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    Trump's*climate science*denial clashes with reality of rising seas
    in Florida
    <http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-climate-miami-20160918-snap-story.html>

Los Angeles Times 	 -‎10 hours ago‎ 	

	
    By Donald Trump's account, scientists have tricked Americans into
    accepting that *global warming*is caused by the burning of fossil
    fuels...The Republican nominee wants to withdraw the United States
    from the Paris climate pact, a nearly worldwide agreement to reduce
    the carbon emissions that cause global warming...He has called for
    scrapping Obama administration rules that cut carbon pollution from
    coal-fired power plants.


*Chevron PR Firm's Local "News" Site Draws Attention from Koch 
Industries, Alarm from Media Watchdogs 
<http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/09/18/chevron-pr-firm-s-local-news-site-draws-attention-koch-industries-others-alarming-media-watchdogs>*

    In the city of Richmond, California, Chevron Corp. not only
    processes up to 250,000 barrels of crude oil a day from the largest
    refinery on the West Coast — it also writes the news....The Richmond
    Standard, an online paper focused on local news for the roughly
    100,000 residents of this San Francisco Bay area city (neighboring
    Berkeley and Oakland), is produced entirely by Chevron's public
    relations firm....The Standard mostly prints local-interest stories:
    announcing library construction, highlighting missing persons, and
    profiling area businesses....But unlike a traditional newspaper, the
    Standard also runs a dedicated section called "Chevron Speaks" —
    used to introduce friendly Chevron reps, attack investigative
    reporting projects, and talk electoral politics. And unlike other
    media outlets, the Standard consistently lacks mention of industrial
    accidents and problems at the refinery....Since the Standard was
    first launched in 2013, the paper has grown dramatically in
    readership and its successes are now garnering attention from other
    fossil fuel companies — and alarm from media experts including Noam
    Chomsky, the prominent political observer, activist, and professor
    emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of
    Technology....Unlike traditional newspapers, there's no firewall
    between editors and owners at the Richmond Standard or commitment to
    editorial independence. In fact, the Standard's entire newsroom
    consists of Mike Aldax — an account executive at Singer Associates,
    Chevron's PR firm — who serves as both reporter and editor...."If
    you're looking for criticism of Chevron you're not going to find it
    in the Richmond Standard,"


    Trudeau adopts Harper's*climate*targets
    <http://www.torontosun.com/2016/09/18/trudeau-adopts-harpers-climate-targets>

Toronto Sun 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

	
    Federal*Climate Change*Minister Catherine McKenna finally admitted
    the painfully obvious on Sunday. She acknowledged the Trudeau
    Liberals are not going to toughen Stephen Harper's targets for
    reducing industrial*greenhouse gas*(GHG) emissions linked to climate
    change....This means that after years spent in opposition attacking
    as inadequate Harper's targets of lowering GHG emissions to 17%
    below 2005 levels by 2020, and to 30% by 2030, the Liberals are
    adopting them....McKenna blamed the Harper government for doing
    nothing to implement its targets for the 10 years it was in power,
    describing them as "fake."..In the real world, when it comes to fake
    targets on climate change, the Liberals are the masters....They've
    been faking it for almost a quarter century....In the real world,
    ratifying the Paris treaty means nothing....It contains no binding
    targets for reducing global GHG emissions and no timelines,
    deadlines or penalties for failure to comply.


    UN Secretary General Pushes*Climate Change*Agreement Before Next
    Administration
    <http://www.npr.org/2016/09/18/494451695/un-secretary-general-push-landmark-climate-change-agreement-before-next-administ>

NPR 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

	
    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is working to wring commitments out
    of 55 nations to ratify the Paris*Climate Change*treaty.


    *Climate*disruption is fueling stronger storms
    <http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-09-17/climate-disruption-fueling-stronger-storms>

PRI 	 -‎Sep 17, 2016‎ 	

	
    After historic rains fell on parts of Louisiana - an estimated 7.1
    trillion gallons, three times as much as Hurricane Katrina - NOAA
    published a report which said that*climate change*made the storm at
    least 40 percent more likely today than a hundred*...*


    Incubating*Climate Change*
    <http://www.science20.com/news_articles/incubating_climate_change-179938>

Science 2.0 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

	
    A group of James Cook University scientists led by Emeritus
    Professor Ross Alford has designed and built an inexpensive
    incubator that could boost research into how animals and plants will
    be affected by*climate change*. JCU's Sasha Greenspan said the ...


    *Climate*Central's 'Pulp Fiction' Wins National Award
    <http://www.climatecentral.org/news/climate-centrals-pulp-fiction-wins-national-award-20713>

Climate Central 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

	
    *Climate*Central's groundbreaking series Pulp Fiction was honored by
    the Online News Association with its annual award for explanatory
    journalism at its national convention on Saturday....cutting down
    old trees to fuel power plants — a scenario that's already playing
    out in the Southeast, where many of Europe's wood pellets are being
    produced — will exacerbate climate change, the very problem for
    which wood energy is often pitched as a solution. "There need to be
    some rules and regulations put into place that trace the origin of
    biomass, so you can't go out and cut an old-growth forest and
    pelletize it and say, 'That's carbon neutral,'" he said
    *Read the full Pulp Fiction series here: *Part 1 (Oct. 20, 2015)The
    European Accounting Error That's Warming the Planet
    <http://reports.climatecentral.org/pulp-fiction/1/>
    Part 2 (Oct. 21, 2015)The American Trees That Are Electrifying
    Europe <http://reports.climatecentral.org/pulp-fiction/2/>
    Part 3 (Oct. 22, 2015)Wood Burning May Play Big Role In EPA's New
    Rules <http://reports.climatecentral.org/pulp-fiction/3/>


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