XPost: alt.global-warming   
   From: noneof@yourbusiness.com   
      
   On 2/25/2021 3:28 AM, Eric Stevens wrote:   
   > On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 23:17:08 +1100, MrPostingRobot@kymhorsell.com   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> *Climate crisis hits 'worst case scenario' levels - Environment Agency head   
   >> Matthew Taylor, The Guardian   
   >> UK publications have reported on comments by Sir James Bevan, chief   
   >> executive of the Environment Agency (EA), who, according to the   
   >> Guardian, says climate change is already hitting "worst case scenario"   
   >> levels that if left unchecked will lead to the collapse of   
   >> ecosystems. The newspaper quotes Bevan stating more extreme weather   
   >> and flooding indicated that politicians must take action to cut   
   >> emissions and adapt to the "inevitable" impacts of climate change:   
   >> ""If [this] sounds like science fiction let me tell you something you   
   >> need to know. This is that over the last few years the reasonable   
   >> worst case for several of the flood incidents the EA has responded to   
   >> has actually happened, and it's getting larger".   
   >   
   > I have read that part of the flooding problem is due to the EU ban on   
   > disturbing the natural state of rivers by dredging them. Outside   
   > factors like this should not be ignored.   
      
   Read that where?   
      
   >> The Scotsman notes   
   >> that the EA head compared climate change to an "unseen pandemic",   
   >> noting that if left unchecked it would kill more people, and do much   
   >> more harm, than Covid-19.   
   >   
   > The sky is falling! So is the death rate from climate and weather   
   > related catstrophes.   
      
   No cite as usual.   
      
   >> The Daily Express also has the story and uses it to promote its   
   >> recently launched "Green Britain" campaign. Separately, DeSmog UK   
   >> reports that the Daily Express has removed an online article quoting a   
   >> prominent climate science sceptic, after an energy company said it was   
   >> reviewing whether to remove its advertising from the website. The   
   >> article quoted "climate science denier" Naomi Seibt criticising the   
   >> BBC's decision to show campaigner Greta Thunberg's new documentary   
   >> and, in response Gary Jones, editor-in-chief of the newspaper, told   
   >> DeSmog UK the story "fail[ed] to reflect our direction of travel in   
   >> pursuing a greener, environmentally friendly agenda".   
      
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