WTF Climate Change News

Innula Zenovka · Oct 23, 2020

Aeon Jiminy said:
AOC and Jane Fonda 3.0 speak out on Green New Deal and support Joe Biden, even though Biden doesn't support it. Nothing weird about that.

Since I like to check this kind of claim, I took a look at Biden's website, and was surprised to find this:

Biden believes the Green New Deal is a crucial framework for meeting the climate challenges we face. It powerfully captures two basic truths, which are at the core of his plan: (1) the United States urgently needs to embrace greater ambition on an epic scale to meet the scope of this challenge, and (2) our environment and our economy are completely and totally connected.

Plan for Climate Change and Environmental Justice | Joe Biden

Joe Biden knows climate change is the greatest threat facing our country and our world, and he has a bold plan for a clean energy revolution.

joebiden.com

So I dug a bit further, and this is what Snopes have to say:

What's True
Biden said during the first 2020 presidential debate that he does not support the Green New Deal, a congressional resolution that lays out a set of proposals for tackling climate change. Instead, he said he supports the "Biden Plan," which itself refers to the Green New Deal as a “crucial framework for meeting the climate challenges."
What's False
Despite sharing certain elements in common with the Green New Deal, the Biden Plan also differs from it in significant ways, so it would be inaccurate to claim Biden supports the Green New Deal in its entirety.

It goes on to say,

Generally speaking, both policies establish a similar framework but differ in the specifics of how policymakers should go about enforcing and reaching defined goals. For example, both plans highlight the importance of clean, safe drinking water and community-driven projects that promote social and environmental justice in areas disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change.

The greatest difference between the Biden Plan and the Green New Deal lies in their stances on the Paris Agreement, an international agreement established in 2015 with the central aim of coordinating and strengthening the global response to climate change and keeping the global temperature rise in this century below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Whereas the Biden Plan promises a recommitment to the Paris Agreement, the Green New Deal does not mention it at all.

Does Biden Support the Green New Deal?

Presidential hopeful Joe Biden's position on climate change became a hot topic on the first night of the presidential debates in the fall of 2020.

www.snopes.com

So Biden's plans, at least in this regard, go considerably further than does the Green New Deal, which I would have thought is to be applauded rather than criticised.

See also

Fact check: Post about Joe Biden and the Green New Deal is missing context

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden denounced the Green New Deal at Tuesday's debate, saying he has his own plan to deal with climate change.

eu.usatoday.com

Aribeth Zelin · Oct 23, 2020

Innula Zenovka said:
Since I like to check this kind of claim, I took a look at Biden's website, and was surprised to find this:

Plan for Climate Change and Environmental Justice | Joe Biden

Joe Biden knows climate change is the greatest threat facing our country and our world, and he has a bold plan for a clean energy revolution.

joebiden.com

So I dug a bit further, and this is what Snopes have to say:

It goes on to say,

Does Biden Support the Green New Deal?

Presidential hopeful Joe Biden's position on climate change became a hot topic on the first night of the presidential debates in the fall of 2020.

www.snopes.com

So Biden's plans, at least in this regard, go considerably further than does the Green New Deal, which I would have thought is to be applauded rather than criticised.

See also

Fact check: Post about Joe Biden and the Green New Deal is missing context

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden denounced the Green New Deal at Tuesday's debate, saying he has his own plan to deal with climate change.

eu.usatoday.com

But...... Bernie, they stole the nomination from him!!!!!1111!!!!!1 /s

Free · Oct 23, 2020

Innula Zenovka said:
Since I like to check this kind of claim, I took a look at Biden's website, and was surprised to find this:

Plan for Climate Change and Environmental Justice | Joe Biden

Joe Biden knows climate change is the greatest threat facing our country and our world, and he has a bold plan for a clean energy revolution.

joebiden.com

Behhhhhh, you and your web pages.

Free · Oct 23, 2020

Aribeth Zelin said:
But...... Bernie, they stole the nomination from him!!!!!1111!!!!!1 /s

According to some, it wasn't stolen from Bernie. Sanders sold it to Biden for a pair of sunglasses.

Kamilah Hauptmann · Oct 24, 2020

This Year's Arctic Sea Ice Is Failing to Form, Raising a Huge ‘Red Flag’

It’s late October, and the ice in Siberia’s Laptav Sea still hasn’t refrozen. It’s the latest ice-free date the sea has seen in recorded history and is driving Arctic sea ice as a whole to its lowest point on record for this time of year.

earther.gizmodo.com

Katheryne Helendale · Oct 25, 2020

Aeon Jiminy said:
AOC and Jane Fonda 3.0 speak out on Green New Deal and support Joe Biden, even though Biden doesn't support it. Nothing weird about that.

Oh my fucking god! Why haven't I put you on ignore yet?

We get that you're butthurt that your boy Bernie didn't get the nomination. GROW THE FUCK UP!!!

Kamilah Hauptmann · Oct 27, 2020

Katheryne Helendale said:
Oh my fucking god! Why haven't I put you on ignore yet?

We get that you're butthurt that your boy Bernie didn't get the nomination. GROW THE FUCK UP!!!

The best part of that boy is the 'Mericuh' goggles. Nothing outside the borders at all. Unintentional Jingo.

Jolene Benoir · Oct 27, 2020

Kamilah Hauptmann said:
The best part of that boy is the 'Mericuh' goggles. Nothing outside the borders at all. Unintentional Jingo.

On Aug 11, the person mentioned having a husband and has had covid-19, so unless he is gay and married (making his choices extra stupid) he is a she. Wait, that makes her choices extra stupid, as well.

Innula Zenovka · Oct 27, 2020

Arctic methane deposits 'starting to release', scientists say

Exclusive: expedition says preliminary findings indicate that new source of greenhouse gas off East Siberian coast has been triggered

www.theguardian.com

Innula Zenovka · Oct 29, 2020

Deluged by floods, America’s ‘oldest city' struggles to save landmarks from climate crisis

St Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers. Flooding has been a threat for centuries and is worsening with rising tides

www.theguardian.com

Aribeth Zelin · Oct 29, 2020

Innula Zenovka said:
Deluged by floods, America’s ‘oldest city' struggles to save landmarks from climate crisis

St Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers. Flooding has been a threat for centuries and is worsening with rising tides

www.theguardian.com

Oldest continious western invader city, maybe.... But that does suck. That's one of the places we'd go most every summer when visiting family in Daytona.

Beebo Brink · Oct 29, 2020

Innula Zenovka said:
Arctic methane deposits 'starting to release', scientists say

Exclusive: expedition says preliminary findings indicate that new source of greenhouse gas off East Siberian coast has been triggered

www.theguardian.com

Game over. This is the start of the "worst case" scenario that was considered to be hysterical fear-mongering just a decade ago.

The latest discovery potentially marks the third source of methane emissions from the region. Semiletov, who has been studying this area for two decades, has previously reported the gas is being released from the shelf of the Arctic – the biggest of any sea.

For the second year in a row, his team have found crater-like pockmarks in the shallower parts of the Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea that are discharging bubble jets of methane, which is reaching the sea surface at levels tens to hundreds of times higher than normal. This is similar to the craters and sinkholes reported from inland Siberian tundra earlier this autumn.

Dakota Tebaldi · Nov 2, 2020

Beebo Brink · Nov 2, 2020

Disintegration Fears Grow As Worsening Rifts and Fractures Spotted at Two of Antarctica’s Most Important Glaciers

Satellite imagery has revealed that two of the fastest-changing glaciers in Antarctica are fracturing and weakening faster than ever – the first step towards the glaciers disintegrating and causing sea levels to rise dramatically. Using observations from ESA, NASA and USGS satellites, the researc

scitechdaily.com

Researchers: Antarctic ice sheet is primed to pass irreversible climate thresholds

The melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is well underway and will be almost impossible to reverse, even if global emissions reduction targets are met, according to new research published in Nature.

ctmirror.org