[TheClimate.Vote] Daily News brief- Global Warming Issues for voters, candidates and officials June 12, 2016

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    *Wildfire*threat to ramp up across western US as temperatures soar
    next week
    <http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/wildfire-threat-ramps-southwest-temperatures-soar-lightning-rain/58078781>

AccuWeather.com 	 -‎ 	

	
	
	

The threat of wildfires will ramp up heading into next week across the 
southwestern United States. Temperatures in cities like Los Angeles and 
Las Vegas will start off a touch below normal over the weekend, but will 
skyrocket by Tuesday and Wednesday..."Fuels continue to remain dry 
across the Southwest, and fires in the past month or two have already 
proved that under the right weather conditions wildfire activity can 
quickly get out of hand," AccuWeather Meteorologist Evan Duffey said.
Trees, grass and brush that have a low level of moisture can serve as 
fuel and easily catch on fire.


    Massachusetts kids win a landmark*climate*ruling
    <http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-06-12/massachusetts-kids-win-landmark-climate-ruling>

PRI 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of four 
young plaintiffs who claim the state has failed to follow through on 
laws that require reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The court, in a 
unanimous decision, ordered the state to stop dragging its feet and 
implement the law as written....The Massachusetts Department of 
Environmental Protection says it encourages clean energy, such as here 
at Shaffer Landfill. But a recent lawsuit says the department has not 
done enough to fulfill a law requiring the reduction of*greenhouse 
gas**... the unanimous decision by the court is significant. *"*It 
removes any doubt about what the statute required, and it removes any 
kind of partisan quality to the decision,” he says. “The decision was 
written by the most conservative justice on the court*..*. So it's a 
decision that, I think, will bring all sides together on the need to 
find common sense solutions that meet the statutory mandate.*"**


    30 years ago scientists warned Congress on*global warming*. What
    they said sounds eerily familiar
    <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/11/30-years-ago-scientists-warned-congress-on-global-warming-what-they-said-sounds-eerily-familiar/>

Washington Post 	 -‎Jun 11, 2016‎ 	

	
	
	

It was such a different time - and yet, the message was so similar. 
Thirty years ago, on June 10 and 11 of 1986, the U.S. Senate Committee 
on the Environment and Public Works commenced two days of hearings, 
convened by Sen. John H. Chafee (R-R...

Climate Change and Global Food Security: Prof David Battisti (video) 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YToMoNPwTFc>
Understanding Climate Change 
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo-r5Q-5TWB43oLI8eZ6euA> Dr David 
Battisti is the University of Washington climate scientist who talks 
most about the future of food.
He predicted by the mid 2030's the world would see agricultural output 
cut in half.  An hour long lecture at the University of Arizona,
he shows the charts and graphs and better explains his science. Anyone 
wanting to prepare for the next 30 years should see and hear.


    Now trending in DC:*Arctic*issues
    <http://www.adn.com/arctic/2016/06/10/now-trending-in-dc-arctic-issues/>

Alaska Dispatch News 	 -
	

	
	
	

The United States is working its way through the second of two years as 
head of the*Arctic*Council, President Barack Obama is taking a whack at 
crafting a*climate change*legacy and private industries are eyeing the 
prospect of northern shipping routes opened by melting polar ice.   That 
translates to a lot of Arctic talk in Washington, despite a lack of 
attention elsewhere in the Lower 48.   "We are detached from our Arctic. 
Alaskans understand it, but the rest of the country really doesn't think 
about the United States being an Arctic nation," said retired Coast 
Guard Adm. Robert Papp, who serves as the U.S. special representative 
for the Arctic.


    Fighting*Climate Change*with Movies
    <http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/fighting-climate-change-with-movies/3356878.html>

Voice of America (blog) 	 -‎19 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

"How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things*Climate*Can't 
Change" is the latest movie from filmmaker and*climate*activist Josh 
Fox. The movie is the third film in a three-part series about*climate 
change*. In 2010, America's Academy of Motion*...*

*U.S. Congress Aims to Cut Climate Science 
<http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-congress-aims-to-cut-climate-science/>
*Scientific American  Proposed cuts to NOAA and NASA target climate 
change research in particular... 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.*
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