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    Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson,*climate*archvillain, to be named secretary
    of state
    <http://mashable.com/2016/12/10/exxon-tillerson-climate-investigation/>

Mashable 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    President-elect Donald J Trump is expected to turn to the leader of
    America's largest oil company, and the main villain in a new wave
    of*climate change*activism, to lead the State Department: ExxonMobil
    Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson. Multiple news*...*


*Gather ye climate data while ye may* 
<https://tamino.wordpress.com/2016/12/11/gather-ye-climate-data-while-ye-may/>

    President-elect Donald Trump has appointed a host of the worst
    imaginable climate deniers to positions of authority in his
    administration. He seems determined to put them in control, and they
    seem determined to stop all U.S. action to help with the climate
    crisis. They may also work actively, not just to deny climate truth,
    but to cripple the world's ability even to know what's going on...
    That's because for years the U.S. has been the world's leader in
    gathering climate data. It's something we could rightly be proud of.
    But with climate deniers in control of NASA, of NOAA, and a host of
    other agencies, and with them already seeking to make "lists" of the
    people who have been doing climate-related science, they seem
    hell-bent on a a witch-hunt against those people, and to destroy the
    data-gathering supremacy which the U.S. worked so long, so hard, and
    so well to
    establish....https://tamino.wordpress.com/2016/12/11/gather-ye-climate-data-while-ye-may/


    On*climate change*and the economy, we're trapped in an idiotic
    netherworld
    <https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2016/dec/11/on-climate-change-and-the-economy-were-trapped-in-an-idiotic-netherworld>

The Guardian 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    Now economists realise that equality actually promotes economic
    growth, and so too are economists realising that*climate change*must
    be considered within economic growth - not as a trade-off, but
    because the impacts of*climate change*are so great they ...


    Defending Climate Science « RealClimate
    <http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2016/12/defending-climate-science/>

RealClimate 	 -‎10 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF) was founded in
    September 2011 to defend climate scientists from harassing and
    invasive attacks via the ...


    Environmental groups accuse Trump of 'head-fake' on*climate change*
    <http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-climate-change-epa-scott-pruitt-2016-12>

Business Insider 	 -‎Dec 9, 2016‎ 	

	
	
	

    For about a week, some environmentalists maintained hope that
    President-elect Donald Trump might moderate his views on*climate
    change*. The man who formerly called*climate change*a "Chinese hoax"
    acknowledged to The New York Times earlier this ...


    Trump Tabs Another*Climate*Denier, This Time for Interior
    <http://www.climatecentral.org/news/trump-tabs-climate-change-denier-for-interior-20958>

Climate Central 	 -‎Dec 9, 2016‎ 	

	
	
	

    Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a sixth-term Republican from Washington
    State who is a*climate change*denier and an ardent opponent of
    regulations for*greenhouse gas*emissions, has been nominated by
    President-elect Donald Trump for Secretary of Interior*...*


    Trump Talks To Leonardo DiCaprio In Latest Ploy To Misdirect Public
    On His*Climate*Agenda
    <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-leonardo-dicaprio-climate-change_us_58499298e4b08283d6b4e4f9>

Huffington Post 	 -‎Dec 8, 2016‎ 	

	
	
	

    President-elect Donald Trump met with Leonardo DiCaprio on Wednesday
    to talk about clean energy jobs, just two days after Trump talked to
    Al Gore about*climate change*. But don't get too excited. Meeting
    with celebrity*climate*advocates, even one who is*...*


*(opinion) Kramer: Climate change should be top tech topic with Trump 
<Kramer:%20Climate%20change%20should%20be%20top%20tech%20topic%20with%20Trump>*

    "Climate change eclipses all else in importance and immediacy. We
    business leaders want to keep a safe and healthy planet to live and
    work in. We don't think this is a major issue for you, and we hope
    you'll listen. It can be an early big win for you....
    "You've said you have an open mind on climate. Please take off the
    table any immediate steps on U.S. or international climate policies.
    Put people in charge who are open like you to taking a full look at
    the human risks involved and the business upsides for climate action.
    http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/12/09/kramer-climate-change-should-be-top-tech-topic-with-trump/


    Eye On Weather:*Sea Level Rise*Could Have Big Impact In Boston
    <http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/12/10/eye-on-weather-climate-change-sea-level-rise-eric-fisher/>

CBS Local 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    The latest report from the International Governmental Panel
    on*Climate Change*, or IPCC, calls for an additional 2-4 feet of*sea
    level rise*by the end of the century. And even a modest 'best case'
    scenario of 1 foot would be problematic for coastal*...*


    On Lennox Island, no one debates whether*climate change*is real
    <http://www.cbc.ca/news/multimedia/it-s-a-little-scary-on-lennox-island-no-one-debates-whether-climate-change-is-real-1.3888946>

CBC.ca 	 -‎16 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    Lennox Island is a small Mi'kmaq community of 450 people off the
    coast of P.E.I. It's also a kind of canary in the coal mine when it
    comes to*climate change*. Rising sea levels, storm surges and
    coastal erosion threaten its very existence; an estimated*...*

*The Golden Arches Theory of Decline  -George Monbiot 
<http://www.monbiot.com/2016/12/10/the-golden-arches-theory-of-decline/>*

    "Corporations, released from democratic constraints, drive us
    towards climate breakdown, an urgent threat to global peace.
    McDonald's has done more than its fair share: beef production is
    among the most powerful causes of climate change....
    In his book The Globalisation Paradox, the Harvard economist Dani
    Rodrik describes a political trilemma. Democracy, national
    sovereignty and hyperglobalisation, he argues, are mutually
    incompatible. You cannot have all three at once. McDonalisation
    crowds out domestic politics. Incoherent and dangerous as it often
    is, the global backlash against mainstream politicians is, at heart,
    an attempt to reassert national sovereignty against the forces of
    undemocratic globalisation." ..
    http://www.monbiot.com/2016/12/10/the-golden-arches-theory-of-decline/


    Al Gore's new*climate change*movie arrives just in time
    <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/12/10/goremoviesequel/>

Washington Post 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    The Sundance Film Festival will open in January with a new*climate
    change*movie from Al Gore - and the timing, unfortunately, could not
    be better.


    Inside Christy Clark's*climate change*brinksmanship
    <http://www.macleans.ca/politics/christy-clark-climate-change-brinksmanship/>

Macleans.ca 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    It sure looked like an effective display of brinksmanship. Late in
    the Dec. 9 meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the
    premiers on*climate change*, B.C.'s Christy Clark walked out and
    told reporters she wouldn't be signing Trudeau's vaunted ...

*This Day in Climate History  December 11, 1985 
<http://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/11/us/action-is-urged-to-avert-global-climate-shift.html>- 
from D.R. Tucker *

    December 11, 1985: The New York Times reports:
    "A group of senators and scientists today called for national and
    international action to avert a predicted warming of the earth's
    climate resulting from a buildup of carbon dioxide and other
    man-made gases in the atmosphere...
    "They warned at a Senate hearing that such an effect, like that of a
    greenhouse, would produce radical climate changes and a subsequent
    rise in ocean levels that could have catastrophic results in the
    next century unless steps were taken now to deal with the problem...
    "Senator Albert Gore Jr., Democrat of Tennessee, said he would
    introduce legislation to expand and focus scientific efforts on this
    greenhouse effect...
    "At a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Toxic Substances and
    Environmental Oversight, Mr. Gore said his bill would call for 'an
    international year of scientific study of the greenhouse effect and
    would request that the President take steps to begin this worldwide
    cooperative investigation.'"..
    http://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/11/us/action-is-urged-to-avert-global-climate-shift.html


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