[GWSG] Dem candidates; coal in Japan; Miami SLR; modular homes; GND in UK; paying for GND; social action; fossil b.s.; from b.s. to anger to action

[Tilley, Al]

1. Of the Democratic presidential candidates, Jay Inslee has the best credentials on climate.  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/18/jay-inslee-2020-presidential-race-climate-change-fight
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‘One chance at survival’: Jay Inslee is running for president to fight climate change | US news | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/18/jay-inslee-2020-presidential-race-climate-change-fight>
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Democratic candidate says other issues matter, but America cannot afford to have another leader who does not have climate change as their top priority


Beto O’Rourke has the greatest need for redemption. https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-to-tell-if-beto-orourke-is-for-real-a-green-new-deal-and-natural-gas?utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_031719&utm_medium=email&bxid=5be9cafe24c17c6adf39e724&user_id=18164692&esrc=&utm_term=TNY_Daily
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How to Tell If Beto O’Rourke Is for Real: A Green New Deal and Natural Gas<https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-to-tell-if-beto-orourke-is-for-real-a-green-new-deal-and-natural-gas?utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_031719&utm_medium=email&bxid=5be9cafe24c17c6adf39e724&user_id=18164692&esrc=&utm_term=TNY_Daily>
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No one is calling for immediately shutting down natural-gas-fired power plants, but if you’re for a Green New Deal, you probably should make clear that you’re against building new plants and the pipelines that feed them.



2. Japan is Australia’s largest market for thermal coal. It is now shelving plans for coal plants as its investors shift resources to renewable power. That could mark the end of coal in Asia.  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/18/energy-analysts-forecast-the-end-of-coal-in-asia-as-japanese-investors-back-renewables
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Energy analysts forecast 'the end of coal' in Asia as Japanese investors back renewables | Environment | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/18/energy-analysts-forecast-the-end-of-coal-in-asia-as-japanese-investors-back-renewables>
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Australia’s largest export customer for thermal coal is scrapping plans to build power plants



3. Florida’s barrier islands (along with others in the world, though rates of sea level rise are unusually high along the US East Coast) have perhaps a decade of livability left before they submerge. As former St. Augustine mayor Nancy Shaver said in a previous post, “We don’t have time for a 20-year plan. I mean, we don’t as a city. We know that by 2030 30% of our roads will flood 90 days a year.” It is time to begin planning for relocation. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/its-over-miami-beach-tries-to-outrace-climate-change-and-the-rising-seas-160000886.html
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'It's over': Miami Beach tries to outrace climate change's rising seas - news.yahoo.com<https://finance.yahoo.com/news/its-over-miami-beach-tries-to-outrace-climate-change-and-the-rising-seas-160000886.html>
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Gelber, 58, knows the only real hope Miami Beach has is to join the elevational arms race that pits land against water, and build higher. To date, roughly 20 percent of the storm water/sea level mitigation plan has been completed. But when Gelber was elected, he hit pause on the ambitious policy, commissioning studies by Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and the Urban Land Institute to ...



4. Modular net zero homes from S CA’s S2A are completed in a quarter of the time for 20% less money. The company sells apartment complexes and commercial structures as well as private homes. https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/19/s2a-modular-offers-affordable-net-zero-homes-with-tesla-renewable-energy-components/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=a4c5f8946d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_18_03_12_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-a4c5f8946d-331994013
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S2A Modular Offers Affordable Net Zero Homes With Tesla Renewable Energy Components | CleanTechnica<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/19/s2a-modular-offers-affordable-net-zero-homes-with-tesla-renewable-energy-components/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=a4c5f8946d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_18_03_12_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-a4c5f8946d-331994013>
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S2A Modular in California is constructing a factory to manufacture net zero modular homes that feature Tesla Powerwall and SolarRoof technology. They will cost about 20% less than a conventional home.



5. The Green New Deal now has a counterpart in the British Labor Party. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/22/labour-members-launch-green-new-deal-inspired-by-us-activists
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Labour members launch Green New Deal inspired by US activists | Politics | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/22/labour-members-launch-green-new-deal-inspired-by-us-activists>
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6. How shall we pay for the Green New Deal? Oxford economist Simon Wren-Lewis describes a method. Thanks to Soryu-Kutsu Roshi for the story. https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2019/02/how-to-pay-for-green-new-deal.html
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mainly macro: How to pay for the Green New Deal<https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2019/02/how-to-pay-for-green-new-deal.html>
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John Broome was a key advisor to the Stern review on climate change. He argued, and Stern agreed, that we should not discount the welfare of future generations as much as market interest rates appear to do.



7. Why we need the social action items in the Green New Deal: it will take a strong sense of community to allow us to weather the storms to come. A systematic destruction of safety nets, financial security, and social equity has left us so weakened that we need an energetic program of reconstruction. See item three and reflect on where all those millions of relocated people are going to live. It is probably not going to work for long to arm ourselves and start protecting perimeters. If you have to go to a new area, how will you be received? If others must come to yours, how will you receive them? We need robust and sustainable communities, old and new. Best book I’ve read on the topic: The Community Resilience Reader: Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval, ed. Daniel Lerch (Island Press, 2017).

8. The five largest oil and gas companies are engaged in a covert propaganda campaign to block climate action and conceal the growth in fuel extraction. The campaign involves a heavy use of social media. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/top-oil-firms-spending-millions-lobbying-to-block-climate-change-policies-says-report
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Top oil firms spending millions lobbying to block climate change policies, says report | Business | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/top-oil-firms-spending-millions-lobbying-to-block-climate-change-policies-says-report>
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Ad campaigns hide investment in a huge expansion of oil and gas extraction, says InfluenceMap



9. Tim Flannery says that bullshit is ceasing to baffle our brains. We need to be angry at what is underway and inspired by our anger to action. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/20/tim-flannery-people-are-shocked-about-climate-change-but-they-should-be-angry
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Tim Flannery: people are shocked about climate change but they should be angry | Books | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/20/tim-flannery-people-are-shocked-about-climate-change-but-they-should-be-angry>
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The author and scientist, who has returned to his roots at the Australian Museum, says the world is about to see a major shift towards climate action



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