[TheClimate.Vote] Daily News brief- Global Warming Issues for voters, candidates and officials June 15, 2016

Wed Jun 15 08:42:21 EDT 2016

For June 15, 2016

    Banks Driving*Climate*Chaos with Hundreds of Billions in Extreme
    Energy Financing
    <http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/06/14/worlds-banks-driving-climate-chaos-hundreds-billions-extreme-energy-financing>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

Turning their backs on*climate science*and the consensus of governments 
and civil society across the globe, the world's biggest banks are 
dangerously advancing the*climate*crisis by pumping hundreds of billions 
of dollars into the world's most***polluting fossil fuel industries, 
*...*a new report...evaluates the private global banking industry based 
on its financing for fossil fuels.*..Citigroup, topping the list with 
$24.06 billion of coal power plant funding, and Bank of America "are the 
Western world’s coal banks." At the same time, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays, 
and Bank of America—with a respective $37.7 billion, $26.49 billion and 
$24.85 billion in high-risk financing—"are the bankers of extreme oil 
and gas.".

    *Climate*Impacts From Farming Are Getting Worse
    <http://www.climatecentral.org/news/farmings-climate-impact-rises-20445>

Climate Central 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

As signs emerge that the global energy sector is beginning to rein in 
what once had been unbridled levels of*climate*-changing pollution, new 
United Nations figures show pollution from farming is continuing to get 
worse...Greenhouse gases released from the growing of crops and 
livestock directly increased by a little more than 1 percent in 2014, 
compared with a year prior, the newly updated data shows.

*Supreme Court rejects challenge to Obama mercury air pollution rule 
<http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/3183515088992540420>*
By Lawrence Hurley Reuters Jun 14  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday 
turned aside the latest effort by a group of states led by Michigan to 
block Obama administration environmental regulations limiting power 
plant emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants....the rule 
applies to about 1,400 electricity-generating units at 600 power plants.

    The Weird Weather That Entrenched California's Drought
    <http://www.climatecentral.org/news/weird-weather-entrenched-californias-drought-20438>

Climate Central 	

Several months after storms fueled by a fierce*El Niño*exploded over the 
northern Sierra Nevada, California's mountain snowpack has nearly 
disappeared... But what has surprised scientists is how quickly the 
northern snowpack has virtually disappeared...“The snowmelt was already 
underway by mid-March,” said Michael Dettinger, a U.S. Geological Survey 
hydrologist. “The snowmelt since has been pretty quick.”...Although 
California remains in drought, conditions have improved since last year, 
prompting the state government to ease water rules and 
restrictions...With evidence already showing Californians continued to 
conserve water after the March storms,... “ongoing conservation” of 
water in California is expected to become “a way of life.”

Going vegetarian can cut your food carbon footprint in half 
<http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/3183515088992540454>
By Brad Plumer Vox Jun 14   If you're looking for ways to reduce your 
carbon footprint, try eating less meat. That's one upshot of a big 
recent study on diets in the United Kingdom. ..researchers found that 
vegetarians had roughly half the food-related carbon footprint of meat 
eaters. Vegans were lower still. But even if you don't want to give up 
steak entirely, just cutting back on meat can shrink the footprint of 
your diet by one-third:

    UN*climate*agency: 2016 weather records a 'cause for alarm'
    <http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/283475-un-climate-agency-2016-weather-records-a-cause-for-alarm>

The Hill 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

The group's statement blamed the since-dissipated*El Nino*for driving 
some high temperatures so far this year, but said that the underlying 
cause is increasing*greenhouse gas*levels in the atmosphere. It cited 
new research predicting carbon dioxide ...

    *Climate*, society will determine the future of*wildfire*in the
    South <https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160614083124.htm>

Science Daily 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

A new study by U.S. Forest Service scientists and collaborators projects 
a four percent increase overall in acres burned by*wildfire*in the 
Southeast by 2060, but with substantial uncertainties and large 
variations by state and ecoregion, including a*.*

    *Climate Change*Activists Should Be Nervous About Brexit
    <http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/06/14/3788530/brexit-bad-climate-change/>

ThinkProgress 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party, center, Tom Watson MP, 
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, left, and Angela Eagle MP, Shadow 
First Secretary of State and Shadow Secretary of State for Business, 
Innovation and Skills, unveil a new poster .

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