[TheClimate.Vote] Daily News briefing on Global Warming Issues May 26th

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News items for May 26th, 2016


    *Climate change*is the most pressing issue of our time. So why isn't
    it getting more play in the election?
    <http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-climate-change-presidential-politics-20160526-snap-story.html>

Los Angeles Times 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

With the exception of a handful of quacks and deniers, the vast majority 
of scientists believe that human activity - primarily the burning of 
fossil fuels - is driving up temperatures around the world, and that the 
pace of*global warming*is*...*


    As*climate*risks expand, diplomats start to overshadow green experts
    <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-diplomacy-idUSKCN0YH15Y>

Reuters 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

The change is in the air these days at a May 16-26 United Nations 
meeting on implementing last December's Paris Agreement to limit*global 
warming*, negotiated at a high-level meeting hosted by France's then 
foreign minister Laurent Fabius. ... "There*...*


    Bill Gates And Exxon Now Share The Same*Climate*Policy. They're
    Wrong.
    <http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/26/3781761/bill-gates-exxon-climate-policy/>

ThinkProgress 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Exxon chairman, president, and CEO Rex Tillerson said of Gates, “there's 
no space between he and I” on what the world needs to do about*climate 
change*. “We've ... They are saying we need to turn the taps down in an 
orderly fashion over the next several*...*


    Alberta*wildfire*singes companies beyond energy sector
    <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-wildfire-companies-idUSKCN0YG2HV>

Reuters 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

With the combination of the*wildfire*and weak commodity prices 
challenging the railroads, Seaport Global Securities noted that the 
latest weekly data showed Canadian crude-related rail shipments fell 35 
percent from last year and total Canadian rail*...*


    New Tar Sands Impact on*Climate*, Air Quality Found
    <http://www.climatecentral.org/news/tar-sands-impact-climate-air-quality-20376>

Climate Central 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

In one of the first studies of its kind, scientists have found that tar 
sands production in Canada is one of North America's largest sources of 
secondary organic*aerosols*- air pollutants that affect the*climate*, 
cloud formation and public health*...*


    ExxonMobil tried to censor*climate*scientists to Congress during
    Bush era
    <https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/25/exxonmobil-climate-change-scientists-congress-george-w-bush>

The Guardian 	 -‎15 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

ExxonMobil moved to squash a well-established congressional lecture 
series on*climate science*just nine days after the presidential 
inauguration of George W Bush, a former oil executive, the Guardian has 
learned.


    Trump sends shivers down spines of nations trying to solidify*global
    warming*pact
    <http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/05/26/world/trump-sends-shivers-spines-nations-trying-solidify-global-warming-pact/>

The Japan Times 	 -‎17 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Under the Paris accord, 196 nations have pledged to hold*global 
warming*to well under 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), and to 
help poor countries cope with the impact of*climate change*while weaning 
their economies off fossil fuels.



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