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    Was Data Manipulated in a Widely Cited 2015 Climate Study?
    <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/science/was-data-manipulated-in-a-widely-cited-2015-climate-study.html>

New York Times 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

    The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and its
    chairman, led by Representative Lamar Smith, Republican of Texas,
    has demanded that NOAA researchers turn over emails related to work
    on climate change.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/risk-megafires-increase-climate-warms
*Risk of 'megafires' to increase as climate warms 
<https://www.carbonbrief.org/risk-megafires-increase-climate-warms>*

    The likelihood of extreme wildfires – or "megafires" – across the
    world is expected to increase as global temperatures rise, a new
    study says.
    The research, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, uses
    satellite data to identify the 500 most extreme wildfires in recent
    years. Almost a third of these megafires caused deaths, burned down
    homes, or were declared a disaster by a national government.
    Using climate change projections for the middle of this century, the
    study suggests there will be a 35% increase in the days with high
    danger of fire across the world. But the some regions will see even
    larger increases, the researchers say, including western states of
    the US, southeastern Australia, the Mediterranean and southern Africa.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/federal-grid-watchdog-heads-into-limbo/article/2613864
*Federal grid watchdog heads into limbo 
<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/federal-grid-watchdog-heads-into-limbo/article/2613864>*

    The federal electrical grid watchdog is suspending operations
    effective Saturday after the Obama nominee chosen to run the agency
    broke with protocol and resigned in the wake of President Trump's
    inauguration...
    With only two members, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will
    lack a quorum by the close of business Friday, limiting its ability
    to act on any major or contested decisions...
    The commission's acting chairwoman, Democrat Cheryl LaFleur, issued
    emergency procedures to handle the day-to-day load of electricity
    and energy market regulation until Trump nominates new members to
    fill the gap.

    Why Midwestern wetlands are especially important for
    combating*climate change*
    <http://michiganradio.org/post/why-midwestern-wetlands-are-especially-important-combating-climate-change>

Michigan Radio 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

    "Wetlands are really seen now as an ecosystem that can offer us
    resilience in the face of a*changing climate*because of their
    ability to take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere," she says.

    Well, This Might Be The Most Artistic*Climate Change*Ad You've Ever
    Seen
    <https://www.fastcocreate.com/3067969/quick-hit/well-this-might-be-the-most-artistic-climate-change-ad-youve-ever-seen>

Co.Create 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

    The Climate Coalition is an alliance of more than 100 U.K. charities
    and other organizations, including WWF UK, 350.org, Friends of the
    Earth and Greenpeace UK, all with an interest in combatting*climate
    change*. In a statement, the film's director*...*

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/dapl-debate-is-there-really-a-need-for-so-many-new-oil-pipelines/
*Keystone debate: Is there really a need for so many new oil pipelines? 
<http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/dapl-debate-is-there-really-a-need-for-so-many-new-oil-pipelines/>*

      (The Seattle Times, Lynda V. Mapes & Hal Bernton analysis)
    Oil producers hailed President Trump's recent call for accelerating
    construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. But is
    there a need for so many major pipeline projects?
    Tanker traffic would see a sevenfold expansion through the Salish
    Sea in Washington and British Columbia. The risks of oil spills have
    spurred tribal and environmental opposition in both Canada and the
    United States, and the pipeline permit faces legal challenges.
    Workers are already standing by in hotel rooms in North Dakota and
    equipment is on the site to complete the last bit of work.
    The work could be completed in just two weeks if crews work around
    the clock, a source close to the project said.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/07/science/earth/antarctic-crack.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0
* A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months 
<https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/07/science/earth/antarctic-crack.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0>*

    A rapidly advancing crack in Antarctica's fourth-largest ice shelf
    has scientists concerned that it is getting close to a full break.
    The rift has accelerated this year in an area already vulnerable to
    warming temperatures. Since December, the crack has grown by the
    length of about five football fields each day.
    According to Dr. Rignot, the collapse of Larsen C would add only a
    tiny amount of water to the global sea level. Of greater concern to
    scientists is how the collapse of ice shelves can affect the
    glaciers that flow behind them, because the melting of those
    glaciers can cause much higher levels of ocean rise. Scientists see
    the impending Larsen C collapse as a warning that much larger
    amounts of ice in West Antarctica could be vulnerable.

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/196064/20170206/this-is-how-the-ice-sheets-of-antarctica-formed-very-rapidly-about-34-million-years-ago.htm

    This Is How The Ice Sheets Of Antarctica Formed Very Rapidly About
    34 Million Years Ago
    <http://www.techtimes.com/articles/196064/20170206/this-is-how-the-ice-sheets-of-antarctica-formed-very-rapidly-about-34-million-years-ago.htm>

Tech Times 	 -‎18 hours ago‎ 	

    Scientists have linked two older theories to explain how the ice
    sheets of Antarctica formed very rapidly. The first theory focuses
    on climate change, while the second theory focuses on dramatic
    changes in ocean circulation patterns.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-denier-scott-pruitt-epa-appointment-unprecedented-assault-environment-protection-a7566946.html

    *Climate change*denier Scott Pruitt's appointment to run EPA would
    be 'unprecedented assault' on its work
    <http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-denier-scott-pruitt-epa-appointment-unprecedented-assault-environment-protection-a7566946.html>

The Independent 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

    Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President-elect Donald
    Trump's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency,
    testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate
    Committee on Environment and Public Works on Capitol Hill ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sci-fi-writers-predict-future-of-climate-change_us_588f9e46e4b0c90efeff2b0e
*We Asked Sci-Fi Writers About The Future Of Climate Change... 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sci-fi-writers-predict-future-of-climate-change_us_588f9e46e4b0c90efeff2b0e>*

    ...sci-fi writer Ursula K. Le Guin pointed out ... alternative facts
    are different from fiction. "A lie is a non-fact deliberately told
    as fact," she wrote. "Santa Claus is a fiction. He's harmless. Lies
    are seldom completely harmless, and often very dangerous...
    Fiction, on the other hand, can entertain, inform, and speculate. In
    the case of science fiction, it can provide human context for facts
    and data, supporting it rather than refuting it. Possible solutions
    to urgent issues such as climate change can be explored. Though
    speculative fiction authors — including Margaret Atwood, Kim Stanley
    Robinson, and Barbara Kingsolver — have flocked to the topic in
    recent years, climate change has been addressed in fiction for
    decades, dating back to J.G. Ballard's imagined natural
    disasters.... we asked a range of science fiction authors ... to
    discuss speculative or fictional solutions to how climate change is
    discussed...
    Jeff VanderMeer, author of _Borne and the Southern Reach_ trilogy  -
    "...we know what we need to do and we know what the consequences are
    otherwise."
    Thoraiya Dyer, author of _Crossroads of Canopy_ - "Four humans in
    one generation, two humans in the next, and a whole lot of pooled
    resources for getting them to adulthood."
    Lidia Yuknavitch, author of _The Book of Joan _-" We need to move
    away from colonization impulses and toward a radical intimacy with
    the planet and everything on it"
    Emmi Itäranta, author of _Memory of Water_ - "You were there. You
    made your protest sign at home, a wall of a cardboard box on which
    you painted the words 'HANDS OFF THE ARCTIC.'"
    John Scalzi, author of _The Collapsing Empire_ -- "The science
    fictional idea here is not the technology involved, but the idea
    there is a global will to make the switch in the face of (basically)
    greed and inertia. Let's see!"

http://m.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/02/bush-epa-recognized-global-warming-threat
*This Day in Climate History  February 8, 2011 
<http://m.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/02/bush-epa-recognized-global-warming-threat> 
-  from D.R. Tucker*

    Bush EPA Recognized Global Warming Threat  - by Kate Sheppard 
    Mother Jones
    In recent months, the EPA's power to regulate greenhouse-gas
    emissions has become a prime target for Republicans (and some
    Democrats) in Congress who raise the specter of a government
    bureaucracy gone wild under the Obama administration. Foes of the
    regulations have gone so far as to propose throwing out the very
    scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human health. But
    a letter released Tuesday once again makes it clear that even the
    Bush administration knew it needed to act on global warming—it just
    chose not to....
    Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) releases a January 31, 2008 letter from
    then-EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson to President George W. Bush,
    urging Bush to finally take action on carbon pollution...
    http://m.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/02/bush-epa-recognized-global-warming-threat

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