Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
AgentR11 wrote:I don't think 350ppm's in the cards anymore. Wonder where those guys went anyway.
AgentR11 wrote:I don't think 350ppm's in the cards anymore. Wonder where those guys went anyway.
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January 26, 2024
350.org Responds to White House Pause on Approvals of LNG Exports
Washington, DC – The White House today announced a pause on all liquified natural gas (LNG) export approvals by the US Department of Energy. They are beginning a long-overdue process for incorporating climate and environmental harm into their analysis of these projects. The 17 proposed LNG export projects have seen widespread opposition from frontline and environmental groups, as LNG releases methane, which has nearly an 80 times higher warming capacity than carbon in its first 20 years in the atmosphere.
US oil and gas CEOs have been exporting record amounts of LNG overseas, and the US government has tried to use international energy needs to justify expanding LNG exports. Yet earlier this week, 60 EU lawmakers told Biden that they don’t need more US liquified natural gas and he shouldn’t use them as an excuse to expand exportation. This news comes just one week after the Americas Energy Summit, an LNG convening to promote energy sources backed by the fossil fuel industry, and six weeks after COP28.
Candice Fortin, 350.org US Campaign Manager, responds:
“This is a major step in the right direction, and a huge win for the climate movement and our frontline partners in the Gulf. We trust that when the government reviews the climate and environmental justice harms, they will fully reject all LNG export projects, because anything less would reveal this pause to be nothing more than a strategic and self-serving PR campaign. The harmful effects of fracked gas on health and climate are not in question. Both frontline communities and scientific data have been communicating these clearly for decades, and there is much harm that cannot be undone. But the US government has finally taken a major step towards the side of the people instead of industry profit. That is both historic, and it shouldn’t need to be. We celebrate this move in the direction of justice and look forward to celebrating it growing.”
theluckycountry wrote:When all the world was licking greta thunberg's bottom I was trimming trees to increase solar hours. You snooze you lose in this brave new world.
She's a hasbeen now, a wasbeen. The TV has moved on.
AgentR11 wrote:
Doesn't appear humanity's going to do anything about the climate anyway; and my hunch has been for a while now that we've done did crossed those yee olde feedbacks; artificially flipping us out of this glacial/interglacial climate and into the planet's real warm phase. Alaskan alligators!
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Tanada wrote:There is ever growing evidence we are passing or already past the climate tipping point that will thaw much of the Arctic permafrost as seen by the growing number of sinks and slides already taking place. This is good for green growing things but also likely to cause a big spike in atmospheric methane which is itself nearing the 2 ppmv level and Methane in about 60 times as effective as a greenhouse gas over a single decade timescale as CO2. IOW Methane is already adding nearly 120 ppmv CO2 equivalent over any single decade pushing us up to an effective 540 ppmv equivalent in 2024 which is the threshold for a 3 C increase based on most climate models. The only thing holding it back has been the enormous thermal inertia of the Greenland Ice Cap and the vast acreage of Permafrost in Canada and Siberia. If we loose the permafrost thermal inertia then temperatures will take a steep upward jump and very very few people are expecting it or planning for it.
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