[TheClimate.Vote] Daily News brief- Global Warming Issues for voters, candidates and public officials June 5th, 2016

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For June 5th, 2016


    *Heatwave*grips the West Coast with triple-digit temperatures and
    risk of wildfires
    <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3625401/Life-threatening-heatwave-grips-West-Coast-triple-digit-temperatures-risk-wildfires.html>

Daily Mail 	 -‎17 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

The West Coast is in the grip of a 'life threatening' 
triple-digit*heatwave*that is set to continue well into next week, 
raising the risk of wildfires.


    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 	 -‎Jun 2, 2016‎ 	

	
	
	

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 ...


    Spike in Alaska Wildfires is Worsening*Global Warming*
    <http://www.climatecentral.org/news/alaska-wildfires-worsening-global-warming-20411>

Climate Central 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

A record*wildfire*year - such as 2015 which was the worst in Alaska for 
a decade - had a measurable effect on the release of carbon dioxide and 
methane, which are the main drivers of*climate change*. “Our scientists 
found that the balance of carbon*...*


    Do Air Conditioners Cause*Global Warming*?
    <http://247wallst.com/economy/2016/06/04/air-conditioners-cause-global-warming/>

24/7 Wall St. 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

A huge number of homes in the developed world have air-conditioners (AC) 
to keep residents cool during hot spells. It turns out, according to an 
MIT study, AC creates*greenhouse gas*emissions, one of the causes 
of*global warming*. The study, which was ...

*Washington State 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>
(Seattle PI) The Republican leadership of the House Science Committee, 
worried that Exxon-Mobil is being persecuted, won't get requested 
documents out of the Washington attorney general's office....In a letter 
to U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of what's nicknamed the 
"House Anti-Science Committee," AG Bob Ferguson flatly turned down a 
request made by Smith to attorneys general in Washington and 16 other 
states...The congressional panel requested investigation-related 
communications between the AG's office and other states, its 
correspondence with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and 
communications with major environmental groups..."We respectfully 
decline to provide the information to you," Ferguson wrote.

***Naomi Klein 
<http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n11/naomi-klein/let-them-drown>: **Let Them 
Drown -  The Violence of Othering in a Warming World 
<http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n11/naomi-klein/let-them-drown>*
**London Review of Books **2 June, 2016**"*We have dangerously warmed 
our world already, and our governments still refuse to take the actions 
necessary to halt the trend. There was a time when many had the right to 
claim ignorance. But for the past three decades, since the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was created and climate 
negotiations began, this refusal to lower emissions has been accompanied 
with full awareness of the dangers. And this kind of recklessness would 
have been functionally impossible without institutional racism, even if 
only latent. It would have been impossible without Orientalism, without 
all the potent tools on offer that allow the powerful to discount the 
lives of the less powerful. These tools – of ranking the relative value 
of humans – are what allow the writing off of entire nations and ancient 
cultures. And they are what allowed for the digging up of all that 
carbon to begin with." *text and audio podcast* 
<http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n11/naomi-klein/let-them-drown>

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    Yes, Donald Trump did call*climate change*a Chinese hoax
    <http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jun/03/hillary-clinton/yes-donald-trump-did-call-climate-change-chinese-h/>

PolitiFact 	 -‎Jun 3, 2016‎ 	

	
	
	

At one point, Clinton said, "Donald Trump says*climate change*is a hoax 
invented by the Chinese." Did he? Yes, though he later said it was a joke.



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