[TheClimate.Vote] Daily News brief- Global Warming Issues for voters, candidates and officials June 3, 2016

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For June 3rd, 2016


    Insurer Fossil Fuel Divestment Focus of Washington*Climate Change*
    Summit <http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2016/06/02/410761.htm>

Insurance Journal 	 -‎14 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Getting insurers to rid themselves of investments in fossil fuels, 
creating products to deal with*climate change*and helping the world 
better understand risk, were among the topics on Wednesday at a summit 
on the insurance industry and*climate change*. California Insurance 
Commissioner Dave Jones earlier this year asked all insurance companies 
doing business in California to voluntarily divest from their 
investments in thermal coal. That followed a move by Henri de Castries, 
chairman and CEO of French insurer AXA, who announced in May 2015 that 
the company was ridding itself of investments in companies most exposed 
to coal-related activities....
Kreidler lately has expressed concern that insurers could have assets 
stranded if fossil fuel investments suddenly plummet, a scenario that 
might be pushed in part by the agreement between 200 hundred countries 
in Paris last year, the United Nations Climate Change Conference.


    CBO warns of*climate change's*budget impact
    <http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/climate-changes-cbo-budget-223842>

Politico 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

The Congressional Budget Office is warning lawmakers about the fiscal 
risks of climate change, putting the studiously non-partisan agency at 
odds with Republican Party orthodoxy. The report, released as hurricane 
season begins, warns that hurricane damage will “increase significantly 
in the coming decades” due to*climate change*. The agency added that 
humans are playing a role in fueling rising temperatures and a 
shifting*climate*.


    Canada's $6.9 Billion*Wildfire*Is the Size of Delaware—and Still Out
    of Control
    <http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-wildfire-fort-mcmurray/>

Bloomberg 	 -‎16 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Last winter new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed Canada 
to a 30 percent reduction of its 2005*greenhouse gas*emissions over the 
next 15 years. In the last week of May, Canadian government scientists 
reported that the bitumen-extraction ...


    Youths Who Sued the State Over*Climate Change*(and Won) Are Going
    Back to Court "as Soon as Possible"
    <http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/06/02/24158139/father-of-youths-who-sued-the-state-over-climate-change-and-won-says-kids-are-going-back-to-court-as-soon-as-possible>

TheStranger.com 	 -‎
	

	
	
	

On Wednesday, the Washington State Department of Ecology released an 
updated draft of the Clean Air Rule, a reintroduced plan to make the 
state's biggest polluters cut their*greenhouse gas*emissions that was 
retracted earlier this year. The new draft*...*


    Insurer Fossil Fuel Divestment Focus of Washington*Climate Change*
    Summit <http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2016/06/02/410761.htm>

Insurance Journal 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Getting insurers to rid themselves of investments in fossil fuels, 
creating products to deal with*climate change*and helping the world 
better understand risk, were among the topics on Wednesday at a summit 
on the insurance industry and*climate change*.


    The Mainstream Media's*Climate*Malpractice
    <http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/36293-the-mainstream-media-s-climate-malpractice>

Truth-Out 	 -	

	
	
	

(opinion) The simple fact is, these storms are directly connected to 
global climate change...And the mainstream media in this country is 
committing malpractice with their coverage of these events... And as a 
result, the planet's atmosphere can hold more moisture than it could 
have in the absence of human-caused*global warming*. ... And water vapor 
acts just like any other*greenhouse gas*in the atmosphere: It reflects 
light and heat back in all*...*


    Melting Permafrost Is Turbocharging*Climate Change*
    <http://www.newsweek.com/2016/06/10/permafrost-greenhouse-gases-global-warming-465585.html>

Newsweek 	 -‎10 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Discussions of*global warming*often center on the release of greenhouse 
gases like carbon into the atmosphere, mostly from burning fossil fuels.
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