A fanatical environmentalist group claimed it wrecked a gala at which Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski was to be honored by a major oil company and called her a “murderer” and an “ecocidal pyromaniac.”
A video posted by the group Climate Defiance, a self-proclaimed “youth-led group using direct action to resist fossil fuels,” showed people storming a stage and tussling with other participants at the event.
“We just shut down a gala honoring U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski,” the group tweeted. “Murkowski is a murderer. She incinerates us to enrich her cronies. As Chevron&#8217;s top lobbyist gave her an award, we stepped in and stopped the ceremony. Respect us or expect us.”
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BREAKING: We just shut down a gala honoring U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. Murkowski is a murderer. She incinerates us to enrich her cronies. As Chevron&#39;s top lobbyist gave her an award, we stepped in and stopped the ceremony. Respect us or expect us. 🧵 <a href="https://t.co/Q72mHerpdg">pic.twitter.com/Q72mHerpdg</a>
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“Murkowski brands herself as a moderate but in truth she is an ecocidal pyromaniac. She fought tooth and nail to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to big oil. Is nothing sacred? Is nothing sacred?” they continued.
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Murkowski brands herself as a moderate but in truth she is an ecocidal pyromaniac. She fought tooth and nail to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to big oil. Is nothing sacred? Is nothing sacred? (2/5) <a href="https://t.co/PTcG8TvSvz">pic.twitter.com/PTcG8TvSvz</a>
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“Murkowski played a lead role in persuading Biden to approve the Willow Project. This monstrosity will transport 200,000 barrels of oil every single day. This is hideous. This is cruel and barbaric beyond description,” they added.
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Murkowski played a lead role in persuading Biden to approve the Willow Project. This monstrosity will transport 200,000 barrels of oil every single day. This is hideous. This is cruel and barbaric beyond description. (3/5)
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) consists of 19,286,722 acres in northeastern Alaska. Polar bears, grizzly bears, and American black bears reside within the Refuge, along with moose, caribou, wolves, and foxes. In August 2020, the Department of opened 1.5 million acres of the coastal plain for drilling, less than 1% of the area of the ANWR. On January 20, 2021, President Biden, on his first day in office, implemented a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-protecting-public-health-and-environment-and-restoring-science-to-tackle-climate-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moratorium</a> on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Referring to the coastal plain, the U.S. Geological Survey has <a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0028-01/fs-0028-01.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, “Technically recoverable oil within the ANWR 1002 area (excluding State and Native areas) is estimated to be between 4.3 and 11.8 billion barrels (95- and 5-percent probability range), with a mean value of 7.7 billion barrels.”
“Total petroleum imports into the United States amounted to 8.5 million barrels per day in 2023,” <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/191251/total-petroleum-imports-into-the-us-since-2000/#:~:text=Total%20petroleum%20imports%20into%20the,petroleum%20imported%20into%20the%20U.S." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Statista</a> reported.
If 7.7 billion barrels could be retrieved from the ANWR, that would constitute importation of 8.5 million barrels for 905 years, assuring American energy independence for nearly a millennium.

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‘Murderer … Ecocidal Pyromaniac’: Radical Eco-Group Claims It Stormed Stage, Wrecked Murkowski Event

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Republican officials continued their probe of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/blackrock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BlackRock</a> this week, saying that the financial giant has not been forthcoming about how climate activists are shaping its policies, according to a letter first obtained by The Daily Wire.
In a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/Follow_up_letter_to_BlackRock_Directors_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to BlackRock on Tuesday, 15 Republican attorneys general led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, demanded more answers from BlackRock about its participation in climate organizations and what kind of environmental, social, and governance policies it has implemented. BlackRock, which has over $10 trillion in assets, has faced scrutiny from Republicans over accusations that it prioritizes leftist activism over customer benefit.
“I have serious concerns about BlackRock’s Environmental, Social, and Governance investments, their conflicting statements regarding ESG, and the potential conflicts of interest with independent fund directors,” Knudsen told The Daily Wire. “Mutual fund directors have a fiduciary obligation to their clients to make them as much money as possible, but BlackRock appears to be more concerned with pushing the woke, liberal agenda.”
The 18-page letter raises concerns about conflicting statements made by BlackRock on ESG, BlackRock’s participation in leftist climate groups, and conflicts of interests.
BlackRock recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/financial-giants-pull-14-trillion-from-climate-group-that-pressures-companies-to-take-action-on-climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stepped away</a> from the Climate Action 100+ organization, but remains in other groups like the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, and Ceres. BlackRock International, a subsidiary, is still part of the Climate Action organization.
Knudson told The Daily Wire that while BlackRock “took a step in the right direction by dropping out Climate Action 100+ earlier this month, it’s not enough.”
“BlackRock has made commitments to environmental activist groups that may conflict with the fiduciary duties it owes to clients, and we seek more information about how the independent directors have overseen this,” the letter says. “Further, BlackRock’s relationships with certain large institutional clients, especially state pension funds, may unduly influence BlackRock’s overall approach to engaging with companies in which it invests, including investments that have disclaimed any reliance or focus on ESG factors.”
The Republicans AGs also say that BlackRock has made misleading statements about the motivations behind its ESG policies. Some comments from BlackRock indicate that it believes that ESG policies provide financial benefit are undercut by other statements that sustainability criteria don’t help assess the potential risk or reward of a fund, the letter notes.
“BlackRock’s claims that its focus on climate and ESG is motivated by concern about financial return are also undermined by the performance of its ESG-managed funds, which lag behind the performance of non-ESG benchmarks while charging higher fees,” the letter said.
Additionally, the letter raises concerns about the independence of mutual fund directors at BlackRock and whether they can be directors on other corporations where BlackRock controls significant shares.
“From a conflict-of-interest perspective, there is a clear risk that service on a public company board creates a dynamic where the director will be hesitant to offend or anger BlackRock, when BlackRock manages, votes, and controls significant shares in that public company,” the letter says.
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In addition to Montana, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Utah all signed on to the letter.
&#8220;Thanks to persistent efforts from Republican attorneys general to defeat the radical and illegal ESG movement, BlackRock and other investment firms have rightly withdrawn from certain environmental organizations committed to a foundational transformation of America&#8217;s energy and financial sectors,&#8221; Utah AG Sean Reyes told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Our coalition, however, still has concerns with BlackRock&#8217;s past and present actions involving the financial interests of our constituents. We will remain steadfast in holding BlackRock and others like it accountable by protecting the financial freedom of our people.&#8221;
The Republicans previously wrote to BlackRock in July voicing many of the same concerns and received a reply in August. They said that August&#8217;s reply did not sufficiently answer their questions or concerns about ESG investing. Tennessee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-attorney-general-sues-blackrock-for-misleading-investors-about-esg-agenda" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> BlackRock in December, saying that firm violated consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about its attempt to pursue left-wing social and environmental goals.

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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer <a href="https://www.wnem.com/2023/11/28/watch-live-whitmer-signs-michigan-jobs-michigan-energy-bill-package/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> Democrat-proposed energy bills Tuesday, giving the state some of the most rigid energy mandates in the nation.
The Democrats’ green energy plan — a package of three bills passed along party lines — requires utility providers to transition to completely carbon-free energy generation by the end of the next decade, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/michigan-democrats-clean-energy-301c639cc089fca26a746ad2f4baff3d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The mandate, which is even more fast-tracked than the green energy bill passed in <a href="https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and-topics/topics/renewable-energy/clean-energy-serving-california#:~:text=Senate%20Bill%20100%20(2018)%20set,zero%20carbon%20energy%20by%202045.">California</a>, will force utility companies to generate half of their energy through renewable sources by 2030, 60% by 2035, and 100% by 2040.
“With passage of these game-changing bills, Michigan will become a national leader on clean energy,” Whitmer said in a <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2023/11/08/governor-whitmer-statement-on-passage-of-clean-energy-legislation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> earlier this month. “These bills will help us make more clean, reliable energy right here in Michigan, creating tens of thousands of good-paying jobs, and lowering utility costs for every Michigander by an average of $145 a year.”
Still, some far-Left environmental activists were not completely happy with the legislation, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/whitmer-signs-clean-energy-package-make-michigan-carbon-free-2040-rcna126977" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticizing</a> the mandate for allowing utility providers to use carbon capture technology and saying that it fails to “adequately reduce greenhouse gas emissions while bringing more pollution to Black, Brown, Indigenous and poor communities.”
Republicans in the state House and Senate on the other hand said the mandate would effectively ban natural gas and take control of hundreds of thousands of acres of land for renewable energy.
Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt told The Daily Wire in a phone interview that Michigan&#8217;s power outage problem, which is already <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/09/05/michigan-power-outage-rates-double-the-national-average" target="_blank" rel="noopener">double</a> the national rate, would only get worse thanks to the Democrats&#8217; bill.
“This does nothing to correct the issues on the distribution system. All this does is increases the likelihood of power outages and decreases reliability,” said Nesbitt.
Nesbitt added that the law will also “industrialize” Michigan farmland, meaning that the law&#8217;s land requirement for renewable energy will “preempt” residents from having any say in how local land is used.
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“Currently, 50,000 acres are used for renewable energy. This will mandate that over 350,000 new acres of land will have to be pushed into renewable energy,” he said.
An <a href="https://www.mackinac.org/pressroom/2023/new-energy-bills-would-increase-costs-and-blackouts">analysis</a> from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy also found that the new green energy mandate will cost residents an extra $2,746 a year while giving them less reliable electricity. Republican House Floor Leader Bryan Posthumus told The Daily Wire, “Without a doubt, these mandates will lead to higher costs and lower reliability.”
&#8220;In government, you literally get what you pay for,&#8221; Posthumus added. &#8220;By mandating wind and solar, only the governor has taken many other necessary and useful options off the table to score points with the coastal elites. Michigan could have been the national leader in how to do renewable the right way. Instead, Whitmer chose the strong-arm approach with an eye on a 2028 presidential run. It really is truly disappointing.&#8221;
Many residents of Marquette Township, Michigan, which is in the state&#8217;s Upper Peninsula, voiced frustration with their Democratic Representative Jenn Hill after she joined Democrats in passing the energy mandate. After a meeting last week, Forsyth Township Supervisor Joe Boogren said questions were not being answered on the issue, TV6 <a href="https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2023/11/20/tensions-high-townhall-about-energy-laws/">reported</a>.
“We can read. We’re not as dumb as you think we are or make us out to be, and we wanted to talk to you as elected officials to elected official and ask you questions that mean something, not go for this,” Boogren said.

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Two of the protesters who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-suck-eco-protesters-hold-up-us-open-match-glue-feet-to-the-floor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">held up a semi-final match</a> at the US Open on Thursday night as they protested against fossil fuels were hit with criminal charges. 
Gregory Schwedock, 35, of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a>, and Sayak Mukhopadhyay, 50, of White Plains, New York, were charged with criminal trespass after the two were involved in an environmental protest that led to a 50 minute game delay at the US Open. Mukhopadhyay also faces a disorderly conduct charge. 
During the second set of the match between American Coco Gauff, 19, and Karolína Muchová, 27, from the Czech Republic, Schwedock, Mukhopadhya, and a woman stood up and started yelling “end fossil fuels.”
The New York City Police told Forbes that they responded to reports of attendants at the match acting “disorderly” and that one “had apparently glued his feet to the floor.”
“Personnel from the Emergency Service Unit responded and were able to safely free the male and take him into custody,” police <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/us-open-protesters-charged-criminal-trespass-disrupting-match-rcna104051" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
One of the protesters later claimed that the protest was raising awareness for an existential threat. 
“There is no tennis on a dead planet. There is no art on a dead planet, everything that we take for granted as our way of life will cease to exist,” Mukhopadhyay told NBC. 
Gauff had won the first set and was leading in the second 1-0 when play was halted; she ultimately won the match 6-4, 7-5. The crowd booed the protesters, and yelled at them as they were taken away by the New York City Police Department. “You suck!” and “F*** you!” people yelled. 
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While Gauff appeared frustrated during the match with the delay, she later said that she couldn’t be “upset” with the protesters 
“I always speak about preaching about what you feel and what you believe in,” Gauff said. “It was done in a peaceful way, so I can’t get too mad at it. Obviously I don’t want it to happen when I’m winning, up 6-4, 1-0, and I wanted the momentum to keep going. But hey, if that’s what they felt they needed to do to get their voices heard, I can’t really get upset at it.”
Extinction Rebellion, a radical environmentalist group, said that it was behind the protest. 
&#8220;Today’s action highlights the neglect of the climate and ecological breakdown by governments and corporations,&#8221; the group <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/2-people-arrested-criminal-trespass-us-open-protest-police-force-tournament-increased" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;The group emphasizes that the present socioeconomic system can&#8217;t protect people from the crises to come because its very structure creates these crises and then ignores them.&#8221;

2023 US Open – Day 11

Radical Environmental Protesters Who Delayed US Open Hit With Criminal Charges

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Three environmental protesters, including one who glued his bare feet to the floor, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-12494371/Coco-Gauffs-Open-semifinal-match-STOPPED-environmental-protestors-battles-Karolina-Muchova-reach-finals-Flushing.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">held up</a> a semi-final match at the US Open on Thursday night for roughly an hour as they yelled “end fossil fuels.”
The two men and one woman wore shirts emblazoned “end fossil fuels” and the logo of the extremist “Extinction Rebellion” group as they chanted during the second set of the match between American Coco Gauff, 19, and Karolína Muchová, 27, from the Czech Republic. Gauff had won the first set and was leading in the second 1-0 when play was halted; she ultimately won the match win 6-4, 7-5.
“We are not trying to harm the athletes in any way,” one of the protesters claimed later. “We have nothing against the sport, but we are really trying to draw attention to an issue here that there will be no tennis left for anybody in the world to enjoy.”
Gauff, frustrated by the protesters, asked officials why they were “negotiating” with them, snapping it was like it was a “hostage situation.” Brad Gilbert, her coach,  shouted to the umpire “This is a joke,” according to the Daily Mail. The crowd booed the protesters, and yelled at them as they were taken away by the New York Police Department, “You suck!” and “F*** you!” The crowd cheered the NYPD when they arrived.
“It was a bit challenging, because, you know, it&#8217;s not like a typical delay,” Gauff <a href="https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/38348965/protesters-force-50-minute-delay-gauff-muchova-us-open-semifinal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> after the match. “So we didn&#8217;t know how long it was going to take. We were talking to the supervisor and security. You know, they could say it could be as quick as five minutes or as long as an hour. It was tough to figure out if we stay warm or conserve energy. &#8230; But, you know, it&#8217;s life. It happens. So I just try my best to keep the momentum that I had going from winning the first set and the first game.”
“I always speak about preaching about what you feel and what you believe in,&#8221; Gauff continued. “It was done in a peaceful way, so I can&#8217;t get too mad at it. Obviously I don&#8217;t want it to happen when I&#8217;m winning, up 6-4, 1-0, and I wanted the momentum to keep going. But hey, if that&#8217;s what they felt they needed to do to get their voices heard, I can&#8217;t really get upset at it.”
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“I just wanted to get off the court and then keep myself little warmed up and not just to stand there,” Muchová commented.
“I had a feeling it was going to happen this tournament,” Gauff concluded. “It happened in the French Open, it happened in Wimbledon. So, you know, following the trend, it was definitely going to happen here. I just was hoping it wasn&#8217;t in my match, and honestly I thought we made it through. &#8230; But it is what it is. I think that, you know, the moments like this, yeah, are history-defining moments. Like I said, I prefer it not to happen in my match, but I wasn&#8217;t pissed at the protesters. I know the stadium was because it just interrupted entertainment.”

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Radical environmental activists disrupted a London “Pride” parade on Saturday, blocking the procession and spray painting a float sponsored by Coca-Cola, leading to several arrests. 
Just Stop Oil, a group associated with protests targeting famous works of art, took credit for the disruption, arguing that the organizers of the parade did not do enough to condemn new oil and gas leases. According to police, seven people <a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/just-stop-oil-launches-protest-124617109.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were arrested</a> on “public nuisance” charges. 
“Pride is a protest. But Pride in London allows destructive industries such as Coca-Cola, who are the world&#8217;s biggest plastic polluter and who have been accused of numerous human rights abuses, to co-opt it and pinkwash themselves,” Just Stop Oil <a href="https://twitter.com/JustStop_Oil/status/1675132305550065666" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Twitter. “The LGBTQ+ supporters of Just Stop Oil have taken action against Pride in London today, because the organisation is working with industries complicit in worsening the climate crisis.”
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🧯 LGBTQ+ supporters of Just Stop Oil have disrupted the Pride in London parade, blocking Coca-Cola&#39;s float and spraying black and pink paint over the road.
🧵 A thread on why we&#39;ve disrupted <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrideInLondon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PrideInLondon</a>: <a href="https://t.co/bGjudM9VUl">pic.twitter.com/bGjudM9VUl</a>
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According to the U.K.-based group, the protesters who disrupted the parade identified as LGBT. They managed to bring the parade to a halt for about 15 minutes before they were removed from the street by police. 
“New oil and gas is a death sentence for millions of people, and the LGBTQ+ community will be one of the first to suffer,” Just Stop Oil said. 
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said prior to the parade that he supported peaceful and lawful protests. 
“I agree with protesting in a way that is lawful, safe, and peaceful. I think that Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil are really important pressure groups trying to put power on those who have power and influence,” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/01/just-stop-oil-protesters-disrupt-london-pride-over-polluting-sponsors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he said,</a> according to The Guardian. “I am somebody who feels quite passionately that we have to tackle the climate emergency. And I feel quite passionately about encouraging people to join the movement to tackle the climate emergency.”
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Individuals affiliated with Just Stop Oil <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-global-warming-protesters-vandalize-one-of-worlds-most-iconic-art-masterpieces" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously threw tomato soup</a> at Vincent Van Gogh’s iconic “Sunflowers” painting at a London art museum in October. The painting, valued at nearly $85 million, was undamaged thanks to a glass covering. 
The two suspects behind the vandalism were identified by Just Stop Oil as Anna Holland, 20, and Phoebe Plummer, 21. They glued their hands to the museum wall after dousing the painting with two cans of Heinz tomato soup before London police officers arrested them for criminal damage and aggravated trespassing.

Pride In London 2023 – Parade

WATCH: Anti-Oil Group Disrupts Pride Parade Over Feud With LGBT Group

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Smoke from the massive Canadian wildfires rampaging through its provinces and territories has engulfed the East Coast of the United States, and environmentalists who have opposed sound forest management are being blamed by many for it.
Over a dozen states in the U.S. have been affected, with more than 100 million people living in areas where air quality alerts have been issued. Some opinions <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12169467/What-health-risks-wildfire-smog-blanketing-New-York-US.html">stated</a> that breathing in the smoke in New York City for 24 hours equated to smoking 22 cigarettes. Tuesday&#8217;s Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox was postponed due to the haze hanging over The Bronx.
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Check out this almost unbelievable time-lapse of wildfire smoke consuming the World Trade Center and the New York City skyline.
Those vulnerable to poor air quality, including seniors and young children, should limit time outdoors if possible.
More: <a href="https://t.co/ChRuWv7X6E">https://t.co/ChRuWv7X6E</a> <a href="https://t.co/mtKtLun8lN">pic.twitter.com/mtKtLun8lN</a>
&mdash; NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSNewYorkNY/status/1666517725865459713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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BREAKING: Philadelphia now has the worst air quality in any major city in the world as smoke from wildfires in Canada is moving through the region. <a href="https://t.co/cjEL3Q5WXR">https://t.co/cjEL3Q5WXR</a>
&mdash; CBS Philadelphia (@CBSPhiladelphia) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSPhiladelphia/status/1666654895124905984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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You can smell the smoke from wildfires burning in Quebec all the way in Windsor. Here’s a hazy look at the Detroit skyline. <a href="https://t.co/cu9W4zN3hc">pic.twitter.com/cu9W4zN3hc</a>
&mdash; Travis Fortnum (@travisfortnum) <a href="https://twitter.com/travisfortnum/status/1666222412638171136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Yet another day of poor air quality is anticipated today, primarily due to lingering wildfire smoke in the area. Those with chronic respiratory illnesses should limit their time outdoors. Visit <a href="https://t.co/N5S58sVQNn">https://t.co/N5S58sVQNn</a> for additional information. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ilwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ilwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/inwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#inwx</a> <a href="https://t.co/0AiUuWNeZG">pic.twitter.com/0AiUuWNeZG</a>
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More than 400 wildfires are reportedly burning in Canada, where critics say bad forest management driven by misguided environmentalism has wreaked havoc.
“The situation in Canada is similar to that in Australia, where green ideology and chronic government underfunding mean that the forests currently ablaze have not been managed properly for years,” Miranda Devine noted in <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/07/smoky-new-york-isnt-climate-change-its-bad-forest-management/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Post</a>. “Instead of dead wood and undergrowth being removed regularly using low-intensity controlled or “prescribed” burns, forests have become overgrown tinderboxes.”
“High-intensity wildfires can be mitigated with PROACTIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT. People need to ask, are policies inhibiting this in Canada? What measures are in effect? “ Gabriella Hoffman of Townhall tweeted.
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High-intensity wildfires can be mitigated with PROACTIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT. People need to ask, are policies inhibiting this in Canada? What measures are in effect? 
Here at home, your administration is slow to act and you conveniently use climate boogeyman. <a href="https://t.co/6AQLdFo6pX">https://t.co/6AQLdFo6pX</a>
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Jim Steele, an ecologist who served as director of San Francisco State University’s Sierra Nevada field campus, warned against those attributing the fires to climate change.
“I do not feel the media is educating us about the science that affects fires,&#8221; <a href="https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/05/25/climate-change-gets-blame-for-forest-fires-evidence-suggests-management-weather-patterns-have-more-impact/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he said</a>. They&#8217;re just trying to push a catastrophe narrative that&#8217;s been going on way too long.”
“Canada’s forests have not been in a natural state for a long time. Fire suppression has led to forests full of deadfall, which is basically kindling,” The Globe and Mail editorial board <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-canadas-massive-wildfires-are-the-result-of-decades-of-bad-decisions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> in July 2021. “Widespread wildfires have become too common, as a result of decades of decisions around fire suppression, logging and replanting, made worse by the punch of climate heating. Forest fires cannot be prevented. But tools are available to mitigate and contain the damage.”
As far back as 2016, Mark Heathcott, who coordinated controlled burns for Parks Canada for 23 years, <a href="https://macleans.ca/news/canada/prescribed-fires-save-money-and-lives-why-dont-we-do-more/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a>, “A lot of lip service is paid to it but very few agencies do it. People don’t understand the benefit of fire.”
Heathcott supervised controlled burns at Banff National Park, where his team would take months to assess a site. They would consult the local town, wait for prime moisture and wind conditions, then light a match or fuse or coordinate with a pilot for ignition capsules to be dropped, making the perimeter of an area burn inward. “These things aren’t slapdash plans,” Heathcott said. “Nobody ever wants to relinquish control of fire and have it burning willy-nilly on the landscape.”

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Jersey</a> Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is charging itself with violating environmental laws.
The NJ DEP&#8217;s Bureau of Coastal and Land Use Compliance and Enforcement cited the Division of Fish and Wildlife for illegally clearing 15 acres of protected wetlands. The Division of Fish and Wildlife intended to use the land to build a habitat for a species of bird, but in doing so, destroyed protected lands intended to protect two other species. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/environmentalists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Environmental</a> groups complained, and the DEP agreed and charged itself.
According to the DEP <a href="https://dep.nj.gov/njfw/news-20230201-american-woodcock-habitat-creation-glassboro-wildlife-management-area/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, the Division of Fish and Wildlife was in the process of clearing 21 acres of land to build a &#8220;meadow habitat&#8221; for the American woodcock, a bird in the sandpiper family that is in decline on the eastern seaboard because its meadow and scrub habitats have grown into full forests.
According to the <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey-department-of-environmental-protection-glassboro-wildlife-management-area-violation-20230414.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia Inquirer</a>, the situation began on March 6, when environmental groups in the state sent a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/155OQzUMEM7rw3X6r8ahguRU-ni-6FbAP/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to the DEP protesting the land clearing in the Glassboro Wildlife Management Area in Gloucester County in South Jersey. “‘Creation and management&#8217; is a gross mischaracterization of the unlawful environmental damage that has occurred at this site: the wetland soil and flora that were previously undisturbed have been destroyed, and the mature forest that was already habitat for numerous rare species of plants and birds was clear-cut logged,&#8221; the groups wrote.
&#8220;At the present time, NJDEP has cleared the entire area,&#8221; they added. &#8220;All trees have been cut, and all stumps bulldozed. The wetlands and uplands have been made nearly indistinguishable, and the landscape is in the process of being leveled using land graders and earth movers. All natural resources &#8211; plants, animals, soils and surface geology &#8211; have been altered, removed or exterminated.&#8221;
The DEP responded to the letter by suspending the project on March 10. The Bureau of Coastal and Land Use later determined that the project had destroyed mature oak and pine forests in and near protected wetlands, and filled in some others. Some three acres of the cleared land had damaged habitat for two other bird species: the barred owl, which is threatened, and the red-shouldered hawk, which is endangered. Another 12 acres of freshwater wetland transition areas, which are also protected lands, were cleared of vegetation and soil.
A DEP spokesman told the Inquirer that it issued a letter of violation on April 6 “for unauthorized regulated activity.” By the end of the month, it would issue a penalty assessment. The notice includes a threat of penalties, but it is unclear exactly how the DEP fining itself would work. Under the conditions of the violation, the Division of Fish and Wildlife must submit a plan to restore the affected areas within 30 days, and open the process to the public. It must also propose additional environmentally beneficial measures.
The environmental miscue comes as New Jersey is dealing with a potential environmental disaster. In recent weeks, at least 13 whales have washed up on the shores of New Jersey, along with at least 25 dolphins. Additionally, a few porpoises have washed up on the Jersey Shore beaches, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/with-more-whales-and-dolphins-washing-ashore-officials-have-to-ask-are-wind-farms-to-blame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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The deaths of the aquatic mammals coincide with prep work for several offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean, including three in New Jersey. Critics argue that the work, including sonar and seabed rock sampling, are responsible for the deaths. But Democratic Governor Phil Murphy has called their claims &#8220;disinformation&#8221; and said he would proceed with the projects. Federal authorities have also dismissed them.

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Why are so many whales dying this year?
At least <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/03/16/why-are-so-many-whales-washing-up-dead-on-east-coast-beaches" target="_blank" rel="noopener">29 whales</a> have washed up on the Atlantic coast since December, including over a dozen in New Jersey. A number of whales beach on the east coast every year, but the uptick in deaths has alarmed scientists.
The string of whale demises has coincided with prep work for the installation of several large clean energy offshore wind farms in the waters around the northeast, sparking concerns that the wind farms are causing the deaths.
Critics of the wind farms have argued that ocean floor preparation work including the sonar used by energy companies to map the ocean floor and the noise made by seabed rock sampling may have caused the whale deaths.
At least 13 whales have washed up in New Jersey and New York alone as of April 4, <a href="https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/15804f85-838e-4870-bd16-aa383f37bd63/2023%20CETACEAN%20STRANDING%20DATA%20-%20Sheet1%20(17).pdf">according</a> to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.
It&#8217;s not just whales, either. At <a href="https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/15804f85-838e-4870-bd16-aa383f37bd63/2023%20CETACEAN%20STRANDING%20DATA%20-%20Sheet1%20(17).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">least 25</a> dolphins and a couple of porpoises have washed up on New Jersey&#8217;s shores as well.
On Tuesday, New Jersey Republicans <a href="https://www.senatenj.com/index.php/oscanlon/oscanlon-durr-introduce-resolution-urging-moratorium-on-offshore-wind-projects/60146" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a resolution calling for an immediate moratorium on offshore wind energy projects due to the &#8220;unexplained&#8221; marine life deaths. Dozens of New Jersey mayors have <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dozens-nj-mayors-call-immediate-offshore-wind-moratorium-latest-whale-deaths">called</a> to halt the projects as well.
&#8220;After months of whales and dolphins washing up on our beaches, enough is enough,&#8221; said state Sen. Declan O’Scanlon, who represents a beach district and introduced the proposal.
&#8220;We cannot ignore the surge in marine life deaths that has occurred while offshore wind project preparation activities have been conducted along the coast,&#8221; O’Scanlon said. “While the Governor has stated that ‘there’s no evidence these activities are causing these whale and dolphin deaths’, he omits that he, and we, simply have no idea what’s causing these tragic deaths.&#8221;
New Jersey is working on <a href="https://dep.nj.gov/offshorewind/projects/#ny-bight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">three</a> offshore wind projects with the ambitious <a href="https://www.nj.gov/emp/energy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">goal</a> of 100% clean energy for New Jersey by 2050. The GOP proposal to stop work on New Jersey&#8217;s wind projects is likely to get shut down by Democrats. Even if it survives the legislature, Governor Phil Murphy is unlikely to sign it.
Last month, Murphy, a Democrat, <a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2023/02/citing-disinformation-murphy-will-not-stop-nj-offshore-wind-work-after-whale-deaths.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> &#8220;disinformation&#8221; around the whale deaths and said he will push forward with the wind energy projects despite the concerns.
The federal government has also downplayed the possibility of any connection to the wind farms.
Two government agencies, the Marine Mammal Commission and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) <a href="https://www.mmc.gov/wp-content/uploads/Update-on-Strandings-of-Large-Whales-along-the-East-Coast-2.21.2023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">both</a> <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/marine-life-distress/frequent-questions-offshore-wind-and-whales?fbclid=IwAR2TXmI7xEfF89Cws7dmZJWYxkgnqTfl-nd6Fj3ql0D15bGharPlYOa_Z5c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> initially that there is &#8220;no evidence&#8221; that wind farms are the culprit.
Some of the whales, mostly humpbacks, showed evidence that they were hit by ships, the MMC said.
Last week though, the NOAA <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNOAAFISHERIES/bulletins/352c198" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a> that a planned wind energy project 15 miles off the shore of Atlantic City is &#8220;likely to adversely affect, but is not likely to jeopardize, the continued existence of&#8221; whales and other sea life in the area.
The NOAA has been <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-life-distress/2016-2023-humpback-whale-unusual-mortality-event-along-atlantic-coast#causes-of-the-humpback-whale-ume" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tracking</a> higher numbers of beached humpback whales as an &#8220;unusual mortality event&#8221; since 2016, but deaths of several species of whales and other marine life have increased in the last few months.
New Jersey&#8217;s Environmental Protection Department was also quiet about the whale deaths at first. Eventually, the department said it is “aware of no credible evidence&#8221; that offshore wind farms are killing whales, but it will “continue to monitor” the situation.
The beached whales have caused a rift among environmentalists.
Clean Ocean Action, one of the few environmental groups to criticize offshore wind energy, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/29/whale-deaths-new-jersey-offshore-wind-00079462" target="_blank" rel="noopener">became</a> an odd couple team with Republican lawmakers who oppose the projects.
On the other side are the New Jersey chapters of the Sierra Club and League of Conservation Voters, who say climate change is the bigger threat. Essentially, their argument is that a few dead whales now is worth the clean energy that will help save the planet.
“I find it unreasonable to call for the pause or moratorium on offshore wind — which is going to save us all,” New Jersey Sierra Club Director Anjuli Ramos-Busot <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/29/whale-deaths-new-jersey-offshore-wind-00079462" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
States in the northeast have been racing to become hubs for wind energy.
New York has also seen at least two whale deaths this year as it aggressively pursues plans for offshore wind projects.
Governor Kathy Hochul has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/nyregion/new-york-wind-farm-rhode-island.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for New York to produce <a href="https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/gigawatt-the-solar-energy-term-you-should-know-about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">enough</a> wind energy to power 6.7 million homes by 2035, more than twice the households in New York City. In December, a group of environmentalists <a href="https://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/Letter-to-Governor-Hochul-on-Offshore-Wind-Goals.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed</a> Hochul to commit to even more.
President Biden has <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/29/whale-deaths-new-jersey-offshore-wind-00079462" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set</a> a national goal of enough offshore wind energy to power 10 million homes by 2030.
For now though, Republican legislators and many New Jersey residents are not going quietly, and they are optimistic they can make a change.
&#8220;I&#8217;m witnessing firsthand,&#8221; a commercial fisherman of over 25 years <a href="https://pressofatlanticcity.com/demonstrators-speak-for-whales-in-word-and-song/article_19668bc9-2441-5b76-ba0e-3e8deb2238b1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Press of Atlantic City at a protest last week. &#8220;The governor has the statistics with the actual work they&#8217;re doing and what the impact is, and they&#8217;re not addressing it. &#8230; Look at what you&#8217;re doing and what the documents say and pay attention to it. Stop issuing permits to kill endangered species.&#8221;
&#8220;The support is definitely getting stronger,&#8221; a woman at the protest <a href="https://pressofatlanticcity.com/demonstrators-speak-for-whales-in-word-and-song/article_19668bc9-2441-5b76-ba0e-3e8deb2238b1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the outlet.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-proposes-new-gas-stove-regulations-despite-national-outrage-over-ban-comments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a>’s approval of an $8 billion oil drilling project in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-suspends-oil-leases-in-alaskas-arctic-refuge-as-gas-prices-continue-to-rise/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alaska</a> has anti-fossil fuel activists feeling double-crossed.
The so-called Willow Project, a plan to drill on Alaska’s North Slope inside the federally-owned National Petroleum Reserve, could eventually yield as many as 600 million barrels of oil. Initially approved under the Trump administration, it has the support of both Republicans and Democrats in Alaska, and even Native American tribes who believe it will generate much-needed jobs and revenue.
“We finally did it, Willow is finally reapproved, and we can almost literally feel Alaska’s future brightening because of it,” Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in a statement.
Native American <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-mary-peltola-republican-sarah-palin-alaska-house-election-outcome-uncertain-in-ranked-choice-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola</a> also praised the Biden administration for greenlighting the project.
“After years of consistent, determined advocacy for this project, from people all across the state and from every walk of life, the Willow Project is finally moving forward,” Peltola said. “I would like to thank the President and his administration for listening to the voices of Alaskans when it mattered most.”
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The White House has decided to authorize ConocoPhillips&#39; mammoth Willow oil project in northwest Alaska, rejecting arguments from environmental activists. Scoop by <a href="https://twitter.com/jendlouhyhc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jendlouhyhc</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JenniferJJacobs</a> <a href="https://t.co/wzsDBWY2di">https://t.co/wzsDBWY2di</a>
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But global warming activists and other Native American tribes say the project will spoil the 23 million acre reserve while generating carbon they believe is heating the planet. More than one million people have written letters to the White House complaining about the approval and a Change.org petition has garnered millions of signatures.
Critics of the project, including the environmental activist group Earthjustice, also intend to challenge the approval in court.
“We are too late in the climate crisis to approve massive oil and gas projects that directly undermine the new clean economy that the Biden Administration committed to advancing,” Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen said. “We know President Biden understands the existential threat of climate, but he is approving a project that derails his own climate goals.”
Former Vice President Al Gore called Biden&#8217;s decision &#8220;recklessly irresponsible.&#8221;
The Alaska Wilderness League, which is opposed to fossil fuels, also blasted the decision.
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_745F67F3-7235-8ACE-8FF2-DB6B7432E338@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">“This is the wrong decision for our climate future, for protecting biodiversity, and for honoring the frontline communities who have raised their voices against this project,” Executive Director Kristen Miller said in a statement.
<div id="attachment_512350" style="width: 254px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-512350" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-512350" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-13-at-12.03.15-PM-244x300.png" alt="The National Petroleum Reserve encompasses 23 million acres" width="244" height="300" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-13-at-12.03.15-PM-244x300.png 244w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-13-at-12.03.15-PM-469x576.png 469w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-13-at-12.03.15-PM.png 516w" sizes="(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px" />(Inside Climate News)</div>
The project, which includes pipelines, several miles of road, and multiple bridges, was proposed by oil giant ConocoPhillips with bipartisan backing from Alaska’s Congressional delegation. The Biden administration Interior Department initially sought to scale back the project’s scope from five drilling pads to just two. But after intense lobbying, the White House agreed to allow three drilling pads. Still the project as approved covers 68,000 fewer acres than originally proposed, which the Interior Department said would ensure the protection of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/polar-bear-attacks-kills-woman-and-boy-in-alaska-before-being-shot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polar bears</a> and yellow-billed loons.
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“This was the right decision for Alaska and our nation,” said ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO Ryan Lance. “Willow fits within the Biden Administration’s priorities on environmental and social justice, facilitating the energy transition and enhancing our energy security, all while creating good union jobs and providing benefits to Alaska Native communities.”
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_4F2C4124-631E-9A2E-B61E-DB58449A0F61@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">On Monday, the White House rolled out new protections for land and waters in and around Alaska, including barring future oil and gas wells in the U.S. Arctic Ocean and new rules protecting over 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve.

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At least one Left-wing crackpot has come thisclose to figuring out that they’re all making each other crazy over stuff so stupid that the rest of us can barely follow along. Perhaps there&#8217;s hope.
Writing in <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/02/carbon-dioxide-monitor-indoor-air-pollution-gas-stoves/672923/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Atlantic</a>, Katherine Wu reveals that she finally sprang for an “Aranet4” air quality monitor when the Left abruptly decided roughly five minutes ago that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-bureaucratic-gaslighting-over-gas-stoves-is-really-about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gas stoves were the latest existential threat</a> to mankind. She confessed that she had thought about getting one a couple of years ago so she could go full-Karen and carry it around to somehow detect COVID in public places, but was daunted by the $250 price tag. But the news that gas stoves were slowly killing all of us compelled her to pony up last month.
The Aranet4 is made by a company called SAF Tehnika in Latvia, where you just know they have been at the forefront in the battle for clean air, and where no one would dare cook over a gas stove. It is three square inches of plastic and metal, according to Wu, and, according to me, probably costs about 50 cents to manufacture. It can make sounds and even tell you if the air in your home is making you stupid, although if you already bought one &#8230;
When Wu, who naturally lives in a tiny East Coast apartment with multiple cats, fired up the gizmo, it told her there were 1,200 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the air. The helpful manual from the hilarious folks in Latvia informed her that this cut her brain function by 15%! Terrified, she opened a window and wore a coat and ski pants inside her home.
But the <a href="https://iotbusinessnews.com/2020/04/20/34844-aranet4-a-portable-co2-monitor-for-your-home-environment-review/#:~:text=More%20information%20at%20https%3A%2F%2Faranet4.com%201%20Aranet4%20is%20manufactured,horticulture%2C%20building%20management%2C%20food%20processing%2C%20supermarkets%20and%20more." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aranet4</a> barely budged, even though Wu was freezing. Numb and feeling dumb, Wu tried to go to sleep alongside her husband, whom she refers to as a “reeking sack of respiring flesh” (Okay, that’s funny). The Aranet4 ominously warned that the carbon dioxide level in Wu’s apartment was now at 1,400 parts per million! That, according to the manual, meant her brain was only working at 50% capacity.
Who among us wouldn’t love to find out that a secret force in our apartment had been cutting our brainpower in half for years, and now we could be twice as smart if we just got an electric stove and maybe a spouse who didn’t snore? I, for one, could stop making fun of Atlantic writers and get serious about helping Elon Musk colonize Mars.
Wu, to her credit, seems to have realized that she could never please the Aranet4 as long as she lives in an urban shoebox and eats cooked food. Sure, she could increase her intelligence by moving to a rural area where she could live in a bigger house, breathe fresher air, and be surrounded by nicer, saner people, but we all know that’s not an option for certain folks. The only thing left to do was find an “expert” who could say, “There, there, Katherine.”
An environmental engineer Wu sought out told her not to worry because there are way more pollutants in the air inside her apartment, some of which are much worse than carbon dioxide. The Aranet4 is really not that reliable anyway, the engineer said, adding that what Wu really needs is a HEPA filter. Another expert told Wu that he uses a $20,000 “research-grade carbon dioxide sensor” in his lab. But if it took two years for Wu to save up and spring for the Aranet4, that’s probably not in the cards.
Wu, who said the whole episode has left her worried about the air quality at the post office and Trader Joe’s, finally got the meter in her apartment down to the 800s by leaving the window open six hours a day, running a fan, and giving up on using her stove.
You might not know it from her latest article, but you have to believe the improved air quality in Wu’s apartment finally has her brain cooking with gas.

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Five Left-wing environmental protesters have been charged with domestic terrorism for allegedly targeting a planned $90 million police training center to be built on nearly 400 acres of the Weelaunee Forest.
Some of the protesters were living in the nearby Weelaunee Forest; police reportedly found “explosive devices, gasoline, and road [flares]” in the area. One photo showed protesters wearing ski masks brandishing a banner reading: “No forest, no peace, truck the police” and a smaller sign reading, “No Cop City.”
“Yesterday, several people threw rocks at police cars and attacked EMTs outside the neighboring fire stations with rocks and bottles,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) spokeswoman Nelly Miles stated. “Task force members used various tactics to arrest individuals who were occupying makeshift treehouses.”
“The discourse of opposition is in city halls, it is in the public square, it is on the sidewalks. That is where you note your displeasure or your disagreement,” Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum stated to <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/breaking-5-atlanta-training-center-protesters-charged-with-domestic-terrorism/KWQ2JZF6GRBAZAV7ASVBKHNWSA/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a> (AJC). “It is not in Molotov cocktails. It is not in shooting fireworks at firefighters. &#8230; It is not throwing rocks at our squad cars. That is criminal activity. The reason that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the FBI are investigating this is because this isn’t protest. This is terrorism.”
“I strongly believe in the right to peacefully protest for what one believes is right and just,” District Attorney Sherry Boston <a href="https://www.wrdw.com/2022/12/14/five-arrested-domestic-terrorism-cop-city/">stated</a>. “However, I draw the line at violence, destruction of property, and threatening and causing harm to others. My office will always stand up to protect the citizens of DeKalb County. The alleged acts of violence at the training facility site put the public in grave danger, and will not be tolerated.”
The five protesters charged with domestic terrorism <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11544637/Five-Antifa-members-charged-domestic-terrorism-cops-swooped-following-Atlanta-protest.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">include</a> Serena Hertel, 25, of California, Nicholas Olson, 25, of Nebraska, Francis Carroll, 22, of Maine, Arieon Robinson, 22, of Wisconsin and Leonardo Vioselle, 20, of Macon, Georgia.
One man whose truck was allegedly burned informed <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/protestors-throw-objects-at-firefighters-attempting-to-extinguish-flames-at-atlantas-cop-city-site/85-fb42178e-61a0-4e56-911b-287c9a48bea6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WXIA</a>, “People started coming out of the woods in camouflage stuff &#8230; they were throwing gas bombs, or whatever they were, at me.
“We will not rest when it comes to bringing domestic terrorists to justice, and these arrests should serve as a strong reminder of that,” Georgia GOP Governor Brian Kemp tweeted.
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We will not rest when it comes to bringing domestic terrorists to justice, and these arrests should serve as a strong reminder of that.
Great job, <a href="https://twitter.com/GBI_GA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GBI_GA</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Atlanta_Police?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Atlanta_Police</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/DeKalbCountyPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DeKalbCountyPD</a>, and other law enforcement involved in yesterday’s operation!<a href="https://t.co/C1u6WKI2i9">https://t.co/C1u6WKI2i9</a>
&mdash; Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovKemp/status/1603098912046211074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Kemp told AJC that the GBI, the Atlanta Police Department, and the FBI would “continue to work closely together as we disrupt the entire criminal network and ensure construction for the first responder training facility moves forward.”

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