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David Wallace-Wells

@dwallacewells

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"The US accounts for more than a third of the expansion of global oil and gas production planned by mid-century, despite its claims of climate leadership. Canada and Russia have the next biggest expansion plans, followed by Iran, China and Brazil." (1/2)

link [url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/12/us-behind-more-than-a-third-of-global-oil-and-gas-expansion-plans-report-finds?CMP=share_btn_tw[/url] or https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/12/us-behind-more-than-a-third-of-global-oil-and-gas-expansion-plans-report-finds?CMP=share_btn_tw (guardian=embedded media). 

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@billmckibben

 writes: "We are truly in the midst of the climate battle now, all around the world, with new developments daily in the ongoing fight between activists who want to speed up the transition to clean energy and the fossil fuel industry that wants to slow it down."

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Peter McCartney

@Climate_Pete

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All we hear from the fossil fuel cheerleaders is that if Canada doesn't extract all its oil and gas other "bad" countries will do it instead. But five nations are planning a majority of the world's new fossil fuel production: US, Canada, Australia, UK and Norway — in that order.

DJ, today the main road leading into The Hague again will be blocked by climate protesters. 

[url]https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/09/police-criticised-for-reporting-xr-demo-children-to-abuse-agency/[/url] or https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/09/police-criticised-for-reporting-xr-demo-children-to-abuse-agency/  (xr=Extinction Rebellion)

Domestic abuse watchdog Veilig Thuis has criticised police for reporting around 30 children who were arrested during Extinction Rebellion protests in The Hague as at-risk cases.

Veilig Thuis said it was “surprised” to have received dozens of referrals for parents who took their children on the demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday, which ended peacefully.

“We think it was unnecessary to refer these cases to us,” said spokesman Onno Aerden. “Demonstrating is not a form of child abuse.”

Police arrested more than 2,900 people over the two days for taking part in the unauthorised protests that blocked the A12 motorway heading into the city.

One mother, Musetta Blaauw, told AD the police decision to refer her two children, aged 16 and six, to the agency was “pure intimidation”.

“This was a peaceful demonstration, not hooligans rioting,” she said. “We were just sitting on the motorway singing songs and eating biscuits.”

Dick Goijers, spokesman for The Hague’s police division, admitted that almost all the children arrested had been referred to Veilig Thuis, but said this was “standard procedure” for “arrests and other situations where children are at risk, such as neglect.”

But Aerden said police appeared to be using the agency’s name “as a kind of threat” to parents taking part in the demonstration. “A referral to Veilig Thuis is not a punitive measure and shouldn’t be used as such,” he said.

DJ, "Veilig thuis"/Safe-at-home is already overloaded with taking care of children that are in real risk situations. The police may report children in climate protests to "safe-at-home" following political orders... the Mayor of The Hague is [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Zanen[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Zanen a member of the neo-liberal party for decades...

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DJ-There is a very large gap between those taking climate problems very serious and those "trying to make a living"....My view; blocking roads in protest against fossil fuel subsidies (over 47 million per year in NL) has to be part of a communication strategy.  

In the UK XR/eXtinction Rebellion almost ends up at a terrorist list. NL did criminalize other protest groups (peace movement, squaters, anti-nuclear)...in part by violent actions by the police and than blaming the protest groups. Also right wing groups may decide climate protests go to far...so "the police" than would act as an in-between party while in fact possibly involved in organizing right wing protests...

Maybe most of the public only will learn reality the hard way....we may need more, worse, climate disasters...

The global economy for now is based on a high level of fossil energy consumption. The damage that brings are kept out of the energy costs...tax payers end up paying for it....We may need an elite-responsible of wasting most energy...it is just a small group-to take steps back. Stop private jets, cheap flying etc. Also here it are the poor paying for the rich...if not dying for a rich exclusive club of billionaires almost claiming 0,1% "own this planet"...

For that matter it is also a fight for democracy....

Democracy Now!

@democracynow

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Ahead of a March to End Fossil Fuels in New York on Sunday, scientist 

@ultracricket

 talks about why she and hundreds of others wrote a letter to President Biden demanding climate action. "The science has come to such a complete consensus and we just want fossil fuels to stop."

DJ, governments, most political parties, end up working for fossil fuel economies...In that way AGAINST public basic safety...

[url]https://www.omroepwest.nl/nieuws/4755642/liveblog-mogelijk-opnieuw-tienduizenden-mensen-naar-klimaatdemonstratie-op-a12[/url] or https://www.omroepwest.nl/nieuws/4755642/liveblog-mogelijk-opnieuw-tienduizenden-mensen-naar-klimaatdemonstratie-op-a12 ;

DJ...democracy has become democrazy...investing trillions into wars while NOT dealing with essential problems....

Damian Carrington

@dpcarrington

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Sep 13

Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find - First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged Story by me

link [url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/earth-well-outside-safe-operating-space-for-humanity-scientists-find?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other[/url] or https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/earth-well-outside-safe-operating-space-for-humanity-scientists-find?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other (DJ-guardian is promoting war...it has become part of the problem...) 

Earth’s life support systems have been so damaged that the planet is “well outside the safe operating space for humanity”, scientists have warned.

Their assessment found that six out of nine “planetary boundaries” had been broken because of human-caused pollution and destruction of the natural world. The planetary boundaries are the limits of key global systems – such as climate, water and wildlife diversity – beyond which their ability to maintain a healthy planet is in danger of failing.

The broken boundaries mean the systems have been driven far from the safe and stable state that existed from the end of the last ice age, about 10,000 years ago, to the start of the industrial revolution. The whole of modern civilisation arose in this time period, called the Holocene.

The assessment was the first of all nine planetary boundaries and represented the “first scientific health check for the entire planet”, the researchers said. Six boundaries have been passed and two are judged to be close to being broken: air pollution and ocean acidification. The one boundary that is not threatened is atmospheric ozone, after action to phase out destructive chemicals in recent decades led to the ozone hole shrinking.

The scientists said the “most worrying” finding was that all four of the biological boundaries, which cover the living world, were at, or close to, the highest risk level. The living world is particularly vital to the Earth as it provides resilience by compensating for some physical changes, for example, trees absorbing carbon dioxide pollution.

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The assessment, which was published in the journal Science Advances and was based on 2,000 studies, indicated that several planetary boundaries were passed long ago. The boundary for biosphere integrity, which includes the healthy functioning of ecosystems, was broken in the late 19th century, the researchers said, as destruction of the natural world decimated wildlife. The same destruction, particularly the razing of forests, means the boundary for land use was broken last century.

Climate models have suggested the safe boundary for climate change was surpassed in the late 1980s. For freshwater, a new metric involving both water in lakes and rivers and in soil, showed this boundary was crossed in the early 20th century.

Another boundary is the flow of nitrogen and phosphorus in the environment. These are vital for life but excessive use of fertilisers mean many waters are heavily polluted by these nutrients, which can lead to algal blooms and ocean dead zones. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization data, three times the safe level of nitrogen is added to fields every year.

The boundary for synthetic pollution, such as pesticides, plastics and nuclear waste, was shown to have been passed by a 2022 study. The Richardson-led analysis assessed air pollution for the first time, which affects plant growth and monsoon rains. It found air pollution has passed the planetary boundary in some regions such as south Asia and China, but not yet globally. Ocean acidification is also assessed as getting worse and being close to exceeding the safe boundary.

The scientists said: “This update finds that six of the nine boundaries are transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for humanity.”

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Rockstrom said: “If you want to have security, prosperity and equity for humanity on Earth, you have to come back into the safe space and we’re not seeing that progress currently in the world.”

Phasing out fossil fuel burning and ending destructive farming are the key actions required.

The planetary boundaries are set using specific metrics, such as the level of CO₂ in the atmosphere for climate change. The Earth’s systems are resilient to some level of change, so most of the boundaries have been set at a level higher than that which persisted over the last 10,000 years. For example, CO₂ was at 280 parts per million until the industrial revolution but the planetary boundary is set at 350ppm.

Prof Simon Lewis, at University College London and not part of the study team, said: “This is a strikingly gloomy update on an already alarming picture. The planet is entering a new and much less stable state – it couldn’t be a more stark warning of the need for deep structural changes to how we treat the environment.”

DJ...the article is describing the picture science agrees upon...The "feed backs" due to global warming-like "explosive increase" of methane release may NOT be included...because they did not happen yet...[url]https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/seafloor-methane-tipping-point-reached.html[/url] or https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/seafloor-methane-tipping-point-reached.html 

If "politics" keeps failing we should know what the outcome means for us. We-as humans-may not survive at +3C above pre-industrial. Some regions run higher risks. Those regions now did see extreme high temperatures, wild fires, extreme rain...(Mediterranean region as an example). It does decrease food production, logistics...

DJ-my view- extreme weather itself may become the main killer...