Bill - you are absolutely right about the climate thrust that needs to be started NOW ( now as in TODAY) It is simple - Biden has dome FAR more on climate and protecting our planet than any other President - Trump has doen NOTHING to protect citizens and the planet in FACT, he does not Believe in Climate Change - that ALONE should disqualify him the be President - he is the only major candidate that does not believe it is real - simply unbelievable. He does not care about ANYONE but himself and to hell with our planet, our lives and the lives and futures of our children - TAKE OFF THE GLOVE and FIGHT with the best ammunition any President has every had - MASSIVE REALITY.
Where can I find info about carbon impact in health care?
I am a doctor working in a hospital committed to reducing our collective carbon footprint. I am unable to find life cycle analysis of medications from extraction, manufacturing, packaging, transportation, dispensing and then waste.
Bill, thank you again. I was gob-smacked to read that "in a poll released this week, for instance, almost exactly half of voters said American unemployment was at a fifty-year high, which is odd since it’s actually near a fifty-year LOW!"
Thank you for putting some good-news pieces in your newsletter too, otherwise they become too grim for me to read.
In Oregon yesterday a total of 12% of Democrats either voted for Williamson ( green Party Candidate) or had write in for "uncommitted." to protest our foreign policy in Gaza and other war zones. I agree that his domestic policies for energy and less well known, changes to support Conservation by the Department of Agriculture with beginning changes to Restorative Agro should be continued. This is not what will lose this election. Alienation of people of all ages ( and his own administration) by racist and authoritarian support of Israel is what will lose the election for us all. Elections cannot be won when the base of your support is not with you. DEMS! wake up an nominate and alternative at the nominating convention this summer.
I think Biden cannot win in Nov unless he addresses the Genocide in Gaza
There are a lot of people who cannot vote for him bc he is complicit in genocide by giving Israel arms and money and support. This is a basic moral issue. He needs to enforce a cease fire now in Gaza. People cannot vote for him otherwise
Yet again, pathetic white technological determinism. A white old capitalist thug sitting inside a car. Your entire society is defined by the Car, the real hero of America.
Jackass Propaganda by Bright Green Lairs. Pathetic $erfs Global Green Scare.
I’ll put myself out there and speak from the perspective of a college student (I’m 21)…. Biden TERRIFIES me, and Trump terrifies me more. As far as I can tell, Biden is complicit in the destruction of Gaza, which is the Vietnam of our time. He’s almost as dangerous as Trump.
Furthermore, even though he has done some good things such as the IRA Bill, Biden still passed the Willow Project in Alaska which lost him a lot of credit. Anything is better than trump, but the idea of having to vote for a senile, slow genocide-complicit clown??!? The moral injury is horrible. But nothing is more horrible than what ppl in Gaza are going through as a result of our tax dollars. For the climate, we need to vote against Trump…. but at what cost?! 💔
It´s amazing your faith in the Democratic Party wanting to address climate change, when they are still promoting wars to control oil and gas. Wouldn´t it be better to support someone else, Dr. Jill Stein, for instance?
My thoughts exactly…. Biden can’t be trusted, given his policy about Gaza and the fact that we’re still exporting/investing in fossil fuels more than ever. Terrifying that this might be our alternative to Trump.
The DNC, DCCC, and DSCC have already raked in several millions if not billion dollars in campaign contributions. There is no valid reason why they can't put out huge posters, billboard ads newspaper and TV ads - flashy attention grabbing ones showing the real success of the Biden years. Labor reports on unemployment, trading reports on the stock market, treasury reports on the lower inflation.
We don't need to change the "brain dead MAGA cult, no amount of in your face truths will change their mind. But remember there are less than 30 million voters among them. What we need are the Independents, undecided, and young Democrats. Not only do we need to convince them Biden is the best choice, that he is NOT the lesser of two evils, that he has already accomplished about half of what he promised, We also have to convince them of the precarious state of our Democracy. They must vote, preferably by mail.
Speaking of that, we may also need the US Marshalls office to convince the USPS to deliver the ballots on time as first class mail to the voters and the State Elections offices.
I live in California, we have a computer program called Ballot Trax. It is used in at least 8 other States.
I get a notice in my email when my ballot is mailed to me; when it is returned to the Election office; and when it has been counted. Of course I have both a computer and internet. I don't have it on my phone but there may be a smartphone app too. I have no idea how much it costs (and I neither know anyone in the company, nor have stock in it). But I'm sure, even with prepaid postage (which we have in California that the system pays for itself in reducing the number of polling stations, even though fraud is nearly non-existent, this also reduces the possibility of fraud. You have to sign the ballot envelope prior to returning it. So a simple scan makes it clear it is your signature.
To people who say it's all "natural variation" or a hoax, we should reply, "If you don't trust the scientists, trust the insurance actuaries."
As retired people with a paid-for home, we're worried. State Farm, our insurer, has stopped issuing new policies in California (all those fires) and isn't renewing some policies there. The insurance market in Florida is a train wreck.
Is it Iowa's turn soon? We learned from a recent Times article that there are 18 states, including Iowa, where it's no longer profitable to offer homeowners insurance. That can't go on for long.
Will the day come soon when our home isn't insurable, and its value plummets? Will we face a future in which if our home is severely damaged by any cause, we can no longer afford to rebuild?
The Republican Party has become the party of climate change denial. Trump has said that he will reverse all of Biden’s policies that are designed to mitigate the effects of the climate crisis.
Our message to Iowa homeowners should be that the Republican Party is a direct threat to our homes and personal economic security, and it's Democrats, led by Joe Biden, who are working to protect us.
I think that Third Act should now focus all our efforts on trying to get the Biden Campaign to take up Climate Change as THE decisive issue in this upcoming election. Jeff Boyd, Connecticut Third Act member.
Mr. McGibbons: The history of "how we got here" -- "is what it is" -- and it's good to read it: -- ad-infinitum -- because "it feels good" - thinking we've done something - and it's the other guy's fault.
We all know what the Orange Jesus and his followers are -- they are destroyers -- all for self-centered reasons and "the all-exalted financial profit" they crave.
The history of "fuels" is what it is -- because decisions were made at the the time -- like corn-based "ethanol fuel -- because "...they used the information THAT THEY HAD ON HAND at the time.
What good is Oakland's fleet of battery powered school busses going to be as "giant battery:
--- when the busses can't be charged up - because there is so much smoke in the air from all of the forest and brush fires - and the power grid's are down -either because of fires everywhere - and / or or the grids are down because of "over-use" for air-conditoiners.
What good is it for President Biden - to tout on TV - as he seems to be directed to do by his "election staff that is living in the past" -- "all of the good stuff he has done":
--- when the younger generations only look at their iPad , iPhone, or computers -- with every one taking up bandwidth with their own version of how to look like an idiot on TikTok.
You are calling for President Biden to start "...a new War on Climate Change..."!
WITH WHAT?
Using the same information that is proving to be totally incapable of actually accomplishing what is needed?
HE CAN ONLY ACT - USING THE INFORMATION HE HAS ON HAND -- and as the Government "isn't listening to other than their own inputs" -- he's SOL.
Well _I've got a challenge for you.
Why don't you yourself: "buckle-up"/ "tighten the old jock-strap"/ and for once -- actually start that war yourself: -- instead of always "asking everyone else to do it.
You've got the information about the:
--- Nikola Tesla based (you know - the guy that invented / US Patented / and gave the world the AC power system we all use today - yeah that guy):
--- US invented / US developed / US professional laboratory tested / US Patented electric power supply technology:
--- that is presently going through the process of applying for funding / along with funding by major private investors -- to be used in Europe firs -- at the expressed / official request of:
--- EC President Ursula von der Yelen -- FIRST.
It's going to Europe first: because people like you - for whatever reason here - thought you knew better and didn't take the information seriously - where I sent it to you .
YOU decided -- that you knew better" - and didn't make it available to your readers -- for them to decide.
On fighting Climate Change here in the US at least: ---- IT's ON YOU PERSONALLY- and others writers / "red flag wavers" like you - that are the cause for your readers not knowing -- that a technology exists - and has existed for some time -- that can fix this.
Excellent analysis. I too hope that Biden takes this advice and uses the bully pulpit to explain the importance of what he's done, will do in the future, and the disaster that awaits us if Trump is eleccted.
I truly hope the Biden campaign pays attention to this - and then (when elected) fully acts on it!
the second term of democratic administrations, especially the first two years, seems to be the golden period for getting stuff done!
Bill - you are absolutely right about the climate thrust that needs to be started NOW ( now as in TODAY) It is simple - Biden has dome FAR more on climate and protecting our planet than any other President - Trump has doen NOTHING to protect citizens and the planet in FACT, he does not Believe in Climate Change - that ALONE should disqualify him the be President - he is the only major candidate that does not believe it is real - simply unbelievable. He does not care about ANYONE but himself and to hell with our planet, our lives and the lives and futures of our children - TAKE OFF THE GLOVE and FIGHT with the best ammunition any President has every had - MASSIVE REALITY.
Thanks for the great and inspiring info.
Where can I find info about carbon impact in health care?
I am a doctor working in a hospital committed to reducing our collective carbon footprint. I am unable to find life cycle analysis of medications from extraction, manufacturing, packaging, transportation, dispensing and then waste.
Health care should be good for the planet too!
these guys are the experts: https://noharm.org/
Bill, thank you again. I was gob-smacked to read that "in a poll released this week, for instance, almost exactly half of voters said American unemployment was at a fifty-year high, which is odd since it’s actually near a fifty-year LOW!"
Thank you for putting some good-news pieces in your newsletter too, otherwise they become too grim for me to read.
Propaganda is a powerful tool being absolutely overwhelmingly effective. We must counter it every day.
In Oregon yesterday a total of 12% of Democrats either voted for Williamson ( green Party Candidate) or had write in for "uncommitted." to protest our foreign policy in Gaza and other war zones. I agree that his domestic policies for energy and less well known, changes to support Conservation by the Department of Agriculture with beginning changes to Restorative Agro should be continued. This is not what will lose this election. Alienation of people of all ages ( and his own administration) by racist and authoritarian support of Israel is what will lose the election for us all. Elections cannot be won when the base of your support is not with you. DEMS! wake up an nominate and alternative at the nominating convention this summer.
I think Biden cannot win in Nov unless he addresses the Genocide in Gaza
There are a lot of people who cannot vote for him bc he is complicit in genocide by giving Israel arms and money and support. This is a basic moral issue. He needs to enforce a cease fire now in Gaza. People cannot vote for him otherwise
Yet again, pathetic white technological determinism. A white old capitalist thug sitting inside a car. Your entire society is defined by the Car, the real hero of America.
Jackass Propaganda by Bright Green Lairs. Pathetic $erfs Global Green Scare.
I’ll put myself out there and speak from the perspective of a college student (I’m 21)…. Biden TERRIFIES me, and Trump terrifies me more. As far as I can tell, Biden is complicit in the destruction of Gaza, which is the Vietnam of our time. He’s almost as dangerous as Trump.
Furthermore, even though he has done some good things such as the IRA Bill, Biden still passed the Willow Project in Alaska which lost him a lot of credit. Anything is better than trump, but the idea of having to vote for a senile, slow genocide-complicit clown??!? The moral injury is horrible. But nothing is more horrible than what ppl in Gaza are going through as a result of our tax dollars. For the climate, we need to vote against Trump…. but at what cost?! 💔
It´s amazing your faith in the Democratic Party wanting to address climate change, when they are still promoting wars to control oil and gas. Wouldn´t it be better to support someone else, Dr. Jill Stein, for instance?
My thoughts exactly…. Biden can’t be trusted, given his policy about Gaza and the fact that we’re still exporting/investing in fossil fuels more than ever. Terrifying that this might be our alternative to Trump.
The DNC, DCCC, and DSCC have already raked in several millions if not billion dollars in campaign contributions. There is no valid reason why they can't put out huge posters, billboard ads newspaper and TV ads - flashy attention grabbing ones showing the real success of the Biden years. Labor reports on unemployment, trading reports on the stock market, treasury reports on the lower inflation.
We don't need to change the "brain dead MAGA cult, no amount of in your face truths will change their mind. But remember there are less than 30 million voters among them. What we need are the Independents, undecided, and young Democrats. Not only do we need to convince them Biden is the best choice, that he is NOT the lesser of two evils, that he has already accomplished about half of what he promised, We also have to convince them of the precarious state of our Democracy. They must vote, preferably by mail.
Speaking of that, we may also need the US Marshalls office to convince the USPS to deliver the ballots on time as first class mail to the voters and the State Elections offices.
I live in California, we have a computer program called Ballot Trax. It is used in at least 8 other States.
I get a notice in my email when my ballot is mailed to me; when it is returned to the Election office; and when it has been counted. Of course I have both a computer and internet. I don't have it on my phone but there may be a smartphone app too. I have no idea how much it costs (and I neither know anyone in the company, nor have stock in it). But I'm sure, even with prepaid postage (which we have in California that the system pays for itself in reducing the number of polling stations, even though fraud is nearly non-existent, this also reduces the possibility of fraud. You have to sign the ballot envelope prior to returning it. So a simple scan makes it clear it is your signature.
If "all politics is local" we should localize the climate crisis.
Here in Iowa there's an opportunity to make it a winning issue.
Because this is a state where the climate crisis has become very personal. Recent storms across the Midwest demonstrate that it's here, right now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/tornado-greenfield-iowa-damage.html
To people who say it's all "natural variation" or a hoax, we should reply, "If you don't trust the scientists, trust the insurance actuaries."
As retired people with a paid-for home, we're worried. State Farm, our insurer, has stopped issuing new policies in California (all those fires) and isn't renewing some policies there. The insurance market in Florida is a train wreck.
Is it Iowa's turn soon? We learned from a recent Times article that there are 18 states, including Iowa, where it's no longer profitable to offer homeowners insurance. That can't go on for long.
Will the day come soon when our home isn't insurable, and its value plummets? Will we face a future in which if our home is severely damaged by any cause, we can no longer afford to rebuild?
The Republican Party has become the party of climate change denial. Trump has said that he will reverse all of Biden’s policies that are designed to mitigate the effects of the climate crisis.
Our message to Iowa homeowners should be that the Republican Party is a direct threat to our homes and personal economic security, and it's Democrats, led by Joe Biden, who are working to protect us.
Thank you, Bill.
Wow. A lot of things I did not know. And a lot of those things are hopeful. So I thank you.
I forget. Why do we care about the climate? Keep people from dying and limit property damage?
I think that Third Act should now focus all our efforts on trying to get the Biden Campaign to take up Climate Change as THE decisive issue in this upcoming election. Jeff Boyd, Connecticut Third Act member.
Mr. McGibbons: The history of "how we got here" -- "is what it is" -- and it's good to read it: -- ad-infinitum -- because "it feels good" - thinking we've done something - and it's the other guy's fault.
We all know what the Orange Jesus and his followers are -- they are destroyers -- all for self-centered reasons and "the all-exalted financial profit" they crave.
The history of "fuels" is what it is -- because decisions were made at the the time -- like corn-based "ethanol fuel -- because "...they used the information THAT THEY HAD ON HAND at the time.
What good is Oakland's fleet of battery powered school busses going to be as "giant battery:
--- when the busses can't be charged up - because there is so much smoke in the air from all of the forest and brush fires - and the power grid's are down -either because of fires everywhere - and / or or the grids are down because of "over-use" for air-conditoiners.
What good is it for President Biden - to tout on TV - as he seems to be directed to do by his "election staff that is living in the past" -- "all of the good stuff he has done":
--- when the younger generations only look at their iPad , iPhone, or computers -- with every one taking up bandwidth with their own version of how to look like an idiot on TikTok.
You are calling for President Biden to start "...a new War on Climate Change..."!
WITH WHAT?
Using the same information that is proving to be totally incapable of actually accomplishing what is needed?
HE CAN ONLY ACT - USING THE INFORMATION HE HAS ON HAND -- and as the Government "isn't listening to other than their own inputs" -- he's SOL.
Well _I've got a challenge for you.
Why don't you yourself: "buckle-up"/ "tighten the old jock-strap"/ and for once -- actually start that war yourself: -- instead of always "asking everyone else to do it.
You've got the information about the:
--- Nikola Tesla based (you know - the guy that invented / US Patented / and gave the world the AC power system we all use today - yeah that guy):
--- US invented / US developed / US professional laboratory tested / US Patented electric power supply technology:
--- that is presently going through the process of applying for funding / along with funding by major private investors -- to be used in Europe firs -- at the expressed / official request of:
--- EC President Ursula von der Yelen -- FIRST.
It's going to Europe first: because people like you - for whatever reason here - thought you knew better and didn't take the information seriously - where I sent it to you .
YOU decided -- that you knew better" - and didn't make it available to your readers -- for them to decide.
On fighting Climate Change here in the US at least: ---- IT's ON YOU PERSONALLY- and others writers / "red flag wavers" like you - that are the cause for your readers not knowing -- that a technology exists - and has existed for some time -- that can fix this.
Other Nations know -- and they're acting on it.
Excellent analysis. I too hope that Biden takes this advice and uses the bully pulpit to explain the importance of what he's done, will do in the future, and the disaster that awaits us if Trump is eleccted.