[GWSG] Gag laws; Artists, awake!; unnoticed crises; crude nukes; food supply threat; teachers join students

Fri Feb 22 08:53:19 EST 2019

1. Several states are experiencing the introduction of similar bills which would prevent teachers from objective presentation of climate science. https://psmag.com/news/state-bills-could-prevent-teachers-from-advocating-for-climate-change
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States Are Introducing Bills That Could Prevent Teachers From Advocating for Climate Change - Pacific Standard - psmag.com<https://psmag.com/news/state-bills-could-prevent-teachers-from-advocating-for-climate-change>
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In Maine, a comparable bill states that "the rules must require a teacher to provide students with materials supporting both sides of a controversial issue being addressed and to present both sides in a fair-minded, nonpartisan manner.". Science education groups are concerned that these bills, if enacted, would limit instruction on anthropogenic climate change, which is a key tenet of state ...

2. Artists, perhaps under the influence of fossil fuel money, have  been slow to engage the transforming world. In many media, and many places, they are now. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/feb/20/artists-fighting-climate-change
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>From foil-wrapped glaciers to the Alpine storm cyclist: the artists fighting climate change | Art and design | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/feb/20/artists-fighting-climate-change>
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I n 1975, photographer Michel Comte stood up before scientists, business leaders and politicians at the Club of Rome to deliver a speech about the climate disaster he believed was on the horizon ...

3. Climate change was behind most humanitarian crises last year and many were sparsely reported. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/21/climate-change-cause-of-most-under-reported-humanitarian-crises-report-finds
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Climate change cause of most under-reported humanitarian crises, report finds<https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/21/climate-change-cause-of-most-under-reported-humanitarian-crises-report-finds>
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Few headlines were sparked by food crises that ravaged Madagascar, Ethiopia and Haiti

4. If we were to replace power production from fossil fuels, we might choose nuclear or renewable technologies. If we chose wind and solar 50/50, we would achieve three times the CO2 reduction than if we had used nuclear, and it would cost less. (Not to mention that we would be spared the poisonous mess nuclear leaves behind for, in effect, forever.) https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/20/us-could-achieve-3x-as-much-co2-savings-with-renewables-instead-of-nuclear-for-less-money/
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US Could Achieve 3X As Much CO2 Savings With Renewables Instead Of Nuclear For Less Money | CleanTechnica<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/20/us-could-achieve-3x-as-much-co2-savings-with-renewables-instead-of-nuclear-for-less-money/>
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As we choose how we will decarbonize and depollute the grid, a rearguard action is still fighting hard for nuclear energy. Michael Shellenberger is one of the prime advocates of a lot of nuclear ...

5. The biodiversity which underlies our food system is declining, and our food supply is gravely threatened, according to a UN report. Ireland’s president, Michael Higgins: “If we were coal miners we’d be up to our waists in dead canaries.” https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/feb/21/worlds-food-supply-under-severe-threat-from-loss-of-biodiversity
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World's food supply under 'severe threat' from loss of biodiversity | Global development | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/feb/21/worlds-food-supply-under-severe-threat-from-loss-of-biodiversity>
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Plants, insects and organisms crucial to food production in steep decline, says UN

6. In the UK, teachers are joining their students in climate protests. “It’s incredibly brave for schoolchildren to confront what must be a terrifying prospect; that the future they hope for isn’t available to them.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/21/teachers-to-join-climate-protests-to-demand-curriculum-reform
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Teachers to join climate protests to demand curriculum reform<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/21/teachers-to-join-climate-protests-to-demand-curriculum-reform>
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On Friday demonstrators will protest against ‘negligent’ climate change education

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