Exxon is going for gold in irony by running massive advertising campaign at 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio — where global climate crisis has been major theme…Exxon wants to greenwash its image, but we can’t be fooled by expensive ads. By sharing this spoof of Exxon’s ad campaign, you can help expose the truth about Exxon and keep climate change at the center of attention in Rio.
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…hottest July on record, following hottest June or record, hottest May, April, March, February, and January. It’s almost like there is a pattern….How hot was it last month? As the map above shows, parts of the Arctic and Antarctic averaged as high as 7.7°C (13.9°F) above average. No wonder we’ve seen records broken for the melting of the ice sheets and Arctic sea ice.
Week before election USA – Episode 1 on Sunday, October 30 “combining access and reputation of National Geographic with Hollywood’s brightest minds and journalism’s heaviest hitters, we create even greater impact with new season and awaken all of us to the reality of our global situation.”Being on National Geographic Channel means “Years” will be available in almost 90 million U.S. homes (four times the reach of Showtime) and in over 440 million homes in 171 countries and 45 languages worldwide.
If you didn’t see Series 1, it’s worth a look, amazingly no nonsense material for TV USA
>more> Think Progress
According to fact sheet released last year by a coalition of environmental groups, heavy-duty trucks in United States used about 2.7 million barrels of fuel daily in 2013, accounting for 12.5 percent of the country’s emissions in 2013…Since then, the electricity sector has cut emissions, while the transportation sector’s emissions have grown. Transportation is now responsible for more emissions than any other sector.
Unfortunately, above news is from USA, while Premier Daniel Andrews compromises himself with TransUrban Plan for no rail and more container trucks with Western Distributor, also B-doubles every 10 mins for landfill from Dandenong all the way to Ravenhill and now more of same, long distance trucking of compostable waste from regional towns. What a clever country!!!
>more> ThinkProgress
Look up in New Mexico and on most days you’ll see the unmistakably vast blue skies that make the Southwest region so unique.But there’s also something hovering over the Four Corners region that a naked eye can’t detect: A 2,500-square mile cloud of methane, the highest concentration of the heat-trapping pollution anywhere in the United States. The Delaware-sized hot spot was first reported in a study by NASA scientists two years ago.
Something to remember as you look at this one, 30 degC in sub arctic locations(!), is that it’s not possible for climate change modelling to acquire sensible data or perform analysis about tipping point effects. So they’re completely ignored. Such events have started, even covered by mainstream media, methane bubbling up from clathrates in Arctic Sea, also from tundra wetland around Arctic. The Arctic is warming more than most, with dark ocean displacing ice and absorbing more heat again. The worry is that this effect can multiply, out of control, like chain reaction in nuclear blast. For those of us who have doubted some claims about sea level rise of 20 metres and more, this is where it can come from, suddenly!
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The World Health Organisation predicts that by 2030, climate change will cause an extra 250,000 deaths per year…Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty says in the longer term, the numbers could be ‘infinitely worse’ caused less by the spread of infectious diseases, but by the health impacts of food insecurity and social disruption…The former Australian of the Year says that developing a national strategy on climate and health should be a priority for the new Turnbull Government.
Peter advocates that climate change should be primary consideration in any significant project proposal. Consequences are currently not understood because costing in separate “silos” e.g. coal power is cheap if you disregard cost to health, environment, subsidies, alternatives etc etc….so it’s time to wean ourselves off dependency on coal exports now, rather than wait for sudden collapse in demand.
>more> ABC RN Breakfast
Following on from recent spiral to show warming trend, here’s a follow up which shows correspondence between warming and CO2 and budget(how much more we can’t emit)
>more> WashingtonPost
SkS Graph of the week shows 2016 warming is a big record breaker and the poster is an intriguing summary about that way deniers think
>more> Skeptical Science
The First Amendment Does Not Protect Defendants’ False and Misleading Public Statements
The attorneys general investigating Exxon have a strong case that the fossil fuel industry is similarly guilty of racketeering by deceiving the public in order to maximize profits. Exxon and other fossil fuel companies knew of the dangers of carbon pollution more than three decades ago, and yet funneled tens of millions of dollars to think tanks that disseminate misinformation to try to convince the public and policymakers otherwise
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