[TheClimate.Vote] Daily News brief- Global Warming Issues for voters, candidates and officials June 4th, 2016

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For June 4th, 2016


    Oregon derailment likely to reignite rail-by-oil safety concerns
    <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-derailment-oregon-idUSKCN0YP2H0>

Reuters 	 -	

	
	
	

A Union Pacific train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along 
Oregon's scenic Columbia River gorge on Friday, forcing the closure of 
an interstate highway and the evacuation of a school in the first major 
rail accident involving crude in a year.

*Proposed Washington oil spill safeguards criticized at public hearing; 
train derails, burns 100 miles away 
<http://q13fox.com/2016/06/03/proposed-washington-oil-spill-safeguards-criticized-at-public-hearing-train-derails-burns-100-miles-away/>*  
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Department of Ecology on Friday 
held a public hearing to discuss its proposed new rules to protect the 
environment from oil spills during a train derailment.


    *Climate*Is Poised To Be A Divisive Issue For This Group Of Voters
    <http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/06/03/3781745/blue-green-and-black-labor-and-climate/>

ThinkProgress 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

CWA and other unions that are joining the chorus of voices calling for 
action on*climate change*represent an important shift for labor, which 
has historically been somewhat leery of environmental regulation.


    Alaska's huge*climate*mystery — and its global consequences
    <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/03/alaskas-huge-climate-mystery-and-its-global-consequences/>

Washington Post 	 -	

	
	
	

*The fear is that with the higher latitudes of the planet warming 
extremely rapidly, that heat itself, and some of its consequences — such 
as raging wildfires in northern forests — could unleash a climate 
disaster. Perennially frozen northern soils, known as permafrost, 
contain enormous amounts of carbon because the slow and cold chemistry 
of the Arctic makes them the repository of thousands of years of frozen 
plant remains. Warming could cause this plant matter to break down, be 
decomposed by bacteria and emit ancient carbon to the atmosphere in the 
form of carbon dioxide and methane...And the amounts of carbon involved 
are enormous — one common estimate is that there’s more than twice as 
much carbon stored in northern permafrost as there is currently wafting 
about the planet’s atmosphere.
*


    Scientists Seek a New Measure for Methane. Here's Why.
    <http://www.climatecentral.org/news/scientists-seek-new-measure-for-methane-20413>

Climate Central 	 -‎17 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

There may be a significant problem with the measuring stick scientists 
use to account for how much methane is affecting*climate change*, 
according to a recent study led by researchers at Oxford University. The 
long-term effect of methane ... Nature*...*


    Rising Demand for Air Conditioners May Worsen*Global Warming*, Study
    Says | The Weather Channel
    <https://weather.com/news/climate/news/world-air-conditioning-boom-may-increase-greenhouse-gasses>

The Weather Channel 	‎ 	

	
	
	

Rising demand for air conditioners will worsen*global warming*if steps 
aren't taken to change the cooling technology we currently use, says a 
new study from the Berekley National Laboratory.


    Nuclear Option Could Be Best Bet to Combat*Climate Change*
    <http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nuclear-option-could-be-best-bet-to-combat-climate-change/>

Scientific American 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

(opinion) Many analysts are now calling not just to preserve existing 
nuclear power plants, but to invest in new designs to help fight*climate 
change*. “A new round of innovation for nuclear reactors would be quite 
important,” said Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz*..*

*Why Scientists Are Amazed at Oilsands Smog Levels* 
<http://thetyee.ca/News/2016/05/30/Oilsands-Smog-Levels/>
  "one of the largest sources of anthropogenic secondary organic 
aerosols in North America." ...
Pollution from industrial bitumen operations pulsates into the 
atmosphere at the rate of 55 to 101 tonnes a day. Scientists aren't sure 
if the pollution is coming from mine sites, upgraders, or 220 square 
kilometres of lakes containing mining waste -- or all three... the 
tarsands remain the largest single source of greenhouse gases in the 
country. Environment Canada reported this year that the nation's oil and 
gas sector was the largest greenhouse gas emitter in Canada and 
accounted for 192 megatonnes or 26 per cent of the nation's total emissions.


    Scientists compareclimate changeimpacts at 1.5C and 2C

<http://www.skepticalscience.com/scientists-compare-climate-impacts-1-5C-2C.html> 


Half a degree makes a very big difference when judging how different 
parts of the world will feel the effects ofclimate change...This is the 
conclusion from the first study 
<http://www.earth-syst-dynam-discuss.net/esd-2015-68/> to compare and 
contrast the consequences of 1.5C world compared to a 2C world, 
published today in /Earth System Dynamics/...Both 2C and 1.5C are 
explicitly mentioned in the Paris agreement 
<http://www.carbonbrief.org/category/policy/paris-2015> as potential 
upper limits for global warming since the preindustrial era, but details 
from scientists on how the temperature thresholds compare have been 
sparse...For example, an extra 0.5C could see global sea levels rise 
10cm more by 2100, water shortages in the Mediterranean double and 
tropicalheatwaves last up to a month longer. The difference between 2C 
and 1.5C is also “likely to be decisive for the future of coral reefs”, 
with virtually all coral reefs at high risk of bleaching with 2C 
warming...The authors presented their research today at the European 
Geosciences Union <http://www.egu2016.eu/>, an annual major gathering of 
geoscientists taking place this week in Vienna.


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