Earth Saved – by DC Griffters!? US State Department appoints first ‘plant and animal diplomat’ – and she just happens to be the wife of Chief of Staff Biden!
Wash Post: For the first time, the United States appoints a special diplomat to advocate for global biodiversity as policymakers here and abroad increasingly recognize as a crisis. extinction crisis. Monica Medina is taking on a new role as special envoy for biodiversity and water resources, the US State Department announced on Wednesday. … This appointment underscores the Biden administration’s desire to protect land and water not only at home, but also to preserve habitats abroad. “It’s not just about nature for nature’s sake”… Medina notes that the Inflation Reduction Act passed this year has earmarked billions of dollars in conservation funding. … “It’s a crisis we face, it’s intertwined with the climate crisis, but it’s also independent and important on its own,” she said. “If we can solve the biodiversity crisis, we have a long way to go to solve the climate crisis.”
The battle is going on! The State Department’s new ‘plant and animal diplomat’ is the wife of Biden’s White House Chief of Staff, Ron Klain. Imagine the coincidence!
Via: Marc Morano – Total climate inventory
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/29/first-us-appoints-diplomat-plants-animals/
First, the United States appoints a diplomat on plants and animals
Analysis by Dino Grandoni with the research of Vanessa Montalbano
September 29, 2022 at 7:38 a.m. EDT
Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202! Dino Grandoni, a national environmental reporter for The Washington Post, wrote the first part of today’s report.
First, the United States appoints a diplomat on plants and animals
As temperatures rise and habitats shrink, hundreds of thousands of plant and animal species around the world are at risk of disappearing.
For the first time, the United States appoints a special diplomat to advocate for global biodiversity as policymakers here and abroad increasingly recognize an extinction crisis. .
Monica Medina is taking on a new role as special envoy on biodiversity and water resources, Foreign Office announced on Wednesday. She currently serving is the Department’s assistant secretary for oceans and international scientific and environmental affairs.
This appointment underscores the Biden administration’s desire to protect land and water not only at home, but also to preserve habitats abroad.
‘Not just about nature for nature’s sake’
The loss of biodiversity is not just a tragedy for wildlife. It is one of the greatest threats facing humanity.
Based on a major United Nations report by 2019, one million species face extinction, with dire consequences for humans, who depend on ecosystems for food, fresh water and other resources. Overfishing, pollution, pesticides, disease, urban overpopulation and, of course, climate change contribute to declining populations of threatened species worldwide.
“There is a direct link between biodiversity loss and instability in many parts of the world,” Medina said in a recent phone interview. “It’s not just about nature for nature’s sake. I think it’s about people.”
Her appointment came weeks before a major biodiversity conference in mid-December in Montreal. The meeting was originally scheduled to take place in the Chinese city of Kunming in 2020 but was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The purpose of United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity – also known as COP-15 – is for countries to reverse the loss of species by adopting an international framework for biodiversity conservation. The effort is similar to the climate negotiations in 2015 to reach the Paris agreement.
- What the United States wants from the conference: For countries committed to preserving 30% of their land and water. “We’re looking for ways to achieve that goal, because that’s what the scientists tell us we need to have a healthy planet,” Medina said.
- One big hurdle: What exactly is considered conserved land and water? “That’s part of the discussion, that’s what’s important,” she said.
- Is the United States doing its part? President Biden aims to preserve nearly a third of the nation’s land and seas by 2030.
Biden has done a few steps toward that goal, restoring protections to two large open deserts in Utah and restoring fishing restrictions on a marine monument off the coast of New England. Both moves reverse decisions made by President Donald Trump.
But the Biden administration undetermined yet many other specific places for new protections. Medina noted that Inflation Reduction Act through this year, earmarking billions of dollars for conservation funding.
The link between biodiversity and climate change
Sea level rise flood the forest and kill the trees. Increased temperature allow greater spread of disease, such as a form of avian malaria that is wiping out birds in Hawaii. Warm water release oxygensuffocated sea creatures.
But protecting ecosystems like forests and peatlands, Medina notes, helps remove climate-warming carbon from the atmosphere in the first place.
“It is a crisis we face that is intertwined with the climate crisis, but also independent and important,” she said. “If we can solve the biodiversity crisis, we have a long way to go to solve the climate crisis.”
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The battle is going on! The State Department’s new ‘plant and animal diplomat’ is the wife of Biden’s White House Chief of Staff, Ron Klain. Imagine the coincidence!
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Fact check on species’ extinction claims:
Greenpeace co-founder Dr Patrick Moore on the UN’s fear of species: “You can’t call yourself a scientist if you pretend that there are 6.2 million species that have no name and have never been identified. That is not science. That is fictitious. Fairy tales. And that’s what we’re talking about here. “
Climate Depot’s Marc Morano described the report as a politically oriented document, “the latest UN call to give this organization more power, more scientific authority, more money and more control over regulations.” “At best, the UN scientific councils represent nothing more than the ‘authoritative bureaucracy’, claiming that they exaggerate the problem and then come up with a solution that puts them in charge of ‘solving it. ‘ problem permanently,” Mr. Morano said in prepared remarks. “A more accurate term for the UN other than ‘authoritative science’ might be ‘authoritative propaganda’.”
Mr. Huffman countered, calling Mr. Morano a bad guy. “I don’t know what inspired someone to make a career out of trolling scientists or monetizing dissent on YouTube and Ted Talk, but it’s just a very different kind of conversation. with the science-based conversation that I think many of us would try to have,” said Mr. Huffman.
No House committee hearing this year would be complete without a slew of climate change. Republicans aim for the Green New Deal, the Paris climate agreement and a 97 percent scientific “consensus,” while Democratic witnesses highlight the impact of global warming on climate change. species.
See Morano’s opening statement here:
Offensive Media Matters: The Skeptics”[Marc] Morano and [Dr. Patrick] Moore also had more time during the hearing than the four scientists invited by the Democratic Party, according to Public Citizen. “
“Morano and Moore mocked the House hearing, and that’s exactly what Republicans want.”
Fans ask to know: “How did these two dominate a hearing run by Democrats?”
“Fox News helped bring Morano and Moore to the public by giving them a platform to sow doubt about climate change and other serious environmental issues, and now the two men deserve it. worthy of Fox being part of the congressional record.”
“So far in 2019, Morano has appeared on Fox News programs at least 10 times… Morano has also appeared three times this year on President Donald Trump’s favorite show, Fox & Friends.”
Watch: Morano testifies before Congress on how government can’t legislate on climate
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