Reuters: UN chief laments the ‘failures of global governance’ — Urges world to ‘go into emergency mode’ to tackle ‘climate crisis’ | Climate Depot climatedepot.com/2022/01/24/reu…
As the world is far off-track on limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, Guterres urged all governments to strengthen their climate action plans under the Paris Agreement, “until they collectively deliver the 45% emissions reduction target.”
This means “no new coal plants. No expansion in oil and gas exploration,” he said.
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres: "We must rescue the Agenda 2030." ... Meanwhile, the climate crisis is fueling conflict and escalating humanitarian crises."
UN Chief: "Every sector and every industry, including shipping and aviation, must be on a trajectory to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Wealthier countries must finally make good on the $100 billion climate finance commitment to developing countries, starting in 2022."
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NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council): "The current situation will worsen as the United States gets hotter, so heat standards must protect workers from current heat hazards and the future effects of climate change."
"After many years of advocacy by labor, faith, health, environmental, and other leaders, the Biden administration announced last September that OSHA would begin working on a federal heat injury and illness prevention standard."
The Atlantic mag comes out strong against masking kids!
The Case Against Masks at School: "Districts should rethink imposing on millions of children an intervention that provides little discernible benefit." - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
"We reviewed a variety of studies—...some cited by CDC as evidence of masking effectiveness in a school setting...to try to find evidence that would justify CDC’s no-end-in-sight mask guidance for very-low-risk pediatric population... We came up empty-handed."
Other studies—not randomized trials—have looked at the effects of masks in schools, and their results do not support pervasive, endless masking at school.
According to a new study released by Johns Hopkins University, lockdowns have had little to no impact on COVID-19 mortality. theepochtimes.com/do-lockdowns-r…
“Overall, we conclude that lockdowns are not an effective way of reducing mortality rates during a pandemic, at least not during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the researchers wrote in a paper that presented the findings of their study.
2022 Johns Hopkins study: "Studies looking at specific NPIs (lockdown vs. no lockdown, facemasks, closing non-essential businesses, border closures, school closures, & limiting gatherings) also find no broad-based evidence of noticeable effects on COVID-19 mortality."
U.S. gas has gone from energy independence back to energy dependence — Thanks to Biden | Climate Depot climatedepot.com/2022/01/26/u-s…
Stephen Moore: "The Trump energy policy was an astonishing economic success story. By January 2021, exactly a year ago and Trump's last month in office, for the first time in nearly 50 years, the U.S. was producing more oil than we were consuming."
"We imported no net oil from Saudi Arabia and the OPEC cartel nations. We were also producing more oil and gas than the Russians and the Arabs. Free at last."
Biden admin admits goal is higher gas prices!? Jen Psaki: ‘The rise in gas prices over the long term makes an even stronger case for doubling down our investment & focus on clean energy options’ | Climate Depot climatedepot.com/2022/01/24/bid…
Biden Press sec. Jen Psaki on Nov 12, 2021: "Our view is that the rise in gas prices over the long term makes an even stronger case for doubling down our investment and focus on clean energy options."