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       #Post#: 561--------------------------------------------------
       The Hydrocarbon Hellspawn KNEW Their MO CAUSES Catastrophic
       Climate Change LONG AGO 
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: October 4, 2022, 11:21 am
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       AGelbert NOTE: In view of the fact that 😈 Manchin is
       🦖 Coal Baron
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       />three year old article is even more relevant today than when
       it
       was originally published. Manchin KNOWS. He has KNOWN for
       DECADES!
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       SCIENCEALERT*
       November 26, 2019 By PETER DOCKRILL
       [center][img
       width=360]
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       [center]Historical Discovery Shows The Coal Industry Was Well
       Aware of Climate Change Over 50 Years Ago[/center]
       SNIPPETS:
       A rediscovered journal from the 1960s reveals the
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       />coal industry has understood the dangers of human-caused
       climate
       change for over 50 years, and may constitute the earliest known
       evidence of such fateful &#128520;&#129430; insider knowledge.
       It's become clear in recent years how oil giant Exxon was aware
       of the causes and consequences of climate change from at least
       the 1970s, but chose to deliberately mislead the public for
       decades.
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       [center]
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       The newly resurfaced evidence now shows coal executives equally
       understood the science of catastrophic global warming as far
       back as 1966. ... ...
       The existence of the article was discovered in August by
       engineer Chris Cherry from the University of Tennessee,
       Knoxville, who found it in a stack of vintage journals about to
       be discarded. ... ...
       While much of the paper is concerned with sulphur in coal, a
       small section early in the article is concerned with carbon
       dioxide (CO2) discharge, and lays bare just how acutely
       appreciated the "the far-reach­ing aspects of the air pollution
       problem" actually were as far back as the 1960s.
       "There is evidence that the amount of carbon dioxide in the
       Earth's atmosphere is increasing rapidly as a result of the
       combustion of &#129429; fossil fuels," Garvey writes.
       "If the future rate of increase continues as it is at the
       present, it has been predicted that, because the CO2 envelope
       reduces radiation, the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere
       will increase and that vast changes in the climates of the Earth
       will result." ... ...
       Given the unfortunate, public
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       />[b] realities of pollution from burning coal[/b], in the
       conclusion of his discussion piece, the Peabody engineer Jones
       wondered:
       "What can an individual with a
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       />&#129429; personal stake in the future of the coal industry
       do?"
       Among the answers,
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       />he offered this.
       "Be a
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       />'one-man' public
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       />relations emissary for the coal industry," Jones explained to
       his industry colleagues.
       "Tell your neighbours, friends, and the general public how
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       />important coal is to their every-day existence. Also tell them
       about
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       />the all-out cooperative efforts of the coal industry to reduce
       air pollution."
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       />... ...
       In the years and decades to come,
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       />Peabody would become a huge industrial player in &#128520;
       organised climate change denial – buying perhaps much more time
       than Jones had ever envisaged. ... ...
       Of course, while the rediscovery of the 1966 journal is
       important – given it reveals the coal industry understood the
       climate change implications of burning fossil fuels, even so
       long ago – the truth is, by that point, those dangers were no
       secret.
       The year before, in 1965, a US science advisory committee
       advised president Lyndon Johnson of the global warming processes
       underway due to fossil fuels being burned.
       "Man is unwittingly conducting a vast geophysical experiment.
       Within a few generations he is burning the fossil fuels that
       slowly accumulated in the earth over the past 500 million
       years," the report said.
       "The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2
       content could be deleterious from the point of view of human
       beings."
       Even then this was old news. The dangers of climate change
       literally made the front pages of newspapers as [b]far back as
       1912 –
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       />more than 100 years ago [/b] :o – and was written about even
       in
       the popular press as far back as the mid-19th century.
       Full article:
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       [move]The &#129429;&#129430; Hydrocarbon &#128121; Hellspawn
       Fossil Fuelers DID THE Clean Energy  Inventions suppressing,
       Climate Trashing, human health depleting CRIME.  Since
       [Color=Brown]they have ALWAYS BEEN liars and conscience free
       crooks &#129408;, they are trying to AVOID   [/color]DOING THE
       TIME or PAYING THE FINE! Don't let them get away with it! Pass
       it on!
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       #Post#: 603--------------------------------------------------
       Hydrocarbon Hellspawn in Charge
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: October 16, 2022, 3:54 pm
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       Agelbert NOTE: All graphics are my doing. Feel free to pass them
       on with, or without attribution. The biosphere you save may be
       your own. I learned by hard experience to keep copies of every
       graphic I make. So, if the fossil fuelers hack a graphic so it
       cannot display, as they have done here in the past, I will just
       make another one exactly like the one they hacked.
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       />
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       November 18, 2021 By William Rivers Pitt &#10024;, Truthout
       [center]From Glasgow to Gulf of Mexico, Fossil Fuel Industry
       Shows Us
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       />Who’s in Charge[/center]
       SNIPPETS:
       There is a scene from Francis Ford Coppola’s bleak masterpiece
       Apocalypse Now that came to mind in the aftermath
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       />of the Glasgow climate conference and Wednesday’s
       &#129429;&#129430; big oil lease &#128520; shindig for drilling
       rights in the Gulf of Mexico. ... ...
       “Hey soldier,” he asks one hollow-eyed troop, “do you know who’s
       in command here?” The soldier stares at him a moment and
       replies, “Yeah,” before turning back to the darkness. ... ...
       [center]
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       In Glasgow, representatives from 200 countries came together to
       give speeches and praise each other for taking action, but in
       the end, they could not bring themselves to say, “Coal is bad.”
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       />Clearly, someone else was in charge. ... ...
       Biden ran hard on salvaging the environment
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       />and his administration says
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       />it tried to stop this sale, but there it went anyway: Lease
       Sale
       257 generated $191,688,984 in high bids for 308 tracts covering
       1.7 million acres in federal waters of the Gulf of
       Mexico[/color], according to the Bureau of Ocean Energy
       Management (BOEM). “ExxonMobil Corporation submitted the highest
       number of total bids at 94 and Chevron U.S.A. Inc submitted the
       largest value of total high bids at $47,128,011, lease sale
       257’s final notice of sale information package shows,” reports
       Rigzone. “Other companies participating in the sale included
       Shell Offshore Inc, BP Exploration & Production Inc and Equinor
       Gulf of Mexico LLC.” ... ...
       In effect, the oil industry just paid top dollar to the U.S.
       government for the privilege of building profitable suicide
       machines in the dying waters of the Gulf.
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       [center]
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       The infrastructure bill contains billions in fossil fuel
       subsidies, even as it was stripped of all meaningful climate
       policy.
       Full article:
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       #Post#: 671--------------------------------------------------
       The &#129430; Hydrocarbon Hellspawn &#128520; OWN COP.
       &#129318;&#8205;&#9794;&#65039;
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: November 23, 2022, 2:14 pm
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       [center]
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       [move]
       “Indeed, the real legacy of COP27 could well be exposing the
       climate summit for what it has become, a bloated travelling
       circus that sets up once a year, and from which little but words
       ever emerge… in the course of 27 COPs, there has never been a
       formal agreement to reduce the world’s [b] fossil &#129430; fuel
       &#9760;&#65039; use.[/b]” (Source: Bill McGuire, professor
       emeritus, Geophysical & Climate Hazards, UCL, The Big Takeaway
       From COP27? These Climate Conferences Just Aren’t Working
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       />The Guardian, Nov. 20, 2022).[/move]
       COUNTERPUNCH
       NOVEMBER 22, 2022 BY ROBERT HUNZIKER
       [center]
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       />STOP &#129430; COP[/center]
       SNIPPET:
       Fossil fuel interests have taken over climate talks. The acronym
       COP for “Conference of the Parties” should be changed to
       &#129430;&#128520; “Continue Oil Production.” Eighteen of the
       twenty companies that sponsored UN climate talks at the
       make-believe Egyptian resort Sharm El-Sheikh either directly
       support or partner with oil and gas companies. Global
       Witness/London identified at least 636 fossil lobbyists at
       COP27. What are fossil fuel lobbyists doing at a climate
       conference?
       Read more: &#128545;
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       #Post#: 808--------------------------------------------------
       The &#129430; fossil fuel industry's &#128520; false advertising
       ISN'T protected by the First Amendment
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: January 27, 2023, 8:00 pm
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       Make Nexus Hot News part of your morning: click [i]here
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       to subscribe.[/i]
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       [center]
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       [center]False Advertising Isn't First Amendment-Protected Free
       Speech, &#128509; Lawyer Explains in New Paper [/center]
       Whenever anyone dares to suggest that
       [shadow=red,left]disinformation[/shadow] is bad, one of the most
       common knee-jerk reactions is to cry, &#129430; 'The First
       Amendment protects freedom of
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       />speech!'
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       />
       But the &#129430; fossil fuel industry's [glow=red,2,300]false
       advertising[/glow] isn't protected by the &#129413; First
       Amendment, and you don't have to take our word for it.
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       "&#128013; [shadow=red,left]Corporations[/shadow] should not be
       able to use the First Amendment as a &#128520;
       get-out-of-jail-free card," &#129413; Katherine Horner, New York
       County Supreme Court &#128509; attorney, told ExxonKnews
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       />Horner recently published a paper in the Environmental Law
       Reporter
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       />(hosted free on Horner's LinkedIn) that examines Big Oil's
       free
       speech defense, and she did not find it convincing!
       Horner explains that, just like the[shadow=red,left] tobacco
       companies[/shadow] before them, who "were made to account for
       their actions following the disclosure of internal documents
       chronicling the scheme to deceive the public," fossil fuel
       companies "have followed suit, arguing their public statements
       are protected by the First Amendment's freedom of speech and
       right to petition clauses."
       Horner’s richly cited, 35-page paper "seeks to determine whether
       their argument holds any water" and finds that for the most
       part, it does not.
       It's not just that incorrect statements aren't protected speech,
       though. To justify government intervention, the Supreme Court
       precedent is that the speech must also present a "legally
       cognizable harm," like in cases of fraud or defamation. Clearly,
       climate disinformation rises to that level of harm.
       Horner traces the history of the Supreme Court's commercial
       speech decisions, outlining the various legal tests for whether
       or not commercial speech is protected by the First Amendment,
       and applies these tests to the fossil fuel industry's
       communications.
       She ultimately determines that most of Big Oil's public
       communications on climate consist of false advertisements that
       aren't protected by the First Amendment. (The exception is
       "speech specifically directed to legislative or executive
       action," because companies are still allowed to petition the
       government.)
       But corporate advertisements "should be classified as false and
       misleading commercial speech that does not warrant First
       Amendment protection" and they "should not be
       [glow=green,2,300]rewarded[/glow] for the &#128520;
       [glow=red,2,300]skill[/glow] with which they
       [glow=red,2,300]distort[/glow] the truth and
       [glow=red,2,300]disguise their deceit[/glow]."
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       We couldn't have said it better ourselves (and over the years,
       we've certainly tried)!
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       />
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       #Post#: 1553--------------------------------------------------
       Scott Ritter confirms EVERYTHING I have said about Big OIL and
       MIC EVIL!
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: December 20, 2023, 7:56 pm
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       [center]
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       [center]
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       [center]
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       [center]&#129429;&#128520;&#129430; Big OIL and the
       &#128013;&#128127;&#129421; MIC, NOT we-the-people, run the
       USA.[/center]
       [center]
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       [glow=green,2,300]GTA5 Gameplay[/glow] 129K subscribers Dec 20,
       2023
       [move]Scott Ritter &#129413;&#128509;
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       />discusses how Big Oil corruption of US foreign policy causes
       wars. He also explains why COP conferences are a Big Oil
       [glow=red,2,300]dominated[/glow]
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       />
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       />
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       [center]
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       [center]
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       [center]
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       [center]
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       [center]Climate Change, Blue Water Cargo Shipping and Predicted
       Ocean Wave Activity: PART 1 of 3
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       #Post#: 2190--------------------------------------------------
       Puerto Rico Sues Fossil Fuel Companies For Damages From Global
       Heating
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: July 20, 2024, 8:18 pm
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       [center]
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       CleanTechnica
       July 19, 2024 By [glow=green,2,300]Steve Hanley[/glow]
       [center]Puerto Rico Sues
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       />Fossil Fuel Companies For [glow=red,2,300]Damages From Global
       Heating[/glow][/center]
       SNIPPETS:
       Puerto Rico filed suit against fossil fuel companies this week,
       The Verge reports. The complaint claims those companies misled
       the public about climate change and delayed a transition to
       clean energy. The suit seeks $1 billion in damages to help
       Puerto Rico defend itself against climate disasters. In a
       complaint filed in San Juan yesterday, the Puerto Rico
       Department of Justice said the companies violated trade law by
       promoting fossil fuels without adequately warning about the
       dangers. The defendants include ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, Shell,
       ConocoPhillips, and other energy companies.
       It’s the latest in a slew of lawsuits attempting to hold fossil
       fuel companies accountable for the consequences of climate
       change. Greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are
       supercharging storms and other extreme weather events while
       rising seas eat away at island shorelines. Fossil fuel companies
       have known for decades that their products would cause global
       warming from research done by their own scientists and went
       ahead doing business as usual anyway.
       In the complaint, Puerto Rico says it expects to pay billions of
       dollars in the future to cope with catastrophes made worse by
       climate change — including storms like Hurricane Maria, which
       killed thousands of people in 2017 and triggered power outages
       that lasted for months in some cases.
       The suit asks defendants to contribute to a fund that would be
       used to mitigate the consequences of climate change and pay for
       measures to strengthen Puerto Rico’s infrastructure against
       future climate-related calamities. Thirty seven municipalities
       in Puerto Rico and the capital city of San Juan have previously
       filed suit against fossil fuel companies, seeking to hold them
       accountable
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       />for the [glow=red,2,300][b]devastation[/glow] wrought by
       Hurricane Maria[/b].
       [center]
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       “It’s more important than ever for officials to stand up to the
       fossil fuel industry on behalf of their communities. The people
       of Puerto Rico deserve their day in court to hold Big Oil
       accountable,” Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate
       Integrity that tracks climate cases and provides legal support,
       said in an emailed statement. ... ...
       The lawsuit alleges that, to this day, the
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       />[glow=red,2,300]defendants[/glow] continue to
       [glow=red,2,300]deceive[/glow] the public by falsely and
       &#128520; misleadingly promoting their products as
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       />[glow=green,2,300]climate friendly[/glow]
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       />positioning themselves as
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       />advocates for a [glow=green,2,300]low-carbon future[/glow]
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       />while failing to acknowledge that consumption of their
       products
       is a [glow=maroon,2,300]primary[/glow]
       [glow=red,2,300]driver[/glow] of climate change. In addition to
       environmental damages, the lawsuit includes claims for unfair
       and [glow=red,2,300]deceptive[/glow]
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       />[glow=red,2,300]acts or practices[/glow] in trade, product
       liability, public nuisance, and punitive damages because the
       defendants’ wrongful acts or omissions were done
       &#128520;[glow=red,2,300]willfully[/glow] or with
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       />gross disregard[/glow] for life, safety, and property.[/b]
       This suit also seeks to compel the defendants to contribute to
       an equitable fund to mitigate the ongoing damages to Puerto Rico
       and strengthen public infrastructure against sea level rise and
       storm damage, restore natural resources, fund local climate
       resilience measures, and rebuild natural barriers to protect
       communities from sea level rise and climate-influenced
       atmospheric phenomena. The lawsuit arose after a study conducted
       by the Puerto Rico Climate Change Council in 2022. It is based
       on the Environmental Public Policy Act, the Puerto Rico
       Antitrust Act, the Civil Code of 2020, and the Code of Civil
       Procedure.
       &#128556; Good Luck, Puerto Rico
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       Full artcle:
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       AGelbert COMMENT:
       "If you thought the &#128127; MAGA crazies were all about
       states’ rights &#128580;&#128521;, guess again. First and
       foremost, &#128073; they are about protecting the
       [glow=maroon,2,300]fossil &#9760;&#65039; fuel[/glow] &#129430;
       &#128520; industry and will cheerfully &#129421; throw blue
       states under the bus if that’s what it takes to protect their
       clients."
       My only quibble with the above quote from the excellent article
       by Steve Hanley &#128077; is that the MAGA crazies (i.e.
       [glow=red,2,300]Social Darwinists 'R' US[/glow]
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       />will throw Red states under the bus along with the blue
       states,
       if that's what it takes to protect the &#9760;&#65039;
       [glow=red,2,300]Hydrocarbon &#129430;&#128520; Hellspawn[/glow].
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