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*With Rains like These, Who Needs Hurricanes? 
<https://climatecrocks.com/2016/08/13/with-rains-like-these-who-needs-hurricanes/>*
By mid-morning on Friday, *more than a foot of rain had fallen near 
Kentwood, Louisiana, in just a 12-hour stretch*  — a downpour with an 
estimated likelihood of just once every 500 years, and roughly three 
months’ worth of rainfall during a typical hurricane season. It’s the 
latest in a string of*exceptionally rare rainstorms that are stretching 
the definition of "extreme" weather. ...It's exactly the sort of 
rainstorm that's occurring more frequently as the planet 
warms.*...Although 2015 saw a Northern Hemisphere record for major 
hurricanes, Cat 3 and above. Still we hear climate deniers talking about 
a "hurricane drought".

    Veganism's place in the*climate change*debate
    <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/12/veganisms-place-in-the-climate-change-debate>

The Guardian 	 -‎13 hours ago‎ 	

4 Use our land to produce crops more effectively. 5 Reduce excessive 
meat consumption. We need to get over the taboo against discussing 
population growth and face the facts.

    *Climate Science*: Revolution is Here
    <http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/08/12/climate-science-revolution-here>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

.A host of innovations in energy technology is transforming the 
climate-change outlook – one of the world's three required paradigm 
shifts... a much more positive prognosis based on the rapid advances 
being made in the development of renewable-energy resources and of 
energy storage....A few prescient analysts, Jeremy Leggett for one, have 
long argued that this element of human futures is much brighter than 
appreciated. It is a view backed up by a series of technological 
developments. Many of these are covered in Chris Goodall’s new book The 
Switch (Profile Books, 2016), which examines the potential for solar 
power and the beginnings of a revolution in energy storage. The Switch – 
worth a few hours of anyone’s time – focuses especially on recent and 
current improvements in efficiency, and consequent substantial decreases 
in costs.

    *Global Warming*Will Make It Nearly Impossible to Hold the Summer
    Olympics
    <http://gizmodo.com/global-warming-will-make-it-nearly-impossible-to-hold-t-1785203911>

Gizmodo 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

Olympic organizers have made*climate change*a central theme at the 
current games—and for good reason. A sobering new study shows that by 
the 2084 Olympics, rising temperatures will make it practically 
impossible for most cities to host the summer ...In a new commentary 
published in The Lancet, a team led by Berkeley researchers Kirk Smith 
and John Balmes warn that the future of the summer Olympics is in 
jeopardy. Seventy years from now, only eight Northern Hemisphere cities 
outside of Europe will be cool enough to host the games, with only three 
cities in North America capable of serving as hosts....Using this 
criteria, the researchers were able to identify only eight out of 543 
cities outside of western Europe that would qualify as "low risk" sites, 
including St. Petersburg in Russia, Riga in Latvia, Bishkek in 
Kyrgyzstan, and Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. Shockingly, only three North 
American cities made the cut, namely San Francisco, Vancouver, and 
Calgary. Western Europe provided the greatest number of "low risk" 
cities at 25. Latin America and Africa failed to produce a single viable 
city.

*The last Summer Olympics? Climate change, health, and work outdoors 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2816%2931335-6/fulltext>*
The Lancet - Climate change threatens human health in many ways, through 
heat waves, extreme weather events, and shifts in disease vectors, as 
well as economic and social stresses on populations living in or trying 
to escape areas affected by seawater intrusion, drought, lower 
agricultural productivity, and floods.1 In the short term, most of these 
impacts could be substantially ameliorated by actions to reduce 
background disease risks and other known causes of vulnerability. The 
world beyond 2050 poses increasingly difficult challenges, not only 
because of the inherent uncertainties in long-term predictions, but 
because the extent and speed of change might exceed society's ability to 
adapt.   (This article is available free of charge.)

    Trump:*Climate change*won't be 'devastating'
    <http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/291231-trump-climate-change-wont-be-devastating>

The Hill 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

In an interview with The Miami Herald, Trump reiterated he's "not a big 
believer in manmade*climate change*," and while he acknowledged problems 
such as rising sea levels, he attributed them to "a change in weather 
patterns, and you've had it for many ..In an interview with The Miami 
Herald, Trump reiterated he’s "not a big believer in manmade climate 
change," and while he acknowledged problems such as rising sea levels, 
he attributed them to "a change in weather patterns, and you’ve had it 
for many years.".."I would say it goes up, it goes down, and I think 
it’s very much like this over the years," he said. "We’ll see what 
happens. I mean, we’ll see what happens. ... Certainly, climate has 
changed."...Trump has long said he doesn’t believe in the science behind 
climate change, even though there is broad agreement among researchers 
that human activity has contributed to the phenomenon. .

*Full interview with GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump (video 10 
min) 
<http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/donald-trump/article95161477.html>*
Miami Herald In a wide-ranging interview focused on South Florida issues 
on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, Donald Trump talks about climate change and 
Cuba policy, and for the first time, says that Congress should set aside 
money to fight Zika.

    Public Records Sought Over Federal Surveillance
    of*Climate*Protesters
    <http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2016/08/11/public-records-sought-over-federal-surveillance-climate-protesters>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎Aug 11, 2016‎ 	

WASHINGTON - The Center for Biological Diversity today filed nine 
Freedom of Information Act requests seeking the release of public 
records relating to surveillance of peaceful protests of federal fossil 
fuel auctions.

*New ‘Years of Living Dangerously' Season Expands Reach on (Murdoch 
owned) NatGeo 
<https://thinkprogress.org/https-thinkprogress-org-climate-tv-series-premiere-murdoch-c97f3b040207#.lrpphzbiy>*
National Geographic Channel will premiere Season 2 of the 
critically-acclaimed TV series, "Years of Living Dangerously" Sunday, 
October 30 at 8 pm (ET)....The focus of Episode 1, with correspondents 
David Letterman (!) and Cecily Strong (of "Saturday Night Live"), is 
solar energy — in India and the United States. Later episodes feature 
Jack Black, Gisele Bündchen, Ty Burrell, James Cameron, Don Cheadle, 
America Ferrera, Thomas Friedman, Joshua Jackson, Aasif Mandvi, Nikki 
Reed, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ian Somerhalder, Sigourney Weaver and 
Bradley Whitford.
Three facts elevate this above the typical TV premiere announcement:
--"Years" is the first documentary series devoted to climate change ever 
to appear on a major network or premium cable.
*--"New Season Scheduled to Air Just Over a Week Before the Presidential 
Election," *as the National Geographic Channel (NGC) release proclaims 
in its sub-head.
--NGC’s majority owner (73 percent) is 21st Century Fox, part of Rupert 
Murdoch’s media empire, which is well known for its climate 
disinformation....Personally, I have been extremely impressed with the 
fact-checking team at NGC, which is far more informed and engaged than 
any fact checkers I have ever worked with (TV or print). Indeed,*I 
believe Season 2 of "Years of Living Dangerously" is actually better 
than Season 1 — even though Season 1 won the 2014 Emmy for outstanding 
non-fiction TV series, and Daily Kos called it "the most important 
television series ever."* The Guardian named it "the most important 
climate change multimedia communication endeavor in history." 
Schwarzenegger has said, "This season, I hope to make an even more 
powerful statement that*will inspire people to lead and demand change to 
make our world a better place for future generations."*

*(2nd season) Years of Living Dangerously | Trailer YouTube video 1:35 
<https://youtu.be/juXzfwvVHZQ>*
This Emmy-winning series follows celebrity correspondents around the 
world, to witness first-hand the effects of climate change on our planet 
and to learn how we can save it for future generations. New Season 
premieres Sunday, Oct. 30, on Nat Geo.

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