[Coral-List] "A Glimmer of Hope for Coral Reefs"
Helder Perez
helder.perez at gmail.com
Wed Jan 9 09:39:54 EST 2013
Steve, Listers,
I agree with you that we need to put more (intelligent, savvy, sexy) effort
in communicating our concerns to key officials and the general public. For
ultimately this battle will be won by those whose position *is better
framed.*
Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change
Communication shares some interesting points on how to make stakeholders
and the "Six Americas" to care about climate change. Maybe we can learn
something from this interview and use it to craft a powerful message about
ocean acidification and the vanishing reefs.
http://billmoyers.com/segment/anthony-leiserowitz-on-making-people-care-about-climate-change/?fb_action_ids=10151386151092419&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=timeline_og&action_object_map=%7B%2210151386151092419%22%3A417581254984851%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151386151092419%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D
Cheers,
Helder I. Pérez
Vice-president
*Bay Islands Foundation
*www.utila-iguana.de/fib
www.facebook.com/iguanastation
Skype ID: helder.perez
On 8 January 2013 16:12, Steve Mussman <sealab at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Alina,
> The front page of today's Atlanta newspaper contained an encouraging
> headline proclaiming that Georgia Power will shut down 15 coal and
> oil-fired
> units in order to comply with federal rules aimed at reducing air
> pollution.
> A glimmer of hope? Not so fast.
> Even after these 15 facilities are taken offline Georgia Power will
> still
> operate more than 8,000 megawatts of coal-fueled generating units
> including
> Plant Scherer â the number one producer of greenhouse gases in the
> country.
> In addition, GP is still pushing for the development of a new plant
> which is
> expected to use between 3.65 and 4.27 million tons of coal per year and
> emit
> more than a thousand tons of hazardous particulate matter annually. The
> utility company promotes the development of the new coal plant by
> emphasizing the economic benefits:
> * Almost 1600 construction jobs
> * Over 44,000 person months of construction work
> * Almost double the countyâs tax base
> * Create over 120 new full-time direct jobs
> * Create over $7 million in new wages and benefits
> * Create over 200 new spin off jobs in the Washington County area
> * Require $1 to $4 million in long term support services
> * Generate up to $1 million in new business growth
> * Become a catalyst for new industry.
>
> So all we have to do to save the reefs and perhaps ourselves is to
> convince
> governments, industries and the general public to shift their priorities
> from immediate economic interests to the seemingly highly contested
> proposition that the long-term threats posed by anthropogenic climate
> change
> should be the greater concern.
> While trying to remain optimistic, I find myself relating more and more
> to
> Mike's characterization of a passenger on the Titanic.
> Please don't give up, just recognize that we have lots to do before we
> can
> say that we've sighted our version of the Carpathia on the horizon.
> Regards,
> Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: "Szmant, Alina"
> >Sent: Jan 8, 2013 11:14 AM
> >To: Michael Risk , Douglas Fenner
> >Cc: coral list
> >Subject: Re: [Coral-List] "A Glimmer of Hope for Coral Reefs"
> >
> >Article in today's business section of our newspaper: investment in
> clean
> energy sources is down this past year. Some businesses have failed.
> Venture
> capitalists don't want to take the risk. Government subsidies are down..
> I
> don't see much glimmer out there....
> >
>
> >*************************************************************************
> >Dr. Alina M. Szmant
> >Professor of Marine Biology
> >Center for Marine Science and Dept of Biology and Marine Biology
> >University of North Carolina Wilmington
> >5600 Marvin Moss Ln
> >Wilmington NC 28409 USA
> >tel: 910-962-2362 fax: 910-962-2410 cell: 910-200-3913
> >http://people.uncw.edu/szmanta
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> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> [mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Michael
> Risk
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 9:09 AM
> >To: Douglas Fenner
> >Cc: coral list
> >Subject: Re: [Coral-List] "A Glimmer of Hope for Coral Reefs"
> >
> >Hi Doug.
> >
> >Some of the recent postings put me in mind of passengers on the Titanic
> saying to each other, "It's OK, the Carpathian will pick us up."
> >
> >Rather than see so much excellent work devoted to finding corals that
> can
> survive hot oceans, or dredging remnants up from deep reefs to fill the
> gaps, I would rather see more effort given to trying to initiate change
> in
> those governments and industries that have put reefs on their present
> downward trajectory. And the cynic in me thinks that some of those same
> governments and industries are delighted to see us clutching at straws..
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >On 2013-01-07, at 4:00 PM, Douglas Fenner wrote:
> >
> >> Research by Standford University researchers on coral tolerance for
> >> high temperatures in some reef pools in American Samoa, just
> >> published.. Popular article in "Science Now" (open access) with a
> link to
> the original paper:
> >>
> >>
> http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/01/a-glimmer-of-hope-for-co
> >> ral-reef.html
> >>
> >> --
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> >> 7390 Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 USA
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> >Michael Risk
> >riskmj at mcmaster.ca
> >
> >
> >
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