#nate loewentheil

[contemplatingoutlander]

Interesting proposal by Nate Loewentheil in a guest column in The New York Times. Not only was his proposal thought provoking, but two of the comments regarding it by readers were also worth contemplating. Below are some excerpts from the column, followed by the two comments.

Here is a proposal for the environmental movement: Pool philanthropic funds for a day, buy a small plot of land in Washington, D.C., and put up a tall marble wall to serve as a climate memorial. Carve on this memorial the names of public figures actively denying the existence of climate change. Carve the names so deep and large, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren need not search the archives. This is not a metaphor. The problem with climate change is the disconnect between action and impact. If politicians vote against construction standards and a school collapses, the next election will be their last. But with climate change, cause and effect are at a vast distance. We are already seeing the consequences of our past and present greenhouse gas emissions. In coming decades, those emissions will wreak their full havoc on the climate, and it will take hundreds, possibly thousands, of years for those pollutants to fully dissipate. But in the short term, the most immediate burdens are borne mostly by the poor in America and distant people in distant lands. Misaligned incentives are at the heart of why some political and business leaders deny and delay. [...] I would first nominate those who have sown confusion over climate science, like Myron Ebell, who recently retired as director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Energy and Environment, where he sought to block climate change efforts in Congress, and served as the head of Donald Trump’s transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Ebell has argued that the idea that climate change is “an existential threat or even crisis is preposterous.” Then there are lawmakers who have consistently stood in the way of federal action, like the recently retired senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the author of the book “The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future.” [color emphasis added]

Below is the first thought provoking comment to this article:

There is, in Iceland, a memorial to a dead glacier - the Ok Glacier. It reads: "Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it." [color emphasis added] --Chris D., Colorado

Photo of the plaque at the at the Okjökull (OK Glacier) memorial.

Here is the second thought provoking comment to this article:

For reference this graph https://i.redd.it/ljifc828iui31.jpg is from the Exxon internal scientific report on climate change, 1982, produced by scientists working for that fossil fuel corporation. Look at what their graph predicted for 2020. Approaching 420 ppm CO2 and a rise of 1.2 C degrees above pre-industrial temperature - very close to what we actually got in 2020. Then look at what the graph shows for later this century, based on not reducing emissions. Very serious temperature rises, that could make agriculture very difficult in many countries. Yes, and then Exxon, having seen this, got involved in PR campaigns to "cast doubt" on climate science, to protect their assets. [color emphasis added] --Erik Frederiksen, Ashville, NC

1982 Exxon graph depicting average global temperature increases over time correlating with increases in atmospheric CO2. NOTE: Graph color was modified for greater clarity.

Fossil fuel companies like Exxon, and fossil fuel oligarchs like the Koch brothers should be included in any "Climate Wall of Shame."

[baltimorecheckbook]

Here are 40 notable people coming to town for Baltimore Homecoming's second year

Successful Baltimore ex-pats are headed back to the city this week as the second edition of Baltimore Homecoming gets underway. This year's invitation-only program will run Wednesday through Friday and is expected to draw some 125 attendees, all of whom have ties to Baltimore but have since moved away. Founders JM Schapiro, the CEO of Continental Realty, and Nate Loewentheil, a former staffer in President Barack Obama's administration, started the event in 2018 to shed light on efforts to improve…

from https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/10/15/here-are-40-notable-people-coming-to-town-for.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search

[dailymarkhor]

H.L. Mencken's Cultured Pearl to return for candidate's campaign launch - Baltimore Sun

H.L. Mencken's Cultured Pearl to return for candidate's campaign launch – Baltimore Sun

[ad_1] The smell of red onions sauteing over a gas stove wafted through Nate Loewentheil’s house on Patterson Park as he and his father, Stephan Loewentheil, prepared a moment batch of “Marvelous Marty’s Mexican Chili” on Monday morning. It’s a recipe the elder Loewentheil spent years perfecting, and a dish he previously served at his restaurant, H.L. Mencken’s Cultured Pearl, in the 1980s and…

[baltimorecheckbook]

These Baltimore natives are coming back for talks and tours as part of the first 'Baltimore Homecoming'

Accomplished Baltimore natives will make their way back to Charm City this week for a "homecoming" event designed to showcase the city's current initiatives. The first Baltimore Homecoming kicked off Wednesday evening with cocktails at the Bygone atop the Four Seasons and a private reception at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. The program runs through Friday with a lineup of presentations and tours of some of Baltimore's up-and-coming neighborhoods and incubators. Co-founders Nate Loewentheil and…

from https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2018/10/04/these-baltimore-natives-are-coming-back-for-talks.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search