Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/11/omni-climate-memo-mondays-205-november.html 3 Upbeat Fighting Back Articles from Inside Climate News Inside Climate News:  Election 2024Georgina Gustin.  “Climate Advocacy Groups Say They’re Ready for Trump 2.0.” Disheartened, worried, even scared, activists and strategists are nevertheless better prepared this time around and bracing for a long fight.   Donald Trump has promised to demolish the country’s domestic and international climate policies at a crucial moment, when climate scientists say the window is closing on the world’s ability to avoid the most dangerous impacts of global warming.    Read the full story Wyatt Myskow, et al.  “Despite Likely Setback for Climate Action […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/11/omni-climate-memo-mondays-204-november.html ANDREAS MALM, CONVERGENCE: DON’T FORGET PANDEMICS A decade ago, I named my blog War and Warming, but I have added more crises:   and pandemics, population growth, fascism.   Andreas Malm in Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century (2020) reminds us that pandemics arise from the increasing human activities throughout the planet.   Best known, of course, is the rising temperature from humans burning fossil fuels.    Less known is the increasing spillover of climate-related pathogens from human growth and development (not Chinese labs).   Excellent book.    -D Dick’s Summary of Naomi Klein’s Foreword to Aronoff […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/11/omni-climate-memo-mondays-203-november.html Jill Stein with Latest UN Warning.Inside Climate News.U.S. Educational System Not Teaching the Catastrophic Reality.OMNI Anthologies on Temperature and Refugees. LATEST WARNING FROM THE UN via JILL STEIN The UN’s report this week did not hesitate to get to the point, dedicating the first page of their 100 page report to a single message in big red letters:NO MORE HOT AIR PLEASE!EMISSIONS GAP REPORT 2024 What is evident throughout this report, from the title to the closing citations, is that not a single major, developed nation has accepted responsibility for repeatedly prioritizing corporate profits over […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett .    https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/10/climate-memo-mondays-201-october-28-2024.html ELECTIONS 2024 from Inside Climate News, ICNWith November 5 just weeks away, ICN continues to deliver cutting-edge coverage on what’s at stake for the climate this election season.  Stay current on key Senate, House, and battleground elections, the future of the Inflation Reduction Act, electric vehicles and the energy transition, and more in our dedicated election hub. Energy News from ICNEvery Thursday, ICN reporter Dan Gearino offers a new take on understanding the energy transformation reshaping our world through his newsletter Inside Clean Energy. From grid modernization to electric vehicles to wind and solar plants, Dan provides an accessible approach to complicated issues […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-201-october.html Sueellen Campbell.  Where Do the Candidates Stand on CC?Nicholas Kusnetz.  Vote to save the Inflation Reduction Act.Book:  Carton and Malm.  Overshoot (the 1.5 limit).Greenpeace.  A massive drawdown in fossil fuel production and usage is urgently needed.New Books from Climate and Capitalism. “Where do the candidates stand on climate change?”  by SueEllen Campbell, October 16, 2024.  Yale Climate Connections. These articles will get you up to speed as you prepare to cast your vote in U.S. elections for president, Senate, House, and other races. “Election Throws Uncertainty Onto Biden’s Signature Climate Law” By Nicholas Kusnetz.   Inside Climate News. President […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett.https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-200-october.html Codepink on US Climate Hypocrisy v. China.Adam Hanieh.  “…Oil, Corporate Power.”Climate and Capitalism, October 2040.Giraffe Hero:  Colette Pichon Battle.  US, CHINA, AND CLIMATE“Tell US Climate Envoy John Podesta:  STOP THE CLIMATE HYPOCRISY!”  CODEPINK.   9-26-24 Dear Dick, Earlier this month, US climate envoy John Podesta met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss financing for global climate initiatives. This is one of many meetings where US officials criticize China’s sustainability strategies, demanding Beijing do more, while simultaneously undermining its efforts. The US treats China’s growing dominance over the “green economy” as a security threat, and labels China’s efforts to […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett.     Reform Capitalism: Public CitizenReplace Capitalism:  Ecology TEXTS REFORMING CAPITALISMPublic Citizen’s Lawyer’s against Climate Change.      Recent numbers of Public Citizen News offer several articles on climate subjects.   The May/June 2024 number of Public Citizen News presents two articles:  One regarding efforts to decarbonize various industries, to create “green steel” for example; the other describing PC’s increasing moves beyond civil prosecution of corporate execs, to criminal.      The September/October number has four articles: “Fighting for a Just Transition, Not Another Colonialist Trap,” one half, you will remember, of the Green New Deal’s demand for an equitable energy […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-198-september.html ·       Science Hub for Climate Litigation ·       Ayana Johnson.   What If We Get It Right?  Visions of Climate Futures.    Science Hub for Climate LitigationDear James,The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to virtual conversation on the key research for scientists to advance climate litigation.  Join the Science Hub for Climate Litigation webinar to learn about how scientists can communicate their own research and engage with legal teams as a critical part of climate accountability. Research Areas for Climate Litigation: 2024 ReportDate: Thursday, October 10Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m. PT / 3:00–4:00 p.m. ETRegister for the webinar today.    Speakers include: Dr. Phoebe Okowa, […]