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Rolla Peace News March 19, 2019 |
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Dear Friends: http://tomsager.org/Peaceletters/peaceletter031919.html In this newsletter is: 1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019 2. CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY: FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 6:45PM 3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) Global Warming Continues b) 1.5 Million Youngsters Demonstrate for Climate Action c) Donald Trump Continues to Try to Steal Fossil Fuels 1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019 We vigil for peace in front of the Rolla Post Office, THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 21 FROM NOON TO 1:00 PM (and most subsequent Thursdays until peace is established). Please try to join us. The temperature is predicted in the 40s. If you do not feel comfortable standing with us in front of the Post Office, please consider driving by and showing your support for our message by honking your horn and flashing a peace sign. 2. CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY: FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 6:45PM Newly formed Rolla chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby will meet in the meeting room of the Rolla children's library at 6:45pm, Friday, March 22. Everyone is welcome. 3. MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) Global Warming Continues b) 1.5 Million Youngsters Demonstrate for Climate Action c) Donald Trump Continues to Try to Steal Fossil Fuels GLOBAL WARMING CONTINUES I've updated my ongoing climate essay with the February data posted yesterday by NOAA. It's not good; matter of fact, it's catastrophic. Considering the year to run from March 1 through the last day of February: the last five 12-month periods ending in February were the five warmest on record by a margin of 0.12°C. Nine of the ten warmest such 12-month periods occurred within the last decade.“it isn't just really, really bad; it's catastrophic.” And although the Paris Climate Agreement was signed over three years ago, concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere continue to rise at greater than the average rate over the past 30 years. Devastating extreme weather events continue at an unprecedented rate. The month of March has seen horrendous flooding in the upper mid-west of the United States, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, southern Africa and maybe elsewhere as well. 1.5 MILLION YOUNGSTERS DEMONSTRATE FOR CLIMATE ACTION An estimated 1.5 million youngsters around the world walked out of class Friday and demonstrated for climate action to prevent global warming. But here in Rolla, schools closed so students could join the St. Patrick's Day revelry. If there were any demonstrations in Rolla for climate action, I have not heard. And it's unlikely that many of the party-goers learned any real Irish-American history this weekend either. DONALD TRUMP CONTINUES TO TRY TO STEAL FOSSIL FUELS And as it becomes more and more important that ALL of humanity work together to address the climate crisis, Trump ramps up efforts for regime change in oil rich countries like Venezuela and Iran. Venezuela's oil resources and those of all other countries must stay in the ground to prevent further warming. “This is not reasonable.”“This is not reasonable.” —Greta Thunberg Rolla Peace News is distributed by email once a week on Tuesday evenings (except on rare occasions) and is posted on the web at http://tomsager.org (click on Grassroots Rolla: at the top of rightmost column). If you don't wish to get notices of peace events in the Rolla area, let me know and I'll take you off this list. If you want to be added to this list, let me know. Wage peace, Helen helenm (at) fidnet.com |