[TheClimate.Vote] Daily News brief- Global Warming Issues for voters, candidates and officials June 2nd 2016

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Date  June 2nd 2016

*Yale-GMU study:  Climate Change in the American Mind:  71% accept 
global warming 
<http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/climate-change-american-mind-march-2016/>*
Since spring 2015, the number of Americans who think global warming is 
happening has increased by seven percent.  70% now say it’s happening.  
This figure nearly matches the highest level we’ve measured (71%) since 
we began conducting our surveys in November 2008.  And 58% very worried. 
While 38% think we currently experience harm.  All data has increased 
significantly. By a three-to-one margin, Americans support (76%) rather 
than oppose (23%) teaching children about global warming in school.
Key findings: 
http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/climate-change-american-mind-march-2016/2/


    US Congress Aims to Cut*Climate Science*
    <http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-congress-aims-to-cut-climate-science/>

Scientific American 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Congress is considering spending bills that would significantly cut 
funding for key*climate change*research by NASA and the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration in 2017.  Among the losers: the oldest 
carbon dioxide observatories on the planet, the ability to track fossil 
fuel emissions in the United States and a program to study ocean 
acidification...Republican appropriators termed climate and ocean 
services research “lower-priority,” which earned them a rebuke from 
Democrats.


    AG Ferguson to*climate change*deniers in Congress: Respectfully,
    drop dead
    <http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/AG-Ferguson-to-climate-deniers-in-Congress-Drop-7958033.php>

seattlepi.com 	 - Joel Connelly‎ 	

	
	
	

New York AG Eric Schneiderman has been probing whether Exxon-Mobil lied 
in decades past by not telling investors and the public what it knew 
from research about*global warming*and its consequences. Schneiderman is 
looking at the oil giant's*...*


    Bernie Sanders takes on Trump over drought and*climate change*
    <http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article81290332.html>

Sacramento Bee 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Bernie Sanders, traipsing across far-flung regions of California as he 
seeks a comeback victory here next week, swatted at likely Republican 
presidential nominee Donald Trump for minimizing the state's water 
shortage and the effects of*climate change*.
.


    Spike in Alaska wildfires is worsening*global warming*, US says
    <http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/01/alaska-wildfires-climate-change>

The Guardian 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

The sharp spike in Alaska's wildfires, where more than 5 million acres 
burned last year, are destroying a main buffer against*climate change*: 
the carbon-rich boreal forests, tundra and permafrost that have served 
as an enormous carbon sink. Northern*...*


    *Climate*Action for Growth and Competitiveness
    <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-polman/-climate-action-for-growt_b_10254556.html>

Huffington Post 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

(opinion) It's five months since the world's leaders adopted the 
historic Paris Agreement on*climate change*. In doing so ... And 150 
companies have set emissions reduction targets in line with*climate 
science*through the Science-Based Targets campaign*...*


    Democracy Is the Answer to*Climate Change*
    <http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/01/democracy-is-the-answer-to-climate-change/>

Foreign Policy (blog) 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

(opinion) "elected leaders are better equipped to address the problem 
than their autocratic rivals."  ...The Paris agreement of December 2015 
raised new hopes that the worst effects of*climate change*might yet be 
averted. This agreement, whose signatories have agreed to substantially 
reduce greenhouse gas emissions on a voluntary basis, marks the first ...


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