[GWSG] Insurance rates; it's good for you; Bernie's plan; GND myths; US fossil subsidies; Amazonian arson

[Tilley, Al]

1. The rates of property insurance in areas at risk from fire and flood are rising. https://climatecrocks.com/2019/08/21/insurers-quietly-withdrawing-from-climate-risk-areas/
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Insurers Quietly Withdrawing from Climate Risk Areas | Climate Denial Crock of the Week - climatecrocks.com<https://climatecrocks.com/2019/08/21/insurers-quietly-withdrawing-from-climate-risk-areas/>
climatecrocks.com
This is happening faster than most people realize, and could become a stampede. In areas at increased risk from wildfire and flooding, Insurers are quietly jacking up rates, or refusing to write policies.Climate gentrification already beginning to leave behind those who can't afford to move - and might eventually become refugees. New York Times: Insurers…


2. 37 of 39 changes involved in living sustainably enhance satisfaction with your life. The more effort the change takes, the more personally fruitful it seems to be. We can in good conscience recommend that others make environmentally important changes because those will improve their lives. Thanks to Brian Paradise for the story. https://aeon.co/ideas/going-green-is-all-about-what-you-gain-not-what-you-give-up?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter
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Going green is all about what you gain, not what you give up – Kate Laffan | Aeon Ideas<https://aeon.co/ideas/going-green-is-all-about-what-you-gain-not-what-you-give-up?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter>
aeon.co
Kate Laffan. is a fellow in the department of psychological and behavioural science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In November 2019, she takes up a Marie Curie fellowship at the Geary Institute for Public Policy at University College Dublin.


3.  Senator Bernie Sanders is proposing the most ambitious climate action program among the Democratic candidates, now that Governor Jaye Inslee is dropping from candidacy. Sanders would transition to renewable power for transportation and electricity by 2030 and eliminate carbon emissions by 2050. The plan is an elaboration of the Green New Deal. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/22/bernie-sanders-climate-change-plan
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Sanders to unveil $16tn climate plan, far more aggressive than rivals' proposals | US news | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/22/bernie-sanders-climate-change-plan>
www.theguardian.com
Bernie Sanders has laid out an ambitious 10-year, $16.3tn national mobilization to avert climate catastrophe, warning that the US risks losing $34.5tn in economic productivity by the end of the ...

The NY Times adds further information on Sanders’ plan, notably on his proposals for funding it and on its exclusion of the fantasy technology of carbon capture and sequestration, and the nightmare of nuclear power. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/climate/bernie-sanders-climate-change.html
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVF.gZ51RUGYhn0C%2fjUehrZ4wg&pid=Api]<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/climate/bernie-sanders-climate-change.html>
Bernie Sanders’ ‘Green New Deal’: A $16 Trillion Climate Plan<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/climate/bernie-sanders-climate-change.html>
www.nytimes.com
Mr. Sanders’s climate change proposal calls for the United States to eliminate fossil fuel use by 2050. “We must be extraordinarily aggressive,” he said in an interview.


4. In a series of five six-minute videos Rhiana Gunn-Wright dispatches five myths about the Green New Deal. She was a leader in its development. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxJf58pbfCYiDOKxRTJI9cA
[https://yt3.ggpht.com/a/AGF-l79MV6E2cxZcSmVBUFA0uYg0d33pyJr4gt3mvg=s900-c-k-c0xffffffff-no-rj-mo]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxJf58pbfCYiDOKxRTJI9cA>
The YEARS Project - YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxJf58pbfCYiDOKxRTJI9cA>
www.youtube.com
The YEARS Project is a multimedia storytelling and education effort designed to inform, empower & unite the world in the face of climate change. #YEARSproject


5. Are the annual US subsidies of fossil fuels $4.6, $27.4, or $649 billion? Michael Bernard explains the origins of the estimates. https://cleantechnica.com/2019/08/20/us-subsidizes-fossil-fuels-to-the-tune-of-4-6-27-4-or-649-billion-annually-depending-on-source/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=8a97160685-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-8a97160685-331994013
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US Subsidizes Fossil Fuels To The Tune Of $4.6, $27.4, Or $649 Billion Annually, Depending On Source - cleantechnica.com<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/08/20/us-subsidizes-fossil-fuels-to-the-tune-of-4-6-27-4-or-649-billion-annually-depending-on-source/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=8a97160685-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-8a97160685-331994013>
cleantechnica.com
In 2022 in the USA, wind will get zero subsidies, solar will get very little, and fossil fuels will get $4.6 to $649 billion depending on accounting.


6. The wildfires in the Amazon have probably been set by farmers to gain further land, largely to raise cattle. If the land is not allowed to return to the wild with new vegetation we will have lost a key part of the world ecology. Trump University has consisted largely in lessons on how to set fire to your own house. (Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is on the international faculty.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/08/21/amazonian-rainforest-is-ablaze-turning-day-into-night-brazils-capital-city/
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Amazon fires could accelerate global warming and cause lasting harm to a cradle of biodiversity<https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/08/21/amazonian-rainforest-is-ablaze-turning-day-into-night-brazils-capital-city/>
www.washingtonpost.com
Amazon wildfires have spiked, sparking fears of land grabs for agriculture and the release of greenhouse gases that will accelerate global warming.


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