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In Defense of Democracy and Freedom
January 2025
January 12
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) told NBC’s “Meet the Press” today that he believes the fires in Los Angeles will be the worst natural disaster in U.S. history in terms of “scale and scope” as well as “the costs associated with” the destruction and rebuilding.
And via one of the top writers on environmental news, Seth B of the AP
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Los Angeles Fires Send a Message (and Who's Getting It?)
The effects of climate change bring massive costs and suffering
- Photo by Apu Gomes
Op/Ed by Peter Kalmas
GreenPolicy360 recalls early warnings about climate change
Our friend George E. Brown who became a colleague was a first voice to rise in the US Congress to take on the questions -- and dangers -- of climate change.
Look back to the origins of US climate science/earth science/atmospheric science, and there's an East Los Angeles Congressman, George Brown, out in front. In many ways this science work would go on to put in place a foundation and beginning of a modern environmental movement.
Let's take time to read again about a man who made a positive difference and changed the world for the better, even as the struggles continue.
When we speak of climate policy, George first acted to protect clean air above Los Angeles in the 1960s, then worked to create the EPA, environmental laws, and then pivoted in the 70s to become a leader of protecting what we call the "Thin Blue Layer" above home planet Earth.
We envisioned what the disruptions of a warming climate could bring. Now in Los Angeles the changing environment is delivering a disaster described as the region's worst in history, one that augurs more danger to come in the future.
This moment calls for increased awareness and action.
Congressman Brown was instrumental in proposing and establishing the Presidential Office of Science and Technology Policy in 1976. He was working alongside the National Academy of Sciences as they released a first-ever climate report in 1977. In 1977 he and the new Office of Science and Technology sent a first government warning of "climatic fluctuation" and "catastrophic" change to President Carter:
The First US Climate Act
- https://greenpolicy360.net/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf
- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary
- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:EarthScience_Missions_via_the_EOS_-_2022.png
- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Observing_System_-_fleet_of_satellites.png
- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/LANDSAT_and_Virginia_Tower_Norwood
- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Landsat,_a_50_year_legacy.png
- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg
- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth-NASA.jpg
- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Change
- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy
Listen to a Climate Scientist, Michael Mann, Explain Factors Involved in the LA Wildfires
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January 4, 2025
First, a Nobel Peace Prize, and now a U.S. Medal of Freedom
Congratulations to Jane Goodall. Her work is an inspiration to all, and how each of us can make a positive difference.
- Photo: Gabriela Herman for The New York Times
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2025! A 4 Billion+ Year Old Planet Begins Another Year Orbiting Its Sun Star
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December 30, 2024
On News of the Death of a Former U.S. President
- Jimmy Carter was 100 Years Old
“When I was in the White House, I thought of human rights primarily in terms of political rights, such as rights to free speech and freedom from torture or unjust imprisonment. As I traveled around the world since I was president, I learned there was no way to separate the crucial rights to live in peace, to have adequate food and health care, and to have a voice in choosing one’s political leaders. These human needs and rights are inextricably linked.” -- Jimmy Carter
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