The Environment Thread

[Mark F]

The green economy - broadly defined as an economy that is low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive - is a major source of jobs in the US, employing an estimated 9.5 million people.

The study, published in Palgrave Communications, finds that the size of the green economy and employment in the US grew by 20% between 2013 and 2016. This represents an additional 1.5 million jobs in the green economy; while over the same period, according to Department of Energy data, the coal industry saw a decline of 37,000 jobs.

Lead author, Dr Lucien Georgeson (UCL Geography) said: “Our analysis suggests that the case for driving economic growth and job creation through fossil fuels is weakening, based on the available data.”

https://sciencebusiness.net/network-updates/according-ucl-study-us-green-economy-worth-13-trillion-year

[Mark H.]

22 hours ago, Mark F said:

The green economy - broadly defined as an economy that is low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive - is a major source of jobs in the US, employing an estimated 9.5 million people.

The study, published in Palgrave Communications, finds that the size of the green economy and employment in the US grew by 20% between 2013 and 2016. This represents an additional 1.5 million jobs in the green economy; while over the same period, according to Department of Energy data, the coal industry saw a decline of 37,000 jobs.

Lead author, Dr Lucien Georgeson (UCL Geography) said: “Our analysis suggests that the case for driving economic growth and job creation through fossil fuels is weakening, based on the available data.”

https://sciencebusiness.net/network-updates/according-ucl-study-us-green-economy-worth-13-trillion-year

Now - why wouldn’t they quote job numbers from the oil and gas industry?  Coal has been declining for a long time. 

[Mark F]

3 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Now - why wouldn’t they quote job numbers from the oil and gas industry?  Coal has been declining for a long time. 

the study is not about fossil fuel industries.

anyway
 

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A new report says direct employment in Canada's oil and gas sector is expected to fall by more than 12,000 jobs this year.

PetroLMI says the workforce is forecast to drop to about 173,300 in 2019, a decline of 23 per cent from 226,500 in 2014.

It says the oil and gas labour market shrank quickly in 2015 and 2016 following a commodity price collapse and remained relatively flat through 2017 and 2018.

 

 

 

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. The total employment of the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry in the U.S. in 2015 was some 1.39 million people, when all related broad occupations are taken into account. The largest U.S.-based oil and gas company, ExxonMobil, had approximately 73.5 thousand employees worldwide as of 2015.

 

Edited October 28, 2019 by Mark F

[Mark F]

Japanese carmaker Honda has brought forward a goal to only sell electric and hybrid cars in Europe by three years to 2022, a leading company executive said on Wednesday.

Last month, Honda said it would phase out all diesel vehicle sales in Europe by 2021 in favour of electrified vehicles.

“We can also feel the fact that the market around us is expanding. Obviously the legislation around the environment is getting clearer as well. It is the track we are on in terms of the development of the new fully electrified line up.”

The European Union has set new rules for carmakers to reduce carbon dioxide vehicle emissions from next year, or face fines.

https://www.mining.com/web/honda-brings-forward-goal-to-be-fully-electrified-in-europe-to-2022/

Edited October 29, 2019 by Mark F

[Wideleft]

Biggest Private Coal Miner Goes Bust as Trump Rescue Fails

By 

Steven Church,Will Wade, and Jeremy Hill

October 29, 2019, 5:26 AM CDT Updated on October 29, 2019, 7:13 AM CDT

 

Robert E. Murray, the U.S. coal baron who pressed the Trump administration to help save America’s struggling miners, placed his company into bankruptcy as demand for the fossil fuel continues to weaken.

Murray Energy Holdings Co. filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Columbus, Ohio, to restructure more than $2.7 billion of debt. The miner -- the largest privately owned U.S. coal company -- reached a restructuring support agreement with a group of lenders that provides a new $350 million loan to keep operations going during the reorganization, according to the court filing.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-29/biggest-private-coal-miner-goes-bust-after-trump-rescue-fails

 

[Mark F]

3 hours ago, Wideleft said:

Robert E. Murray, the U.S. coal baron who pressed the Trump administration to help save America’s struggling mine owners, which Trump tried to do, cause Murray gave Trump a lot of money.

Miners, are irrelevant to these people, except as suckers to keep the scam going.  If Murray could make the same money closing the mine, he'd do it.

Edited October 29, 2019 by Mark F

[Fatty Liver]

On 2019-10-29 at 5:49 AM, Mark F said:

Japanese carmaker Honda has brought forward a goal to only sell electric and hybrid cars in Europe by three years to 2022, a leading company executive said on Wednesday.

Last month, Honda said it would phase out all diesel vehicle sales in Europe by 2021 in favour of electrified vehicles.

“We can also feel the fact that the market around us is expanding. Obviously the legislation around the environment is getting clearer as well. It is the track we are on in terms of the development of the new fully electrified line up.”

The European Union has set new rules for carmakers to reduce carbon dioxide vehicle emissions from next year, or face fines.

https://www.mining.com/web/honda-brings-forward-goal-to-be-fully-electrified-in-europe-to-2022/

I recently watched the following documentary about German car manufacturers and how they're approaching the issue of transitioning their industry over to EV manufacturing without sacrificing  sales or their advantage as the leaders in diesel and internal combustion technologies.  Very interesting film refreshing in it's honesty, the Chinese govt. has been the main driver in pushing this technological transition faster than expected.   Imagine if the Germans are in trouble,  how screwed the American car makers are  with ole dumb-ass Trump fighting to turn back the clock on allowable car emissions in Californ-i-a.

 

 

Edited October 30, 2019 by Throw Long Bannatyne

[Mark F]

12 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I recently watched the following documentary

link to full doc.

thanks. Thought the Germans were better than this. 2000 moving parts ice v. 200 electric. duh.

I guess we would be dumb to expect VW to do something about electric cars, after seeing their decision to play games with  vehicle emission requirements.

I won't be sad to see these companies go down, including the American ones. They already had one bail out, and still sell the gas guzzlers. with union support. short sighted.

There's an advantage  to a smart command economy like China has.

course really the smartest solution is mass public effective transport.

Edited October 30, 2019 by Mark F

[Fatty Liver]

12 minutes ago, Mark F said:

link to full doc.

thanks. Thought the Germans were better than this. 2000 moving parts ice v. 200 electric. duh.

I guess we would be dumb to expect VW to do something about electric cars, after seeing their decision to play games with  vehicle emission requirements.

I won't be sad to see these companies go down, including the American ones. They already had one bail out, and still sell the gas guzzlers. with union support. short sighted.

There's an advantage  to a smart command economy like China has.

course really the smartest solution is mass public effective transport.

I'm not all that surprised, left to boardrooms protecting their profits, and unions protecting their jobs, progress like this is going to be fought hard and suppressed.  If these groups wanted to make the change over to EV production for the betterment of our atmosphere they could easily have begun 50 or more years ago, Big Oil and Wall Street were too greedy to allow it despite the ramifications we now face, 

If it wasn't for the Chinese govt. pushing ahead with strict mandates this transition would be delayed another 20 years or more.  By pushing it now Chinese car makers are challenging the market to keep up with their production or be eliminated from the game.

[blue_gold_84]

New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12808-z

Obviously, estimating into the future is challenging the further down the line you go (and the article states just that near the end). Nevertheless, these estimates shed some light on troubling trends for a significant portion of the world's population into the next 80 years.

[Fatty Liver]

We know plastic bottles are choking our planet. So why are companies still selling them?

 

Again, everybody agrees there is a massive problem and yet no political leader has the balls, intelligence or fortitude to step up and fix it, instead we get measly little half measures that add up to nothing.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/plastic-bottles-1.5341617

 

 

[Mark H.]

18 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

We know plastic bottles are choking our planet. So why are companies still selling them?

 

Again, everybody agrees there is a massive problem and yet no political leader has the balls, intelligence or fortitude to step up and fix it, instead we get measly little half measures that add up to nothing.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/plastic-bottles-1.5341617

I don't have a problem with a carbon tax per se - but I do have a problem with a carbon tax when plastics are still out of control, recycling is abysmal, and tree planting has not even started.  They put lipstick on the pig, but the pig still stinks. 

 

[Wideleft]

A reminder that weather does not equal climate, but trends do matter.

'Certainly alarming': N.W.T.'s Beaufort Delta region sees unusually warm weather

He said the average low for this October is –6.5 C, and average high is 0.5 C. That means the recent temperatures are "12.5 degrees warmer than normal pretty much for both the highs and low temperatures," he said.

Inuvik's coldest day so far this year was –14.6 C on Oct. 27. 

Castellan said the region has been seeing a trend of unusually warm weather during winter the last couple of years and he's expecting that to continue.

Turning to a report released earlier this year by Environment and Climate Change Canada, which states that Canada is warming twice as fast as the global average, Castellan said the Arctic is dealing with three times that rate of warming.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/record-breaking-temps-above-arctic-circle-1.5343878?cmp=rss&fbclid=IwAR1ClkO7K21Ue42PpCGdmtVgkzOCG6XGDqMfKQPWSX3O2HnAsbnEKatvZ0M

[Wideleft]

The ice used to protect them. Now their island is crumbling into the sea.

“My grandfather said he could remember when there was one winter with no ice,” said Serge Bourgeois, 53, the planning director for the municipality of Iles-de-la-Madeleine. Now, if ice materializes at all around the islands in winter, “it is exceptional.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/world/climate-environment/canada-quebec-islands-climate-change/

 

[Wideleft]

California’s fire season is longer and deadlier than ever, causing annual treks south by Oregon firefighters

"In recent years, fire officials say, the fire season in California has lengthened by about 75 days, with hotter temperatures for longer periods making forests “more susceptible to severe wildfire.”"

https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2019/10/californias-fire-season-is-longer-and-deadlier-than-ever-causing-annual-treks-south-by-oregon-firefighters.html

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/amazon-illegal-loggers-kill-indigenous-guardians-of-forest-1.5346095

[blue_gold_84]

On ‎2019‎-‎11‎-‎01 at 1:05 PM, Wideleft said:

A reminder that weather does not equal climate, but trends do matter.

'Certainly alarming': N.W.T.'s Beaufort Delta region sees unusually warm weather

He said the average low for this October is –6.5 C, and average high is 0.5 C. That means the recent temperatures are "12.5 degrees warmer than normal pretty much for both the highs and low temperatures," he said.

Inuvik's coldest day so far this year was –14.6 C on Oct. 27. 

Castellan said the region has been seeing a trend of unusually warm weather during winter the last couple of years and he's expecting that to continue.

Turning to a report released earlier this year by Environment and Climate Change Canada, which states that Canada is warming twice as fast as the global average, Castellan said the Arctic is dealing with three times that rate of warming.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/record-breaking-temps-above-arctic-circle-1.5343878?cmp=rss&fbclid=IwAR1ClkO7K21Ue42PpCGdmtVgkzOCG6XGDqMfKQPWSX3O2HnAsbnEKatvZ0M

This has been ongoing for some time now and gets very little attention. The MacKenzie Delta is an incredibly rich region in terms of its ecological diversity, not to mention its size and the watershed in which it's situated. There's an amazing amount of research being conducted in Canada's North and ARI is one such organization: https://nwtresearch.com/
I was fortunate enough to attend to Western Arctic Research Centre two summers ago, with two presentations covering the delta and how it's changing due to climate change and the ongoing warming of the arctic. Neither painted the prettiest picture as far as the future of the region is concerned. Permafrost and carbon monitoring are two significant concerns.

And for anyone who thinks Canada's role in climate change is a drop in the bucket, think again: https://www.carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-brief-profile-canada

Edited November 4, 2019 by blue_gold_84

[Wideleft]

On 2019-10-09 at 1:57 PM, pigseye said:

Care to name a few so I can follow their work?

Supplemental File S1 for the article “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency” published in BioScience in 2019 by William J. Ripple,
Christopher Wolf, Thomas M. Newsome, Phoebe Barnard, and William R. Moomaw with 11,258 scientist signatories from 153 countries.
Contents: List of countries with scientist signatories (page 1); List of scientist signatories (pages 1-324).

List of 153 countries with scientist signatories: Albania; Algeria; American Samoa; Andorra; Argentina; Australia; Austria; Bahamas (the);
Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bolivia (Plurinational State of); Botswana; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Bulgaria; Burkina
Faso; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cayman Islands (the); Chad; Chile; China; Colombia; Congo (the Democratic Republic of the); Congo (the);
Costa Rica; Côte d’Ivoire; Croatia; Cuba; Curaçao; Cyprus; Czech Republic (the); Denmark; Dominican Republic (the); Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador;
Estonia; Ethiopia; Faroe Islands (the); Fiji; Finland; France; French Guiana; French Polynesia; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Guam; Guatemala;
Guyana; Honduras; Hong Kong; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran (Islamic Republic of); Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jersey;
Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea (the Republic of); Lao People’s Democratic Republic (the); Latvia; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Liechtenstein;
Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, Republic of (the former Yugoslavia); Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Mali; Malta; Martinique; Mauritius; Mexico;
Micronesia (Federated States of); Moldova (the Republic of); Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Nepal; Netherlands (the); New Caledonia; New Zealand;
Nigeria; Northern Mariana Islands (the); Norway; Pakistan; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines (the); Poland; Portugal; Puerto
Rico; Qatar; Réunion; Romania; Russian Federation (the); Rwanda; São Tomé and Príncipe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Serbia; Seychelles; Sierra Leone;
Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan (the); Suriname; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; Tanzania, United Republic of;
Thailand; Togo; Tunisia; Turkey; Turks and Caicos Islands (the); Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates (the); United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland (the); United States of America (the); Uruguay; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); Viet Nam; Virgin Islands (U.S.); Wallis and
Futuna; Zambia; Zimbabwe.

List of 11,258 scientist signatories:

Name Professional Position and/or Discipline Institution Country
Aarbakke, Dr. Ole Nicolai Staurland Marine biology Norway
Aarnoudse, Eefje Center for International Development and Environmental Research, Giessen University Germany
Aarssen, Lonnie Professor of Biology Queen’s University Canada
Aas, Wenche Senior Scientist NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research Norway
Aavik, Tsipe Senior Research Fellow of Macroecology University of Tartu Estonia
Abad, Manuel Researcher / Geology Universidad de Atacama Chile
Abadie, Juliet PhD in ecology France
Abalos, Javier Animal behaviour University of Valencia Spain
Abarca, Mariana Insect ecologist Georgetown University United States of America (the)
Abate, Maria Assistant Professor of Biology Simmons University United States of America (the)
Abazajian, Kevork Professor of Physics & Astronomy University of California, Irvine United States of America (the)
Abbate, Jessica Postdoctoral Researcher in Infectious Disease Biology Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement France
Abbott, Brett Landscape Ecologist Australia
Abbott, Benjamin W. Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Ecology Brigham Young University United States of America (the)
Abbott, Katherine Aquatic Ecology United States of America (the

Abd Malek, Muhamad Naim PhD candidate University of Science Malaysia Malaysia
Abdelaal, Mohamed Associate Professor Mansoura University Egypt
Abdelmoneim, Ahmed Cornell University United States of America (the)
Abdi, Asad Manager director Zaminrizkavan Co. Ltd. Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Abel, David Environmental Science United States of America (the)
Abel, Daniel Professor of Marine Science Coastal Carolina University United States of America (the)
Abella-Gutiérrez, Jose Luis paleoceanography CICESE Mexico
Aben, Job Ecology University of Antwerp Belgium
Abessa, Denis Professor - Environmental Sciences São Paulo State Univesity - UNESP Brazil
Able, Kenneth Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences University at Albany, SUNY United States of America (the)
Abonyi, Andras Postdoctoral Researcher / Freshwater Ecology WasserCluster Lunz (A) / MTA Centre for Ecology (H) Hungary
abrahams, mark lecturer, wildlife conservation United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
Abramowitz, Brian University of Florida (Florida Museum of Natural History) United States of America (the)
Abrams, Melanie UC Berkeley United States of America (the)
Abrams, Kym Research fellow, evolutionary biology The University of Western Australia Australia
Abrams, Peter Professor Emeritus, Ecology&Evolution University of Toronto Canada
Abreu, Paulo Cesar Professor - Microbial Ecology Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG Brazil
Abril Melgarejo, Valentina PhD student in Astrophysics Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) Aix- Marseille Université France
Abutaha, Maged Researcher Desert Research Center Egypt
Ac, Alexander post-doctoral researcher Global Change Research Institute (CzechGlobe) Czech Republic (the)
Acebes, Pablo Assistant Professor Departamento de Ecología. Facultad de Ciencias.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Spain
Acevedo, Francisca Agrobiodiversity Coordinator CONABIO Mexico
Acevedo-Whitehouse, Karina Senior Lecturer Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro Mexico
Acevedo Ramos, Fernando Posdoctoral fellowship Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico
ACHARD, Frederic Senior Scientist Joint Research Centre Italy
Acharjee, Santanu Assistant Professor Debraj Roy College India
Achuff, Peter Scientist Emeritus Parks Canada Canada
Ackels, Tobias Postdoctoral researcher in Neuroscience The Francis Crick Institute United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
Acosta, Manuel Researcher Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences Czech Republic (the)
Acosta, Linda Doctorante de Ingénierie des systèmes industriels Université de Lorraine France
Acosta Alba, Ivonne Environmental Analysis Expert Evalivo France
Acuña Míguez, Belén PhD Student CSIC Spain
Adam, Samiah Environmental management and ecology graduate Monash University Mauritius
Adams, Martin Archaeoentomologist Paleoinsect Research United States of America (the)
Adams, Evan Quantitative Ecologist Biodiversity Research Institute United States of America (the)
Adamson, Jasper Senior Researcher National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics Estonia

Adan chici, Lidia Geologa Spain
Adcock, Keryn Ecologist Independent & IUCN African Rhino Specialist Group South Africa
Adebola, Aramide PhD Candidate/ Geography University of Lagos Nigeria
Adekola, Olalekan Geography Lecturer York St John University United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
Adhikari, Subodh Postdoctoral Researcher University of Idaho United States of America (the)
Adibpour, Parvaneh Postdoc fellow/cognitive neuroscience Institute of cognitive sciences Marc Jeannerod France
Adkins, Sasha Lecturer Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago United States of America (the)
Adkins, Collette Carnivore Conservation Director Center for Biological Diversity United States of America (the)
Adman, Per Associate Professor in Political Science Uppsala University Sweden
Admans, Gabrielle Student University of Glasgow United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
Adogame, Leslie Executive Director/CEO Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development Nigeria
Adriaens, Tim Ecologist INBO Belgium
Adriaens, Dominique Full Professor Universiteit Gent Belgium
Adua, Lazarus College Professor University of Utah United States of America (the)
Aeby, Greta marine biologist Qatar University Qatar
Affigne, Tony Professor of Political Science Providence College United States of America (the)
Afonso, Eve Associate Professor University of Franche-Comté France
Agha, Ramsy Principal investigator Aquatic Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Germany
Agostinho, Angelo Professor Universidade Estadual de Maringá - PEA Brazil
Agostini, Ilaria Researcher Argentina
Aguado Caso, Mateo Researcher in Sustainability Science Social-Ecological Systems Laboratory, Department of
Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Spain
Aguayo-Adán, Juan Antonio Biologist and PhD student University of Córdoba Spain
Aguiar, Ludmilla MS Associate Professor Universidade de Brasilia Brazil
Aguiar, Ivana Chemist Universidad de la República Uruguay
Aguilar, Ricardo Research & Expedition Director. Marine Biology. Oceana Spain
Aguilée, Robin Associate professor in ecology Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3 France
Aguilera, Eduardo Biologist Technical University of Madrid Spain
Aguirre-Ruiz, Ernesto Biologist - MSc Ecological Restoration. Fundación Global Nature Spain
Aguirre de Cárcer, Daniel Associate profesor, Genetics and microbial ecology Universidad Autónoma de Madríd Spain
Agustina, Novillo Assistant Researcher IBN-CONICET Argentina
Agyei-Ohemeng, James Lecturer University of Energy and Natural Resources Ghana
Ahmad, Nariman Assistant Professor Sulaimani University Iraq
Ahmad, Sate Research Associate / hydrology and environmental social science Bangladesh
Ahmad Yani, Andi Department of Administrative Science, Hasanuddin University Indonesia

Ahmed, Ayesha Biomedical Science University of Southampton United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
Ahmed, Ahmed Emeritus Professor University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
Ahrens, Dirk Biologist Zoological Research Museum A. Koenig Bonn Germany
Ahti, Pauliina Marine Biology/ PhD Candidate University of Jyväskylä Finland
Ahumada, Andrea Porfessor Observatorio Astronomico de Cordoba Argentina
Aidukaite, Jolanta Chief Researcher Lithuanian Social Research Centre Lithuania
Ainley, David Research Ecologist an ecological consulting firm United States of America (the)
Aitken, Sally Professor University of British Columbia Canada
Ajello, Claudia Research Assistant Department of Psychology Italy
Akama, Alberto Researcher Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Brazil
Al Naggar, Yahya Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Institut für Biologie, Lehrstuhl Allgemeine Zoologie Germany
Ala, Ugo Researcher Dept. of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin Italy
Alaback, Paul Professor Emeritus, Forest Ecology University of Montana United States of America (the)
Alam, Muhammad Irfanul École des hautes études en santé publique, Paris France
Alam, Syed Ashraful Researcher & Operations and Networking Officer University of Helsinki & ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) ERIC Finland
Alamshah, Aubrey Animal Behaviorist Binghamton University United States of America (the)
alard, didier professor of ecology university of bordeaux France
Alaux, Cedric Researcher INRA France
Alba, Annia Researcher/Biological Sciences Institute Pedro Kouri of Tropical Medicine Cuba
Albarracin, Dolores Professor of Psychology and Business University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign United States of America (the)
ALBENNE, Cécile Maître de Conférences Univeristé Paul Sabatier - Toulouse-3 France
Albers Grieneisen, Veronica Reader in Systems and Predictive Biology Cardiff University United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
Albert, James Professor University of Louisiana at Lafayette United States of America (the)
ALBERT, Cécile researcher CNRS France
Alberti, Paola PHD Student Neotropical Biodiversity Institute Argentina
Alberti, Juan Researcher / Ecology Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC; UNMdP-CONICET) Argentina
Alberti, Giorgio Associate Professor in forest management University of Udine Italy
Alberts, Allison Chief Conservation and Research Officer San Diego Zoo Global United States of America (the)
Albiero-Júnior, Alci PhD Student in Applied Ecology University of São Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz College of  Agriculture Brazil
Albuquerque, Monica Marine Biology EMEPC Portugal
Alcantara, Suzana Adjunt Professor/Evolution & Botany Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) Brazil
Alcántara-Ayala, Irasema Full Professor, Disaster Risk Research Institute of Geography, National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM) Mexico
Alcántara-Manzanares, Jorge Universidad de Córdoba Spain
Alcantara Concepcion, Pedro Camilo Full Professor , land science and landscape ecology researcher Universidad de Guanajuato Mexico

There are 319 more pages of signatory scientists.

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biz088/5610806?searchresult=1

[JCon]

10 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

Supplemental File S1 for the article “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency” published in BioScience in 2019 by William J. Ripple,
Christopher Wolf, Thomas M. Newsome, Phoebe Barnard, and William R. Moomaw with 11,258 scientist signatories from 153 countries.
Contents: List of countries with scientist signatories (page 1); List of scientist signatories (pages 1-324).

List of 153 countries with scientist signatories: Albania; Algeria; American Samoa; Andorra; Argentina; Australia; Austria; Bahamas (the);
Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bolivia (Plurinational State of); Botswana; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Bulgaria; Burkina
Faso; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cayman Islands (the); Chad; Chile; China; Colombia; Congo (the Democratic Republic of the); Congo (the);
Costa Rica; Côte d’Ivoire; Croatia; Cuba; Curaçao; Cyprus; Czech Republic (the); Denmark; Dominican Republic (the); Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador;
Estonia; Ethiopia; Faroe Islands (the); Fiji; Finland; France; French Guiana; French Polynesia; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Guam; Guatemala;
Guyana; Honduras; Hong Kong; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran (Islamic Republic of); Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jersey;
Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea (the Republic of); Lao People’s Democratic Republic (the); Latvia; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Liechtenstein;
Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, Republic of (the former Yugoslavia); Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Mali; Malta; Martinique; Mauritius; Mexico;
Micronesia (Federated States of); Moldova (the Republic of); Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Nepal; Netherlands (the); New Caledonia; New Zealand;
Nigeria; Northern Mariana Islands (the); Norway; Pakistan; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines (the); Poland; Portugal; Puerto
Rico; Qatar; Réunion; Romania; Russian Federation (the); Rwanda; São Tomé and Príncipe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Serbia; Seychelles; Sierra Leone;
Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan (the); Suriname; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; Tanzania, United Republic of;
Thailand; Togo; Tunisia; Turkey; Turks and Caicos Islands (the); Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates (the); United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland (the); United States of America (the); Uruguay; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); Viet Nam; Virgin Islands (U.S.); Wallis and
Futuna; Zambia; Zimbabwe.

List of 11,258 scientist signatories:

Yeah, but what sort of expertise do these scientists have over, say, someone who doesn't want to believe so they make things up on the internet? Because, as evidenced by some of the "scientific" articles we've seen here, that's what they are up against. 

 

[Wideleft]

1 minute ago, JCon said:

Yeah, but what sort of expertise do these scientists have over, say, someone who doesn't want to believe so they make things up on the internet? Because, as evidenced by some of the "scientific" articles we've seen here, that's what they are up against.

I am waiting for a similar list of scientists who deny man-made climate change - "scientists" who will go on record with their opposition to these 11,258. It must however also include a similarly comprehensive study and recommendations to guide governments going forward rather than nitpicky criticisms of scientific consensus.

[Fatty Liver]

2 hours ago, JCon said:

Yeah, but what sort of expertise do these scientists have over, say, someone who doesn't want to believe so they make things up on the internet? Because, as evidenced by some of the "scientific" articles we've seen here, that's what they are up against. 

 

Apparently all you need to deny is two or three sentences, detailed report not necessary.

[Fatty Liver]

Oh what a surprise!

Calgary-based Houston Oil & Gas ceases operations, leaving almost 1,300 wells needing cleanup

 

"Houston Oil & Gas Ltd. is steadfast in the management of its end-of-life liabilities. The company invests on a monthly basis, addressing the down hole abandonment of wells, decommissioning of facilities, infrastructure and reclamation of wells that are non-productive," according to its web site.

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/houston-calgary-oilpatch-orphan-wells-1.5348828

[Mark F]

On 2019-11-01 at 12:01 PM, Wideleft said:

California’s fire season is longer and deadlier than ever, causing annual treks south by Oregon firefighters

"In recent years, fire officials say, the fire season in California has lengthened by about 75 days, with hotter temperatures for longer periods making forests “more susceptible to severe wildfire.”"

https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2019/10/californias-fire-season-is-longer-and-deadlier-than-ever-causing-annual-treks-south-by-oregon-firefighters.html

First time in a while, california now losing more people than gaining, people have had it with living with fire year after year. Also, now those that can afford it have their own fire protection. so it goes with the changing heating planet. interesting places will be say arizona, palm springs, nevada, already blazing hot.

[Mark F]

31 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Oh what a surprise!

lol.

"see you later suckers"

 

[Fatty Liver]

1 minute ago, Mark F said:

First time in a while, california now losing more people than gaining, people have had it with living with fire year after year. Also, now those that can afford it have their own fire protection. so it goes with the changing heating planet. interesting places will be say arizona, palm springs, nevada, already blazing hot.

They'll probably flock to Arizona where the water table drops 50 ft. every year.