From the news on the climate crisis, environmental issues, and nuclear threats

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 

From the news on the climate crisis, environmental issues, and nuclear threats: 

• “Earth just had its hottest year on record — climate change is to blame”   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03523-3   
  

• “‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report”   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/insanity-petrostates-planning-huge-expansion-of-fossil-fuels-says-un-report    and   Australia is being called out on fossil fuel subsidies:   https://theconversation.com/26-years-ago-howard-chose-fossil-fuels-over-the-pacific-what-will-albanese-choose-217258    

• “Australia to offer climate refuge to all residents of Tuvalu”   https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/pacific/2023/11/10/tuvalu-climate-australia   

• “How Global Warming shakes the Earth: Data show Storms and Waves gaining Strength as the Planet warms”   https://www.juancole.com/2023/11/warming-gaining-strength.html   and   a (long read) criticism of seawalls and the flawed thinking behind their use   https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/can-seawalls-save-us   

• “The New Humanitarian | ‘History is made’, as terms agreed for loss and damage fund in time for COP28”   https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2023/11/06/history-made-terms-agreed-loss-and-damage-fund-cop28  
  

• “Small modular nuclear reactor that was hailed by Coalition as future cancelled due to rising costs”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/09/small-modular-nuclear-reactor-that-was-hailed-by-coalition-as-future-cancelled-due-to-rising-costs   

• “Although current agrifood systems provide nourishment and sustain economies, they also impose huge hidden costs on health and the environment - the equivalent of at least $10 trillion annually - a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed”   https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/11/1143242   

 

• “Researchers alarmed at Damage Caused by Forever Chemicals (PFAS)”   https://www.juancole.com/2023/11/researchers-alarmed-chemicals.html  
  

• “Pollution is Colonialism book discussion” - Freedom of Species   “Our episode this week Claire is joined by Caroline for a discussion of the book Pollution is Colonialism by Red River Métis/Michif Associate Professor of Geography at Memorial University Max Liboiron (they/them). Topics discussed: What really stood out for us from this book and why was it of interest;   What challenged us most from this book.”   Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/freedom-of-species/id451682594?i=1000633716324   or at   https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/pollution-colonialism-book-discussion   
  

 

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

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