LibertyBell

One of the positive aspects of the pandemic has been that it's now likely that it has killed the fossil fuel cartels. Even the corrupt cartels admit that their best days are now behind them and are going into renewable and letting go of their labor force. Sometimes these things are necessary to prevent even greater damage down the line.

here's a bunch of info to educate them, lol I wouldn't read anything coming out of Texas, a state rife with ignorance and corruption. https://earther.gizmodo.com/grassroots-groups-just-won-a-major-victory-against-frac-1846364674?utm_source=earther_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-02-26 A group of governors passed a resolution that would ban fracking near a crucial waterway on the East Coast, the culmination of more than a decade-long fight by activists and community members. The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), which is comprised of the governors of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York, ruled unanimously on Thursday not to allow fracking within the Delaware River Basin region. The ban, which covers 13,539 square miles (35,065 square kilometers) between the four states, includes two counties in the Marcellus Shale region in Pennsylvania, where fracking has exploded over the past decade. The Delaware River Basin provides drinking water for around 13 million people in the region—around 5% of the entire U.S. population, including New York City and Philadelphia—and supports around 600,000 jobs and $10 billion in wages from industries like tourism, ports, and farming. The watershed also provides habitat for hundreds of species of animals and fish. “If [industry] dug all those wells, if they put in all those pipelines to carry it to market, this wild and scenic river—one of the most beautiful and free-flowing rivers in the Northeast—would have all been destroyed,” said Jeff Tittel, the director of the New Jersey Sierra Club. “You would have taken the Delaware Valley and turned it into the Permian Basin.” https://earther.gizmodo.com/huge-review-of-frackings-health-hazards-will-help-commu-1835903428 https://www.politifact.com/rhode-island/statements/2016/jan/24/environmental-justice-league-ri-environmental-just/could-fracking-be-worse-climate-coal/ https://earther.gizmodo.com/something-else-to-avoid-when-you-re-pregnant-fracking-1821264078 https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.112.150/ejr.4eb.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CHPNY-PSR-Fracking-Science-Compendium-7_20210219.pdf https://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/ https://earther.gizmodo.com/new-bill-would-ban-fracking-in-california-by-2027-1846305931 https://earther.gizmodo.com/shell-says-it-has-reached-peak-oil-production-1846248229?utm_source=earther_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-02-26 https://earther.gizmodo.com/our-best-energy-solution-could-hurt-biodiversity-if-we-1844914402 https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-plastic-era-is-here-1844948163 https://earther.gizmodo.com/bp-says-weve-already-reached-peak-oil-1845064372 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/14/biofuels-need-to-be-improved-for-battle-against-climate-change https://earther.gizmodo.com/a-fight-over-a-false-solution-is-at-the-center-of-madri-1840311268 https://earther.gizmodo.com/un-scientists-draft-a-build-back-better-climate-plan-1845790519 https://earther.gizmodo.com/even-good-news-comes-with-bad-news-1840029942 https://earther.gizmodo.com/unprecedented-conditions-will-rule-the-oceans-by-midcen-1838422187 https://earther.gizmodo.com/humans-have-transformed-70-percent-of-land-on-earth-we-1837045976 https://earther.gizmodo.com/everything-is-****ed-major-new-extinction-report-finds-1834547635 https://earther.gizmodo.com/un-report-shows-the-world-needs-to-cut-emissions-78-per-1840046835 https://earther.gizmodo.com/even-good-news-comes-with-bad-news-1840029942 https://earther.gizmodo.com/building-all-the-fossil-fuel-projects-already-in-the-pi-1839949666 https://earther.gizmodo.com/we-have-a-decade-to-prevent-a-total-climate-disaster-1829585748 https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-uk-just-got-more-power-from-renewables-than-fossil-1839034441 https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-uk-just-got-more-power-from-renewables-than-fossil-1839034441 https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-most-polluting-state-in-the-northeast-just-joined-a-1838753433 https://earther.gizmodo.com/we-may-have-been-thinking-about-a-carbon-price-all-wron-1838662832 https://earther.gizmodo.com/a-million-black-americans-face-health-risks-from-living-1820407774 https://earther.gizmodo.com/un-scientists-draft-a-build-back-better-climate-plan-1845790519 https://earther.gizmodo.com/every-major-bank-has-now-ruled-out-funding-arctic-drill-1845782346 https://earther.gizmodo.com/exxon-continues-unprecedented-tumble-1845781956 https://earther.gizmodo.com/exxon-continues-unprecedented-tumble-1845781956 https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-green-new-deal-didnt-sink-democrats-1845619942?_ga=2.89260696.2005063955.1606741381-1992755575.1604461226 https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-congressman-biden-tapped-to-liaise-with-climate-act-1845697365 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/29/fate-of-vaca-muerta-oil-and-gas-fields-may-point-way-forward-on-fossil-fuels-after-coronavirus https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dead-cow-oil-play-set-155931929.html https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/28/un-chief-dont-use-taxpayer-money-to-save-polluting-industries https://earther.gizmodo.com/exxon-continues-unprecedented-tumble-1845781956 https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-pandemic-could-wipe-20-of-exxon-s-oil-and-gas-rese-1844649010 https://earther.gizmodo.com/big-oil-has-never-lost-this-much-money-1844571705 https://earther.gizmodo.com/exxon-just-got-dethroned-as-the-top-u-s-energy-company-1845313631 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-exxon-mobil-dividend/exxon-mobil-to-keep-dividend-flat-for-first-time-since-1982-idUSKBN27D3B0 https://earther.gizmodo.com/exxon-pays-off-shareholders-lays-off-workers-1845521977 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/10/how-fossil-fuel-industry-got-media-think-climate-change-was-debatable/ https://twitter.com/zhaabowekwe/status/1359708090896154624 https://twitter.com/ziibiing/status/1359589054929645572 https://truthout.org/articles/ilhan-omar-asks-biden-to-cancel-controversial-enbridge-pipeline-in-minnesota/ https://earther.gizmodo.com/stopping-keystone-xl-has-to-be-just-the-start-1846094578 https://earther.gizmodo.com/facebook-is-letting-a-pipeline-company-run-ads-while-mu-1846247372 https://earther.gizmodo.com/cbp-drones-conducted-flyovers-near-homes-of-indigenous-1845104576 https://gizmodo.com/dhs-is-spying-on-social-media-to-track-threats-to-statu-1844458110?_ga=2.234768222.1102804335.1614511034-913338681.1614227427 https://earther.gizmodo.com/criminalizing-protests-is-a-dangerous-idea-1842624019?_ga=2.217897493.2038177522.1597711241-1235440877.1594384300 https://earther.gizmodo.com/bp-says-weve-already-reached-peak-oil-1845064372 https://earther.gizmodo.com/judge-shuts-down-dakota-access-pipeline-1844278957 https://earther.gizmodo.com/keystone-xl-is-blocked-for-now-but-the-scotus-ruling-h-1844293640 https://earther.gizmodo.com/these-5-oil-and-gas-pipelines-are-the-next-to-face-trou-1844308553 https://earther.gizmodo.com/tribes-across-the-midwest-are-gearing-up-for-a-big-new-1820338774 https://mn.gov/eera/web/project-file?legacyPath=/opt/documents/34079/All FEIS Text.pdf https://gizmodo.com/customs-and-border-protection-flew-a-predator-surveilla-1843758034?_ga=2.267718606.1102804335.1614511034-913338681.1614227427 https://theintercept.com/2019/08/25/border-patrol-israel-elbit-surveillance https://theintercept.com/2019/01/30/enbridge-line-3-pipeline-minnesota https://earther.gizmodo.com/two-years-after-confessing-dakota-access-protestors-ch-1838783498 https://earther.gizmodo.com/a-record-number-of-environmentalists-were-murdered-in-2-1844543894 https://earther.gizmodo.com/nearly-70-activists-arrested-attempting-to-steal-coal-f-1838541561 https://theintercept.com/2017/12/11/standing-rock-dakota-access-pipeline-fbi-informant-red-fawn-fallis/ https://earther.gizmodo.com/new-un-climate-report-puts-the-world-on-red-alert-for-c-1846363339?utm_source=earther_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-02-26 https://earther.gizmodo.com/un-warns-world-is-failing-to-prepare-for-climate-change-1846053810 https://theconversation.com/phantom-of-the-forest-after-100-years-in-hiding-i-rediscovered-the-rare-cloaked-bee-in-australia-156026 https://earther.gizmodo.com/new-report-reveals-the-shocking-toll-bushfires-took-on-1844529556 https://earther.gizmodo.com/bushfires-are-obliterating-the-cultural-memory-of-austr-1840933953 https://earther.gizmodo.com/striking-australian-bee-spotted-for-first-time-in-a-cen-1846363441?utm_source=earther_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-02-26 https://earther.gizmodo.com/genius-bees-force-plants-to-bloom-by-biting-them-1843611907 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6478/685 have a look at some of these articles- interesting stuff https://earther.gizmodo.com/how-climate-change-could-bring-about-the-next-great-rec-1841772236 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0182-1 https://earther.gizmodo.com/cutting-fossil-fuel-subsidies-could-be-even-more-benefi-1841500311 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/united-states-spend-ten-times-more-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-than-education/#46cf1d494473 https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-world-blows-over-5-trillion-a-year-on-oil-and-gas-1834624546 https://www.theclimategroup.org/news/climate-change-biggest-market-failure-history-and-must-be-tackled-spur-growth-finance-and https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2019/05/02/Global-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies-Remain-Large-An-Update-Based-on-Country-Level-Estimates-46509 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1920-x.epdf?author_access_token=SjUTjrtDbCtKRGtQgVAN1tRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Mv5JGKl3gtKAeEYJVTQuBQ6wZJ1rmD9b0cEKcS34GxBxr6Ea9gZYL3E_Q61vEj7kg4BNlEaLi4zToksif-Tllk_KEi7aCEkEkEVkhg1sHyrg%3D%3D https://earther.gizmodo.com/exxon-predicted-2019-s-ominous-co2-milestone-in-1982-1834748763 The Nature piece indicates that the fossil fuel cartels are going to lose a ton of money over the next 10 years. Big banks and other large financial institutions like Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo fund most of these damaging projects so hopefully they'll be taking a big hit too. https://earther.gizmodo.com/alaska-natives-demanded-goldman-sachs-not-fund-arctic-d-1840462387 https://earther.gizmodo.com/shell-says-it-has-reached-peak-oil-production-1846248229?utm_source=earther_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-02-26 Shell says oil is on its way out. In a Thursday statement, the fossil fuel giant said its “oil production peaked in 2019,” and that we can now expect it to decline gradually by 1 or 2% per year. Shell also said its total carbon emissions peaked in 2018 at 1.7 gigatonnes. The statement doesn’t come as a total surprise. The oil market has been in decline for years, and since the covid-19 pandemic began last year, fuel prices went from bad to catastrophically bad. Last Fall, the International Energy Agency predicted a “treacherous” path ahead for the industry. And in September, fellow energy giant BP said the world may have already reached peak oil. Shell’s own CFO hinted at the announcement in May when she told investors the company has experienced “major demand destruction that we don’t even know will come back,” and soon after, Shell wrote down $22 billion on its balance sheets. But still, this is the first time it’s made an outright announcement of this kind. https://earther.gizmodo.com/bp-says-weve-already-reached-peak-oil-1845064372 BP is saying the quiet part loud: In the 2020 Energy Outlook report the energy giant published this week, it said that the world may have reached peak oil. The covid-19 pandemic has done a serious number on the oil industry, with demand falling to historic lows amid lockdowns and prices falling into negative territory. In a report on Tuesday, the International Energy Agency warned that for the oil industry, the “path ahead is treacherous,” reducing its forecast for global oil demand in 2020 by 200,000 barrels per day. And on Monday, OPEC lowered its predictions of demand in 2020 by 400,000 barrels per day. In BP’s new report, analysts said the market may never recover from this damage. The authors lay out three possible scenarios for the world’s energy usage between now and 2050, which illustrate a rapid, moderate, and slow transition to renewables. The first two scenarios show demand for oil steeply falling over the next three decades. But even under the firm’s most “optimistic” scenario for Big Oil where climate action doesn’t accelerate, oil demand will plateau at 2019 levels before declining in 2035. The report forecasts that while oil demand falls, there will be increased demand for non-fossil-based power. In 2018, fossil fuels currently made up 85% of the world’s energy demand, but by 2050, that could decline to between 20% and 70%, depending on policymakers’ choices. Renewables will make up the difference. As a result, in every scenario BP analysts mapped out, the proportion of renewable energy use will increase more quickly than any fossil-based fuel ever has. Along with the covid-19 pandemic, the report predicts that increased use of electric vehicles will further dent the world’s demand for oil. International policies to limit the use of plastic, which is made of oil, are also expected to drive demand down even further despite some fossil fuel companies betting big on plastic as a savior. https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-plastic-era-is-here-1844948163 https://earther.gizmodo.com/exxon-continues-unprecedented-tumble-1845781956 When the fossil fuel industry finally winds down in the coming decades, 2020 will stand as a pivotal year. Major corporations have been knocked off their pedestals, and there’s no bigger fall than Exxon’s. Late on Monday, the company announced it was writing down the value of oil and gas fields it had previously planned to develop by as much as $20 billion. It’s the biggest such writedown in Exxon’s history and indicative of the immense pressure the pandemic and resultant economic slowdown have put on the company and the oil industry at-large. In the announcement, the company also said it would spend less on exploration, which makes sense given the huge drop in oil demand. It had previously planned to drop $30 billion on exploration and other capital expenditures every year through 2025. https://earther.gizmodo.com/climate-rage-is-working-1839063173 https://earther.gizmodo.com/this-springs-flooding-crisis-is-part-of-a-bigger-patter-1835092237 https://earther.gizmodo.com/this-springs-flooding-crisis-is-part-of-a-bigger-patter-1835092237 https://popula.com/2019/08/19/the-case-for-climate-rage/ http://theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/05/biggest-compliment-yet-greta-thunberg-welcomes-oil-chiefs-greatest-threat-label https://theintercept.com/2018/12/08/shell-oil-executive-boasts-that-his-company-influenced-the-paris-agreement/ https://theintercept.com/2018/12/08/shell-oil-executive-boasts-that-his-company-influenced-the-paris-agreement/ https://earther.gizmodo.com/protestors-shout-down-us-pro-fossil-fuel-events-at-inte-1830980217 https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-time-for-talk-is-over-kids-stage-major-strike-at-u-1831107203

this sounds familiar- didn't we also have this in January before the storms started piling in later in the month?

it's another one of those corrupt corporate tools now. They hiked up prices for accessing WU data and most of my third party programs can no longer afford to work with WU data anymore.

Aside from the lack of extreme cold here, this winter has some storm track and storm strength similarities to 93-94, and precip type variability like that season too. I'd say this winter was a weird mix of 93-94 and 06-07. Both of those winters had snow or sleet events in March, so I'd say there is some hope for us to get to 40" even at JFK. One 6" event will do it. I dont think we'll get an April event this year as this is a 11 yr hot summer cycle and these usually start heating up in April but I wouldn't be shocked if we ended up with a 4-8 inch snowfall at any point in March. Wait 1977 had the May snow and was part of the 11 yr hot summer cycle so I guess anything's possible (even though that summer wasn't really hot, it had an extreme 2 week stretch when it hit 104 in late July, our 2nd hottest NYC temp on record, later tied in late July 2011.)

I've enjoyed April snow a lot more than March snow......4/82, 4/96, 4/03 and 4/18 were all great here.

root for the SE Ridge, it usually ends up stronger than modeled. Maybe those warm SST will work out in our favor this time.

Nothing to a snowstorm the only one I can remember recently is the renowned Boxing Day Blizzard December 2010

wow one of those days I think it was 1/4/1918 two inches of snow fell and the split was 8/-6 lmao.....2 inches of snow with 0.12" liquid, I'd think the ratios should have been like 100:1 Impressive that season had multiple arctic outbreaks with temps lower than -5 and one of them had 3 straight days with highs in the single digits and lows -6 or colder.

so actually these storms being weaker played in our favor

wow thanks that 12/30/1917 day impresses me a lot more than 2/9/1934! We were that close to staying below zero all day! Do you have any snowfall measurements listed for the days of any of these extreme outbreaks? Maybe one of these recorded the coldest temperature in NYC with snow falling?

Chris, do you think if a duplicate of the Dec 1992 noreaster had happened this season it would have been a big snow event for us? Because the track was astonishingly similar.

Wait what happened, in the March 2021 thread I saw a map posted that had 1 to 2 ft of snow on it. That was from like 12 hours ago?

Well this looks like a happy medium between the cutter/hugger scenarios and the OTS scenarios. Would like to see it about 50-100 miles closer and stop there.

This March 6th period has history on its side both ways.....historic hits and historic busts.....

I wonder if cod taste better when they are stuffed with snow?

The last threat of the season can be as late as the third week of April and is typically in the third week of March.

Allentown did too I think, #7? That list is interesting, 1995-96 ended up #1 by a wide margin and 2002-03 ended up being much better than this snow season was, by virtue of the largest event being much larger and also getting a major event in April.

wow 2017-18 was wild, I didn't realize it was that cold....of course 100 years before that takes the cake lol, 1917-18 was much colder than the much ballyhooed 1933-34 winter.

9 in Jan 1985? I thought it was 7 with a low of -2 lol. How many times has NYC seen a high of single digits or lower and do you have a breakdown of when it happened and what the min/max were on those days? Thanks!

So I take it he saved it from back then to use now? Interesting

I knew it looked familiar somehow

I mean it's pretty obvious- he's 5-posted and knows if he posted those would get used up pretty quickly, and then people would post in response and he wouldn't be able to respond back, etc.

sounds like a virus lol

I mean it is over there lol. I have the unusual blessing of living in two entirely different climates. The south shore of LI is definitely "humid subtropical"....the crazy thing is I feel a lot colder in the house I have on the south shore than I do up at 2000 ft in the Poconos. That house is like a sieve down there and whenever the wind blows I can feel it. Cloudy days with wind are the worse, I keep a space heater going at 80 degrees in my bedroom in addition to the house heat being on. In my other home in the mountains I turn down the heat and keep the fireplace going all night and feel perfectly fine in a t-shirt.