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    Trump May Be Making Republicans Increasingly Doubt*Global Warming*
    <http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/08/04/3805075/donald-trump-inspires-climate-change-doubt/>

ThinkProgress 	 -‎10 hours ago‎ 	

*Twice as many Republicans are unsure about the evidence of global 
warming as they were a year ago, and Donald Trump could be playing a 
role*, finds a new survey led by University of Michigan 
researchers....although the survey didn't ask about the Republican 
presidential candidate, Trump's stand on*climate change*-- and his rise 
as a party leader and appeal among voters -- seems to be "one of the 
key*...Indeed,*the "strongest predictors of [what] Americans think about 
climate change is their party affiliation,"* *...* Republicans are much 
more likely than Democrats to deny climate change. According to the 
survey, 34 percent of Republicans says there is no evidence of global 
warming. Last year, 42 percent held those beliefs*...**
*
****CIA Director on the Geopolitical Risks of Climate Geoengineering 
<https://climateandsecurity.org/2016/07/25/cia-director-on-the-geopolitical-risks-of-climate-geoengineering/>*
Climate and Security CIA Director John Brennan recently spoke at a 
Council on Foreign Relations event. His remarks covered a broad range of 
near and long term national security risks, including the benefits and 
costs of geoengineering for combating climate change (transcript and 
video).... It is not surprising that geoengineering solutions to climate 
change (which can be conducted unilaterally by states and non-state 
actors with international consequences), are an area of interest for the 
CIA director. As Brennan points out, there is a *lack of “global norms 
and standards” for addressing the geopolitical implications of 
developing this technology, and that’s not a tenable situation*. It’s a 
topic many shy away from, but ignoring it won’t make it go away.

    With*climate*legislation stalling, Jerry Brown looks to potential
    fight at the ballot box
    <http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-climate-change-plan-sacramento-fizzles-20160804-snap-story.html>

Los Angeles Times 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

Environmental advocates and some lawmakers have wanted new laws this 
month to extend the state's targets for reducing*greenhouse 
gas*emissions and to safeguard the cap-and-trade program, which limits 
how much*greenhouse gas*can be emitted into the atmosphere and requires 
companies to obtain permits to pollute. The system has faced legal and 
political headwinds....*Powerful oil companies have lined up in 
opposition to the legislation*, and it’s unclear whether any measure 
would pass muster with business-friendly Democrats in the Assembly. *...*

    US States Signed Pact to Keep Exxon*Climate*Probe Confidential
    <http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-states-signed-pact-to-keep-exxon-climate-probe-confidential/>

Scientific American 	 -‎13 hours ago‎ 	

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A pact that 15 U.S. states signed to jointly 
investigate Exxon Mobil Corp for allegedly misleading the public 
about*climate change*sought to keep prosecutors' deliberations 
confidential and was broadly written so they could probe other fossil 
fuel companies*...*
*
Inhofe Takes On Obama’s Latest Global Warming Order: 'No Authority 
<http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/03/inhofe-takes-on-obamas-latest-global-warming-order-no-authority/>**'*
The Daily Caller   Oklahoma Republican *Sen. Jim Inhofe is challenging 
the White House’s latest order on how federal agencies take global 
warming into account in reviews of government actions or 
project*s...Inhofe argues the White House guidance has no force since 
the Council on Environmental Quality’s chairman has not been confirmed 
by the Senate. CEQ hasn’t had a Senate-confirmed chairman since 2014, 
which means their guidances have no force under federal law..*.“Under 
the Vacancies Reform Act, no person may perform the duties of the vacant 
CEQ Chairman position until the President has nominated a candidate who 
is subject to Senate confirmation,” Inhofe said in a statement...*White 
House officials released a new guidance on how federal agencies should 
consider global warming when conducting environmental reviews under the 
National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA. Inhofe has been pushing back 
on CEQ’s guidance for months since there’s no confirmed chairman..

    Did*Climate Change*Cause Russia's Deadly Anthrax Outbreak?
    <http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/08/anthrax-siberia-climate-change>

Mother Jones 	 -‎11 hours ago‎ 	

Authorities said the outbreak was linked to*climate change*. For the 
past month, the region has been experiencing abnormally high 
temperatures that have reached 95 Fahrenheit.

    Philippines president calls rich countries hypocrites on*climate
    change*
    <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/08/04/president-philippines-climate-change/88068444/>

USA TODAY 	 -‎11 hours ago‎ 	

The president of the Philippines doesn't dispute the apocalyptic nature 
of*global warming*. After all, his homeland is among the countries 
predicted to suffer most from the coming heat waves and hellish 
storms....But he wants to make one point abundantly clear.*These horrors 
of climate change are the fault of big nations, such as China and India, 
and rich ones such as the United States*....President Rodrigo*Duterte is 
now issuing an ultimatum* to nations that have been “destroying the 
climate.”

    *Global warming*could "unfreeze" waste buried in old Greenland
    military base
    <http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/08/04/global-warming-greenland-ice-sheet-hazardous-waste-military-base/88116442/>

USA TODAY 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

*Global warming*is slowly thawing out a once top-secret subterranean 
U.S. nuclear base in northern Greenland, potentially exposing the 
environment to radioactive coolant, PCBs, and raw sewage that the 
military originally believed would stay entombed for*..*

*Crisis on high 
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-25/climate-change-the-third-pole-under-threat/7657672>*
By China correspondent Matthew Carney
At the top of the world a climate disaster is unfolding that *will 
impact the lives of more than 1 billion people*...Deep in the Himalayas 
sits a remote research station that is tracking an alarming trend in 
climate change,...The station lies in the heart of a region called the 
Third Pole, an area that contains the largest area of frozen water 
outside of the North Pole and South Pole... it is *the source of Asia's 
10 largest rivers *including the Yellow, the Yangzi, the Mekong, the 
Irrawaddy and the Ganges — and their fertile deltas.

    Virtual Reality Shows Impacts of Sea Level Rise - PR Newswire
    <http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virtual-reality-shows-impacts-of-sea-level-rise-300309259.html>

PR Newswire (press release) 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

SAN MATEO COUNTY, Calif., Aug. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtual Reality 
Shows Impacts of Sea Level Rise. Campaign uses Visualization Technology 
to ...In partnership with Climate Access, FEMA Region IX and San 
Francisco based Owlized, San Mateo County is supporting the installation 
of two Owls – a modernized version of a coin-operated vista viewer - 
that *utilize virtual reality technology to provide a first person 
perspective of how the location will be impacted by sea-level rise and 
possible responses.*..."The Owls are an exciting new way for the County 
to raise awareness about sea level rise and to engage the community in 
our efforts," said Supervisor Dave Pine.

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