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July 14, 2015

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Dear Friends:

          In this newsletter is:

1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THIS WEEK, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015
2. HELEN IS TAKING THIS WEEK OFF
3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org)
          a) From Our Readers (Guy McPherson and Abrupt Climate Change)
          b) More on War and the Climate

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1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015

We vigil for peace in front of the Rolla Post Office THIS THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015, (and all subsequent Thursdays until peace is established) from Noon to 1:00 PM. Please try to join us. The temperature is predicted to be in the 90s. 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. HELEN IS TAKING THIS WEEK OFF

I'll be trying to fill her shoes this week. Helen should be back next week. -Tom

3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org)
          a) From Our Readers (Guy McPherson and Abrupt Climate Change)
          b) More on War and the Climate

FROM OUR READERS (GUY MCPHERSON AND ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE)

A reader writes in recommending this video of Guy McPherson lecturing on abrupt climate change. In particular, our reader was concerned about a statement that when industrial civilization collapses, the world's 442 nuclear power plants will go ballistic and, like Fukushima, spew ionizing radiation over the entire globe (9:30-11:10).

My comment: An extremely valid concern. We ought to be decommissioning nuclear power plants as fast as possible; but unfortunately we're still fighting to prevent the building of new ones. Our modern industrial civilization is full of such booby traps and Trojan horses. Consider all the pollution that was stirred up by events like Hurricane Katrina and the destruction of the World Trade Center. Also consider that as the planet warms, mega-events like Hurricane Sandy, the 2013 Colorado Flood and Typhoon Haiyan will become more and more frequent.

If you haven't read Guy McPherson's Climate Change Summary and Update, please do. It's the best summary of climate change that I have been able to find and Guy updates it regularly.

MORE ON WAR AND THE CLIMATE

Last week I pointed out that Pope Francis in his encyclical, Laudato Si, on caring for the Earth noted that “War always does grave harm to the environment and to the cultural riches of peoples, risks which are magnified when one considers nuclear arms and biological weapons.” (paragraph 57)

This week I note that Guy McPherson has also mentioned the part that war plays in catastrophic climate change. Here's a short two minute video Guy posted last week.

In both cases, the statements do not do justice to the problem; but I am overjoyed that people are finally drawing the connection. Veterans for Peace has been talking about war and climate change for many years. They are the ones who know war best and the leaders in publicizing the connection between the two.

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Wage peace,

Helen
helenm (at) fidnet.com

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