{"id":28212,"date":"2023-08-31T12:04:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=28212"},"modified":"2023-08-31T12:04:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:04:27","slug":"scientist-peter-kalmus-hurricanes-floods-fires-of-2023-are-just-beginning-of-climate-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/31\/scientist-peter-kalmus-hurricanes-floods-fires-of-2023-are-just-beginning-of-climate-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"SCIENTIST PETER KALMUS: HURRICANES, FLOODS &amp; FIRES OF 2023 ARE JUST BEGINNING OF CLIMATE EMERGENCY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scientist Peter Kalmus: Hurricanes, Floods &amp; Fires of 2023 Are Just Beginning of Climate Emergency\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3msDmIMPpPs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Aug 31, 2023&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLneypbodq-jYq9a6Y8BjobC6KJOIBLCZB\">Latest Shows<\/a>&nbsp;As Hurricane Idalia left a wake of destruction Wednesday, President Joe Biden said, \u201cI don\u2019t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore.\u201d Climate activist and scientist Peter Kalmus calls for Biden to declare a climate emergency in order to unleash the government\u2019s ability to transition away from fossil fuels. \u201cThe public just doesn\u2019t understand, in my opinion, what a deep emergency we are in,\u201d says Kalmus. \u201cThis is the merest beginning of what we\u2019re going to see in coming years.\u201d Kalmus blasts the fossil fuel industry for manipulating politics through campaign contributions, and GOP presidential candidates for misleading the public about climate science. \u201cAs a parent, as a citizen and as a scientist, I find it appalling and disgusting,\u201d declares Kalmus. \u201cI can\u2019t mince words anymore.\u201d Transcript:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjBuU2NnTS1EZHBBS21BWS1DNjVBWEd1YVkxUXxBQ3Jtc0tucEN1UkUyRFB3bHFuZC14cTRSNUdlUjgteG9WdjFTWFNTUFdqcDY0dG5TWFFYcUdzQkc1TDByQUtjZGphX19DVmlPRTNfMENEVnNCNTNoZnVYM2QwVXBDUjZuVmV4WkxKUE5YeDVaN1d1eDE0NjZSNA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democracynow.org%2F2023%2F8%2F31%2Fpeter_kalmus_climate&amp;v=3msDmIMPpPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2023\/8\/3\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 31, 2023&nbsp;Latest Shows&nbsp;As Hurricane Idalia left a wake of destruction Wednesday, President Joe Biden said, \u201cI don\u2019t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore.\u201d Climate activist and scientist Peter Kalmus calls for Biden to declare a climate emergency in order to unleash the government\u2019s ability&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/31\/scientist-peter-kalmus-hurricanes-floods-fires-of-2023-are-just-beginning-of-climate-emergency\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1009,806],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28214,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28212\/revisions\/28214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}