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    In Greenland, a once doubtful scientist witnesses climate
    change's... (text + video)
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/2016/12/30/with-enough-evidence-even-skepticism-will-thaw/>

Washington Post 	 -‎Dec 30, 2016‎ 	

	
	
	

    As one of Greenland's largest ice shelves shrinks, a once-doubtful
    scientist has come around to the role of climate change in melting
    it....
    The question for Muenchow is no longer whether Petermann is changing
    — it’s how fast it could give up still more ice to the seas. That’s
    why he and British Antarctic Survey colleague Keith Nicholls
    ventured here by helicopter to take the measure of the Petermann
    shelf, which had been shifting and surging in a way that damaged the
    scientific instruments they had left behind a year earlier —
    behaving as though it didn’t want to be known.


    What Does 2017 Hold for*Climate Change*Policy?
    <http://www.livescience.com/57346-2017-climate-science-predictions.html>

Live Science 	 -‎Dec 30, 2016‎ 	

	
	
	

    In other words, a Trump administration could do serious damage
    to*climate*research and policy - and even a few years of dithering
    could have real effects on things like drought and*sea level
    rise*,*climate*scientists say. ... The overall mood in the*..
    In this area, though, the Trump administration won't have free rein.
    Even as head of the EPA, Pruitt might struggle to undo the actions
    that the agency has already taken. Rescinding rules takes time and
    would inevitably be stalled by litigation, Harvard law school
    professor Jody Freeman wrote for the Harvard Law School
    Environmental Law Program. For example, the EPA determined in 2009
    that carbon dioxide emissions endanger health and welfare and can
    thus be regulated under the Clean Air Act, Freeman wrote. That
    finding has already been put through the crucible of the courts and
    has been upheld. It would be "extremely difficult, if not
    impossible" to reverse that finding at this point, she wrote. [6
    Unexpected Effects of Climate Change]
    .http://www.livescience.com/57346-2017-climate-science-predictions.html*


    For China,*Climate Change*Is No Hoax – It's a Business and Political
    Opportunity
    <https://www.desmogblog.com/2016/12/31/china-climate-change-no-hoax-business-political-opportunity>

DeSmog (blog) 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    At an international*climate change*summit in Marrakech, the Chinese
    government reasserted its commitment to reduce its*greenhouse
    gas*emissions. The government announced that its aggregate emissions
    will peak by 2030 or earlier, and that its emissions ...


*China passes laws to tax polluters; CO2 doesn't make the cut 
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-passes-laws-to-tax-polluters-co2-doesn-t-make-the-cut/3394534.html>*

    China has passed a law that levies taxes on pollution, but ignores
    carbon dioxide, one of the major contributors to global warming,
    according to the web site of the country's highest legislative body.
    more… http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/8508557863668712548
    http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-passes-laws-to-tax-polluters-co2-doesn-t-make-the-cut/3394534.html


    Biologist's ant research provides long-term look at effects of
    climate ...
    <https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161230103209.htm>

Science Daily 	 -‎17 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    Many scientists have attempted to tackle how climate change will
    affect the natural world by determining the thermal tolerance of
    various species, then predicting ...


    Ban Ki-Moon Buoyed by*Climate*Accord but Laments Conflicts
    <http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ban-ki-moon-buoyed-climate-accord-laments-conflicts-44481344>

ABC News 	 -‎14 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    Ban Ki-moon ends 10 years at the helm of the United Nations
    lamenting the "fires still burning" from Syria to South Sudan but
    buoyed by a global agreement to combat*climate change*and new U.N.
    goals to fight poverty and inequality. As a final act*...*


*(deplorable video) Trump Climate Change Denier Claims Earth is 5500 
Years Old <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ojwOht66z0>*

    --Anthony Scaramucci, an adviser to President-elect Trump and a
    member of his transition team, compares climate change to flat earth
    theory and geocentrism
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ojwOht66z0


*This Day in Climate History  January 1, 1990, Jan 1. 2010 
<http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/peace/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20091208_xliii-world-day-peace_en.html> 
- from D.R. Tucker*

    January 1, 1990: In his World Day of Peace message, Pope John Paul
    II declares:

        "The most profound and serious indication of the moral
        implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of
        respect for life evident in many of the patterns of
        environmental pollution. Often, the interests of production
        prevail over concern for the dignity of workers, while economic
        interests take priority over the good of individuals and even
        entire peoples. In these cases, pollution or environmental
        destruction is the result of an unnatural and reductionist
        vision which at times leads to a genuine contempt for man.

        "On another level, delicate ecological balances are upset by the
        uncontrolled destruction of animal and plant life or by a
        reckless exploitation of natural resources. It should be pointed
        out that all of this, even if carried out in the name of
        progress and well-being, is ultimately to mankind's disadvantage."

    http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/peace/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_19891208_xxiii-world-day-for-peace_en.html
    .

    January 1, 2010: In his World Day of Peace message, Pope Benedict
    XVI declares:

        "In 1990 John Paul II had spoken of an 'ecological crisis' and,
        in highlighting its primarily ethical character, pointed to the
        'urgent moral need for a new solidarity.' His appeal is all the
        more pressing today, in the face of signs of a growing crisis
        which it would be irresponsible not to take seriously. Can we
        remain indifferent before the problems associated with such
        realities as climate change, desertification, the deterioration
        and loss of productivity in vast agricultural areas, the
        pollution of rivers and aquifers, the loss of biodiversity, the
        increase of natural catastrophes and the deforestation of
        equatorial and tropical regions? Can we disregard the growing
        phenomenon of 'environmental refugees,' people who are forced by
        the degradation of their natural habitat to forsake it – and
        often their possessions as well – in order to face the dangers
        and uncertainties of forced displacement? Can we remain
        impassive in the face of actual and potential conflicts
        involving access to natural resources? All these are issues with
        a profound impact on the exercise of human rights, such as the
        right to life, food, health and development."

    http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/peace/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20091208_xliii-world-day-peace_en.html

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