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*FEMA's Plan to Make States Pay More for Disasters 
<http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-craig-fugate-fema-states-disaster.html>*

    It's one of the many ideas and practices that Craig Fugate, the
    agency's outgoing leader, hopes the Trump administration will adopt.
    Among the others: rescuing pets...
    Now, Fugate is pushing one more change, one that could fundamentally
    alter the federal government’s relationship with states and
    localities when disaster strikes. He wants to impose "disaster
    deductibles" on states as a way to control the spiraling cost of
    them for the federal government as well as incentivize states to
    prevent and prepare for disasters....
    "The current system is basically all-or-nothing," Fugate told
    Governing. "It treats all states the same. It doesn’t recognize
    states that do things to buy down future risk, and it doesn’t do
    anything to provide incentives to states [to mitigate disaster
    risks]."..
    Fugate and FEMA first raised the issue and asked for comments in
    January. Now that the agency has collected those responses, FEMA
    plans to issue a more detailed proposal by the end of the year. That
    would leave any final decision to Fugate’s successor in the Donald
    Trump administration, who has yet to be named.
    . There have been 13 disasters since 2000 that have each cost FEMA
    more than $500 million, and FEMA’s disaster-relief budget now
    exceeds $5 billion a year — more than double what it was at the
    beginning of the Obama administration.
    Fugate, a Democrat who has been the head of FEMA for the entire
    Obama administration, will be stepping down from the role this
    January. It’s a decision, he said, that he made before he knew the
    results of the presidential election.
    http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-craig-fugate-fema-states-disaster.html
    http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/FEMA-Plans-Pay.html

(opinion) Why Trump needs to appoint a pro to head FEMA 
<http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/10/opinions/trump-needs-to-appoint-a-pro-for-fema-smilowitz/>

    Eleven years ago, the shameful response to Hurricane Katrina was
    dubbed a "failure of initiative." While managing relief sites along
    the Mississippi Gulf Coast, I saw how a country that was capable of
    "shock and awe" overseas failed to marshal and coordinate the
    awesome assets of this nation to help Americans during their darkest
    hours. The post-disaster autopsy pointed to many causes, including
    inept political appointees at the helm of agencies with life-saving
    responsibilities.
    ...As Donald Trump considers whom to appoint to head FEMA, he should
    look for a pro, not a political appointee whom he might want to
    reward for loyalty. A "disaster-tested" state or federal emergency
    manager is a good choice for the FEMA administrator role. These are
    the people who have connections, understand the complexities of
    federal and state bureaucracies, and know how to navigate them to
    make things happen.

Recet history of wildfires in Gatlinberg, Tennessee 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/18/questions-linger-wildfire-alerts-during-gatlinburg-fire/95601436/>
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/18/questions-linger-wildfire-alerts-during-gatlinburg-fire/95601436/

    *Climate Change*Investing Heats Up
    <http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddmillay/2016/12/19/climate-change-investing-heats-up/>

Forbes 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

    *Climate change*could be the most important long-term trend for
    investors. It will produce winners and losers over the next decades,
    and all investors should consider how they will "weatherproof" their
    portfolios to mitigate the risks and take advantage*...*

    Secretary of State Nominee Rex Tillerson's*Climate*Con
    <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elliott-negin/secretary-of-state-nomine_b_13713292.html>

Huffington Post 	 -‎7 hours ago‎ 	

    Donald Trump's unorthodox selection of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson
    for secretary of state touched off a flurry of stories about how an
    engineer from humble beginnings rose through company ranks to become
    one of the world's most powerful corporate titans, negotiating with
    potentates and presidents in dozens of countries spanning the globe....
    Tillerson also routinely disparages well-established climate models,
    insisting they are inaccurate, and recommends societies learn how to
    adapt to sea level rise and other consequences of global warming
    instead of trying to reduce carbon emissions...
    "Changes to weather patterns that move crop production areas around
    — we'll adapt to that," he said during a talk at the Council of
    Foreign Relations in June 2012. "It's an engineering problem and it
    has engineering solutions. ...The fear factor that people want to
    throw out there to say we just have to stop this [carbon emissions
    from burning fossil fuels], I do not accept.".....Tillerson also
    routinely disparages well-established climate models, insisting they
    are inaccurate, and recommends societies learn how to adapt to sea
    level rise and other consequences of global warming instead of
    trying to reduce carbon emissions....
    "Changes to weather patterns that move crop production areas around
    — we'll adapt to that," he said during a talk at the Council of
    Foreign Relations in June 2012. "It's an engineering problem and it
    has engineering solutions. ...The fear factor that people want to
    throw out there to say we just have to stop this [carbon emissions
    from burning fossil fuels], I do not accept."..

*Leak reveals Rex Tillerson was director of Bahamas-based US-Russian oil 
firm 
<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/18/leak-rex-tillerson-director-bahamas-based-us-russian-oil-company>* 
The Guardian

    Documents from tax haven will raise more questions over suitability
    of Donald Trump's pick for US secretary of state
    Tillerson – the chief executive of ExxonMobil – became a director of
    the oil company's Russian subsidiary, Exxon Neftegas, in 1998. His
    name – RW Tillerson – appears next to other officers who are based
    at Houston, Texas; Moscow; and Sakhalin, in Russia's far east.
    The leaked 2001 document comes from the corporate registry in the
    Bahamas. It was one of 1.3m files given to the Germany newspaper
    Süddeutsche Zeitung by an anonymous source. The registry is public
    but details of individual directors are typically incomplete or
    missing entirely. ...
    The documents from the Bahamas corporate registry were shared by
    Süddeutsche Zeitung with the Guardian and the International
    Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC. They show
    that Exxon registered at least 67 companies in the secretive tax
    haven, covering operations in countries from Russia to Venezuela to
    Azerbaijan.
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/18/leak-rex-tillerson-director-bahamas-based-us-russian-oil-company

    With State pick, Mass. politicians see an opportunity to probe
    ExxonMobil on*climate change*
    <https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/12/19/massachusetts-politicians-environmental-groups-target-exxonmobil-climate-change/x635GI8xBNIQGdpRZlrabP/story.html>

The Boston Globe 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

    ... Tillerson's nomination for secretary of state. And Massachusetts
    environmental leaders and politicians, who had already cast
    ExxonMobil as their lead villain in the story of*climate change*,
    are relishing the new forum for their ongoing fight

    It's Time for the Nobel Committee to Honor*Climate*Research
    <https://www.wired.com/2016/12/time-nobel-committee-honor-climate-research/>

WIRED 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

    *Climate science*is rooted in physics and chemistry—weather is
    energy, and the atmosphere is a stew of molecular interactions....
    ...Climate science isn't just physics and chemistry. Of course it's
    not. It is geology, ecology, meteorology, economics, and many other
    disciplines rolled into one. Unfortunately, it is also politics.
    Same as every other science—even the ones that haven't been under
    assault for the past few decades. And perhaps more than any other
    discipline, climate science is making outstanding contributions to
    humankind—if only humankind will listen. That is Nobel-worthy.

(Video) An Interview With Dr Michael Oppenheimer On Climate Change 
(October 2016) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ES1OQfGhFE>

    Michael Oppenheimer and the End of the Climate As You Know
    Ithttp://www.princetonmagazine.com/mich...
    <http://www.princetonmagazine.com/michael-oppenheimer-and-the-end-of-the-climate-as-you-know-it>
    Via Bob Herberts Op-Ed.Tvhttp://www.cuny.tv/show/opedtv
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ES1OQfGhFE
    Michael Oppenheimer and the End of the Climate As You Know It
    <http://www.princetonmagazine.com/michael-oppenheimer-and-the-end-of-the-climate-as-you-know-it/>
    http://www.princetonmagazine.com/michael-oppenheimer-and-the-end-of-the-climate-as-you-know-it/

FM16 Press Conference: Sharing big, hard ideas with many kinds of people 
(AGU Workshop) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFpFgfeKN1s>

    Communicating scientific findings can be daunting, especially when
    it's with people who don't work in your field or have no science
    background. But sharp communication skills are critical for today's
    scientists. In this workshop, three science communicators will
    discuss how they're using communications to reach beyond their usual
    audiences, and why such experiences are valuable. Some are
    participating in the Up-Goer-5 challenge, inspired by cartoonist
    Randall Munroe (xkcd) and supported by AGU. One is a podcaster, and
    another a radio personality and research institute director who
    teaches communications skills to early career researchers (sometimes
    clandestinely).
    Participants:
    Allen Pope, National Snow and Ice Data Center, CIRES, University of
    Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.;
    Olivia Ambrogio, Sharing Science Program Manager, American
    Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.;
    Ryan Haupt, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A.;
    Steven Ackerman, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison,
    Wisconsin, U.S.A.

    *Climate Change*News That Stuck With Us in 2016  (NYTimes
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/science/2016-global-warming-news.html>)
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/science/2016-global-warming-news.html>

New York Times 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

    As the year ends, The New York Times asked reporters who have
    focused on*climate change*,*global warming*and the environment to
    choose the news they reported on that was the most memorable.

*This Day in Climate History  December 20, 1983 
<http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/24/movies/earth-s-climatic-crisis-examined-by-nova.html> 
- Video <http://youtu.be/T8JlBkOe6HU>   -    from D.R. Tucker
*

    **December 20, 1983: PBS airs "Climate Crisis: The Greenhouse
    Effect," a "NOVA" special on global warming featuring Tennessee Rep.
    Al Gore.
    http://youtu.be/T8JlBkOe6HU
    http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/24/movies/earth-s-climatic-crisis-examined-by-nova.html

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