[TheClimate.Vote] Daily climate change destabilization news - for candidates and elected officials. May 13, 2016

Tue May 24 19:32:40 EDT 2016

   Daily summary of climate destabilization news for May 13, 2016
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    Obama and Nordic leaders: Economic activity in the Arctic must
    pass*climate*test
    <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/05/13/obama-and-nordic-leaders-economic-activity-in-the-arctic-must-pass-climate-test/>

Washington Post 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

President Obama and the leaders of five Nordic nations will agree Friday 
to apply strict environmental standards and*climate*goals to commercial 
activities in the Arctic, a pledge that could have major implications 
for everything from future energy*...*

    Donald Trump Taps*Climate Change*Skeptic As Key Energy Adviser
    <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-energy-advisor_us_5736048be4b08f96c1830536>

Huffington Post 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Donald 
Trump has asked one of America's most ardent drilling advocates 
and*climate change*skeptics to help him draft his energy policy. U.S. 
Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer of ...

    <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/us/obama-methane-epa.html>

    EPA Methane Leak Rules Take Aim at*Climate Change*
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/us/obama-methane-epa.html>

New York Times 	 -‎19 hours ago‎ 	

The rules governing carbon dioxide emissions from cars and power plants, 
the two largest sources of*greenhouse gas*emissions, form the 
centerpiece of Mr. Obama's*climate change*agenda. They are at the heart 
of his pledge under last year's Paris ...

    The things people ask about the scientific consensus on*climate
    change*
    <http://phys.org/news/2016-05-people-scientific-consensus-climate.html>

Phys.Org 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

It's been almost a month since the paper I co-authoured on the synthesis 
of research into the scientific consensus on*climate change*was 
published. Surveying the many studies into scientific agreement, we 
found that more than 90% of*climate*scientists*...*

    Exxon*climate change*'fraud' probe recalls tobacco windfall
    <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/12/exxon-climate-change-fraud-probe-recalls-tobacco-w/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS>

Washington Times 	 -‎13 hours ago‎ 	

An investigation by Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude E. Walker 
into whether Exxon engaged in*climate change*“fraud” is drawing charges 
that the end game for Mr. Walker and other like-minded attorneys general 
is a mammoth payday modeled after the ...

    New Model Quantifies Impact Of Potential*Climate*& Energy Regulation
    On Company Profitability
    <http://cleantechnica.com/2016/05/13/new-model-quantifies-impact-potential-climate-energy-regulation-company-profitability/>

CleanTechnica 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

The Investment Leaders Group has published a new report detailing the 
results of a new model which quantifies the impact of 
potential*climate*and energy regulation on company profitability. CISL-2 
The Investment Leaders Group (ILG) is an international ...

    Should we be fighting the*climate*crisis like we fought World War
    II?
    <http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/should-we-be-fighting-climate-crisis-we-fought-world-war-ii.html>

Treehugger 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

Over at the New Republic, Emma Foehringer Merchant writes about 
"*climate*mobilization" and asks Should We Respond to*Climate 
Change*Like We Did to WWII? She notes that in World War II the 
government essentially used its powers to get industry to stop ..

    Civil disobedience is the only way left to fight*climate change*
    <http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/13/civil-disobedience-climate-change-protesters>

The Guardian 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

Many of the changes that need to be made to tackle*climate change*would 
also improve the quality of life for the majority of people on the 
planet - from allowing people in Beijing to go outside without wearing 
pollution masks, to creating good jobs for*...*

    The vicious cycle that makes people afraid to talk about*climate
    change*
    <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/05/12/the-vicious-cycle-that-makes-people-afraid-to-talk-about-climate-change/>

Washington Post 	 -‎21 hours ago‎ 	

If you want to understand why it is that on a planet wracked by*climate 
change*, people still don't talk much about*climate change*, then this 
may be the key: They're people. Or, more specifically, they're evolved 
social mammals who are acutely attuned*...

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    Air Pollution and Impacts on Women's and Children's Health
    and*Climate Change*
    <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-margaret-chan/air-pollution-and-impacts_b_9946500.html>

Huffington Post 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

When household pollution drifts outside, it releases large quantities of 
black carbon, a short-lived*climate*pollutant - making home cookstoves 
the second largest contributor to black carbon emissions globally, 
behind forest grassland and agricultural*...*

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    Climate Nexus
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    Carbon Capture Report http://www.carboncapturereport.org/
    Reporting Climate Science http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/
    Daily Climate http://www.dailyclimate.org/
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    Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/
    Inter Press Service News http://www.ipsnews.net/news/environment/
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    http://climatechange.carboncapturereport.org/cgi-bin/dailyreport

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