential electors and tallying their votes. The law seeks to fix confusing and ambiguous provisions in the original law that helped pave the way for the unprecedented attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, culminating in the January 6 assault on the Capitol.'' <br />
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'''''What is the Electoral College, and how many votes are needed to win?''''' <br />
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Read the Brennan Law Center explanation of the new law [https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-electoral-votes-are-counted-presidential-election '''here''']<br />
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On-the-street investment reality -- and push back from reactionary lobbies <br />
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<big><big>'''On Wall St., โSocially Responsibleโ Is Common Sense. In Congress, Itโs Political'''</big></big><br />
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: '''Lawmakers are trying to restrict these investment choices in workplace retirement plans, but big fund managers are trying to give shareholders a voice'''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/business/esg-socially-responsible-investing.html<br />
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''In the financial world, trillions of dollars have been placed in investments that take E.S.G. issues into account. โE.S.G. investing is now totally mainstream,โ said Jon Hale, head of sustainable investing research for Morningstar. โItโs part of the thinking of every major investment company because, at its core, itโs just common sense.โ''<br />
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''Itโs not far-fetched to believe that under the Labor Department rules, and a few further changes, consistently applied, it may be possible one day for you to use your hard-earned retirement money to influence big companies to curb their carbon emissions.''<br />
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''โThere are many approaches within E.S.G. investing,โ said Tim Smith, a senior policy adviser and founding staff member at the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility, who was present at the creation of the socially responsible investing movement. โItโs now a very big tent."''<br />
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<big>'''Double Voter Turnout in the US with On-cycle Elections'''</big><br />
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* https://democracysos.substack.com/p/heres-how-to-double-voter-turnout<br />
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''Many election reformsโgerrymandering bans, ranked choice voting, proportional representationโare controversial. Winning them is a daunting prospect. But one is snoozingly uncontroversial among US voters, even while it boosts turnout more than any other change scholars have studied.''<br />
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''That reform is election consolidation: rescheduling local elections to occur with national and state elections in even years (often referred to as โon-cycle electionsโ). Nationwide, researchers have found that local voter turnout generally doubles when elections move from off-cycle to on-cycle contests...''<br />
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''When an election consolidation plan comes before voters, it usually passes by a wide margin and with little debate. To voters, synchronizing elections is a no-brainer. There should be one general Election Day, they believe, and it should be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even years. The primary election should precede it by a few months.''<br />
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[https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2020/ ''' "Democracy Index" '''(2020)]<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big><big>'''In the United States, Democracy and Democratic traditions at risk'''</big></big><br />
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As the U.S. November 8, 2022 midterm election approaches, President gives a 'preserve and protect' Democracy speech that receives wide media coverage, apart from unsurprising Fox network negative coverage. Without doubt, one can predict that if the U.S. Congress turns, as a result of election returns, to a Republican party controlled body then the result will be years of chaotic governance. November 8th is ... a โdefining momentโ for democracy as voter intimidation and political violence loom over the upcoming elections. <br />
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Here, for history to record, consider and remember, is President Biden's November 2, 2022 Democracy speech:<br />
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Preserving and Protecting Our Democracy (Transcript)<br />
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President Joe Biden (00:00):<br />
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''Good evening everyone. Just a few days ago, a little before 2:30 AM in the morning, a man smashed the back windows and broke into the home of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the third highest ranking official in America. He carried in his backpack zip ties, duct tape, rope, and a hammer. As he told the police, heโd come looking for Nancy Pelosi to take her hostage, to interrogate her, to threaten to break her kneecaps, but she wasnโt there. Her husband, my friend, Paul Pelosi, was home alone. The assailant tried to take Paul hostage. He woke him up, he wanted to tie him up. The assailant ended up using a hammer to smash Paulโs skull. Thankfully, by the grace of God, Paul survived.''<br />
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''All this happened after the assault and it just, itโs hard to even say. Itโs hard to even say. After the assailant entered the home asking, โWhereโs Nancy? Whereโs Nancy?โ Those are the very same words used by the mob when they stormed the United States Capitol on January the 6th, when they broke windows, kicked in the doors, brutally attacked law enforcement, roamed the corridors hunting for officials, and erected gallows to hang the former Vice President of Mike Pence. It was an enraged mob that had been whipped up into a frenzy by a president repeating over and over again the big lie that the election of 2020 had been stolen.''<br />
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''Itโs a lie that fueled the dangerous rise in political violence and voter intimidation over the past two years. Even before January the 6th, we saw election officials and election workers in a number of states subject to menacing calls, physical threats, even threats to their very lives. In Georgia, for example, the Republican Secretary of State and his family were subjected to death threats because he refused to break the law and give in to the defeated presidentโs demand, just find him 11,780 votes. โJust find me 11,780 votes.โ Election workers like Shaye Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, were harassed and threatened just because they had the courage to do their job and stand up for the truth, to stand up for our democracy.''<br />
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''This institution, this intimidation, this violence against Democrats, Republicans, and non-partisan officials just doing their jobs are the consequence of lies told for power and profit, lies of conspiracy and malice, lies repeated over and over to generate a cycle of anger, hate, vitriol, and even violence. In this moment, we have to confront those lies with the truth. The very future of our nation depends on it. My fellow Americans, weโre facing a defining moment, an inflection point. We must, with one overwhelming unified voice, speak as a country and say thereโs no place, no place for voter intimidation or political violence in America, whether itโs directed at Democrats or Republicans. No place, period. No <br />
place ever.''<br />
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''I speak today near Capitol Hill, near the US Capitol, the citadel of our democracy. I know thereโs a lot at stake in these midterm elections. From our economy, the safety of our streets, to our personal freedoms, the future of healthcare, social security, Medicare, itโs all important, but weโll have our differences. Weโll have our difference of opinion, and thatโs what itโs supposed to be. But thereโs something else at stake; democracy itself. Iโm not the only one who sees it. Recent polls have shown that overwhelming majority of Americans believe our democracy is at risk, that our democracy is under threat. They too see that democracy is on the ballot this year and theyโre deeply concerned about it.''<br />
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''So today, I appeal to all Americans, regardless of party, to meet this moment of national and generational importance, we must vote knowing whatโs at stake, and not just the policy of the moment, but institutions that have held us together as weโve sought a more perfect union are also at stake. We must vote knowing who we have been, what weโre at risk of becoming. Look, my fellow Americans, the old expression, freedom is not free, it requires constant vigilance. From the very beginning, nothing has been guaranteed about democracy in America. Every generation has had to defend it, protect it, preserve it, choose it, for thatโs what democracy is. Itโs a choice, a decision of the people by the people and for the people.''<br />
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''The issue couldnโt be clearer in my view. We, the people, must decide whether weโll have fair and free elections and every vote counts. We, the people, must decide whether weโre going to sustain a republic where reality is accepted, the law is obeyed, and your vote is truly sacred. We, the people, must decide whether the rule of law will prevail, whether we will allow the dark forces that thirst for power put ahead of the principles that weโve long guided us. American democracy is under attack because the defeated former president of the United States refused to accept the results of the 2020 election. He refuses to accept the will of the people. He refuses to accept the fact that he lost. He has abused his power and put the loyalty to himself before loyalty to the Constitution. And heโs made a big lie, an article of faith in the MAGA Republican Party, the minority of that party.''<br />
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''The great irony about the 2020 election is that itโs the most attacked election in our history, and yet, and yet thereโs no election in our history that we can be more certain of its results. Every legal challenge that could have been brought was brought. Every recount that could have been undertaken was undertaken. Every recount confirmed the results. Wherever fact or evidence had been demanded, the big lie has been proven to be just that; a big lie, every single time. Yet now, extreme MAGA Republicans aim to question not only the legitimacy of past elections, but elections being held now and into the future. The extreme MAGA element of the Republican party, which is a minority of that party as I said earlier, but itโs its driving force, is trying to succeed where they failed in 2020 to suppress the right of voters and subvert the electoral system itself. That means denying your right to vote and deciding whether your vote even counts.''<br />
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(08:30)<br />
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''Instead of waiting until an election is over, theyโre starting well before it. Theyโre starting now. Theyโve emboldened violence and intimidation of voters and election officials. Itโs estimated that there are more than 300 election deniers on the ballot all across America, this year. We canโt ignore the impact this is having on our country. Itโs damaging, itโs corrosive, and itโs destructive. And I want to be very clear, this is not about me, itโs about all of us. Itโs about what makes America America. Itโs about the durability of our democracy. For democracies are more than a form of government, theyโre a way of being, a way of seeing the world, a way that defines who we are, what we believe, why we do what we do. Democracy is simply that fundamental, we must in this moment dig deep within ourselves and recognize that we canโt take democracy for granted any longer.''<br />
<br />
(09:46)<br />
<br />
''With democracy on the ballot, we have to remember these first principles. Democracy means the rule of the people, not the rule of monarchs or the monied, but the rule of the people. Autocracy is the opposite of democracy. It means the rule of one, one person, one interest, one ideology, one party. To state the obvious, the lives of billions of people from antiquity till now have been shaped by the battle between these competing forces, between the aspirations of the many and the greed and power of the few, between the peopleโs right for self-determination and the self-seeking autocrat, between the dreams of a democracy and the appetites of an autocracy. What weโre doing now is going to determine whether democracy will long endure. It, in my view, is the biggest of questions. Within the American system, the prize is the individual bends towards justice and depends, depends on the rule of law, whether that system will prevail.''<br />
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(11:02)<br />
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''This is the struggle weโre now in, a struggle for democracy, a struggle for decency and dignity, a struggle for prosperity and progress, a struggle for the very soul of America itself. Make no mistake, democracy is on the ballot for all of us. You must remember that democracy is a covenant. We need to start looking out for each other again, seeing ourselves as we, the people, not as entrenched enemies. This is a choice we can make. Disunion and chaos are not inevitable.''<br />
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(11:47)<br />
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''Thereโs been anger before in America. Thereโs been division before in America, but weโve never given up on the American experiment and we canโt do that now. The remarkable thing about American democracy is this, just enough of us on just enough occasions have chosen not to dismantle democracy, but to preserve democracy. We must choose that path again. Because democracy is on the ballot, we have to remember that even in our darkest moments, there are fundamental values and beliefs that unite us as Americans and they must unite us now. What are they? Well, I think first, we believe the vote in America is sacred, to be honored, not denied, respected, not dismissed, counted, not ignored. A vote is not a partisan tool to be counted when it helps your candidates and tossed aside when it doesnโt.''<br />
<br />
(12:53)<br />
<br />
''Second, we must, with an overwhelming voice, stand against political violence and voter intimidation, period. Stand up and speak against it. We donโt settle our differences in America with a riot, a mob, or a bullet, or a hammer, we settle them peaceably at the ballot box. We have to be honest with ourselves though. We have to face this problem. We canโt turn away from it. We canโt pretend itโs just going to solve itself. Thereโs an alarming rise in the number of our people in this country condoning political violence or simply remaining silent because silence is complicity. The disturbing rise of voter intimidation, the pernicious tendency to excuse political violence, or at least, at least trying to explain it away. We canโt allow this sentiment to grow. We must confront it head on now. It has to stop now. I believe the voices excusing or calling for violence and intimidation are a distinct minority in America, but theyโre loud and they are determined. We have to be more determined. All of us who reject political violence and voter intimidation, and I believe thatโs the overwhelming majority of the American people, all of us must unite to make it absolutely clear that violence and intimidation have no place in America.''<br />
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(14:36)<br />
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''And third, we believe in democracy. Thatโs who we are as Americans. I know it isnโt easy. Democracy isnโt perfect, it always has been. We are all called to defend it now, now. History and common sense tell us that liberty, opportunity, and justice thrive in a democracy, not in an autocracy. At our best, America is not a zero sum society or for you to succeed, someone else has to fail. I promise Americaโs big enough, itโs big enough for everyone to succeed. Every generation opening the door of opportunity just a little bit wider. Every generation, including those whoโve been excluded before. We believe we should leave no one behind, because each one of us is a child of God and every person, every person is sacred. If thatโs true, then every personโs rights must be sacred as well. Individual dignity, individual worth, individual determination. Thatโs America, thatโs democracy, and thatโs what we have to defend.''<br />
<br />
(16:02)<br />
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''Look, even as I speak here tonight, 27 million people have already cast their ballot in the midterm elections. Millions more will cast their ballots in the final days leading up to November the 9th, 8th, excuse me, and for the first time, this is the first time since the national election of 2020, once again weโre seeing record turnout all over the country, and thatโs good. We want Americans to vote. We want every Americanโs voice to be heard. Now we have to move the process forward. We know that more and more ballots are cast in early voting or by mail in America and we know that many states donโt start counting those ballots till after the polls close on November 8th. That means in some cases we wonโt know the winner of the election until a few days after the election. It takes time to count all legitimate ballots in a legal and orderly manner. Itโs always been important for citizens in democracy to be informed and engaged. Now itโs important for citizens to be patient as well. Thatโs how this is supposed to work.''<br />
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(17:20)<br />
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''This is also the first election since the events of January 6th when the armed angry mob stormed the US Capitol. I wish, I wish I could say the assault on democracy had ended that day, but I cannot. As I stand here today, there are candidates running for every level of office in America for Governor, Congress, Attorney General, Secretary of State who wonโt commit, they will not commit to accepting the results of election that theyโre running in. This is a path to chaos in America. Itโs unprecedented, itโs unlawful, and itโs un-American.''<br />
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(18:04)<br />
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''As Iโve said before, you canโt love your country only when you win. This is no ordinary year, so I ask you to think long and hard about the moment weโre in. In a typical year, weโre often not faced with questions of whether the vote we cast will preserve democracy or put us at risk, but this year we are. This year I hope youโll make the future of our democracy an important part of your decision to vote and how you vote. I hope youโll ask a simple question of each candidate you might vote for. Will that person accept the legitimate will of the American people, of the people voting in his district or her district? Will that person accept the outcome of the election, win or lose? The answer to that question is vital, and in my opinion, it should be decisive. On the answer to that question hangs the future of the country we love so much and the fate of the democracy that has made so much possible for us.''<br />
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(19:15)<br />
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''Too many people have sacrificed too much for too many years for us to walk away from the American project in democracy. Because weโve enjoyed our freedoms for so long, itโs easy to think theyโll always be with us no matter what. But that isnโt true today. In our bones, we know democracy is at risk, but we also know this; itโs within our power, each and every one of us, to preserve our democracy, and I believe we will. I think I know this country. I know we will. You have the power. Itโs your choice, itโs your decision. The fate of the nation, the fate of the soul of America lies where it always does, with the people, in your hands, in your heart, in your ballot. My fellow Americans, we will meet this moment. We just need to remember who we are. We are the United States of America. Thereโs nothing, nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together.''<br />
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(20:25)<br />
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''May God bless you all. May God protect our troops. May God bless those standing guard over our democracy. Thank you and Godspeed.''<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Strategic Demands'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/democracy-backsliding/<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands<br />
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<big>'''September 2022'''</big><br />
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<br />
'''September 1''' <br />
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<big><big>'''''U.S. President Biden warns that Ex-President Trump's extreme MAGA Republicans are a 'danger' to U.S. democracy'''''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/01/biden-warns-trumps-extreme-maga-republicans-are-a-danger-to-us-democracy.html<br />
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:[[File:At Independence Hall - Sept 1, 2022.png]]<br />
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<big><big>'''A speech about Democracy -- and protecting Democracy and the Republic'''</big></big> <br />
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<big>At Independence Hall, site of President Biden's speech</big><br />
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''President Biden delivered a speech on the โsoul of the nationโ Thursday evening in Philadelphia, with its famed Independence Hall as the backdrop. Itโs far from the first presidential speech at the historic building. Hereโs a primer on Independence Hallโs origins, transformations and key moments throughout its 269-year history.''<br />
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''Independence Hall is where the Declaration of Independence was approved in July 1776 and where the Founders debated and wrote the Constitution in the summer of 1787. Itโs where the Liberty Bell rang and where George Washington was named commander in chief of the Continental Army at the start of the Revolutionary War. In 1797, he made his final public appearance as president next door at Congress Hall โ which together with Independence Hall is now part of Independence National Historic Park...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/09/01/independence-hall-biden-history/<br />
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Via Tom Nichols<br />
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'''''"A speech no president should have to give"'''''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1565837023688146945<br />
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* https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1565828894392991745<br />
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* https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/09/the-speech-no-president-should-have-to-give/671338/<br />
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CNN's John Harwood covers the speech -- then departs from a newly configured CNN<br />
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* https://twitter.com/froomkin/status/1565752641279361025<br />
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<big><big>'''January 6, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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[[File:One year later...I will defend this nation Jan-6-2022.png]]<br />
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<br />
<br />
'''''Biden decries Trump backersโ โdagger at throatโ of democracy'''''<br />
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Associated Press<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-siege-biden-congress-3dd8fd804c857c23f8e0fe2324c9d8a4<br />
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'''''Jan. 6: Trump hits back, saying Biden trying to 'further divide America' to distract from failures:''''' <br />
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''Trump called Biden's Jan. 6 speech 'political theater' '' <br />
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Fox<br />
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* https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jan-6-trump-responds-biden-divide-america<br />
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'''''Americaโs living presidents โ save one โ warn about the danger our democracy faces'''''<br />
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Washington Post<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/06/americas-living-presidents-save-one-warn-about-danger-our-democracy-faces/<br />
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'''''Biden condemns Trump as a threat to democracy in speech marking one year since January 6 attack'''''<br />
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CNN <br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/politics/january-6-anniversary/index.html<br />
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'''''Capitol Events Commemorate Jan. 6 Attack as Biden Blames Trumpโs โWeb of Liesโ '''''<br />
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NY Times <br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/06/us/jan-6-capitol-riot<br />
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''''' 'Darkest day' -- Politicians speak on anniversary of U.S. Capitol attack'''''<br />
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Reuters<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/world/us/do-not-follow-big-lie-americans-speak-first-anniversary-us-capitol-attack-2022-01-06/<br />
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'''''No time for platitudes as Biden gives sharpest denunciation of Trump yet:''''' <br />
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''This was the moment the president realized the clear and present danger posed to US democracy by an ex-leader gone rogue''<br />
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The Guardian<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/06/biden-trump-january-6-capitol-attack-democracy-analysis<br />
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<big><big>'''Bringing a Critical Eye to the 'Summit for Democracy' & Role of a Free (and Thriving) Press'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.state.gov/schedule-the-summit-for-democracy/<br />
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''โGiven the increasing challenges journalists face all around the world, is it time to rebuild journalism, not simply as a media sector, but as a piece of essential infrastructure for any functioning democracy?โ the agenda states.''<br />
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Yes... yes. Yes and yes, but how?<br />
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''โWhat would a New Deal for journalism look like, and what national and international commitments are required to foster consistently independent, reliable, accessible and compelling public-interest journalism all around the world?โ''<br />
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* https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/biden-democracy-summit-highlights-saving-press/<br />
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<big>'''Focusing on Dangers to Democracy Around the World & Clear & Present Danger to Democracy in the U.S.'''</big><br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/china-russia-biden-us-democracy-summit/index.html<br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/biden-tells-world-protecting-democracy-defining-challenge-of-our-time-145858543.html<br />
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* https://findings2021.monitor.civicus.org/<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/opinions/biden-democracy-summit-challenge-lopez-epshtein/index.html<br />
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* https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2021/12/08/column-wheres-california-invitation-bidens-democracy-summit/6439625001/<br />
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* https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/09/10-contradictions-plague-bidens-democracy-summit<br />
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* https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/republican-party-america-democracy-in-crisis/620839/<br />
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* https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/12/9/22824509/summit-for-democracy-biden-america<br />
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''November 22, 2021''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Report: Democracy backsliding across the world amid pandemic'''''</big></big><br />
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''COPENHAGEN, Denmark (Associated Press / AP) โ Democracy is deteriorating across the world, with countries notably taking undemocratic and unnecessary actions to contain the coronavirus pandemic, an intergovernmental body said in its new report Monday.''<br />
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''โMany democratic governments are backsliding," the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, or International IDEA, said.''<br />
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''The 34-nation organization added that as of August 2021, 64% of countries have taken an action to curb the pandemic that it considers โdisproportionate, unnecessary or illegal."''<br />
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''The Swedish-based body added that the situation is also getting worse in countries that are not democratic. Autocratic regimes have become โeven more brazen in their repression,โ free speech has been restricted and the rule of law has been weakened, it said.''<br />
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''In its flagship report on the state of democracy, International IDEA said the number of backsliding democracies has doubled in the past decade...''<br />
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''The report comes ahead of U.S. President Joe Bidenโs Dec. 9-10 virtual โsummit for democracyโ aimed at gathering government, civil society and private sector leaders in what Biden has cast as a global faceoff against rising autocratic forces.''<br />
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'''''United States Department of State Organizes 'Summit for Democracy' - December 9-10, 2021''''' <br />
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* https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy/<br />
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''Democracy Summit / Agenda Goals:'' <br />
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: ''Defending against authoritarianism''<br />
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: ''Addressing and fighting corruption''<br />
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: ''Promoting respect for human rights''<br />
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<big>'''''Global State of Democracy Report 2021'''''</big><br />
<br />
''Building Resilience in a Pandemic Era'' <br />
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* https://www.idea.int/gsod/global-report<br />
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* https://www.idea.int/gsod/sites/default/files/2021-11/global-state-of-democracy-2021-summary.pdf<br />
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''The world is becoming more authoritarian.''<br />
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''The world is becoming more authoritarian as non-democratic regimes become even more brazen in their repression and many democratic governments suffer from backsliding by adopting their tactics of restricting free speech and weakening the rule of law, exacerbated by what threatens to become a "new normal" of Covid-19 restrictions. For the fifth consecutive year, the number of countries moving in an authoritarian direction exceeds the number of countries moving in a democratic direction. In fact, the number moving in the direction of authoritarianism is three times the number moving towards democracy.''<br />
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'''''Global State of Democracy Report 2021 - Key Facts and Findings'''''<br />
<br />
: ''The number of countries moving in an authoritarian direction in 2020 outnumbered those going in a democratic direction. The pandemic has prolonged this existing negative trend into a five-year stretch, the longest such period since the start of the third wave of democratization in the 1970s.''<br />
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: '''''Democratically elected governments, including established democracies, are increasingly adopting authoritarian tactics. This democratic backsliding has often enjoyed significant popular support.'''''<br />
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: ''Some of the most worrying examples of backsliding are found in some of the worldโs largest countries (Brazil, India). The United States and three members of the European Union (EU) (Hungary, Poland and Slovenia, which holds the chair of the EU in 2021) have also seen concerning democratic declines.''<br />
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: '''''Authoritarianism is deepening in non-democratic regimes (hybrid and authoritarian regimes). The year 2020 was the worst on record, in terms of the number of countries affected by deepening autocratization. The pandemic has thus had a particularly damaging effect on non-democratic countries, further closing their already reduced civic space.'''''<br />
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: ''Electoral integrity is increasingly being questioned, often without evidence, even in established democracies. The former US President Donald Trumpโs baseless allegations during the 2020 US presidential election have had spillover effects, including in Brazil, Mexico, Myanmar and Peru, among others.''<br />
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: '''''The uneven global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, as well as anti-vaccine views, undermine the uptake of vaccination programmes and risk prolonging the health crisis and normalizing restrictions on basic freedoms.'''''<br />
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<big>IDEA / Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance -- Democracy Resources</big><br />
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* https://www.idea.int/gsod/<br />
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* https://youtu.be/0KbiPccEGpo<br />
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* https://www.idea.int/gsod/gsod-resources<br />
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<big>Facts On-the-Ground -- 'Democratic Backsliding'</big><br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_backsliding<br />
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Democracy Backsliding Across the World / AP<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/report-democracy-backsliding-across-the-world-amid-pandemic/ar-AAQZjXy<br />
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<big>As Democracy 'Backslides' in the U.S.</big><br />
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''The United States has joined an annual list of 'backsliding Democracies' for the first time, the International IDEA think-tank said on Monday, pointing to a 'visible deterioration' that it said began in 2019. Globally, more than one in four people live in a backsliding democracy, a proportion that rises to more than two in three with the addition of authoritarian or 'hybrid' regimes, according to the Stockholm-based International [https://www.idea.int/Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance].''<br />
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* https://igcc.ucsd.edu/news-events/news/why-is-democratic-backsliding-on-the-rise.html<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/22/united-states-backsliding-democracies-list-first-time/<br />
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* https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/11/22/us-named-a-backsliding-democracy-for-the-first-time-on-european-think-tanks-annual-list/<br />
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* https://www.facingsouth.org/tags/international-institute-democracy-and-electoral-assistance<br />
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* https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gsod-indices-list-us-backsliding-democracy_n_619bb417e4b0f398af0870df<br />
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[[File:Steve Clemons - Bottom Line on the 'Summit for Democracy' - Interview w Fried, Labott, Adler.png]]<br />
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[https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy/ 'Summit for Democracy' - Announcement from the U.S. Department of State]<br />
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<big>'''''Democratic Challenges in the U.S.'''''</big><br />
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: <big>[[Campaign Finance System Reform]]</big><br />
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: <big>[[Election System Reform]]</big><br />
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: <big>[[Redistricting - Opposing Gerrymandering]]</big><br />
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<big>'''In the US, Joe Biden Launches His 2024 Presidential Election with a Campaign Speech Focusing on Democracy'''</big><br />
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''โWe must be clear,โ Mr. Biden said. โDemocracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot.โ'' ... <br />
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'''A Washington Post Editorial on US Politics For and Against Democracy'''<br />
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'''''Three years later, beware dangerous revisionism of Jan. 6 (2021)'''''<br />
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''By the Editorial Board''<br />
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''January 5, 2024''<br />
: Published the afternoon of President Biden's Democracy Protection campaign Launch Speech)<br />
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''The third anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob comes amid troubling indicators about public opinion on that event. A Post-University of Maryland poll published this week shows a sizable share of Americans accept lies about the 2020 election and the insurrection that followed on Jan. 6, 2021. Only 62 percent say Joe Bidenโs victory was legitimate, down from 69 percent two years ago, and far lower than after the contested 2000 election. One-third of U.S. adults say they believe thereโs โsolid evidenceโ of โwidespread voter fraudโ in the 2020 election. Regarding Jan. 6 itself, 28 percent say former president Donald Trump bears no responsibility, 21 percent say the people who stormed the Capitol were โmostly peacefulโ and 25 percent say the FBI probably or definitely instigated the attack.''<br />
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''These are minority views, but thatโs cold comfort. Disproportionate numbers of Republicans hold them, showing just how corrosive Mr. Trumpโs repeated lies, amplified by a right-wing media echo chamber, have been. The devotion of the GOP base to this alternative history helps explain why Mr. Trump has avoided meaningful accountability, why he is still the front-runner, by far, for the Republican nomination โ and how dangerous he could be back in power. Already, he promises โfull pardonsโ and a government apology to many Jan. 6 rioters, plus โrevengeโ and โretributionโ for unnamed others.''<br />
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''The truth must be told. Mr. Biden won the 2020 election, fair and square, and no credible evidence has emerged of widespread voter fraud. Mr. Trump, despite knowing that he lost, summoned supporters to Washington ahead of the certification of the election and told a crowd on the Ellipse that heโd go with them to the Capitol and that they needed to โfight like hell.โ Mr. Trump relished watching on television as his supporters attacked the Capitol for 187 minutes and resisted pleas to stop them. As Vice President Mike Pence said later: โHis reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day.โ''<br />
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''More than 140 police officers were injured there that day. So far, 1,240 people have been charged with federal crimes related to Jan. 6, including 452 who were charged with assaulting law enforcement officers. More than 700 have been sentenced after receiving due process, including the right to a jury trial. FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, a Republican appointed by Mr. Trump, has testified categorically and under oath that thereโs nothing to the โludicrousโ conspiracy theories that his agency played any role in urging people into the Capitol.''<br />
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''The Supreme Court agreed last month to hear challenges to a law that has been used to charge 332 people in connection with Jan. 6, which makes it a crime to obstruct or impede an official proceeding. Defense lawyers say the government has used it overly broadly. Even if the justices agree, however, it would leave convictions on other matters intact.''<br />
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''Itโs simple political realism to acknowledge that the latest polling suggests that efforts to hold Mr. Trump accountable have fallen short. In 2021, 10 House Republicans voted to impeach him, and seven Senate Republicans voted to convict, for inciting the insurrection. But there werenโt enough votes to disqualify Mr. Trump from running again. In 2022, his favorability ratings fell amid the hearings of the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, which resulted in a damning 814-page report. However, criminal indictments against Mr. Trump in 2023, as justified as any might be on the legal merits, have turned into a rallying point for his backers: The Post-UMD poll showed that 41 percent of Americans, and 77 percent of Republicans, say they believe the Justice Department is unfairly targeting Mr. Trump for political reasons. It is unclear how potential election-year trials might affect the broader electorate.''<br />
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''For now, a mere 46 percent of Americans said Jan. 6 should disqualify Mr. Trump from the presidency and 33 percent said his conduct that day is โnot relevant.โ In between, 17 percent say Mr. Trumpโs actions โcast doubts on his fitness for the job but are not disqualifying.โ That segment could decide the election. What they, and all voters, must understand is that, just like in 2020, the 2024 elections will be free and fair. Audit after audit has shown the U.S. election system is secure, and none of Mr. Trumpโs 2020 legal challenges panned out. They also need to understand the real chance that he could win, legitimately, but that there is still time, and an effective way โ via the ballot box โ to prevent that.''<br />
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''In the immediate wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, lawmakers of both parties were rattled. Many condemned the violence and moved to clarify the objection process to stop the assault from happening again. ''<br />
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''A bill to change vague and vulnerable wording in the 19th-century Electoral Count Act โ supported by dozens of members of both parties โ was included in a year-end spending bill signed by President Joe Biden in December 2022.''<br />
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''The law made some significant changes:''<br />
:''Clarifying that the vice presidentโs role is ceremonial and does not include the power to accept or reject electors''<br />
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:''Created a process of expedited court review of electoral challenges from presidential candidates''<br />
:''Raised the threshold to object to a stateโs election results from one senator and one representative to one-fifth of both the House and the Senate''<br />
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'''Thought for Our Times'''<br />
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In the United States, facing tumultuous political times, it is again time to speak of supporting and defending, preserving and protecting the Constitution and a 'Living Democracy' ... <br />
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We are recalling a quote of Benjamin Franklin responding to a question in 1787 about the newly announced birth of the US as he left Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention: We have "a Republic, if you can keep it."<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
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Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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<big><big>'''Moore v. Harper, Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States'''</big></big><br />
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After the historic, precedent-setting, and widely disputed Supreme Court decision of 2000 that delivered the presidency of the US to George W. Bush, the 2023 court decision to determine the legality of the [https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/moore-v-harper-explained '''โindependent state legislature theoryโ was closely watched'''.] The history of precedent and law, facts and future of democracy were all headlined in the news. The swing of the court would determine the form of democratic republican government, acting to define free and fair elections without voter suppression, annulment, or manipulation through gerrymandering/redistricting and partisan manipulation.<br />
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The court's decision announced on June 27, 2023 was an affirmation for democratic traditions and, as such, sends a message to ensure a fair, legal outcome of elections in 2024. <br />
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The January 2021 Washington DC attack on the US Capitol and failed attempt to block the 2020 election is now further addressed. The insurrection, and political disinformation that led to it, will now have to face a SCOTUS ruling that empowers democracy. <br />
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The 2024 election for president has now, in 2023, looked at the consequences of empowering a precedent-setting independent state legislature theory -- and rejected it. <br />
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The court ruling came with a 6-3 vote. <br />
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* https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1271_3f14.pdf<br />
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<big><big>'''Electoral Count Reform Act'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-electoral-votes-are-counted-presidential-election<br />
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'''The Electoral Count Reform Act addresses vulnerabilities exposed by the efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election'''...<br />
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''In December 2022, Congress passed the Electoral Count Reform Act to overhaul the poorly drafted 1887 Electoral Count Act, which governs the process of appointing presidential electors and tallying their votes. The law seeks to fix confusing and ambiguous provisions in the original law that helped pave the way for the unprecedented attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, culminating in the January 6 assault on the Capitol.'' <br />
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'''''What is the Electoral College, and how many votes are needed to win?''''' <br />
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Read the Brennan Law Center explanation of the new law [https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-electoral-votes-are-counted-presidential-election '''here''']<br />
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On-the-street investment reality -- and push back from reactionary lobbies <br />
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<big><big>'''On Wall St., โSocially Responsibleโ Is Common Sense. In Congress, Itโs Political'''</big></big><br />
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: '''Lawmakers are trying to restrict these investment choices in workplace retirement plans, but big fund managers are trying to give shareholders a voice'''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/business/esg-socially-responsible-investing.html<br />
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March 4, 2023<br />
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''In the financial world, trillions of dollars have been placed in investments that take E.S.G. issues into account. โE.S.G. investing is now totally mainstream,โ said Jon Hale, head of sustainable investing research for Morningstar. โItโs part of the thinking of every major investment company because, at its core, itโs just common sense.โ''<br />
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''Itโs not far-fetched to believe that under the Labor Department rules, and a few further changes, consistently applied, it may be possible one day for you to use your hard-earned retirement money to influence big companies to curb their carbon emissions.''<br />
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''โThere are many approaches within E.S.G. investing,โ said Tim Smith, a senior policy adviser and founding staff member at the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility, who was present at the creation of the socially responsible investing movement. โItโs now a very big tent."''<br />
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<big>'''Double Voter Turnout in the US with On-cycle Elections'''</big><br />
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* https://democracysos.substack.com/p/heres-how-to-double-voter-turnout<br />
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''Many election reformsโgerrymandering bans, ranked choice voting, proportional representationโare controversial. Winning them is a daunting prospect. But one is snoozingly uncontroversial among US voters, even while it boosts turnout more than any other change scholars have studied.''<br />
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''That reform is election consolidation: rescheduling local elections to occur with national and state elections in even years (often referred to as โon-cycle electionsโ). Nationwide, researchers have found that local voter turnout generally doubles when elections move from off-cycle to on-cycle contests...''<br />
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''When an election consolidation plan comes before voters, it usually passes by a wide margin and with little debate. To voters, synchronizing elections is a no-brainer. There should be one general Election Day, they believe, and it should be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even years. The primary election should precede it by a few months.''<br />
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<big><big>'''The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol'''</big></big> <br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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'''December 5, 2022'''<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''Representative Jamie Raskin Speaks of FairVote and Democracy'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/fairvote/status/1598814353393913858<br />
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* https://fairvote.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''In the United States, Democracy and Democratic traditions at risk'''</big></big><br />
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As the U.S. November 8, 2022 midterm election approaches, President gives a 'preserve and protect' Democracy speech that receives wide media coverage, apart from unsurprising Fox network negative coverage. Without doubt, one can predict that if the U.S. Congress turns, as a result of election returns, to a Republican party controlled body then the result will be years of chaotic governance. November 8th is ... a โdefining momentโ for democracy as voter intimidation and political violence loom over the upcoming elections. <br />
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Here, for history to record, consider and remember, is President Biden's November 2, 2022 Democracy speech:<br />
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Preserving and Protecting Our Democracy (Transcript)<br />
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President Joe Biden (00:00):<br />
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''Good evening everyone. Just a few days ago, a little before 2:30 AM in the morning, a man smashed the back windows and broke into the home of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the third highest ranking official in America. He carried in his backpack zip ties, duct tape, rope, and a hammer. As he told the police, heโd come looking for Nancy Pelosi to take her hostage, to interrogate her, to threaten to break her kneecaps, but she wasnโt there. Her husband, my friend, Paul Pelosi, was home alone. The assailant tried to take Paul hostage. He woke him up, he wanted to tie him up. The assailant ended up using a hammer to smash Paulโs skull. Thankfully, by the grace of God, Paul survived.''<br />
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(01:02)<br />
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''All this happened after the assault and it just, itโs hard to even say. Itโs hard to even say. After the assailant entered the home asking, โWhereโs Nancy? Whereโs Nancy?โ Those are the very same words used by the mob when they stormed the United States Capitol on January the 6th, when they broke windows, kicked in the doors, brutally attacked law enforcement, roamed the corridors hunting for officials, and erected gallows to hang the former Vice President of Mike Pence. It was an enraged mob that had been whipped up into a frenzy by a president repeating over and over again the big lie that the election of 2020 had been stolen.''<br />
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(01:55)<br />
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''Itโs a lie that fueled the dangerous rise in political violence and voter intimidation over the past two years. Even before January the 6th, we saw election officials and election workers in a number of states subject to menacing calls, physical threats, even threats to their very lives. In Georgia, for example, the Republican Secretary of State and his family were subjected to death threats because he refused to break the law and give in to the defeated presidentโs demand, just find him 11,780 votes. โJust find me 11,780 votes.โ Election workers like Shaye Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, were harassed and threatened just because they had the courage to do their job and stand up for the truth, to stand up for our democracy.''<br />
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(02:54)<br />
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''This institution, this intimidation, this violence against Democrats, Republicans, and non-partisan officials just doing their jobs are the consequence of lies told for power and profit, lies of conspiracy and malice, lies repeated over and over to generate a cycle of anger, hate, vitriol, and even violence. In this moment, we have to confront those lies with the truth. The very future of our nation depends on it. My fellow Americans, weโre facing a defining moment, an inflection point. We must, with one overwhelming unified voice, speak as a country and say thereโs no place, no place for voter intimidation or political violence in America, whether itโs directed at Democrats or Republicans. No place, period. No <br />
place ever.''<br />
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(04:03)<br />
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''I speak today near Capitol Hill, near the US Capitol, the citadel of our democracy. I know thereโs a lot at stake in these midterm elections. From our economy, the safety of our streets, to our personal freedoms, the future of healthcare, social security, Medicare, itโs all important, but weโll have our differences. Weโll have our difference of opinion, and thatโs what itโs supposed to be. But thereโs something else at stake; democracy itself. Iโm not the only one who sees it. Recent polls have shown that overwhelming majority of Americans believe our democracy is at risk, that our democracy is under threat. They too see that democracy is on the ballot this year and theyโre deeply concerned about it.''<br />
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''So today, I appeal to all Americans, regardless of party, to meet this moment of national and generational importance, we must vote knowing whatโs at stake, and not just the policy of the moment, but institutions that have held us together as weโve sought a more perfect union are also at stake. We must vote knowing who we have been, what weโre at risk of becoming. Look, my fellow Americans, the old expression, freedom is not free, it requires constant vigilance. From the very beginning, nothing has been guaranteed about democracy in America. Every generation has had to defend it, protect it, preserve it, choose it, for thatโs what democracy is. Itโs a choice, a decision of the people by the people and for the people.''<br />
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''The issue couldnโt be clearer in my view. We, the people, must decide whether weโll have fair and free elections and every vote counts. We, the people, must decide whether weโre going to sustain a republic where reality is accepted, the law is obeyed, and your vote is truly sacred. We, the people, must decide whether the rule of law will prevail, whether we will allow the dark forces that thirst for power put ahead of the principles that weโve long guided us. American democracy is under attack because the defeated former president of the United States refused to accept the results of the 2020 election. He refuses to accept the will of the people. He refuses to accept the fact that he lost. He has abused his power and put the loyalty to himself before loyalty to the Constitution. And heโs made a big lie, an article of faith in the MAGA Republican Party, the minority of that party.''<br />
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''The great irony about the 2020 election is that itโs the most attacked election in our history, and yet, and yet thereโs no election in our history that we can be more certain of its results. Every legal challenge that could have been brought was brought. Every recount that could have been undertaken was undertaken. Every recount confirmed the results. Wherever fact or evidence had been demanded, the big lie has been proven to be just that; a big lie, every single time. Yet now, extreme MAGA Republicans aim to question not only the legitimacy of past elections, but elections being held now and into the future. The extreme MAGA element of the Republican party, which is a minority of that party as I said earlier, but itโs its driving force, is trying to succeed where they failed in 2020 to suppress the right of voters and subvert the electoral system itself. That means denying your right to vote and deciding whether your vote even counts.''<br />
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''Instead of waiting until an election is over, theyโre starting well before it. Theyโre starting now. Theyโve emboldened violence and intimidation of voters and election officials. Itโs estimated that there are more than 300 election deniers on the ballot all across America, this year. We canโt ignore the impact this is having on our country. Itโs damaging, itโs corrosive, and itโs destructive. And I want to be very clear, this is not about me, itโs about all of us. Itโs about what makes America America. Itโs about the durability of our democracy. For democracies are more than a form of government, theyโre a way of being, a way of seeing the world, a way that defines who we are, what we believe, why we do what we do. Democracy is simply that fundamental, we must in this moment dig deep within ourselves and recognize that we canโt take democracy for granted any longer.''<br />
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(09:46)<br />
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''With democracy on the ballot, we have to remember these first principles. Democracy means the rule of the people, not the rule of monarchs or the monied, but the rule of the people. Autocracy is the opposite of democracy. It means the rule of one, one person, one interest, one ideology, one party. To state the obvious, the lives of billions of people from antiquity till now have been shaped by the battle between these competing forces, between the aspirations of the many and the greed and power of the few, between the peopleโs right for self-determination and the self-seeking autocrat, between the dreams of a democracy and the appetites of an autocracy. What weโre doing now is going to determine whether democracy will long endure. It, in my view, is the biggest of questions. Within the American system, the prize is the individual bends towards justice and depends, depends on the rule of law, whether that system will prevail.''<br />
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''This is the struggle weโre now in, a struggle for democracy, a struggle for decency and dignity, a struggle for prosperity and progress, a struggle for the very soul of America itself. Make no mistake, democracy is on the ballot for all of us. You must remember that democracy is a covenant. We need to start looking out for each other again, seeing ourselves as we, the people, not as entrenched enemies. This is a choice we can make. Disunion and chaos are not inevitable.''<br />
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''Thereโs been anger before in America. Thereโs been division before in America, but weโve never given up on the American experiment and we canโt do that now. The remarkable thing about American democracy is this, just enough of us on just enough occasions have chosen not to dismantle democracy, but to preserve democracy. We must choose that path again. Because democracy is on the ballot, we have to remember that even in our darkest moments, there are fundamental values and beliefs that unite us as Americans and they must unite us now. What are they? Well, I think first, we believe the vote in America is sacred, to be honored, not denied, respected, not dismissed, counted, not ignored. A vote is not a partisan tool to be counted when it helps your candidates and tossed aside when it doesnโt.''<br />
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''Second, we must, with an overwhelming voice, stand against political violence and voter intimidation, period. Stand up and speak against it. We donโt settle our differences in America with a riot, a mob, or a bullet, or a hammer, we settle them peaceably at the ballot box. We have to be honest with ourselves though. We have to face this problem. We canโt turn away from it. We canโt pretend itโs just going to solve itself. Thereโs an alarming rise in the number of our people in this country condoning political violence or simply remaining silent because silence is complicity. The disturbing rise of voter intimidation, the pernicious tendency to excuse political violence, or at least, at least trying to explain it away. We canโt allow this sentiment to grow. We must confront it head on now. It has to stop now. I believe the voices excusing or calling for violence and intimidation are a distinct minority in America, but theyโre loud and they are determined. We have to be more determined. All of us who reject political violence and voter intimidation, and I believe thatโs the overwhelming majority of the American people, all of us must unite to make it absolutely clear that violence and intimidation have no place in America.''<br />
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(14:36)<br />
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''And third, we believe in democracy. Thatโs who we are as Americans. I know it isnโt easy. Democracy isnโt perfect, it always has been. We are all called to defend it now, now. History and common sense tell us that liberty, opportunity, and justice thrive in a democracy, not in an autocracy. At our best, America is not a zero sum society or for you to succeed, someone else has to fail. I promise Americaโs big enough, itโs big enough for everyone to succeed. Every generation opening the door of opportunity just a little bit wider. Every generation, including those whoโve been excluded before. We believe we should leave no one behind, because each one of us is a child of God and every person, every person is sacred. If thatโs true, then every personโs rights must be sacred as well. Individual dignity, individual worth, individual determination. Thatโs America, thatโs democracy, and thatโs what we have to defend.''<br />
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(16:02)<br />
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''Look, even as I speak here tonight, 27 million people have already cast their ballot in the midterm elections. Millions more will cast their ballots in the final days leading up to November the 9th, 8th, excuse me, and for the first time, this is the first time since the national election of 2020, once again weโre seeing record turnout all over the country, and thatโs good. We want Americans to vote. We want every Americanโs voice to be heard. Now we have to move the process forward. We know that more and more ballots are cast in early voting or by mail in America and we know that many states donโt start counting those ballots till after the polls close on November 8th. That means in some cases we wonโt know the winner of the election until a few days after the election. It takes time to count all legitimate ballots in a legal and orderly manner. Itโs always been important for citizens in democracy to be informed and engaged. Now itโs important for citizens to be patient as well. Thatโs how this is supposed to work.''<br />
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(17:20)<br />
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''This is also the first election since the events of January 6th when the armed angry mob stormed the US Capitol. I wish, I wish I could say the assault on democracy had ended that day, but I cannot. As I stand here today, there are candidates running for every level of office in America for Governor, Congress, Attorney General, Secretary of State who wonโt commit, they will not commit to accepting the results of election that theyโre running in. This is a path to chaos in America. Itโs unprecedented, itโs unlawful, and itโs un-American.''<br />
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(18:04)<br />
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''As Iโve said before, you canโt love your country only when you win. This is no ordinary year, so I ask you to think long and hard about the moment weโre in. In a typical year, weโre often not faced with questions of whether the vote we cast will preserve democracy or put us at risk, but this year we are. This year I hope youโll make the future of our democracy an important part of your decision to vote and how you vote. I hope youโll ask a simple question of each candidate you might vote for. Will that person accept the legitimate will of the American people, of the people voting in his district or her district? Will that person accept the outcome of the election, win or lose? The answer to that question is vital, and in my opinion, it should be decisive. On the answer to that question hangs the future of the country we love so much and the fate of the democracy that has made so much possible for us.''<br />
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(19:15)<br />
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''Too many people have sacrificed too much for too many years for us to walk away from the American project in democracy. Because weโve enjoyed our freedoms for so long, itโs easy to think theyโll always be with us no matter what. But that isnโt true today. In our bones, we know democracy is at risk, but we also know this; itโs within our power, each and every one of us, to preserve our democracy, and I believe we will. I think I know this country. I know we will. You have the power. Itโs your choice, itโs your decision. The fate of the nation, the fate of the soul of America lies where it always does, with the people, in your hands, in your heart, in your ballot. My fellow Americans, we will meet this moment. We just need to remember who we are. We are the United States of America. Thereโs nothing, nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together.''<br />
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''May God bless you all. May God protect our troops. May God bless those standing guard over our democracy. Thank you and Godspeed.''<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Strategic Demands'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/democracy-backsliding/<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands<br />
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<big>'''September 2022'''</big><br />
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'''September 1''' <br />
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<big><big>'''''U.S. President Biden warns that Ex-President Trump's extreme MAGA Republicans are a 'danger' to U.S. democracy'''''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/01/biden-warns-trumps-extreme-maga-republicans-are-a-danger-to-us-democracy.html<br />
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<big><big>'''A speech about Democracy -- and protecting Democracy and the Republic'''</big></big> <br />
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<big>At Independence Hall, site of President Biden's speech</big><br />
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''President Biden delivered a speech on the โsoul of the nationโ Thursday evening in Philadelphia, with its famed Independence Hall as the backdrop. Itโs far from the first presidential speech at the historic building. Hereโs a primer on Independence Hallโs origins, transformations and key moments throughout its 269-year history.''<br />
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''Independence Hall is where the Declaration of Independence was approved in July 1776 and where the Founders debated and wrote the Constitution in the summer of 1787. Itโs where the Liberty Bell rang and where George Washington was named commander in chief of the Continental Army at the start of the Revolutionary War. In 1797, he made his final public appearance as president next door at Congress Hall โ which together with Independence Hall is now part of Independence National Historic Park...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/09/01/independence-hall-biden-history/<br />
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Via Tom Nichols<br />
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'''''"A speech no president should have to give"'''''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1565837023688146945<br />
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* https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1565828894392991745<br />
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* https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/09/the-speech-no-president-should-have-to-give/671338/<br />
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CNN's John Harwood covers the speech -- then departs from a newly configured CNN<br />
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* https://twitter.com/froomkin/status/1565752641279361025<br />
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<big><big>'''January 6, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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'''''Biden decries Trump backersโ โdagger at throatโ of democracy'''''<br />
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Associated Press<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-siege-biden-congress-3dd8fd804c857c23f8e0fe2324c9d8a4<br />
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'''''Jan. 6: Trump hits back, saying Biden trying to 'further divide America' to distract from failures:''''' <br />
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''Trump called Biden's Jan. 6 speech 'political theater' '' <br />
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Fox<br />
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* https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jan-6-trump-responds-biden-divide-america<br />
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'''''Americaโs living presidents โ save one โ warn about the danger our democracy faces'''''<br />
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Washington Post<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/06/americas-living-presidents-save-one-warn-about-danger-our-democracy-faces/<br />
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'''''Biden condemns Trump as a threat to democracy in speech marking one year since January 6 attack'''''<br />
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CNN <br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/politics/january-6-anniversary/index.html<br />
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'''''Capitol Events Commemorate Jan. 6 Attack as Biden Blames Trumpโs โWeb of Liesโ '''''<br />
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NY Times <br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/06/us/jan-6-capitol-riot<br />
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''''' 'Darkest day' -- Politicians speak on anniversary of U.S. Capitol attack'''''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/world/us/do-not-follow-big-lie-americans-speak-first-anniversary-us-capitol-attack-2022-01-06/<br />
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'''''No time for platitudes as Biden gives sharpest denunciation of Trump yet:''''' <br />
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''This was the moment the president realized the clear and present danger posed to US democracy by an ex-leader gone rogue''<br />
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The Guardian<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/06/biden-trump-january-6-capitol-attack-democracy-analysis<br />
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<big><big>'''Bringing a Critical Eye to the 'Summit for Democracy' & Role of a Free (and Thriving) Press'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.state.gov/schedule-the-summit-for-democracy/<br />
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''โGiven the increasing challenges journalists face all around the world, is it time to rebuild journalism, not simply as a media sector, but as a piece of essential infrastructure for any functioning democracy?โ the agenda states.''<br />
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Yes... yes. Yes and yes, but how?<br />
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''โWhat would a New Deal for journalism look like, and what national and international commitments are required to foster consistently independent, reliable, accessible and compelling public-interest journalism all around the world?โ''<br />
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* https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/biden-democracy-summit-highlights-saving-press/<br />
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<big>'''Focusing on Dangers to Democracy Around the World & Clear & Present Danger to Democracy in the U.S.'''</big><br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/china-russia-biden-us-democracy-summit/index.html<br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/biden-tells-world-protecting-democracy-defining-challenge-of-our-time-145858543.html<br />
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* https://findings2021.monitor.civicus.org/<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/opinions/biden-democracy-summit-challenge-lopez-epshtein/index.html<br />
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* https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2021/12/08/column-wheres-california-invitation-bidens-democracy-summit/6439625001/<br />
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* https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/09/10-contradictions-plague-bidens-democracy-summit<br />
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* https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/republican-party-america-democracy-in-crisis/620839/<br />
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* https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/12/9/22824509/summit-for-democracy-biden-america<br />
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<big><big>'''''Report: Democracy backsliding across the world amid pandemic'''''</big></big><br />
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''COPENHAGEN, Denmark (Associated Press / AP) โ Democracy is deteriorating across the world, with countries notably taking undemocratic and unnecessary actions to contain the coronavirus pandemic, an intergovernmental body said in its new report Monday.''<br />
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''โMany democratic governments are backsliding," the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, or International IDEA, said.''<br />
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''The 34-nation organization added that as of August 2021, 64% of countries have taken an action to curb the pandemic that it considers โdisproportionate, unnecessary or illegal."''<br />
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''The Swedish-based body added that the situation is also getting worse in countries that are not democratic. Autocratic regimes have become โeven more brazen in their repression,โ free speech has been restricted and the rule of law has been weakened, it said.''<br />
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''In its flagship report on the state of democracy, International IDEA said the number of backsliding democracies has doubled in the past decade...''<br />
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''The report comes ahead of U.S. President Joe Bidenโs Dec. 9-10 virtual โsummit for democracyโ aimed at gathering government, civil society and private sector leaders in what Biden has cast as a global faceoff against rising autocratic forces.''<br />
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'''''United States Department of State Organizes 'Summit for Democracy' - December 9-10, 2021''''' <br />
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* https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy/<br />
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''The world is becoming more authoritarian as non-democratic regimes become even more brazen in their repression and many democratic governments suffer from backsliding by adopting their tactics of restricting free speech and weakening the rule of law, exacerbated by what threatens to become a "new normal" of Covid-19 restrictions. For the fifth consecutive year, the number of countries moving in an authoritarian direction exceeds the number of countries moving in a democratic direction. In fact, the number moving in the direction of authoritarianism is three times the number moving towards democracy.''<br />
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''The United States has joined an annual list of 'backsliding Democracies' for the first time, the International IDEA think-tank said on Monday, pointing to a 'visible deterioration' that it said began in 2019. Globally, more than one in four people live in a backsliding democracy, a proportion that rises to more than two in three with the addition of authoritarian or 'hybrid' regimes, according to the Stockholm-based International [https://www.idea.int/Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance].''<br />
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* https://igcc.ucsd.edu/news-events/news/why-is-democratic-backsliding-on-the-rise.html<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/22/united-states-backsliding-democracies-list-first-time/<br />
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* https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/11/22/us-named-a-backsliding-democracy-for-the-first-time-on-european-think-tanks-annual-list/<br />
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* https://www.facingsouth.org/tags/international-institute-democracy-and-electoral-assistance<br />
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* https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gsod-indices-list-us-backsliding-democracy_n_619bb417e4b0f398af0870df<br />
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* https://www.poynter.org/ifcn/ | Poynter Int'l Fact Checking Network<br />
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* http://www.poynter.org/category/fact-checking/ | Poynter Int'l List <br />
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* https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/full-text-maria-ressa-speech-nobel-peace-prize-awarding-ceremony-2021/<br />
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Thank you. <br />
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Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.<br />
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I stand before you, a representative of every journalist around the world who is forced to sacrifice so much to hold the line, to stay true to our values and mission: to bring you the truth and hold power to account. I remember the brutal dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi, the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta, my friend, Luz Mely Reyes in Venezuela, Roman Protasevich in Belarus (whose plane was literally hijacked so he could be arrested), Jimmy Lai languishing in a Hong Kong prison, Sonny Swe, who after getting out of more than seven years in jail, started another news group and now is forced to flee Myanmar. And in my own country, 23-year-old Frenchie Mae Cumpio, still in prison after nearly two years, and just 36 hours ago, the news that my former colleague, Jess Malabanan, was killed with a bullet to his head.<br />
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There are so many to thank for keeping us safer and working. The #HoldTheLine Coalition of more than 80 global groups defending press freedom and the human rights groups that help us shine the light. There are costs for you as well: more lawyers have been killed than journalists in the Philippines โ at least 63 compared to the 22 journalists murdered after President Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016. Since then, Karapatan, a member of our #CourageON human rights coalition, has had 16 people killed, and Senator Leila de Lima, because she demanded accountability, is serving her fifth year in jail. Or ABS-CBN, our largest broadcaster, a newsroom that I once led, which, last year, lost its franchise to operate.<br />
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I helped create a startup, Rappler, turning 10 years old in January โ weโre getting old โ our attempt to put together two sides of the same coin that shows everything wrong with our world today: the absence of law and democratic vision for the 21st century. That coin represents our information ecosystem, which determines everything else about our world. Journalists โ thatโs one side โ the old gatekeepers. The other is technology, with its god-like power, the new gatekeepers. It has allowed a virus of lies to infect each of us, pitting us against each other, bringing out our fears, anger, hate, and setting the stage for the rise of authoritarians and dictators around the world. <br />
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Our greatest need today is to transform that hate and violence, the toxic sludge thatโs coursing through our information ecosystem, prioritized by American internet companies that make more money by spreading that hate and triggering the worst in us. Well, that just means we have to work harder. In order to be the good, we have to believe there is good in the world.<br />
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I have been a journalist for more than 35 years: Iโve worked in conflict zones and war zones in Asia, reported on hundreds of disasters, and while I have seen so much bad, I have also documented so much good, when people who have nothing offer you what they have. Part of how we at Rappler have survived the last five years of government attacks is because of the kindness of strangers, and the reason they help โ despite the danger โ is because they want to, with little expectation of anything in return. This is the best of who we are, the part of our humanity that makes miracles happen. This is what we lose in a world of fear and violence. <br />
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Youโve heard that the last time a working journalist was given this award was in 1936, awarded in 1935. He was supposed to come and get it in 1936; Carl von Ossietzky never made it to Oslo because he languished in a Nazi concentration camp. So, weโre here, hopefully a little bit ahead, because we are both here! <br />
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By giving this to journalists today โ thank you โ the Nobel committee is signaling a similar historical moment, another existential point for democracy. Dmitry and I are lucky because we can speak to you now (Yay for court approvals)! But there are so many more journalists persecuted in the shadows with neither exposure nor support, and governments are doubling down with impunity. The accelerant is technology, when creative destruction takes new meaning. <br />
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Youโve heard from David [Beasley]: we are standing on the rubble of the world that was, and we must have the foresight and courage to imagine what might happen if we donโt act now, and instead, please, create the world as it should be โ more compassionate, more equal, more sustainable.<br />
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To do that, please ask yourself the same question we at Rappler had to confront five years ago: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth? <br />
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Iโll tell you how I lived my way into the answer in three points: first, my context and how these attacks shaped me; second, by the problem we all face; and finally, finding the solution โ because we must!<br />
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In less than two years, the Philippine government filed 10 arrest warrants against me. Iโve had to post bail 10 times just to do my job. Last year, I and a former colleague were convicted of cyber libel for a story we published eight years earlier, at a time the law we allegedly violated didnโt even exist. All told, the charges I face could send me to jail for about 100 years. <br />
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But the more I was attacked for my journalism, the more resolute I became. I had firsthand evidence of abuse of power. What was meant to intimidate me and Rappler only strengthened us. <br />
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At the core of journalism is a code of honor. And mine is layered on different worlds โ from how I grew up, the golden rule, whatโs right and wrong; from college, and the honor code I learned there; and my time as a reporter, and the code of standards and ethics I learned and helped write. Add to that the Filipino idea of ''utang na loob'' โ literally the debt from within โ at its best, a system of paying it forward. <br />
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Truth and ethical honor intersected like an arrow into this moment where hate, lies, and divisiveness thrive. As only the 18th woman to receive this prize, I need to tell you how gendered disinformation is a new threat and is taking a significant toll on the mental health and physical safety of women, girls, trans, and LGBTQ+ people all around the world. Women journalists are at the epicenter of risk. This pandemic of misogyny and hatred needs to be tackled now. Even there, though, we can find strength. After all, you donโt really know who you really are until youโre forced to fight for it. <br />
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Now let me pull out so weโre clear about the problem we all face and how we got here. <br />
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The attacks against us in Rappler began five years ago when we demanded an end to impunity on two fronts: Rodrigo Duterteโs drug war and Mark Zuckerbergโs Facebook. Today, it has only gotten worse โ and Silicon Valleyโs sins came home to roost in the United States on January 6 with mob violence on Capitol Hill.<br />
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What happens on social media doesnโt stay on social media.<br />
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Online violence is real world violence. <br />
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Social media is a deadly game for power and money, what Shoshana Zuboff calls surveillance capitalism, extracting our private lives for outsized corporate gain. Our personal experiences sucked into a database, organized by AI, then sold to the highest bidder. Highly profitable micro-targeting operations are engineered to structurally undermine human will. Iโve repeatedly called it a behavior modification system in which we are all Pavlovโs dogs, experimented on in real time with disastrous consequences in countries like mine, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, and so many more. These destructive corporations have siphoned money away from news organizations and now they pose a foundational threat to markets and elections. <br />
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Facebook is the worldโs largest distributor of news, and yet studies have shown that lies laced with anger and hate spread faster and further than facts.<br />
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These American companies controlling our global information ecosystem are biased against facts, biased against journalists. They are, by design, dividing us and radicalizing us. <br />
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Iโve said this repeatedly over the last five years: without facts, you canโt have truth. Without truth, you canโt have trust. Without trust, we have no shared reality, no democracy, and it becomes impossible to deal with the existential problems of our times: climate, coronavirus, now, the battle for truth.<br />
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When I was first arrested in 2019, the officer said, ''โMaโam, trabaho lang po'' (Maโam, Iโm only doing my job).โ Then he lowered his voice to almost a whisper as he read my Miranda rights. He was really uncomfortable, and I almost felt sorry for him. Except he was arresting me because Iโm a journalist! <br />
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This officer was a tool of power โ and an example of how a good man can turn evil โ and how great atrocities happen. Hannah Arendt wrote about the banality of evil when describing men who carried out the orders of Hitler, how career-oriented bureaucrats can act without conscience because they justify what theyโre doing because theyโre only following orders. <br />
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This is how a nation โ and a world โ loses its soul.<br />
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You have to know what values you are fighting for, you have to draw the lines early, but if you havenโt done so, please, do it now โ where this side youโre good, this side, youโre evil. Some governments may be lost causes, and if youโre working in tech, Iโm talking to you.<br />
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How can you have election integrity if you donโt have integrity of facts?<br />
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Thatโs the problem facing countries with elections next year: among them, Brazil, Hungary, France, the United States, and my Philippines โ where we are at a do or die moment with presidential elections on May 9. Thirty-five years after the People Power Revolt ousted Ferdinand Marcos and forced his family into exile, his son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the front-runner for president, and he has built an extensive disinformation network on social media, which Rappler exposed in 2019. Itโs literally changing history in front of our eyes. <br />
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To show how disinformation is both a local and global problem, take the Chinese information operations taken down by Facebook in September 2020, a year ago: it was creating fake accounts using AI generated photos for the US elections, polishing the image of the Marcoses in the Philippines, campaigning for the daughter of President Duterte, and attacking me and Rappler. <br />
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So what are we gonna do? <br />
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An invisible atom bomb has exploded in our information ecosystem, and the world must act as it did after Hiroshima. Like that time, we need to create new institutions, like the United Nations, and new codes stating our values, like the '''Universal Declaration of Human Rights''', to prevent humanity from doing its worse. Itโs an arms race in the information ecosystem. To stop that requires a multilateral approach that all of us must be part of. It begins by restoring facts. <br />
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We need information ecosystems that live and die by facts. We do this by shifting social priorities to rebuild journalism for the 21st century while regulating and outlawing the surveillance economics that profit from hate and lies. <br />
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We need to help independent journalism survive, first by giving greater protection to journalists and standing up against states which target journalists. Then we need to address the collapse of the advertising model for journalism. This is part of the reason that I agreed to co-chair the International Fund for Public Interest Media, which is trying to raise money from overseas development assistance funds. Right now, while journalists are under attack on every front, only 0.3% of ODA funds is spent on journalism. If we nudge that to just 1%, we can raise $1 billion a year for news organizations. That will be crucial for the global south. <br />
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Journalists must embrace technology. Thatโs why, with the help of Google News Initiative, Rappler rolled out a new platform two weeks ago designed to build communities of action. It wonโt be as viral as what the tech platforms built, but the north star is not profit alone. It is facts, truth, and trust.<br />
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Now for legislation. Thanks to the EU for taking leadership with its Democracy Action Plan. For the US, reform or revoke Section 230, the law that treats social media platforms like utilities. Itโs not a comprehensive solution, but it gets the ball rolling. Because these platforms put their thumbs on the scale of distribution. So while the public debate is here, down here on content moderation downstream, the real sleight of hand happens further upstream, where algorithms of amplification, algorithms of distribution have been programmed by humans with coded bias. Their editorial agenda is profit-driven, carried out by machines at scale. The impact is global, with cheap armies on social media rolling back democracy, tearing it down in at least 81 countries around the world. That impunity must stop. <br />
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Democracy has become a woman-to-woman, man-to-man defense of our values. Weโre at a sliding door moment, where we can continue down the path weโre on and descend further into fascism or we can choose to fight for a better world. <br />
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To do that, please, ask yourself: What are YOU willing to sacrifice for the truth? <br />
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I didnโt know if I was going to be here today. Every day, I live with the real threat of spending the rest of my life in jail because Iโm a journalist. When I go home, I have no idea what the future holds, but itโs worth the risk. <br />
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The destruction has happened. Now itโs time to build โ to create the world we want. <br />
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So please, with me, just close your eyes for just a moment, and imagine the world as it should be. A world of peace, trust, and empathy, bringing out the best that we can be. <br />
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โ ''"About the only thing you canโt do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.โ -- Apple Computer ad campaign, 1997 (with [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Buckminster_and_a_Geodesic_Dome.jpg '''special call out'''] to Buckminster Fuller)<br />
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โ ''"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists." -- Hannah Arendt, "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)... and lecture at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, NYC, 1973''<br />
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โ ''โYou could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.โ -- Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"''<br />
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โ ''โI wanted to know, given whatโs going on with this looming environmental crisis, what could we do about it? Thatโs the basic question... Historically, our society and our civilization have looked at nature as an object and as a physical resource... The shift thatโs happening now is instead to look at nature as a mentor and a model and a teacher. That really became the underlying epiphany for me around Bioneers: Just like our bodies, the Earth has a profound capacity for healing, for self-repair, that we barely understand. Our role, in a way, is to work with nature to heal nature โ to help Nature heal itself. And that became the most fundamental premise.โ -- Kenny Ausubel, [http://conference.bioneers.org/ Bioneers Conference]''<br />
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โ '''"Education is not something you can finish." -- Isaac Asimov''<br />
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โ ''"Cette beautรฉ est faite de nuances subtiles, d'un รฉquilibre miraculeux de teintes resplendissantes et douces. Seul un enfant dans son innocence pourrait apprรฉhender la puretรฉ et la splendeur de cette vision." (This beauty consists of subtle nuances, as in the miraculous balance of soft and brilliant hues. Only a child in its innocence could apprehend the purity and splendor of this vision.) -- Astronaut Patrick Baudry describing the Earth from space'' <br />
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โ ''When Ronald Reagan was elected in November 1980, he appointed lawyer James G. Watt to run the Department of the Interior. Watt had headed a legal firm that fought to open public lands for drilling and mining, and already had a reputation for hating conservation projects, as a matter of policy and of faith. He once famously described environmentalism as โa leftwing cult dedicated to bringing down the type of government I believe inโ. The head of the National Coal Association pronounced himself โdeliriously happyโ at the appointment, and corporate lobbyists started joking: โHow much power does it take to stop a million environmentalists? One Watt.โ -- Alice Bell, Our Biggest Experiment: An Epic History of the Climate Crisis''<br />
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โ ''"BETTER TO LIGHT A CANDLE THAN CURSE THE DARKNESS" -- Amnesty International''<br />
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โ ''"Perfect is the enemy of good" ("Le meglio รจ l'inimico del bene") -- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good Aphorism/Maxim/Voltaire]'' <br />
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โ ''โEconomy and environment are the same thing. That is the rule of nature.โ -- [http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/article/view/176/218 Mollie Beattie]...[http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/29/us/mollie-beattie-49-headed-wildlife-service.html NYT Obit]... [http://www.fws.gov/news/blog/images/open-spaces-blog/DirmollieBeattie.jpg Running w/ Wolves & Bears]''<br />
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โ ''โWhen we Ask Nature, first we quiet our human cleverness. Then we ask, and then we listen. The answer is the echo that bounces off of the land herself. With the solution in hand, we always end the circle by saying thank you.โ -- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160419081027/http://www.drawdown.org/janine-benyus Janine Benyus]''<br />
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โ ''โWeโre awake now, and the question is how do we stay awake to the living world? How do we make the act of asking natureโs advice a normal part of everyday inventing?โ โ Janine Benyus'' -- https://biomimicry.org/janine-benyus/ -- https://www.ted.com/speakers/janine_benyus<br />
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โ ''"You've got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might end up someplace else." -- Yogi Berra''<br />
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โ''โThe thought of what once was here and is gone forever will not leave me as long as I live. It is as though I walk knee-deep in its absence." -- Wendell Berry''<br />
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โ ''โNo settled family or community has ever called its home place an โenvironment.โ None has ever called its feeling for its home place โbiocentricโ or โanthropocentric.โ None has ever thought of its connection to its home place as โecological,โ deep or shallow. The concepts and insights of the ecologists are of great usefulness in our predicament, and we can hardly escape the need to speak of โecologyโ and โecosystems.โ But the terms themselves are culturally sterile. They come from the juiceless, abstract intellectuality of the universities which was invented to disconnect, displace, and disembody the mind. The real names of the environment are the names of rivers and river valleys; creeks, ridges, and mountains; towns and cities; lakes, woodlands, lanes roads, creatures, and people. And the real name of our connection to this everywhere different and differently named earth is โwork.โ -- Wendell Berry'' <br />
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โ ''โOdd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening." -- Wendell Berry''<br />
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โ ''"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern." -- William Blake''<br />
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โ ''"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." -- Louis Brandeis''<br />
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โ ''"The arms race is actually killing people without the arms being used." -- Willie Brandt, 1986 ([http://www.strategicdemands.com Strategic Demands]: The global arms trade and a new nuclear arms race are responsible for [https://www.strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ deep costs and an always present danger of nuclear catastrophe]. The arms trade and war deliver constant conflict and retribution, tens of millions migrating to escape war and poverty, and political hate and strife. Priorities must shift to awareness of common threats, the environmental collapse that science is documenting, atmospheric disruption and climate crisis, the need for education and cooperative actions for the public good. People are dying around the globe as crisis spreads region to region, exacerbated by factors and linkages tied to poverty, extremism, war and eco-collapse. A new vision with new priorities is needed: environmental protection, agreements to control nuclear weapons proliferation, and an eco-nomics for the future.)''<br />
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โ ''Florida nature, business are linked - "Natural places and state commerce are linked. We might think of them as separate or even in conflict. But we shouldn't... When we mess with the environment, we mess with the economy." -- Graham Brink''<br />
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โ ''โWe don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.โ -- David Brower''<br />
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โ ''โThe ancient trees are the deep earth's language for speaking to the universe. The earth communicates through trees to the animals and to the birds living above - and to the very heavens. The trees draw the earth's water up from the ground. Then breathing, they return it to the air for the clouds and the blessed rain that falls to begin the cycle anew. She thinks of the thin layer of living things as a fragile space between earth's molten rock core and the frozen outer universe of stars. The thin layer is like her own life here - precious, finite.โ -- J.J. Brown''<br />
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โ ''2019, as the California Governor leaves office:: "I'm a planetary realist. We are linked in this community of people, 7.3, 7.4 billion people whether it's cyber, or the international monetary system, or weather, or disease, or climate change or habitat destruction, or if there's a nuclear war. For the first time in history we're all linked together. So there is a planetary quality to our politics, or there should be." -- Jerry Brown''<br />
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โ ''โWe have to have enough bandwidth to look at the big issues, because if they get away from us we wonโt have the little issues to worry about.โ -- Jerry Brown, 2022, [https://ocregister-ca.newsmemory.com/?publink=1097911f1_13483b9 Interviewed by the Associated Press and focused on the danger of 'existential issues', climate change and nuclear weapons]''<br />
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โ ''"The gap between what we need to do to protect our environmental support systems and what we are doing is widening. Unless we redefine security, recognizing that the principal threats to our future come less from the relationship of nation to nation and more from the deteriorating relationship between ourselves and the natural systems and resources on which we depend, then the human prospect could be a bleak one. If we do not act quick, there is a risk that environmental deterioration and social disintegration could begin to feed on each other." -- Lester Brown (Redefining National Security, Worldwatch Institute, 1977)''<br />
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:''"People stand themselves next to the righteous<br />
:''They believe the things they say are true<br />
:''They speak in terms of what divides us<br />
:''To justify the violence they do<br />
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โ ''โToo often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.โ ... โThere are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.โ -- Remembering Love1 and Leo's hugs, [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/13/arts/leo-buscaglia-tv-advocate-of-love-s-power-dies-at-74.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D00.0ghc.dWo1i4GKO1bT&smid=url-share ''' 'Advocate of Love's Power' '''] ... Leo Buscaglia, Education Professor, USC <br />
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โ ''"The serious student of earth history knows that neither life nor the physical world that supports it exists in little isolated compartments. On the contrary, he recognizes the extraordinary unity between organisms and the environment. For this reason he knows that harmful substances released into the environment return in time to create problems for mankind.''<br />
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''"The branch of science that deals with these interrelations is Ecology... We cannot think of the living organism alone; nor can we think of the physical environment as a separate entity. The two exist together, each acting on the other to form an ecological complex or ecosystem...." -- Rachel Carson''<br />
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โ ''โWhy should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal?โ -- Rachel Carson, Silent Spring''<br />
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โ ''"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about<br />
us, the less taste we shall have for destruction." -- Rachel Carson, Silent Spring''<br />
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โ ''โLike music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.โ -- Jimmy Carter''<br />
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โ ''"At times like these, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the scale of the challenges we face, and the speed of each new crisis. But many complex problems have simple solutions. Sometimes you just need to decide to do something. Sometime you just have to show up with a sandwich or some warm rice and beans." -- Chef Josรฉ Andrรฉs, World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/''<br />
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โ ''"Humanity faces two imminent existential threats: environmental catastrophe and nuclear war. These were virtually ignored in the campaign rhetoric and general coverage. There was plenty of criticism of the Trump administration, but scarcely a word about by far the most ominous positions the administration has taken: increasing the already dire threat of nuclear war, and racing to destroy the physical environment that organized human society needs in order to survive. These are the most critical and urgent questions that have arisen in all of human history. The fact that they scarcely arose in the campaign is truly stunning โ and carries some important, if unpleasant, lessons about our moral and intellectual culture." -- Noam Chomsky, November 2018''<br />
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โ ''"We believe hope comes from action." -- [https://www.clientearth.org/ '''ClientEarth''']'' <br />
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โ ''"There are no boundaries in the real Planet Earth. No United States, no Russia, no China, no Taiwan. Rivers flow unimpeded across the swaths of continents. The persistent tides, the pulse of the sea do not discriminate; they push against all the varied shores on Earth." -- Jacques Yves Cousteau''<br />
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โ ''โThe sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.โ -- Jacques Yves Cousteu''<br />
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โ ''"I am one of the 7 billion human beings alive today. We each have a responsibility to think about humanity and the good of the world because it affects our own future. We werenโt born on this planet at this time to create problems but to bring about some benefit." -- Dalai Lama, June 2018''<br />
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โ ''"We need to adjust to the planetary ecosystem and master how to live well within it. We need to take note of the mycelial intelligence of nature, learn to live within the intelligence inherent in Gaia. This is a longterm project...but time is short. Get to work friends!" -- Tammy Davis, November 2021''<br />
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โ ''"Even as we learned to read the biography of Earth, we have gone far in shredding its most glorious chapter, reducing biodiversity to a degree unknown since the extinction of the dinosaurs. Climate change will accelerate those losses, while producing massive problems of its own. Perhaps the greatest paradox of our time is that, having attained godlike insight, we plow ahead into calamities of our own makingโฆ" <br />
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โ ''"The sooner we replace fossil fuels with renewables, the more likely we are to have a planet in 2100 that still resembles the one we know and love today." -- Andrew E. Dessler, professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M''<br />
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โ ''"Wealthy people in much of the world are insulated from the consequences of their actions." -- Jared Diamond''<br />
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โ ''"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." -- Doctor Seuss, "The Lorax"''<br />
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''Leonardo DiCaprio, our [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Bioneers Bioneers friend], takes an Oscar and speaks out...'' <br />
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''"Making The Revenant was about man's relationship to the natural world, a world that we collectively felt in 2015 as the hottest year in recorded history. Our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just to be able to find snow. Climate change is real. It is happening right now. It's the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating.''<br />
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''"We need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters or the big corporations, but who speak for all of humanity, for the indigenous people of the world, for the billions and billions of underprivileged people who will be most affected by this. For our children's children and for those people out there whose voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed, I thank you all for this amazing award tonight.''<br />
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''"Let us not take this planet for granted. I do not take tonight for granted. Thank you so much."'' <br />
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โ ''"No water, no life. No blue, no green!" -- [https://mission-blue.org/about/ '''Sylvia Earle''']''<br />
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โ ''"You and I and everybody else alive on the planet today have come along at probably the most important time in human history because we still have options open, right? We still have choices that can take us in a direction that will give us the best chance we'll ever have of a long and enduring future on this little blue miracle that we call Earth. Fifty years ago, and all preceding time before, we did not know, we could not know what we now know, what kids are growing up with, a view of Earth from space, knowing what it's like in the deepest part of the ocean, because we have evidence. People have been there. They've they come back as witnesses." -- Sylvia Earle, 1972 (Interview with Andrew Revkin)''<br />
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โ ''"Our separation from each other is an optical illusion... Everything is connected. The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness.โ -- Albert Einstein''<br />
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โ ''"A human being is part of the whole, called by us โuniverse,โ limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest โ a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a prison, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons close to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from our prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all humanity and the whole of nature in its beauty." -- Albert Einstein''<br />
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โ ''"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower''<br />
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โ ''โAlmost no single revelation will cause significant change by itself. But in combination with other informationโother truth-tellingโcourage is contagious.โ -- Daniel Ellsberg''<br />
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โ ''โA wrong attitude towards nature implies, somewhere, a wrong attitude towards God.โ -- T.S. Eliot'' <br />
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โ ''โHope is not a feeling or an expectation,โ he explains of his worldview, which he hews to after witnessing nearly a centuryโs worth of wars. โItโs a form of acting. I choose to act as if we had a choice to change this behavior, and to change the world for the better and avoid catastrophe.โ โ Dan Ellsberg, The Nation, March 2021''<br />
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โ '' "Madness in individuals is something rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule." -- Daniel Ellsberg, [https://www.amazon.com/Doomsday-Machine-Confessions-Nuclear-Planner/dp/1608196704 "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner"] ''<br />
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โ ''"Every action admits of being outdone. Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning..." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, โCirclesโ (1841)''<br />
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โ '' "#BusinessAsUsual is taking us towards catastrophe! If you don't understand that you are not paying attention." -- Extinction Rebellion [https://twitter.com/xrebellionuk @XRebellionUK]'' <br />
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โ ''"On rare occasions the corporate media discusses the climate crisis a question they ask without fail is: โhow will we pay for it?โ A question they never ask is: โhow many will die if we donโt?โ Itโs almost psychopathic." -- Extinction Rebellion @xr_cambridge, August 2020'' <br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Speaking of science -- and flowers -- let us take a journey into GreenPolicy360, [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/About_Us '''About Us'''], our sunflower-branded Mediawiki platform, and big-picture thoughts on 'how flowers changed the world' ... aesthetically and practically, imaginatively and scientifically....'''<br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Let us begin''' with a Creative Commons sharing of a visionary scientist, Loren Eisely. A modest man who, in our way of seeing, a [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''"planet citizen"'''] who could see far beyond what most of us see...<br />
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Let us begin with Planet Earth and a shared [http://www.betterworldbooks.com/the-immense-journey-id-0394701577.aspx '''Immense Journey''']... Begin by picturing millions of years ago when "there were no flowers at all." <br />
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''If it had been possible to observe the Earth from the far side of the solar system over the long course of geological epochs, the watchers might have been able to discern a subtle change in the light emanating from our planet. That world of long ago would, like the red deserts of Mars, have reflected light from vast drifts of stone and gravel, the sands of wandering wastes, the blackness of naked basalt, the yellow dust of endlessly moving storms. Only the ceaseless marching of the clouds and the intermittent flashes from the restless surface of the sea would have told a different story, but still essentially a barren one. Then, as the millennia rolled away and age followed age, a new and greener light would, by degrees, have come to twinkle across those endless miles.''<br />
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''This is the only difference those far watchers, by the use of subtle instruments, might have perceived in the whole history of the planet Earth. Yet that slowly growing green twinkle would have contained the epic march of life from the tidal oozes upward across the raw and unclothed continents. Out of the vast chemical bath of the sea--not from the deeps, but from the element-rich, light- exposed platforms of the continental shelves-- wandering fingers of green had crept upward along the meanderings of river systems and fringed the gravels of forgotten lakes.''<br />
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''In those first ages plants clung of necessity to swamps and watercourses. Their reproductive processes demanded direct access to water. Beyond the primitive ferns and mosses that enclosed the borders of swamps and streams the rocks still lay vast and bare, the winds still swirled the dust of a naked planet. The grass cover that holds our world secure in place was still millions of years in the future. The green marchers had gained a soggy foothold upon the land, but that was all. They did not reproduce by seeds but by microscopic swimming sperm that had to wriggle their way through water to fertilize the female cell. Such plants in their higher forms had clever adaptations for the use of rain water in their sexual phases, and survived with increasing success in a wet land environment. They now seem part of man's normal environment. The truth is, however, that there is nothing very "normal" about Nature. Once upon a time there were no flowers at all.''<br />
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''A little while ago--about one hundred million years, as the geologist estimates time in the history of our four billion-year-old planet--flowers were not to be found anywhere on the five continents. Wherever one might have looked, from the poles to the equator, one would have seen only the cold dark monotonous green of a world whose plant life possessed no other color.''<br />
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''Somewhere, just a short time before the close of the Age of Reptiles, there occurred a soundless, violent explosion. It lasted millions of years, but it was an explosion, nevertheless. It marked the emergence of the angiosperms--the flowering plants. Even the great evolutionist, Charles Darwin, called them "an abominable mystery," because they appeared so suddenly and spread so fast.''<br />
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''Flowers changed the face of the planet. Without them, the world we know--even man himself--would never have existed.'' <br />
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''Francis Thompson, the English poet, once wrote that one could not pluck a flower without troubling a star. Intuitively he had sensed like a naturalist the enormous interlinked complexity of life. <br />
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Today we know that the appearance of the flowers contained also the equally mystifying emergence of man. If we were to go back into the Age of Reptiles, its drowned swamps and birdless forests would reveal to us a warmer but, on the whole, a sleepier world than that of today. Here and there, it is true, the serpent heads of bottom-feeding dinosaurs might be upreared in suspicion of their huge flesh-eating compatriots. Tyrannosaurs, enormous bipedal caricatures of men, would stalk mindlessly across the sites of future cities and go their slow way down into the dark of geologic time.''<br />
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''In all that world of living things nothing saw save with the intense concentration of the hunt, nothing moved except with the grave sleepwalking intentness of the instinct-driven brain. Judged by modern standards, it was a world in slow motion, a cold-blooded world whose occupants were most active at noonday but torpid on chill nights, their brains damped by a slower metabolism than any known to even the most primitive of warmblooded animals today.''<br />
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''A high metabolic rate and the maintenance of a constant body temperature are supreme achievements in the evolution of life. They enable an animal to escape, within broad limits, from the overheating or the chilling of its immediate surroundings, and at the same time to maintain a peak mental efficiency. Creatures without a high metabolic rate are slaves to weather. Insects in the first frosts of autumn all run down like little clocks. Yet if you pick one up and breathe warmly upon it, it will begin to move about once more.''<br />
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''In a sheltered spot such creatures may sleep away the winter, but they are hopelessly immobilized. Though a few warm-blooded mammals, such as the woodchuck of our day, have evolved a way of reducing their metabolic rate in order to undergo winter hibernation, it is a survival mechanism with drawbacks, for it leaves the animal helplessly exposed if enemies discover him during his period of suspended animation. Thus bear or woodchuck, big animal or small, must seek, in this time of descending sleep, a safe refuge in some hidden den<br />
or burrow. Hibernation is, therefore, primarily a winter refuge of small, easily concealed animals rather than of<br />
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''A high metabolic rate, however, means a heavy intake of energy in order to sustain body warmth and efficiency. It is for this reason that even some of these later warm-blooded mammals existing in our day have learned to descend into a slower, unconscious rate of living during the winter months when food may be difficult to obtain. On a slightly higher plane they are following the procedure of the cold-blooded frog sleeping in the mud at the bottom of a frozen pond.''<br />
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''The agile brain of the warm-blooded birds and mammals demands a high oxygen consumption and food in concentrated forms, or the creatures cannot long sustain themselves. It was the rise of the flowering plants that provided that energy and changed the nature of the living world. Their appearance parallels in a quite surprising manner the rise of the birds and mammals.''<br />
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''Slowly, toward the dawn of the Age of Reptiles, something over two hundred and fifty million years ago, the little naked sperm cells wriggling their way through dew and raindrops had given way to a kind of pollen carried by the wind. Our present-day pine forests represent plants of a pollen-disseminating variety. Once fertilization was no longer dependent on exterior water, the march over drier regions could be extended. Instead of spores, simple primitive seeds carrying some nourishment for the young plant had developed, but true<br />
flowers were still scores of millions of years away. After a long period of hesitant evolutionary groping, they exploded upon the world with truly revolutionary violence.''<br />
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''The event occurred in Cretaceous times in the close of the Age of Reptiles. Before the coming of the flowering plants our own ancestral stock, the warm-blooded mammals, consisted of a few mousy little creatures hidden in trees and underbrush. A few lizard-like birds with carnivorous teeth flapped awkwardly on ill-aimed flights among archaic shrubbery. None of these insignificant creatures gave evidence of any remarkable talents. The mammals in particular had been around for some millions of years, but had remained well lost in the shadow of the mighty reptiles. Truth to tell, man was still, like the genie in the bottle, encased in the body of a creature about the size of a rat.''<br />
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''As for the birds, their reptilian cousins the Pterodactyls, flew farther and better. There was just one thing about the birds that paralleled the physiology of the mammals. They, too, had evolved warm blood and its accompanying temperature control. Nevertheless, if one had been seen stripped of his feathers, he would still have seemed a slightly uncanny and unsightly lizard.''<br />
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''Neither the birds nor the mammals, however, were quite what they seemed. They were waiting for the Age of Flowers. They were waiting for what flowers, and with them the true encased seed, would bring. Fish-eating, gigantic leather-winged reptiles, twenty-eight feet from wing tip to wing tip, hovered over the coasts that one day would be swarming with gulls.''<br />
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''Inland the monotonous green of the pine and spruce forests with their primitive wooden cone flowers stretched everywhere. No grass hindered the fall of the naked seeds to earth. Great sequoias towered to the skies. The world of that time has a certain appeal but it is a giant's world, a world moving slowly like the reptiles who stalked magnificently among the boles of its trees.''<br />
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''The trees themselves are ancient, slow-growing and immense, like the redwood groves that have survived to our day on the California coast. All is stiff, formal, upright and green, monotonously green. There is no grass as yet; there are no wide plains rolling in the sun, no tiny daisies dotting the meadows underfoot. There is little versatility about this scene; it is, in truth, a giant's world.''<br />
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''A few nights ago it was brought home vividly to me that the world has changed since that far epoch. I was awakened out of sleep by an unknown sound in my living room. Not a small sound--not a creaking timber or a mouse's scurry -- but a sharp, rending explosion as though an unwary foot had been put down upon a wine glass.<br />
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I had come instantly out of sleep and lay tense, unbreathing. I listened for another step. There was none.<br />
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Unable to stand the suspense any longer, I turned on the light and passed from room to room glancing uneasily behind chairs and into closets. Nothing seemed disturbed, and I stood puzzled in the center of the living room floor. Then a small button-shaped object upon the rug caught my eye. It was hard and polished and glistening. Scattered over the length of the room were several more shining up at me like wary little eyes. A pine cone that had been lying in a dish had been blown the length of the coffee table. The dish itself could hardly have been the source of the explosion. Beside it I found two ribbon-like strips of a velvety green. I tried to place the two strips together to make a pod. They twisted resolutely away from each other and would no longer fit.''<br />
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''I relaxed in a chair, then, for I had reached a solution of the midnight disturbance. The twisted strips were wisteria pods that I had brought in a day or two previously and placed in the dish. They had chosen midnight to explode and distribute their multiplying fund of life down the length of the room. A plant, a fixed, rooted thing, immobilized in a single spot, had devised a way of propelling its offspring across open space. Immediately there passed before my eyes the million airy troopers of the milkweed pod and the clutching hooks of the sandburs. Seeds on the coyote's tail, seeds on the hunter's coat, thistledown mounting on the winds--all were somehow triumphing over life's limitations. Yet the ability to do this had not been with them at the beginning. It was the product of endless effort and experiment.''<br />
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''The seeds on my carpet were not going to lie stiffly where they had dropped like their antiquated cousins, the naked seeds on the pine-cone scales. They were travelers. Struck by the thought, I went out next day and collected several other varieties. I line them up now in a row on my desk -- so many little capsules of life, winged, hooked or spiked. Everyone is an angiosperm, a product of the true flowering plants. Contained in these little boxes is the secret of that far-off Cretaceous explosion of a hundred million years ago that changed the face of the planet. And somewhere in here, I think, as I poke seriously at one particularly resistant seedcase of a wild grass, was once man himself.''<br />
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''When the first simple flower bloomed on some raw upland late in the Dinosaur Age, it was wind pollinated, just like its early pine-cone relatives. It was a very inconspicuous flower because it had not yet evolved the ideal of using the surer attraction of birds and insects to achieve the transportation of pollen. It sowed its own pollen and received the pollen of other flowers by the simple vagaries of the wind. Many plants in regions where insect life is scant still follow this principle today. Nevertheless, the true flower--and the seed that it produced--was a profound innovation in the world of life.''<br />
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''In a way, this event parallels, in the plant world, what happened among animals. Consider the relative chance for survival of the exteriorly deposited egg of a fish in contrast with the fertilized egg of a mammal, carefully retained for months in the mother's body until the young animal (or human being) is developed to a point where it may survive. The biological wastage is less--and so it is with the flowering plants. The primitive spore, a single cell fertilized in the beginning by a swimming sperm, did not promote rapid distribution, and the young plant, moreover, had to struggle up from nothing. No one had left it any food except what it could get by its own unaided efforts.''<br />
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''By contrast, the true flowering plants (angiosperm itself means "encased seed") grew a seed in the heart of a flower, a seed whose development was initiated by a fertilizing pollen grain independent of outside moisture. But the seed, unlike the developing spore, is already a fully equipped embryonic plant packed in a little enclosed box stuffed full of nutritious food. Moreover, by featherdown attachments, as in dandelion or milkweed seed, it can be wafted upward on gusts and ride the wind for miles; or with hooks it can cling to a<br />
bear's or a rabbit's hide; or like some of the berries, it can be covered with a juicy attractive fruit to lure birds, pass undigested through their intestinal tracts and be voided miles away.''<br />
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''The ramifications of this biological invention were endless. Plants traveled as they had never traveled before. They got into strange environments heretofore never entered by the old spore plants or stiff pine-cone-seed plants. The well-fed, carefully cherished little embryos raised their heads everywhere. Many of the older plants with more primitive reproductive mechanisms began to fade away under this unequal contest. They contracted their range into secluded environments. Some, like the giant redwoods, lingered on as relics; many vanished entirely.''<br />
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''The world of the giants was a dying world. These fantastic little seeds skipping and hopping and flying about the woods and valleys brought with them an amazing adaptability. If our whole lives had not been spent in the midst of it, it would astound us. The old, stiff, sky-reaching wooden world had changed into something that glowed here and there with strange colors, put out queer, unheard-of fruits and little intricately carved seed cases, and, most important of all, produced concentrated foods in a way that the land had never seen before, or dreamed of back in the fish-eating, leaf-crunching days of the dinosaurs.''<br />
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''That food came from three sources, all produced by the reproductive system of the flowering plants. There were the tantalizing nectars and pollens intended to draw insects for pollenizing purposes, and which are responsible also for that wonderful jeweled creation, the hummingbird. There were the juicy and enticing fruits to attract larger animals, and in which tough-coated seeds were concealed, as in the tomato, for example. Then, as if this were not enough, there was the food in the actual seed itself, the food intended to nourish the embryo. All over the world, like hot corn in a popper, these incredible elaborations of the flowering plants kept exploding. In a movement that was almost instantaneous, geologically speaking, the angiosperms had taken over the world.''<br />
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''Grass was beginning to cover the bare earth until, today, there are over six thousand species. All kinds of vines and bushes squirmed and writhed under new trees with flying seeds.The explosion was having its effect on animal life also. Specialized groups of insects were arising to feed on the new sources of food and, incidentally and unknowingly, to pollinate the plant. The flowers bloomed and bloomed in ever larger and more spectacular varieties. Some were pale unearthly night flowers intended to lure moths in the evening twilight, some among the orchids even took the shape of female spiders in order to attract wandering males, some flamed redly in the light of noon or twinkled modestly <br />
in the meadow grasses. Intricate mechanisms splashed pollen on the breasts of hummingbirds, or stamped it on the bellies of black, grumbling bees droning assiduously from blossom to blossom. Honey ran, insects multiplied, and even the descendants of that toothed and ancient lizard-bird had become strangely altered. Equipped with prodding beaks instead of biting teeth they pecked the seeds and gobbled the insects that were really converted nectar.''<br />
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''Across the planet grasslands were now spreading. A slow continental upthrust which had been a part of the early Age of Flowers had cooled the world's climates. The stalking reptiles and the leather-winged black imps of the seashore cliffs had vanished. Only birds roamed the air now, hot-blooded and high-speed metabolic<br />
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''The mammals, too, had survived and were venturing into new domains, staring about perhaps a bit bewildered at their sudden eminence now that the thunder lizards were gone. Many of them, beginning as small browsers upon leaves in the forest, began to venture out upon this new sunlit world of the grass. Grass has a high silica content and demands a new type of very tough and resistant tooth enamel, but the seeds taken incidentally in the cropping of the grass are highly nutritious. A new world had opened out for the warm-blooded mammals. Great herbivores like the mammoths, horses and bisons appeared. Skulking about them had arisen savage flesh feeding carnivores like the now extinct dire wolves and the saber-toothed tiger.''<br />
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''Flesh eaters though these creatures were, they were being sustained on nutritious grasses one step removed. Their fierce energy was being maintained on a high, effective level, through hot days and frosty nights, by the concentrated energy of the angiosperms. That energy, thirty per cent or more of the weight of the entire plant among some of the cereal grasses, was being accumulated and concentrated in the rich proteins and fats of the enormous game herds of the grasslands.''<br />
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''On the edge of the forest, a strange, old-fashioned animal still hesitated. His body was the body of a tree dweller, and though tough and knotty by human standards, he was, in terms of that world into which he gazed, a weakling. His teeth, though strong for chewing on the tough fruits of the forest, or for crunching an occasional unwary bird caught with his prehensile hands, were not the tearing sabers of the great cats. He had a passion for lifting himself up to see about, in his restless, roving curiosity. He would run a little stiffly and uncertainly, perhaps, on his hind legs, but only in those rare moments when he ventured out upon the ground. All this was the legacy of his climbing days; he had a hand with flexible fingers and no fine specialized hoofs upon which to gallop like the wind.''<br />
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''If he had any idea of competing in that new world, he had better forget it; teeth or hooves, he was much too late for either. He was a ne'er-do-well, an in-betweener. Nature had not done well by him. It was as if she had hesitated and never quite made up her mind. Perhaps as a consequence he had a malicious gleam in his eye, the gleam of an outcast who has been left nothing and knows he is going to have to take what he gets. One day a little band of these odd apes--for apes they were--shambled out upon the grass; the human story had begun.''<br />
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''Apes were to become men, in the inscrutable wisdom of nature, because flowers had produced seeds and fruits in such tremendous quantities that a new and totally different store of energy had become available in concentrated form. Impressive as the slow-moving, dim-brained dinosaurs had been, it is doubtful if their age had supported anything like the diversity of life that now rioted across the planet or flashed in and out among the trees. Down on the grass by a streamside, one of those apes with inquisitive fingers turned over a stone and hefted it vaguely. The group clucked together in a throaty tongue and moved off through the tall grass foraging for seeds and insects. The one still held, sniffed, and hefted the stone he had found. He liked the feel of it in his fingers. The attack on the animal world was about to begin.''<br />
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''If one could run the story of that first human group like a speeded-up motion picture through a million years of time, one might see the stone in the hand change to the flint ax and the torch. All that swarming grassland world with its giant bison and trumpeting mammoths would go down in ruin to feed the insatiable and growing numbers of a carnivore who, like the great cats before him, was taking his energy indirectly from the grass. Later he found fire and it altered the tough meats and drained their energy even faster into a stomach ill adapted for the ferocious turn man's habits had taken.''<br />
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''His limbs grew longer, he strode more purposefully over the grass. The stolen energy that would take man across the continents would fail him at last. The Great Ice Age herds were destined to vanish. When they did so, another hand like the hand that grasped the stone by the river long ago would pluck a handful of grass seed and hold it contemplatively.''<br />
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''In that moment, the golden towers of man, his swarming millions, his turning wheels, the vast learning of his packed libraries, would glimmer dimly there in the ancestor of wheat, a few seeds held in a muddy hand. Without the gift of flowers and the infinite diversity of their fruits, man and bird, if they had continued to exist at all, would be today unrecognizable. Archaeopteryx, the lizard-bird, might still be snapping at beetles on a sequoia limb; man might still be a nocturnal insectivore gnawing a roach in the dark. The weight of a petal has changed the face of the world and made it ours.''<br />
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''The flowering plant family Asteraceae (e.g. sunflowers, daisies, chrysanthemums), with about 23,000 species, is found almost everywhere in the world except in Antarctica.'' <br />
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''Asteraceae (or Compositae) are regarded as one of the most influential families in the diversification and evolution of a large number of animals that heavily depends on their inflorescences to survive (e.g. bees, hummingbirds, wasps). Here we report the discovery of pollen grains unambiguously assigned to Asteraceae that remained buried in Antarctic deposits for more than 65 million years along with other extinct groups (e.g. Dinosaurs, Ammonites). Our discovery drastically pushes back the assumed origin of Asteraceae, because these pollen grains are the oldest fossils ever found for the family.''<br />
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โ ''"Quite frankly, there is no answer to climate change without substantially, dramatically, increasing the amount of renewable energy in the global energy system." -- Christiana Figueres''<br />
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โ ''"We are going to have to find ways of organizing ourselves cooperatively, sanely, scientifically, harmonically and in regenerative spontaneity with the rest of humanity around the earth.... We are not going to be able to operate our spaceship earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common." -- Buckminster Fuller''<br />
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โ ''"I am an optimist because I know that there is the possibility of change if people really care to make it happen. And that's important, because I never could have done what I did if there hadn't been a groundswell of women in the late 60s and throughout the 70s wanting to tear down the barriers โ wanting to free both women and men to be you and me, to follow your own talents as far as they could take you." -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg''<br />
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โ ''"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!" -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe'' <br />
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โ ''"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make." -- Jane Goodall''<br />
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โ ''"The decayed conditions of American democracy is difficult to grasp, not because the facts are secret, but because the facts are visible everywhere." -- William Greider, [https://www.amazon.com/Who-Will-Tell-People-Democracy/dp/067168891X/ref=sr_1_1 '''Who Will Tell the People''' (1992)]<br />
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:... Buddha, Dharma and Sangha<br />
:Wakefulness, reality and community<br />
:Skandhas ... <br />
:Body, Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations and Consciousness<br />
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:Avalokiteshvara<br />
:while practicing deeply with<br />
:the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore,<br />
:suddenly discovered that<br />
:all of the five Skandhas are equally empty,<br />
:and with this realisation<br />
:he overcame all Ill-being.<br />
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:Thay: Gentle reminder nothing arises independently of anything else<br />
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:A Eulogy to Thay<br />
:You have shown us how to wake up and fall in love with the Earth, so we may protect and heal her with all our heart. We may spend our whole lives trying :to keep up with you, dear Thay, and your vision for a future that is possible โ a future whose foundation you have built step by step, breath by breath, page by page. -- Plum Village, 2022<br />
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โ ''โI find the people who think we are doomed to be very tiring and unhelpful.โ Catastrophic outcomes can be avoided โif we are smart, and I think we are capable of being smart.โ -- James Hansen''<br />
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โ ''โIn spite of the string of magazine covers announcing the contrary, we all know that ten simple things will not save the earth. There are, rather, three thousand impossible things that all of us must do, and changing our light bulbs, while necessary, is the barest beginning. We are being called upon to act against a prevailing culture, to undermine our own entrenched tendency to accumulate and to consume, and to refuse to define our individuality by our presumed ability to do whatever we want.โ -- Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness and Urban Bestiary''<br />
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โ Genuine politics is "simply a matter of serving those around us, serving the community, and serving those who will come after us." -- Vaclav Havel''<br />
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โ ''"The bottom line is this: to care about climate change, we only have to be one thing and that's a human living on this planet. And we're all that." -- Katharine Hayhoe''<br />
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โ ''โWhen we have learned how to listen to trees, then the brevity and the quickness and the childlike hastiness of our thoughts achieve an incomparable joy.โ -- Hermann Hesse''<br />
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โ ''"How can we fret and stew sub specie aeternitatis - under the calm gaze of ancient Tao? The salt of the sea is in our blood; the calcium of the rocks is in our bones; the genes of ten thousand generations of stalwart progenitors are in our cells. The sun shines and we smile. The winds rage and we bend before them. The blossoms open and we rejoice. Earth is our long home." -- Stewart W. Holmes''<br />
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โ ''"When we love the earth, we are able to love ourselves more fully. I believe this. The ancestors taught me it was so... I expressed wonder and awe at the magic of growing things." -- bell hooks''<br />
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โ ''"Everywhere I go, people want to feel more connected. They want to feel more connected to their neighbors. They want to feel more connected to the world. And when we learn that through love we can have that connection, we can see the stranger as ourselves. And I think that it would be absolutely fantastic to have that sense of 'Let's return to kind of a utopian focus on love, not unlike the sort of hippie focus on love.' Because I always say to people, you know, the '60s' focus on love had its stupid sentimental dimensions, but then it had these life-transforming dimensions. When I think of the love of justice that led three young people, two Jews and one African American Christian, to go to the South and fight for justice and give their lives โ Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner โ I think that's a quality of love that's awesome. ... I tell this to young people, you know, that we can love in a deep and profound way that transforms the political world in which we live in." -- bell hooks'' <br />
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โ ''"A beheading is worse than a sunburn." -- Mike Huckabee, in a May 2017 interview on Fox News, touting President Trumpโs priorities as combating terrorism and the "historic" arms deals with Saudi Arabia instead of addressing climate change.''<br />
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โ ''"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -- Aldous Huxley, "Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929"'' <br />
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โ ''"Listen to the people who are talking about how to fix what's wrong, not the ones who just work people into a snit over the problems. Listen to the people who have ideas about how to fix things, not the ones who just blame others." -- Molly Ivins''<br />
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โ ''"We have one earth; now we must learn to see our earth as one world โ the only home for all of life on earth. That is our challenge." -- Richard Jacobs, Tierra Verde, Florida''<br />
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โ ''โThe people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do.โ -- Steve Jobs''<br />
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โ ''"Iโve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed." -- Michael Jordan''<br />
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โ ''"Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other." -- Carl G. Jung''<br />
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โ ''"We are... at a place where the light of the beginning can no longer be seen, and the light of the end is so very small a glimmer that the gaze must continually search for it and is always losing it again." -- Franz Kafka''<br />
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โ ''"Look closely. The beautiful may be small." -- Immanuel Kant'' <br />
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โ ''"Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made." -- Immanuel Kant''<br />
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โ ''โTrue teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.โ -- Nikos Kazantzakis'' <br />
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โ ''โThe purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.โ -- Robert Kennedy''<br />
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โ ''"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice. He sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest wall of oppression and resistance." -- Robert Kennedy, "Ripple of Hope" speech, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Affirmation_Address Day of Affirmation Address, Capetown, June, 1966]''<br />
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<small>Sister Corita Kent, On living life to your full potential</small><br />
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<small>"Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, was an artist with an innovative approach to design and education. By the 1960s, her vibrant serigraphs were drawing international acclaim. Coritaโs work reflected her concerns about poverty, racism, and war, and her messages of peace and social justice" ... visit the Corita Art Center - [https://www.immaculateheartcommunity.org/ '''IHM community'''] @ '''https://www.corita.org/''' </small><br />
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โ ''โWhen all the trees have been cut down and all the animals have been hunted to extinction, when all the waters are polluted and the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money.โ -- Sherilynn Kenyon''<br />
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โ ''โCowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience ask the question, is it right? And there comes a time when we must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.โ -- Martin Luther King Jr''<br />
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โ ''"The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined non-conformists, who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific, and religious freedom have always been non-conformists." -- Martin Luther King Jr''<br />
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โ ''"If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream." -- Martin Luther King Jr''<br />
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โ ''โRight now, in the amazing moment that to us counts as the present, we are deciding, without quite meaning to, which evolutionary pathways will remain open and which will forever be closed. No other creature has ever managed this and it will, unfortunately, be our most enduring legacy.โ -- Elizabeth Kolbert''<br />
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โ ''"After an orange cloud -- formed as a result of a dust storm over the Sahara and caught up by air currents -- reached the Philippines and settled there with rain, I understood that we are all sailing in the same boat." -- Astronaut Vladimir Kovalyonok''<br />
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โ '' โTo give back more than what was givenโฆโ -- Alan Kozlowski, on his life philosophy learned from his teacher, Ravi Shankar''<br />
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โ ''"I think we're in a new era where the advancing tide is towards human unity, where people all around the world want to come together. The United States is in a position where it can lead the way towards that and it can do it in practical ways by affirming the power of the United Nations so that the international process makes decisions on international security." -- Dennis Kucinich, former US Congress representative''<br />
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โ ''"Whether we have wings or fins, or roots or paws... we are all relatives." -- Winona LaDuke, Ojibwe''<br />
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โ ''โOne of our fundamental teachings is that in all our actions we consider the impact it will have on seven generations. Think about what it would mean to have a worldview that could last a thousand years, instead of the current corporate mindset that canโt see beyond the next quarterly earnings statement.โ -- Winona LaDuke, Anishinaabe activist and former US Green Party candidate for vice president... [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Seventh_Generation ''' 'Seventh Generation' Thinking''']''<br />
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โ ''"Aristippus said that a wise man's country was the world." -- Diogenes Laertius, 13 xiii, Circa 200 A.D.''<br />
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โ ''"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." -- Dalai Lama''<br />
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โ ''โWe got rich by violating one of the central tenets of economics: thou shall not sell off your capital and call it income. And yet over the past 40 years we have clear-cut the forests, fished rivers and oceans to the brink of extinction and siphoned oil from the earth as if it possessed an infinite supply. We've sold off our planet's natural capital and called it income. And now the earth, like the economy, is stripped.โ -- Kalle Lasn, Adbusters''<br />
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โ ''"We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes - something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters' paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a viewโฆ" -- '''Aldo Leopold''', '''A Sand County Almanac''' with Other Essays on Conservation from Round River'' <br />
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โ ''"The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land... In short, a land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it. It implies respect for his fellow-members, and also respect for the community as such.โ -- Aldo Leopold''<br />
: (''The ecocentric ethic was conceived by '''Aldo Leopold''' and recognizes that all species, including humans, are the product of a long evolutionary process and are inter-related in their life processes. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecocentrism'')<br />
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โ ''โWhen you see something that is not right, you must say something ... Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part.โ -- John Lewis''<br />
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โ ''"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.โ โ- Abraham Lincoln''<br />
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โ ''"I have probably looked at as many pictures from space as anybody... so I knew exactly what [I] was going to see... There was no intellectual preparation I hadn't made. But there is no way you can be prepared for the emotional impact. It was a moving enough experience that it brought tears to my eyes." -- Astronaut Don L. Lind''<br />
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โ ''"We are already well into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, where human interference is the dominant factor in nearly every planetary ecosystem, to the detriment of perhaps all of them." -- Mark Lynas, Six Degrees''<br />
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โ ''"We are looking ahead, as is one of the first mandates given us as chiefs, to make sure and to make every decision that we make relate to the welfare and well-being of the seventh generation to come.... What about the seventh generation? Where are you taking them? What will they have?" -- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oren_Lyons Oren Lyons], Chief of the Onondaga Iroquois Nation, speaks of ancient wisdom''<br />
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'''Chief Lyons, as a Bioneer, a Planet Citizen''' - http://www.bioneers.org/staff/chief-oren-lyons/ - https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Seventh_Generation<br />
: "The Roots of American Democracy" (w/ Video) <br />
::* https://bioneers.org/chief-oren-lyons-the-roots-of-american-democracy-bioneers/<br />
:::* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/PlanetCitizen<br />
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โ ''"My dear Mr. Jimmy Wing, the only victory is existence, and the only defeat is extermination. When a species cannot survive, it is defeated. We must keep mankind from making the planet unsuitable for existence without technology.. In the criminal campaign against fire ants in this country, the poisoners have slain an estimated five thousand tons of small birds. Tons, Mr. Wing. Thirty to forty million in specific areas... This was nonselective elimination, taking the healthy and sick, the predators and sapsuckers, destroying not only that generation but all possible subsequent ones from that conglomerate of basic strains. It is a thoughtless ecological abomination, Mr. Wing. It is like rubbing out one factor in a vastly complex equation. Due to the interrelationship of bird life, insect life and plant fertilization, the known characteristics of that area will change. To what? We do not know. We only know it will be different. I recognize a deity of interrelationships, of checks and balances and dependencies. Acts such as this are like spitting in the face of God. It is a dangerous temerity, Mr. Wing. It is, in its essence, stupidity, nonknowing, the most precarious condition of man. Filling in this bay is part of the same pattern of throwing away everything you do not understand." -- John D. MacDonald, "A Flash of Green", 1962''<br />
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โ ''โThe true character of a society is revealed by how it treats its children.โ -- Nelson Mandela''<br />
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โ ''"The modern 24-hour news cycle is unkind to challengesโlike the climate crisisโwhich require diligence and concerted action, day after day, week after week, year after year.โ -- Michael E. Mann''<br />
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โ ''"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"'' <br />
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โ ''"With science plus action, things can get better." -- Kate Marvel''<br />
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โ ''"There's no such thing as waste in nature. One thing's waste is another thing's food. #CradletoCradle outlines a biological metabolism where products are consumed, used and re-consumed in natural systems or return to industry in the technological metabolism." -- William McDonough''<br />
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โ ''''' "The Question I Get Asked the Most?" ''''' ''The most common one by far is also the simplest: 'What can I do?' I bet I've been asked it 10,000 times by now... 'What can I do to make a difference?' The right question is 'What can <u>we</u> do to make a difference?' " -- [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Bill_McKibben,_planet_citizen Bill McKibben]''<br />
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โ ''If we donโt win very quickly on climate change, then we will never win. Thatโs the core truth about global warming. Itโs what makes it different from every other problem our political systems have faced.'' -- Bill McKibben''<br />
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โ ''"I've never confused dissent with the lack of patriotism; if anything, just the opposite. You know the people I was talking about showed their patriotism by dissenting from big power." -- Bill McKibben''<br />
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โ "There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew." -- Marshall McLuhan''<br />
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โ ''"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects." -- Herman Melville''<br />
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โ ''"Be kind-- to other humans, to animals, and to the amazing planet we live on." -- Ron Merkord <br />
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โ ''"We are all bound together in an inescapable web of the living ecosystem, and religion concerns how we knowingly bind ourselves to the larger whole which sustains all life." -- Rev. Dr. Russell L. Meyer, Florida Council of Churches''<br />
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โ ''"In outer space you develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, 'Look at that, you son of a bitch'." -- Edgar Mitchell, Apollo Astronaut''<br />
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โ ''โI was gazing out of the window, at the Earth, moon, sun and star-studded blackness of space in turn as our capsule slowly rotated... Gradually, I was flooded with the ecstatic awareness that I was a part of what I was observing. Every molecule in my body was birthed in a star hanging in space. I became aware that everything that exists is part of one intricately interconnected whole.โ -- Edgar Mitchell, Apollo Astronaut speaking of the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Overview_Effect '''"Overview Effect"''']''<br />
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:''"And I dreamed I saw the bombers<br />
:''Riding shotgun in the sky<br />
:''And they were turning into butterflies<br />
:''Above our nation<br />
:''We are stardust<br />
:''Billion year old carbon<br />
:''We are golden" <br />
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โ ''โGovernments are deemed to succeed or fail by how well they make money go round, regardless of whether it serves any useful purpose. They regard it as a sacred duty to encourage the countryโs most revolting spectacle: the annual feeding frenzy in which shoppers queue all night, then stampede into the shops, elbow, trample and sometimes fight to be the first to carry off some designer junk which will go into landfill before the sales next year. The madder the orgy, the greater the triumph of economic management.โ -- George Monbiot''<br />
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โ ''โA tree is alive, and thus it is always more than you can see. Roots to leaves, yes-those you can, in part, see. But it is more-it is the lichens and moss and ferns that grow on its bark, the life too small to see that lives among its roots, a community we know of, but do not think on. It is every fly and bee and beetle that uses it for shelter or food, every bird that nests in its branches. Every one an individual, and yet every one part of the tree, and the tree part of every one.โ -- Elizabeth Moon''<br />
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โ ''"When we try to pick anything out by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." -- John Muir''<br />
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โ ''โRegarding the question as to climate change, I think the President was fairly straightforward โ Weโre not spending money on that anymore; we consider that to be a waste of your money to go out and do that.โ -- Mick Mulvaney, President Trumpโs budget director, [https://youtu.be/l7WGtMtAloo March 17, 2017]''<br />
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โ ''"Weโre running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe.โ<br />
:''"The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere [due to increased carbon emissions], the greater the long-term effect will be... [W]hy would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be 'really bad'."''<br />
:''"As far as Earth is concerned, I think the biggest problem that humanity faces is one of sustainable energy. If we donโt solve that problem this century, independent of any environmental concerns, we will face economic collapseโฆ This is obvious." -- Elon Musk''<br />
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โ ''"The peyote hunt provides one version of the fulfillment of a panhuman questโthe desire for total unity among all creatures and all peopleโand accordingly we find in it significance beyond the specificity of Huichol religion and world view." Barbara Myerhoff interpreted this rite to be a recovery of the Huichol peoples' original condition of oneness; she viewed this quest as universal and understood the Peyote Hunt to be one example among many "returns to paradise." -- Dr. Barbara Myerhoff, Anthropology Professor, USC''<br />
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โ ''"Security concerns can no longer be confined to traditional ideas of soldiers and tanks, bombs and missiles. Increasingly they include environmental resources that underpin our material welfare. These resources include soil, water, forests, and climate, all prime components of a nation's environmental foundations." -- Norman Myers, Ultimate Security: The Environmental Basis of Political Stability''<br />
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โ ''"To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers ... as only NASA can." -- NASA Original Mission Statement (1958)''<br />
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โ ''"Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty. The objective is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human beings and all other living creatures." -- Gaylord Nelson, US Senator''<br />
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โ ''"Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth." -- Sir Isaac Newton. [https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 Newton Papers, Cambridge Library'']<br />
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โ ''โOur life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.โ -- Anaรฏs Nin''<br />
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โ ''"Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together." -- Anaรฏs Nin''<br />
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โ ''โFor me, walking in a hard Dakota wind can be like staring at the ocean: humbled before its immensity, I also have a sense of being at home on this planet, my blood so like the sea in chemical composition, my every cell partaking of air. I live about as far from the sea as is possible in North America, yet I walk in a turbulent ocean. Maybe that child was right when he told me that the world is upside-down here, and this is where angels drown.โ -- Kathleen Norris, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography''<br />
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โ ''โThe power of the atom in my view may be God's ultimate test of mankind. Our challenge is clear but awesome.โ -- Sam Nunn, Nuclear Weapons / NTI https://t.co/GQ29nU9Jbk''<br />
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''Let us bless The Imagination of the Earth. That knew early the patience To harness the mind of time, Waited for the seas to warm, Ready to welcome the emergence Of things dreaming of voyaging Among the stillness of land.''<br />
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''Let us thank the Earth That offers ground for home And holds our feet firm To walk in space open To Infinite galaxies.''<br />
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โ ''"In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty." -- Phil Ochs'' <br />
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โ ''"Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,''<br />
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โ ''"I donโt know exactly what a prayer is.''<br />
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''Tell me, what else should I have done?''<br />
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''Doesnโt everything die at last, and too soon?''<br />
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''Tell me, what is it you plan to do''<br />
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''with your one wild and precious life?" -- Mary Oliver''<br />
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โ "Hope is a verb with its shirtsleeves rolled up." -- David Orr''<br />
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โ ''"The greatest discovery of the past century... (or more accurately the rediscovery) was of an ancient premonition -- that we are part of a vast web of life, one large evolving system that has many of the characteristics of a living organism. We live, as Ralph Waldo Emerson once described, in the lap of great intelligence. We are kith and kin to all that was, all there is, and all that will ever be. For all of our puffed up self-importance, we are only upstart primates occupying one small booth on the outskirts of a vast, turbulent, ongoing bazaar of living, evolving sentience located on a minuscule planet attached to a third-rate star somewhere in a backwater galaxy in a sea of billions of other galaxies speeding toward some unknown destination." -- David Orr''<br />
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โ ''โThe point is that the pleasures of spring are available to everybody, and cost nothing.โ -- George Orwell, "Some Thoughts on the Common Toad"'' <br />
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โ ''"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion." -- Thomas Paine''<br />
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โ ''"Dans les champs de l'observation, le hasard ne favorise que les esprits prรฉparรฉs" ("In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind") -- Louis Pasteur''<br />
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โ ''"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." (translated from classical Greek - แผก ฮผฮฝฮฎฮผฮท แผก ฯฮฎ ฮฟแฝฮบ ฮตฯฯฮน ฯแฟถฮฝ ฯฯฮทฮปแฟถฮฝ ฮผฯฮฝฮฟฮฝ แผฯฮนฮณฯฮฑฯฮฎ, แผฯฯฮฏ ฮดฮต แผก ฯแฟถฮฝ แผฮฝฮดฯแฟถฮฝ ฮผฮฝฮฎฮผฮท) -- Pericles''<br />
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โ ''โThere is always a large horizonโฆ There is much to be done. It is up to you to contribute some small part to a program of human betterment for all time.โ -- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Perkins Frances Perkins]''<br />
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โ ''โNo matter how many toys we amass we leave them behind when we die, just as we leave a broken environment, an economy that only benefits the richest, and a legacy of empowering greed over goodness. It is now time to commit to following a new path.โ -- John Perkins''<br />
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โ ''โBe kind, for everyone you know is fighting a great battle.โ -- Philo, ancient philosopher of Alexandria, Egypt''<br />
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โ ''"I think that weโve become very disconnected from the natural world and many of us, what weโre guilty of is an egocentric worldview โ the belief that weโre the center of the universe." -- Joaquin Phoenix, Speech at the #Oscars2020''<br />
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โ ''โWe must never forget that the natural environment is a collective good, the patrimony of all humanity and the responsibility of everyone.โ -- Pope Francis, Catholic Pontiff''<br />
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โ ''โWe must not be indifferent or resigned to the loss of biodiversity and the destruction of ecosystems, often caused by our irresponsible and selfish behaviour... Because of us, thousands of species will no longer give glory to God by their very existence โฆ [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Destroying_the_Environment_Is_a_Sin We have no such right.]โ -- Pope Francis, "World Day of Prayer", 2016''<br />
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โ ''"[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Pope_Francis_m.jpg In Laudato Si'], I call for a courageous and responsible effort to 'redirect our steps', and to avert the most serious effects of the environmental deterioration caused by human activity. I am convinced that we can make a difference and I have no doubt that the United States โ and this Congress โ have an important role to play." -- Pope Francis, Speech to the U.S. Congress, Sept 2015''<br />
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โ ''"Our goals are the same as those of the U.N.'s founders, who sought to replace a world at war with one where the rule of law would prevail, where human rights were honored, where development would blossom, where conflict would give way to freedom from violence." -- Ronald Reagan, [http://www.state.gov/p/io/potusunga/207335.htm Address by the US President to the UN General Assembly]''<br />
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โ ''"Weโll have a bumpy ride through this century, and weโll be lucky to avoid major setbacks to our civilization โ setbacks which, in our interconnected world, will cascade globally. The concerns are of two kinds. The first is the risk of crossing ecological tipping points, due to the stresses imposed by the collective impacts of a larger, more empowered and more demanding population on land use, climate stability, and so forth. The second category of concerns are the threats stemming from the misuse, by error or by design, of new technologies such as bio, cyber, IT, and AI." -- Martin Rees, British astrophysicist; Author, "Our Final Hour: A Scientistโs Warning: How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankindโs Future in This Century โ on Earth and Beyond"''<br />
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โ ''โWhen you donโt have facts, you canโt have truth...''<br />
:''When you donโt have truth, you canโt have trust.''<br />
:''When you canโt have a shared reality, you canโt have democracy.''<br />
:''You canโt have any kind of meaningful interaction to solve the existential problems we face.โ''<br />
:-- ''Maria Ressa''<br />
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โ ''โWhen social media platforms amplify lies & recommend liars, facts are drowned in a flood of falsehoods & doubt, eroding democracy in a tide of truth decay. If facts lose in every country around the worldโand that is whatโs at stakeโwe will lose truth.<br />
Without truth, you canโt have trust. Without these, any shared human endeavor is impossible, & that includes democracy." -- Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize''<br />
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โ''"Once again, we are at a time of testing. How it comes out rests, as it always has, in our hands." Heather Cox Richardson, "Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America" (2023)''<br />
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โ ''"Sometimes when Iโm asked to describe the Buddhist teachings, I say this: Everything is connected; nothing lasts; you are not alone. This is really just a restatement of the traditional Three Marks of Existence: non-self, impermanence, and suffering. The fact that we all suffer means we are all in the same boat, and thatโs what allows us to feel compassion." -- Lewis Richmond''<br />
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โ ''โIt is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.โ -- Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt, 1910''<br />
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โ ''"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths." -- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross''<br />
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โ ''โWhatโs the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions, if in the end all weโre willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true?โ -- F. Sherwood Rowland to the New Yorker, 1986, about CFCs and Ozone Depletion before the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol Montreal Protocol] is adopted''<br />
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โ ''"Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.โ -- Oliver Sacks''<br />
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โ ''"Human history can be viewed as a slowly dawning awareness that we are members of a larger group. Initially our loyalties were to ourselves and our immediate family, next, to bands of wandering hunter-gatherers, then to tribes, small settlements, city-states, nations. We have broadened the circle of those we love. We have now organized what are modestly described as super-powers, which include groups of people from divergent ethnic and cultural backgrounds working in some sense together--surely a humanizing and character building experience. If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth. Many of those who run the nations will find this idea unpleasant. They will fear the loss of power. We will hear much about treason and disloyalty. Rich nation-states will have to share their wealth with poor ones. But the choice, as H. G. Wells once said in a different context, is clearly the universe or nothing." -- Carl Sagan, Cosmos''<br />
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โ ''''' "Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive is owed not just to ourselves but also to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring." -- Carl Sagan, Cosmos''''' <br />
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: ''More Cosmos quotes from Sagan [https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3237312-cosmos at GoodReads]''<br />
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โ ''"Look again at [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Pale_Blue_Dot_from_Cassini_July_19,2013.jpg that dot]. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there - on a [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Pale-blue-dot.jpg mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam].''<br />
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''"The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors, so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.''<br />
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''"Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves."'' <br />
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''-- Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot''<br />
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โ ''โQuand on a terminรฉ sa toilette du matin, il faut faire soigneusement la toilette de la planรจte.โ -- Antoine de Saint-Exupรฉry, The Little Prince''<br />
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โ ''"In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but what we refuse to destroy." -- John C. Sawhill, Nature Conservancy''<br />
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โ ''"Unnoticed, much of the extinction in our era is of small species, lesser known, unknown and unconsidered species, whether in the rich biospheres of the oceans, rainforests, soils or within all of life, the micro-organisms are at risk and in peril. -- Steven Schmidt<br />
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โ ''"We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet, the [http://www.thinbluelayer.com '''"Thin Blue Layer"''']. The '''Anthropocene era''' is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' as nature used to be... Our challenge is to use our native intelligence to protect the life-enabling atmosphere, to make decisions that sustain and benefit life today and for future generations." -- Steven Schmidt''<br />
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โ ''"Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility." -- E.F. Schumacher''<br />
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โ ''"I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch, which I've got held up for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." -- George Bernard Shaw''<br />
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โ ''โIn nature's economy the currency is not money, it is life.โ -- Vandana Shiva, Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace''<br />
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โ ''"It's not an investment if its destroying the planet." -- Vandana Shiva''<br />
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โ ''"When I listen with my heart, I am pierced with an empathic awareness that calls me into action beyond what any amount of learning, reading or mental understanding can prompt." -- Nina Simons, [https://medium.com/@bioneers/shifting-guidance-from-head-to-heart-fb4d138cf320#.j2a4lb1pc Shifting Guidance from Head to Heart], [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bioneers15?src=hashโช #โbioneers15โฌ]''<br />
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โ ''"My race needs no special defense, for the past history of them in this country proves them to be the equal of any people anywhere. All they need is an equal chance in the battle of life." ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7181274/robert-scott-smalls#view-photo=205991635 1895]) -- Robert Smalls''<br />
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โ ''"It is hard to imagine a free market in a real world, and certainly not in Washington where 35,000 corporate lobbyists work hard to make sure the market is anything but free..." -- Sam Smith, Washington DC, 2005<br />
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โ ''โDavid had been photographing endangered species in the Hawaiian rainforest and elsewhere for years, and his collections of photographs and Suzie's tarot cards seemed somehow related. Because species disappear when their habitat does, he photographed them against the nowhere of a black backdrop (which sometimes meant propping up a black velvet cloth in the most unlikely places and discouraging climates), and so each creature, each plant, stood as though for a formal portrait alone against the darkness. The photographs looked like cards too, card from the deck of the world in which each creature describes a history, a way of being in the world, a set of possibilities, a deck from which cards are being thrown away, one after another. Plants and animals are a language.... Like cards, flora and fauna could be read again and again, not only alone but in combination, in the endlessly shifting combinations of a nature that tells its own stories and colors ours, a nature we are losing without even knowing the extent of that loss.โ -- Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost''<br />
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โ ''"There are really only two questions for activists: what do you want to achieve? And who do you want to be? And those two questions are deeply entwined. Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style. That is the small ongoing victory on which great victories can be built, and you do want victories, don't you?" -- Rebecca Solnit, July 4, 2016''<br />
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โ ''"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice." -- Spinoza''<br />
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โ ''"Cultivating the habit of thinking relationally -- because physical reality is more profoundly interrelated than we can ever grasp -- changes the way we experience and shape life in the modern world. Alive to the actual relational, dynamic nature of life in the Earth Community, we become aware of endless possibilities." -- Charlene Spretnak, [http://www.relationalrealitybook.com/ Relational Reality]''<br />
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โ ''"We in the fast-paced, hypermodern societies do not have all the answers. We can barely form the questions anymore. It seems self-evident, at least, that productive activity should reflect the larger and deeper relational values of a culture. The concept of 'the economy' in isolation is a pathetic reduction. Seeing 'the economy' as operating on top of nature is delusional. Allowing 'the economy' to rule all else is madness." -- Charlene Spretnak, [http://www.relationalrealitybook.com/ Relational Reality]''<br />
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โ ''"We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil โฆ preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft." -- Adlai Stevenson''<br />
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โ ''"Viewing the Earth from space, you see a singleness and unity to it all that we never perceive in the press of daily life. It seems such a vivid unity that surely it must be rooted some reality, and you wonder why this unity isn't more the reality of everyday human life on earth. You wonder if it could ever be so unified, and you return determined to do whatever you can to make it so - even a bit." -- Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan''<br />
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โ ''"The circle is a reminder that each moment is not just the present, but is inclusive of our gratitude to the past and our responsibility to the future." -- Kazuaki Tanahashi''<br />
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โ ''"The evolution of the Western mind has been driven by a heroic impulse to forge an autonomous rational human self, by separating it from the primordial unity with nature. To do this, the masculine mind has repressed the feminine... [and] all which the masculine has identified as the other. The crisis of modern man is essentially a masculine crisis. This is the great challenge of our time, the evolutionary imperative for the masculine to choose to enter into a fundamentally new relationship of mutuality with the feminine in all its forms. An epochal shifting is taking place in the contemporary psyche: a sacred marriage between the long-dominant but now alienated masculine, and the long-suppressed but now ascending feminine." Richard Tarnas, The Passion of the Western Mind''<br />
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โ ''โIf you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.โ -- Nikola Tesla''<br />
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โ ''"What good is a house, if you haven't got a decent planet to put it on?" -- Henry David Thoreau''<br />
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โ ''โEvery morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.โ -- Henry David Thoreau, Walden''<br />
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โ ''โWildness is the preservation of the World.โ -- Henry David Thoreau, Walking''<br />
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โ ''"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu''<br />
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โ ''"To sustain life on our small planet, we will need a wider, all-encompassing planetary resource ethic based on values implemented by mutual cooperation. This ethic must be rooted in the most intrinsic values of all: Caring, sharing, and mutual efforts that reach beyond all obstacles and boundaries." -- Stewart Udall''<br />
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โ ''โThe challenges that your generation faces will test your ingenuity and generosity. Your eyes will scan horizons that human beings have never contemplated. Whether you are a person of faith who believes the Earth is the Lordโs and the fullness thereof, whether you are an individual who has had mystical experiences that link you to the network of eternity, or whether you are a fervent conservationist who wants to leave a legacy for your progeny, the earth needs your devotion and tender care.โ -- Stewart Udall in Santa Fe, NM''<br />
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โ ''โGo well, do well, my children! Support all endeavors that promise a better life for the inhabitants of our planet. Cherish sunsets, wild creations, and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth!โ -- Stewart Udall, A Letter to my Grandchildren, Christmas 2009''<br />
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โ ''"Most people walking around in a mall or on a college campus are carrying on them better technology than the entire U.S. government had when it put a man on the moon. Each one of us is a walking technological superpower.... Given the capacities available to us, our wildest dreams and biggest hopes are probably too small." -- Van Jones, The Green Collar Economy''<br />
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โ ''"We live in the United States of amnesia." -- Gore Vidal<br />
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โ ''"Certainement qui est en droit de vous rendre absurde, est en droit de vous rendre injuste." ('Certainly anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices') -- Voltaire (pen name of Franรงois-Marie Arouet, translated from 1765 โCollection des Lettres sur les Miraclesโ)''<br />
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โ In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write a famous author and ask for advice. Kurt Vonnegut was the only one to respond ... here is Kurt's thoghts 'On Becoming'<br />
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'' โDear Xavier High School, and Ms. Lockwood, and Messrs Perin, McFeely, Batten, Maurer and Congiusta:<br />
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I thank you for your friendly letters. You sure know how to cheer up a really old geezer (84) in his sunset years. I donโt make public appearances any more because I now resemble nothing so much as an iguana.<br />
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What I had to say to you, moreover, would not take long, to wit: Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out whatโs inside you, to make your soul grow.<br />
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Seriously! I mean starting right now, do art and do it for the rest of your lives. Draw a funny or nice picture of Ms. Lockwood, and give it to her. Dance home after school, and sing in the shower and on and on. Make a face in your mashed potatoes. Pretend youโre Count Dracula.<br />
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Hereโs an assignment for tonight, and I hope Ms. Lockwood will flunk you if you donโt do it: Write a six line poem, about anything, but rhymed. No fair tennis without a net. Make it as good as you possibly can. But donโt tell anybody what youโre doing. Donโt show it or recite it to anybody, not even your girlfriend or parents or whatever, or Ms. Lockwood. OK?<br />
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Tear it up into teeny-weeny pieces, and discard them into widely separated trash receptacals. You will find that you have already been gloriously rewarded for your poem. You have experienced becoming, learned a lot more about whatโs inside you, and you have made your soul grow.<br />
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God bless you all!" -- Kurt Vonnegut''<br />
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โ ''"Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance." -- Kurt Vonnegut''<br />
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โ ''Walking in Beauty''<br />
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:''In beauty I walk''<br />
:''With beauty before me I walk''<br />
:''With beauty behind me I walk''<br />
:''With beauty above me I walk''<br />
:''With beauty around me I walk''<br />
:''It has become beauty again.''<br />
:''Hรณzhรณogo naashรกa doo''<br />
:''Shitsijรญโ hรณzhรณogo naashรกa doo''<br />
:''Shikรฉรฉdรฉรฉ hรณzhรณogo naashรกa doo''<br />
:''Shideigi hรณzhรณogo naashรกa doo''<br />
:''Tโรกรก altso shinaagรณรณ''<br />
:''Hรณzhรณogo naashรกa doo''<br />
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โ ''โWe all do better when we all do better.โ -- Paul Wellstone''<br />
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โ ''"Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people's lives." -- Senator Paul Wellstone''<br />
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โ ''Eudora Welty on On E.B. Whiteโs โCharlotteโs Webโ:''<br />
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''Eudora Weltyโs review of this timeless tale is a sheer delight, starting from its headline (โLife in the Barn Was Very Goodโ) and its first sentence (โE.B. White has written his book for children, which is nice for us older ones as it calls for big typeโ). Unlike contemporary reviews that get future classics โwrong,โ Welty โ who worked briefly as an editor at the Book Review during World War II โ saw this accomplishment clear in the moment. โWhat the book is about is friendship on earth, affection and protection, adventure and miracle, life and death, trust and treachery, pleasure and pain, and the passing of time,โ she wrote. โAs a piece of work it is just about perfect, and just about magical in the way it is done.โ''<br />
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โ ''โWe were told that we would see America come and go. In a sense America is dying, from within, because they forgot the instructions of how to live on earth. It's the Hopi belief, it's our belief, that if you are not spiritually connected to the earth, and understand the spiritual reality of how to live on earth, it's likely that you will not make it. Everything is spiritual, everything has a spirit, everything was brought here by the Creator, the ONE CREATOR. Some people call him God, some people call him Buddha, some people call him Allah, some people call him other names. We call him Tunkaschila... Grandfather. We are here on earth only a few winters, then we go to the spirit world. The spirit world is more real then most of us believe. The spirit world is everything. Over 95% of our body is water. In order to stay healthy you've got to drink good water... Water is sacred, air is sacred. Our DNA is made out of the same DNA as the tree, the tree breaths what we exhale, we need what the tree exhales. So we have a common destiny with the tree. We are all from the earth, and when earth, the water, the atmosphere is corrupted then it will create its own reaction. The mother is reacting. In the Hopi prophecy they say the storms and floods will become greater. To me, it's not a negative thing to know that there will be great changes. It's not negative, its evolution. When you look at it as evolution, it's time, nothing stays the same. You should learn how to plant something. That is the first connection. You should treat all things as spirit, realize that we are one family. It's never something like the end. It's like life, there is no end to life...โ -- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Westerman Red Crow Westerman]''<br />
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โ ''โI arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.โ -- E. B. White''<br />
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โ ''"The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time." -- Terry Tempest Williams'' <br />
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โ ''โHumanity is a biological species, living in a biological environment, because like all species, we are exquisitely adapted in everything: from our behavior, to our genetics, to our physiology, to that particular environment in which we live. The earth is our home. Unless we preserve the rest of life, as a sacred duty, we will be endangering ourselves by destroying the home in which we evolved, and on which we completely depend.โ -- Edward O. Wilson''<br />
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โ ''โI always felt a responsibility to do something right that was religious in intensity. I think itโs possible to have a secular, scientific view of the Earth, particularly its living part, nature. If we protect that then weโll be protecting our own future, and together we can find potentially eternal existence.โ -- E. O. Wilson''<br />
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โ ''"Humankind faces two great threats. The first is that of a nuclear exchange. Let us hope it remains no more than a diminishing prospect for the future. The second is that of environmental ruin worldwide โ and far from being a prospect for the future, it is a fact right now." -- "Our Common Future", World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987''<br />
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โ ''"Turning and turning in the widening gyre'' <br />
:''The falcon cannot hear the falconer;''<br />
:''Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;''<br />
:''Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,''<br />
:''The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere'' <br />
:''The ceremony of innocence is drowned;''<br />
:''The best lack all conviction, while the worst'' <br />
:''Are full of passionate intensity.''<br />
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:''Surely some revelation is at hand;''<br />
:''Surely the Second Coming is at hand.'' <br />
:''The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out'' <br />
:''When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi''<br />
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:''A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,'' <br />
:''Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it'' <br />
:''Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.'' <br />
:''The darkness drops again; but now I know'' <br />
:''That twenty centuries of stony sleep''<br />
:''Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,'' <br />
:''And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,'' <br />
:''Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"''<br />
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[[Category:Youth]]</div>Siterunnerhttps://greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_isLook at how thin our atmosphere is2024-03-24T14:10:41Z<p>Siterunner: </p>
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'''''"It is all connected, it is all interdependent...''''' <br />
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''You look out the window, and in my case, I saw the thinness of the atmosphere, and it really hit home, and I thought, 'Wow, this is a fragile ball of life that we're living on.' '' <br />
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July 2021 as Jeff Bezos returns to Earth from his [https://www.blueorigin.com/news-archive/first-human-flight-updates journey up to the edge of space on the Blue Origin ship...] he speaks emotionally of how thin the atmosphere is... <br />
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''โWhen you get up above it, what you see is, itโs actually incredibly thin. Itโs this tiny, little fragile thing, and as we move about the planet, weโre damaging it. Thatโs a very profound โ itโs one thing to recognize that intellectually. Itโs another thing to actually see with your eyes how fragile it really is.โ''<br />
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''"We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet, the [http://www.thinbluelayer.com "thin blue layer"]. The [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Anthropocene '''Anthropocene era'''] is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' as nature used to be... Our challenge is to use our native intelligence to protect the life-enabling atmosphere, to make decisions that sustain and benefit life today and for future generations." -- Steven J. Schmidt''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/User:Siterunner '''SJS / GreenPolicy360 Siterunner:'''] <br />
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Perspective of Earth's atmosphere from [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Overview_Effect an Astronaut's point of view], the thinness of the Earthโs life-supporting envelope, is clear to see when up above the atmosphere. Yet, from the surface of the Earth, looking up, it is not clear at all how far the atmosphere goes. It is not clear how this 'thin blue' layer acts to protect our planetary ecosystems, our biosphere. <br />
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A collapse of the biosphere due to anthropogenic climate change is not an impossible scenario when seen with an overview perspective. The words of astronauts speaking of the thin layer of Earth's protective atmosphere are as if modern Cassandra voice are warning without being heard or listened to by those too busy to hear...<br />
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Let's talk in common language then, the language of cars and these cars are being driven up into the sky, not on highways to work or play. How far is it before we reach the edge of 'the sky', the border to life as we know it down here on Earth? <br />
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How can kids in schools learn that the sky, the atmosphere above us, the 'thin blue layer' that protects life on Earth, is at risk and needs to be carefully taken care of and preserved. <br />
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Our generation and generations to come must know and learn "Earth is in our hands and our planet's health is in our care..." <br />
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Most all of the atmosphere of Earth is compacted into what is called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphere Troposphere]. What is the height, the extent of the atmosphere?<br />
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The Earth's atmosphere does not abruptly end at any given height but becomes progressively thinner with altitude. The edge of most all of the atmosphere (80% approximately in the Troposphere) is not far above us. <br />
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The troposphere is one of five layers of the atmosphere surrounding the earth. The other four layers include the stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere, closest to the earth's surface. Its depth is different at different regions of the earth, being deeper in the warmer regions and shallower in the colder regions. The word 'troposphere' is derived from the Greek word 'Tropos' which means 'change'. <br />
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The troposphere is located closest to the earth, followed by the stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and the exosphere. The troposphere contains approximately 80% of the mass of the atmosphere of the Earth and 99% of the total mass of Earth's atmospheric water vapor. <br />
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The transitional area between the troposphere and stratosphere is called the tropopause. The jet stream or 'river of air' as it is also referred to, is located just below the tropopause and moves at approximately 250 miles per hour. The troposphere extends from the earth's surface to approximately 33,000 feet (6.2 miles) high. However in warm regions like the equator it can rise as high as 65,000 feet (12 miles). In colder regions like the north and south poles, it may rise only as high as 23,000 feet (4 miles). The troposphere is not heated directly from the sun. Instead, the sun heats the ground and the ocean and this heat is then radiated into the troposphere. <br />
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'''''โFor the first time in my life, I saw the horizon as a curved line. It was accentuated by a thin seam of dark blue light: the atmosphere...โ'''''<br />
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:''โThis was not the โoceanโ of air I had been told it was ... I was terrified by its fragile appearance.โ -- Astronaut Merbold''<br />
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'''''Astronaut Gerst''''': ''โSome things that on Earth we see in the news every day and thus almost tend to accept as a โgivenโ, appear very different from our perspective.โ'' <br />
:''โWe do not see any borders from space. We just see a unique planet with a thin, fragile atmosphere, suspended in a vast and hostile darkness.โ'' <br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth '''''Atmosphere of Earth - Wiki'''''] / [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Isn%27t_it_time.jpg '''''Isn't It About Time We Measure the Dynamic Changes in the Atmosphere?'''''] <br />
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'''''Our generation, each generation, faces new possibilities and challenges as [http://www.planetcitizen.org citizens of the planet] ...'''''<br />
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: [https://www.pinterest.com/stratdem/environmental-security/ '''''Thin Blue @Pinterest''''']<br />
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<small>Steven Schmidt / GP360 Siterunner: "A chemical experiment with unknown consequences is taking place above and around us. The Earth's atmosphere, a thin layer that enables and protects life, is being impacted by potentially deadly human-produced emissions, even as a first generation of data and science is being produced with [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Observations atmospheric observations] from space. We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet. The Anthropocene era is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' and our responsibility to future generations is profound."</small><br />
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''Elon Musk:'' ''"The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere (due to increased carbon emissions), the greater the long-term effect will be... Why would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be really bad."''<br />
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''โEven if you put the environmental consequences of dramatically changing the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere aside, we will eventually run out of oil. If we donโt find a solution to burning oil for transport, and we then run out of oil, the economy will collapse and civilization will come to an end as we know it. And so if we know that we have to ultimately get off oil no matter whatโโโwe know that is an inescapable outcome, itโs simply a question of when, not ifโโโthen, why would you run this crazy experiment of changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and oceans by adding enormous amounts of CO2 thatโve been buried since the pre-Cambrian era? Thatโs crazy. That is the dumbest experiment in history, by far. Can you think of a dumber experiment? I honestly cannot. What good could possibly come of it?โ'' <br />
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<big>'''A New Vision of Security'''</big><br />
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'''Looking Up to See a "Thin Blue" Challenge of the 21st Century'''<br />
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The high ground, the atmosphere, atmospheric and earth science being developed by a first generation of environmental, planet scientists<br />
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* [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/New_Definitions_of_National_Security "New Definitions of National Security"]<br />
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* [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Security Environmental Security by GreenPolicy360]<br />
* [http://strategicdemands.com/environmental-security/ Environmental Security by Strategic Demands]<br />
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* [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Security,_National_Security Environmental Security - National Security]<br />
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'''As [http://www.planetcitizens.org planet citizens] we must acknowledge and measure [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Anthropocene our impact] on natural systems of Earth'''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/The_Commons <big>'''''The Challenge of Acting for the Commons'''''</big>]<br />
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:* [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_News '''''Climate News'''''] <br />
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:* [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Security,_National_Security '''''Environmental Security, National Security''''']<br />
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:* [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Observations '''''Earth Observations''''']<br />
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:โข https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_National_Recreation_Area<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Change'''</big></big></big><br />
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: '''The Army Presidio is Turned into a National Park'''<br />
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: (with a Special Green360 "Thank You" to the US National Park Service-in-action <br />
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: and to NPS Architect/Planner/Visionary and an Acting Director -- Carey Feierabend)<br />
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<big>'''Change with a 'Physics of Peace' '''</big><br />
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:<font color=green>Re-Think, Imagine, Act to Create a New World</font><br />
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:[[File:O on earthday 01a.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>'''Act to Make a Difference'''</big></big><br />
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::[[File:Dove of peace s.jpg]]<br />
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<big>'''A 'Conversion' Model for the Future'''</big><br />
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: In the City of St Francis, San Francisco, a Conversion<br />
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<big>[https://presidio.gov/about/press/san-franciscos-presidio-marks-25-years-as-a-national-park-site An Army "Presidio" Fort Changes Its Future]...<br />
<br />
:[https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1655&bih=900&tbm=isch&q=presidio+park+san+francisco&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF47Dk-urVAhXI3SYKHWHTDJEQhyYIJg A War Base Is Converted to a National Park]</big><br />
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:โข https://home.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/post-to-park.htm<br />
:โข http://www.militarymuseum.org/BtySpencer.html<br />
:โข https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/battery-chamberlin-preservation.htm<br />
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: Powerful Enough To Make a Difference, Be a Change Maker<br />
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:[[File:Corita action.jpg]]<br />
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: Artist: <br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=sister%20corita&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''More about Corita: Get with the Action, Peace Is Possible''']<br />
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: ''' Installation Art in Presidio Park across from the Golden Gate Bridge''' (circa 1990s)<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Change'''</big></big></big><br />
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: '''The Army Presidio is Turned into a National Park'''<br />
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: and to NPS Architect/Planner/Visionary and an Acting Director -- Carey Feierabend)<br />
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<big>'''Change with a 'Physics of Peace' '''</big><br />
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:<font color=green>Re-Think, Imagine, Act to Create a New World</font><br />
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<big>'''A 'Conversion' Model for the Future'''</big><br />
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: In the City of St Francis, San Francisco, a Conversion<br />
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<big>[https://presidio.gov/about/press/san-franciscos-presidio-marks-25-years-as-a-national-park-site An Army "Presidio" Fort Changes Its Future]...<br />
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:[https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1655&bih=900&tbm=isch&q=presidio+park+san+francisco&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF47Dk-urVAhXI3SYKHWHTDJEQhyYIJg A War Base Is Converted to a National Park]</big><br />
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:โข https://home.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/post-to-park.htm<br />
:โข http://www.militarymuseum.org/BtySpencer.html<br />
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: ''' Installation Art in Presidio Park across from the Golden Gate Bridge''' (circa 1990s)<br />
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:โข https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_National_Recreation_Area<br />
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<br />
<big><big><big>'''Change'''</big></big></big><br />
<br />
: '''The Army Presidio is Turned into a National Park'''<br />
<br />
: (with a Special Green360 "Thank You" to the US National Park Service <br />
<br />
: and to NPS Architect/Planner/Visionary/Co-Director -- Carey Feierabend)<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>'''Change with a 'Physics of Peace' '''</big><br />
<br />
:<font color=green>Re-Think, Imagine, Act to Create a New World</font><br />
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:[[File:O on earthday 01a.jpg]]<br />
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&nbsp; <br />
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<big><big>'''Act to Make a Difference'''</big></big><br />
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:'''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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::[[File:Dove of peace s.jpg]]<br />
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<br />
<big>'''A 'Conversion' Model for the Future'''</big><br />
<br />
: In the City of St Francis, San Francisco, a Conversion<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>[https://presidio.gov/about/press/san-franciscos-presidio-marks-25-years-as-a-national-park-site An Army "Presidio" Fort Changes Its Future]...<br />
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:[https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1655&bih=900&tbm=isch&q=presidio+park+san+francisco&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF47Dk-urVAhXI3SYKHWHTDJEQhyYIJg A War Base Is Converted to a National Park]</big><br />
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:โข https://home.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/post-to-park.htm<br />
:โข http://www.militarymuseum.org/BtySpencer.html<br />
:โข https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/battery-chamberlin-preservation.htm<br />
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: Sister Mary Corita of the Immaculate Heart Community (IHC)<br />
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: ''' Installation Art in Presidio Park across from the Golden Gate Bridge''' (circa 1990s)<br />
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:โข https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_National_Recreation_Area<br />
<br />
<br />
<big><big><big>'''Change'''</big></big></big><br />
<br />
: '''The Army Presidio is Turned into a National Park'''<br />
<br />
: (with a Special Green360 "Thank You" to the US National Park Service <br />
<br />
: and Architect/Planner/Visionary/Director -- Carey Feierabend)<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>'''Change with a 'Physics of Peace' '''</big><br />
<br />
:<font color=green>Re-Think, Imagine, Act to Create a New World</font><br />
<br />
<br />
:[[File:O on earthday 01a.jpg]]<br />
<br />
&nbsp; <br />
<br />
<big><big>'''Act to Make a Difference'''</big></big><br />
<br />
:'''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
<br />
::[[File:Dove of peace s.jpg]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>'''A 'Conversion' Model for the Future'''</big><br />
<br />
: In the City of St Francis, San Francisco, a Conversion<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>[https://presidio.gov/about/press/san-franciscos-presidio-marks-25-years-as-a-national-park-site An Army "Presidio" Fort Changes Its Future]...<br />
<br />
:[https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1655&bih=900&tbm=isch&q=presidio+park+san+francisco&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF47Dk-urVAhXI3SYKHWHTDJEQhyYIJg A War Base Is Converted to a National Park]</big><br />
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:โข https://home.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/post-to-park.htm<br />
:โข http://www.militarymuseum.org/BtySpencer.html<br />
:โข https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/battery-chamberlin-preservation.htm<br />
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: Powerful Enough To Make a Difference, Be a Change Maker<br />
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:[[File:Corita action.jpg]]<br />
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: Artist: <br />
: Sister Mary Corita of the Immaculate Heart Community (IHC)<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=sister%20corita&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''More about Corita: Get with the Action, Peace Is Possible''']<br />
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<div><br />
: ''' Installation Art in Presidio Park across from the Golden Gate Bridge''' (circa 199os)<br />
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:โข https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_National_Recreation_Area<br />
<br />
<br />
<big><big><big>'''Change'''</big></big></big><br />
<br />
: '''The Army Presidio is Turned into a National Park'''<br />
<br />
: (with a Special Green360 "Thank You" to the US National Park Service <br />
<br />
: and Architect/Planner/Visionary/Director -- Carey Feierabend)<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>'''Change with a 'Physics of Peace' '''</big><br />
<br />
:<font color=green>Re-Think, Imagine, Act to Create a New World</font><br />
<br />
<br />
:[[File:O on earthday 01a.jpg]]<br />
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&nbsp; <br />
<br />
<big><big>'''Act to Make a Difference'''</big></big><br />
<br />
:'''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
<br />
::[[File:Dove of peace s.jpg]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>'''A 'Conversion' Model for the Future'''</big><br />
<br />
: In the City of St Francis, San Francisco, a Conversion<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>[https://presidio.gov/about/press/san-franciscos-presidio-marks-25-years-as-a-national-park-site An Army "Presidio" Fort Changes Its Future]...<br />
<br />
:[https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1655&bih=900&tbm=isch&q=presidio+park+san+francisco&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF47Dk-urVAhXI3SYKHWHTDJEQhyYIJg A War Base Is Converted to a National Park]</big><br />
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:โข https://home.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/post-to-park.htm<br />
:โข http://www.militarymuseum.org/BtySpencer.html<br />
:โข https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/battery-chamberlin-preservation.htm<br />
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: Powerful Enough To Make a Difference, Be a Change Maker<br />
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:[[File:Corita action.jpg]]<br />
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: Artist: <br />
: Sister Mary Corita of the Immaculate Heart Community (IHC)<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=sister%20corita&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''More about Corita: Get with the Action, Peace Is Possible''']<br />
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: Installation Art in Presidio Park across from the Golden Gate Bridge<br />
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:โข https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_National_Recreation_Area<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Change'''</big></big></big><br />
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<br />
<big>Change and a 'Physics of Peace'</big><br />
<br />
: The Army Presidio is Turned into a National Park<br />
<br />
(with a Special Green360 Thanks to US National Park Service Architect/Visionary/Director --<br />
<br />
Carey Feierabend <br />
<br />
<br />
:::<font color=green>Re-Think, Imagine, Act to Create a New World</font><br />
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:::[[File:O on earthday 01a.jpg]]<br />
<br />
<br />
&nbsp; <br />
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<big><big>'''Act to Make a Difference'''</big></big><br />
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:'''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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::[[File:Dove of peace s.jpg]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>'''A 'Conversion' Model for the Future'''</big><br />
<br />
: In the City of St Francis, San Francisco, a Conversion<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>[https://presidio.gov/about/press/san-franciscos-presidio-marks-25-years-as-a-national-park-site An Army "Presidio" Fort Changes Its Future]...<br />
<br />
:[https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1655&bih=900&tbm=isch&q=presidio+park+san+francisco&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF47Dk-urVAhXI3SYKHWHTDJEQhyYIJg A War Base Is Converted to a National Park]</big><br />
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:โข https://home.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/post-to-park.htm<br />
:โข http://www.militarymuseum.org/BtySpencer.html<br />
:โข https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/battery-chamberlin-preservation.htm<br />
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<big><big><big>''Corita: Get with the Action''</big></big></big><br />
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: Powerful Enough To Make a Difference, Be a Change Maker<br />
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&nbsp; <br />
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:[[File:Corita action.jpg]]<br />
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: Artist: <br />
: Sister Mary Corita of the Immaculate Heart Community (IHC)<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=sister%20corita&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''More about Corita: Get with the Action, Peace Is Possible''']<br />
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&nbsp;</div>Siterunnerhttps://greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_isLook at how thin our atmosphere is2024-03-24T01:29:16Z<p>Siterunner: </p>
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==''''' Thin Blue Layer of Global Security'''''==<br />
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'''''"It is all connected, it is all interdependent...''''' <br />
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July 2021 as Jeff Bezos returns to Earth from his [https://www.blueorigin.com/news-archive/first-human-flight-updates journey up to the edge of space on the Blue Origin ship...] he speaks emotionally of how thin the atmosphere is... <br />
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''โWhen you get up above it, what you see is, itโs actually incredibly thin. Itโs this tiny, little fragile thing, and as we move about the planet, weโre damaging it. Thatโs a very profound โ itโs one thing to recognize that intellectually. Itโs another thing to actually see with your eyes how fragile it really is.โ''<br />
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Perspective of Earth's atmosphere from [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Overview_Effect an Astronaut's point of view], the thinness of the Earthโs life-supporting envelope, is clear to see when up above the atmosphere. Yet, from the surface of the Earth, looking up, it is not clear at all how far the atmosphere goes. It is not clear how this 'thin blue' layer acts to protect our planetary ecosystems, our biosphere. <br />
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A collapse of the biosphere due to anthropogenic climate change is not an impossible scenario when seen with an overview perspective. The words of astronauts speaking of the thin layer of Earth's protective atmosphere are as if modern Cassandra voice are warning without being heard or listened to by those too busy to hear...<br />
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Let's talk in common language then, the language of cars and these cars are being driven up into the sky, not on highways to work or play. How far is it before we reach the edge of 'the sky', the border to life as we know it down here on Earth? <br />
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Our generation and generations to come must know and learn "Earth is in our hands and our planet's health is in our care..." <br />
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The troposphere is one of five layers of the atmosphere surrounding the earth. The other four layers include the stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere, closest to the earth's surface. Its depth is different at different regions of the earth, being deeper in the warmer regions and shallower in the colder regions. The word 'troposphere' is derived from the Greek word 'Tropos' which means 'change'. <br />
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: [https://www.pinterest.com/stratdem/environmental-security/ '''''Thin Blue @Pinterest''''']<br />
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<small>Steven Schmidt / GP360 Siterunner: "A chemical experiment with unknown consequences is taking place above and around us. The Earth's atmosphere, a thin layer that enables and protects life, is being impacted by potentially deadly human-produced emissions, even as a first generation of data and science is being produced with [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Observations atmospheric observations] from space. We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet. The Anthropocene era is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' and our responsibility to future generations is profound."</small><br />
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''Elon Musk:'' ''"The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere (due to increased carbon emissions), the greater the long-term effect will be... Why would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be really bad."''<br />
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''โEven if you put the environmental consequences of dramatically changing the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere aside, we will eventually run out of oil. If we donโt find a solution to burning oil for transport, and we then run out of oil, the economy will collapse and civilization will come to an end as we know it. And so if we know that we have to ultimately get off oil no matter whatโโโwe know that is an inescapable outcome, itโs simply a question of when, not ifโโโthen, why would you run this crazy experiment of changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and oceans by adding enormous amounts of CO2 thatโve been buried since the pre-Cambrian era? Thatโs crazy. That is the dumbest experiment in history, by far. Can you think of a dumber experiment? I honestly cannot. What good could possibly come of it?โ'' <br />
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'''Looking Up to See a "Thin Blue" Challenge of the 21st Century'''<br />
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The high ground, the atmosphere, atmospheric and earth science being developed by a first generation of environmental, planet scientists<br />
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* [http://strategicdemands.com/environmental-security/ Environmental Security by Strategic Demands]<br />
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* [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Security,_National_Security Environmental Security - National Security]<br />
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[[Category:Space Science and Space Physics]]</div>Siterunnerhttps://greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_isLook at how thin our atmosphere is2024-03-24T01:28:33Z<p>Siterunner: </p>
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Perspective of Earth's atmosphere from [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Overview_Effect an Astronaut's point of view], the thinness of the Earthโs life-supporting envelope, is clear to see when up above the atmosphere. Yet, from the surface of the Earth, looking up, it is not clear at all how far the atmosphere goes. It is not clear how this 'thin blue' layer acts to protect our planetary ecosystems, our biosphere. <br />
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Let's talk in common language then, the language of cars and these cars are being driven up into the sky, not on highways to work or play. How far is it before we reach the edge of 'the sky', the border to life as we know it down here on Earth? <br />
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: [https://www.pinterest.com/stratdem/environmental-security/ '''''Thin Blue @Pinterest''''']<br />
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<small>Steven Schmidt / GP360 Siterunner: "A chemical experiment with unknown consequences is taking place above and around us. The Earth's atmosphere, a thin layer that enables and protects life, is being impacted by potentially deadly human-produced emissions, even as a first generation of data and science is being produced with [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Observations atmospheric observations] from space. We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet. The Anthropocene era is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' and our responsibility to future generations is profound."</small><br />
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''Elon Musk:'' ''"The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere (due to increased carbon emissions), the greater the long-term effect will be... Why would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be really bad."''<br />
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''โEven if you put the environmental consequences of dramatically changing the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere aside, we will eventually run out of oil. If we donโt find a solution to burning oil for transport, and we then run out of oil, the economy will collapse and civilization will come to an end as we know it. And so if we know that we have to ultimately get off oil no matter whatโโโwe know that is an inescapable outcome, itโs simply a question of when, not ifโโโthen, why would you run this crazy experiment of changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and oceans by adding enormous amounts of CO2 thatโve been buried since the pre-Cambrian era? Thatโs crazy. That is the dumbest experiment in history, by far. Can you think of a dumber experiment? I honestly cannot. What good could possibly come of it?โ'' <br />
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'''Looking Up to See a "Thin Blue" Challenge of the 21st Century'''<br />
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The high ground, the atmosphere, atmospheric and earth science being developed by a first generation of environmental, planet scientists<br />
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* [http://strategicdemands.com/environmental-security/ Environmental Security by Strategic Demands]<br />
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* [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Security,_National_Security Environmental Security - National Security]<br />
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[[Category:Space Science and Space Physics]]</div>Siterunnerhttps://greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_isLook at how thin our atmosphere is2024-03-24T01:27:36Z<p>Siterunner: </p>
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'''''"It is all connected, it is all interdependent...''''' <br />
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July 2021 as Jeff Bezos returns to Earth from his [https://www.blueorigin.com/news-archive/first-human-flight-updates journey up to the edge of space on the Blue Origin ship...] he speaks emotionally of how thin the atmosphere is... <br />
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''โWhen you get up above it, what you see is, itโs actually incredibly thin. Itโs this tiny, little fragile thing, and as we move about the planet, weโre damaging it. Thatโs a very profound โ itโs one thing to recognize that intellectually. Itโs another thing to actually see with your eyes how fragile it really is.โ''<br />
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Perspective of Earth's atmosphere from [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Overview_Effect an Astronaut's point of view], the thinness of the Earthโs life-supporting envelope, is clear to see when up above the atmosphere. Yet, from the surface of the Earth, looking up, it is not clear at all how far the atmosphere goes. It is not clear how this 'thin blue' layer acts to protect our planetary ecosystems, our biosphere. <br />
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A collapse of the biosphere due to anthropogenic climate change is not an impossible scenario when seen with an overview perspective. The words of astronauts speaking of the thin layer of Earth's protective atmosphere are as if modern Cassandra voice are warning without being heard or listened to by those too busy to hear...<br />
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Let's talk in common language then, the language of cars and these cars are being driven up into the sky, not on highways to work or play. How far is it before we reach the edge of 'the sky', the border to life as we know it down here on Earth? <br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth '''''Atmosphere of Earth - Wiki'''''] / [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Isn%27t_it_time.jpg '''''Isn't It About Time We Measure the Dynamic Changes in the Atmosphere?'''''] <br />
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: [https://www.pinterest.com/stratdem/environmental-security/ '''''Thin Blue @Pinterest''''']<br />
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<small>Steven Schmidt / GP360 Siterunner: "A chemical experiment with unknown consequences is taking place above and around us. The Earth's atmosphere, a thin layer that enables and protects life, is being impacted by potentially deadly human-produced emissions, even as a first generation of data and science is being produced with [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Observations atmospheric observations] from space. We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet. The Anthropocene era is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' and our responsibility to future generations is profound."</small><br />
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''Elon Musk:'' ''"The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere (due to increased carbon emissions), the greater the long-term effect will be... Why would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be really bad."''<br />
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''โEven if you put the environmental consequences of dramatically changing the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere aside, we will eventually run out of oil. If we donโt find a solution to burning oil for transport, and we then run out of oil, the economy will collapse and civilization will come to an end as we know it. And so if we know that we have to ultimately get off oil no matter whatโโโwe know that is an inescapable outcome, itโs simply a question of when, not ifโโโthen, why would you run this crazy experiment of changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and oceans by adding enormous amounts of CO2 thatโve been buried since the pre-Cambrian era? Thatโs crazy. That is the dumbest experiment in history, by far. Can you think of a dumber experiment? I honestly cannot. What good could possibly come of it?โ'' <br />
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'''Looking Up to See a "Thin Blue" Challenge of the 21st Century'''<br />
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The high ground, the atmosphere, atmospheric and earth science being developed by a first generation of environmental, planet scientists<br />
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* [http://strategicdemands.com/environmental-security/ Environmental Security by Strategic Demands]<br />
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* [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Security,_National_Security Environmental Security - National Security]<br />
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[[Category:Space Science and Space Physics]]</div>Siterunnerhttps://greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_isLook at how thin our atmosphere is2024-03-24T01:26:31Z<p>Siterunner: </p>
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Perspective of Earth's atmosphere from [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Overview_Effect an Astronaut's point of view], the thinness of the Earthโs life-supporting envelope, is clear to see when up above the atmosphere. Yet, from the surface of the Earth, looking up, it is not clear at all how far the atmosphere goes. It is not clear how this 'thin blue' layer acts to protect our planetary ecosystems, our biosphere. <br />
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Let's talk in common language then, the language of cars and these cars are being driven up into the sky, not on highways to work or play. How far is it before we reach the edge of 'the sky', the border to life as we know it down here on Earth? <br />
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<small>Steven Schmidt / GP360 Siterunner: "A chemical experiment with unknown consequences is taking place above and around us. The Earth's atmosphere, a thin layer that enables and protects life, is being impacted by potentially deadly human-produced emissions, even as a first generation of data and science is being produced with [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Observations atmospheric observations] from space. We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet. The Anthropocene era is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' and our responsibility to future generations is profound."</small><br />
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''Elon Musk:'' ''"The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere (due to increased carbon emissions), the greater the long-term effect will be... Why would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be really bad."''<br />
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''โEven if you put the environmental consequences of dramatically changing the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere aside, we will eventually run out of oil. If we donโt find a solution to burning oil for transport, and we then run out of oil, the economy will collapse and civilization will come to an end as we know it. And so if we know that we have to ultimately get off oil no matter whatโโโwe know that is an inescapable outcome, itโs simply a question of when, not ifโโโthen, why would you run this crazy experiment of changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and oceans by adding enormous amounts of CO2 thatโve been buried since the pre-Cambrian era? Thatโs crazy. That is the dumbest experiment in history, by far. Can you think of a dumber experiment? I honestly cannot. What good could possibly come of it?โ'' <br />
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'''Looking Up to See a "Thin Blue" Challenge of the 21st Century'''<br />
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The high ground, the atmosphere, atmospheric and earth science being developed by a first generation of environmental, planet scientists<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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โข Brendon Samuels, a Ph.D. candidate at Western University in London, Ontario, studying building design and bird behavior. Samuels, working with the Fatal Light Awareness Program, a k a FLAP Canada, has created and assembled an array of invaluable resources highlighting the bird-building collision crisis and ways to mitigate enormous losses, which, he stresses, are NOT restricted to cities. <br />
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<big><big>'''Inside Aleksei Navalnyโs Final Months'''</big></big><br />
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Excerpts from the [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/world/europe/navalny-letters-russia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Wk0.FCsR.oX8eUDAG9UxE&smid=em-share '''Unlocked' NY Times Article''']<br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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Kerry Kennedy, a human-rights activist and the daughter of the Democratic politician Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968, also exchanged letters with Mr. Navalny. He told her that he had cried โtwo or three timesโ while reading a book about her father recommended by a friend, according to a copy of a letter, handwritten in English, that Ms. Kennedy posted on Instagram after Mr. Navalny died.<br />
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Planet Labs first came onto our radar screen here in 2011. We have been following the evolution of the Planet Labs' story (now re-branded ''Planet'' @ Planet.com) from its mission statement to today.<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, have a special interest in the work of Planet, as we were 'in at the beginning' as it were. We were there, in person, close up, when the original NASA mission statement, including these words -- โTo understand and protect our home planet..." -- were being spoken of by a US representative serving on the Space and Technology committee responsible for policy and oversight. [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr '''Congressman George Brown'''] from California showed your GreenPolicy360 Founder/Siterunner words that were motivating him to propose [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook '''Landsat missions'''] that came to be called 'Big Science', Earth Imaging/Earth Science and Atmospheric-Climate Science. For 30+ years Representative George E. Brown led the charge, as it were, to gather the data needed to make informed and wise decisions about our home Planet.<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary<br />
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<big>'''Understanding AIโs Impact on Space Data with Planetโs Head of Product'''</big><br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_API<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Labs_Doves_Fly<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Vital_Signs<br />
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We, now at GreenPolicy360, are continuing on, presenting Earth science news, green politics and environmental movement recollections and highlights from the eco-journey:<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJ Schmidt: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 1960s and 1970s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role in laying a foundation of scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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<big>''Our Living Planet: Recalling the Message of a Presidential Farewell -- and the Anniversary of the US Endangered Species Protection Act'''</big><br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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President Joe Biden, today on the anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, urged Americans to protect ecosystems and biodiversity and to ''โhonor all the progress we have made toward protecting endangered species,โ and to โcome together to conserve our planet.โ ''<br />
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President Carter left office by urging Americans to ''โprotect the quality of this world within which we liveโฆ. There are real and growing dangers to our simple and our most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land which sustains us... The rapid depletion of irreplaceable minerals, the erosion of topsoil, the destruction of beauty, the blight of pollution, the demands of increasing billions of people, all combine to create problems which are easy to observe and predict, but difficult to resolve.''<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, urge our Planet Earth community, as 2024 approaches, to move away from generation-to-generation war and to act to protect life and our common future.<br />
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The [https://www.tampabay.com/about/ '''Tampa Bay Times'''] | [https://www.poynter.org/about/ '''Poynter'''] home of fact-checking pioneer, '''PolitiFact''' announced today (Dec. 23) that it is expanding PolitiFact's coverage beginning in January 2024. Good news, especially here 'on the home front', as GreenPolicy360's global network originates in Tampa Bay. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 are pleased to have shared the Poynter PolitiFact story and expansion of its 'best practices' networking model. At the end of last year, 2022, there were 424 fact-checking websites, up from just 11 in 2008, according to an annual census by the Duke University Reportersโ Lab. Poynter's PolitiFact and over 100 news publishing participants in a global fact checking network are confronting/battling an online proliferation of dis/misinformation, lies and political manipulation. Today and going forward, fact-checking operations are playing an increasingly essential role, delivering information, facts, opening eyes and bringing profoundly important ''veritas'' to people in every nation, community, market and political system. <br />
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''Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.''<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber called the deal "historic" but added that its true success would be in its implementation.''<br />
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''"We are what we do, not what we say," he told the crowded plenary at the summit. "We must take the steps necessary to turn this agreement into tangible actions."''<br />
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''Several countries cheered the deal for accomplishing something that until now eluded decades of climate talks.''<br />
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''"It is the first time that the world unites around such a clear text on the need to transition away from fossil fuels," Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide said.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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<big>'''''Open secret at global climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone'''''</big><br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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November 30, 2023<br />
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<big>'''[[Planet API]]</big><br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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Nov. 22 / World News<br />
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<big>'''''Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages'''''</big><br />
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[https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7 Associated Press]<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Peace <big>'''Peace, a New Vision'''</big>]<br />
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<big>'''Gaza-Israel War Worsens as It Expands'''<br />
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: The Costs of War Extend Far from Today's Fighting, Bombing and Death Count<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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<big>'''Online, a Social Media Fight Hits as War in the Mideast Heats Up'''</big><br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Other_Side_-_Life_in_Gaza,_Israel.jpg<br />
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: '''Where Next?'''<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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<big><big>'''Fog of War'''</big></big> <br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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<big>'''From Earthbeat, and environmental movement'''</big><br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<br />
<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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<br />
''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
<br />
Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
<br />
The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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: [[File:3M lawsuit re forever chemicals - June 2023.png]]<br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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[[File:Daniel - June 16, 2023.png]]<br />
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Photo: Wally Fong/Associated Press<br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
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Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
<br />
In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
<br />
By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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<br />
The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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<big>'''Ex-President Criminally Charged'''</big><br />
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'''June 13, 2023'''<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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[[File:NASA logo1.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>'''The Original Mission Statement of NASA'''</big></big><br />
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: '''Quote: NASA's Mission, โTo understand and protect our home planet..."''' <br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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<big>'''''Methane Reduction Action by European Parliament / European Union'''''</big><br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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April 22, 2023<br />
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[[File:Biden re Earth Day 2023.png]]<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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<small>โข<br />
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary</small><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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::<small>* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/10/sea-level-rise-southern-us/</small><br />
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'' โThese rapid rates are unprecedented over at least the 20th century and they have been three times higher than the global average over the same period.โ''<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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<big>'''Meanwhile, up north....'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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PBS<br />
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<big><big>'''The Movement and the 'Madman' '''</big></big><br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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<big>'''Mapping Internet Freedom - Democracy Status'''</big><br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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About Freedom House<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/issues<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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March 29<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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Via [https://www.thebulwark.com/about-us/ '''The Bulwark''']<br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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March 22-24 | New York City<br />
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Thread<br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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โItโs not what happens in three days... Itโs what happens afterward.โ<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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'''UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals'''<br />
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:'''Act to Make a Positive Difference'''<br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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<big>'''Profit-taking in a Profitable Year'''</big><br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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::'''Four oil companies had total sales of $1 trillion last year'''<br />
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:::'''Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Shell all reported record profits in 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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Climate TRACE's data show emissions at the facility-level.<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources ''GreenPolicy360: Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws ''Environmental Laws, Regs, Rules... Lawsuits & Legal Actions'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Glasgow_Climate_Summit_-_Pledges,_Promises,_Declarations_-_What%27s_Next_Up ''Glasgow (2021) & Paris (2015) Summits: Int'l Climate Plan Pledges & Promises (INDCs-NDCs)'']<br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Summit / COP27 Updates - November 11, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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<big>More from the Global Climate Conference</big><br />
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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about โvery life of the planetโ<br />
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* https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1136000297/biden-says-u-s-will-rise-to-the-global-challenge-of-climate-change<br />
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - ''United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''The speech set an urgent tone as governments sit down for two weeks of talks on how to avert the worst of climate change, even as they are distracted by Russiaโs war in Ukraine, rampant consumer inflation and energy shortages.''<br />
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<big><big>'''COP27'''</big></big><br />
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: <big>'''Time for [[Planet Citizen Action]]'''</big> <br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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* <small>https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:NASA_has_a_new_mission..._against_Methane.png</small><br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:'''"Super emitters", we have a message for you, you can't hide....''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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<big>'''October 2022'''</big><br />
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::::::::<big>'''[[Planet Citizen Action]], [[Environmental protection]]. [[Quality of Life]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big><big>'''Planet Citizens / Scientists, Preserving & Protecting the Home Planet Earth'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Politics_of_Beauty_-_Oct_2022.png<br />
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* https://vimeo.com/491417423 <br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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Now comes '''"Nowhere to Hide"''' by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<br />
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Read it -- https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 and with our associate, Strategic Demands have worked alongside the Bulletin and its goals...<br />
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Now a flashing warning continues louder and brighter -- be aware of the danger. Act to reduce the danger of nuclear disaster. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ultimatum-time/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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We have to ask, as now is the time to ask about Florida's future, what about Florida? Where is the 'trending' threads of concern acknowledging, risks, problems and identifying solutions to 'extreme weather events'. Here at GreenPolicy we have for years spoken of a warming Gulf of Mexico and tropical storms that 'rapidly intensify' as a result. Ian the hurricane did exactly that, surprising many but not out of line with the physics of a Gulf of Mexico that is heating due to climate change. The atmospheric science, earth science, ocean science, the statistics and the physics of interacting systems, and the political responses to the full scope of the devastation this extreme weather event/storm/typhoon, call it what you will, is on the radar. We are seeing connections between human decisions and nature's responses. Florida is, as we have written for years, "The frontlines of climate change". <br />
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'''E.O. Wilson:''' [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''Planet Citizen''']<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''He discovered hundreds of new species by putting his hands in the dirt as a field biologist, synthesized evolving thinking in science and coined new terms, such as biodiversity and biophilia, to explain it. Of his many accomplishments in evolutionary biology, his biggest contribution was probably in the new scientific field of sociobiology, in which he addressed the biological basis of social behavior in animals, including humans.''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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* https://eowilsonfoundation.org/many-people-want-to-set-aside-half-of-earth-as-nature/<br />
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''"The launch of the Webb Space Telescope is a pivotal moment -- this is just the beginning for the Webb mission," said Gregory L. Robinson, Webb's program director at NASA Headquarters.''<br />
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''"Now we will watch Webb's highly anticipated and critical 29 days on the edge. When the spacecraft unfurls in space, Webb will undergo the most difficult and complex deployment sequence ever attempted in space. Once commissioning is complete, we will see awe-inspiring images that will capture our imagination."''<br />
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<big><big>Big Science: How the James Webb Telescope Will See Back in Time</big></big><br />
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'''More GreenPolicy360 Archives of Highlighted Green Stories of the Day'''<br />
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<big>'''Roll back into the GreenPolicy360 Archive ...'''</big><br />
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: Green Movement, Green Politics, Green Party, Strategic Demands<br />
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:: 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s ... and on and on and on ...<br />
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: Global Security, Indivisible<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2021'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2021 <u>'''''Featured in 2021'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2020 <u>'''''Featured in 2020'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2019 <u>'''''Featured in 2019'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2018'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2018 <u>'''''Featured in 2018'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2017'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2017 <u>'''''Featured in 2017'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2016'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2016 <u>'''''Featured in 2016'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2015'''''</big><br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2015 <u>'''''Featured in 2015'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2014'''''</big><br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2014 <u>'''''Featured in 2014'''''</u>]<br />
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:[http://www.planetcitizen.org '''www.planetcitizen.org''']<br />
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::[http://www.planetcitizens.org '''www.planetcitizens.org''']<br />
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:::[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Vision_of_Living_Earth '''Planet Citizen Vision of Living Earth''']<br />
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<big><big><font color=green>[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Green_Best_Practices Frontlines of Green Best Practices]</font></big></big><br />
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: ๐ [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf <big>'''The 1960s... Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement'''</big>] <br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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: <big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary</small><br />
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... Remembering the student teach-ins, the means we used to spread the word and we did. The Vietnam Moratorium Committee became the peace group and and when we talked to Senator Nelson and George Brown about doing environmental teach-ins that would be the first in a series of annual peace and environment events they got it and put their combined weight behind the effort.<br />
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It came to be, from an [https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1249.html Earthrise moment], to the Moratorium demonstrations and teach-in, to the teach-ins of Earth Day. What quickly followed was the passage of the first generation of US environmental protection legislation.<br />
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The environmental movement that sprang from the global realization passed on to us by the NASA Apollo missions, and student activism, are shaping a new generation and modern environmental movement.<br />
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In 1977-78 the first climate science comes to light... first generation science for national and global environmental action set a platform in place on which to create [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy climate policy] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection environmental protection] over the coming decades ...'''<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJS: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 60s and 70s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role with scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Energy_and_Climate_Report%2C_1977%2C_National_Academy_of_Sciences.pdf '''Energy and Climate Report, 1977, National Academy of Sciences / 175 pp. / PDF via GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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George Brown, taking the 1977 Energy and Climate Report from the Academy, made climate science actionable. In a historic moment, Representative Brown from East Los Angeles proposed and drafted the legislation for the first U.S. National Climate Program and shepherded its passage in 1978. In 1979 came the first follow-on [https://www.nap.edu/read/12181/chapter/1 National Science Academy report]. This study and report of national scientists was [https://phys.org/news/2019-07-charney-years-scientists-accurately-climate.html prescient and accurate in its global warming predictions.]<br />
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: This first federal program established to study and assess scientifically the issues and risks of human-caused climate change became a foundation for comprehensive initiatives, and led to [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space an array of new Earth Science missions] by NASA and NOAA, the EPA and USGS. <br />
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* https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/y3z737/the-12-arguments-every-climate-denier-uses-and-how-to-debunk-them <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/ <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/about <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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โข Brendon Samuels, a Ph.D. candidate at Western University in London, Ontario, studying building design and bird behavior. Samuels, working with the Fatal Light Awareness Program, a k a FLAP Canada, has created and assembled an array of invaluable resources highlighting the bird-building collision crisis and ways to mitigate enormous losses, which, he stresses, are NOT restricted to cities. <br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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Many details about his last months โ as well as the circumstances of his death, which the Russian authorities announced on Friday โ remain unknown; even the whereabouts of his body are unclear. ...<br />
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Kerry Kennedy, a human-rights activist and the daughter of the Democratic politician Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968, also exchanged letters with Mr. Navalny. He told her that he had cried โtwo or three timesโ while reading a book about her father recommended by a friend, according to a copy of a letter, handwritten in English, that Ms. Kennedy posted on Instagram after Mr. Navalny died.<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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::[https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/Interactive: '''Tracking negotiating texts at COP28 climate summit''']<br />
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<big>'''Tracking Negotiating Texts, Tracking News on the Dubai 2023 Int'l Climate Summit'''</big><br />
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December 12, 2023<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/oil-states-face-outrage-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-dropped-from-cop-draft/<br />
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December 12<br />
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Dubai -- at the International Climate Summmit (COP28, Conference of the Parties)<br />
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Today is the scheduled final day of the gathering of nations<br />
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* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/conferences/un-climate-change-conference-united-arab-emirates-nov/dec-2023/about-cop-28<br />
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Reuters question -- '''''Explainer - Why does OPEC oppose the idea of a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28?'''''<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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(The international news service of Reuters answers in 'simple English' here...)<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''The members rely heavily on oil and gas revenues as their main source of income.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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''Hence, any language that calls for the phasing out of fossil fuels threatens the model on which these oil- and gas-producing countries' economies are built.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:EleanorRooseveltHumanRights.png<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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December 10 / NYT International<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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<big>'''''Open secret at global climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone'''''</big><br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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: * https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/03/cop28-global-temperature-goal-00129766<br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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Image of Dubai from GreenPolicy360's Earth-imaging friends at the Planet headquarters in California.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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November 30, 2023<br />
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<big>'''[[Planet API]]</big><br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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Nov. 22 / World News<br />
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<big>'''''Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages'''''</big><br />
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[https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7 Associated Press]<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Peace <big>'''Peace, a New Vision'''</big>]<br />
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<big>'''Gaza-Israel War Worsens as It Expands'''<br />
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: The Costs of War Extend Far from Today's Fighting, Bombing and Death Count<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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:::* https://strategicdemands.com/blowback-far-beyond-gaza-israel/<br />
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<big>'''Online, a Social Media Fight Hits as War in the Mideast Heats Up'''</big><br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checking/ '''Fact-Checking News''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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[[File:The Other Side - Life in Gaza, Israel.jpg|link=https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs]]<br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Other_Side_-_Life_in_Gaza,_Israel.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Humanitarian Disaster in Israel/Gaza... War and Generational Disaster'''</big></big></big><br />
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: '''Where Next?'''<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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<big><big>'''Fog of War'''</big></big> <br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''From Earthbeat, and environmental movement'''</big><br />
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Planet citizens in action<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Media release:''<br />
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<big>'''''โLaudate Deumโ: the Popeโs cry for a response to the climate crisis'''''</big><br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''US Government Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets'''</big></big><br />
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September 21, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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Planet Citizen, Where Are You on Planet Earth?<br />
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<big>Dynamic Change Is All Around Us</big<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-46.74,44.98,403/loc=-45.541,-53.340<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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''But in a democracy, thereโs another tool that is at least as essential as these to overcoming climate change: effective solutions-driven storytelling.''<br />
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Read more from the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media:<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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<big>'''โOne Earth, One Family, One Future"'''</big><br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[[File:The Daily Puffin.png]]<br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=eyJiYXNlbWFwIjp7InZhbHVlIjoicGxhbmV0IiwibmFtZSI6InBsYW5ldF9tZWRyZXNfbm9ybWFsaXplZF9hbmFseXRpY18yMDIxLTA1X21vc2FpYyIsImNvbG9yIjoiIn0sImRhdGFzZXRzIjpbeyJkYXRhc2V0IjoiZ2xhZC1zMi1kZWZvcmVzdGF0aW9uLWFsZXJ0cyIsIm9wYWNpdHkiOjEsInZpc2liaWxpdHkiOnRydWUsImxheWVycyI6WyJkZWZvcmVzdGF0aW9uLWFsZXJ0cy1nbGFkLXMyIl19LHsiZGF0YXNldCI6ImdsYWQtZGVmb3Jlc3RhdGlvbi1hbGVydHMtdjIiLCJvcGFjaXR5IjoxLCJ2aXNpYmlsaXR5Ijp0cnVlLCJsYXllcnMiOlsiZGVmb3Jlc3RhdGlvbi1hbGVydHMtZ2xhZCJdfSx7ImRhdGFzZXQiOiJyYWRkLWRlZm9yZXN0YXRpb24tYWxlcnRzIiwib3BhY2l0eSI6MSwidmlzaWJpbGl0eSI6dHJ1ZSwibGF5ZXJzIjpbImRlZm9yZXN0YXRpb24tYWxlcnRzLXJhZGQiXX0seyJkYXRhc2V0IjoiZmlyZS1hbGVydHMtdmlpcnMiLCJvcGFjaXR5IjoxLCJ2aXNpYmlsaXR5Ijp0cnVlLCJsYXllcnMiOlsiZmlyZS1hbGVydHMtdmlpcnMiXX0seyJkYXRhc2V0IjoicG9saXRpY2FsLWJvdW5kYXJpZXMiLCJsYXllcnMiOlsiZGlzcHV0ZWQtcG9saXRpY2FsLWJvdW5kYXJpZXMiLCJwb2xpdGljYWwtYm91bmRhcmllcyJdLCJvcGFjaXR5IjoxLCJ2aXNpYmlsaXR5Ijp0cnVlfV19&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
<br />
Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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[[File:Oppenheimer movie - 2023.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
<br />
The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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<br />
Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
<br />
''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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: [[File:3M lawsuit re forever chemicals - June 2023.png]]<br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
<br />
''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
<br />
''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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[[File:Daniel - June 16, 2023.png]]<br />
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Photo: Wally Fong/Associated Press<br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
<br />
Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
<br />
In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
<br />
By Steven Schmidt<br />
<br />
June 17, 2023<br />
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<br />
The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
<br />
Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big><big>'''May'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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<big><big>'''The Movement and the 'Madman' '''</big></big><br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/issues<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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Via [https://www.thebulwark.com/about-us/ '''The Bulwark''']<br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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<big>'''Profit-taking in a Profitable Year'''</big><br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities '''Externalities'''] | '''[[Environmental full-cost accounting]]'''<br />
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'''[[New Definitions of National Security]]''' | '''[[Climate News]]''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels '''Fossil Fuels'''] | [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands '''Strategic Demands'''] | '''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life'''''</big></big><br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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''The open oceans of the world have no international body or agreement with a primary focus of protecting marine biodiversity. If enacted, this treaty would change that...''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''The E.P.A. is at an unusual juncture. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the climate law enacted last year have begun to pump $90 billion into the agency over the next 10 years for climate projects like $1.5 billion for new technologies to monitor and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells, $5 billion for states to purchase low-emission school buses and $3 billion to cut pollution at ports...''<br />
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By Fefe Ho & Chloe Chiao<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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''In the terms of yin and yang (้ด้ณโyฤซn yรกng), the Rabbit is yin...''<br />
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December 25th, Christmas Day<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Democracy <big><big><big>'''Act to Protect Democracy'''</big></big></big>]<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/about<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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Key Findings From the Jan. 6 Committeeโs Report, Annotated<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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''โItโs a global goal. Every country commits what they are capable of committing,โ said Masha Kalinina, a senior officer focused on biodiversity at the Pew Charitable Trusts. โSome will do more, some will do less.โ''<br />
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''The world has a long way to go to achieving that goal. Right now, only about a sixth of the continents and a 12th of the oceans have some form of protection, according to the U.N.โs World Conservation Monitoring Centre.''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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<big>'''News from the US Department of Energy, Livermore Lab, of a Successful Fusion Demonstration'''</big><br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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-- Ernest J. Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary and CEO of the non-profit Energy Futures Initiative<br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/about<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-story<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-approach<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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'''E.O. Wilson:''' [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''Planet Citizen''']<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/<br />
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* https://eowilsonfoundation.org/many-people-want-to-set-aside-half-of-earth-as-nature/<br />
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::[http://www.planetcitizens.org '''www.planetcitizens.org''']<br />
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: ๐ [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf <big>'''The 1960s... Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement'''</big>] <br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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: <big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big><br />
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... Remembering the student teach-ins, the means we used to spread the word and we did. The Vietnam Moratorium Committee became the peace group and and when we talked to Senator Nelson and George Brown about doing environmental teach-ins that would be the first in a series of annual peace and environment events they got it and put their combined weight behind the effort.<br />
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It came to be, from an [https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1249.html Earthrise moment], to the Moratorium demonstrations and teach-in, to the teach-ins of Earth Day. What quickly followed was the passage of the first generation of US environmental protection legislation.<br />
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The environmental movement that sprang from the global realization passed on to us by the NASA Apollo missions, and student activism, are shaping a new generation and modern environmental movement.<br />
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'''The 1970s and 80s'''<br />
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<big><big>''Greening Our Blue Planet''</big></big><br />
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An environmental foundation, initiatives and laws that serve a model for state -- and international -- action:<br />
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In 1977-78 the first climate science comes to light... first generation science for national and global environmental action set a platform in place on which to create [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy climate policy] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection environmental protection] over the coming decades ...'''<br />
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<big><big>'''First National Climate Act, Historic Work, 1978'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJS: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 60s and 70s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role with scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Energy_and_Climate_Report%2C_1977%2C_National_Academy_of_Sciences.pdf '''Energy and Climate Report, 1977, National Academy of Sciences / 175 pp. / PDF via GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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George Brown, taking the 1977 Energy and Climate Report from the Academy, made climate science actionable. In a historic moment, Representative Brown from East Los Angeles proposed and drafted the legislation for the first U.S. National Climate Program and shepherded its passage in 1978. In 1979 came the first follow-on [https://www.nap.edu/read/12181/chapter/1 National Science Academy report]. This study and report of national scientists was [https://phys.org/news/2019-07-charney-years-scientists-accurately-climate.html prescient and accurate in its global warming predictions.]<br />
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: This first federal program established to study and assess scientifically the issues and risks of human-caused climate change became a foundation for comprehensive initiatives, and led to [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space an array of new Earth Science missions] by NASA and NOAA, the EPA and USGS. <br />
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'''1978, Launching U.S. Climate Action:'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:US_Public_Law_95-367.png '''National Climate Program Act, Public Law 95-367''']<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/National_Climate_Program_Act_Public_Law_95-367_Sept_1978.pdf '''National Climate Program Act of September 1978''']<br />
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<big>Into the 1990s... Going Green Globally</big><br />
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<big>'''Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle Owl, Has Died'''</big><br />
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The Owl who escaped from the NY Central Park Zoo, went wild and lived with Owl freedom in the middle of New York City has come to an end.<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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Here's Andy talking with cohorts who know about birds, and bird life, and threats that we humans can act to minimize as we look to protect life of Earth...<br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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''Though the animal literature is peppered with stories of animals โ usually pets โ who suffer hardships and return home, Flaco never retreated to the zoo. Perhaps freedom itself was the home heโd discovered.''<br />
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โข Adam Smith, an architect and director of design at Synecdoche, a Michigan firm centering bird-safe features in its projects.<br />
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โข Brendon Samuels, a Ph.D. candidate at Western University in London, Ontario, studying building design and bird behavior. Samuels, working with the Fatal Light Awareness Program, a k a FLAP Canada, has created and assembled an array of invaluable resources highlighting the bird-building collision crisis and ways to mitigate enormous losses, which, he stresses, are NOT restricted to cities. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 suggests all of us protect birds and wildlife. <br />
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The times we are in, times of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species endangered species] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Extinction species extinction] suggest an [[All Species Day]], today.<br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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President Carter left office by urging Americans to ''โprotect the quality of this world within which we liveโฆ. There are real and growing dangers to our simple and our most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land which sustains us... The rapid depletion of irreplaceable minerals, the erosion of topsoil, the destruction of beauty, the blight of pollution, the demands of increasing billions of people, all combine to create problems which are easy to observe and predict, but difficult to resolve.''<br />
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The [https://www.tampabay.com/about/ '''Tampa Bay Times'''] | [https://www.poynter.org/about/ '''Poynter'''] home of fact-checking pioneer, '''PolitiFact''' announced today (Dec. 23) that it is expanding PolitiFact's coverage beginning in January 2024. Good news, especially here 'on the home front', as GreenPolicy360's global network originates in Tampa Bay. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 are pleased to have shared the Poynter PolitiFact story and expansion of its 'best practices' networking model. At the end of last year, 2022, there were 424 fact-checking websites, up from just 11 in 2008, according to an annual census by the Duke University Reportersโ Lab. Poynter's PolitiFact and over 100 news publishing participants in a global fact checking network are confronting/battling an online proliferation of dis/misinformation, lies and political manipulation. Today and going forward, fact-checking operations are playing an increasingly essential role, delivering information, facts, opening eyes and bringing profoundly important ''veritas'' to people in every nation, community, market and political system. <br />
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''Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.''<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''"We are what we do, not what we say," he told the crowded plenary at the summit. "We must take the steps necessary to turn this agreement into tangible actions."''<br />
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''Several countries cheered the deal for accomplishing something that until now eluded decades of climate talks.''<br />
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''"It is the first time that the world unites around such a clear text on the need to transition away from fossil fuels," Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide said.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''That battle pushed the summit a full day into overtime on Wednesday, and had some observers worried the negotiations would end at an impasse...''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/countries-push-cop28-deal-fossil-fuels-talks-spill-into-overtime-2023-12-12/<br />
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'''Financial Times'''<br />
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''COP28 is better than feared, but less than needed''<br />
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''Call to move away from fossil fuels lacks deadlines to phase them out...''<br />
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* https://www.ft.com/content/21852bf3-80e6-46f7-ad06-c94d89bc90de<br />
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'''NY Times'''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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::[https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/Interactive: '''Tracking negotiating texts at COP28 climate summit''']<br />
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<big>'''Tracking Negotiating Texts, Tracking News on the Dubai 2023 Int'l Climate Summit'''</big><br />
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December 12, 2023<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/oil-states-face-outrage-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-dropped-from-cop-draft/<br />
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December 12<br />
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Dubai -- at the International Climate Summmit (COP28, Conference of the Parties)<br />
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Today is the scheduled final day of the gathering of nations<br />
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* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/conferences/un-climate-change-conference-united-arab-emirates-nov/dec-2023/about-cop-28<br />
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Reuters question -- '''''Explainer - Why does OPEC oppose the idea of a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28?'''''<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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(The international news service of Reuters answers in 'simple English' here...)<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''The members rely heavily on oil and gas revenues as their main source of income.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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''Hence, any language that calls for the phasing out of fossil fuels threatens the model on which these oil- and gas-producing countries' economies are built.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:EleanorRooseveltHumanRights.png<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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December 10 / NYT International<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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<big>'''''Open secret at global climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone'''''</big><br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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: * https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/03/cop28-global-temperature-goal-00129766<br />
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<big>'''November'''</big><br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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Image of Dubai from GreenPolicy360's Earth-imaging friends at the Planet headquarters in California.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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November 30, 2023<br />
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<big>'''[[Planet API]]</big><br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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Nov. 22 / World News<br />
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<big>'''''Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages'''''</big><br />
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[https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7 Associated Press]<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Peace <big>'''Peace, a New Vision'''</big>]<br />
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<big>'''Gaza-Israel War Worsens as It Expands'''<br />
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: The Costs of War Extend Far from Today's Fighting, Bombing and Death Count<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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:::* https://strategicdemands.com/blowback-far-beyond-gaza-israel/<br />
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<big>'''Online, a Social Media Fight Hits as War in the Mideast Heats Up'''</big><br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checking/ '''Fact-Checking News''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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[[File:The Other Side - Life in Gaza, Israel.jpg|link=https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs]]<br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Other_Side_-_Life_in_Gaza,_Israel.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Humanitarian Disaster in Israel/Gaza... War and Generational Disaster'''</big></big></big><br />
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: '''Where Next?'''<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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<big><big>'''Fog of War'''</big></big> <br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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'''October'''<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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Many more will die.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>{In Hebrew) ''What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will resonate (echo) with them over the generations...''</small><br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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: 1. Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive.<br />
: 2. Including or concerning all humankind; universal.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''From Earthbeat, and environmental movement'''</big><br />
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Planet citizens in action<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Media release:''<br />
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<big>'''''โLaudate Deumโ: the Popeโs cry for a response to the climate crisis'''''</big><br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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''Nearly a decade later, the popeโs message has taken on new urgency.''<br />
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<big><big>'''[[Pope Francis on the Environment]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Laudato Si]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Integral Ecology]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''September'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''US Government Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets'''</big></big><br />
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September 21, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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Planet Citizen, Where Are You on Planet Earth?<br />
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<big>Dynamic Change Is All Around Us</big<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-46.74,44.98,403/loc=-45.541,-53.340<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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''But in a democracy, thereโs another tool that is at least as essential as these to overcoming climate change: effective solutions-driven storytelling.''<br />
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Read more from the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media:<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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<big>'''โOne Earth, One Family, One Future"'''</big><br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[[File:The Daily Puffin.png]]<br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
<br />
Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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[[File:Oppenheimer movie - 2023.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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: [[File:3M lawsuit re forever chemicals - June 2023.png]]<br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
<br />
''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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[[File:Daniel - June 16, 2023.png]]<br />
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Photo: Wally Fong/Associated Press<br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
<br />
Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
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In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
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By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big><big>'''May'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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<big>'''Meanwhile, up north....'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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<big><big>'''The Movement and the 'Madman' '''</big></big><br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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<big>'''Mapping Internet Freedom - Democracy Status'''</big><br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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Via [https://www.thebulwark.com/about-us/ '''The Bulwark''']<br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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March 22-24 | New York City<br />
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Thread<br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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โItโs not what happens in three days... Itโs what happens afterward.โ<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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<big>'''Profit-taking in a Profitable Year'''</big><br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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::'''Four oil companies had total sales of $1 trillion last year'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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[[File:Alaska Willow - March 12 2023.png]]<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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[[File:Where is the snow.PNG]]<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities '''Externalities'''] | '''[[Environmental full-cost accounting]]'''<br />
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'''[[New Definitions of National Security]]''' | '''[[Climate News]]''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels '''Fossil Fuels'''] | [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands '''Strategic Demands'''] | '''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life'''''</big></big><br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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March 4, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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''The open oceans of the world have no international body or agreement with a primary focus of protecting marine biodiversity. If enacted, this treaty would change that...''<br />
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<big>'''''Depleted Under Trump, a โTraumatizedโ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission'''''</big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''โThe agency is moving further and faster than ever before,โ Dan Utech, Mr. Reganโs chief of staff, said in a statement. He added that accomplishments had come โdespite depleted staffing levels, persistent funding challenges and a previous administration that left the agency neglected and scientifically compromised.โ''<br />
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''The E.P.A. is at an unusual juncture. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the climate law enacted last year have begun to pump $90 billion into the agency over the next 10 years for climate projects like $1.5 billion for new technologies to monitor and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells, $5 billion for states to purchase low-emission school buses and $3 billion to cut pollution at ports...''<br />
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<big>Year of the Rabbit</big><br />
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By Fefe Ho & Chloe Chiao<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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''In the terms of yin and yang (้ด้ณโyฤซn yรกng), the Rabbit is yin...''<br />
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<big>'''December 2022'''</big><br />
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December 25th, Christmas Day<br />
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:'''Remember that a simple act of kindness can change someoneโs day, week and sometimes life'''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Democracy <big><big><big>'''Act to Protect Democracy'''</big></big></big>]<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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<big><big>'''The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol'''</big></big> <br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/about<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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Key Findings From the Jan. 6 Committeeโs Report, Annotated<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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December 19, 2022<br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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Via Washington Post<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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''โItโs a global goal. Every country commits what they are capable of committing,โ said Masha Kalinina, a senior officer focused on biodiversity at the Pew Charitable Trusts. โSome will do more, some will do less.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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<big>'''News from the US Department of Energy, Livermore Lab, of a Successful Fusion Demonstration'''</big><br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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-- Ernest J. Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary and CEO of the non-profit Energy Futures Initiative<br />
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<big>Via The Bulwark</big><br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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'''December 5, 2022'''<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/about<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-story<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-approach<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/map<br />
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Via Protocol ("Launched to cover the evolving power center of tech")<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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''The Climate TRACE project is not being presented as the โclimate copsโ on the beat. The coalition in formation is seen as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by legal services and non profit groups who need local information and data to make their enforcement case. <br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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Climate TRACE's data show emissions at the facility-level.<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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In 1977-78 the first climate science comes to light... first generation science for national and global environmental action set a platform in place on which to create [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy climate policy] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection environmental protection] over the coming decades ...'''<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJS: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 60s and 70s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role with scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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In 2020/21 GreenPolicy360 first put forward a strategic initiative for "climate plans enforcement" developed and presented by nearly all nations of the world at climate summits. The Paris conference in 2015 was the first reveal of this plans and since then many promises for action have been made by nations and their political representatives -- but with sporadic follow up and performance. <br />
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We saw a pressing need to, as we put it, 'turn national climate plans and pledges into reality'. The plans/pledges/promises made on paper had to translate to action on the ground and, as we said, in the skies above. The [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/INDCs '''INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions)'''] had to bring in facts and data, and as we pointed to, the data was there in the form of satellite missions capable of surveying and reporting emissions, hot spots, 'code red' vital signs.<br />
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You don't need a degree in statistics to know that facts count and data is a key to seeing how to navigate to your goals and destination.<br />
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'''Our World in Data''' is one of the best sources available online for gathering data in its various forms, fields, presentations and timelines. '''Our World in Data''' is now launching -- '''Data Insights'''. <br />
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We regularly check with '''Our World in Data''' for their data-science. <br />
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One of GreenPolicy360's oft-stated axioms is 'facts count' and so, after checking out [https://ourworldindata.org/about '''Our World in Data'''] and bookmarking them as a favorite, perhaps it's time to surf through some of GreenPolicy360's popular facts and science pages. One of our key goals is to provide actionable facts, data, and science that powers up green work... <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Change_-_Global_Warming_Keyword-Terms <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Merchants_of_Doubt <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:FLICC_techniques_of_science_denial.png (Video)<br />
* http://www.nature.com/news/wikipedia-shapes-language-in-science-papers-1.22656 <br />
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* https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/facebook_climate_misinformation/ <br />
* https://climatefeedback.org <br />
* https://climatecrocks.com/ <br />
* https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/y3z737/the-12-arguments-every-climate-denier-uses-and-how-to-debunk-them <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/ <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/about <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/global-warming-denier-database <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/slamming-the-climate-skeptic-scam <br />
* https://www.beforetheflood.com/explore/the-deniers/top-10-climate-deniers/ <br />
* https://www.drillednews.com/post/fake-science-is-a-real-danger <br />
* https://grist.org/series/skeptics/ <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:PEN_America-Earth_Institute-Columbia_U..._How_to_defend_yourself_online.jpg<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_of_the_Humans,_a_documentary_film <br />
* http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Change_Denier_Talking_Points_--_and_Rebuttals <br />
* https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php <br />
* https://skepticalscience.com/climate-models-intermediate.htm <br />
* https://www.snopes.com/collections/climate-change-denial-debunked/ <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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โข Adam Smith, an architect and director of design at Synecdoche, a Michigan firm centering bird-safe features in its projects.<br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Vital_Signs<br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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The [https://www.tampabay.com/about/ '''Tampa Bay Times'''] | [https://www.poynter.org/about/ '''Poynter'''] home of fact-checking pioneer, '''PolitiFact''' announced today (Dec. 23) that it is expanding PolitiFact's coverage beginning in January 2024. Good news, especially here 'on the home front', as GreenPolicy360's global network originates in Tampa Bay. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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The online world is especially convoluted these days... the demands for fact-checking of memes and gaslighting, dis- and mis-info is 24/7/365 <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking<br />
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* https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 are pleased to have shared the Poynter PolitiFact story and expansion of its 'best practices' networking model. At the end of last year, 2022, there were 424 fact-checking websites, up from just 11 in 2008, according to an annual census by the Duke University Reportersโ Lab. Poynter's PolitiFact and over 100 news publishing participants in a global fact checking network are confronting/battling an online proliferation of dis/misinformation, lies and political manipulation. Today and going forward, fact-checking operations are playing an increasingly essential role, delivering information, facts, opening eyes and bringing profoundly important ''veritas'' to people in every nation, community, market and political system. <br />
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<big>'''News from the International Climate Summit in Dubai...'''</big><br />
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'''December 13, 2023'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A Dubai Surprise'''</big></big><br />
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'''CNBC'''<br />
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''The latest proposal published by the UAE early on Wednesday. Dec. 13, calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science.โ''<br />
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''The COP28 deal might be historic, but there are many caveats...'''<br />
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* https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2023/12/13/the-cop28-deal-might-be-historic-but-there-are-many-caveats<br />
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''Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.''<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber called the deal "historic" but added that its true success would be in its implementation.''<br />
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''"We are what we do, not what we say," he told the crowded plenary at the summit. "We must take the steps necessary to turn this agreement into tangible actions."''<br />
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''Several countries cheered the deal for accomplishing something that until now eluded decades of climate talks.''<br />
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''"It is the first time that the world unites around such a clear text on the need to transition away from fossil fuels," Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide said.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''That battle pushed the summit a full day into overtime on Wednesday, and had some observers worried the negotiations would end at an impasse...''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/countries-push-cop28-deal-fossil-fuels-talks-spill-into-overtime-2023-12-12/<br />
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''COP28 is better than feared, but less than needed''<br />
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''Call to move away from fossil fuels lacks deadlines to phase them out...''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/oil-states-face-outrage-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-dropped-from-cop-draft/<br />
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Reuters question -- '''''Explainer - Why does OPEC oppose the idea of a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28?'''''<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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Many more will die.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>{In Hebrew) ''What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will resonate (echo) with them over the generations...''</small><br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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[[File:Laudate Deum - To All Peoples of Good Will - On the Climate Crisis.png]]<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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: kฤthโฒษ-lฤญk, kฤthโฒlฤญk<br />
: 1. Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive.<br />
: 2. Including or concerning all humankind; universal.<br />
: 3. Of or involving the Roman Catholic Church.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''From Earthbeat, and environmental movement'''</big><br />
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Planet citizens in action<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Media release:''<br />
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''Via Vatican News''<br />
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<big>'''''โLaudate Deumโ: the Popeโs cry for a response to the climate crisis'''''</big><br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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''Nearly a decade later, the popeโs message has taken on new urgency.''<br />
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<big><big>'''[[Pope Francis on the Environment]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Laudato Si]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Integral Ecology]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''September'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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[[File:Mysterious circles around the world.png]]<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''US Government Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets'''</big></big><br />
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September 21, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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[[File:Earth conditions dynamic map.png]]<br />
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Planet Citizen, Where Are You on Planet Earth?<br />
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<big>Dynamic Change Is All Around Us</big<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-46.74,44.98,403/loc=-45.541,-53.340<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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''But in a democracy, thereโs another tool that is at least as essential as these to overcoming climate change: effective solutions-driven storytelling.''<br />
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Read more from the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media:<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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<big>'''โOne Earth, One Family, One Future"'''</big><br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[[File:The Daily Puffin.png]]<br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
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Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
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Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
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In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
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By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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<big>'''Ex-President Criminally Charged'''</big><br />
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'''June 13, 2023'''<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities '''Externalities'''] | '''[[Environmental full-cost accounting]]'''<br />
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'''[[New Definitions of National Security]]''' | '''[[Climate News]]''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels '''Fossil Fuels'''] | [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands '''Strategic Demands'''] | '''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life'''''</big></big><br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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''The open oceans of the world have no international body or agreement with a primary focus of protecting marine biodiversity. If enacted, this treaty would change that...''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Democracy <big><big><big>'''Act to Protect Democracy'''</big></big></big>]<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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Key Findings From the Jan. 6 Committeeโs Report, Annotated<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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<big>'''News from the US Department of Energy, Livermore Lab, of a Successful Fusion Demonstration'''</big><br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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-- Ernest J. Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary and CEO of the non-profit Energy Futures Initiative<br />
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<big>Via The Bulwark</big><br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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<big>'''Time to Remember: "An Oath" '''</big><br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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'''December 5, 2022'''<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/about<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-story<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-approach<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/map<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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''The Climate TRACE project is not being presented as the โclimate copsโ on the beat. The coalition in formation is seen as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by legal services and non profit groups who need local information and data to make their enforcement case. <br />
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โSome โ maybe many โ governments (will) use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied withโ...''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360:<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg '''Measure to Manage: Gather the Data and Science''']<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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Climate TRACE's data show emissions at the facility-level.<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360: Follow Our "Climate Plans Enforcement" Initiative<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''[[Climate Plans Enforcement - Resources]]'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 welcomes the arrival of a global science mission, a "Global Stocktake", a collection of earth science data to be made available to the community of nations, to planet citizen activists and scientists, educational institutions, non-profits, NGOs, young and old to become tools for legal enforcement of national climate plans & pledges<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Global_Stocktake,_the_first_GST.jpg<br />
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<big>'''GreenPolicy360's Campaign to 'Turn National Climate Promises & Pledges into Reality' '''</big><br />
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: Our Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative continues as the next Global Climate Conference approaches, November's Conference of the Parties (COP27)<br />
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:: Drawing from the database of Earth Science resulting from decades of space-based missions designed to provide us with actionable 'Earth-system and Climate-related data'<br />
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::: Measuring and Monitoring to better manage Earth's Living, Dynamic and Changing Systems, Local, National and Global<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png ''Methods to Enforce Climate Plan Pledges'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources ''GreenPolicy360: Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws ''Environmental Laws, Regs, Rules... Lawsuits & Legal Actions'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Glasgow_Climate_Summit_-_Pledges,_Promises,_Declarations_-_What%27s_Next_Up ''Glasgow (2021) & Paris (2015) Summits: Int'l Climate Plan Pledges & Promises (INDCs-NDCs)'']<br />
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"Earth Observing System": Decades of Earth Science/Climate Science Data Accessible for Planet Citizen Action<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Observing_System_-_fleet_of_satellites.png<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Summit / COP27 Updates - November 11, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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<big>More from the Global Climate Conference</big><br />
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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about โvery life of the planetโ<br />
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* https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1136000297/biden-says-u-s-will-rise-to-the-global-challenge-of-climate-change<br />
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - ''United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''The speech set an urgent tone as governments sit down for two weeks of talks on how to avert the worst of climate change, even as they are distracted by Russiaโs war in Ukraine, rampant consumer inflation and energy shortages.''<br />
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<big><big>'''COP27'''</big></big><br />
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: <big>'''Time for [[Planet Citizen Action]]'''</big> <br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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* <small>https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:NASA_has_a_new_mission..._against_Methane.png</small><br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:'''"Super emitters", we have a message for you, you can't hide....''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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<big><big><big>'''Planet Citizens / Scientists, Preserving & Protecting the Home Planet Earth'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Politics_of_Beauty_-_Oct_2022.png<br />
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'''Stewart Udall Film Trailer''': http://vimeo.com/708323643<br />
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* https://vimeo.com/491417423 <br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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Now comes '''"Nowhere to Hide"''' by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<br />
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Read it -- https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 and with our associate, Strategic Demands have worked alongside the Bulletin and its goals...<br />
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Now a flashing warning continues louder and brighter -- be aware of the danger. Act to reduce the danger of nuclear disaster. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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We have to ask, as now is the time to ask about Florida's future, what about Florida? Where is the 'trending' threads of concern acknowledging, risks, problems and identifying solutions to 'extreme weather events'. Here at GreenPolicy we have for years spoken of a warming Gulf of Mexico and tropical storms that 'rapidly intensify' as a result. Ian the hurricane did exactly that, surprising many but not out of line with the physics of a Gulf of Mexico that is heating due to climate change. The atmospheric science, earth science, ocean science, the statistics and the physics of interacting systems, and the political responses to the full scope of the devastation this extreme weather event/storm/typhoon, call it what you will, is on the radar. We are seeing connections between human decisions and nature's responses. Florida is, as we have written for years, "The frontlines of climate change". <br />
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'''E.O. Wilson:''' [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''Planet Citizen''']<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''He discovered hundreds of new species by putting his hands in the dirt as a field biologist, synthesized evolving thinking in science and coined new terms, such as biodiversity and biophilia, to explain it. Of his many accomplishments in evolutionary biology, his biggest contribution was probably in the new scientific field of sociobiology, in which he addressed the biological basis of social behavior in animals, including humans.''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/ <br />
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* https://eowilsonfoundation.org/many-people-want-to-set-aside-half-of-earth-as-nature/<br />
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<big><big>'''Big Picture Time: On the Way to Cosmology'''</big></big><br />
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''"The launch of the Webb Space Telescope is a pivotal moment -- this is just the beginning for the Webb mission," said Gregory L. Robinson, Webb's program director at NASA Headquarters.''<br />
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''"Now we will watch Webb's highly anticipated and critical 29 days on the edge. When the spacecraft unfurls in space, Webb will undergo the most difficult and complex deployment sequence ever attempted in space. Once commissioning is complete, we will see awe-inspiring images that will capture our imagination."''<br />
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* https://www.methanesat.org/project-updates/methanesat-is-launching-today-on-groundbreaking-mission-to-protect-the-climate/<br />
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* https://www.methanesat.org/press/<br />
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* https://www.methanesat.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Action Plans 360'''</big></big><br />
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In 2020/21 GreenPolicy360 first put forward a strategic initiative for "climate plans enforcement" developed and presented by nearly all nations of the world at climate summits. The Paris conference in 2015 was the first reveal of this plans and since then many promises for action have been made by nations and their political representatives -- but with sporadic follow up and performance. <br />
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We saw a pressing need to, as we put it, 'turn national climate plans and pledges into reality'. The plans/pledges/promises made on paper had to translate to action on the ground and, as we said, in the skies above. The [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/INDCs '''INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions)'''] had to bring in facts and data, and as we pointed to, the data was there in the form of satellite missions capable of surveying and reporting emissions, hot spots, 'code red' vital signs.<br />
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In other words, as we have said for many years, science could be and should be used. [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg ''' 'Measure-to-manage' '''] was a call to action for climate plans enforcement.<br />
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The use of [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Imaging-New_Space '''Earth Imaging'''] systems via satellite programs was high on our list, as our GreenPolicy360 founder has been involved in [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space '''Earth Science research from space'''] since its beginnings in the 1970s.<br />
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Now, with the launch of MethaneSAT, the vision of data that can be used for enforcement, to reduce methane emissions as a potent source of global warming, is now becoming a reality. Read on...<br />
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'''Distributing the MethaneSAT data is the next step...'''<br />
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* https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-07/michael-r-bloomberg-methane-tracking-satellite-s-powerful-potential<br />
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* https://gizmodo.com/methane-satellite-monitors-oil-gas-companies-1851313982<br />
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* https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/environment/article/methane-satellite-spacex-pollution-tracking-18695764.php<br />
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* https://www.space.com/methane-tracking-satellite-launch-spacex-transporter-10<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/methanesat-revolutionizes-climate-action-satellite-launched-to-expose-global-polluters/ar-BB1jp4MK<br />
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* https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/methanesat-satellite-methane-emmissions-9197297/<br />
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* https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/4/24090025/methanesat-satellite-launch-spacex-bezos-fund-google-map-methane-edf<br />
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* https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-03-07/the-big-brother-that-will-monitor-oil-industry-methane-leaks-is-orbiting-earth-already.html<br />
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* https://optics.org/news/15/3/6<br />
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You don't need a degree in statistics to know that facts count and data is a key to seeing how to navigate to your goals and destination.<br />
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'''Our World in Data''' is one of the best sources available online for gathering data in its various forms, fields, presentations and timelines. '''Our World in Data''' is now launching -- '''Data Insights'''. <br />
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We regularly check with '''Our World in Data''' for their data-science. <br />
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One of GreenPolicy360's oft-stated axioms is 'facts count' and so, after checking out [https://ourworldindata.org/about '''Our World in Data'''] and bookmarking them as a favorite, perhaps it's time to surf through some of GreenPolicy360's popular facts and science pages. One of our key goals is to provide actionable facts, data, and science that powers up green work... <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Change_-_Global_Warming_Keyword-Terms <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Merchants_of_Doubt <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:FLICC_techniques_of_science_denial.png (Video)<br />
* http://www.nature.com/news/wikipedia-shapes-language-in-science-papers-1.22656 <br />
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* https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/facebook_climate_misinformation/ <br />
* https://climatefeedback.org <br />
* https://climatecrocks.com/ <br />
* https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/y3z737/the-12-arguments-every-climate-denier-uses-and-how-to-debunk-them <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/ <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/about <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/global-warming-denier-database <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/slamming-the-climate-skeptic-scam <br />
* https://www.beforetheflood.com/explore/the-deniers/top-10-climate-deniers/ <br />
* https://www.drillednews.com/post/fake-science-is-a-real-danger <br />
* https://grist.org/series/skeptics/ <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:PEN_America-Earth_Institute-Columbia_U..._How_to_defend_yourself_online.jpg<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_of_the_Humans,_a_documentary_film <br />
* http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Change_Denier_Talking_Points_--_and_Rebuttals <br />
* https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php <br />
* https://skepticalscience.com/climate-models-intermediate.htm <br />
* https://www.snopes.com/collections/climate-change-denial-debunked/ <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
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* https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/22056/Flaco-the-Eurasian-Eagle-Owl-Has-Died.aspx<br />
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The Owl who escaped from the NY Central Park Zoo, went wild and lived with Owl freedom in the middle of New York City has come to an end.<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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Here's Andy talking with cohorts who know about birds, and bird life, and threats that we humans can act to minimize as we look to protect life of Earth...<br />
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[https://revkin.substack.com/p/new-yorks-eagle-owl-flaco-embraced?publication_id=1136572&post_id=142070207&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&open=false '''Via Sustain What'''] -- <br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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''Though the animal literature is peppered with stories of animals โ usually pets โ who suffer hardships and return home, Flaco never retreated to the zoo. Perhaps freedom itself was the home heโd discovered.''<br />
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โข Adam Smith, an architect and director of design at Synecdoche, a Michigan firm centering bird-safe features in its projects.<br />
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โข Brendon Samuels, a Ph.D. candidate at Western University in London, Ontario, studying building design and bird behavior. Samuels, working with the Fatal Light Awareness Program, a k a FLAP Canada, has created and assembled an array of invaluable resources highlighting the bird-building collision crisis and ways to mitigate enormous losses, which, he stresses, are NOT restricted to cities. <br />
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The times we are in, times of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species endangered species] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Extinction species extinction] suggest an [[All Species Day]], today.<br />
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<big><big>'''Inside Aleksei Navalnyโs Final Months'''</big></big><br />
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Excerpts from the [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/world/europe/navalny-letters-russia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Wk0.FCsR.oX8eUDAG9UxE&smid=em-share '''Unlocked' NY Times Article''']<br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, have a special interest in the work of Planet, as we were 'in at the beginning' as it were. We were there, in person, close up, when the original NASA mission statement, including these words -- โTo understand and protect our home planet..." -- were being spoken of by a US representative serving on the Space and Technology committee responsible for policy and oversight. [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr '''Congressman George Brown'''] from California showed your GreenPolicy360 Founder/Siterunner words that were motivating him to propose [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook '''Landsat missions'''] that came to be called 'Big Science', Earth Imaging/Earth Science and Atmospheric-Climate Science. For 30+ years Representative George E. Brown led the charge, as it were, to gather the data needed to make informed and wise decisions about our home Planet.<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary<br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_API<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Labs_Doves_Fly<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Vital_Signs<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJ Schmidt: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 1960s and 1970s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role in laying a foundation of scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Energy_and_Climate_Report%2C_1977%2C_National_Academy_of_Sciences.pdf '''Energy and Climate Report, 1977, National Academy of Sciences / 175 pp. / PDF via GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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<big><big>''' "Democracy is on the ballot" '''</big></big><br />
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:<big>'''US President Joe Biden's Speech in Pennsylvania Signals a Main Theme in the 2024 Presidential Campaign'''</big><br />
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"โWe must be clear,โ Mr. Biden said. โDemocracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot.โ ... <br />
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"Today, we are here to answer the most important of questions: Is democracy still America's sacred cause? ... it's what the 2024 election is all about...''<br />
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* https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-marks-3-years-since-jan-6-2021-capitol-riot-valley-forge/<br />
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<big><big>'''2023'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''December'''</big></big><br />
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<big>''Our Living Planet: Recalling the Message of a Presidential Farewell -- and the Anniversary of the US Endangered Species Protection Act'''</big><br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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President Joe Biden, today on the anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, urged Americans to protect ecosystems and biodiversity and to ''โhonor all the progress we have made toward protecting endangered species,โ and to โcome together to conserve our planet.โ ''<br />
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Presidents make a difference, as we can see.<br />
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And today, thinking of life, we are remembering Jimmy Carter in his presidential farewell speech:<br />
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President Carter left office by urging Americans to ''โprotect the quality of this world within which we liveโฆ. There are real and growing dangers to our simple and our most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land which sustains us... The rapid depletion of irreplaceable minerals, the erosion of topsoil, the destruction of beauty, the blight of pollution, the demands of increasing billions of people, all combine to create problems which are easy to observe and predict, but difficult to resolve.''<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, urge our Planet Earth community, as 2024 approaches, to move away from generation-to-generation war and to act to protect life and our common future.<br />
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The [https://www.tampabay.com/about/ '''Tampa Bay Times'''] | [https://www.poynter.org/about/ '''Poynter'''] home of fact-checking pioneer, '''PolitiFact''' announced today (Dec. 23) that it is expanding PolitiFact's coverage beginning in January 2024. Good news, especially here 'on the home front', as GreenPolicy360's global network originates in Tampa Bay. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous<br />
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* https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 are pleased to have shared the Poynter PolitiFact story and expansion of its 'best practices' networking model. At the end of last year, 2022, there were 424 fact-checking websites, up from just 11 in 2008, according to an annual census by the Duke University Reportersโ Lab. Poynter's PolitiFact and over 100 news publishing participants in a global fact checking network are confronting/battling an online proliferation of dis/misinformation, lies and political manipulation. Today and going forward, fact-checking operations are playing an increasingly essential role, delivering information, facts, opening eyes and bringing profoundly important ''veritas'' to people in every nation, community, market and political system. <br />
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<big>'''News from the International Climate Summit in Dubai...'''</big><br />
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'''December 13, 2023'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A Dubai Surprise'''</big></big><br />
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'''CNBC'''<br />
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''The latest proposal published by the UAE early on Wednesday. Dec. 13, calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science.โ''<br />
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''The COP28 deal might be historic, but there are many caveats...'''<br />
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* https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2023/12/13/the-cop28-deal-might-be-historic-but-there-are-many-caveats<br />
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''Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.''<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber called the deal "historic" but added that its true success would be in its implementation.''<br />
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''"We are what we do, not what we say," he told the crowded plenary at the summit. "We must take the steps necessary to turn this agreement into tangible actions."''<br />
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''Several countries cheered the deal for accomplishing something that until now eluded decades of climate talks.''<br />
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''"It is the first time that the world unites around such a clear text on the need to transition away from fossil fuels," Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide said.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''That battle pushed the summit a full day into overtime on Wednesday, and had some observers worried the negotiations would end at an impasse...''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/countries-push-cop28-deal-fossil-fuels-talks-spill-into-overtime-2023-12-12/<br />
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''COP28 is better than feared, but less than needed''<br />
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''Call to move away from fossil fuels lacks deadlines to phase them out...''<br />
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* https://www.ft.com/content/21852bf3-80e6-46f7-ad06-c94d89bc90de<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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::[https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/Interactive: '''Tracking negotiating texts at COP28 climate summit''']<br />
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<big>'''Tracking Negotiating Texts, Tracking News on the Dubai 2023 Int'l Climate Summit'''</big><br />
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December 12, 2023<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/oil-states-face-outrage-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-dropped-from-cop-draft/<br />
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Dubai -- at the International Climate Summmit (COP28, Conference of the Parties)<br />
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Today is the scheduled final day of the gathering of nations<br />
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Reuters question -- '''''Explainer - Why does OPEC oppose the idea of a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28?'''''<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''The members rely heavily on oil and gas revenues as their main source of income.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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'''October'''<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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Many more will die.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>{In Hebrew) ''What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will resonate (echo) with them over the generations...''</small><br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''From Earthbeat, and environmental movement'''</big><br />
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Planet citizens in action<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Media release:''<br />
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<big>'''''โLaudate Deumโ: the Popeโs cry for a response to the climate crisis'''''</big><br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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''Nearly a decade later, the popeโs message has taken on new urgency.''<br />
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<big><big>'''[[Pope Francis on the Environment]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''September'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''US Government Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets'''</big></big><br />
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September 21, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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Planet Citizen, Where Are You on Planet Earth?<br />
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<big>Dynamic Change Is All Around Us</big<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-46.74,44.98,403/loc=-45.541,-53.340<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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''But in a democracy, thereโs another tool that is at least as essential as these to overcoming climate change: effective solutions-driven storytelling.''<br />
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Read more from the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media:<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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<big>'''โOne Earth, One Family, One Future"'''</big><br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
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Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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: [[File:3M lawsuit re forever chemicals - June 2023.png]]<br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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Photo: Wally Fong/Associated Press<br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
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Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
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In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
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By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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<big>'''Ex-President Criminally Charged'''</big><br />
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'''June 13, 2023'''<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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[[File:NASA logo1.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>'''The Original Mission Statement of NASA'''</big></big><br />
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: '''Quote: NASA's Mission, โTo understand and protect our home planet..."''' <br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big><big>'''May'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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'' โThese rapid rates are unprecedented over at least the 20th century and they have been three times higher than the global average over the same period.โ''<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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<big>'''Meanwhile, up north....'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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Via [https://www.thebulwark.com/about-us/ '''The Bulwark''']<br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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March 22-24 | New York City<br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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โItโs not what happens in three days... Itโs what happens afterward.โ<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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<big>'''Profit-taking in a Profitable Year'''</big><br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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::'''Four oil companies had total sales of $1 trillion last year'''<br />
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:::'''Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Shell all reported record profits in 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities '''Externalities'''] | '''[[Environmental full-cost accounting]]'''<br />
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'''[[New Definitions of National Security]]''' | '''[[Climate News]]''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels '''Fossil Fuels'''] | [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands '''Strategic Demands'''] | '''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life'''''</big></big><br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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''The open oceans of the world have no international body or agreement with a primary focus of protecting marine biodiversity. If enacted, this treaty would change that...''<br />
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<big>'''''Depleted Under Trump, a โTraumatizedโ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission'''''</big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''โThe agency is moving further and faster than ever before,โ Dan Utech, Mr. Reganโs chief of staff, said in a statement. He added that accomplishments had come โdespite depleted staffing levels, persistent funding challenges and a previous administration that left the agency neglected and scientifically compromised.โ''<br />
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''The E.P.A. is at an unusual juncture. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the climate law enacted last year have begun to pump $90 billion into the agency over the next 10 years for climate projects like $1.5 billion for new technologies to monitor and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells, $5 billion for states to purchase low-emission school buses and $3 billion to cut pollution at ports...''<br />
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<big>Year of the Rabbit</big><br />
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By Fefe Ho & Chloe Chiao<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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''In the terms of yin and yang (้ด้ณโyฤซn yรกng), the Rabbit is yin...''<br />
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<big>'''December 2022'''</big><br />
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December 25th, Christmas Day<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Democracy <big><big><big>'''Act to Protect Democracy'''</big></big></big>]<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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<big><big>'''The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol'''</big></big> <br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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Key Findings From the Jan. 6 Committeeโs Report, Annotated<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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December 19, 2022<br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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Via Washington Post<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''โThis is an incredible milestone for the world when it comes to conservation,โ said Brian OโDonnell, the director of the conservation group Campaign for Nature. โWe have been on a rapid path of destruction of nature for hundreds of years, and this can mark a turning point.โ''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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''โItโs a global goal. Every country commits what they are capable of committing,โ said Masha Kalinina, a senior officer focused on biodiversity at the Pew Charitable Trusts. โSome will do more, some will do less.โ''<br />
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''The world has a long way to go to achieving that goal. Right now, only about a sixth of the continents and a 12th of the oceans have some form of protection, according to the U.N.โs World Conservation Monitoring Centre.''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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<big>'''News from the US Department of Energy, Livermore Lab, of a Successful Fusion Demonstration'''</big><br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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-- Ernest J. Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary and CEO of the non-profit Energy Futures Initiative<br />
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<big>Via The Bulwark</big><br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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<big>'''Time to Remember: "An Oath" '''</big><br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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'''December 5, 2022'''<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/about<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-story<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-approach<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/map<br />
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Via Protocol ("Launched to cover the evolving power center of tech")<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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''The Climate TRACE project is not being presented as the โclimate copsโ on the beat. The coalition in formation is seen as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by legal services and non profit groups who need local information and data to make their enforcement case. <br />
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โSome โ maybe many โ governments (will) use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied withโ...''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360:<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg '''Measure to Manage: Gather the Data and Science''']<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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Climate TRACE's data show emissions at the facility-level.<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360: Follow Our "Climate Plans Enforcement" Initiative<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''[[Climate Plans Enforcement - Resources]]'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 welcomes the arrival of a global science mission, a "Global Stocktake", a collection of earth science data to be made available to the community of nations, to planet citizen activists and scientists, educational institutions, non-profits, NGOs, young and old to become tools for legal enforcement of national climate plans & pledges<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Global_Stocktake,_the_first_GST.jpg<br />
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<big>'''GreenPolicy360's Campaign to 'Turn National Climate Promises & Pledges into Reality' '''</big><br />
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: Our Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative continues as the next Global Climate Conference approaches, November's Conference of the Parties (COP27)<br />
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:: Drawing from the database of Earth Science resulting from decades of space-based missions designed to provide us with actionable 'Earth-system and Climate-related data'<br />
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::: Measuring and Monitoring to better manage Earth's Living, Dynamic and Changing Systems, Local, National and Global<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png ''Methods to Enforce Climate Plan Pledges'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources ''GreenPolicy360: Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws ''Environmental Laws, Regs, Rules... Lawsuits & Legal Actions'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Glasgow_Climate_Summit_-_Pledges,_Promises,_Declarations_-_What%27s_Next_Up ''Glasgow (2021) & Paris (2015) Summits: Int'l Climate Plan Pledges & Promises (INDCs-NDCs)'']<br />
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"Earth Observing System": Decades of Earth Science/Climate Science Data Accessible for Planet Citizen Action<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Observing_System_-_fleet_of_satellites.png<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Time_Nov_10_2022_COP27.jpg</small><br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Summit / COP27 Updates - November 11, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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Via NY Times Reporters/Live - On Location<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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<big>More from the Global Climate Conference</big><br />
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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about โvery life of the planetโ<br />
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* https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1136000297/biden-says-u-s-will-rise-to-the-global-challenge-of-climate-change<br />
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - ''United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''The speech set an urgent tone as governments sit down for two weeks of talks on how to avert the worst of climate change, even as they are distracted by Russiaโs war in Ukraine, rampant consumer inflation and energy shortages.''<br />
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<big><big>'''COP27'''</big></big><br />
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: <big>'''Time for [[Planet Citizen Action]]'''</big> <br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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* <small>https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:NASA_has_a_new_mission..._against_Methane.png</small><br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:'''"Super emitters", we have a message for you, you can't hide....''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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<big><big><big>'''Planet Citizens / Scientists, Preserving & Protecting the Home Planet Earth'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Politics_of_Beauty_-_Oct_2022.png<br />
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* https://vimeo.com/491417423 <br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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Now comes '''"Nowhere to Hide"''' by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<br />
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Read it -- https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 and with our associate, Strategic Demands have worked alongside the Bulletin and its goals...<br />
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Now a flashing warning continues louder and brighter -- be aware of the danger. Act to reduce the danger of nuclear disaster. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ultimatum-time/<br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/two-from-elon/<br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/getting-nuked-thoughts-warnings-on-a-sunday/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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We have to ask, as now is the time to ask about Florida's future, what about Florida? Where is the 'trending' threads of concern acknowledging, risks, problems and identifying solutions to 'extreme weather events'. Here at GreenPolicy we have for years spoken of a warming Gulf of Mexico and tropical storms that 'rapidly intensify' as a result. Ian the hurricane did exactly that, surprising many but not out of line with the physics of a Gulf of Mexico that is heating due to climate change. The atmospheric science, earth science, ocean science, the statistics and the physics of interacting systems, and the political responses to the full scope of the devastation this extreme weather event/storm/typhoon, call it what you will, is on the radar. We are seeing connections between human decisions and nature's responses. Florida is, as we have written for years, "The frontlines of climate change". <br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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On March 4, 2024, MethaneSAT detached from the SpaceX Transporter-10 rocket that carried the emissions-monitor into space. <br />
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MethaneSAT data will become available, it has been announced, for download in the Google Earth Engine database...<br />
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In 2020/21 GreenPolicy360 first put forward a strategic initiative for "climate plans enforcement" developed and presented by nearly all nations of the world at climate summits. The Paris conference in 2015 was the first reveal of this plans and since then many promises for action have been made by nations and their political representatives -- but with sporadic follow up and performance. <br />
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We saw a pressing need to, as we put it, 'turn national climate plans and pledges into reality'. The plans/pledges/promises made on paper had to translate to action on the ground and, as we said, in the skies above. The [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/INDCs '''INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions)'''] had to bring in facts and data, and as we pointed to, the data was there in the form of satellite missions capable of surveying and reporting emissions, hot spots, 'code red' vital signs.<br />
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In other words, as we have said for many years, science could be and should be used. [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg ''' 'Measure-to-manage' '''] was a call to action for climate plans enforcement.<br />
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The use of [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Imaging-New_Space '''Earth Imaging'''] systems via satellite programs was high on our list, as our GreenPolicy360 founder has been involved in [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space '''Earth Science research from space'''] since its beginnings in the 1970s.<br />
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Now, with the launch of MethaneSAT, the vision of data that can be used for enforcement, to reduce methane emissions as a potent source of global warming, is now becoming a reality. Read on...<br />
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'''Distributing the MethaneSAT data is the next step...'''<br />
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* https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-07/michael-r-bloomberg-methane-tracking-satellite-s-powerful-potential<br />
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* https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/methanesat-satellite-methane-emmissions-9197297/<br />
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'''Our World in Data''' is one of the best sources available online for gathering data in its various forms, fields, presentations and timelines. '''Our World in Data''' is now launching -- '''Data Insights'''. <br />
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We regularly check with '''Our World in Data''' for their data-science. <br />
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One of GreenPolicy360's oft-stated axioms is 'facts count' and so, after checking out [https://ourworldindata.org/about '''Our World in Data'''] and bookmarking them as a favorite, perhaps it's time to surf through some of GreenPolicy360's popular facts and science pages. One of our key goals is to provide actionable facts, data, and science that powers up green work... <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:FLICC_techniques_of_science_denial.png (Video)<br />
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* http://www.desmogblog.com/ <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/about <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/global-warming-denier-database <br />
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* http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Change_Denier_Talking_Points_--_and_Rebuttals <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
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<big>'''Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle Owl, Has Died'''</big><br />
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The Owl who escaped from the NY Central Park Zoo, went wild and lived with Owl freedom in the middle of New York City has come to an end.<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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Here's Andy talking with cohorts who know about birds, and bird life, and threats that we humans can act to minimize as we look to protect life of Earth...<br />
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[https://revkin.substack.com/p/new-yorks-eagle-owl-flaco-embraced?publication_id=1136572&post_id=142070207&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&open=false '''Via Sustain What'''] -- <br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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''Though the animal literature is peppered with stories of animals โ usually pets โ who suffer hardships and return home, Flaco never retreated to the zoo. Perhaps freedom itself was the home heโd discovered.''<br />
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โข Adam Smith, an architect and director of design at Synecdoche, a Michigan firm centering bird-safe features in its projects.<br />
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โข Brendon Samuels, a Ph.D. candidate at Western University in London, Ontario, studying building design and bird behavior. Samuels, working with the Fatal Light Awareness Program, a k a FLAP Canada, has created and assembled an array of invaluable resources highlighting the bird-building collision crisis and ways to mitigate enormous losses, which, he stresses, are NOT restricted to cities. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 suggests all of us protect birds and wildlife. <br />
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The times we are in, times of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species endangered species] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Extinction species extinction] suggest an [[All Species Day]], today.<br />
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<big><big>'''Inside Aleksei Navalnyโs Final Months'''</big></big><br />
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Excerpts from the [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/world/europe/navalny-letters-russia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Wk0.FCsR.oX8eUDAG9UxE&smid=em-share '''Unlocked' NY Times Article''']<br />
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Quoted from letters sent from a small cell in the Arctic...<br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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Mr. Krasilshchik... said he was left to ruminate on the last letter he received, in September. Mr. Navalny concluded it by positing that if South Korea and Taiwan were able to make the transition from dictatorship to democracy, then perhaps Russia could, too.<br />
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Planet Labs first came onto our radar screen here in 2011. We have been following the evolution of the Planet Labs' story (now re-branded ''Planet'' @ Planet.com) from its mission statement to today.<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, have a special interest in the work of Planet, as we were 'in at the beginning' as it were. We were there, in person, close up, when the original NASA mission statement, including these words -- โTo understand and protect our home planet..." -- were being spoken of by a US representative serving on the Space and Technology committee responsible for policy and oversight. [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr '''Congressman George Brown'''] from California showed your GreenPolicy360 Founder/Siterunner words that were motivating him to propose [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook '''Landsat missions'''] that came to be called 'Big Science', Earth Imaging/Earth Science and Atmospheric-Climate Science. For 30+ years Representative George E. Brown led the charge, as it were, to gather the data needed to make informed and wise decisions about our home Planet.<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary<br />
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<big>'''Understanding AIโs Impact on Space Data with Planetโs Head of Product'''</big><br />
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* https://payloadspace.com/understanding-ais-impact-on-space-data-with-planets-head-of-product/<br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_API<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Labs_Doves_Fly<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Vital_Signs<br />
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Visit GreenPolicy360's story of Earth Science research from our decades of research, eco-activism and #PlanetCitizens education.<br />
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ThinBlueLayer.com - [[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]<br />
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[[Earth and Space, Politics]]<br />
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[[New Definitions of National Security]]<br />
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<big><big>'''Flashback -- 1978, Climate Action Memories'''</big></big><br />
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: GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Our friend George steps up in Congress<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJ Schmidt: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 1960s and 1970s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role in laying a foundation of scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Energy_and_Climate_Report%2C_1977%2C_National_Academy_of_Sciences.pdf '''Energy and Climate Report, 1977, National Academy of Sciences / 175 pp. / PDF via GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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Rep. George Brown took the findings of the 1977 Energy and Climate Report from the Academy of Sciences and made the science actionable. In a historic moment, he proposed and drafted the legislation of the first U.S. National Climate Program and shepherded its passage in 1978.<br />
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This first federal program established to study and assess scientifically the issues and risks of human-caused climate change became a foundation for comprehensive initiatives, with an array of new Earth Science missions led by NASA and NOAA, the EPA and USGS. <br />
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<big>'''GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Memories of Riding Free in Canyons and on Mesas of the Ghost Ranch'''</big><br />
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: (And memories of my spirited & wild Appaloosa and [https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=pedernal+new+mexico&atb=v408-1&iax=images&ia=images '''Ghost Ranch exploring'''] after summer monsoons)<br />
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:<big>'''US President Joe Biden's Speech in Pennsylvania Signals a Main Theme in the 2024 Presidential Campaign'''</big><br />
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"โWe must be clear,โ Mr. Biden said. โDemocracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot.โ ... <br />
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"Today, we are here to answer the most important of questions: Is democracy still America's sacred cause? ... it's what the 2024 election is all about...''<br />
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* https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-marks-3-years-since-jan-6-2021-capitol-riot-valley-forge/<br />
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<big>''Our Living Planet: Recalling the Message of a Presidential Farewell -- and the Anniversary of the US Endangered Species Protection Act'''</big><br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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President Joe Biden, today on the anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, urged Americans to protect ecosystems and biodiversity and to ''โhonor all the progress we have made toward protecting endangered species,โ and to โcome together to conserve our planet.โ ''<br />
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Presidents make a difference, as we can see.<br />
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And today, thinking of life, we are remembering Jimmy Carter in his presidential farewell speech:<br />
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President Carter left office by urging Americans to ''โprotect the quality of this world within which we liveโฆ. There are real and growing dangers to our simple and our most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land which sustains us... The rapid depletion of irreplaceable minerals, the erosion of topsoil, the destruction of beauty, the blight of pollution, the demands of increasing billions of people, all combine to create problems which are easy to observe and predict, but difficult to resolve.''<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, urge our Planet Earth community, as 2024 approaches, to move away from generation-to-generation war and to act to protect life and our common future.<br />
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* https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/farewell-address-the-nation-0<br />
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The [https://www.tampabay.com/about/ '''Tampa Bay Times'''] | [https://www.poynter.org/about/ '''Poynter'''] home of fact-checking pioneer, '''PolitiFact''' announced today (Dec. 23) that it is expanding PolitiFact's coverage beginning in January 2024. Good news, especially here 'on the home front', as GreenPolicy360's global network originates in Tampa Bay. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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The online world is especially convoluted these days... the demands for fact-checking of memes and gaslighting, dis- and mis-info is 24/7/365 <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking<br />
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* https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 are pleased to have shared the Poynter PolitiFact story and expansion of its 'best practices' networking model. At the end of last year, 2022, there were 424 fact-checking websites, up from just 11 in 2008, according to an annual census by the Duke University Reportersโ Lab. Poynter's PolitiFact and over 100 news publishing participants in a global fact checking network are confronting/battling an online proliferation of dis/misinformation, lies and political manipulation. Today and going forward, fact-checking operations are playing an increasingly essential role, delivering information, facts, opening eyes and bringing profoundly important ''veritas'' to people in every nation, community, market and political system. <br />
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'''December 13, 2023'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A Dubai Surprise'''</big></big><br />
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With Multiple [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caveat '''Caveats''']<br />
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'''CNBC'''<br />
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''The latest proposal published by the UAE early on Wednesday. Dec. 13, calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science.โ''<br />
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* https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/13/countries-agree-to-deal-at-cop28-climate-summit.html<br />
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'''Economist'''<br />
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''The COP28 deal might be historic, but there are many caveats...'''<br />
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* https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2023/12/13/the-cop28-deal-might-be-historic-but-there-are-many-caveats<br />
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'''Reuters''' <br />
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''Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.''<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber called the deal "historic" but added that its true success would be in its implementation.''<br />
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''"We are what we do, not what we say," he told the crowded plenary at the summit. "We must take the steps necessary to turn this agreement into tangible actions."''<br />
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''Several countries cheered the deal for accomplishing something that until now eluded decades of climate talks.''<br />
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''"It is the first time that the world unites around such a clear text on the need to transition away from fossil fuels," Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide said.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''That battle pushed the summit a full day into overtime on Wednesday, and had some observers worried the negotiations would end at an impasse...''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/countries-push-cop28-deal-fossil-fuels-talks-spill-into-overtime-2023-12-12/<br />
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'''Financial Times'''<br />
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''COP28 is better than feared, but less than needed''<br />
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''Call to move away from fossil fuels lacks deadlines to phase them out...''<br />
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* https://www.ft.com/content/21852bf3-80e6-46f7-ad06-c94d89bc90de<br />
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'''NY Times'''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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::[https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/Interactive: '''Tracking negotiating texts at COP28 climate summit''']<br />
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<big>'''Tracking Negotiating Texts, Tracking News on the Dubai 2023 Int'l Climate Summit'''</big><br />
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December 12, 2023<br />
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Read updates from Carbon Brief:<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/oil-states-face-outrage-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-dropped-from-cop-draft/<br />
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Dubai -- at the International Climate Summmit (COP28, Conference of the Parties)<br />
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Today is the scheduled final day of the gathering of nations<br />
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* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/conferences/un-climate-change-conference-united-arab-emirates-nov/dec-2023/about-cop-28<br />
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Reuters question -- '''''Explainer - Why does OPEC oppose the idea of a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28?'''''<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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(The international news service of Reuters answers in 'simple English' here...)<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''The members rely heavily on oil and gas revenues as their main source of income.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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''Hence, any language that calls for the phasing out of fossil fuels threatens the model on which these oil- and gas-producing countries' economies are built.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:EleanorRooseveltHumanRights.png<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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December 10 / NYT International<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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<big>'''''Open secret at global climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone'''''</big><br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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: * https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/03/cop28-global-temperature-goal-00129766<br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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<big>'''''Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages'''''</big><br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Peace <big>'''Peace, a New Vision'''</big>]<br />
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<big>'''Gaza-Israel War Worsens as It Expands'''<br />
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: The Costs of War Extend Far from Today's Fighting, Bombing and Death Count<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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<big>'''Online, a Social Media Fight Hits as War in the Mideast Heats Up'''</big><br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Other_Side_-_Life_in_Gaza,_Israel.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Humanitarian Disaster in Israel/Gaza... War and Generational Disaster'''</big></big></big><br />
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: '''Where Next?'''<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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<big><big>'''Fog of War'''</big></big> <br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-46.74,44.98,403/loc=-45.541,-53.340<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
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Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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: [[File:3M lawsuit re forever chemicals - June 2023.png]]<br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
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Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
<br />
In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
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By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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<big>'''Ex-President Criminally Charged'''</big><br />
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'''June 13, 2023'''<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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<big><big>'''The Original Mission Statement of NASA'''</big></big><br />
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: '''Quote: NASA's Mission, โTo understand and protect our home planet..."''' <br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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<small>โข<br />
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary</small><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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'' โThese rapid rates are unprecedented over at least the 20th century and they have been three times higher than the global average over the same period.โ''<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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<big>'''Meanwhile, up north....'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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PBS<br />
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<big><big>'''The Movement and the 'Madman' '''</big></big><br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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[[File:Internet Freedom - Democracy Status - FH Map 2022-23.png]]<br />
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<big>'''Mapping Internet Freedom - Democracy Status'''</big><br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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About Freedom House<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/issues<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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March 29<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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Via [https://www.thebulwark.com/about-us/ '''The Bulwark''']<br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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March 22-24 | New York City<br />
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Thread<br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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โItโs not what happens in three days... Itโs what happens afterward.โ<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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'''UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals'''<br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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<big>'''Profit-taking in a Profitable Year'''</big><br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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::'''Four oil companies had total sales of $1 trillion last year'''<br />
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:::'''Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Shell all reported record profits in 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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[[File:Alaska Willow - March 12 2023.png]]<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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[[File:Where is the snow.PNG]]<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities '''Externalities'''] | '''[[Environmental full-cost accounting]]'''<br />
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'''[[New Definitions of National Security]]''' | '''[[Climate News]]''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels '''Fossil Fuels'''] | [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands '''Strategic Demands'''] | '''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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''The open oceans of the world have no international body or agreement with a primary focus of protecting marine biodiversity. If enacted, this treaty would change that...''<br />
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<big>'''''Depleted Under Trump, a โTraumatizedโ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission'''''</big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''โThe agency is moving further and faster than ever before,โ Dan Utech, Mr. Reganโs chief of staff, said in a statement. He added that accomplishments had come โdespite depleted staffing levels, persistent funding challenges and a previous administration that left the agency neglected and scientifically compromised.โ''<br />
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''The E.P.A. is at an unusual juncture. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the climate law enacted last year have begun to pump $90 billion into the agency over the next 10 years for climate projects like $1.5 billion for new technologies to monitor and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells, $5 billion for states to purchase low-emission school buses and $3 billion to cut pollution at ports...''<br />
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<big>Year of the Rabbit</big><br />
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By Fefe Ho & Chloe Chiao<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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''In the terms of yin and yang (้ด้ณโyฤซn yรกng), the Rabbit is yin...''<br />
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<big>'''December 2022'''</big><br />
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December 25th, Christmas Day<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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<big><big>'''The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol'''</big></big> <br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''โThis is an incredible milestone for the world when it comes to conservation,โ said Brian OโDonnell, the director of the conservation group Campaign for Nature. โWe have been on a rapid path of destruction of nature for hundreds of years, and this can mark a turning point.โ''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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''โItโs a global goal. Every country commits what they are capable of committing,โ said Masha Kalinina, a senior officer focused on biodiversity at the Pew Charitable Trusts. โSome will do more, some will do less.โ''<br />
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''The world has a long way to go to achieving that goal. Right now, only about a sixth of the continents and a 12th of the oceans have some form of protection, according to the U.N.โs World Conservation Monitoring Centre.''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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<big>'''News from the US Department of Energy, Livermore Lab, of a Successful Fusion Demonstration'''</big><br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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-- Ernest J. Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary and CEO of the non-profit Energy Futures Initiative<br />
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<big>Via The Bulwark</big><br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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<big>'''Time to Remember: "An Oath" '''</big><br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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'''December 5, 2022'''<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-story<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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''The Climate TRACE project is not being presented as the โclimate copsโ on the beat. The coalition in formation is seen as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by legal services and non profit groups who need local information and data to make their enforcement case. <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg '''Measure to Manage: Gather the Data and Science''']<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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Climate TRACE's data show emissions at the facility-level.<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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GreenPolicy360 welcomes the arrival of a global science mission, a "Global Stocktake", a collection of earth science data to be made available to the community of nations, to planet citizen activists and scientists, educational institutions, non-profits, NGOs, young and old to become tools for legal enforcement of national climate plans & pledges<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Global_Stocktake,_the_first_GST.jpg<br />
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: Our Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative continues as the next Global Climate Conference approaches, November's Conference of the Parties (COP27)<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png ''Methods to Enforce Climate Plan Pledges'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources ''GreenPolicy360: Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws ''Environmental Laws, Regs, Rules... Lawsuits & Legal Actions'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Glasgow_Climate_Summit_-_Pledges,_Promises,_Declarations_-_What%27s_Next_Up ''Glasgow (2021) & Paris (2015) Summits: Int'l Climate Plan Pledges & Promises (INDCs-NDCs)'']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Observing_System_-_fleet_of_satellites.png<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Summit / COP27 Updates - November 11, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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<big>More from the Global Climate Conference</big><br />
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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about โvery life of the planetโ<br />
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* https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1136000297/biden-says-u-s-will-rise-to-the-global-challenge-of-climate-change<br />
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* https://www.ucsusa.org/about/news/president-bidens-cop27-speech-highlights-climate-progress-us-still-falling-behind-global<br />
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - ''United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''The speech set an urgent tone as governments sit down for two weeks of talks on how to avert the worst of climate change, even as they are distracted by Russiaโs war in Ukraine, rampant consumer inflation and energy shortages.''<br />
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<big><big>'''COP27'''</big></big><br />
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: <big>'''Time for [[Planet Citizen Action]]'''</big> <br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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* <small>https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:NASA_has_a_new_mission..._against_Methane.png</small><br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:'''"Super emitters", we have a message for you, you can't hide....''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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<big>'''October 2022'''</big><br />
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:::::::::::<big><big>'''[[Planet Citizen Vision of Living Earth]]'''</big></big><br />
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::::::::<big>'''[[Planet Citizen Action]], [[Environmental protection]]. [[Quality of Life]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big><big>'''Planet Citizens / Scientists, Preserving & Protecting the Home Planet Earth'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Politics_of_Beauty_-_Oct_2022.png<br />
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'''Stewart Udall Film Trailer''': http://vimeo.com/708323643<br />
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* https://vimeo.com/491417423 <br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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Now comes '''"Nowhere to Hide"''' by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<br />
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Read it -- https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 and with our associate, Strategic Demands have worked alongside the Bulletin and its goals...<br />
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Now a flashing warning continues louder and brighter -- be aware of the danger. Act to reduce the danger of nuclear disaster. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ultimatum-time/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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We have to ask, as now is the time to ask about Florida's future, what about Florida? Where is the 'trending' threads of concern acknowledging, risks, problems and identifying solutions to 'extreme weather events'. Here at GreenPolicy we have for years spoken of a warming Gulf of Mexico and tropical storms that 'rapidly intensify' as a result. Ian the hurricane did exactly that, surprising many but not out of line with the physics of a Gulf of Mexico that is heating due to climate change. The atmospheric science, earth science, ocean science, the statistics and the physics of interacting systems, and the political responses to the full scope of the devastation this extreme weather event/storm/typhoon, call it what you will, is on the radar. We are seeing connections between human decisions and nature's responses. Florida is, as we have written for years, "The frontlines of climate change". <br />
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'''E.O. Wilson:''' [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''Planet Citizen''']<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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* https://eowilsonfoundation.org/many-people-want-to-set-aside-half-of-earth-as-nature/<br />
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<big><big>'''Big Picture Time: On the Way to Cosmology'''</big></big><br />
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''"The launch of the Webb Space Telescope is a pivotal moment -- this is just the beginning for the Webb mission," said Gregory L. Robinson, Webb's program director at NASA Headquarters.''<br />
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''"Now we will watch Webb's highly anticipated and critical 29 days on the edge. When the spacecraft unfurls in space, Webb will undergo the most difficult and complex deployment sequence ever attempted in space. Once commissioning is complete, we will see awe-inspiring images that will capture our imagination."''<br />
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<big><big>Big Science: How the James Webb Telescope Will See Back in Time</big></big><br />
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'''More GreenPolicy360 Archives of Highlighted Green Stories of the Day'''<br />
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<big>'''Roll back into the GreenPolicy360 Archive ...'''</big><br />
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: Green Movement, Green Politics, Green Party, Strategic Demands<br />
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:: 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s ... and on and on and on ...<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2021'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2021 <u>'''''Featured in 2021'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2020'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2020 <u>'''''Featured in 2020'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2019'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2019 <u>'''''Featured in 2019'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2018'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2018 <u>'''''Featured in 2018'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2017'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2017 <u>'''''Featured in 2017'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2016'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2016 <u>'''''Featured in 2016'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2015'''''</big><br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2015 <u>'''''Featured in 2015'''''</u>]<br />
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::[[File:Connect cooperative networking 2a.jpg|link=http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2015]]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2014'''''</big><br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2014 <u>'''''Featured in 2014'''''</u>]<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2013 <u>'''''Featured in 2013'''''</u>]<br />
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<big><big><font color=green> '''''Planet Citizens'''''</font></big></big><br />
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:[http://www.planetcitizen.org '''www.planetcitizen.org''']<br />
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::[http://www.planetcitizens.org '''www.planetcitizens.org''']<br />
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:::[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Vision_of_Living_Earth '''Planet Citizen Vision of Living Earth''']<br />
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: <big>Green Policy ... Vision and #Resilience</big><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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: <big>'''DYK? Yes, we do, we remember the beginnings !'''</big> <br />
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: ๐ [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf <big>'''The 1960s... Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement'''</big>] <br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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: <big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary</small><br />
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... Remembering the student teach-ins, the means we used to spread the word and we did. The Vietnam Moratorium Committee became the peace group and and when we talked to Senator Nelson and George Brown about doing environmental teach-ins that would be the first in a series of annual peace and environment events they got it and put their combined weight behind the effort.<br />
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It came to be, from an [https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1249.html Earthrise moment], to the Moratorium demonstrations and teach-in, to the teach-ins of Earth Day. What quickly followed was the passage of the first generation of US environmental protection legislation.<br />
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The environmental movement that sprang from the global realization passed on to us by the NASA Apollo missions, and student activism, are shaping a new generation and modern environmental movement.<br />
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'''The 1970s and 80s'''<br />
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<big><big>''Greening Our Blue Planet''</big></big><br />
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In 1977-78 the first climate science comes to light... first generation science for national and global environmental action set a platform in place on which to create [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy climate policy] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection environmental protection] over the coming decades ...'''<br />
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<big><big>'''First National Climate Act, Historic Work, 1978'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJS: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 60s and 70s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role with scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Energy_and_Climate_Report%2C_1977%2C_National_Academy_of_Sciences.pdf '''Energy and Climate Report, 1977, National Academy of Sciences / 175 pp. / PDF via GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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George Brown, taking the 1977 Energy and Climate Report from the Academy, made climate science actionable. In a historic moment, Representative Brown from East Los Angeles proposed and drafted the legislation for the first U.S. National Climate Program and shepherded its passage in 1978. In 1979 came the first follow-on [https://www.nap.edu/read/12181/chapter/1 National Science Academy report]. This study and report of national scientists was [https://phys.org/news/2019-07-charney-years-scientists-accurately-climate.html prescient and accurate in its global warming predictions.]<br />
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: This first federal program established to study and assess scientifically the issues and risks of human-caused climate change became a foundation for comprehensive initiatives, and led to [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space an array of new Earth Science missions] by NASA and NOAA, the EPA and USGS. <br />
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<big>'''At the Beginning of U.S. Science on Global Warming, Strategies & Planning'''</big><br />
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'''1978, Launching U.S. Climate Action:'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:US_Public_Law_95-367.png '''National Climate Program Act, Public Law 95-367''']<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/National_Climate_Program_Act_Public_Law_95-367_Sept_1978.pdf '''National Climate Program Act of September 1978''']<br />
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<big>Into the 1990s... Going Green Globally</big><br />
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[[File:Earth Summit 1992.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>Remembering the First Earth Summit</big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action<br />
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The Owl who escaped from the NY Central Park Zoo, went wild and lived with Owl freedom in the middle of New York City has come to an end.<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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Here's Andy talking with cohorts who know about birds, and bird life, and threats that we humans can act to minimize as we look to protect life of Earth...<br />
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[https://revkin.substack.com/p/new-yorks-eagle-owl-flaco-embraced?publication_id=1136572&post_id=142070207&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&open=false '''Via Sustain What'''] -- <br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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โข Adam Smith, an architect and director of design at Synecdoche, a Michigan firm centering bird-safe features in its projects.<br />
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โข Brendon Samuels, a Ph.D. candidate at Western University in London, Ontario, studying building design and bird behavior. Samuels, working with the Fatal Light Awareness Program, a k a FLAP Canada, has created and assembled an array of invaluable resources highlighting the bird-building collision crisis and ways to mitigate enormous losses, which, he stresses, are NOT restricted to cities. <br />
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The times we are in, times of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species endangered species] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Extinction species extinction] suggest an [[All Species Day]], today.<br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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Many details about his last months โ as well as the circumstances of his death, which the Russian authorities announced on Friday โ remain unknown; even the whereabouts of his body are unclear. ...<br />
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Even as brutal prison conditions took their toll on his body โ he was often denied medical and dental treatment โ there was no hint that Mr. Navalny had lost his clarity of mind, his writings show. ...<br />
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Kerry Kennedy, a human-rights activist and the daughter of the Democratic politician Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968, also exchanged letters with Mr. Navalny. He told her that he had cried โtwo or three timesโ while reading a book about her father recommended by a friend, according to a copy of a letter, handwritten in English, that Ms. Kennedy posted on Instagram after Mr. Navalny died.<br />
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Mr. Krasilshchik... said he was left to ruminate on the last letter he received, in September. Mr. Navalny concluded it by positing that if South Korea and Taiwan were able to make the transition from dictatorship to democracy, then perhaps Russia could, too.<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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''Hence, any language that calls for the phasing out of fossil fuels threatens the model on which these oil- and gas-producing countries' economies are built.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:EleanorRooseveltHumanRights.png<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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<big>'''''Open secret at global climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone'''''</big><br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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<big>'''[[Planet API]]</big><br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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Nov. 22 / World News<br />
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<big>'''''Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages'''''</big><br />
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[https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7 Associated Press]<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Peace <big>'''Peace, a New Vision'''</big>]<br />
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<big>'''Gaza-Israel War Worsens as It Expands'''<br />
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: The Costs of War Extend Far from Today's Fighting, Bombing and Death Count<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Other_Side_-_Life_in_Gaza,_Israel.jpg<br />
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: '''Where Next?'''<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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<big><big>'''Fog of War'''</big></big> <br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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Read more from the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media:<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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<big>'''โOne Earth, One Family, One Future"'''</big><br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
<br />
Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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<br />
As described in Politico: <br />
<br />
''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
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Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
<br />
In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
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By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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<big>'''Ex-President Criminally Charged'''</big><br />
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'''June 13, 2023'''<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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<big><big>'''The Original Mission Statement of NASA'''</big></big><br />
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: '''Quote: NASA's Mission, โTo understand and protect our home planet..."''' <br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big><big>'''May'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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<big>'''''Methane Reduction Action by European Parliament / European Union'''''</big><br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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<big>'''Meanwhile, up north....'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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<big><big>'''The Movement and the 'Madman' '''</big></big><br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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<big>'''Mapping Internet Freedom - Democracy Status'''</big><br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/issues<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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Via [https://www.thebulwark.com/about-us/ '''The Bulwark''']<br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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March 22-24 | New York City<br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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'''UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals'''<br />
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:'''Act to Make a Positive Difference'''<br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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<big><big>'''''Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life'''''</big></big><br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg '''Measure to Manage: Gather the Data and Science''']<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360 welcomes the arrival of a global science mission, a "Global Stocktake", a collection of earth science data to be made available to the community of nations, to planet citizen activists and scientists, educational institutions, non-profits, NGOs, young and old to become tools for legal enforcement of national climate plans & pledges<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Global_Stocktake,_the_first_GST.jpg<br />
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<big>'''GreenPolicy360's Campaign to 'Turn National Climate Promises & Pledges into Reality' '''</big><br />
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: Our Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative continues as the next Global Climate Conference approaches, November's Conference of the Parties (COP27)<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png ''Methods to Enforce Climate Plan Pledges'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources ''GreenPolicy360: Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws ''Environmental Laws, Regs, Rules... Lawsuits & Legal Actions'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Glasgow_Climate_Summit_-_Pledges,_Promises,_Declarations_-_What%27s_Next_Up ''Glasgow (2021) & Paris (2015) Summits: Int'l Climate Plan Pledges & Promises (INDCs-NDCs)'']<br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Summit / COP27 Updates - November 11, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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<big>More from the Global Climate Conference</big><br />
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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about โvery life of the planetโ<br />
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - ''United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.''<br />
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: <big>'''Time for [[Planet Citizen Action]]'''</big> <br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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<big><big><big>'''Planet Citizens / Scientists, Preserving & Protecting the Home Planet Earth'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Politics_of_Beauty_-_Oct_2022.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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Now comes '''"Nowhere to Hide"''' by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<br />
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Read it -- https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 and with our associate, Strategic Demands have worked alongside the Bulletin and its goals...<br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ultimatum-time/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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'''E.O. Wilson:''' [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''Planet Citizen''']<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/<br />
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* https://eowilsonfoundation.org/many-people-want-to-set-aside-half-of-earth-as-nature/<br />
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<big><big>'''Big Picture Time: On the Way to Cosmology'''</big></big><br />
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''"The launch of the Webb Space Telescope is a pivotal moment -- this is just the beginning for the Webb mission," said Gregory L. Robinson, Webb's program director at NASA Headquarters.''<br />
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<big><big>Big Science: How the James Webb Telescope Will See Back in Time</big></big><br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2021'''''</big><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2021 <u>'''''Featured in 2021'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2020 <u>'''''Featured in 2020'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2019 <u>'''''Featured in 2019'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2018 <u>'''''Featured in 2018'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2017 <u>'''''Featured in 2017'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2016 <u>'''''Featured in 2016'''''</u>]<br />
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<big>'''''GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2015'''''</big><br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2015 <u>'''''Featured in 2015'''''</u>]<br />
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:::[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Vision_of_Living_Earth '''Planet Citizen Vision of Living Earth''']<br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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: ๐ [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf <big>'''The 1960s... Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement'''</big>] <br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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: <big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary</small><br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 are pleased to have shared the Poynter PolitiFact story and expansion of its 'best practices' networking model. At the end of last year, 2022, there were 424 fact-checking websites, up from just 11 in 2008, according to an annual census by the Duke University Reportersโ Lab. Poynter's PolitiFact and over 100 news publishing participants in a global fact checking network are confronting/battling an online proliferation of dis/misinformation, lies and political manipulation. Today and going forward, fact-checking operations are playing an increasingly essential role, delivering information, facts, opening eyes and bringing profoundly important ''veritas'' to people in every nation, community, market and political system. <br />
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''The latest proposal published by the UAE early on Wednesday. Dec. 13, calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science.โ''<br />
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* https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/13/countries-agree-to-deal-at-cop28-climate-summit.html<br />
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'''Economist'''<br />
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''The COP28 deal might be historic, but there are many caveats...'''<br />
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* https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2023/12/13/the-cop28-deal-might-be-historic-but-there-are-many-caveats<br />
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'''Reuters''' <br />
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''Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.''<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber called the deal "historic" but added that its true success would be in its implementation.''<br />
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''"We are what we do, not what we say," he told the crowded plenary at the summit. "We must take the steps necessary to turn this agreement into tangible actions."''<br />
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''Several countries cheered the deal for accomplishing something that until now eluded decades of climate talks.''<br />
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''"It is the first time that the world unites around such a clear text on the need to transition away from fossil fuels," Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide said.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''That battle pushed the summit a full day into overtime on Wednesday, and had some observers worried the negotiations would end at an impasse...''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/countries-push-cop28-deal-fossil-fuels-talks-spill-into-overtime-2023-12-12/<br />
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'''Financial Times'''<br />
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''COP28 is better than feared, but less than needed''<br />
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''Call to move away from fossil fuels lacks deadlines to phase them out...''<br />
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* https://www.ft.com/content/21852bf3-80e6-46f7-ad06-c94d89bc90de<br />
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'''NY Times'''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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::[https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/Interactive: '''Tracking negotiating texts at COP28 climate summit''']<br />
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<big>'''Tracking Negotiating Texts, Tracking News on the Dubai 2023 Int'l Climate Summit'''</big><br />
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December 12, 2023<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/oil-states-face-outrage-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-dropped-from-cop-draft/<br />
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December 12<br />
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Dubai -- at the International Climate Summmit (COP28, Conference of the Parties)<br />
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Today is the scheduled final day of the gathering of nations<br />
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* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/conferences/un-climate-change-conference-united-arab-emirates-nov/dec-2023/about-cop-28<br />
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::[[File:Waiting game.png]]<br />
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::* https://www.cop28.com/en/schedule<br />
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Reuters question -- '''''Explainer - Why does OPEC oppose the idea of a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28?'''''<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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(The international news service of Reuters answers in 'simple English' here...)<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''The members rely heavily on oil and gas revenues as their main source of income.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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''Hence, any language that calls for the phasing out of fossil fuels threatens the model on which these oil- and gas-producing countries' economies are built.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:EleanorRooseveltHumanRights.png<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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December 10 / NYT International<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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<big>'''''Open secret at global climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone'''''</big><br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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: * https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/03/cop28-global-temperature-goal-00129766<br />
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<big>'''November'''</big><br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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Image of Dubai from GreenPolicy360's Earth-imaging friends at the Planet headquarters in California.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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November 30, 2023<br />
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<big>'''[[Planet API]]</big><br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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Nov. 22 / World News<br />
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<big>'''''Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages'''''</big><br />
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[https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7 Associated Press]<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Peace <big>'''Peace, a New Vision'''</big>]<br />
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<big>'''Gaza-Israel War Worsens as It Expands'''<br />
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: The Costs of War Extend Far from Today's Fighting, Bombing and Death Count<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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:::* https://strategicdemands.com/blowback-far-beyond-gaza-israel/<br />
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<big>'''Online, a Social Media Fight Hits as War in the Mideast Heats Up'''</big><br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checking/ '''Fact-Checking News''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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[[File:The Other Side - Life in Gaza, Israel.jpg|link=https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs]]<br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Other_Side_-_Life_in_Gaza,_Israel.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Humanitarian Disaster in Israel/Gaza... War and Generational Disaster'''</big></big></big><br />
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: '''Where Next?'''<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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<big><big>'''Fog of War'''</big></big> <br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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'''October'''<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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Many more will die.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>{In Hebrew) ''What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will resonate (echo) with them over the generations...''</small><br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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: kฤthโฒษ-lฤญk, kฤthโฒlฤญk<br />
: 1. Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive.<br />
: 2. Including or concerning all humankind; universal.<br />
: 3. Of or involving the Roman Catholic Church.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''From Earthbeat, and environmental movement'''</big><br />
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Planet citizens in action<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Media release:''<br />
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''Via Vatican News''<br />
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<big>'''''โLaudate Deumโ: the Popeโs cry for a response to the climate crisis'''''</big><br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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''Nearly a decade later, the popeโs message has taken on new urgency.''<br />
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<big><big>'''[[Pope Francis on the Environment]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Laudato Si]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Integral Ecology]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''September'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''US Government Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets'''</big></big><br />
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September 21, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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Planet Citizen, Where Are You on Planet Earth?<br />
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<big>Dynamic Change Is All Around Us</big<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-46.74,44.98,403/loc=-45.541,-53.340<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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''But in a democracy, thereโs another tool that is at least as essential as these to overcoming climate change: effective solutions-driven storytelling.''<br />
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Read more from the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media:<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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<big>'''โOne Earth, One Family, One Future"'''</big><br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
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Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
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Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
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In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
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By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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<big>'''Ex-President Criminally Charged'''</big><br />
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'''June 13, 2023'''<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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[[File:NASA logo1.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>'''The Original Mission Statement of NASA'''</big></big><br />
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: '''Quote: NASA's Mission, โTo understand and protect our home planet..."''' <br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big><big>'''May'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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<small>โข<br />
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary</small><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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::<small>* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/10/sea-level-rise-southern-us/</small><br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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<big>'''Meanwhile, up north....'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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PBS<br />
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<big><big>'''The Movement and the 'Madman' '''</big></big><br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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<big>'''Mapping Internet Freedom - Democracy Status'''</big><br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/issues<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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March 29<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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March 22-24 | New York City<br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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โItโs not what happens in three days... Itโs what happens afterward.โ<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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<big>'''Profit-taking in a Profitable Year'''</big><br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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::'''Four oil companies had total sales of $1 trillion last year'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities '''Externalities'''] | '''[[Environmental full-cost accounting]]'''<br />
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'''[[New Definitions of National Security]]''' | '''[[Climate News]]''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels '''Fossil Fuels'''] | [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands '''Strategic Demands'''] | '''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life'''''</big></big><br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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March 4, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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''The open oceans of the world have no international body or agreement with a primary focus of protecting marine biodiversity. If enacted, this treaty would change that...''<br />
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<big>'''''Depleted Under Trump, a โTraumatizedโ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission'''''</big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''The E.P.A. is at an unusual juncture. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the climate law enacted last year have begun to pump $90 billion into the agency over the next 10 years for climate projects like $1.5 billion for new technologies to monitor and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells, $5 billion for states to purchase low-emission school buses and $3 billion to cut pollution at ports...''<br />
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By Fefe Ho & Chloe Chiao<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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''In the terms of yin and yang (้ด้ณโyฤซn yรกng), the Rabbit is yin...''<br />
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December 25th, Christmas Day<br />
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:'''Remember that a simple act of kindness can change someoneโs day, week and sometimes life'''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Democracy <big><big><big>'''Act to Protect Democracy'''</big></big></big>]<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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<big><big>'''The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol'''</big></big> <br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/about<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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Key Findings From the Jan. 6 Committeeโs Report, Annotated<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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December 19, 2022<br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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''โItโs a global goal. Every country commits what they are capable of committing,โ said Masha Kalinina, a senior officer focused on biodiversity at the Pew Charitable Trusts. โSome will do more, some will do less.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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<big>'''News from the US Department of Energy, Livermore Lab, of a Successful Fusion Demonstration'''</big><br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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-- Ernest J. Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary and CEO of the non-profit Energy Futures Initiative<br />
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<big>Via The Bulwark</big><br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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''The Climate TRACE project is not being presented as the โclimate copsโ on the beat. The coalition in formation is seen as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by legal services and non profit groups who need local information and data to make their enforcement case. <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg '''Measure to Manage: Gather the Data and Science''']<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Global_Stocktake,_the_first_GST.jpg<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources ''GreenPolicy360: Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws ''Environmental Laws, Regs, Rules... Lawsuits & Legal Actions'']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Summit / COP27 Updates - November 11, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about โvery life of the planetโ<br />
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* https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1136000297/biden-says-u-s-will-rise-to-the-global-challenge-of-climate-change<br />
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - ''United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''The speech set an urgent tone as governments sit down for two weeks of talks on how to avert the worst of climate change, even as they are distracted by Russiaโs war in Ukraine, rampant consumer inflation and energy shortages.''<br />
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: <big>'''Time for [[Planet Citizen Action]]'''</big> <br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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* <small>https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:NASA_has_a_new_mission..._against_Methane.png</small><br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:'''"Super emitters", we have a message for you, you can't hide....''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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<big><big><big>'''Planet Citizens / Scientists, Preserving & Protecting the Home Planet Earth'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Politics_of_Beauty_-_Oct_2022.png<br />
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* https://vimeo.com/491417423 <br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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Now comes '''"Nowhere to Hide"''' by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<br />
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Read it -- https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 and with our associate, Strategic Demands have worked alongside the Bulletin and its goals...<br />
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Now a flashing warning continues louder and brighter -- be aware of the danger. Act to reduce the danger of nuclear disaster. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ultimatum-time/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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'''E.O. Wilson:''' [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''Planet Citizen''']<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/ <br />
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* https://eowilsonfoundation.org/many-people-want-to-set-aside-half-of-earth-as-nature/<br />
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<big><big>'''Big Picture Time: On the Way to Cosmology'''</big></big><br />
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''"The launch of the Webb Space Telescope is a pivotal moment -- this is just the beginning for the Webb mission," said Gregory L. Robinson, Webb's program director at NASA Headquarters.''<br />
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''"Now we will watch Webb's highly anticipated and critical 29 days on the edge. When the spacecraft unfurls in space, Webb will undergo the most difficult and complex deployment sequence ever attempted in space. Once commissioning is complete, we will see awe-inspiring images that will capture our imagination."''<br />
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<big><big>Big Science: How the James Webb Telescope Will See Back in Time</big></big><br />
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In 1977-78 the first climate science comes to light... first generation science for national and global environmental action set a platform in place on which to create [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy climate policy] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection environmental protection] over the coming decades ...'''<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJS: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 60s and 70s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role with scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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In other words, as we have said for many years, science could be and should be used. [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg ''' 'Measure-to-manage' '''] was a call to action for climate plans enforcement.<br />
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* https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/methanesat-satellite-methane-emmissions-9197297/<br />
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* https://optics.org/news/15/3/6<br />
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You don't need a degree in statistics to know that facts count and data is a key to seeing how to navigate to your goals and destination.<br />
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'''Our World in Data''' is one of the best sources available online for gathering data in its various forms, fields, presentations and timelines. '''Our World in Data''' is now launching -- '''Data Insights'''. <br />
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We regularly check with '''Our World in Data''' for their data-science. <br />
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One of GreenPolicy360's oft-stated axioms is 'facts count' and so, after checking out [https://ourworldindata.org/about '''Our World in Data'''] and bookmarking them as a favorite, perhaps it's time to surf through some of GreenPolicy360's popular facts and science pages. One of our key goals is to provide actionable facts, data, and science that powers up green work... <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Change_-_Global_Warming_Keyword-Terms <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Merchants_of_Doubt <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:FLICC_techniques_of_science_denial.png (Video)<br />
* http://www.nature.com/news/wikipedia-shapes-language-in-science-papers-1.22656 <br />
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* https://climatefeedback.org <br />
* https://climatecrocks.com/ <br />
* https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/y3z737/the-12-arguments-every-climate-denier-uses-and-how-to-debunk-them <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/ <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/about <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/global-warming-denier-database <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/slamming-the-climate-skeptic-scam <br />
* https://www.beforetheflood.com/explore/the-deniers/top-10-climate-deniers/ <br />
* https://www.drillednews.com/post/fake-science-is-a-real-danger <br />
* https://grist.org/series/skeptics/ <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:PEN_America-Earth_Institute-Columbia_U..._How_to_defend_yourself_online.jpg<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_of_the_Humans,_a_documentary_film <br />
* http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Change_Denier_Talking_Points_--_and_Rebuttals <br />
* https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php <br />
* https://skepticalscience.com/climate-models-intermediate.htm <br />
* https://www.snopes.com/collections/climate-change-denial-debunked/ <br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Science_denial_graph.jpg (Graph)<br />
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The Owl who escaped from the NY Central Park Zoo, went wild and lived with Owl freedom in the middle of New York City has come to an end.<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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โข Adam Smith, an architect and director of design at Synecdoche, a Michigan firm centering bird-safe features in its projects.<br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Vital_Signs<br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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President Joe Biden, today on the anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, urged Americans to protect ecosystems and biodiversity and to ''โhonor all the progress we have made toward protecting endangered species,โ and to โcome together to conserve our planet.โ ''<br />
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Presidents make a difference, as we can see.<br />
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And today, thinking of life, we are remembering Jimmy Carter in his presidential farewell speech:<br />
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President Carter left office by urging Americans to ''โprotect the quality of this world within which we liveโฆ. There are real and growing dangers to our simple and our most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land which sustains us... The rapid depletion of irreplaceable minerals, the erosion of topsoil, the destruction of beauty, the blight of pollution, the demands of increasing billions of people, all combine to create problems which are easy to observe and predict, but difficult to resolve.''<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, urge our Planet Earth community, as 2024 approaches, to move away from generation-to-generation war and to act to protect life and our common future.<br />
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* https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/farewell-address-the-nation-0<br />
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The [https://www.tampabay.com/about/ '''Tampa Bay Times'''] | [https://www.poynter.org/about/ '''Poynter'''] home of fact-checking pioneer, '''PolitiFact''' announced today (Dec. 23) that it is expanding PolitiFact's coverage beginning in January 2024. Good news, especially here 'on the home front', as GreenPolicy360's global network originates in Tampa Bay. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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The online world is especially convoluted these days... the demands for fact-checking of memes and gaslighting, dis- and mis-info is 24/7/365 <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking<br />
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* https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 are pleased to have shared the Poynter PolitiFact story and expansion of its 'best practices' networking model. At the end of last year, 2022, there were 424 fact-checking websites, up from just 11 in 2008, according to an annual census by the Duke University Reportersโ Lab. Poynter's PolitiFact and over 100 news publishing participants in a global fact checking network are confronting/battling an online proliferation of dis/misinformation, lies and political manipulation. Today and going forward, fact-checking operations are playing an increasingly essential role, delivering information, facts, opening eyes and bringing profoundly important ''veritas'' to people in every nation, community, market and political system. <br />
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'''December 13, 2023'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A Dubai Surprise'''</big></big><br />
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'''CNBC'''<br />
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''The latest proposal published by the UAE early on Wednesday. Dec. 13, calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science.โ''<br />
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* https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/13/countries-agree-to-deal-at-cop28-climate-summit.html<br />
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''The COP28 deal might be historic, but there are many caveats...'''<br />
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* https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2023/12/13/the-cop28-deal-might-be-historic-but-there-are-many-caveats<br />
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''Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.''<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber called the deal "historic" but added that its true success would be in its implementation.''<br />
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''"We are what we do, not what we say," he told the crowded plenary at the summit. "We must take the steps necessary to turn this agreement into tangible actions."''<br />
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''Several countries cheered the deal for accomplishing something that until now eluded decades of climate talks.''<br />
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''"It is the first time that the world unites around such a clear text on the need to transition away from fossil fuels," Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide said.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''That battle pushed the summit a full day into overtime on Wednesday, and had some observers worried the negotiations would end at an impasse...''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/countries-push-cop28-deal-fossil-fuels-talks-spill-into-overtime-2023-12-12/<br />
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''COP28 is better than feared, but less than needed''<br />
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''Call to move away from fossil fuels lacks deadlines to phase them out...''<br />
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* https://www.ft.com/content/21852bf3-80e6-46f7-ad06-c94d89bc90de<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/oil-states-face-outrage-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-dropped-from-cop-draft/<br />
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Reuters question -- '''''Explainer - Why does OPEC oppose the idea of a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28?'''''<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''The members rely heavily on oil and gas revenues as their main source of income.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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''Hence, any language that calls for the phasing out of fossil fuels threatens the model on which these oil- and gas-producing countries' economies are built.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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[[File:Israel reacts to UN - Oct 25.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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'''October'''<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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[[File:War and Disasters in Israel.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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Many more will die.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>{In Hebrew) ''What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will resonate (echo) with them over the generations...''</small><br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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[[File:Laudate Deum - To All Peoples of Good Will - On the Climate Crisis.png]]<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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: kฤthโฒษ-lฤญk, kฤthโฒlฤญk<br />
: 1. Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive.<br />
: 2. Including or concerning all humankind; universal.<br />
: 3. Of or involving the Roman Catholic Church.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''From Earthbeat, and environmental movement'''</big><br />
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Planet citizens in action<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Media release:''<br />
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''Via Vatican News''<br />
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<big>'''''โLaudate Deumโ: the Popeโs cry for a response to the climate crisis'''''</big><br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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''Nearly a decade later, the popeโs message has taken on new urgency.''<br />
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<big><big>'''[[Pope Francis on the Environment]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Laudato Si]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Integral Ecology]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''September'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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[[File:Mysterious circles around the world.png]]<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''US Government Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets'''</big></big><br />
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September 21, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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[[File:Earth conditions dynamic map.png]]<br />
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Planet Citizen, Where Are You on Planet Earth?<br />
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<big>Dynamic Change Is All Around Us</big<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-46.74,44.98,403/loc=-45.541,-53.340<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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[[File:Telling stories of solutions for the climate crisis.jpg]]<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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''But in a democracy, thereโs another tool that is at least as essential as these to overcoming climate change: effective solutions-driven storytelling.''<br />
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Read more from the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media:<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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<big>'''โOne Earth, One Family, One Future"'''</big><br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[[File:The Daily Puffin.png]]<br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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[[File:Living Earth.png]]<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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[https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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&menu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UiLCJtZW51U2VjdGlvbiI6ImRhdGFzZXRzIn0%3D '''Global Forest Watch, monitoring forest loss, fires...''']<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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Causes and effect of the Maui fire...<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
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Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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[[File:Oppenheimer movie - 2023.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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<big>'''Project2025'''</big><br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
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Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
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In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
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By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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<big>'''Ex-President Criminally Charged'''</big><br />
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'''June 13, 2023'''<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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[[File:NASA logo1.jpg]]<br />
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: '''Quote: NASA's Mission, โTo understand and protect our home planet..."''' <br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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<big>'''Meanwhile, up north....'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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<big><big>'''The Movement and the 'Madman' '''</big></big><br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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<big>'''Mapping Internet Freedom - Democracy Status'''</big><br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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Via [https://www.thebulwark.com/about-us/ '''The Bulwark''']<br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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March 22-24 | New York City<br />
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Thread<br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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โItโs not what happens in three days... Itโs what happens afterward.โ<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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<big>'''Profit-taking in a Profitable Year'''</big><br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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::'''Four oil companies had total sales of $1 trillion last year'''<br />
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:::'''Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Shell all reported record profits in 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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[[File:Alaska Willow - March 12 2023.png]]<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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[[File:Where is the snow.PNG]]<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities '''Externalities'''] | '''[[Environmental full-cost accounting]]'''<br />
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'''[[New Definitions of National Security]]''' | '''[[Climate News]]''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels '''Fossil Fuels'''] | [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands '''Strategic Demands'''] | '''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life'''''</big></big><br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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March 4, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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''The open oceans of the world have no international body or agreement with a primary focus of protecting marine biodiversity. If enacted, this treaty would change that...''<br />
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<big>'''''Depleted Under Trump, a โTraumatizedโ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission'''''</big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''โThe agency is moving further and faster than ever before,โ Dan Utech, Mr. Reganโs chief of staff, said in a statement. He added that accomplishments had come โdespite depleted staffing levels, persistent funding challenges and a previous administration that left the agency neglected and scientifically compromised.โ''<br />
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''The E.P.A. is at an unusual juncture. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the climate law enacted last year have begun to pump $90 billion into the agency over the next 10 years for climate projects like $1.5 billion for new technologies to monitor and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells, $5 billion for states to purchase low-emission school buses and $3 billion to cut pollution at ports...''<br />
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<big>Year of the Rabbit</big><br />
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By Fefe Ho & Chloe Chiao<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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''In the terms of yin and yang (้ด้ณโyฤซn yรกng), the Rabbit is yin...''<br />
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<big>'''December 2022'''</big><br />
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December 25th, Christmas Day<br />
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:'''Remember that a simple act of kindness can change someoneโs day, week and sometimes life'''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Democracy <big><big><big>'''Act to Protect Democracy'''</big></big></big>]<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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<big><big>'''The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol'''</big></big> <br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/about<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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Key Findings From the Jan. 6 Committeeโs Report, Annotated<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''โThis is an incredible milestone for the world when it comes to conservation,โ said Brian OโDonnell, the director of the conservation group Campaign for Nature. โWe have been on a rapid path of destruction of nature for hundreds of years, and this can mark a turning point.โ''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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''โItโs a global goal. Every country commits what they are capable of committing,โ said Masha Kalinina, a senior officer focused on biodiversity at the Pew Charitable Trusts. โSome will do more, some will do less.โ''<br />
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''The world has a long way to go to achieving that goal. Right now, only about a sixth of the continents and a 12th of the oceans have some form of protection, according to the U.N.โs World Conservation Monitoring Centre.''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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<big>'''News from the US Department of Energy, Livermore Lab, of a Successful Fusion Demonstration'''</big><br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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-- Ernest J. Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary and CEO of the non-profit Energy Futures Initiative<br />
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<big>Via The Bulwark</big><br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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<big>'''Time to Remember: "An Oath" '''</big><br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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'''December 5, 2022'''<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/about<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-story<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-approach<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/map<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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''The Climate TRACE project is not being presented as the โclimate copsโ on the beat. The coalition in formation is seen as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by legal services and non profit groups who need local information and data to make their enforcement case. <br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360:<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg '''Measure to Manage: Gather the Data and Science''']<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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Climate TRACE's data show emissions at the facility-level.<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360: Follow Our "Climate Plans Enforcement" Initiative<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''[[Climate Plans Enforcement - Resources]]'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 welcomes the arrival of a global science mission, a "Global Stocktake", a collection of earth science data to be made available to the community of nations, to planet citizen activists and scientists, educational institutions, non-profits, NGOs, young and old to become tools for legal enforcement of national climate plans & pledges<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Global_Stocktake,_the_first_GST.jpg<br />
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<big>'''GreenPolicy360's Campaign to 'Turn National Climate Promises & Pledges into Reality' '''</big><br />
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: Our Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative continues as the next Global Climate Conference approaches, November's Conference of the Parties (COP27)<br />
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:: Drawing from the database of Earth Science resulting from decades of space-based missions designed to provide us with actionable 'Earth-system and Climate-related data'<br />
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::: Measuring and Monitoring to better manage Earth's Living, Dynamic and Changing Systems, Local, National and Global<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png ''Methods to Enforce Climate Plan Pledges'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources ''GreenPolicy360: Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws ''Environmental Laws, Regs, Rules... Lawsuits & Legal Actions'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Glasgow_Climate_Summit_-_Pledges,_Promises,_Declarations_-_What%27s_Next_Up ''Glasgow (2021) & Paris (2015) Summits: Int'l Climate Plan Pledges & Promises (INDCs-NDCs)'']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Summit / COP27 Updates - November 11, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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<big>More from the Global Climate Conference</big><br />
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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about โvery life of the planetโ<br />
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - ''United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''The speech set an urgent tone as governments sit down for two weeks of talks on how to avert the worst of climate change, even as they are distracted by Russiaโs war in Ukraine, rampant consumer inflation and energy shortages.''<br />
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: <big>'''Time for [[Planet Citizen Action]]'''</big> <br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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* <small>https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:NASA_has_a_new_mission..._against_Methane.png</small><br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:'''"Super emitters", we have a message for you, you can't hide....''' <br />
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<big><big><big>'''Planet Citizens / Scientists, Preserving & Protecting the Home Planet Earth'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Politics_of_Beauty_-_Oct_2022.png<br />
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* https://vimeo.com/491417423 <br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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Now comes '''"Nowhere to Hide"''' by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<br />
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Read it -- https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 and with our associate, Strategic Demands have worked alongside the Bulletin and its goals...<br />
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Now a flashing warning continues louder and brighter -- be aware of the danger. Act to reduce the danger of nuclear disaster. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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We have to ask, as now is the time to ask about Florida's future, what about Florida? Where is the 'trending' threads of concern acknowledging, risks, problems and identifying solutions to 'extreme weather events'. Here at GreenPolicy we have for years spoken of a warming Gulf of Mexico and tropical storms that 'rapidly intensify' as a result. Ian the hurricane did exactly that, surprising many but not out of line with the physics of a Gulf of Mexico that is heating due to climate change. The atmospheric science, earth science, ocean science, the statistics and the physics of interacting systems, and the political responses to the full scope of the devastation this extreme weather event/storm/typhoon, call it what you will, is on the radar. We are seeing connections between human decisions and nature's responses. Florida is, as we have written for years, "The frontlines of climate change". <br />
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'''E.O. Wilson:''' [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''Planet Citizen''']<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''He discovered hundreds of new species by putting his hands in the dirt as a field biologist, synthesized evolving thinking in science and coined new terms, such as biodiversity and biophilia, to explain it. Of his many accomplishments in evolutionary biology, his biggest contribution was probably in the new scientific field of sociobiology, in which he addressed the biological basis of social behavior in animals, including humans.''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/<br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''Naturalist dubbed a modern-day Darwin, dies at 92''<br />
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We saw a pressing need to, as we put it, 'turn national climate plans and pledges into reality'. The plans/pledges/promises made on paper had to translate to action on the ground and, as we said, in the skies above. The [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/INDCs '''INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions)'''] had to bring in facts and data, and as we pointed to, the data was there in the form of satellite missions capable of surveying and reporting emissions, hot spots, 'code red' vital signs.<br />
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In other words, as we have said for many years, science could be and should be used. [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg ''' 'Measure-to-manage' '''] was a call to action for climate plans enforcement.<br />
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* http://www.desmogblog.com/ <br />
* http://www.desmogblog.com/about <br />
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* http://www.desmogblog.com/slamming-the-climate-skeptic-scam <br />
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The Owl who escaped from the NY Central Park Zoo, went wild and lived with Owl freedom in the middle of New York City has come to an end.<br />
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The saga of Flaco touches on many "Living Earth" threads that weave throughout the environmental protection movement and a long-time eco-journalist, Andy Revkin, touched many of these in his new thought piece exploring 'the many meanings of the death of Flaco'. We agree with Andy@Revkin. The passing of a 'wise' symbol, who chose freedom instead of regular comfort, food, and security, who had to forage and use their wits to survive amid a very loud, dangerous, and unforgiving world (albeit one with plenty of scurrying rats running about in the streets and alleys), did resonate with many species human.<br />
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Here's Andy talking with cohorts who know about birds, and bird life, and threats that we humans can act to minimize as we look to protect life of Earth...<br />
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[https://revkin.substack.com/p/new-yorks-eagle-owl-flaco-embraced?publication_id=1136572&post_id=142070207&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&open=false '''Via Sustain What'''] -- <br />
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โข Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist and author, whose New York Times op-ed article was just posted. Here it is paywall-free - [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/flaco-owl-death-birds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.YIpc.FXsDG58eZpzE&smid=url-share '''โLike Many a Hero, Flaco the Owl Made His Choice.โ'''] <br />
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(from the article) - ''Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the embodiment of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in their quest for freedom. Others saw him as a poignant reminder that you can find happiness even if youโre alone (as the only free-living Eurasian eagle-owl in the Western Hemisphere, he had no chance of ever finding a wild mate).'' ...<br />
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''Though the animal literature is peppered with stories of animals โ usually pets โ who suffer hardships and return home, Flaco never retreated to the zoo. Perhaps freedom itself was the home heโd discovered.''<br />
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โข Adam Smith, an architect and director of design at Synecdoche, a Michigan firm centering bird-safe features in its projects.<br />
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โข Brendon Samuels, a Ph.D. candidate at Western University in London, Ontario, studying building design and bird behavior. Samuels, working with the Fatal Light Awareness Program, a k a FLAP Canada, has created and assembled an array of invaluable resources highlighting the bird-building collision crisis and ways to mitigate enormous losses, which, he stresses, are NOT restricted to cities. <br />
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<big><big>'''Inside Aleksei Navalnyโs Final Months'''</big></big><br />
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Excerpts from the [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/world/europe/navalny-letters-russia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Wk0.FCsR.oX8eUDAG9UxE&smid=em-share '''Unlocked' NY Times Article''']<br />
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Confined to cold, concrete cells and often alone with his books, Aleksei A. Navalny sought solace in letters. To one acquaintance, he wrote in July that no one could understand Russian prison life โwithout having been here,โ adding in his deadpan humor: โBut thereโs no need to be here.โ ...<br />
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A decade after George's passing away in 1999, youthful engineers from NASA 'spun off' from the 'home ship' to launch Planet Labs and their mission resonated with a mission we share. Our environmental work goes back to this mission and, as we have attempted to bring it into the light, it is again time to highlight Planet.<br />
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Take a look at their most recent add-ons to what we call a '''[[Planet API]]'''. It's AI time, artificial intelligence applied to analyzing the Earth imaging data that has been gathered over a decade by Planet and is being queried and utilized in ways that Rep. Brown used to explain was his dream, as he, also an engineer, explained how the public-private partnerships, with universities and educators, using fleets of satellite with new digital imaging and data banks, would enable a new vision for citizens across the Earth.<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary<br />
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<big><big>'''Flashback -- 1978, Climate Action Memories'''</big></big><br />
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: GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Our friend George steps up in Congress<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJ Schmidt: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 1960s and 1970s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role in laying a foundation of scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Energy_and_Climate_Report%2C_1977%2C_National_Academy_of_Sciences.pdf '''Energy and Climate Report, 1977, National Academy of Sciences / 175 pp. / PDF via GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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Rep. George Brown took the findings of the 1977 Energy and Climate Report from the Academy of Sciences and made the science actionable. In a historic moment, he proposed and drafted the legislation of the first U.S. National Climate Program and shepherded its passage in 1978.<br />
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This first federal program established to study and assess scientifically the issues and risks of human-caused climate change became a foundation for comprehensive initiatives, with an array of new Earth Science missions led by NASA and NOAA, the EPA and USGS. <br />
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::: <big>'''Launch of Annual International Climate Conferences'''</big> <br />
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<big>'''GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Memories of Riding Free in Canyons and on Mesas of the Ghost Ranch'''</big><br />
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<big><big>''' "Democracy is on the ballot" '''</big></big><br />
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:<big>'''US President Joe Biden's Speech in Pennsylvania Signals a Main Theme in the 2024 Presidential Campaign'''</big><br />
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"โWe must be clear,โ Mr. Biden said. โDemocracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot.โ ... <br />
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"Today, we are here to answer the most important of questions: Is democracy still America's sacred cause? ... it's what the 2024 election is all about...''<br />
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* https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-marks-3-years-since-jan-6-2021-capitol-riot-valley-forge/<br />
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<big><big>'''2023'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''GreenPolicy360's 'Favorite Pic' from 2023'''</big><br />
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<big>''Our Living Planet: Recalling the Message of a Presidential Farewell -- and the Anniversary of the US Endangered Species Protection Act'''</big><br />
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December 28, on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed into law:<br />
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President Joe Biden, today on the anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, urged Americans to protect ecosystems and biodiversity and to ''โhonor all the progress we have made toward protecting endangered species,โ and to โcome together to conserve our planet.โ ''<br />
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Presidents make a difference, as we can see.<br />
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And today, thinking of life, we are remembering Jimmy Carter in his presidential farewell speech:<br />
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President Carter left office by urging Americans to ''โprotect the quality of this world within which we liveโฆ. There are real and growing dangers to our simple and our most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land which sustains us... The rapid depletion of irreplaceable minerals, the erosion of topsoil, the destruction of beauty, the blight of pollution, the demands of increasing billions of people, all combine to create problems which are easy to observe and predict, but difficult to resolve.''<br />
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We, at GreenPolicy360, urge our Planet Earth community, as 2024 approaches, to move away from generation-to-generation war and to act to protect life and our common future.<br />
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The [https://www.tampabay.com/about/ '''Tampa Bay Times'''] | [https://www.poynter.org/about/ '''Poynter'''] home of fact-checking pioneer, '''PolitiFact''' announced today (Dec. 23) that it is expanding PolitiFact's coverage beginning in January 2024. Good news, especially here 'on the home front', as GreenPolicy360's global network originates in Tampa Bay. <br />
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GreenPolicy360 has been following PolitiFact from its initial beginnings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact '''(launched in 2007)''']. PolitiFact has changed the national and international news business as their original idea and model of a fact-checking news operation has grown into industry-wide fact checking around the world. It is evident that the need for focus on facts and evidence in these times of dis- and mis-information is an essential contribution by a free press and online fact checking sources to enable accurate judgment, decision-making and a successful democracy. <br />
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* https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 are pleased to have shared the Poynter PolitiFact story and expansion of its 'best practices' networking model. At the end of last year, 2022, there were 424 fact-checking websites, up from just 11 in 2008, according to an annual census by the Duke University Reportersโ Lab. Poynter's PolitiFact and over 100 news publishing participants in a global fact checking network are confronting/battling an online proliferation of dis/misinformation, lies and political manipulation. Today and going forward, fact-checking operations are playing an increasingly essential role, delivering information, facts, opening eyes and bringing profoundly important ''veritas'' to people in every nation, community, market and political system. <br />
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<big>'''News from the International Climate Summit in Dubai...'''</big><br />
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'''December 13, 2023'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A Dubai Surprise'''</big></big><br />
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With Multiple [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caveat '''Caveats''']<br />
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'''CNBC'''<br />
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''The latest proposal published by the UAE early on Wednesday. Dec. 13, calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science.โ''<br />
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* https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2023/12/13/the-cop28-deal-might-be-historic-but-there-are-many-caveats<br />
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''Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.''<br />
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''The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send a powerful message to investors and policy-makers that the world is united in its desire to break with fossil fuels, something scientists say is the last best hope to stave off climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber called the deal "historic" but added that its true success would be in its implementation.''<br />
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''"We are what we do, not what we say," he told the crowded plenary at the summit. "We must take the steps necessary to turn this agreement into tangible actions."''<br />
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''Several countries cheered the deal for accomplishing something that until now eluded decades of climate talks.''<br />
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''"It is the first time that the world unites around such a clear text on the need to transition away from fossil fuels," Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide said.''<br />
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''More than 100 countries had lobbied hard for strong language in the COP28 agreement to "phase out" oil, gas and coal use, but came up against powerful opposition from the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer group OPEC, which said the world can cut emissions without shunning specific fuels.''<br />
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''That battle pushed the summit a full day into overtime on Wednesday, and had some observers worried the negotiations would end at an impasse...''<br />
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* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/countries-push-cop28-deal-fossil-fuels-talks-spill-into-overtime-2023-12-12/<br />
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''COP28 is better than feared, but less than needed''<br />
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''Call to move away from fossil fuels lacks deadlines to phase them out...''<br />
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* https://www.ft.com/content/21852bf3-80e6-46f7-ad06-c94d89bc90de<br />
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'''NY Times'''<br />
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''Two Words That Could Change the World''<br />
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''An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28''<br />
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''They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document.''<br />
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''But the inclusion of the phrase โfossil fuelsโ in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory-altering moment in the fight against climate change. The global pact calls for โtransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.โ''<br />
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''For almost 30 years, negotiators representing nations from around the world had struggled and failed to reach an obvious consensus: that the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas should be wound down to avoid further catastrophic global warming.''<br />
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''But overnight, representatives from more than 170 countries arrived at a surprising deal, in Dubai of all places.''<br />
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''The text is not as clear as many leaders, activists and scientists had hoped. It includes caveats and wiggle room, and is nonbinding. Nevertheless, the inclusion of explicit language calling for a move away from coal, oil and gas is being hailed as a major breakthrough...'' <br />
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::[https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/Interactive: '''Tracking negotiating texts at COP28 climate summit''']<br />
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<big>'''Tracking Negotiating Texts, Tracking News on the Dubai 2023 Int'l Climate Summit'''</big><br />
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December 12, 2023<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-tracking-negotiating-texts-at-cop28-climate-summit/<br />
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* https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/oil-states-face-outrage-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-dropped-from-cop-draft/<br />
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Dubai -- at the International Climate Summmit (COP28, Conference of the Parties)<br />
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Today is the scheduled final day of the gathering of nations<br />
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* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/conferences/un-climate-change-conference-united-arab-emirates-nov/dec-2023/about-cop-28<br />
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Reuters question -- '''''Explainer - Why does OPEC oppose the idea of a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28?'''''<br />
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Reuters answer -- '''''Why does it matter for OPEC?'''''<br />
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''Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries together control nearly 80% of the world's proven oil reserves and about a third of global daily oil production.''<br />
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''OPEC+, which includes allies such as Russia and Kazakhstan, controls an even bigger share of global crude reserves and production at about 90% and 40% respectively.''<br />
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''The members rely heavily on oil and gas revenues as their main source of income.''<br />
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''Oil revenues averaged 75% of total budget revenues of OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia since 2010 and represent around 40-45% of its GDP.''<br />
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''For other OPEC+ members the share of oil and gas in the GDP varies between 16% and 50%. OPEC's net oil export revenue stood at $888 billion in 2022, a 43% rise vs 2021.''<br />
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''Hence, any language that calls for the phasing out of fossil fuels threatens the model on which these oil- and gas-producing countries' economies are built.''<br />
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<big>'''On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'''</big> <br />
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'''By Heather Cox Richardson''' <br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''December 10, 2023''']<br />
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''Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...'' <br />
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''President Harry S. Truman had appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and much beloved defender of human rights in the United States, as a delegate to the United Nations. In turn, U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie from Norway put her on the commission to develop a plan for the formal human rights commission. That first commission, in turn, asked Roosevelt to take the chair.''<br />
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''Drafted over the next two years, the final document began with a preamble explaining that a UDHR was necessary because โrecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,โ and because โdisregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.โ Because โthe advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,โ the preamble said, โhuman rights should be protected by the rule of law.โ''<br />
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[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-10-2023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=139680920&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dcpew&utm_medium=email '''Story of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights''']<br />
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<big><big>'''''Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say'''''</big></big><br />
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December 10 / NYT International<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/climate/saudi-arabia-cop28-fossil-fuels.html<br />
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''Saudi Arabia, the worldโs leading exporter of oil, has become the biggest obstacle to an agreement at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where countries are debating whether to call for a phaseout of fossil fuels in order to fight global warming, negotiators and other officials said.''<br />
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''The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels โ the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.''<br />
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''Saudi diplomats have been particularly skillful at blocking discussions and slowing the talks, according to interviews with a dozen people who have been inside closed-door negotiations. Tactics include inserting words into draft agreements that are considered poison pills by other countries; slow-walking a provision meant to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change; staging a walkout in a side meeting; and refusing to sit down with negotiators pressing for a phaseout of fossil fuels.''<br />
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<big>'''''Open secret at global climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone'''''</big><br />
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: ''Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test''<br />
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November 30 thru December 12, 2023 - Visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference '''28th International Climate Conference'''.]<br />
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This is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. Approximately 75,000 are in attendance this year at Expo City, Dubai.<br />
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The conferences began with the first [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Summit_1992.jpg '''Earth Summit'''] UN climate agreement in 1992.<br />
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<big>'''Expo City, Dubai. Perspective from an Earth-orbiting Planet.com satellite as COP28 starts'''</big><br />
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* https://x.com/planet/status/1730283890483589183<br />
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We look down at the opening of the 28th international climate summit, the "UN Conference on Climate Change" gathering in an eco-region that is among the richest in oil/gas on Earth. The contrast between climate change and oil/gas could not be more stark. The scientific data has added up, producing a cause-effect case that now will be put on view by the nations of the world gathered in the UAE. Decades of Earth-monitoring and Atmospheric science, including from constellations of of Earth observations from space, are measuring and monitoring, and tracking changes, modeling and projecting. The reality of the fossil fuel 'externalities' in the form of greenhouse gases emitted by carbon-based fossil fuels is now, again, in focus, even as climate change denial forces attempt to slow and stop progress toward renewable energy.<br />
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Tune in to the news coverage this week and next. It will be an event to remember -- and time to get with the action.<br />
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: [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''PlanetCitizen.org''']<br />
: [http://www.planetcitizens.org '''PlanetCitizens.org''']<br />
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: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action '''Planet Citizen Action''']<br />
: [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Problems,_Climate_Solutions '''Climate Problems, Climate Solutions''']<br />
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[https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7 Associated Press]<br />
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Peace, it's a step away, a step-by-step away from the [https://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/ '''deep costs of war''']<br />
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: The Costs of War Extend Far from Today's Fighting, Bombing and Death Count<br />
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:: The Term "Blowback" Is Used to Describe Consequences that Follow in the Days and Years After<br />
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:::* https://strategicdemands.com/blowback-far-beyond-gaza-israel/<br />
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<big>'''Online, a Social Media Fight Hits as War in the Mideast Heats Up'''</big><br />
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'''Fact-Checking, 'Facts Count' '''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous '''Disinformation-Misinformation''']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking '''Fact Checking @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-extend-their-global-reach-with-391-outlets-but-growth-has-slowed/ '''100+ Countries-391 Fact-Checking Sites (2022)''']<br />
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[https://reporterslab.org/fact-checking/ '''Fact-Checking News''']<br />
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<big><big>'''Beyond the 'Fog of War' '''</big></big><br />
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[[File:The Other Side - Life in Gaza, Israel.jpg|link=https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs]]<br />
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''Atef Abu Saif is the author of six novels and since 2019 has been minister of culture for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.''<br />
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''Abu Saif was visiting family in Gaza, where he grew up, when bombs began to fall Oct. 7 โ in retaliation for Hamasโs surprise attack earlier that day that killed 1,400 Israelis. He began sending voice notes to friends abroad, describing the fraying texture of everyday life, creating a diary of life under siege...''<br />
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* https://wapo.st/3SmT6qs<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Other_Side_-_Life_in_Gaza,_Israel.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Humanitarian Disaster in Israel/Gaza... War and Generational Disaster'''</big></big></big><br />
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: '''Where Next?'''<br />
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::At the United Nations, US and Israel Isolated as Votes Near Unanimously Reject Collective Punishment<br />
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:::China, Russia, BRIC Nations Put Forward Statements Opposing Conditions 'On the Ground'<br />
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<big><big>'''Fog of War'''</big></big> <br />
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: Opinion / In association with StrategicDemands.com<br />
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Amplified by barrages across global social media landscapes, an online war is accompanying war in the Middle East. The surprise incursion of Hamas forces into Israel, and Israel's mobilization and declaration of war, has grown into a worldwide battle for hearts and minds. In previous wars of the 20th/21st centuries, propaganda was to be expected. This war, following the expansion of the Internet into the everyday lives of billions on Earth, in both the global north and south, east and west, has brought new levels, billions of dollars-rubles-yuan etc. in psyops / dis- and mis-information / skirmishes / e- and bot-attacks / crypto incursions / gaslighting / military communications disruption and targeting / data-gathering by intelligence services and operational actions / monitoring by remote agents (e.g. from private sector satellite services) and a host of related sigint (signals intelligence), elint (electronic intelligence) and humint (human intel ops, online/internet ops)...<br />
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The recent Reuters associated '''"Digital News Report"''' on the state of online news media addresses the international range/reach, engagement and power of online influencers. News, contemporary events, ideas, opinions reaching out to hearts and minds, available for every connected life on the planet, begins to bring public facing elements of this new online battlefield into view.<br />
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The type of war reporting that has been in evidence in previous wars has radically changed, as has the audience. There are no longer media 'gatekeepers' as they used to be, in control of most all news, opinion, in newspaper/magazine and on broadcast TV channels. As corporate news began to venture out in earnest during the Vietnam war, using reporters in the field with video cameras and broadcasting 'live-on-tape' coverage and wire-service 'as it happened' photography to Americans in the front of their TVs and papers, the world of media became last century techniques. The new century brought the wars of the Middle- and Near-East, often delivered from 'embedded' journalists (with military limiting their embedded coverage) to a larger audience. And with early 2000s roll-out of the internet/connectivity and citizen journalists, then digital smartphones, a network called 24/7/365 became the norm. Ubiquitous coverage and near instant worldwide sharing is here and now, for good and bad. <br />
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In the so-called "Global South", arraigned often in counterpoint and often in opposition to former colonial powers of the "Global North", the latest digital communication technologies are being utilized with the results delivering diverse and multi-layered opinions of the military actions of the Israel-Gaza war. The US, Israel and allies are being seen in new ways. The geopolitical conflict of the US and Russia, as well as China are engaged deeply in this struggle for hearts and minds. <br />
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The age old axioms about truth getting lost in the "fog of war" holds considerable power now, in these connected times where social and online media is reaching places and influencing minds as never before...<br />
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<big><big>'''Content creators surge past legacy media'''</big></big> <br />
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: As the world receives news of war -- and the digital and social media in countries changes reporting and perceptions<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/creator-economy-news-outlets-influencers/<br />
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* https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Digital_News_Report_2023.pdf<br />
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(Intro from the Publisher) ''This yearโs Reuters Institute Digital News Report provides further evidence that, even as much of the news industry globally has struggled in the face of the first waves of the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, it now faces a much more fundamental change driven by generations who have grown up with and rely almost entirely on various digital media.''<br />
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''Whether or not legacy media feel they have completed their initial digital transformation from print- or broadcast-focused to digitally focused brands with a compelling news website and app, they now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generationsโ habits, interests, and values, and instead embrace the more participatory, personable, and personalised options offered via platforms, often looking beyond legacy platforms to new entrants (many of whom drive few referrals to news and do not prioritise news).''<br />
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''While there are important differences between countries and within generations, and no single uniform pattern of behaviour and preferences, it is important to underline that we have every reason to expect this to be a one-way change: peopleโs information needs and interests evolve in the course of their life, but their platform preferences rarely regress. Those born in the 1980s did not suddenly come to prefer landline phones over mobiles when they became parents or bought a house, nor did those born in the 1960s return to black-and-white television when they entered middle age. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that those born in the 2000s will suddenly come to prefer old-fashioned websites, let alone broadcast and print, simply because they grow older. The public is voting with its attention and money, and โ despite the very real reservations over uneven trustworthiness, the risks of harassment and misinformation, and sometimes problematic business and data protection practices โ they are overwhelmingly, everywhere, voting for digital media. That is the media environment the public embraces, and the โnew normalโ where journalists and news media have to carve out their places if they want to connect with the public.<br />
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''The Digital News Report account for more than half the worldโs population...''<br />
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''The increasing number and diversity of markets covered โ including 11 in Asia, five in South America, three in Africa and North America, as well as 24 in Europe โ have led us to compare fewer data points across the whole sample and to focus on meaningful comparisons across markets that are broadly similar. Weโve provided more detail about differences in polling samples in both the methodolog pages and the relevant country pages...''<br />
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[[File:Israel reacts to UN - Oct 25.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>'''Mideast Disaster Escalates'''</big></big><br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/october-disaster-in-the-mideast/<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IsraelโHamas_war<br />
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'''October'''<br />
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<big><big>'''Disaster in Israel'''</big></big><br />
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[[File:War and Disasters in Israel.jpg]]<br />
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<big><big>At Least 260 Bodies Found at Music Festival Site'''</big></big><br />
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'''Over 900 dead in Israel'''<br />
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'''War declared'''<br />
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At dawn the surprise attack and massacre began... Hamas terrorist attacked the young and executed them...<br />
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War has begun. A next level of the cycle of violence. The zealots who have stoked the fires of death and vengeance as a means to an end are watching their work.<br />
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Those of us who believe in peace and human rights are, once more, shocked by those who resort to terrorism and utter violence.<br />
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Thousands have died now in Israel and Gaza.<br />
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Many more will die.<br />
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The cycle, generation-to-generation, violence, eye-for-an-eye, old testament biblical history, an age-old story of power, and blowback, revenge and justice continues.<br />
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today (October 9) in a speech to the nation that "any place that Hamas operates will turn into rubble" and that the Israeli response will "echo for generations."<br />
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<small>{In Hebrew) ''What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will resonate (echo) with them over the generations...''</small><br />
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<small>-- Benjamin Netanyahu (ืึดึผื ึฐืึธืึดืื ื ึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธืืึผ)<br />
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[[File:Over the Mid East Christmas eve, 2015.jpg]]<br />
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[[File:Laudate Deum - To All Peoples of Good Will - On the Climate Crisis.png]]<br />
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October 4, 2023<br />
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<big>'''Today is another historic Eco Day'''</big><br />
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'''On the first day of a global Catholic 'summit', a Laudate Deum''' call to protect the environment is announced following up the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si '''Laudato Si encyclical'''], a first-of-its-kind "Integral Ecology" letter to the billion+ members and to the interfaith global community. The release of the Catholic leader's new environmental letter is a global event, the second environmental encyclical, and carries forward a profound interfaith-catholic announcement/doctrine.<br />
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Many have spoken about a 'catholic' definition of citizen action and here a dictionary definition of the word -- catholic -- finds meaning in action.<br />
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: kฤthโฒษ-lฤญk, kฤthโฒlฤญk<br />
: 1. Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive.<br />
: 2. Including or concerning all humankind; universal.<br />
: 3. Of or involving the Roman Catholic Church.<br />
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Let's look more closely at the meaning and beliefs brought forward here. One can say, as with those who attempt to 'preserve and protect' life on Earth, that this is an eco-platform of a church called Catholic and is an ecumenical outreach worth considering universally, by all humankind. The ideas and ideals of respecting life and quality of life, is a goal we can all share.<br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''From Earthbeat, and environmental movement'''</big><br />
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Planet citizens in action<br />
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* https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/viewpoints/popes-laudate-deum-must-elevate-those-ecological-peripheries<br />
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''Media release:''<br />
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''Via Vatican News''<br />
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<big>'''''โLaudate Deumโ: the Popeโs cry for a response to the climate crisis'''''</big><br />
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''Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. Weโre not reacting enough, he says, weโre close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.''<br />
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* https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/laudate-deum-pope-francis-climate-crisis-laudato-si.html<br />
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''In a new document titled โLaudate Deum,โ or โPraise God,โ the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that โavoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.โ''<br />
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''โLaudate Deumโ is a follow-up to the popeโs 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as โLaudato Siโ,โ which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, โLaudato Siโโ was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.''<br />
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''Nearly a decade later, the popeโs message has taken on new urgency.''<br />
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<big><big>'''[[Pope Francis on the Environment]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Laudato Si]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[Integral Ecology]]'''</big></big><br />
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<big><big>'''[[The Commons]]'''</big></big><br />
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[[File:Nature.JPG]]<br />
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<big>'''September'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Where did all of these worldwide circles come from?'''</big><br />
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[[File:Mysterious circles around the world.png]]<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Mysterious_circles_around_the_world.png<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Meanwhile, back in the early 70s when my old friend George Brown was proposing and pushing the start up of US earth science imaging w Landsat and what became over decades a constellation of earth observation satellites, we never thought it would eventually find global evidence of "mysterious fairy circles". We talked about the need of data, digital data, but proof of aliens? Nah.<br />
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* https://futurism.com/scientists-ai-mysterious-circles<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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[[File:Landsat, a 50 year legacy.png]]<br />
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<big><big>'''US Government Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets'''</big></big><br />
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September 21, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/biden-climate-change-economic-cost.html<br />
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''A directive issued today by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy.''<br />
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''The new guidance from President Biden could affect purchasing decisions across the government, from agriculture to defense to health care. The idea is to take into account the greenhouse gases generated by goods and projects, how they contribute to global warming, and the cost of that to the economy.''<br />
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''The potential impact is significant. The federal government is the worldโs largest consumer of goods and services, spending roughly $600 billion each year. The changes could shift purchases for the federal governmentโs fleet of roughly 600,000 cars and trucks from gasoline-powered to all-electric vehicles, redirect the flow of billions of dollars of government grants and reshape or kill some major construction projects.''<br />
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''โIt will be the first time this โwhole of government approachโ is used to evaluate the climate consequences of government actions,โ said Richard Revesz, Mr. Bidenโs regulatory chief, who is helping lead the initiative. Mr. Revesz, a climate law expert, has focused on using cost-benefit analysis when designing policies meant to protect human health and the environment...''<br />
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[[File:Earth conditions dynamic map.png]]<br />
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Planet Citizen, Where Are You on Planet Earth?<br />
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<big>Dynamic Change Is All Around Us</big<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-46.74,44.98,403/loc=-45.541,-53.340<br />
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* https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic<br />
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[[File:Telling stories of solutions for the climate crisis.jpg]]<br />
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''If someone were to ask you โ what tools do we need to combat climate change? โ a few things might first come to mind. We undoubtedly need laws aimed at reducing fossil fuel emissions, such as a tax on carbon. We also need innovative, scalable technologies for building more efficient electric cars and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.''<br />
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''But in a democracy, thereโs another tool that is at least as essential as these to overcoming climate change: effective solutions-driven storytelling.''<br />
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Read more from the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media:<br />
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* https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commentary/how-storytelling-helps-combat-the-climate-crisis/<br />
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<big>'''โOne Earth, One Family, One Future"'''</big><br />
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Nations of the World, the G20, Gather in India<br />
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Thank you 'for the kind words'...<br />
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* https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-message-of-one-earth-one-family-one-future-resonated-at-g20-summit-imfs-gita-gopinath-13105802.html<br />
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International media reporting green talk -- and hope....<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/g20-media-centre-how-journalists-from-across-globe-worked-as-one-family/ar-AA1gvBjH<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/several-g20-leaders-hail-pm-modis-initiatives-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1gvEqZ<br />
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* https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/new-delhi-declaration-it-s-a-document-of-hope-11694356220833.html<br />
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<big><big>'''As the G20 Meets, the United Nations 'Urges' the "Top Economic Powers" of Our Planet's Economy to Change Direction'''</big></big><br />
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NEW DELHI (International News Services) -- ''U.N. Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change.''<br />
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''Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the โ1.5-degree goal alive,โ referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.''<br />
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''Earlier this year, the U.N. weather agency had said that thereโs a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years.''<br />
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''July 2023 was Earthโs hottest month on record by a wide margin...''<br />
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* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66753909.amp<br />
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<big>''Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...''</big><br />
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''"One could also see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.''<br />
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'''''This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...'''''<br />
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''This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.<br />
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<big>'''''"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."'''''</big><br />
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* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/<br />
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo<br />
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/<br />
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/<br />
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/<br />
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<big>'''August'''</big><br />
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[[File:The Daily Puffin.png]]<br />
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[https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1693319996925976769 '''Photo credit: Carl Bovis''']<br />
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<big>'''The Daily Puffin'''</big><br />
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* https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature<br />
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'''Protect Our Living Earth, Biodiversity''' <br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity<br />
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[[File:Living Earth.png]]<br />
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<big>'''''Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision'''''</big><br />
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''''' โThis is a monumental decision,โ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states'''''<br />
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* https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/montana-youths-climate-change-landmark-lawsuit<br />
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* https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/first-of-its-kind-legal-ruling-favors-youth-in-montana-climate-case/<br />
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''In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a โclean and healthful environmentโ by promoting the use of fossil fuels...''<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-youth-montana-trial-c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-trial-montana-18e301a701fcf4badc904984455406fc<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order<br />
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<big>The Decision:</big><br />
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August 14, 2023<br />
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RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiff, V. STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendant<br />
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* https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/64da53511de19d2889830a2c/1692029780262/08%3A14%3A23+Findings+of+Fact%2C+Conclusions+of+Law+and+Order.pdf<br />
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* https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/<br />
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<big><big>'''Hawaiian impacts of climate change'''</big></big><br />
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'''How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox'''<br />
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: Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires<br />
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:* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html<br />
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:* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.globalforestwatch.org/<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=global%20forest%20watch&fulltext=Policy+Search&profile=images&redirs=0 '''Global Forest Watch @GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Forest_Watch<br />
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* https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/opinions/maui-wildfires-paradise-tourism-climate-change-nathaniel/index.html<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-explainer<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/12/hawaii-fires-climate-change-maui/<br />
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<big>'''An Indictment Is Announced: The United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, defendant'''</big><br />
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The people of the US and world are hearing today's news. Reverberations echo. The former president has been charged with federal crimes of grave consequence -- attempting to obstruct the outcome of the 2020 US election for president and attempting to defraud the people of the United States and the democratic republic.<br />
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One notable attorney put the profound news this way: '''''Read the Indictment yourself'''''. We agree. There comes a time to turn to what is being presented, now, solemnly, words, facts, evidence, law... The path ahead is perilous, but necessary to travail.<br />
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''Set aside an hour or two, or find ten minutes here and there over the course of the next week. Youโll understand it better if you read it for yourself. The indictment is written in a manner that makes it clear prosecutors wanted it to be comprehensible to anyone who wanted to read it.''<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf<br />
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/8a7503af-fde7-4061-818c-7d7e0ee06036.pdf<br />
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'''United States Department of Justice'''<br />
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Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith, August 1, 2023<br />
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* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/speech/special-counsel-jack-smith-delivers-statement-0<br />
* https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith/video/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkQig5uyA0<br />
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<big>'''July'''</big><br />
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'''Oppenheimer'''<br />
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Read highlights & reviews -- https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oppenheimer_movie_-_2023.jpg<br />
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<big><big><big>'''Oppenheimer'''</big></big></big><br />
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The Movie / July 2023<br />
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0<br />
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<big>'''A Republican Party 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy'''</big><br />
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: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html?unlocked_article_code=nqYfzu86yDyWph7LaCGRrq7yGPOHI5ScJEZTFniJuSz_5OFeWoulkqXl4LJtRgER9MaQxT1XN4csp8vAj0xLbt6KvaA3RJeMfqdi56yBxlmDceM1O6xSJzSJGl8RK7YzDQp3ncYg_dwD-ViR2zSBTXqgmOqPuREYs9wzNVZSLI_OeAhmpa83E1eruwoYHVCYVOG5oEyqTehh4QFDawsvUKjtcNRYqk1uIW90qEQvSO1mQbfW2FFXozm-_LSEorzCFfTeOORiiFmVjKSL7PVSQJdn3lPQWY24oSWCccJfLz6g1IznZksiCb04SWOM3snKqrEJTA8cnSeuK5WcgV69On4hqQvO4kqMfQ&smid=url-share Via the New York Times, August 4, 2023, Unlocked article]<br />
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:: ''The New York Times asked the leading Republican presidential candidates whether they support the Project 2025 strategy but none of the campaigns responded'' <br />
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: '''A 920-page Republican Party Political Plan'''<br />
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:* https://www.project2025.org/policy/<br />
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Politico.com has published an advance outline of climate and environment related policies that a next US president, if Republican Party, would be urged to adopt. The goals of the [https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ '''groups'''] who contributed to the plan, led by the Heritage Foundation, are described as a 'battle plan'.<br />
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:* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498<br />
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''โProject 2025 is not a white paper. We are not tinkering at the edges. We are writing a battle plan, and we are marshaling our forces,โ said Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, which compiled the plan as a road map for the first 180 days of the next GOP administration. โNever before has the whole conservative movement banded together to systematically prepare to take power day one and deconstruct the administrative state.โ''<br />
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As described in Politico: <br />
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''The initiative has previously drawn attention for its efforts to prepare a systematic conservative takeover of the federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the perceptions of chaos that marked much of former President Donald Trumpโs term. Those include plans to assemble a database of as many as 20,000 people who could serve in the next administration โ โa right-wing LinkedIn,โ as The New York Times described it in April โ and proposals to impose sweeping Oval Office control over spending decisions, civil service employees and independent federal agencies.''<br />
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''(I)ts implications for U.S. climate policy โ at a time of record heat waves sweeping the globe โ have drawn far less attention.''<br />
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''The comprehensive plan covers virtually all operations of the federal government, not just energy and climate programs.''<br />
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''Itโs much more ambitious than the pledges that all the Republican presidential primary candidates have made so far to roll back Bidenโs signature climate law. It also wouldnโt simply nullify Bidenโs climate executive orders, something that a Republican president could easily do just after taking office.''<br />
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''(T)he ideas laid out in Project 2025 show that conservative organizations want to achieve a more fundamental shift โ moving federal agencies away from public health protections and environmental regulations in order to help the industries they have been tasked with overseeing, said Andrew Rosenberg (a former senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.) ...<br />
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''Preventing the expansion of the electric grid would slow down renewable energy projects, threatening U.S. climate goals while cooling the sectorโs economic growth, said Mike OโBoyle, a senior director at the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation and head of its electricity program.''<br />
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''โIf we totally step away from the role of the federal government, our economy is going to miss out in a big way because the rest of the world is moving on climate, so theyโre poised to reap the benefits both for their energy consumers but also in terms of manufacturing.โ'' ...<br />
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''(An) increase in state power wouldnโt apply to California, which has a history of setting more aggressive environmental standards than those of the federal government under a Clean Air Act waiver. The Project 2025 plan would โensure that other states can adopt Californiaโs standards only for traditional/criteria pollutants, not greenhouse gasses.โ''<br />
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''Another key goal is to restructure how EPA uses science, particularly research that supports regulations by showing risks to public health from industrial pollution.'' <br />
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<big>'''Deep cuts in environmental protection have extensive, long-term consequences'''</big><br />
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<big>'''Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban โforever chemicalsโ debated'''</big><br />
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'''A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products'''<br />
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Via Nature <br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02444-5<br />
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* https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-publishes-pfas-restriction-proposal<br />
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'''Proposal' could lead to the worldโs largest-ever clampdown on chemicals production. The plan, put forward by environmental agencies in five countries โ Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden โ would heavily restrict the manufacture of more than 12,000 substances, collectively known as forever chemicals.''<br />
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''These chemicals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), are all around us. They coat non-stick cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and stain-resistant textiles. They are also used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and refrigeration systems.'' <br />
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''...the idea is to shrink PFAS use to a minimum. โWe are asking society to make quite a shift.... We are asking to reverse all of it, go back to the drawing table and invent alternative solutions.โ''<br />
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''Change is already under way for consumer use of PFASs. The notoriety of the toxic examples has pushed more than 100 companies and brands, including Apple, to pledge to phase out PFASs, even before itโs clear whether other materials can do the same job.''<br />
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''For industrial users, however, the idea of life without PFASs is a more shocking prospect. So Februaryโs proposal has ignited debate about which uses of fluorinated chemicals the world could leave behind โ and which must stay.''<br />
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For more on International Environmental Laws: <br />
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* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Montreal_Protocol<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 founder knew Dan [https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Daniel_-_June_16,_2023.png '''up close and personal''']. <br />
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Read a remembrance of Dan and his quest for peace. <br />
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<big><big>'''Daniel Ellsberg'''</big></big><br />
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In Memory of a Man Named Daniel<br />
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By Steven Schmidt<br />
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June 17, 2023<br />
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The moon was bright that night as I visited Daniel Ellsberg at his house on the beach in Southern California. It was mid 1970 and Dan was surrounded by boxes. "Papers," he called them. He was packing to leave for Cambridge and a new position at MIT and he was worried that night as he showed me the study he had put together at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica. <br />
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As we sorted through documents I noticed some had Top Secret stamped on some of them. I learned later that these were part of the 7000 page, forty plus volume report soon to be called the "Pentagon Papers."<br />
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Dan spoke of President Nixon and famed advisor, Henry Kissinger with first-hand knowledge. He mentioned he had met with Kissinger recently at Nixon's San Clemente estate. I remember his fear, both that Nixon and Kissinger were repeating mistakes of previous administrations as "the Papers" demonstrated, and how the truth needed to go public. He broke off from the packing and said let's go, "I need to swim". <br />
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Dan was depressed, I knew, and I was not going to convince him not to go into the loudly crashing night surf. I watched as he plunged into the waves. He then reappeared for a moment in the moonlight. He swam straight out, then disappeared. I waited on shore looking out at the dark ocean. Time passed, no sign of Dan. I began worrying. Is this the end of Dan Ellsberg? Did I just witness Dan ending it all? Did a riptide take him? I walked up and down the beach searching. Suddenly, Dan walked out of the surf, nodded then sprinted back toward the house. He quickly shifted back into work mode. Something happened, he had new resolve. <br />
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Today as I reflect on the life of Dan Ellsberg and the announcement of his death, I can say he lived life like few others. He pursued the truth and facts in a way that was astounding and committed. He went on to prove in his actions that he was brave to put his life on the line for the sake of the American people. His decision was purposeful. He thought deeply about the consequences. That night under the moon I saw his fear, and I saw his resolve.<br />
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A few months later, when Daniel released the Pentagon Papers to a NY Times writer, Neil Sheehan, the truth came out. Dan's history of the war study subsequently led to the end of the Nixon presidency and, as a consequence, the end of the Vietnam War. Dan would later say the Pentagon Papers themselves didn't directly end the war, but the American people learned of the โevidence of a quarter-century of aggression, broken treaties, deceptions, stolen elections, lies, and murderโ. This, with Nixon's resignation, brought on the end of the war. <br />
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I learned over the course of our relationship that Dan Ellsberg was gifted, literally. I still say he is the smartest man I've ever known. His 2002 book "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" is a must read. "On the evening of October 1, 1969, I walked out past the guards' desk at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica," he writes, "carrying a briefcase filled with top secret documents, which I planned to photocopy that nightโฆ How I came to do this is the focus of this memoir." Dan's memoir is a true American story.<br />
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Beyond the Pentagon Papers and resulting demise of the Nixon presidency, Dan Ellsberg's follow-on 2017 book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" later explained the inner machinations of the nuclear war complex. He was, as a younger man, a systems man and followed orders. His nuclear war gaming was a Pentagon nuclear plan that he, as an old man, brought into the light with this revelatory book. The extent of humanity's threat to life on earth is part of Dan Ellsberg's legacy now.<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg's life is a testament to what generations to come have to deal with -- perpetual wars, the realities of nuclear weapons, modern states with awesome powers for good and bad. Dan Ellsberg revealed and pointed us to harsh realities.<br />
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Will we listen to Dan Ellsberg's message that he, risking all, brought to us?<br />
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Daniel Ellsberg, after all is said and done, was a man who taught us. He was a man of peace. Dan was a believer in the power each of us has to make a difference and move toward a better world.<br />
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-- Steven J Schmidt / Founder/Siterunner of GreenPolicy360<br />
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Read more about Daniel Ellsberg at GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands.com<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=daniel+ellsberg&fulltext=Search<br />
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* https://strategicdemands.com/?s=Daniel+Ellsberg<br />
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<big>'''Ex-President Criminally Charged'''</big><br />
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'''June 13, 2023'''<br />
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A day in US history that is unprecedented, a former US president is charged in Federal Court with criminal actions... <br />
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Opinion-makers/commentators/pundits, citizens and politicos engage in heated debate. We will be brief -- This is not unexpected given the past hundreds of court cases, charges, convictions and record of Mr. Trump. <br />
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The challenges to democracy that are growing, and are already extreme, will be magnified throughout the nation. Global impacts will follow in turn. <br />
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The indictment has delivered new risks, new costs, new unknowns. The coming presidential election has been given a new urgency amid today's news.<br />
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<big><big>'''Looking Back, Looking Forward:'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>Recalling Beginnings of the US Earth Science Mission and Giving a Nudge to NASA's Continued Research & Science'''</big></big> <br />
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This past first week of June found GreenPolicy360 again pushing the advisory councils at NASA to return language about scientific study of the "home planet" as a top mission in the Mission Statement/Charter and follow on strategic planning. The original NASA Mission Statement and subsequent updates continued to have a top emphasis on earth science from space over decades, providing essential data for measuring/monitoring/managing the home planet. Then in 2006 the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was removed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Mission statement.<br />
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GreenPolicy360 for years has advocated for the return of this language, updated and highlighted, as an essential, continuing mission.<br />
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Take a look at this page for a better idea of what is going on behind the scenes as NASA advisory councils gathered to suggest and propose changes to the NASA's strategic planning.<br />
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Earth missions continue to be top of mind -- and it follows, in our considered opinion, that "home planet" language about earth science to "understand and protect" should be again at the top of a NASA Mission Statement... and pointed at and highlighted.<br />
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-- SJS/GreenPolicy3360 Siterunner<br />
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<big><big>'''The Original Mission Statement of NASA'''</big></big><br />
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: '''Quote: NASA's Mission, โTo understand and protect our home planet..."''' <br />
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:* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png<br />
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<big>'''SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, acts again in the environmental arena'''</big><br />
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: The headlines in media are blunt in their news of the current court: US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge ... The Supreme Court just narrowed protection for wetlands... The Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands ... <br />
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May 25, 2023<br />
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''(Today, May 25th) the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nationโs wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean. The courtโs decision in Sackett v. EPA is one of the its most egregious betrayals of textualism in memory. Put simply: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are โadjacentโ to larger bodies of water. Five justices, however, do not think the federal government should be able to stop landowners from destroying wetlands on their property. To close this gap between what the majority wants and what the statute says, the majority crossed through the word โadjacentโ and replaced it with a new test thatโs designed to give landowners maximum latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.''<br />
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''The law expressly protects โwaters of the United Statesโ (like rivers and lakes) as well as โwetlands adjacentโ to these waters. Congress added the wetlands provision in 1977 to codify the EPAโs definition of โadjacent,โ which also happens to be the actual definition: โbordering, contiguous, or neighboring.โ Under that interpretationโthe one Congress adoptedโwetlands that neighbor a larger body of water remain protected, even if they arenโt directly connected.''<br />
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''Why did Congress make that choice? Because wetlands provide immense environmental benefits: They filter and purify water draining into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. They slow down runoff into these larger bodies. And they serve as vital flood control. In other words, the Clean Water Act has to protect โadjacentโ wetlands to serve its overarching goal of safeguarding the broader โwaters of the United Statesโ from pollution.''<br />
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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/samuel-alito-wetlands-opinion-lost-brett-kavanaugh.html<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Wetlands<br />
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* https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2022/06/sackett-v-epa-and-the-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states/<br />
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* https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84920/fit-for-55-meps-boost-methane-emission-reductions-from-the-energy-sector<br />
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''''Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EUโs climate goals and improve air quality.''''<br />
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''The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers direct methane emissions from the oil, fossil gas and coal sectors, and from biomethane once it is injected into the gas network. MEPs also want the new rules to include the petrochemicals sector.''<br />
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''Background''<br />
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''Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and air pollutant and is responsible for approximately a third of current global warming. It comes from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, waste and energy, which are responsible respectively for 53%, 26% and 19% of EU methane emissions according to the European Environment Agency. Today, methane emissions are covered under the targets in the EUโs Effort Sharing Regulation.''<br />
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''The EU has signed up to the [https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/ '''Global Methane Pledge'''], which aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2หC warming by 2050.''<br />
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''Since it launched at COP26 international climate summit, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched โpathwaysโ of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors โ a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched at COP27.''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methane_cuts_pledge_-_COP27.png<br />
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''Environmental Law & Enforcement''<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png<br />
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''Global Methane Pledge''<br />
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* https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/<br />
* https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/the-global-methane-pledge<br />
* https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-more-countries-join-methane-pact-focus-turns-farms-waste-2022-11-17/<br />
* https://www.state.gov/global-methane-pledge-from-moment-to-momentum/<br />
* https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-global-methane-pledge-cop26-explainer/ (@COP26)<br />
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<big><big>'''On Earth Day 2023'''</big></big><br />
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:'''50+ years and counting from the first "Earth Day"'''<br />
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<big><big>On the 50th Anniversary</big></big><br />
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<big><big>Memories on the Road to the First Earth Day</big></big> <br />
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<small>โข<br />
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary</small><br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf '''Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement''']<br />
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<small>โข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day</small><br />
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<small>* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement<br />
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Today the ideals and ideas that began in a serious way that first "Earth Day" in 1970 continue on .... We became a vital movement, a political cause, and now we are a diverse mix across the globe with our hopes. Our 'sleeves are rolled up' to go to work, getting with the action and employing the Internet with many voices, colors, ages and beliefs, especially with the enthusiasm and power of young people joining in. <br />
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Green, environmental, national and global.... We are strongly confronting and working to solve our generation's existential challenges. Reaching across our home planet, touching and interacting with planet citizens, looking to share solutions to the pressing problems and challenges of our generation. <br />
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To our friends across our blue-green living Earth, GreenPolicy360 and [http://www.strategicdemands.com '''Strategic Demands'''], GreenPolicy360's associate with a geo-politics emphasis, send "Earth Day greetings" today and every day. The work carries on as together we face the challenges believing we can make a positive difference year after year, decade after decade....<br />
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International Climate Action:<br />
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<big>'''[[Going Green]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big>'''''Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition'''''</big></big><br />
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''SAPPORO, Japan (AP) โ So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday.''<br />
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''Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1.5 C global warming above pre-industrial levels.''<br />
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''โWeโre in a very different place than where we were a year ago, let alone two and three years ago,โ Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.''<br />
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''โBut weโre not doing everything we said weโd do,โ he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. โA lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online faster all of that has to happen.โ''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/kerry-climate-japan-g7-emissions-395aec4c70df0c8bf328677e4b3b454e<br />
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'' โThese rapid rates are unprecedented over at least the 20th century and they have been three times higher than the global average over the same period.โ''<br />
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GreenPolicy360: The threat horizon is near and far.... here, science reports from the 'bottom of the earth'.... warming waters in the coldest region of the planet are causing change, big change, month-by-month, year-by-year <br />
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<big>'''''What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in the Antarctic'''''</big><br />
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<big>'''''Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050'''''</big><br />
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''New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter worldโs climate for centuries''<br />
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* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050<br />
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* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-ocean-currents-antarctica-collapse.html<br />
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Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater<br />
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* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w<br />
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<small>''The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean. The strongest historical trend observed in the abyssal ocean is warming at high southern latitudes, yet it is unclear what processes have driven this warming, and whether this warming is linked to a slowdown in the oceanโs overturning circulation. Furthermore, attributing change to specific drivers is difficult owing to limited measurements, and because coupled climate models exhibit biases in the region. In addition, future change remains uncertain, with the latest coordinated climate model projections not accounting for dynamic ice-sheet melt. Here we use a transient forced high-resolution coupled oceanโsea-ice model to show that under a high-emissions scenario, abyssal warming is set to accelerate over the next 30โyears. We find that meltwater input around Antarctica drives a contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), opening a pathway that allows warm Circumpolar Deep Water greater access to the continental shelf. The reduction in AABW formation results in warming and ageing of the abyssal ocean, consistent with recent measurements. In contrast, projected wind and thermal forcing has little impact on the properties, age and volume of AABW. These results highlight the critical importance of Antarctic meltwater in setting the abyssal ocean overturning, with implications for global ocean biogeochemistry and climate that could last for centuries.''</small><br />
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'''''If greenhouse gas emissions continue at todayโs levels, the current in the deepest parts of the ocean could slow down by 40% in only three decades.'''''<br />
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'''''This, the scientists said, could generate a cascade of impacts that could push up sea levels, alter weather patterns and starve marine life of a vital source of nutrients.'''''<br />
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'''''Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the worldโs oceans ...'''''<br />
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''The Antarctic overturning circulation is part of a global network of currents that shift heat, oxygen and nutrients around the globe''<br />
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''Global warming is accelerating the melting of ice in Antarctica, and the increased amount of fresh water flooding into the ocean is disrupting the flow of the Antarctic overturning circulation''<br />
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* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/antarctic-ice-melt-could-disrupt-the-world-s-oceans-study<br />
* https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/monster-iceberg-released-billions-of-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean<br />
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<big>'''Meanwhile, up north....'''</big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic<br />
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<big><big>'''PBS Tells a Story of a War and Nuclear Weapons Use Narrowly Avoided'''</big></big><br />
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GreenPolicy360: A new nuclear arms race is underway. We and our associate, Strategic Demands, call it [https://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ '''"Cold War 3.0"''']... fortunately, humanity has not used nuclear weapons since the last days of World War 2 but since the beginning days of the nuclear era there have been too many close calls where an apocalyptic Pandora's Box, having been opened, has brought our world much too close to nuclear war and cataclysm. <br />
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Here, in a new revealing documentary on PBS's "American Experience" series we look back at a close call in October/November 1969, one that involved GreenPolicy360 founder/siterunner. <br />
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The reality of a 'madman' plotting to use tactical nuclear weapons in this documentary wasn't revealed until years after the fact and after a peace movement prevented nuclear strikes. Now that this story is 'out in the open', we ask who is watching, who is listening?<br />
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PBS<br />
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<big><big>'''The Movement and the 'Madman' '''</big></big><br />
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PBS PREMIERE MARCH 28 ON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE<br />
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The documentary film tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.<br />
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* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/home<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/history<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/preview<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/interviewees<br />
* https://www.movementandthemadman.com/filmmakers<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023<br />
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/issues<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/reflecting-50-years-freedom-world<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-freedom-declines-17th-consecutive-year-may-be-approaching-turning-point<br />
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''Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022 as 35 countries suffered deterioration in their political rights and civil liberties, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. A total of 34 countries made improvements during the year, however, meaning the gap between the numbers of countries that improved and declined was the narrowest it has ever been since the negative pattern began. The report suggests that the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point, and offers recommendations on how democratic governments and societies should work together to roll back authoritarian gains.''<br />
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''The new reportโFreedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracyโis the 50th edition of Freedom Houseโs annual global assessment of political rights and civil liberties.''<br />
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* https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years<br />
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<big>'''Judge Luttig (Again) Has a Warning for America'''</big><br />
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: Our democracy is โunder vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attackโfrom within.โ <br />
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Via [https://www.thebulwark.com/about-us/ '''The Bulwark''']<br />
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''On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nationโs most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.''<br />
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''โThe only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast,โ Judge Luttig wrote.''<br />
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''โThe Constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain votes or otherwise,โ Luttig continued.''<br />
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''If Pence had caved to Donald Trumpโs demands and refused to count the electoral votes, Judge Luttig to''ld the House January 6th Committee last summer, the nation โwould immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.โ<br />
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''Now, Judge Luttig is back, with even a starker warning.''<br />
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''The institutions of our democracy and law, he says, โare under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack โ from within.โ'' <br />
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''Last week, at the University of Georgia School of Law, Luttig said:''<br />
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''With the former presidentโs and his Republican Partyโs determined denial of January 6, their refusal to acknowledge that the former president lost the 2020 presidential election fair and square, and their promise that the 2024 election will not be โstolenโ from them again as they maintain it was in 2020, Americaโs Democracy and the Rule of Law are in constitutional peril โ still. And there is no end to the threat in sightโฆ.''<br />
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''We are a house divided and our poisonous politics is fast eating away at the fabric of our societyโฆ.''<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/judge-michael-luttig-a-betrayal-of-america-2/<br />
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* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-j-michael-luttig-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings<br />
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* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-must-testify-about-conversations-he-had-with-donald-trump-leading-up-to-january-6-judge-rules/ar-AA19bzvT<br />
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* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134887 <br />
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<big><big>'''The UN 2023 Water Conference'''</big></big><br />
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March 22-24 | New York City<br />
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Thread<br />
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* https://twitter.com/Nature/status/1638538269225787392?s=20<br />
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The first water-focused UN-summit in 46 years<br />
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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals<br />
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The last time the United Nations hosted a conference dedicated to global water supply and sanitation the world looked vastly different. Half as many people were alive. Chinaโs economy was smaller than the United Kingdomโs<br />
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* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/?mc_cid=58e31c1b66<br />
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The centerpiece of the conference, which runs from March 22 to 24, is the โwater action agenda,โ a compilation of voluntary commitments from national governments, nonprofits, businesses, and intergovernmental agencies. Together these commitments extend beyond the conference walls, pushing leaders to be more careful, inclusive water stewards in the years ahead.<br />
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โItโs not what happens in three days... Itโs what happens afterward.โ<br />
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Facts: About 300,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. These deaths could have been avoided by access to daily clean water <br />
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the global population, more than two billion people, lack access to safe drinking water.... 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services<br />
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Over half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services<br />
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in 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. So, for instance, everyone has the right to enough water for personal and domestic uses, which is between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. <br />
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Water plays a fundamental role in sustainable development<br />
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'''Global Commission on the Economics of Water''' (Read the Report)<br />
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The world is on the verge of a water disaster, with demand for fresh water predicted to outpace supply by 40% by the end of this decade<br />
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The lack of access to clean water is a solvable crisis, but it requires good cooperation<br />
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* https://turningthetide.watercommission.org/ <br />
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'''UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals'''<br />
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:* https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/un-conference-on-water-aims-to-rally-support-for-ambitious-goals/<br />
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'''Sunday, March 12th'''<br />
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<big><big>'''A 'Big Picture Day''''</big></big><br />
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Yes, it's another day to take some time to take in the 'zeitgeist', to take a look at connections, trendlines, patterns, how 'it's all related' although in the quotidian reality it's a day at a time, a solar day in fact, as our planet spins through space.<br />
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Today's 'Big Picture Day' is called geo-politics by some, and the weather by others, and money makes the world go round or the climate, the climate, the climate is changing, it's getting hotter, have you noticed?<br />
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Let's take a quick look:<br />
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Record-setting, historic oil/gas profits are being announced xxx, led by the House of Saud, called Saudi Arabia, where the nation's Aramco just announced a $121+ dollar (petrodollar) profit for 2022. This caps four other oil/gas giants announcing record 2022 profits.<br />
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<big>'''Profit-taking in a Profitable Year'''</big><br />
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:'''Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161.1 billion profit for 2022'''<br />
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::'''Four oil companies had total sales of $1 trillion last year'''<br />
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:::'''Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Shell all reported record profits in 2022'''<br />
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''Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning $161bn last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.''<br />
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''The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscowโs oil and natural gas in Western markets.''<br />
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* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-records-historic-161bn-profit-in-2022<br />
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Then there is Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil giants and in conflict for years, announcing a 'peace treaty' brokered by China. And Iran has announced another weapons agreement with Russia. Russia has previously announced submitting plans to build [https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/12/13/russias-rosatom-embarks-on-bid-to-build-saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-power-plant/ '''Saudi Arabia's first nuclear energy producing power plant'''].<br />
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China, with its world leading economic growth, has announced history-making "Energy Deals of the Century' with Iran's Shia-led government and Russia, and has built deep ties with the the Saudi royal family. Guaranteed oil/gas supplies -- and an alternative to Petrodollar payment -- are top of mind as the US meets Eurasian politics with deepening Mid-East connections.<br />
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China's [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=belt+and+road ''' "Belt and Road" ('New Silk Trail')'''] geo-political plan is taking 'great leaps forward'. <br />
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Given this as background, let us shift our gaze to the United States as one of the world's largest oil/gas producers that is due, in large part due to 'fracking' technology tapping into old reserves in the Permian Basin (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc). What was previously unprofitable is now profitable and oil/gas tracts and 'frackable' reserves (in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and worldwide with corporate-controlled contracts) are coming online. New LNG (liquified natural gas) refineries, shipping, ports/docks are being built as the energy disruptions of the Russian-Ukraine war have ramped up demand for US oil/gas and OPEC oil/gas as alternatives to Russia's previous large supplies that had been piped to Europe. <br />
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Then comes the intense interest of the US president in fossil fuel/oil/gas production with the previously approved "Willow" project in Alaska. <br />
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Let's take a closer look at the Willow project in Alaska, about to be announced.<br />
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This is 'Big Picture'. Now go bigger and add in the costs, the consequences of increased oil/gas production. Consider a "cost-benefit analysis."<br />
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On this 'Big Picture Sunday' to see a glimpse of this future simply peruse this photo from the Associated Press reporting on an exceptional winter in Europe. The European media is reporting they basically 'got lucky' this winter. Europe lost its major Russian LNG oil/gas supplies, a high percentage of which was used to heat Europe's homes and businesses, but Europeans were delivered a mild winter and the LNG oil/gas was not needed as projected.<br />
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In Germany, the foreign minister and environment minister are leading members of the Green Party who have been pushing German engineering to the forefront in clean energy production, EV products, and myriad clean energy heating/transportation/manufacturing alternatives. They are, as Greens have been saying, 'out in front'.<br />
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While the US waged wars and political forces have attempted to block national security alternatives to the 'old ways' of regarding security as hard power and military projects, other realities have come into play and, as time goes by, will be more evident.<br />
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Visit StrategicDemands.com, GreenPolicy360's associate for more on the geo-politics. <br />
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The reality of climate change is arriving with a physics that has an inertia that humanity has set in motion. <br />
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The historic profits of the oil/gas system are one part of the physics and another part is in our hands. '''[[Look at how thin our atmosphere is]]''' and do calculate the costs (a cost-benefit analysis (CBA)) of business-as-usual. We see historic oil/gas profits in 2022/23, but what about the accumulating costs? Atmospheric emissions, the externalities of greenhouse gas pollution, are producing consequences that are real and escalating. In the 1970s there were those who set out to provide the climate facts and data, the Earth system science. The world can begin to see the costs today and unless we act to ameliorate them, they will be grave for future generations. <br />
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Now what about US politics? What about drilling in Alaska? Ask yourself what are the costs of drilling in Alaska, and what are the benefits?<br />
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Consider the Big Picture. And consider Joe Biden thinking about oil and gas as he preps to announce he is running for president.<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities '''Externalities'''] | '''[[Environmental full-cost accounting]]'''<br />
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'''[[New Definitions of National Security]]''' | '''[[Climate News]]''' <br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels '''Fossil Fuels'''] | [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Strategic_Demands '''Strategic Demands'''] | '''[[Planet Citizen Action]]'''<br />
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<big><big>'''''Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life'''''</big></big><br />
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''The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining''<br />
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March 4, 2023<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html<br />
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''After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity.''<br />
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''As marine life faces threats from climate change, overfishing, the possibility of seabed mining and other dangers, the treaty would make it possible to create marine-protected areas and enact other conservation measures on the โhigh seas,โ the immense expanse of ocean covering almost half the world.''<br />
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''โToday the world came together to protect the ocean for the benefit of our children and grandchildren,โ said Monica Medina, an assistant secretary of state. โWe leave here with the ability to create protected areas in the high seas and achieve the ambitious goal of conserving 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.โ''<br />
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''The open oceans of the world have no international body or agreement with a primary focus of protecting marine biodiversity. If enacted, this treaty would change that...''<br />
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<big>'''''Depleted Under Trump, a โTraumatizedโ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission'''''</big><br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/climate/environmental-protection-agency-epa-funding.html<br />
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''The agencyโs administrator, Michael S. Regan, has promised that new regulations being written by his staff now will be made public by spring. Agency officials said that the E.P.A. has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.''<br />
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''โThe agency is moving further and faster than ever before,โ Dan Utech, Mr. Reganโs chief of staff, said in a statement. He added that accomplishments had come โdespite depleted staffing levels, persistent funding challenges and a previous administration that left the agency neglected and scientifically compromised.โ''<br />
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''The E.P.A. is at an unusual juncture. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the climate law enacted last year have begun to pump $90 billion into the agency over the next 10 years for climate projects like $1.5 billion for new technologies to monitor and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells, $5 billion for states to purchase low-emission school buses and $3 billion to cut pollution at ports...''<br />
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<big>Year of the Rabbit</big><br />
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By Fefe Ho & Chloe Chiao<br />
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''The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proudโarrogant evenโof its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox...<br />
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''The Rabbitโs quiet personality hides their confidence and strength. They are steadily moving towards their goal...'' <br />
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''The Rabbit is also associated with the Earthly Branch (ๅฐๆฏ / dรฌ zhฤซ) mวo (ๅฏ)...'' <br />
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''In the terms of yin and yang (้ด้ณโyฤซn yรกng), the Rabbit is yin...''<br />
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<big><big>'''2022'''</big></big><br />
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<big>'''December 2022'''</big><br />
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December 25th, Christmas Day<br />
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:'''Remember that a simple act of kindness can change someoneโs day, week and sometimes life'''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Democracy <big><big><big>'''Act to Protect Democracy'''</big></big></big>]<br />
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'''Report from'''<br />
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<big><big>'''The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol'''</big></big> <br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases<br />
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* https://january6th.house.gov/about<br />
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'''December 19, 2022'''<br />
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After more than a year of interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence and holding public meetings, the House select committee concluded its final hearing on Monday by referring former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges. <br />
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The panel voted unanimously to refer Trump and others to the Justice Department on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.<br />
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* https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23466430-introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-comm<br />
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* https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466430/introductory-material-to-the-final-report-of-the-select-committee.pdf<br />
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Key Findings From the Jan. 6 Committeeโs Report, Annotated<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-key-findings.html<br />
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<big><big>'''Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction'''</big></big><br />
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December 19, 2022<br />
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Delegates at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada make major conservation commitment to try to halt loss of hundreds of thousands of plants and animals. Will nations follow through?<br />
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Via Washington Post<br />
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* https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/<br />
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''Todayโs loss of biodiversity is being driven not by a space rock but by one species: humans. The loss of habitat, exploitation of species, climate change, pollution and destruction from invasive species moved by people between continents are all driving a decline in the variety of plants and animals...''<br />
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''Nations now have the next eight years to hit their targets for protecting life. With few legal mechanisms for enforcement, they will have to trust each other to protect habitats and funnel hundreds of billions of dollars over conservation.''<br />
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''โThis is an incredible milestone for the world when it comes to conservation,โ said Brian OโDonnell, the director of the conservation group Campaign for Nature. โWe have been on a rapid path of destruction of nature for hundreds of years, and this can mark a turning point.โ''<br />
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''The 10-year deal sets nearly two dozen targets. The banner commitment calls on nations to collectively conserve for wildlife at least 30 percent of land, inland waterways, and coastal and ocean areas by 2030 โ the promise dubbed โ30 by 30.โ''<br />
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''โItโs a global goal. Every country commits what they are capable of committing,โ said Masha Kalinina, a senior officer focused on biodiversity at the Pew Charitable Trusts. โSome will do more, some will do less.โ''<br />
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''The world has a long way to go to achieving that goal. Right now, only about a sixth of the continents and a 12th of the oceans have some form of protection, according to the U.N.โs World Conservation Monitoring Centre.''<br />
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'''Associated Press'''<br />
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* https://apnews.com/article/china-united-nations-biodiversity-climate-and-environment-eee5683a8fac71540f94e9934031bd22<br />
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<big>'''News from the US Department of Energy, Livermore Lab, of a Successful Fusion Demonstration'''</big><br />
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'''The Former Director of DOE Speaks of Coming Engineering Challenges'''<br />
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The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment<br />
- a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant. Whether by compressing the fusion fuel (as was done at DOE's Livermore<br />
lab or confining it as a very hot plasma (the approach of TAE Technologies, the company on whose Board I sit, and of several others), other-worldly conditions of high temperature must be not only attained but also reliably sustained for an economically viable power plant.<br />
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The science underpinnings of several different fusion technologies may be well established in this decade, to be followed by engineering of commercial power plants that meet cost benchmarks. I am optimistic that such power plants can be demonstrated and initially deployed in the 2030's, and indeed over four billion dollars of private capital are betting on it.<br />
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-- Ernest J. Moniz, former U.S. Energy Secretary and CEO of the non-profit Energy Futures Initiative<br />
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<big>Via The Bulwark</big><br />
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''The fusion breakthrough "didn't just achieve breakevenโgetting more energy back that it put inโit achieved ignition. That is, they lit a thermonuclear fire in the lab. This has never been done." It's a big deal...''<br />
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* https://twitter.com/bulwarkonline/status/1603404549666095106?s=21&t=MgNEVS81oRz1O5fe7juI-g<br />
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* https://www.thebulwark.com/heres-why-the-fusion-breakthrough-decades-in-the-making-matters/<br />
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<big>'''Time to Remember: "An Oath" '''</big><br />
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โI โฆ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.โ<br />
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'''December 5, 2022'''<br />
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<big>'Thought for the Day' by Steve Clemons</big><br />
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โI do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.โ That is the beginning of the oath new members of the Senate and the House will be asked to take on January 3, but will they? Donald Trump said over the weekend that we should suspend the Constitution to illegally reinstall himself as president. Weโll find out where leading Republican voices stand this week, who will get another round of questions about whether his latest behavior is disqualifying.<br />
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<big>'''New Climate TRACE Emissions Database Announced at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27)'''</big><br />
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Earth Observation technology, decades of earth science and imaging with a goal, is now ready for prime time <br />
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<br />
GreenPolicy360: THIS announcement is a game changer (and a tip of our green hat to those who purposefully set in motion a 1970s era plan to develop and launch a series of NASA missions to observe and understand our planet). Now comes country-by-country climate regulation, enforcement and emissions controls, political action and legal services. (From the original Mission Statement of NASA -- โTo understand and protect our home planet...")<br />
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Follow our GreenPolicy360 "Climate Plans Enforcement" project for more information on the Climate TRACE coalition.<br />
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<big><big>'''Global Emissions Inventory is a Secret Weapon at COP27'''</big></big><br />
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'''November 2022 / The Climate TRACE coalition unveils a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''' <br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/about<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-story<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/our-approach<br />
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* https://climatetrace.org/map<br />
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Via Protocol ("Launched to cover the evolving power center of tech")<br />
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* https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/climate-trace-al-gore-inventory<br />
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''The Climate TRACE project is not being presented as the โclimate copsโ on the beat. The coalition in formation is seen as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by legal services and non profit groups who need local information and data to make their enforcement case. <br />
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โSome โ maybe many โ governments (will) use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied withโ...''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360:<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg '''Measure to Manage: Gather the Data and Science''']<br />
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: As Protocol announces its end of publication [https://www.protocol.com/farewell-from-protocol '''Farewell from Protocol'''], November 15, 2022, we are choosing to reprint this full article, one of Protocol's final articles, and one that captures the promise and power of tech to help solve the generational challenges of climate change.<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition unveiled a new, highly detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which it hopes will help countries and companies looking for effective, targeted ways to decarbonize.''<br />
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''By Michelle Ma (@himichellema) / November 9, 2022''<br />
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''Al Gore has one mission this week at COP27, and thatโs to give climate negotiators what he hopes will be a critical tool to address the crisis at hand: an independent, global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, down to the individual facility.''<br />
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''The Climate TRACE coalition just released the worldโs most detailed inventory of global greenhouse gas emissions, which Gore, a founding member, is unveiling on Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.''<br />
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''โOf course, the world has long known what the overall amount of greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere is. Whatโs different about this [database] is the accurate apportioning of whoโs responsible for what and the granularity that allows us a focus on specific emissions sources,โ Gore told Protocol, adding that he has โno doubtโ that the database โwill be put to a lot of use in negotiations for sure.โ''<br />
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''The inventory shows facility-level emissions, which will allow negotiators to home in on the most polluting sites in individual countries, helping them target where emissions reductions should come from. Putting a solar farm in one place might displace significantly more emissions than locating it somewhere else, and the inventory allows negotiators to identify exactly where they would get โthe biggest bang for their buck.โ''<br />
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''The inventory, published on Wednesday on Climate TRACEโs website and free for anyone to access, includes emissions data for 72,612 individual sources, including power plants, steel mills, and oil and gas fields. It also includes sources that can move between countries, such as cargo ships.''<br />
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''That granularity will be critical for countries to have an accurate accounting of their emissions and where they come from, particularly countries that donโt have the resources to gather that data themselves. It will also help corporations looking for the most cost-effective, impactful way to cut emissions, said Gavin McCormick, another founding member of the coalition.''<br />
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''โOne of the exciting parts for us has been to move the conversation from countries arguing in some vague sense about accountability to, โHey, weโre talking about these few facilities here,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Using AI and satellite data, Climate TRACE was able to determine that a significant share of carbon pollution comes from a small number of facilities. The database shows that one steel mill in Korea, for example, emits more greenhouse gas pollution in a year than all of Bosnia. โThe politics of how you would transition a few facilities is strikingly different than when youโre saying, โWho could know where itโs coming from?โโ McCormick said.''<br />
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''Many countries lack accurate, granular, and up-to-date emissions data. Thatโs in part due to resource constraints, particularly in smaller or poorer countries. Egypt, for example, released a partial inventory of its 2015 emissions for the first time this year. Some of the data is self-reported by polluters, collected via surveys of key facilities and then extrapolated to create a country-level estimate. In India, โI know theyโre literally out there counting cows for a few farms and then assuming these farms are representative for the whole country,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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Climate TRACE's data show emissions at the facility-level.<br />
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''One key insight that came out of this inventory was that oil and gas emissions are โmassively undercountedโ in official estimates, he said. Through satellite data, the coalition found that oil and gas leaks were a significant source of โsuper-emittingโ sites.''<br />
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''When asked if he thinks the undercounting of emissions from the oil and gas sector was deliberate or not, Gore said, โThere are several specific examples that are hard to interpret in any way other than the fact that there has been an intentional effort to hide emissions and to deceive the world community about how large the emissions are. Itโs just almost impossible to believe that itโs an accidental oversight, and all the accidents go in exactly the same direction.โ''<br />
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''Gore, however, is not interested in Climate TRACE being the โclimate cops.โ He views the coalition as more of a โneighborhood watch,โ which is often contacted by law enforcement for local information. โI will not be at all surprised if some โ maybe many โ governments use the information to make sure that their laws and regulations are complied with,โ he said.''<br />
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''Itโs not just governments who can benefit from the inventory release, but private companies as well.''<br />
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''The cleanest steel mills arenโt being used at full capacity. Yet shifting business to these mills could reduce emissions from the steel sector by 50%, McCormick said.''<br />
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''Companies that want to decarbonize their supply chains โ which includes a number of major tech companies from Salesforce to Apple โ can simply use the information to purchase products from the cleanest facilities. The coalition has already started having conversations with multinational corporations about switching suppliers, which can happen in a matter of months rather than years, if theyโre armed with independent data.''<br />
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''By next year, Climate TRACE hopes to update the inventory to include every source of emissions and, eventually, get it closer to updating in real time. Right now, the data as a whole is at least annual up until 2021, with some sectors updated monthly.''<br />
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''โMy belief is that if we can demonstrate to the world that itโs actually easier than they thought to make progress and we can actually track that progress, this is going to be the year that a lot of countries start tasting some serious progress,โ McCormick said.''<br />
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GreenPolicy360: Follow Our "Climate Plans Enforcement" Initiative<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources<br />
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<big>'''[[Climate Plans Enforcement - Resources]]'''</big><br />
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GreenPolicy360 welcomes the arrival of a global science mission, a "Global Stocktake", a collection of earth science data to be made available to the community of nations, to planet citizen activists and scientists, educational institutions, non-profits, NGOs, young and old to become tools for legal enforcement of national climate plans & pledges<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Global_Stocktake,_the_first_GST.jpg<br />
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<big>'''GreenPolicy360's Campaign to 'Turn National Climate Promises & Pledges into Reality' '''</big><br />
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: Our Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative continues as the next Global Climate Conference approaches, November's Conference of the Parties (COP27)<br />
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:: Drawing from the database of Earth Science resulting from decades of space-based missions designed to provide us with actionable 'Earth-system and Climate-related data'<br />
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::: Measuring and Monitoring to better manage Earth's Living, Dynamic and Changing Systems, Local, National and Global<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png ''Methods to Enforce Climate Plan Pledges'']<br />
<br />
[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources ''GreenPolicy360: Climate Plans Enforcement Initiative'']<br />
<br />
[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC ''Pressuring Nations to Step Up, Cooperate, and Act Now'']<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Laws ''Environmental Laws, Regs, Rules... Lawsuits & Legal Actions'']<br />
<br />
[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Glasgow_Climate_Summit_-_Pledges,_Promises,_Declarations_-_What%27s_Next_Up ''Glasgow (2021) & Paris (2015) Summits: Int'l Climate Plan Pledges & Promises (INDCs-NDCs)'']<br />
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"Earth Observing System": Decades of Earth Science/Climate Science Data Accessible for Planet Citizen Action<br />
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:[[File:EarthRightNow Earth Science satellite fleet circa 2015 m.jpg]]<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Observing_System_-_fleet_of_satellites.png<br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space<br />
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<big><big>'''Climate Summit / COP27 Updates - November 11, 2022'''</big></big><br />
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Via NY Times Reporters/Live - On Location<br />
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* https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit<br />
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* https://time.com/6232753/bad-news-for-the-planet-as-global-carbon-emissions-continue-to-increase/<br />
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<big>Transcript of President Biden's Speech at the 27th International Climate Conference</big><br />
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* https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-27th-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-framework-convention-on-climate-change-cop27-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/<br />
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<big>More from the Global Climate Conference</big><br />
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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about โvery life of the planetโ<br />
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* https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1136000297/biden-says-u-s-will-rise-to-the-global-challenge-of-climate-change<br />
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* https://www.ucsusa.org/about/news/president-bidens-cop27-speech-highlights-climate-progress-us-still-falling-behind-global<br />
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - ''United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.''<br />
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''The speech set an urgent tone as governments sit down for two weeks of talks on how to avert the worst of climate change, even as they are distracted by Russiaโs war in Ukraine, rampant consumer inflation and energy shortages.''<br />
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<big><big>'''COP27'''</big></big><br />
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: <big>'''Time for [[Planet Citizen Action]]'''</big> <br />
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:* https://stories.undp.org/cop27-a-chance-to-act<br />
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* <small>https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:NASA_has_a_new_mission..._against_Methane.png</small><br />
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'''GreenPolicy360: Methane hot spots we're coming to find you, identify you, act to stop you and enforce climate laws.''' <br />
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:'''"Super emitters", we have a message for you, you can't hide....''' <br />
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:* <small>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission</small><br />
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<big>'''October 2022'''</big><br />
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:::::::::::<big><big>'''[[Planet Citizen Vision of Living Earth]]'''</big></big><br />
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::::::::<big>'''[[Planet Citizen Action]], [[Environmental protection]]. [[Quality of Life]]'''</big><br />
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<big><big><big>'''Planet Citizens / Scientists, Preserving & Protecting the Home Planet Earth'''</big></big></big><br />
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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Politics_of_Beauty_-_Oct_2022.png<br />
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'''Stewart Udall Film Trailer''': http://vimeo.com/708323643<br />
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* https://vimeo.com/491417423 <br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Green politics for decades has, in the community of nations, focused on the nuclear threat. The history of green parties and green, environmental movement has a record of activism that has been described as 'out in front' and in Europe, within the European governments, since the 1970s and 80s we see green organizing that demanded the removal of nuclear weapons. Green politics called for an end to the [https://strategicdemands.com/?s=hair+trigger ''''hair trigger' face-off'''] between the Soviet Union and Europe, the U.S. and a nuclear conflagration that threatened humanity and life on Planet Earth.<br />
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Today, the war in Ukraine and threat of nuclear war continues to grow with a waving of so-called "tactical, battlefield" and "strategic, intercontinental" nuclear weapons bristling with dangers of mistake, miscalculation, desperate or preemptive use, rogue forces or insane calculation. A new century is now seeing the collapse of nuclear arms controls and treaties, with media 'normalizing' nuclear weapons use in nightly news shows. The East and West stand on a precipice. <br />
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Now comes '''"Nowhere to Hide"''' by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<br />
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Read it -- https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else<br />
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We at GreenPolicy360 and with our associate, Strategic Demands have worked alongside the Bulletin and its goals...<br />
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Now a flashing warning continues louder and brighter -- be aware of the danger. Act to reduce the danger of nuclear disaster. <br />
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<big><big>'''War in Ukraine Ratcheting Up, Threats of Nuclear Use Ratcheting Up'''</big></big> <br />
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: <big>June, July, August, September, October -- 'Bluffing' or Coming Cataclysm? </big><br />
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:* https://strategicdemands.com/ukraine-flashpoint/<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: It is October 1st and we are looking at a "Week that Was". Under the heading of Climate News/Florida what has been described as one of the most costly hurricanes in the history of the state hit the west coast couth of Tampa Bay, Hurricane Ian hit not far from where Hurricane Charley devastated not many years ago. In Florida, the terrestrial home of GreenPolicy360, we faced a Hurricane named Ian -- and resulting catastrophe throughout our state. Hurricane Ian arrived from the Caribbean and target the Florida west coast from Naples in the south to Tampa Bay and further in the north and central Florida. Mandatory evacuations were ordered... many listened, many didn't and now the consequences are coming into view. The media and press are reporting, politicians speaking, emergency services, the Coast Guard, police, and regular citizens of all persuasions and backgrounds have acted, often as rescuers and/or protectors of families and homes. The consequences of the damage and the on the ground reality and experience will go on for months and years. <br />
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E.O. Wilson: ''His 2006 book "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," a series of letters written to an imaginary Baptist preacher in pursuit of an ecological alliance to save the Earth.''<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2021 <u>'''''Featured in 2021'''''</u>]<br />
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Archive_Highlights_2017 <u>'''''Featured in 2017'''''</u>]<br />
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: ๐ [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf <big>'''The 1960s... Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement'''</big>] <br />
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It came to be, from an [https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1249.html Earthrise moment], to the Moratorium demonstrations and teach-in, to the teach-ins of Earth Day. What quickly followed was the passage of the first generation of US environmental protection legislation.<br />
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In 1977-78 the first climate science comes to light... first generation science for national and global environmental action set a platform in place on which to create [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy climate policy] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_protection environmental protection] over the coming decades ...'''<br />
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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner / SJS: The beginnings of modern environmental and climate science can be traced to the 60s and 70s. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences played a key role with scientific reports and data.'''<br />
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Energy_and_Climate_Report%2C_1977%2C_National_Academy_of_Sciences.pdf '''Energy and Climate Report, 1977, National Academy of Sciences / 175 pp. / PDF via GreenPolicy360''']<br />
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George Brown, taking the 1977 Energy and Climate Report from the Academy, made climate science actionable. In a historic moment, Representative Brown from East Los Angeles proposed and drafted the legislation for the first U.S. National Climate Program and shepherded its passage in 1978. In 1979 came the first follow-on [https://www.nap.edu/read/12181/chapter/1 National Science Academy report]. This study and report of national scientists was [https://phys.org/news/2019-07-charney-years-scientists-accurately-climate.html prescient and accurate in its global warming predictions.]<br />
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