[TheClimate.Vote] Daily News brief- Global Warming Issues for voters, candidates and officials June 8, 2016

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For June 8, 2016


    Major*climate*summit coming to Boston next year
    <https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/06/07/boston-host-major-climate-summit/UvMXXRV3Q5w7OIm4Cc2ZqJ/story.html>

The Boston Globe 	 -‎10 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Secretary of State John F. Kerry made the announcement Tuesday at this 
year's conference in the hazy Chinese capital, declaring that cities 
like Boston were “in the eye of the*climate change*storm.” ... “This is 
an enormous honor and a clear sign that*...*


    Increased Extreme Weather Events Predicted Due to Effect of*Climate
    Change*on the Arctic
    <http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2016/06/07/increased-extreme-weather-events-predicted-due-effect-climate-change-arctic>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎19 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

MADRID -  The effects of climate change on the Arctic — including 
melting ice and sea level rise — may possibly alter weather patterns in 
the northern hemisphere. These effects could include hotter, drier 
summers in some areas, wetter summers in other areas, and cold, stormy 
winters in others, according to studies compiled by the Greenpeace 
Research Laboratories in the report, “What happens in the Arctic doesn't 
stay in the Arctic” which is published today at 
http://www.greenpeace.org/espana/Global/espana/2016/report/artico/ArticoEN-LR.pdf


    Trump and*global warming*: Americans are failing risk management
    <http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/jun/08/trump-and-global-warming-americans-are-failing-risk-management>

The Guardian 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

(opinion)  Currently, about 40% of Americans support Donald Trump in the 
2016 presidential election, and about 40% of Americans are not worried 
about global warming. While short of a majority, this is a substantial 
fraction of the American public failing to grasp the risks associated 
with a Donald Trump presidency and potentially catastrophic climate 
change impacts.


    Will The*Climate*Kids Sue Washington Again?
    <https://cleantechnica.com/2016/06/07/will-climate-kids-sue-washington/>

CleanTechnica 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

	
	
	

The state of Washington has a legal obligation to protect its citizens 
from the negative impacts of*climate change*. Eight Seattle high school 
students have already established this in court, three times.


    *Climate change*will affect farmers' bottom line
    <https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160607113114.htm>

Science Daily 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

And that's exactly what*climate change*is about: long-term change and 
adaptation," explains U of I economist Sandy Dall'Erba.


    India's Modi meeting with Obama on*climate change*, security
    <http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/07/politics/indias-narendra-modi-us-visit-climate-change/index.html>

CNN International 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Obama and Modi are expected to discuss economic relations, security 
cooperation and*climate change*-- a legacy priority for Obama.


    That '70s myth—did*climate science*really call for a “coming ice
    age?”
    <http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/06/that-70s-myth-did-climate-science-really-call-for-a-coming-ice-age/>

Ars Technica 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

One of the undying, zombie-like arguments against*climate change*is that 
you can't trust*climate*scientists because they started out making doom 
and gloom claims about global cooling in the 1970s.

*Are Drought Truthers The New Climate Change Deniers?* 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-drought-truthers_us_5751ceaae4b0c3752dcd8ab5>
... up the water" for farmers because "there is no drought." Trump’s 
remarks might be the most high-profile example of drought trutherism 
yet. So could Trump, who has described climate change as a "man-made" 
"hoax" despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, help spur a 
new breed of drought deniers? Peter Gleick, a water and climate analyst 
and co-founder of the Pacific ...


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