By Paul Homewood

Potty Bournemouth councillor says the impact of pets on meeting emissions targets is “a big elephant in the room” :

A politician in Dorset, England, denied on January 7 that he wanted to ban or exterminate dogs and cats after comments he made at a council meeting in which he said the impact of pets on meeting emissions targets was “a big elephant in the room.” At a meeting of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Board about environmental issues on January 5, Councillor Mark Howell asked if a target of being carbon neutral could be met “without addressing the issue of the carbon footprint and methane of pets.” Howell said that “some people are quite dismissive” of the point he had raised and that “obviously, there’s an emotional reaction”.

He went on to provide claims about the environmental impact of pets, and material relating to pets. “It is a big problem that I feel should be represented within the 2050 analysis of carbon emissions,” he said. He raised the issue of the size of pets and how this related to carbon emissions. “You don’t have to have an enormous dog,” he said. “You can have a smaller dog. A cat is more efficient in some respects, but cats cause enormous biodiversity problems.”

In a video published on January 7, Howell said his comments had attracted “a lot of rubbish” on Twitter saying he wanted to ban pets, which he denied was his position. “I’m not saying we should ban dogs, or exterminate dogs, or cats,” he said. “What I’m saying is that people need to think carefully when their animals pass away whether they need to replace them; whether they need to scale down the size of their pets; perhaps, whether they need to share pets.” He said it was a serious issue that it appeared politicians were afraid to raise because of a fear of a backlash

https://www.news.com.au/national/impact-of-pets-on-carbon-footprint-a-big-elephant-in-the-room-says-uk-politician/video/6fca6f8a1a5e079a92df67b95de00196

Scarily Howell is Deputy Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Regeneration & Culture.

Why stop and cats and dogs though, Mr Howell? What about all the wildlife that abounds in Britain? Are you going to shoot deer, rabbits and badgers?

Maybe people should be banned from owning horses? Indeed why stop there, why not just sterilise the whole population and there will no humans left to buy pets.

The thought that nutters like Mark Howell can get into positions of power should frighten us all.

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January 9, 2022 at 08:03AM

Several thousand protesters march against restrictive pandemic policies, in Montreal on Jan. 8, 2022. (Noé Chartier/The Epoch Times)

Noé Chartier reported in Epoch Times Thousands of Protesters March in Montreal to Denounce COVID ‘Tyranny’.  Excerpts in italics with my bolds.

MONTREAL—Several thousand protesters took to the streets of downtown Montreal Saturday to voice their opposition to the province’s pandemic measures—whether the recently imposed curfew or the vaccine passport.

Not all were unvaccinated, with some taking a stand for freedom of choice or having received the first two doses and refusing a third due to constantly changing goalposts.

People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier, who’s been vocal in criticizing the restrictions and mandates, was in attendance with a group of his supporters.

“I’m here like everyone else to tell the Trudeau and Legault governments that enough is enough. It’s not by trampling on our rights and freedoms that we’re going to solve the pandemic,” Bernier told The Epoch Times.

“They’re trying to turn the non-vaccinated into the scapegoats of this pandemic. It’s completely unjust, discriminatory. The real scapegoats are the politicians ruling us. They’ve had years to change the health-care system, which is a totalitarian, socialist, the state controls all—and that’s why the system is crumbling.”

Bernier says we should learn to live with the virus and protect the most vulnerable while letting others get on with their lives.

“I’m here to defend and protect freedom against the tyranny, against the darkness that ruins everything,” said Mohamad Reza Zeinali, a nurse who hasn’t been working since April 2021, refusing to be tested three times a week or to take the vaccine, which he calls “experimental.”  “It takes at least five to ten years to know how safe it is,” he says.

“The [tyranny] has to stop, it’s gone too far. I’m here to stand up for my rights, my kids’ rights, everything,” said Marshall Golding, who works as a delivery truck driver.

Throughout the march from Old Montreal and through downtown streets, a 70-year-old woman was walking a bit ahead of the main body, leading the procession.  Claire refused to give her last name and have her picture taken, but said she was attending her 15th or so protest against government measures.  “We’re sick of this criminal government,” she said. “Everything we’re going through is ridiculous. The masks, the curfew—they’re lying to us all day long.”

A Montreal police spokesperson said the protest went smoothly with no tickets given or arrests made.

On Jan. 1, police handed out 57 fines to protesters who defied the curfew in Montreal and made one arrest for an assault on an officer, CBC reported. Fines for breaking the curfew can go as high as $6,000.

Quebec reimposed a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew on Dec. 31 to try to stem the rise in cases, and the government announced this week it would further restrict unvaccinated people’s access to the public space.

From Jan. 18, those without a vaccine passport will be barred from entering the state-owned liquor and cannabis stores, and the government says it is consulting with the industry to reduce even more the access to other non-essential services. The province also seeks to eventually require three doses to qualify for the vaccine passport.

Federal Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos said on Jan. 7 that he’s in favour of the provinces making vaccination mandatory.

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January 9, 2022 at 07:55AM

By Paul Homewood

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/charctic-interactive-sea-ice-graph/

As we start the new year, Arctic sea ice is at its highest extent since 2004, for this time of year:

Having also been the highest during December since 2014:

http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icecover_30y.uk.php

  It is also close to the 1981-2010 average:

https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/

Meanwhile Greenland’s ice cap is also close to average, having finished above average last summer:

http://polarportal.dk/en/greenland/surface-conditions/

Looks like that Arctic death spiral will be delayed another year!

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January 9, 2022 at 07:39AM

The Virginia Clean Economy Act is pointless and reckless virtue signaling. It will accomplish nothing nothing, while having many negative effects on the people of Virginia. It needs to be repealed under the incoming administration.

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