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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">1. TV meteorologists have been reticent about the climate crisis, but that is changing. Some find that when they talk about climate, ratings go up. Others find the topic still “taboo and even dangerous.”
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">2. Fish, chickens, and all, the average American consumes, in whole or in part, 174 animals a year—not counting the bycatch, the fish used to feed farmed fish, and lives lost to the habitats destroyed by dragnets and other practices
(a side of things not covered in the piece). Besides, eating your beans is a most effective form of climate activism. “Just eating a plant-rich diet will reduce more greenhouse gas emissions than if you were to install solar panels on your home, switch to
an electric vehicle (or public transit), compost all of your food scraps, and reduce your plastic use. . ..” Peter Sinclair puts together a couple of Vox articles on climate and diet.
</span><a href="https://climatecrocks.com/2022/04/25/yes-eating-less-meat-is-effective-climate-action/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://climatecrocks.com/2022/04/25/yes-eating-less-meat-is-effective-climate-action/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">3. Devastatingly heavy rains in South Africa and a drouth in the Sahel and East Africa have rendered the climate crisis “increasingly obvious across Africa.”
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">4. Temperatures in large parts of India are the highest in 125 years. They are reaching 110-115F in some regions, and may go as high as 120F amid drought conditions. High night-time temperatures pose a severe health risk. Pakistan
is suffering as well. </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/04/25/india-record-heat-march-april/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/04/25/india-record-heat-march-april/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">5. Youth v Gov is a documentary of Juliana vs. the US, filed in 2015 by 21 young people with the support of Children’s Trust.
<a href="https://climatecrocks.com/2022/04/26/trailer-trial-exposes-climate-crimes-inyouth-v-gov/">
https://climatecrocks.com/2022/04/26/trailer-trial-exposes-climate-crimes-inyouth-v-gov/</a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Nature’s Trust: Environmental Law for a New Ecological Age (2013) by Mary Christina Wood
describes the basis for the suits. Similar suits and legal actions have been launched in all 50 states. Seven are still pending and more are in development.</span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">None have yet been successful in the US, though a similar suit was won in the Netherlands.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">6. While coal burning is in decline, there are still too many plants in development to allow us to limit heating to 1.5C.
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/26/too-many-new-coal-fired-plants-planned-for-15c-climate-goal-report-concludes">
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