[GWSG] Student strikes; CH4 spiking; raining up CH4; peak ice cars?; the vague GND; time to panic?

Mon Feb 18 09:13:57 EST 2019

1. Thousands of kids throughout England left school to protest for climate action. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/15/children-climate-inaction-protests-uk
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'It is our future': children call time on climate inaction in UK | World news | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/15/children-climate-inaction-protests-uk>
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Some wore school uniform, with ties askew in St Trinian’s fashion, others donned face paint, sparkly jackets and DM boots. The youngest clutched a parent’s hand as people gathered in the ...

Students struck in about 20 countries. More actions are planned for March 15 world-wide. Greta Thunberg is the model and inspiration. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/15/the-beginning-of-great-change-greta-thunberg-hails-school-climate-strikes
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'The beginning of great change': Greta Thunberg hails school climate strikes<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/15/the-beginning-of-great-change-greta-thunberg-hails-school-climate-strikes>
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The 16-year-old’s lone protest last summer has morphed into a powerful global movement challenging politicians to act

2. Atmospheric methane levels have been increasing dramatically in the past four years. The source is unclear though biological emissions are likely, especially from the growth in the numbers of cattle. A heating atmosphere could be less able to break down methane. We may be losing our ability to limit warming to 2C. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/17/methane-levels-sharp-rise-threaten-paris-climate-agreement
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Sharp rise in methane levels threatens world climate targets | Environment | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/17/methane-levels-sharp-rise-threaten-paris-climate-agreement>
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Dramatic rises in atmospheric methane are threatening to derail plans to hold global temperature rises to 2C, scientists have warned. In a paper published this month by the American Geophysical ...

3. Early rains in the warming Arctic will mean more methane emissions than we had expected. https://mailchi.mp/climatenewsnetwork/early-rain-as-arctic-warms-means-more-methane?e=ea792e87f2

4. Sales of fossil fuel cars have begun to decrease in the US, Europe, and China as they are replaced by electric vehicles. https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/16/fossil-vehicle-sales-are-officially-now-decreasing-in-china-europe-us/
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Boom! Fossil Vehicle Sales Are Officially Now Decreasing In China, Europe, & USA — #CleanTechnica Report | CleanTechnica<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/16/fossil-vehicle-sales-are-officially-now-decreasing-in-china-europe-us/>
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In the world’s largest auto market, China, total light duty vehicle (LDV) sales declined in 2018 relative to 2017. This was the first year-on-year drop since 1992. Yet, in this shrinking overall ...

5. The Green New Deal is vague about how its goals will be accomplished. That is a conscious strategy, and it is likely to take a new senate after next year’s election, and a new president, before implementing legislation can be written and passed. Meanwhile the 15-page proposal is in effect a campaign platform, if the Democratic Party will run on it. Many are already committed. https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/02/why-the-green-new-deal-is-so-vague-about-food-and-farming/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=food-for-thought-2019-02-17
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Why the Green New Deal Is So Vague About Food and Farming – Mother Jones<https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/02/why-the-green-new-deal-is-so-vague-about-food-and-farming/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=food-for-thought-2019-02-17>
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Why the Green New Deal Is So Vague About Food and Farming Maybe that’s the point. Tom Philpott February 13, 2019 6:10 AM

6. If panic can drive us to take the political actions we must to cope with the roots of climate disruption, then it’s time to panic, according to David Wallace-Wells. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/opinion/sunday/fear-panic-climate-change-warming.html
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Opinion | Time to Panic - The New York Times<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/opinion/sunday/fear-panic-climate-change-warming.html>
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The age of climate panic is here. Last summer, a heat wave baked the entire Northern Hemisphere, killing dozens from Quebec to Japan. Some of the most destructive wildfires in California history ...

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