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Your state-by-state guide to the climate fallout from Tuesday's election.
*Here Are the Races to Watch if You Care About Global Warming* 
<http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/11/climate-election-results-guide> 


    The debate isn't restricted to the top of the ticket; there are a
    number of state races that will play a key role in determining US
    climate policy, along with a handful of ballot initiatives covering
    everything from rooftop solar to a proposed carbon tax. The
    situation in each state is unique. Some races—New Hampshire's Senate
    contest, for instance—feature two candidates who want to act on
    climate change. Others, such as West Virginia's gubernatorial
    election, feature two candidates who are champions of the coal
    industry. The impacts of climate change also vary from state to
    state: Alaska faces wildfires and melting permafrost; Florida is
    confronting rising seas; Iowa could be hit with falling corn yields.
    And of course, the voters in each state are different, too.
    Coloradans overwhelmingly acknowledge that humans are warming the
    planet. Their neighbors in Utah: not so much.
    http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/11/climate-election-results-guide

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    Nations Meet to Turn*Climate*Pledges into Action
    <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nations-meet-to-turn-climate-pledges-into-action/?WT.mc_id=SA_TW_ENGYSUS_NEWS>

Scientific American 	 -‎7 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    And although many are celebrating this latest success, country
    representatives at COP 22 now must hash out how they are going to
    live up to their pledges—namely, curbing CO2 emissions so that the
    world can avoid*climate change's*worst effects. Many*...*
    <http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/the-most-interesting-climate-change-fights-are-in-the-states/506624/>


    The Era Of*Climate*Migration Meets Violent Borders
    <http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/11/07/era-climate-migration-meets-violent-borders>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    The impacts of*climate change*- more intense hurricanes, bigger
    floods, rising seas and lingering droughts - are already making many
    places uninhabitable, forcing vast numbers of people on the move.


    Here are 5 Simple Ways to Put the Brakes on*Climate Change*
    <http://www.seeker.com/climate-change-low-hanging-fruit-ripe-for-the-picking-2083278873.html>

Seeker 	 -‎14 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    ... greater "potential to reduce*climate*forcing from this specific
    source is also greater." "We have calculated that - if you put into
    place all the existing, proven methods to reduce methane and soot
    —you could slow the rate of*global warming*over*...*


    Tough choices for the media when*climate science*deniers are elected
    <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2016/nov/08/tough-choices-for-the-media-when-climate-science-deniers-are-elected>

The Guardian 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    A media conference from Queensland senator Malcolm Roberts sparks
    debate about how journalists should respond to climate science
    deniers...The story is one of Newsweek's most cited not because it
    was right, nor because it was a glowing example of great science
    journalism, but because it has been used so often by*climate
    science*deniers. ..Journalists have a tendency to look for stories
    that are out of the ordinary and search out views that are
    different. This is exactly what happened in the 1970s....But even
    then, most scientists publishing research on the future of the
    climate thought it was going to get warmer....Researchers looked at
    scientific papers published between 1965 and 1979. Across all the
    relevant papers, only seven predicted global cooling. Some 20 papers
    took a neutral stance on future temperatures, with 44 predicting
    temperatures would rise.*...The Guardian writer George Monbiot has
    written that if “humanity fails to prevent climate breakdown” then
    much fault should lie at the feet of the media....If journalists
    aspire to protect the public, then producing stories that allow
    debunked climate science denial talking points to hang in the air
    like a bad smell is not going to cut it.....What happens if
    journalists fail to give context, fail to expose potential vested
    interests or fail to distinguish between genuine expertise and
    fringe beliefs?....**The impact is not benign. Instead of protecting
    the public interest, we can end up doing harm.*

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    Earthquake Shakes Oklahoma Oil Storage Hub
    <http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/07/500998673/earthquake-shakes-oklahoma-oil-storage-hub>

NPR 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook central Oklahoma on Sunday evening,
    damaging several buildings. Multiple aftershocks also hit the area,
    the U.S.


    House science chairman gets heat in Texas race for being a*global
    warming*skeptic
    <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/11/07/house-science-chairman-gets-heat-in-texas-race-for-being-a-global-warming-skeptic/>

Washington Post 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    “Lamar Smith is the major impediment to anything being done on
    climate change in Congress and absolutely nobody is talking about
    it,” said the 63-year-old Air Force veteran and former union
    organizer who supported Bernie Sanders. “People in this district are
    slowly getting the message that climate change is not a far left
    wing conspiracy.”..This has made Smith a polarizing figure in
    Washington, beloved by oil and gas interests who give generously to
    his campaigns and vilified by those fighting to reduce global
    warming pollution..... Lamar Smith has made*global warming*his top
    campaign issue. Democrat Tom Wakely is campaigning as a champion
    of*climate science*in a year when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump -
    and most other candidates for Congress, for that matter - have*...*


    Naomi Klein attacks free-market philosophy in Q&A*climate
    change*debate – video
    <https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2016/nov/08/climate-change-activist-naomi-klein-criticises-free-market-philosopy-qanda-video>

The Guardian 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    Naomi Klein clashed with Georgina Downer of the Institute of Public
    Affairs and Liberal senator James Paterson, also formerly of the
    IPA, when she appeared as a panellist on the ABC's Q&A on Monday night.


*Climate change*challenges authoritarian China: experts 
<http://phys.org/news/2016-11-climate-authoritarian-china-experts.html>
Phys.Org 	 -‎13 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on*Climate Change*lists
    Shanghai among the cities in Asia expected to be most vulnerable to
    coastal flooding by the 2070s.


    2016's Most Interesting*Climate-Change*Fights Are in the States
    <http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/the-most-interesting-climate-change-fights-are-in-the-states/506624/>

The Atlantic 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    He'd pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, which could
    destroy the fragile international consensus on
    lowering*greenhouse-gas*emissions. Just this week, he said he would
    cut all U.S. support for UN*climate-change*... Florida and
    Washington*...In short, one candidate doesn’t believe that one of
    the most challenging problems of our time exists, and moreover he
    wants to make it worse as soon as possible. He would, as one writer
    put it, “cook the planet.” The other will try to remedy it with the
    tools at her disposal—though climate activists are already planning
    to push her to act faster....Woof. Though a bracing choice, it isn’t
    a particularly novel one. American voters have faced a choice
    somewhat like this in every presidential election since 2000,
    although the GOP position on climate change has gotten more extreme
    over time.....*

    *<http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/09/29/scorecard-tracking-climate-change-questions-presidential-senate-and-governors-debates/213239>Scorecard:
    Tracking Climate Change Questions In Presidential, Senate, And
    Governors' Debates
    <http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/09/29/scorecard-tracking-climate-change-questions-presidential-senate-and-governors-debates/213239>*
    UPDATE (11/7/16): With all of the debates now completed, the lack of
    climate questions is on full display. Less than a quarter of the
    debates we examined included questions about climate change, and
    most key Senate and governors’ races did not feature a single debate
    question on the topic. Read more of our key takeaways from the
    debate scorecard here....finalized our scorecard of climate change
    questions ..... Less than a quarter of the 55 debates we examined
    included questions about climate change, and most key Senate and
    governors’ races did not feature a single debate question on the
    topic. ...In half of the debates that did have climate questions,
    the questions came directly from voters.

    *Final Scorecard: Climate Change Absent From Debates In Most Key
    Senate And Governors’ Races
    <http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/11/07/final-scorecard-climate-change-absent-debates-most-key-senate-and-governors-races/214360>*
    -- Just 12 of the 55 debates held in these key races included
    questions about climate change (22 percent). If you exclude the
    three presidential debates and the vice-presidential debate, where
    the lack of climate questions was well-chronicled, the portion of
    debates with climate questions inches up to 24 percent.
    -- Broken down by individual race, only eight of the 19 contests
    featured at least one debate question about climate change (42
    percent). In addition to the presidential campaign, debate
    moderators completely ignored climate change in the following races:
    Arizona Senate, Indiana Governor, Missouri Senate, Missouri
    Governor, Montana Governor, Nevada Senate, New Hampshire Governor,
    North Carolina Senate, North Carolina Governor, and West Virginia
    Governor. Each of these states face serious climate-related
    challenges, some of which I detailed here.
    --- Only races in two New England states -- Vermont and New
    Hampshire -- featured more than one debate with a climate question.
    The Vermont Governor race had four debates with questions about
    climate change, and the New Hampshire Senate race had two.
    ----In six of the 12 debates with climate questions, the climate
    questions were asked because voters spoke up and asked them. The
    climate change questions generated by voters included a Twitter
    question in Wisconsin, two Facebook questions in Vermont, an
    audience question in Ohio, a question from the Open Debate Coalition
    website in New Hampshire, and a question in Indiana submitted to the
    Indiana Debate Commission using an online form.


*This day in Climate History November 8, 1977 * 
<http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3400>*    From D.R. 
Tucker  -------------*

    November 8, 1977: In a nationally televised address, President
    Carter reaffirms the importance of energy conservation.
    http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3400


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