Jane Fonda On Climate Fight: 'It's Too Late For Moderation'. According to E&E News, “Stepping up her fight against global warming, Jane Fonda today criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former President Obama for moving too timidly on climate change and urged Americans to vote for a presidential candidate in 2020 who’s ‘very, very brave.’ The actress said three candidates vying for the Democratic nomination — Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and liberal billionaire activist Tom Steyer — ‘all have very good climate policies,’ but she declined to endorse any of them. ‘All I can say is it’s too late for moderation,’ Fonda said at a forum sponsored by The Washington Post. ‘When we vote, we have to vote for somebody who’s very, very brave. I mean, just think what it’s going to take in terms of courage to demand that the fossil fuel industry leave $11 trillion in the ground.’ … Tomorrow Fonda and other protesters plan to block traffic between the Supreme Court and the Capitol. Fonda will be joined by another actress and activist, Diane Lane, who appeared with her at today’s event moderated by Washington Post reporter Robert Costa, called ‘Oceans in Crisis: Turning the Tides.’ ‘I have a love for our planet — I have a love for the ocean,’ Lane said.” [E&E News, 11/21/19 (=)]

 

Lawless Ocean: The Link Between Human Rights Abuses And Overfishing. According to Yale Environment 360, “There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world’s oceans: Too big to police and under no clear international authority, these immense regions of treacherous water play host to rampant criminality and exploitation of the marine life below the surface and the humans working the boats above it. Consider the perils facing the tens of millions of people working aboard one of thousands of illegal fishing vessels on the high seas. At least one ship globally sinks every three days. Private security forces operating at sea are a $20 billion business, and when these mercenaries kill, governments rarely respond because no country holds jurisdiction in international waters. And what transcends all borders are the compounding environmental threats imposed by humans. The urgency of this crisis is real. Operating with virtual impunity on the high seas, fleets from Spain, China, South Korea, Taiwan, and other countries are at the heart of an illicit seafood trade that generates an estimated $160 billion in annual sales. The trade in illegal fish has grown over the past decade as improved technology — stronger radar, bigger nets, faster ships — has enabled fishing vessels to plunder the oceans with remarkable efficiency.” [Yale Environment 360, 11/20/19 (=)]

 

Waterfront Retreat: A Bay Community Faces Rising Seas And Buyouts. According to Yale Environment 360, “When Meghan Wren came to look at a place for sale in 1997 in tiny Money Island, an outpost of several dozen homes on New Jersey’s low-lying and remote Delaware Bay shore, it was love at first sight. She gazed at the views of bay and creek and salt marsh stretching to the horizons and ‘without looking inside the house, I signed on the dotted line.’ Over the years, she and husband Jesse Briggs, a tugboat captain, and a son they named Delbay after their new home waters, have upgraded the house with insulation, sustainably harvested wood, geothermal heat, and a composting toilet to replace the septic system that could leak to the creek. It was where she thought she and Jesse would spend the rest of their lives. Now that is all likely to change. From her deck, Wren points north up the Delaware Bay shore to remnant homes in Bay Point, and beyond that, Sea Breeze — both virtual ghost towns after most residents took buyouts from the state of New Jersey. Soon, Money Island will join them. As coastal communities everywhere face planning for an accelerating rise in sea level, driven by a warming climate, New Jersey is showing how it can be done — and also showing there’s still much to learn.” [Yale Environment 360, 11/21/19 (=)]

 

 

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