This is the 654th edition of the Spotlight on Green News & Views (previously known as the Green Diary Rescue). Here is the Oct. 17th edition. Inclusion of a story in the Spotlight does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it.
OUTSTANDING GREEN STORIES
ClimateDenierRoundup writes—ExxonMobil VP: Exxon Knew About Climate And Mobil Lied About It, But ExxonMobil Is Innocent: “The other day we mentioned RealClear’s advertorial content, linking to a Drilled podcast about former Mobil Oil VP Herb Schmertz. As their PR guy, he brought a slate of the classic doubt-mongering tactics to the table, most notably the use of advertisements that are written and designed to look like a newspaper editorial, aka advertorials. This very intentionally deceptive effort to make readers think the ad was actually something written by the newspaper started back in ‘72, and continued every Thursday for decades. Fast forward to 2015, and in response to Inside Climate News and other reporting and subsequent lawsuits regarding the fact that Exxon knew about climate change for decades, yet sought to obfuscate the public’s understanding of that information, the company claimed that it had never hid what it knew. It went so far as to issue a challenge to the public, to read the documents themselves and ‘make up your own mind.’ Well a couple of researchers, Merchants of Doubt co-author Naomi Oreskes and her Harvard colleague Geoffrey Supran, took up ExxonMobil’s challenge, and analyzed various internal documents about the dangers of climate change with those advertorials that they ran between 1977 and 2014. And what do you know! The internal and external pictures were quite different!”
CRITTERS AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS
OceanDiver writes—The Daily Bucket - early water birds: “October 2020. Salish Sea, PacificNorthwest. It’s migration season for water birds and the local bays are livening up with the early arrivals. Yesterday I saw my first group of Buffleheads, hurrah! The 3 Surf scoters who have been around for a few weeks were hanging around with the newly arrived Buffies. In these early days of the season, the Buffies will stay a ways out in the bay. In another month they’ll come closer to the beach as their numbers increase. [...] Horned grebes are usually the first water birds to return to the bays here. This year they were late, the first time they weren’t back by September.”
Desert Scientist writes—Birding in Madera Canyon: “One of my favorite hangouts when I was a student at the University of Arizona was Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains. Next to the Chiricahuas, the Santa Ritas were among the most fascinating of the Sky Islands of Southeast Arizona and the rich biodiversity was a strong draw to anyone interested in field biology. Over this last year Arizona has fallen into a terrible drought (See: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/...), with the monsoon rains failing and some areas, like the Santa Catalina Mountains, burned over and limited in access. I was lucky to travel to Arizona in 2015 and 2017, when the mountains were much wetter and the birding fantastic. On my trip in 2017 I went with a friend back to Madera Canyon and had one of the best birding experiences of my life. The Santa Rita Mountains drew me to drive up the winding road to Madera Canyon with my newly purchased Rambler station wagon back in the early 1970s. The road was steep and I had to let the motor cool and then add coolant, but I made it up and back. While I was waiting for the Rambler to cool down, I went on a relatively short hike, disturbing a Great-horned Owl in the process.”
lostintheozarks writes—The Daily Bucket - Name That Thing (Open Thread): “Douglas County, Missouri. October 18, 2020. (All today’s photos were taken in September). I have family coming to visit on Tuesday through the coming weekend. Today and tomorrow I will be busy preparing, cleaning, shopping, etc. While they are here I am hoping to be enjoying myself too much to worry about getting on the internet. As my first act of preparation I am pulling together what I consider to be an open thread, but may turn into a real diary — time will tell. I intend to post some photos without identifying them. (I know, I already identified the photo above, but that will be all the look-ups I do today! First I will post a series of unidentified photos — then you can either identify them for me or post your own mystery photos for all of us to figure out.”
funningforrest writes—The Daily Bucket. Hey! I can see my house from here! “OCTOBER 22, 2020.Finally stirred enough yesterday morning, put on my ankle supports, belted on my binoculars and slung my camera over my jacket, put my camera monopod and little folding chair in my backpack, checked for glasses in my pocket (can’t see my camera screen very good without ‘em), and pedaled on over to my customary valley walk.”
Jeff Graham writes—The Daily Bucket: Those owl chicks look odd ..: “My wife and I were excited. Once again we were to spend a month as volunteer caretakers for the Forest Service in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. We hoped to, once again, observe a family of Great Horned Owls in their longtime nesting site, high up a rocky cliff. This would be the fifth year we had witnessed the progress of the Great Horned Owl chicks. We were filled with anticipation as we ventured up the overgrown Forest Service road to the base of the cliff. Because it was so hidden, we had to view the nest from a spot we knew from previous viewing. We scanned the familiar rock face and could barely see the chicks over the lip of the nest.[...] The next day we took a spotting scope so we could get a really good look at the chicks. There was something off. The chicks didn’t look right. Were the chicks not getting fed enough? Were they sick? Were they just plain ugly owlets? We went back to the cabin and looked through our bird books. ”
CLIMATE CHAOS
Pakalolo writes—Arctic sea ice nursery in the Laptev Sea has not frozen. Buttigieg: "There's no do-over on climate": “There is a record open ocean in the Arctic as a delayed freeze in sea ice formation due to record-shattering heat in the Laptev Sea. Siberia has been freakishly hot recently, resulting in the loss of bone-chilling winds from the Siberian landmass that would be freezing the sea at this point. Additionally, warm Atlantic waters have infiltrated into the Arctic, undermining the pack ice even further. The heat is a direct result of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, there will be consequences of Arctic amplification resulting in continuous feedbacks that melt the ice caps and Arctic permafrost. Zack Labe of Colorado State University describes the lack of ‘lack of freeze-up so far this fall is unprecedented in the Siberian Arctic region.’ Labbe notes the changes in the Arctic are inline with a warming climate.”
Pakalolo writes—Add a climate change enhanced fungal threat to this season's flu and COVID outbreaks: “...we propose the hypothesis that Candida auris is the first example of a new pathogenic fungus emerging from human-induced global warming. We posit that prior to its recognition as a human pathogen, C. auris was an environmental fungus. The fact that C. auris fails to grow anaerobically, along with the fact that it is typically detected on cooler skin sites but not in the gut, supports the notion that C. auris was an environmental fungus, until recently. Several factors, not necessarily mutually exclusive, may have been operative as to why C. auris emerged in the last decade.”
ClimateDenierRoundup writes—Denier Blogger Compares School Climate Strikes To Children Sacrificed To Clear Minefields: “The Internet is chock full of bad takes these days, opinions that just really don’t need to be shared and op-eds that sell problems as solutions. So we try our best not to use this space as a showcase of oddities and idiocies contained in the variety of climate denial content that makes one say ‘why would you write that, on purpose, for other people to read?’ But every once in a while, it’s worth turning up a rotten log to see what’s scurrying around down there. So, we occasionally take a peek at the assortment of invertebrates posting at CliScep dot com. And yesterday we were blessed with a ‘you kids get off my lawn’-style rant from a very, very old man named Tony Thomas, who very artfully compares a School Strike 4 Climate campaign to ‘the Iraq-Iran wars of the 1980s,’ when ‘Ayatollah Khomeini sent 12-year-old-Iranian schoolchildren swarming into no-man’s-land to detonate the mines.’ Tony is very mad about a campaign by Australian schoolchildren—and again steel yourself for this because it’s so shocking and outrageous that apparently it’s appropriate to equate it to an army forcing children to kill themselves with land mines—to talk to their parents and other adults about the climate crisis.”
ClimateDenierRoundup writes—Chamber of Commerce Still Committed To Blocking Climate Action: “Last year, the Chamber of Commerce, big business’s big lobby group, made a bit of a splash when it subtly changed its position on climate to distance itself from the rankest sort of climate denial it otherwise funds. This year, they continued their feint to the left, focusing on issue ads instead of just electing Republicans, and even going so far as to support a handful of (pro-gas) Democratic politicians. But as EDF recently pointed out, despite the Chamber ‘hedging its bets with Democrats now’ (per its fired flack), it’s still working against climate action in court, where it’s siding with polluters and the Trump administration on the clean car standards. No one should be particularly surprised by this, as it tracks completely with their behavior last year when, after their supposed change of heart on climate, they were still filing motions with polluters and by themselves to oppose the Clean Power Plan and defend the Trump administration’s replacement -- the dangerously Orwellian-named Affordable Clean Energy rule.”
ClimateDenierRoundup writes—Alex Epstein’s Newest So-Called Climate Thinker (Denier) Just Another Koch Hack, Who Also Hates Kids: “We recently received a self-promotional email from fossil-fuel promoter Alex Epstein, pointing to his latest interview, where he learned that his own I <3 Fossil Fuels work actually (apparently) converted a climate activist to what he calls a ‘climate thinker,’ which is his term for denier. The supposed convert is Joakim Book, so we went a-lookin’ to see what kind of environmentalist-turned-denier he must be, because in the interview he can’t really name any specific protests he attended — ‘It didn’t much matter, it could be LGBT rights, it could be climate action, I dunno, we did protests against… drugs.’ Clearly he was very committed to these causes! (He does later claim to have been part of a college Divestment group, and claims to have gone to the 2011 Durban COP, during his year between high school and college as part of a management training program, ‘but most of the time we spent talking with other people, confirming our biases if you will.’) Turns out he’s more or less the same as any other supposed converts that abandons the moral teachings of their youth to follow a libertarian ideology down the denier career path, like Patrick Moore, Bjorn Lomborg, Michael Shellenberger, etc. Contrary to Epstein's clean-cut description — in which Book was “heavily influenced” by the I<3 Fossil Fuels work and it’s self-described 'pro-human philosophy' — it seems more like Book just read Atlas Shrugged and got bored with school-age activism.”
Extreme Weather & Natural Phenomena
rflctammt writes—Meanwhile, the West is on fire. As Colorado wildfires explode, critical wind conditions threaten CA: “It’s hard to keep tabs on all the disasters occurring across the country these days. Unless you live in the middle of one. Or have loved ones that do. Or eventually become surrounded by them. Or see towns and forests and national parks you have known since you were a kid literally go up in smoke. Early this week the East Troublesome fire (near Granby and Grand Lake) came on the radar one evening. Overnight it exploded by 125% — and forced terrified evacuations of thousands of residents of those communities. And now the two massive wildfires are in danger of merging.”
ECO ACTION & ECO JUSTICE
LOACOM writes—#PowertheVote Inspiring Short Films From The Redford Center - Vote Environmental Justice! “Need some inspiration to keep up your GOTV work? Take a few minutes and watch (and share) these powerful short films featuring BIPOC voices speaking of the relationship between voting and environmental justice. Watch them here. The Redford Center, in collaboration with League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), Working Films, Far Star Action Fund, and Culture Surge, supported 10 impactful filmmakers in creating 1:30-4:00 minute short films in a collective call for civic engagement. Each film covers at least one or more of six inspirational storytelling threads pulled from Culture Surge’s recently launched Storyteller’s Guide to Changing the World.”
OCEANS, WATER, DROUGHT
Dan Bacher writes—Department of Water Resources reduces loan for Delta Tunnel after discovering "accounting error": “A Delta organization, the Delta Legacy Communities, Inc., is alleging that the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) illegally used state money set aside for other purposes for a loan to support engineering design and field work for the Delta Tunnel project. The group’s chair, Dan Whaley, also described as ‘hogwash’ DWR’s claims that the agency discovered an ‘accounting error’ — and are now planning to sign an agreement to reduce the loan to the Delta Design and Construction Authority (DCA) from $15 million to $9.4 million. The Delta Tunnel is a controversial public works project designed to divert Sacramento River water under the Delta before it reaches the estuary to benefit agribusiness interests in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California water agencies.”
Dan Bacher writes—Warren Buffett Target of Klamath River Day of Action October 23: “Members of the Karuk, Yurok, Klamath and Hoopa Valley Tribes, fishermen, Klamath river users, and non-government organizations from throughout the nation are sponsoring a day of action for Klamath dam removal on October 23. ‘They are demanding that Warren Buffet, the owner of Pacific Power and the Klamath River dams, keep his promise to remove the dams,’ according to a press release from the Save California Salmon and California Kitchen. ‘It’s clear to us that Pacificorp is intentionally stalling the dam removal process in order to hold on to these monuments of colonialism and tools of genocide,’ said Yurok Tribal member, Annelia Hillman from the Klamath Justice Coalition. ‘They have an opportunity to set an example for how corporate America should treat communities of color and Native Tribes. Instead they seem determined to destroy salmon, communities, and economies at the expense of their own customers. We refuse to accept this fate. The dams must come down!’”
CANDIDATES, STATE AND D.C. ECO-RELATED POLITICS
Judeling writes—Dear Joe attack on Oil right away: “The fracking answer was your weakest point last night. The Republicans are going to seize on it. But you can work it post debate and make it a bigger positive. Already the business media is on it. The basic position needs to be that You are not going to end Oil, economics is. Everyone is not going to be driving an EV next year, but we can see a time when everybody will. So we can try and save oil as Trump tried to save coal and fail as he did. Or we can get ahead of the economics and science and be prepared for it. That’s why you wont ban fracking, you don’t need to it will ban itself as coal is doing. The basic premise needs to be we can deny reality as Trump and the Republicans do or get in front of it. Oilfield workers, those on the rigs in the gulf know whats coming as the miners in Kentucky and West Virginia already know you cant fight coming reality. But once you acknowledge that reality you can use those skills and workers to shape the future to everyone’s benefit. Or you can do what Trump and the Republicans always do deny it and let China or someone else seize the future.”
Upstate Blue writes—NY-AD-113: David Catalfamo Once Lobbied For Gas, Fracking, Fossil Fuels & Dirty Energy Upstate Blue: “When conducting research on lobbyist David Catalfamo (R), who is now running for the State Assembly in New York’s 113th District, I encountered a page on some of Catalfamo’s former lobbying activities at the government watchdog site, LittleSis.org. According to data obtained by LittleSis.org from both the State of New York and the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), Mr. Catalfamo lobbied on behalf of both gas and fracking interests at the state capital in Albany from 2009 though 2013. Why should this be of any major concern to 113th Assembly District voters? Because Catalfamo still refuses to discuss any of the specific details of what he actually did for the fossil fuel clients that he once represented, the voters now are basically being left in the dark about potential conflicts of interest or who he might be beholden to if elected to the state legislature next month.”
Upstate Blue writes—NY-SD-43: Daphne Jordan Wins "Oil Slick Award" For Poor Environmental Record in NY Legislature: “Freshman State Senator Daphne Jordan (R-Saratoga County), who is already earning a reputation for having one of the most extreme right-wing voting records in the New York State Legislature, now is gaining even more notoriety. Two days ago, the watchdog group, Environmental Advocates Action of New York, awarded Jordan with their ‘Oil Slick Award’ which they give annually to a New York State politician that regularly puts ‘the priorities of polluters ahead of public health and safety.’ In a district that has seen a raft of abuses from corporate polluters over the past several decades, such as PCB contamination of the Hudson River by GE and PFOA contamination of the Hoosick River by Saint-Gobain, this award highlights many examples of how Jordan continues to turn her back on her constituents.”
EJ for Florida House writes—My Opponent Claims that Trump is a champion for Florida's environment: “Toby Overdorf is the FL GOP State House incumbent in HD 83. Toby has spent a lot of time trying to convince people that he is the best choice for our environment and that couldn’t be further from the truth. Now that he sees that our race is a toss up, he’s calling on the President for a life line by way of a ridiculous article. One of the reasons this race is so close is because people are starting to realize that my opponent’s rhetoric doesn’t match his actions. The truth is my opponent’s campaign is funded by big sugar and the phosphate industry. Is it any surprise that he is weak on the environment? I am not taking any money from big sugar, or the phosphate industry and I am committed to doing the hard work to protect the St. Lucie River and Florida’s environment. Despite states of emergencies by the governor in 2016 and 2018 for toxic algal discharges, the Florida legislature has not had a hearing to determine why this happened. My opponent recently claimed environmental laws like best management practices are working. If that is true, why is Lake Okeechobee covered in massive algal blooms each summer?”
GoodNewsRoundup writes—Biden will create jobs in clean energy: Day 93 out of 100 Days of loving Joe Biden: “Transforming the U.S. electricity sector – and electrifying an increasing share of the economy – represents the biggest job creation and economic opportunity engine of the 21st century. These jobs include every kind of worker from scientists to construction workers to electricity generation workers to welders to engineers. Existing iron casting and steel fabrication plants will have new customers in the solar and wind industries. Workers with experience welding and installing complex wiring will have new job opportunities. Properties idled in communities left behind, like brownfields, will once again become critical hubs for the growth of our economy. If we move ambitiously to generate clean, American-made electricity, while building the infrastructure to electrify major sectors of our economy, we will meet the existential threat of climate change, create millions of good union jobs; make economic growth more accessible in every state and across Indian Country, and lead the world in inventing, manufacturing, and exporting clean energy technologies. ”
dfrankle writes—Climate Change—A Hot Topic for Montana’s Senate Race: “Steve Daines (R) recognizes the effects of climate change, but claims Montanans care more about keeping gas prices low and using the state’s abundant coal and oil resources to limit foreign dependency. The Senator’s reelection campaign efforts include a TV ad displaying Montana’s beautiful mountains and streams, and boasts about Daines’ role in passing the Great American Outdoors Act which reauthorized funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The LWCF uses money from offshore oil companies to protect public lands and increase access to outdoor recreation, but the ad fails to mention that every year Daines was not running for reelection, he voted against reauthorizing the LWCF and even now has only asked for $600 million in funding of the $900 million/year the LWCF is supposed to receive.”
dfrankle writes—Climate Change and Georgia's Senate Election: “The Senate election in Georgia is in full swing and climate change is a policy issue that is up for debate because it is becoming more of a reality in our day to day lives. Let’s look at what each candidate has to say about climate change. Jon Ossoff believes climate change is a vital aspect of our daily lives. Ossoff will focus on scientific research and data to combat the effects of climate change on the environment. In addition, he will make sure the U.S comes back into the Paris climate Accords. Ossoff’s main focus will be clean energy, energy efficiency, and environmental protection. On the other hand, David Perdue has avoided speaking about climate change and is an avid supporter of Trump’s climate change policies. Perdue has allied with Trump when it came to leaving the Paris Climate agreement and supported the President's decision when it came to dismantling the Clean Power Plan in 2017. Perdue voted against a resolution in Congress that claims that climate change is real and is caused by people.”
dfrankle writes—After 18 Years, Lindsey Graham Still Has No Answer for Climate Change: “Incumbent Lindsey Graham has been quick to judge opponents for their attempts to reduce climate change’s deadly effects. Graham was once considered to be on science’s side when it came to the battle against climate issues. However, in recent years his inability to speak up against Trump on this matter has proven he does not have South Carolina’s coastal towns in mind. Graham has voiced his opinion that humans are in fact a main cause of global warming, but he has not been very successful when it comes to passing legislation and has actually voted against climate change initiatives multiple times. Recently Graham and Trump stood side by side as Trump announced a moratorium on drilling off the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina. James Bruggers of The State believes Graham’s record indicates that this may have been a stunt in the election year, especially because the measure is only temporary. In 2012, Graham supported the continuation of oil drilling off the coast of South Carolina. Although Graham also joined the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus, the group could not assist in the passing of legislation. Despite his apparent efforts and publicity stunts, South Carolina still does not have a plan against climate change.”
ENERGY
Fossil Fuels & Emissions Controls
Jamesleo writes—You can't talk about Fracking without talking about GASLAND Josh Fox nailed it years ago: “Please. Please watch this film Josh Fox is an independent film maker and environmentalist. He currently has a show :”Staying Home with Josh Fox” Fox narrates his reception of a letter in May, 2008, from a natural gas company offering to lease his family's land in Milanville, Pennsylvania for $100,000 to drill for gas.[6] Fox then set out to see how communities are being affected in the west where a natural gas drilling boom has been underway for the last decade. He spent time with citizens in their homes and on their land as they relayed their stories of natural gas drilling in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Texas, among others. He spoke with residents who have experienced a variety of chronic health problems directly traceable to contamination of their air, of their water wells or of surface water. In some instances, the residents are reporting that they obtained a court injunction or settlement money from gas companies to replace the affected water supplies with potable water or water purification kits.”
Dan Bacher writes—Consumer Watchdog: Newsom Administration issued six more fracking permits to Aera Energy: “The Newsom Administration issued six more fracking permits to Aera Energy late on Friday afternoon at a time of great risk to the environment and to the public health of affected communities also exposed to Covid 19, Consumer Watchdog said today. The number of fracking permits issued this year—despite a nine-month moratorium imposed by Newsom that ended last April—now comes to 54 issued to Aera and Chevron. Newsom says he wants to ban fracking, but, contrary to the findings of public interest lawyers, claims the legislature needs to act to end fracking. He committed to signing legislation to do that next year should it pass the legislature. However, Consumer Watchdog points to the Governor’s power to demand more bonding from oil companies to plug and clean up their wells as condition of receiving permits.”
Renewables, Efficiency, Energy Storage & Conservation
According to Fish writes—A Geothermal Solution for Climate Change? “I have long been fascinated by the untapped potential of geothermal energy. As a spelunker in my youth, I became aware that the temperature of the Earth down below 20 or so feet was constant at around mid 50 degrees Fahrenheit. I always found this to be cool (especially in the hot summer when we usually went caving). This was in the late 70’s during the energy crisis. Everyone was talking about alternative energy sources and I decided to write my big class research paper on energy alternatives. Also, the national debate topic for that year was about alternative energy plans for the nation and I did a lot of research on wind, solar, biomass, water (dam/wave), nuclear and geothermal alternatives to oil and gas. In those days it was more about energy independence from OPEC than it was about clean energy. Maybe it was due to my caving experiences, but I became fascinated with geothermal. It just seemed to make too much sense. Here we were sitting atop a huge furnace in the core of the earth providing all the energy we could ever want and for some reason we hardly took advantage of it.”
REGULATIONS & PROTECTION
ClimateDenierRoundup writes—Trump’s EPA Underlings Take Revolving Door To Polluter Lobby Off Hinges To Erase Distinction: “It’s been no big secret that when presidential candidate Trump promised to drain the swamp, he meant he was going to purge the experts and replace them with industry employees who would — instead of protecting the public from polluters — protect their (former) employers’ profits. This ‘revolving door,’ as it’s known in DC, between government and industry and back again has always been a problem. But it’s generally one that administrations try to prevent or reign in (or at the very least try to make it look like they're trying), and usually government employees wait to leave their official positions in government before cashing out to go lobby for the industry. But, as a new investigation from E&E shows, it’s not just the top brass who worked for coal companies either before coming to the EPA (Wheeler) or after leaving (Pruitt) but, even among underlings, there is ‘a pattern among Trump administration appointees in EPA's air office in catering to previous or future employers’.”
MISCELLANY
Eyesbright writes—Canadian town of Asbestos chooses new name after 180 years: “Residents in the Canadian town of Asbestos have voted to rename their community to distance it from the once-ubiquitous mineral now recognised as being extremely poisonous and linked to lung and other cancers. The town, formerly home to one of the world’s largest asbestos mines, voted 51.5% in favour of changing its name to Val-des-Sources over five other options, according to results announced on Monday (19 October, 2020) from a four-day referendum. The new name refers to its location at the confluence of three lakes and represents “the fusion of our history and our roots”, according to the town’s description. The community, 93 miles (150km) east of Montreal and home to about 7,000 people, was built in the late 1870s after the discovery of an asbestos deposit led to the creation of the mine.”
Meteor Blades writes—Earth Matters: Debate question on environmental justice! Merkley introduces tough fossil fuel bills: “Sen. Jeff Merkley introduces aggressive proposals to ban fossil fuel investing: The Oregon Democrat on Wednesday introduced the ‘Protecting America's Economy From the Carbon Bubble Act,’ which would prohibit financial institutions from making new loans for or investments in fossil fuel companies or financing new fossil fuel projects. Part of the idea behind the bill, Merkley said, is to help prevent huge losses if fossil fuel prices collapse during the transition to clean energy. That goes far beyond bills other congressional Democrats have introduced to increase transparency about fossil-fuel investing and climate impacts. Merkley also introduced the ‘Sustainable International Financial Institutions Act,’ which would mandate that the U.S. use its clout in international financial institutions to promote fossil fuel divestment. The bills follow on recent release of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s 196-page report, Managing Climate Risk in the U.S. Financial System. It concludes that the climate crisis ‘poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. financial system and to its ability to sustain the American economy.’ Said Merkley in a prepared statement, ‘How we invest our money reflects our values today and will drive our future tomorrow. Fossil fuel investments play a key role in accelerating climate chaos, which continues to spiral further and further out of control and claim lives and livelihoods in the process’.”
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