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    China ratifies Paris*climate*agreement
    <http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37265541>

BBC News 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

	
    Announcement comes as Xi Jinping and Barack Obama are expected to
    meet ahead of the start of the G20 to make a joint statement on
    climate change...China's top legislature has ratified the Paris
    global*climate*agreement, state news agency Xinhua reports. The
    country is the world's largest emitter of harmful CO2 emissions,
    which cause*climate change*. China and the US together account for
    about 38% of global emissions. So if they ratify the agreement it
    will bring the Paris agreement entering into force much closer to
    reality,...

*****Americans Now More Politically Polarized On Climate Change Than 
Ever Before, Analysis Finds 
<http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/08/31/americans-now-more-politically-polarized-climate-change-ever-analysis-finds>*

       American voters and politicians are now more polarized than ever
    before across all aspects of climate change  — from the cause, to
    the science and the impacts — a major new analysis has
    found...Campaigns funded by vested fossil fuel interests and pushed
    by a network of ideological think tanks, many linked to the oil
    billionaire Koch brothers, have helped to widen the gap, pushing
    Republican politicians, elites and voters away from action on
    greenhouse gas emissions....The researchers found the widest gaps
    between Democrats and Republicans come when they are asked about the
    causes of climate change and if the media exaggerates the
    seriousness of the issue...While virtually all climate scientists
    and the world's leading scientific academies have long agreed that
    the burning of fossil fuels is causing climate change, only about
    half Republicans accept the science....The result is that global
    warming has joined God, guns, gays, and abortion as core elements of
    Republican identity, and this will be hard to change.”

*Soaring population raises climate concerns 
<%E2%80%9CWe%20expect%20population%20gains%20to%20remain%20strong%20enough%20to%20take%20us%20toward%20a%20global%20population%20of%2010%20billion%E2%80%9D>
*

    **PRB Projects World Population Rising 33 Percent by 2050 to Nearly
    10 Billion**2016 World Population Data Sheet
    <http://www.prb.org/Publications/DataSheets/2016/2016-world-population-data-sheet.aspx> 
    from the Population Reference Bureau. ) The world population will
    reach 9.9 billion in 2050, up 33 percent from an estimated 7.4
    billion now, according to projections included in the 2016 World
    Population Data Sheet from the Population Reference Bureau
    (PRB)....Significant regional differences remain, though. For
    example very low birth rates in Europe will mean population declines
    there while Africa’s population is expected to double...Renewable
    sources, including hydroelectricity, now provide 18% of the world’s
    energy, and the average number of people per square kilometre of
    arable land worldwide is 526.

*Among the Pipeline Fighters in Central Iowa 
<http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/09/02/among-the-pipeline-fighters-in-central-iowa/>* 


    ... two corporations recently put up $2 billion ($1.5 billion from
    Enbridge and $500,000 from Marathon to purchase 49 percent of the
    Bakken Pipeline... That oil is one of the most carbon-rich,
    planet-cooking fossil fuels on Earth...


    Federal Rule Set to Speed Renewables on Public Lands | Climate ...
    <http://www.climatecentral.org/news/federal-rule-could-fast-track-renewables-on-public-lands-20661>

Climate Central 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

	
    The Obama administration is expected to finalize a rule this fall
    aiming to fast-track renewables on federal land.


      What If /Climate Change/ Deniers Used The Same Logic On ...
      <https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiFq8KC8fDOAhVL32MKHZtbCgcQqQIIPSgAMAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Fclimate-change-comedy_us_57c7af01e4b078581f111581&usg=AFQjCNEusQyvPUIaBL4w76bGRl3ni-AUXA&bvm=bv.131669213,d.cGc&cad=rja>

    Huffington Post-Aug 31, 2016  If watching /climate/-/change/ deniers
    on TV is enough to drive you nuts, imagine living with one.
    Australia's Collective Noun sketch comedy group ... YouTube video
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT8dy1zaT6s


    Obama plans climate push after presidency | TheHill
    <http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/294242-obama-plans-climate-push-after-presidency>

The Hill 	 -‎14 hours ago‎ 	

	
    Obama will use the “megaphone that even an ex-president has" to
    highlight climate change.

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