24 Sept: Guardian: Kentucky’s climate is suffering. Can the state slip the industry ties that prevent change?
Mitch McConnell has long resisted climate action even as the farm and coal sectors suffer, but a growing movement could bring change
by Andrew McCormick in Louisville
Article supported by We Are Still In (a joint declaration of support for climate action, signed by more than 3,800 CEOs, mayors, governors, college presidents, and others), and
We Mean Business (a global coalition, brings together seven organizations: BSR, CDP, Ceres, The B Team, The Climate Group, The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development)
McGrath trails McConnell in the polls – but not by so much, state politicos say, that she should be counted out. A retired Marine fighter pilot, McGrath calls climate change “intricately tied to our national security”, a position that syncs with the US defense department...
Local races also suggest that environmental politics may be shifting in Kentucky. Sarah Lynn Cunningham, director of the Kentucky chapter of the Sierra Club, was struck this spring when a Republican running for state Senate in a competitive district near Louisville sought the group’s endorsement...
“I’ve never had a Republican say they would like to compete for our endorsement,” Cunningham said. “That was a first.” (In the end, the Sierra Club endorsed the Democrat, who won, flipping a seat held by Republicans since 1995.)...
Perhaps the biggest harbinger of change in Kentucky is the youth vote, with even young conservatives in the state worried about the climate crisis. The question, Voss said, is whether young people will show up to vote this fall...
Fernanda Scharfenberger, an 18-year-old climate activist at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, is optimistic...
That December, Scharfenberger traveled with young people from across the country to Washington to lobby for a Green New Deal...
Back home, Scharfenberger co-founded a Louisville hub for the ***Sunrise Movement, which has made headlines taking McConnell to task for his ties to the fossil fuel industry and mocking approach to the Green New Deal. Sunrise hubs later formed in Lexington, Bowling Green, and far-western Murray...
In June, Sunrise members from across the state led a dawn protest outside McConnell’s home in Louisville demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, who was killed there by police in March. The ongoing Black Lives Matter Protests, Scharfenberg said, have kept young activists engaged in community organizing and electoral work, stressing the intersection of environmental and social justice issues in the state...
The Guardian is the lead partner in Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/24/kentuckys-climate-is-suffering-can-the-state-slip-the-industry-ties-that-prevent-change
finally, if you believe this - you will believe Biden will win in November!! lol.
21 Sept: BBC: Climate Week: World split on urgency of tackling rising temperatures, poll suggests
By Matt McGrath
There’s growing concern among citizens all over the world about climate change, according to a new global poll...
Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales has warned the climate crisis will “dwarf” the impact of coronavirus...
Unilever to cut fossil fuels from cleaning brands...
The poll, carried out by ***Globescan (LINK), provides fresh evidence that people the world over remain very concerned about climate change, despite the pandemic and subsequent economic impact...
***In the US this number of people perceiving the issue as serious or very serious has increased from just over 60% in 2014, to 81% in June this year when the poll was carried out - that’s despite President Trump’s well known scepticism on the issue...
The poll was carried out online among samples of 1,000 adults in each of the 27 countries.
It’s been released to mark the start of Climate Week 2020 in New York, which is expected to be the biggest climate summit taking place this year and is being run in co-ordination with the UN.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54208995
Globescan
Since 2004, GlobeScan has been a participant of the United Nations Global Compact, committing to the Compact’s 10 Principles. The Global Compact is a network of UN agencies, corporations, non-governmental organizations, labor and academic institutions that endorse a shared set of principles on good corporate citizenship
https://globescan.com/climate-change-insight-2020/#affiliates