[MCN] Fossil fuels, fires, profound forest change, a transforming Arctic permafrost, Dengue fever in Arizona, fire risk and homeowners angry at state, and the rural-urban divide

[Lance Olsen]

Missoula-community-news at bigskynet.org



House GOP expected to eliminate climate crisis committee <https://news.google.com/articles/CBMib2h0dHBzOi8vdGhlaGlsbC5jb20vcG9saWN5L2VuZXJneS1lbnZpcm9ubWVudC8zNzQxNzMzLWhvdXNlLWdvcC1leHBlY3RlZC10by1lbGltaW5hdGUtY2xpbWF0ZS1jcmlzaXMtY29tbWl0dGVlL9IBc2h0dHBzOi8vdGhlaGlsbC5jb20vcG9saWN5L2VuZXJneS1lbnZpcm9ubWVudC8zNzQxNzMzLWhvdXNlLWdvcC1leHBlY3RlZC10by1lbGltaW5hdGUtY2xpbWF0ZS1jcmlzaXMtY29tbWl0dGVlL2FtcC8?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
The Hill

House Republicans plan fossil fuel support <https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiVmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmF4aW9zLmNvbS8yMDIyLzExLzE4L2hvdXNlLWdvcC1wbGFubmluZy1zdXBwb3J0LWZvci1mb3NzaWwtZnVlbC1wcm9kdWN0aW9u0gEA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
Axios


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Autumn Fires in Central Appalachia <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011IH4tGTT2ab-w0GpGvCPyAtRMDURwHH6OHXiepCb6OM1lJyHLNukbjGzwM9OSqV_xYByuhhmME8PvXpxiIbBvCxSNNGUAlQQfZ9BV7zrPn0_bOLr9VLZhdmI37cOUsgcoaZK8-wmBdJ1TYvT72tk2zTeQzB8h2cD5nCMGmcBGUPqSnPM52bLXnOESZ8uRSmRpYLygwvCxOSyJVitUMtmWpqCcChrRBi8&c=L6cdXgT6nf0kGobNuKeon_O133e2qQBgHlFQUiz3eNkdenI6eWz6IA==&ch=6NeTgMQbOavBYSLxlQ3njvNI21tfEYeZmRRQEERp6TMT5QQeZD-osA==>
Dry autumn conditions and high winds spurred numerous wildland fires in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia in November 2022. (Nov 10, 2022)


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“(Forest) Plan direction, which emphasizes ecological integrity and resilience, will be critical to minimizing the undesirable effects of these increasing and interacting stressors. 

"Nevertheless, managers and the public should expect climate change to drive profound and often surprising changes on ecosystem structure, function, and composition in the coming decades.”


Well said, but buried 173 pages deep, in Volume 1, Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 2020 Land Management Plan Custer Gallatin National Forest

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd763586.pdf <https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd763586.pdf>

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Belching lakes, mystery craters, 'zombie fires': How the climate crisis is transforming the Arctic permafrost <https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiV2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNubi5jb20vMjAyMi8xMS8xMi93b3JsZC9wZXJtYWZyb3N0LWNsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlLWV4cGxhaW5lci1zY24vaW5kZXguaHRtbNIBW2h0dHBzOi8vYW1wLmNubi5jb20vY25uLzIwMjIvMTEvMTIvd29ybGQvcGVybWFmcm9zdC1jbGltYXRlLWNoYW5nZS1leHBsYWluZXItc2NuL2luZGV4Lmh0bWw?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
CNN
Yesterday

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Dengue fever case reported in Arizona as climate change increases spread of disease <https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiWGh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy55YWhvby5jb20vZGVuZ3VlLWZldmVyLWFyaXpvbmEtY2xpbWFnZS1jaGFuZ2Utc3ByZWFkLWRpc2Vhc2UtMTgzMTUxMjgxLmh0bWzSAWBodHRwczovL25ld3MueWFob28uY29tL2FtcGh0bWwvZGVuZ3VlLWZldmVyLWFyaXpvbmEtY2xpbWFnZS1jaGFuZ2Utc3ByZWFkLWRpc2Vhc2UtMTgzMTUxMjgxLmh0bWw?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
Yahoo News
18 hours ago

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Oregon tried to inform residents about wildfire risk. The backlash was explosive. -- Homeowners fear the state will devalue their properties by publicizing their fire risk.


https://grist.org/housing/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-home-values/ <https://grist.org/housing/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-home-values/>

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On the rural-urban political (and climate) divide : Why?
Richmond Federal Reserve

Rural Population Loss and Strategies for Recovery <https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/econ_focus/2020/q1/district_digest>
https://www.richmondfed.org › research › district_digest <https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/econ_focus/2020/q1/district_digest>

Population decline has been a problem for many rural communities, including in the ... Since the 19th century, various forces — declining employment in ...
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“As an endangered species and an endangering one, we need, collectively, all the self-understanding and self-direction that we can muster.” 

M. Brewster Smith. “Perspectives on Selfhood.”
American Psychologist, December 1978

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"Diversity will almost certainly rebound after the current extinction event; however, it may be composed of species descended from a different, as yet unknown, subset of lineages from those that dominate now, and humans will likely not be included among them."

T. Jonathan Davies, et al. Phylogenetic trees and the future of mammalian biodiversity.

Proceedings National Academy of Sciences
August 12, 2008  vol. 105

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