We chat with some of the thousands who attended the Climate Strike in Boston on 9/20/19.

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre

The School Strike for Climate will happen on Friday 9/20. Greta Thunberg is the spark, but young people around the world are driving a massive global movement.

Listen in for some insight and perspective.

https://soundcloud.com/massclimateaction/schoolstrike-4-climate-the-climate-minute-podcast

Reading list:

• What you need to know about Boston's Climate Strike
• David Wallace Wells on Greta Thunberg
• Vox on the Sunrise Movement
• How to be young in a climate emergency
• Greta before Congress
• Rolling Stone: The case for hope
• McCarthy talks with young activists

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre

The New Yorker is a cultural bellwether and Jonathan Franzen is a famous author. The magazine has published pieces by climate hero Bill McKibben. Unfortunately, this prestige did not prevent them from publishing a technically inaccurate and morally vacuous 'think piece' about climate. Franzen's complacency is that of an aging well-to-do white dude who looks out the office window on the 38th floor of One World Trade Center and sees not too much to worry about. Eustace Tilley examining butterflies pretty much sums it up.

We should be listening to the voices of the dispossessed and marginalized, those indigenous tribes losing a way of life, those Bahamians suffering from environmental injustice, and those youth who will live their lives in whatever world we are choosing now. Franzen and the New Yorker demonstrated their disconnect from the real world. Let's hope they work to find the connection.

The reading list:

• Franzen in the New Yorker
• Kate Marvel on Franzen
• Amy Westervelt on the Case for CLimate Rage
• GRIST corrects Franzen
• Marvel on Courage, not Hope
• Heglar on why home is worth it
• The actual view from the 38th floor
• True history of Eustace Tilley

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre

Donald Trump’s sharpie stunt was initially mocked, but as reports emerged of threatened reprisals the events took on a darker meaning. The administration lies about science and the existence of climate change, but if weather reports are subject to political review can labor statistics, census data and election results be far behind? Listen in.

The reading list:

• Wilbur Ross orders reprisal press release?
• Bahamian refugees highlight need for policy to avert eco-fascism

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre

Greta Thunberg sailed into NY harbor in time for the September 20th Climate Strike. She seems to be a pleasant person but grown men like Niall Ferguson are terrified of her-or at least very afraid of her ideas.

Ideas were on full display in the CNN Climate Town Hall. The best take home was that straws, light bulbs and hamburgers are the sort of distraction that Exxon wants you to focus on, instead of their climate lies. In a future where we’ve solved climate change, we will have straws that don’t kill turtles.

The reading list:

• Find a strike near you
• Strike on City Hall Plaza
• Ferguson's attack on Greta Thunberg
• On the malicious attacks.. on Greta T
• The Misogyny of Climate Deniers
• Mediaite: Debate was good, but bad ratings
• HuffPost comparison of climate plans

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre

Donald Trump’s half-baked idea to buy Greenland was met with justifiable derision. But the media missed the profound issues of climate change in the Arctic. The future of the North Pole will be full of risk and intrigue. We need to understand the problem better. Listen in.

The reading list:

• SciAm on trump, Greenland and warming
• Pompeo praises ice free Arctic
• NatGeo on lightening strikes at North Pole
• PBS on Arctic wildfires
• CNN on Greenland and climate change
• 2007: Russia discovers continental shelf includes North Pole
• 2007: Russia plants flag on North Pole
• Vox on Arctic borders
• China's Arctic Policy
• Greta T sailing to NYC
• Information on Climate Strike
• Bill McKibben calls for Climate Strike
• NYT's "1619 Project"

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre

The Trump regime has delayed, and perhaps put at risk, the progress of the Vineyard Wind clean energy project. Further, it has weakened the Endangers Species Act in service of the fossil fuel industry. As a result, will raccoons rule the world? Listen in.

The reading list:

• Information on the Vineyard Wind Project
• WBUR on Vineyard Wind
• Commonwealth Magazine on Vineyard Wind
• Globe on why Vineyard Wind needs the tax credits
• Trump approve gold mine after Oval Office visit
• Vox on the Endangered Species Act weakening
• http://elizabethkolbert.com/pdf/TheSixthExtinction-Excerpt.pdf
• 2018 article on campaign against the Endangered Species Act

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre

The malevolent underpinnings of the El Paso massacre include a climate connection. The links from guns to white supremacy to climate change to eco-facism (yeah, it’s a thing) to domestic terror to intimidation of climate activists are real and need to be recognized. The best response? Speak up.

https://soundcloud.com/massclimateaction/will-it-be-mad-max-or-a-green-new-deal-the-climate-minute-podcast

The reading list

• El Paso and White Supremacy  
• Heglar say it is not climate change, but people who are racist
• Huff Po on eco-facism in the shooter manifesto
• The Nation on a choice of eco-fascism or Green New Deal
• Gizmodo on the eco-facist link
• Climate Activist already targets for investigation
• Newsweek: FBI ranks BLM over white supremacists as threat
• WaPo on FBI reticence to investigate white supremacists?
• who was Mad Max?

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre

The carbon pricing discussion is alive and well in Nebraska. Listen in to hear the perspective of a local activist who has learned how to lobby.

The Reading list:

• Find a CCL chapter
• Background on the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre

Climate activists filled the hall outside of MA Governor Baker’s office to demand that he reject the construction of a natural gas Compressor Station in Weymouth. Even if the Governor won’t lend an ear, we listen to those voices in the hall!

The reading list:

• Home site for FFRACS, the local opposition to the compressor
• Earthwhile gives some background on the compressor
• Andrea Honore's blog
• The Climate Minute interview of Andrea
• Baker blinks first, and delays the wetlands permit
• Wikipedia on our Statehouse

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre