Climate Files 30 / The Age of Climate Cooperation
Obama speaking at the UN Climate Change Summit on September 22nd 2009
The UN Summit on Climate Change brought together 100 world leaders at the UN on September 22 and the Age of Stupid movie event happened on September 21, all in New York City. What did they all accomplish? It’s unclear. The UN Summit was a good start, according to Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General. President Obama spoke at the summit on the need for action, though he didn’t give out any targets or make any big announcements, like some of the world leaders did. Japan made a big announcement, as did the President of the Maldives. You will hear several highlights of the summit in this episode.
The UN website where you can see all the video archives of the summit is here.
The Age of Stupid was a great movie for putting a human face on climate change. Telling the personal stories of how climate change impacts people is exactly what the world needs right now. I hope everyone gets a chance to see it. Kofi Annan and scientists and celebrities and politicians spoke after this world premiere, and this episode includes some highlights of that event. It was a live event and a lot of fun, in addition to being educational.
There was quite a bit of news out there this week, and here’s a list of most of the stories that were mentioned in Climate Files #30.
- Obama addressed the UN with a determined-sounding speech, low on specifics.
- Steven Chu said Clean energy tech more important than Climate Treaty.
- Lieberman pushing for more coal in climate bill!
- Sen. Boxer prepares for climate bill intro. in October.
- Thai rice is threatened by climate change.
- Japan’s PM offers climate aid to poor nations and makes a big announcement.
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Climate Files 29 / Averting Catastrophe
Will the U.S. avert climate catastrophe in time? Are we really even trying?
Last Thursday, September 17th, the American Security Project came up with a report, the Climate Security Index. You can download the report here.
It almost sounds like members of the Senate are planning to not act to slow down climate change, so that things will get dire and then they can start more wars, making the U.S. a world leader again, with a military response to climate change. It sounds like PNAC all over again. We know they have already started optional wars for oil using any excuse available, so what’s to stop them from continuing the practice? Relying on a new as-yet not-invented energy source to solve climate change is foolish, but that’s what Senator Kerry recommends. There is so much we can do right now to slow down climate change, it’s wrong for them to sound resigned to failure.
Doctors: Act Now or Health Consequences of Climate Change Will Be Catastrophic. The heads of 18 major physician groups from around the world are calling on doctors today to take an immediate, vocal stand for climate action to avoid a global health catastrophe.
A recent investigative article about water pollution is causing some major waves. Almost four decades after Congress passed the Clean Water Act, the rate of water pollution violations is rising steadily. In the past five years, companies and workplaces have violated pollution laws more than 500,000 times. But the vast majority of polluters have escaped punishment.
The White House rolled out details of fuel economy, and emissions standards on Tuesday September 15th
Obama will speak at the U.N. special session on global warming on September 22; Todd Stern testifies “Nothing the U.S. can do is more important for the international negotiation process than passing robust, comprehensive clean energy legislation as soon as possible…. President Obama and the Secretary of State, along with our entire Administration, are committed to action on this issue.” An excerpt of Todd Stern’s testimony is included in this episode.
According to Reuters, Australia is now the #1 emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world.
From the Guardian:
US planning to weaken Copenhagen climate deal, Europe warns
And finally – the climate change documentary, the Age of Stupid is opening next week world wide! You can buy your tickets online for September 21st or 22nd. Don’t miss this bona fide event. Check out their website at Age of Stupid.net
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Music: “Palestine” by Rim Banna, and at end, “Lisa” by Morphine
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Climate Files 28 / Climate Engineering & Hazy Air
The very air we breathe is causing us health problems. Aerosols and other things in our air are still making us sick. The military might be putting something in it, to fight climate change, or for reasons much worse. What’s in the air? Whatever it is, it’s killing people. Chem trails, global dimming, global hazing and pollution are quite dangerous to our health. The air we breath even contains microscopic plastic, which enters our bloodstreams. Apparently, the military is adding things to the atmosphere, but we don’t know why. And then there’s climate change. . . . . and the problem with the media not covering it. And to top it off, we all have to deal with climate change skeptics and deniers.
It’s almost too much to handle, but we have to act before it’s too late. Copenhagen is coming up fast!
Studies are homing in on which particles polluting the air are most sickening — and why, from Science News.
Global dimming is explained here.
Our Last Chance to Preserve Life on Earth is here.
Glaciers are disappearing fast — The Sermilik fjord in Greenland: a chilling view of a warming world.
Glaciers are now melting so fast in Greenland that their movement can be seen with the naked eye.
Most of this episode is a recording of a radio show about Climate Engineering, with clips from the documentary, from Pacifica’s WBAI radio in New York. It’s also about militarization of weather, chem trails and what it is that we are breathing, and how bad for us it?
“Weather as a force multiplier — Owning the weather in 2025″ is strange, but true, and you can find the Website here.
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Here is the NY Skywatch website with more information about the Climate Engineering DVD and the 2-part chem trails show from WBAI radio.
Music from Moby and Defying Gravity on ABC.
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