Spotlight on green news & views: Arctic melting alarms scientists; greenwashing Trump
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This is the 556th edition of the Spotlight on Green News & Views (previously known as the Green Diary Rescue). Here is the May 9 Spotlight. Inclusion of a story in the Spotlight does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it. OUTSpotlight on green news & views: Arctic melting alarms scientists; greenwashing Trump
This is the 556th edition of the Spotlight on Green News & Views (previously known as the Green Diary Rescue). Here is the May 9 Spotlight. Inclusion of a story in the Spotlight does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it. OUTSTANDING GREEN STORIES Pakalolo writes—Sun rises in the Arctic for the summer. Now, melting will kick into overdrive: “At the northernmost city in the United States, Utqiaġvik (formerly known as Barrow), the sun rose on May 10th and will not set again until August 2nd. Utgiagvik is on the great coastal plain located in the State of Alaska as well as the Yukon and Northwest Territories of Canada, and it is to the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) that the vast herds of pregnant female caribou begin their long migration by crossing international lines to their calving grounds at ANWR where they give birth in early June. [...] So far, the month of May is alarming sea ice scientists, as it is much warmer than normal for the month and portends an even warmer summer. The sea ice is already worrisome, because it is younger and thinner which makes it more susceptible to melting. In areas of Greenland and Alaska permafrost has begun to thaw, freeing tons of mercury and releasing methane gas, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere.” ClimateDenierRoundup writes—Hawthorne, Entergy’s Power Plant Astroturfers, Has History of Deceptive Contracting: “Last week, the New Orleans Lens reported that a group of pro-pipeline advocates who attended a public hearing last October were, in fact, paid actors. The hearing, to solicit public opinion on a proposed power plant, was stacked with a dozen or so actors in matching orange shirts. The Lens reports actors were paid $60 to show up, and $200 for a ‘speaking role.’ Entergy, the company behind the power plant, and told the Lens that it wasn’t responsible for the paid actors praising its proposal. But after an internal investigation, Entergy later reported that Hawthorn, the PR company it contracted to organize grassroots support for the project, did in fact hire a subcontractor named Crowds on Demand. This group, per its name, then put out the ads and hired the actors to create this astroturf effort.” Read more