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    *Climate Change*Sparks Huge Human Rights Violation Case Against
    Carbon Companies
    <http://www.newsweek.com/carbon-producers-human-rights-case-484659>

Newsweek 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

The world's largest oil, coal, cement and mining companies have been 
given 45 days to respond to a complaint that their greenhouse gas 
emissions have violated the human rights of millions of people living in 
the Phillippines....In a potential landmark legal case, the Commission 
on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR), a constitutional body with the 
power to investigate human rights violations, has sent 47 “carbon 
majors” including Shell, BP, Chevron, BHP Billiton and Anglo American, a 
60-page document accusing them of breaching people's fundamental rights 
to “life, food, water, sanitation, adequate housing, and to self 
determination.”...The complaint argues that the 47 companies should be 
held accountable for the effects of their greenhouse gas emissions in 
the Philippines and demands that they explain how human rights 
violations resulting from*climate change*will be “eliminated...The 
world's largest oil, coal, cement and mining companies have been given 
45 days to respond to a complaint that their greenhouse gas emissions 
have violated the human rights of millions of people living in the 
Phillippines...In a potential landmark legal case, the Commission on 
Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR), a constitutional body with the 
power to investigate human rights violations, has sent 47 “carbon 
majors” including Shell, BP, Chevron, BHP Billiton and Anglo American, a 
60-page document accusing them of breaching people's fundamental rights 
to “life, food, water, sanitation, adequate housing, and to self 
determination.”

*Sandfire Timelapse video (dramatic images) 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h1gEDHX5N0>*
backyard video timelapse of Santa Clarita wildfire. Astounding video 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h1gEDHX5N0


    In Alaska's Remote Towns,*Climate Change*Is Already Leaving Many
    Hungry
    <http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/27/487364060/in-alaskas-remote-towns-climate-change-is-already-leaving-many-hungry>

NPR 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

There was a time when Sandra Gologergen's freezer never ran out. Packed 
with traditional Inuit foods like whale, walrus, seal and fish, her 
freezer has been an essential lifeline, ensuring her husband, three kids 
and grandson make it through the long"This is the fourth year we've gone 
to Kotzebue," says Jim Harmon, executive director of Sea Share. "Last 
year, Nome called and said communities on the coast couldn't get the 
walrus they needed, so the Coast Guard made a second stop in Nome to 
distribute fish in Diomede, Savoonga and Gambell."*..."This is the 
fourth year we*'*ve gone to Kotzebue," says Jim Harmon, executive 
director of Sea Share. "Last year, Nome called and said communities on 
the coast couldn*'*t get the walrus they needed, so the Coast Guard made 
a second stop in Nome to distribute fish in Diomede, Savoonga and Gambell."*


    3*Climate*Issues the DNC Should Consider This Week
    <http://www.ecowatch.com/3-climate-issues-the-dnc-should-consider-this-week-1946175855.html>

EcoWatch 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Monday marked the beginning of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), 
where the party will—in theory—come together around what it's calling 
the "most progressive platform in party history....1. Where Does the 
Party Stand on Fracking and Natural Gas?   Well, it's complicated....2. 
Will Support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Erode?...The Dems 
have chosen not to oppose the TPP, ...3. When Can We Expect Some Actual 
Commitments to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground?  Unlike people across 
the country, the Democrats have yet to fully embrace the keep it in the 
ground movement, but they seem to be inching closer.


    Scorching Global Temps Astound*Climate*Scientists
    <http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/07/27/scorching-global-temps-astound-climate-scientists>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

As wildfire rages in California, flooding affects millions in India and 
China, and eggs are fried on sidewalks in Iraq, scientists say global 
climate catastrophe is surpassing predictions..."What concerns me most 
is that we didn't anticipate these temperature jumps," David Carlson, 
director of the World Meteorological Organization's 
(WMO)*climate*research program, told Thompson Reuters Foundation late 
Monday. "We predicted moderate*warmth for 2016, but nothing like the 
temperature rises we*'*ve seen."..."Massive temperature hikes, but also 
extreme events like floodings, have become the new normal," Carlson 
added. "The ice melt rates recorded in the first half of 2016, for 
example—we don*'*t usually see those until later in the year."...Indeed, 
extreme weather events are currently wreaking havoc around the world....*


    A stunning prediction of*climate science*— and basic physics — may
    now be coming true
    <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/07/27/a-stunning-prediction-of-climate-science-and-basic-physics-may-now-be-coming-true/>

Washington Post 	 -‎59 minutes ago‎ 	

	
	
	

The animation uses measurements from NASA's squadron of GRACE satellites 
(Gravity Recovery and*Climate*Experiment), which detect changes in mass 
below them as they fly over the Earth, to calculate how the ocean 
changed from April 2002 until July 2013*...Yet Greenland, at least so 
far, has been outstripping Antarctica for ice loss because it is exposed 
to very warm Arctic air temperatures. Antarctica has vastly more ice to 
lose, but it has been more insulated from strong surface temperature 
change (although the oceans are melting parts of it from below). So the 
gravity calculations are currently weighting Greenland*'*s loss, and its 
sea level consequences, more heavily than Antarctica*'*s.*


    *Climate change*is as dangerous as ISIS, says Kerry, and part of the
    problem is your airconditioning
    <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/07/27/climate-change-is-as-dangerous-as-isis-says-kerry-and-part-of-the-problem-is-your-airconditioning/>

Washington Post 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

When Secretary of State John F. Kerry was in Austria's capital Vienna 
recently to join discussions on*climate change*, chances were low that 
he encountered too many air conditioned rooms....experts say that this 
makes hardly any sense, and Americans should adapt...."The temperature 
range that people find comfortable depends on the temperatures they have 
experienced in preceding days or weeks," said Cox. "If local high 
temperatures have been, say, around 70, then we feel most comfortable in 
the 70s indoors. If we've experienced highs of, say, 90, we may feel 
more comfortable in the mid-70s to the mid or upper 80s. But today we 
have whole populations that can go for weeks without experiencing any 
warm or hot temperatures, other than dashing across hot asphalt from the 
car to the office and back. How to start the adaptation process? That's 
a hard one."


    Current atmospheric*greenhouse gas*concentrations likely commit to
    warmings greater than 1.5C over land
    <https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160727090403.htm>

Science Daily 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Current levels of atmospheric*greenhouse gas*concentrations already 
commit the planet to air temperatures over many land regions being 
eventually warmed by greater than 1.5°C, according to new research 
published today (27 July 2016) in the journal ...Lead author Dr Chris 
Huntingford from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology said, "It would 
certainly be inappropriate to create any additional fear over climate 
change. However, what this paper does is re-iterate that the oceans are 
currently acting as a very strong sink of heat. Even if carbon dioxide 
was somehow stabilised at current levels, additional warming will occur 
as we move towards an equilibrium climate state. Furthermore, both data 
and computer models all indicate enhanced temperatures over land, 
compared to global mean warming that includes temperatures over the oceans."


    *Sea level rise*a big issue for military in Hampton Roads, science
    says. But Republicans try to block planning.
    <http://pilotonline.com/news/military/local/sea-level-rise-a-big-issue-for-military-in-hampton/article_ac679bca-9972-5e50-9f7e-b727716aa1d9.html>

Virginian-Pilot 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Tacked on to defense spending bills passed by the House of 
Representatives: amendments forbidding the Pentagon from using federal 
dollars to study*climate change*or plan for its impacts. Supporters say 
they want the military focused on enemies such as the Islamic State 
group, not rising seas...."It's kind of hard to attack the enemy when 
your base is underwater," ...Exactly how far underwater depends on a 
range of factors, says the report, which paints scenarios similar to 
those predicted in studies conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers and 
others.


    Military installations prepare for tidal flooding,*climate change*
    <http://wtop.com/local/2016/07/military-installations-prepare-tidal-flooding-climate-change/>

WTOP 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Washington Navy Yard is located on a "hotspot" for*sea level rise*, 
according to the study. While the base currently does not experience 
flooding during high tides, the study says that will change by 2100 
if*climate change*is not addressed. ..The study warns that if preventive 
measures are not taken to reverse climate change, the Annapolis 
waterfront and parts of the Naval Academy which currently experience 
tidal flooding about 50 times a year could have 400 tidal floods per 
year by 2050....NASA says heat-trapping carbon dioxide and other gases, 
so-called greenhouse gases, are warming the planet and global sea levels 
rose about 6.7 inches in the last century....“Sea level rise is an 
insidious problem. It happens slowly and gradually over time,” Dahl said.

Slimy green beaches may be Florida's new normal  (National Geographic 
<http://climatenexus.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1f5797e59060083034310930&id=d942b4dc56&e=95b355344d>) 
Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, occur naturally and 
thrive in warm, calm water. Two conditions work against eradicating it: 
climate change and political inertia.

When will the candidates pay attention to the biggest environmental 
issue facing America? (PBS Newshour, David Biello column 
<http://climatenexus.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1f5797e59060083034310930&id=32e59deb66&e=95b355344d>) 
The problem isn't that the largest global environmental issue isn't 
being talked about at all, it's that climate change isn't being talked 
about honestly and realistically. That's because no one running for 
president is talking about scale or speed.

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