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The ambitious Clinton*climate*plan nobody is talking about
<http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-10-30/ambitious-clinton-climate-plan-nobody-talking-about>
PRI -2 hours ago
During the presidential debates, moderators asked the candidates
precisely zero questions about*climate change*, and the press has
paid scant attention to Clinton's plan....Under Clinton's plan,
which she calls the $60 billion Clean Energy Challenge, the federal
government will "partner with states, cities, and rural communities
to cut carbon pollution and expand clean energy, including for
low-income families." Her recognition that state and local
authorities can be powerful laboratories of innovation and ingenuity
may appeal to Republicans interested in less federal action on
climate change, Aldy says. Helping states ascertain what policies
and programs are most effective at promoting investment in clean
energy and energy transmission "could break some of the deadlocks"
keeping the US from pushing its energy system forward....Clinton’s
plan also includes $30 billion to invest in communities hit hard by
the reduced demand for coal. "There are communities, especially in
Appalachia, that, for a century or more, have been built around the
coal mining industry," Aldy says. "Given the reduction in coal
production that we've seen in the US, which is likely to continue as
we take on the challenge of climate change, there’s a risk of these
communities suffering high unemployment."... full Interview:
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=16-P13-00042&segmentID=2
*(YouTube video) Before the Flood - Leonardo DiCaprio - National
Geographic (95 mins)* <https://youtu.be/90CkXVF-Q8M>
Before the Flood, directed by Fisher Stevens, captures a three-year
personal journey alongside Academy Award-winning actor and U.N.
Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio as he interviews individuals
from every facet of society in both developing and developed nations
who provide unique, impassioned and pragmatic views on what must be
done today and in the future to prevent catastrophic disruption of
life on our planet. https://youtu.be/90CkXVF-Q8M
Hoax or crisis? Trump, Clinton clash on*climate*
<http://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/energy/2016/10/29/hoax-crisis-trump-clinton-clash-climate/92433854/>
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -22 hours ago
*Climate change*has gotten scant attention in the presidential
election, yet it has profound implications for the decades ahead,
both for the planet and for the way people across the nation and
Wisconsin power their homes and businesses.
Trump takes aim at NASA's*climate*budget
<https://origin-nyi.thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/303384-trump-takes-aim-at-nasas-climate-budget>
The Hill -3 hours ago
NASA's earth science work, something it's undertaken since the
1970s, includes a focus on*climate change*research, making NASA the
only federal agency able to study the impacts of a warming Earth
from orbit.
*Rainfall changes threaten food production
<http://climatenewsnetwork.net/rainfall-changes-food-production/>*
New UN report says climate change's impacts on rainfall will have
harsh economic consequences for regions such as Latin America and
the Caribbean... report warns that rainfall patterns will have
changed so drastically by the end of this century that agriculture,
forestry and fishing will all be seriously affected...."It will
become more and more difficult to harvest crops, rear animals and
manage forests and fisheries in the same places and in the same way
as before," says the report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO)....And that is a major concern for regions such
as Latin America that are economically dependent on agriculture, and
the Caribbean, which is heavily reliant on fisheries....In Brazil's
northeast, for example, rainfall is expected to decrease by 22%,
while in the southeast of South America, which covers parts of Chile
and Argentina, it could increase by 25%....The report says these
changes in rainfall mean "that the capacity to face shortages or
excesses of water will be fundamental in the efforts to improve
productivity in a sustainable
way"....http://climatenewsnetwork.net/rainfall-changes-food-production/
FVR blasts Duterte anew, this time on climate pact | ABS-CBN News
<http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/30/16/fvr-blasts-duterte-anew-this-time-on-climate-pact>
ABS-CBN News -11 hours ago
Filipinos will be more prone to the devastating effects of typhoons
if President Duterte continues to refuse ratifying the Paris
Agreement on Climate Change,, former president Fidel V. Ramos
insisted. In his Manila Bulletin column entitled, "Climate change:
Attention P Digong, Cabinet and Congress," Ramos on Saturday hurled
strong criticism against Duterte, who earlier threatened that he
will not honor the international pact to lower climate-warming
emissions.... "In his consistently frequent insulting diatribes
against the US (United States),..."He may claim that to be more
'insulting than friendly' to our long-established allies is part of
his God-given 'destiny.' But, this is obviously wrong, and full of
S…. T !!!"...Duterte has repeatedly expressed disdain for the pact,
saying cutting carbon emissions at a point when the Philippines'
economic rise is just starting will be unfair since industrialized
countries have been giving off such emissions for decades....He also
vowed to develop the Philippines based on the needs of the public,
not according to international demands....Ramos, however, emphasized
that the principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities
(CBDR), on which the Paris Agreement is based, allows developing
countries with relatively smaller carbon footprints to continue to
grow their economies, especially if done in the context of
sustainable development and poverty eradication.... ..The deal will
enter into force on Tuesday and the first meeting of its parties is
set in Marrakech, Morocco on Saturday. The Philippines, having yet
to ratify the pact, will only sit as an observer at the Marrakech
meeting..
*This day in Climate History October 31, 1938*
<http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation>*<http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation>:
"War of the Worlds" Orson Welles Scares Nation *
Orson Welles causes a nationwide panic with his broadcast of "War of
the Worlds"—a realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of
Earth... his Mercury Theater company decided to update H.G. Wells’
19th-century science fiction novel War of the Worlds for national
radio. .... "War of the Worlds" was not planned as a radio hoax, and
Welles had little idea of the havoc it would cause.....The show
began on Sunday, October 30, at 8 p.m. A voice announced: "The
Columbia Broadcasting System and its affiliated stations present
Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater on the air in ‘War of the
Worlds’ by H.G. Wells."... Sunday evening in 1938 was prime-time in
the golden age of radio, and millions of Americans had their radios
turned on. .... Welles introduced his radio play with a spoken
introduction, followed by an announcer reading a weather report.
Then, seemingly abandoning the storyline, the announcer took
listeners to "the Meridian Room in the Hotel Park Plaza in downtown
New York, where you will be entertained by the music of Ramon
Raquello and his orchestra." Putrid dance music played for some
time, and then the scare began. An announcer broke in to report
that "Professor Farrell of the Mount Jenning Observatory" had
detected explosions on the planet Mars. Then the dance music came
back on, followed by another interruption in which listeners were
informed that a large meteor had crashed into a farmer’s field in
Grovers Mills, New Jersey... Soon, an announcer was at the crash
site describing a Martian emerging from a large metallic cylinder.
"Good heavens," he declared, "something's wriggling out of the
shadow like a gray snake. Now here’s another and another one and
another one. They look like tentacles to me … I can see the thing’s
body now. It’s large, large as a bear. It glistens like wet leather.
But that face, it… it … ladies and gentlemen, it's indescribable. I
can hardly force myself to keep looking at it, it’s so awful. The
eyes are black and gleam like a serpent. The mouth is kind of
V-shaped with saliva dripping from its rimless lips that seem to
quiver and pulsate.".... Perhaps as many as a million radio
listeners believed that a real Martian invasion was underway. Panic
broke out across the country. In New Jersey, terrified civilians
jammed highways seeking to escape the alien marauders. People
begged police for gas masks to save them from the toxic gas and
asked electric companies to turn off the power so that the Martians
wouldn’t see their lights. One woman ran into an Indianapolis
church where evening services were being held and yelled, "New York
has been destroyed! It’s the end of the world! Go home and prepare
to die!"... When news of the real-life panic leaked into the CBS
studio, Welles went on the air as himself to remind listeners that
it was just fiction. There were rumors that the show caused
suicides, but none were ever confirmed.
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