THE SERIOUSNESS of global warming was recently demonstrated by a powerful typhoon which mostly hit poor areas in the Philippines and not affected quite so profoundly anywhere else [1]. Global warming is more severe than previously predicted [2] and in Europe there seem to be some efforts to reduce dependencies on fossil fuel and coal [3], although that is hardly enough. In places where denial of global warming has become standard due to lobbying and marketing campaigns from the fossil fuel and coal energy giants we have a lot of work to do. It helps show how corporate control of the press is killing the poor, not killing poverty, and since the poor have no value in the balance sheet of giant corporations (they don't spend enough), all those major catastrophe are unlikely to cause change. Recently, CNN did a sort of simulation showing a hypothetical impact of this typhoon on Florida, as if such a disaster would only be a disaster if it affected some white people. The analysis from CNN mostly concentrated on economic impact, which really says a lot about how the corporate media views such events. Right now there is mostly a public relations effort trying to exploit the disaster and portray some companies, governments etc. as humane and generous. If they really cared, they would have done something about the climate (prevention). Don't let the likes of Mr. Cooper act like the "rich uncle from America" and the only rescuers to be noted; remember who he works for (CNN) and who funds his employer. Those who count are people on the ground, people whom CNN et al. would never put on the air. Both 'leftist' and openly corporatist media channels are guilty of this. ⬆
Filling in data gaps with satellites makes the last few years a little warmer.
“Due to the continuing boom in solar energy, many power stations throughout the sector and across Europe are no longer profitable to operate,” RWE said in a statement.