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*AP Fact Check: Clinton on Hurricane Matthew, climate change 
<https://apnews.com/9c8a6b08b221421097f2a4aeced79100/AP-Fact-Check:-Clinton-on-Hurricane-Matthew,-climate-change>*

    MIAMI (AP) — During a campaign rally in Miami Tuesday, Hillary
    Clinton said Hurricane Matthew was "likely more destructive because
    of climate change."...Clinton was campaigning alongside former Vice
    President Al Gore, who has become a leading climate change activist
    since leaving politics. She said near record high ocean temperatures
    "contributed to the torrential rainfall and the flash flooding" from
    the storm, particularly in the Carolinas...Clinton also said that
    rising sea levels mean Matthew's "storm surge was higher and the
    flooding was more severe."...Matthew's death toll in the U.S.
    climbed to 30 Tuesday, half of them in North Carolina. More than 500
    people are feared dead in Haiti....THE FACTS: Clinton is generally
    right in a big picture way, but scientists who study hurricanes and
    climate change were not quite as comfortable when it comes to
    attributing significantly worse harm from a single storm like Matthew


*NC WARN Sues State of North Carolina Blocking Court Access in 
Long-running Climate Fight 
<http://climatechangepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/10/nc-warn-sues-state-of-north-carolina.html>*

    In a case that goes to the heart of Duke Energy’s corporate business
    plan, climate protection nonprofit NC WARN today filed a lawsuit
    against the State of North Carolina and its utility regulators over
    two state laws passed 50 years apart....allow(s )Duke Energy to
    shortcut the approval process for a large, fracked-gas power plant
    in Asheville violates both the state and federal constitutions....
    it is plainly unconstitutional for politicians and regulators to
    allow the giant Duke Energy monopoly to keep building power plants
    without careful, open review....Duke Energy clearly cannot win an
    open debate over the need for new fracked gas plants and their
    disastrous climate impacts.  The regulators have protected Duke from
    that vitally needed debate – a protection not allowed in any other
    state – and we’re calling on the courts to correct that massive
    injustice.


    Western forest fires doubled by*climate change*in last 30 years
    <http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/western-forest-fires-doubled-climate-change-last-30-years.html>

Treehugger 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    A new study says that since 1984, heightened temperatures and
    aridity have caused fires to spread across twice as much area as
    they would have otherwise.

*Investors threaten car industry on climate 
<http://climatenewsnetwork.net/investors-car-industry-climate/?utm_source=Climate+News+Network&utm_campaign=a42b47c708-Car_industry_threat10_12_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1198ea8936-a42b47c708-38801641>*

    The demands come in a new report, Investor Expectations of
    Automotive Companies
    <http://climatenewsnetwork.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e13c74c17ec527c4be72d64f&id=83fc3c8f29&e=30dc80e2f6>,
    published this week by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate
    Change (IIGCC)...."Long-term investors want to ensure that
    automotive companies are prepared for the challenges stemming from
    climate change, new technologies, changing policies and shifts in
    demand caused by global trends," says Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt,
    co-head of investment house Hermes EOS
    <http://climatenewsnetwork.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e13c74c17ec527c4be72d64f&id=3a6edd58fc&e=30dc80e2f6>,
    a member of the IGCC...."Investors expect the industry to embark
    upon a smoother route to future prosperity by developing and
    implementing long-term business strategies that are resilient to
    climate change and resulting regulatory shifts."....Last year’s
    Paris climate change
    agreement[http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/international/negotiations/paris/index_en.htm]
    has increased the urgency for the big manufacturers such as Ford, VW
    and Toyota to move more quickly, the report warns....They point to a
    recent study by the Moody’s credit agency that highlighted the
    potential dangers of tighter regulations for vehicles.


*Moody's: Auto sector faces rising credit risks due to carbon transition 
<https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-Auto-sector-faces-rising-credit-risks-due-to-carbon--PR_354984>*

    Moody's analysis is contained in its just-released report,
    "Environmental Risks: Automotive Sector Faces Rising Credit Risks
    from Carbon Transition". ..."In summary, Moody's is increasing its
    focus on the risks related to climate change for auto manufacturers
    globally. While we do not anticipate any immediate rating changes,
    we are monitoring rising risks in this sector for possible future
    implications. We have developed a carbon transition risk heat map as
    an informational tool to better organize and more consistently
    communicate our assessment of companies' positioning to manage these
    risks, and our evolving view of these risks for the sector and
    individual companies will be considered in our scoring of
    qualitative factors in our global automotive industry rating
    methodology scorecard,"


    'This Is My Act of Love':*Climate*Activists Shut Down All US-Canada
    Tar Sands Pipelines
    <http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/10/11/my-act-love-climate-activists-shut-down-all-us-canada-tar-sands-pipelines>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎21 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    Five activists shut down all the tar sands pipelines crossing the
    Canada-U.S. border Tuesday morning, in a bold, coordinated show
    of*climate*resistance amid the ongoing fight against the Dakota
    Access pipeline. ... "Because of the*climate change**...*

*Dementia risk linked to air pollution and lack of vitamin D 
<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2108773-dementia-risk-linked-to-air-pollution-and-lack-of-vitamin-d/>*

    Looking at 60 past studies, Russ’s team found plenty of evidence
    that air pollution is associated with dementia. "There weren’t any
    studies that didn’t find a link between air pollution and dementia,"
    says Russ. "Particulate matter, nitric oxides, ozone or carbon
    monoxide – all were linked to dementia."...There was also a clear
    link with vitamin D deficiency, and a weaker association with
    passive smoking and occupational exposure to pesticides.


*Coffee And /Climate Change/: In Brazil, A Disaster Is Brewing 
<https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjpqunT_9fPAhVMGh4KHeZcA38QqQIIHigAMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Fsections%2Fthesalt%2F2016%2F10%2F12%2F497578413%2Fcoffee-and-climate-change-in-brazil-a-disaster-is-brewing&usg=AFQjCNEMLVtuqCgYvYONhTm0A56Bwq9g-A>* 


    Coffee lovers, alert! A new report says that the world's coffee
    supply may be in danger owing to /climate change/. In the world's
    biggest ...


October 13, 1992:
*This day in Climate History * <http://youtu.be/sXU2BZIyqPA>*October 13, 
1992 <http://youtu.be/sXU2BZIyqPA>:* From D.R. Tucker

    (YouTube video forward to 39:20--48:56 )
    *http://youtu.be/sXU2BZIyqPA*   Vice President Dan Quayle, Tennessee
    Senator Al Gore, and Navy Vice Admiral James Stockdale discuss
    environmental issues in the Vice Presidential debate. Quayle says
    that the US can clearly have both a healthy economy and a healthy
    environment, a notion that would be later disavowed by his party.
    Quayle praises President Bush for signing the 1990 Clean Air Act
    (which utilized cap-and-trade to combat sulfur dioxide). Quayle then
    implies that Bill Clinton and Al Gore will embrace environmental
    extremism, and denounces the idea of a tax on emissions from coal.
    Stockdale viciously attacks Gore's book "Earth in the Balance," and
    embraces climate denial. Gore calls for an "environmental
    revolution" and hails the progress of clean energy, before noting
    that President Bush broke his promise to be the "environmental
    president." Quayle also viciously attacks Gore's book. Gore defends
    his book and notes that the US needs to work with other countries to
    realize the potential of clean energy. Stockdale repeats his earlier
    climate denial; Gore points again to the scientific consensus on
    climate change. Quayle attacks the book for a third time and
    denounces the concept of a carbon tax for a second time.

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