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*Hesitance to Link Some Weather Events to Climate Change 'No Longer 
Appropriate' 
<https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092016/faster-attribution-studies-scientists-zero-climate-change-role-louisiana-floods-downpours>*

    Fast study showed climate change's influence on Louisiana's
    devastating floods. The method is being used to more quickly assess
    some types of extreme weather...."We are at a point now where it's
    no longer appropriate to say you can't attribute an individual event
    to climate change," said Cullen....That was also the takeaway of a
    review of attribution studies published in March, conducted by the
    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. According
    to that study, scientists have the most confidence in determining
    possible climate impacts on temperature extremes, such as heat
    waves, and moderate confidence in assessing droughts and
    precipitation events. The WWA group has limited its studies so far
    to these three types of events.


*Methane Emissions Too Confusing for Congressional Hearings 
<https://morningconsult.com/2016/09/15/methane-emissions-confusing-congressional-hearings/>*

    The confusion over methane leak rates at the hearing wasn't the only
    instance in which attendees couldn't agree on the facts regarding
    emissions. Subcommittee Chairman Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) said in
    his opening statement that “the U.S. energy industry contributes
    little to the overall burden of global fossil fuel emissions,”
    citing a study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
    Administration....But Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), the
    subcommittee's ranking Democrat, responded that "the NOAA study did
    not separate out U.S. from global emissions. So we're, just for the
    record, going to be following up with NOAA and putting any
    correcting information in the record."...From there, the hearing
    delved into a broader point of contention, as Rep. Gary Palmer
    (R-Ala.) cast doubt on whether climate change is occurring. He
    referenced satellite data indicating that there has been a "pause"
    in global warming for the past 18 years. (Surface temperatures,
    rather than satellite data, indicate 2016 will be the hottest year
    on record, surpassing the next hottest year of 2015.)


    FACT SHEET: President Obama to Continue Global Leadership in
    Combatting *Climate Change* and...
    <https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/15/fact-sheet-president-obama-continue-global-leadership-combatting-climate>

Whitehouse.gov (press release) 	 -‎Sep 15, 2016‎ 	

	
	
	

    Today, President Obama will designate the first marine national
    monument in the Atlantic Ocean, protecting fragile deep-sea
    ecosystems off the coast of New England as the Northeast Canyons and
    Seamounts Marine National Monument.


    *Climate*Action in Support of a Sustainable World
    <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patricia-espinosa/climate-action-in-support_b_12044684.html>

Huffington Post 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    Over the next 15 years, the objectives of these agreements -
    linking*climate*, sustainability and resilience - must see
    unprecedented reductions in global*greenhouse gas*emissions and
    unequalled efforts to build societies that can resist
    rising*climate**...*


    Is La Niña Here? Depends Who You Ask
    <http://www.climatecentral.org/news/la-nina-forecast-winter-2016-20706>

Climate Central 	 -‎7 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    After the demise of*El Niño*, the*climate*phenomenon that has helped
    fuel record-setting heat for the past two years, all eyes have
    stayed on the Pacific waiting for its counterpart,*La Niña*. Without
    the cooling influence of a*La Niña*event, the planet*...*


    Deniers club: Meet the people clouding the*climate change*debate
    <https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/09/16/deniers-club-meet-the-people-clouding-the-climate-change-debate/>

Washington Post 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    He has proved especially proficient in*climate change*denial,
    commissioning a now discredited report attacking evidence of the
    unprecedented nature of modern*global warming*. He also apologized
    to British Petroleum for the "shakedown" it received when ...


    *Sea-level rise*to radically affect military strategy, study says
    <http://www.stripes.com/news/sea-level-rise-to-radically-affect-military-strategy-study-says-1.429345>

Stars and Stripes 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    Rising sea levels caused by*climate change*will present serious
    risks to military readiness, operations and strategy as America's
    coastal installations become inundated in coming decades, according
    to a report by a panel of retired military officers*...*


    Trump's "Dumpster Fire" of an Energy Policy a Roadmap
    to*Climate*Calamity
    <http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/09/15/trumps-dumpster-fire-energy-policy-roadmap-climate-calamity>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎17 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    Republican nominee Donald Trump unveiled his economic and energy
    plan on Thursday and environmentalists are incensed, equating the
    infamous*climate-change*denier's policies to nothing less than a
    "dumpster fire." During a speech at the Economic ...

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