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Listen to "Abrupt climate change in New Zealand and the NZ media" on Spreaker.
Listen to "Abrupt climate change in New Zealand and the NZ media" on Spreaker.
If you compare this with what Chris Brandolino had to say a couple of months ago to Paul Henry it is clear he is being seriously GAGGED by his superiors. That's the way the Public Service works.
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Seemorerocks
Despite the valiant attempts of Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury to bring things back to reality it would be the grossest understatement to say that every single one of his guests failed miserably to use the opportunity given them to speak out about the climate emergency.
Don’t
take my word for it. Listen to this. This is the sort of context that's asked for.
What is it that is stopping Jim Salinger from acknowledging this and singing from the rooftop about this alarming fact.
Why downplay it?
I can think of quite a few people who are not "climate scientists" and not only more erudite than esteemed professor., but more informed as well
To whit:
It does make me wonder how they award professorships in this country these days.
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I really do have to finish off my rave with this bit of climate change nonsense straight from RT America.
We still have Thom Hartmann on RT America, I suppose.
We
are seeing major censorship in the media to hide the reality of
abrupt climate change.
In
his talks Guy McPherson refers to Natalia Shakhova as an example of a
scientist who has recanted under pressure from previous positions.
We
have our own example here in New Zealand with Chris Brandalino of
NIWA who , it is clear, has had a dressing down by his bureaucratic
superiors
I
discuss this in the following article which I am reposting from
earlier in the year.
Don’t
miss the recorded podcast,
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In
this reposted article I address the preposterous position of
Following
on from my item yesterday, Weather
conditions Down-Under
The
extreme weather makes it into the mainstream – temperatures 6-7C
warmer than the average.
The
public servant tells half the truth but does what he and the folks of
Radio NZ are paid to do – pull the wool over the eyes of those that
pay them.
I
bet though, Chris is very, very worried in private
A
balmier than usual autumn to continue into winter
Chris
Brandolino of NIWA interviewed on Radio NZ
Listen to "Abrupt climate change in New Zealand and the NZ media" on Spreaker.
If you compare this with what Chris Brandolino had to say a couple of months ago to Paul Henry it is clear he is being seriously GAGGED by his superiors. That's the way the Public Service works.
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Well,
catastrophic climate change has made it onto the soundwaves of
mainstream television in the form of an interview with the infamous
Paul Henry.
You
can see that NIWA
scientist Chris Brandolino is more than slightly anxious to get his
message out. To be fair Paul hears him out until a certain point
where he collapses into nervous laughter and the interview is more or
less complete.
What
is really revealing is Paul Henry himself.
Like
Donald Trump in the US Paul Henry is a perfect representation of the
average “civilised” New Zealander who would (literally) rather
destroy his own nest and die rather than make any changes to his/her
lifestyle.
So
is the perfect person to help deliver the message.
He
is 'Mr. Average' climate change denier and his response is that that I have
encountered time after time after time.
Change
the station and move on.
I
encountered a quote that said something like – I do not fear the
fascist as fascist. What is dangerous is the fascist dressed up like a
democrat.
In
this context, far more dangerous than Paul Henry (who in his own way
allows the message to get out) are the Kim Hills and Guyon Espiners –
the civilised fascists of Radio New Zealand - who will try every sophisticated trick
in the book to stop educated New Zealanders from knowing the truth.
On
this one at least. I would rather have Paul Henry who,if nothing
else, is straightforward.
Here
is Martyn Bradbury on the same item.
15 March, 2016
15 March, 2016
Climate
Denier Paul Henry shocked at climate change – laughs it off anyway
Our
total denial of the realities we face if we do not make significant
changes now is as bewildering as our blind ignorance. We deserve
political leaders who will lead, not make excuses. The very existence
of us as a species demands it.
15
March, 2016
The
simple, brutal truth is that man made pollution has passed a tipping
point where the feedback loops built into the biosphere are now
beyond our ability to control. We are facing catastrophic climate
change now – which makes the Green Parties and NGOs celebrations
at Paris so galling…
February breaks global temperature records by ‘shocking’ amount
February smashed a century of global temperature records by “stunning” margin, according to data released by Nasa.
The unprecedented leap led scientists, usually wary of highlighting a single month’s temperature, to label the new record a “shocker” and warn of a “climate emergency”
The Nasa data shows the average global surface temperature in February was 1.35C warmer than the average temperature for the month between 1951-1980, a far bigger margin than ever seen before. The previous record, set just one month earlier in January, was 1.15C above the long-term average for that month.
“Nasa dropped a bombshell of a climate report,” said Jeff Masters and Bob Henson, who analysed the data on the Weather Underground website. “February dispensed with the one-month-old record by a full 0.21C – an extraordinary margin to beat a monthly world temperature record by.”
“This result is a true shocker, and yet another reminder of the incessant long-term rise in global temperature resulting from human-produced greenhouse gases,” said Masters and Henson. “We are now hurtling at a frightening pace toward the globally agreed maximum of 2C warming over pre-industrial levels.
…climate
deniers like far right hate speech blogger Cameron Slater and
climate minimalists like David Farrar have been allowed to dominate
the debate – they need to be held accountable for their lies and
muddying of the waters. Well known climate denier Paul Henry on his
one hand clapping show this morning was confronted by the facts by a
Scientist and then laughed them off.
The
speed of the climate meltdown has shocked scientists and has
highlighted how ineffective the IPCC has really been by not
including the worst case scenarios as likelihood.
When
the Arctic is 50 degrees hotter than average, the time for
action is now.
As
the planet super heats because of the CO2 we pump into the
atmosphere, more and more heat is trapped. That heat pushes
temperatures up, those temperatures melt ice at the polar caps. This
melting ice does two things. Firstly it reduces the amount of white
space on the planet that simply bounces heat back into space so it
ends up quickening the heating process and more importantly it puts
more fresh water into the oceans. As heat build, frozen methane
trapped on the ocean floor and in Siberia is released in massive
amounts, this rapidly melts remaining glaciers desalinating ocean
conveyor pumps, particularly in the Labrador and Irminger Seas
around southern Greenland which shut down the flow of heat from the
tropics north which in turn plunges the Northern hemisphere into a
new ice age.
Within
the space of a decade we can go from a 7 degree hike in temperatures
to a frozen snowball.
The
ability for most species to adapt to that kind of climate extreme
will see many become extinct and the ability for Governments and
civilisations to function crumble.
We
need to be on a war footing to cope with the changes we need to
implement, not some foot dragging irrelevancy.
Our
total denial of the realities we face if we do not make significant
changes now is as bewildering as our blind ignorance. We deserve
political leaders who will lead, not make excuses. The very
existence of us as a species demands it.
Next
week the oil conference on Monday will be held at Sky City
Casino. The
only response now is civil disobedience.
Guy McPherson was interviewed by the very same Paul Henry back in October, 2014 on his visit to New Zealand.
To watch an October, 2014 interview with Guy McPherson GO HERE
The
interview here with Victoria University-based professor James Renwick
that illustrates the level of denial, understatement and
unwillingness to see connections that pervades science in this
country,
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I would like to be diplomatic and respectful but listening to our climate change spokespeople interviewed yesterday I am unable to restrain myself
Have
New Zealand’s climate academics been asleep?****
I would like to be diplomatic and respectful but listening to our climate change spokespeople interviewed yesterday I am unable to restrain myself
"For the globe as a whole that’s less of an issue."
Seemorerocks
My
first response to seeing a full half-hour on Waatea TV devoted to 400
ppm of CO2 and climate change was that this was something we have
been waiting for.
But on listening expectation gave way to disappointment and a distinct feeling that there is no one in this country left to speak out about the climate emergency except for a a small handful of intrepid bloggers and activists.
Yesterday's effort was designed to lure us back to sleep.
Don't worry, little hobbits!
But on listening expectation gave way to disappointment and a distinct feeling that there is no one in this country left to speak out about the climate emergency except for a a small handful of intrepid bloggers and activists.
Yesterday's effort was designed to lure us back to sleep.
Don't worry, little hobbits!
Despite the valiant attempts of Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury to bring things back to reality it would be the grossest understatement to say that every single one of his guests failed miserably to use the opportunity given them to speak out about the climate emergency.
I
would give each of them (with the honourable exception of Mr.
Bradbury) grades of between 'C-minus'
and E.
Firstly Jim Salinger.
For all his great achievements, Jim Salinger sounds as though he is stuck in 2007 and delivering basically the same, slightly—modifed message.
He seemed singly unable to come out and say clearly that scientists in this country are being muzzled and that it is this government that is reponsible.
For all his great achievements, Jim Salinger sounds as though he is stuck in 2007 and delivering basically the same, slightly—modifed message.
He seemed singly unable to come out and say clearly that scientists in this country are being muzzled and that it is this government that is reponsible.
But what
really made me wake up from my torpor was when I heard him say there
has been a "1 degree Celsius temperature increase in about the last one
hundred years".
One degree?
There's lots of fudging of the figures but even
the most conservative media reports are saying that temperatures have gone up at least 1.3 degrees since the pre-industrial age.
Kevin Trenberth on the 2015 Temperature Record
We have experienced 20% of all anthropogenic global warming in the last year.
That by definition is runaway Global Warming.
If Industrial Civilisation survives until November 2016 Professor Guy McPherson and I will tour NZ discussing the environmental and geo-political implications of this unfolding disaster nation wide, stand by for details on the blog and look out for a Facebook ” Event”.
What is it that is stopping Jim Salinger from acknowledging this and singing from the rooftop about this alarming fact.
Why downplay it?
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After listening to Mike Smith, an esteemed activist, saying that people are “worried”, we have to “get our head around major problems”, “anticipate and prepare”
After listening to Mike Smith, an esteemed activist, saying that people are “worried”, we have to “get our head around major problems”, “anticipate and prepare”
And
then there was Megan Woods MP - Labour Party spokesperson on Climate
Change whom I could not bear to listen to (she’s the one with
the ‘E’ grade)
And
now we come to the other expert, Professor
James Renwick.
This
was the segment that caught my attention.
After
agreeing, in response to a strongly-worded question, Prof, Renwick
agreed, yes we do have a problem in the Arctic but - wait for it “in
the Arctic it is getting into a runaway situation” but for the
globe as a whole that’s less of an issue”
Did
I hear that right?!
"For
the globe as a whole that’s less of an issue."
And
then he goes on to say that we might see a lot of warming 10-12
degrees
(“something
crazy like that”) - it might be catastrophic for humanity – but
it wouldn’t just keep getting hotter, like on Venus.
Great
news folks!
But the climate could change enough so that food and water availability “would go out the window”...that would be a bad thing for humanity”
Well,Professor, I suppose it would.
Here's the discussion:
Here's the discussion:
From yesterday as well - the
professor is among those in this country who are "puzzled"
by the record autumn tnmperatures.
Apparently
we need more research to reinvent the wheel.
"Exactly
why that's happened is subject to ongoing research. We have yet to
work out what is going on there."
To whit:
It does make me wonder how they award professorships in this country these days.
Here is the discussion which brings to mind,not Monty Python,but NZ's own John Clarke ("Fred Dagg")
In fact there IS an example where someone, the chief forecaster at NIWA demonstrated some urgency (and passion) in getting the message out.
But that was before he was turned into a whimpering public servant by his superiors.
In fact there IS an example where someone, the chief forecaster at NIWA demonstrated some urgency (and passion) in getting the message out.
But that was before he was turned into a whimpering public servant by his superiors.
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We still have Thom Hartmann on RT America, I suppose.
