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Megastorms vs. megadroughts:*Climate change*brings a potentially
devastating "atmospheric river" to California
<http://www.salon.com/2017/01/14/megastorms-vs-megadroughts-climate-change-brings-a-potentially-devastating-atmospheric-river-to-california/>
Salon -8 hours ago
Megastorms vs. megadroughts:*Climate change*brings a potentially
devastating "atmospheric river" to Michelle Wolfe, who had to
evacuate her nearby mobile home, looks out toward flooded vineyards
in the Russian River Valley, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in ...
Donald Trump can deny climate change all he wants to, but
Californians can't escape the contrasting weather extremes it's
already causing or affecting. We're in a cycle of ever more serious
droughts broken by more intense storms — harbingers of much more
serious challenges to come. What's happening in California now
serves to underscore long-term realities, regardless of the
day-to-day fantasies of those who temporarily hold political power....
A series of storms from the vicinity of Hawaii, known as the
"Pineapple Express," have drenched California and parts of Nevada,
signaling a likely end to four years of severe drought. Just during
the storm that hit Jan. 7 to 10, there were 52 reports of extreme
precipitation (meaning more than eight inches of rain in a three-day
period), with several measuring twice that. Strawberry Valley, on
the western slopes of the Sierra Nevadas, got an amazing 20.51
inches of rain during that storm — more than Los Angeles typically
gets in an entire year..
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/14/megastorms-vs-megadroughts-climate-change-brings-a-potentially-devastating-atmospheric-river-to-california/
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-15/ignoring-trump-s-skepticism-davos-elite-bets-on-climate-change>
Ignoring Trump's Skepticism, Davos Elite Bets on*Climate Change*
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-15/ignoring-trump-s-skepticism-davos-elite-bets-on-climate-change>
Bloomberg -3 hours ago
Donald Trump has often ridiculed global warming and promised to
withdraw the U.S. from the global accord signed in Paris in 2015.
Yet despite the change of political weather in Washington, the
captains of business and finance gathered in Davos this week will
spend a lot of time talking about climate change -- and how to make
money from it...
The World Economic Forum is devoting 15 sessions of its 2017 annual
meeting to climate change, and nine more to clean energy -- the most
ever on the issues...
"It's totally clear that companies see the writing on the wall,"
said Morgan of Greenpeace. "If President-elect Trump doesn't want to
go there, then he is going to be very out of step."..
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-15/ignoring-trump-s-skepticism-davos-elite-bets-on-climate-change.
Western Dems look to*climate*to revitalize jobs messages
<http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/314276-western-dems-look-to-climate-to-revitalize-jobs-messages>
The Hill -6 hours ago
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Western states run by Democrats are aiming to use
government responses to climate change as the basis for a new
economic pitch to show voters the party can manage a transitioning
economy....
State leaders are plotting aggressive new measures to tackle carbon
emissions and promote renewable energy, in the face of an incoming
administration that takes a skeptical view of climate change....
Jerry Brown, entering the final two years of his last term in
office, has pledged a particularly aggressive response to the Trump
administration's*climate change*skepticism. Last month, Brown
proposed launching a satellite to study*climate*data if the*...
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/314276-western-dems-look-to-climate-to-revitalize-jobs-messages..
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Trump CIA, State Picks Deny*Climate Change*is a Security Threat
<http://www.newsweek.com/trump-cia-state-picks-deny-climate-change-security-threat-542483>
Newsweek -5 hours ago
What does the CIA director have to do with*climate change*? A lot
more than Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump's pick for the agency's top job,
seems to appreciate.
Lawmakers to debate hard limits on*greenhouse gas*emissions in
Oregon
<http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/01/post_191.html>
OregonLive.com -7 hours ago
Environmental activists are hoping Oregon lawmakers will act this
session to put the third and what could be the most important plank
of the state's*climate change*action plan in place: hard limits on
greenhouse emissions and a market-based price to*...*
*Climate change*shows in shrinking Antarctic snows
<https://phys.org/news/2017-01-climate-antarctic.html>
Phys.Org -15 hours ago
For international experts stationed at the base, the frozen southern
continent is a good gauge of*climate change*. "When I used to come
to Antarctica in the 1990s, it never used to rain," said Rodolfo
Sanchez, director of the Argentine Antarctic*...*
Trudeau's cheap talk on*climate change*
<http://www.torontosun.com/2017/01/14/trudeaus-cheap-talk-on-climate-change>
Toronto Sun -1 hour ago
If you want to understand the impact of*climate change*polices on
ordinary Canadians and how detached our political leaders are from
what they are doing by imposing them, think of this every time they
say "carbon pricing.
Northeast warming more rapidly than most of US
<https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/12/northeast-will-experience-faster-warming-from-climate-change-new-study-finds/nitce6eK8zqQN2LXZXgvwK/story.html>
The Boston Globe -Jan 13, 2017
New England is likely to experience a significantly greater rate of
warming over the coming decades than the rest of the planet,
according to a new study...The region's temperatures are projected
to rise by an average of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial
levels by 2025,...We'll have occasional snow, but we won't have
weeks and weeks of snow on the ground..
The Northeast could see sea levels rise about 25 percent higher than
other parts of the planet — perhaps by as much as 10.5 feet by 2100,
and 37 feet by 2200, according to some projections...
"I am very concerned about what I'm hearing from the new
administration," she said. "We need to be on guard, and make clear
what the truth is."..
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/12/northeast-will-experience-faster-warming-from-climate-change-new-study-finds/nitce6eK8zqQN2LXZXgvwK/story.html
<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/prediction-of-climate-change-impacts-not-as-limited-as-tillerson-suggests/>
Prediction of*Climate Change*Impacts Not as "Limited" as Tillerson
Suggests
<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/prediction-of-climate-change-impacts-not-as-limited-as-tillerson-suggests/>
Scientific American -Jan 13, 2017
During his confirmation hearing for secretary of state, Rex
Tillerson said "our ability to predict" the effect of
increased*greenhouse gas*concentrations in the atmosphere "is very
limited." That's not entirely accurate. While "very ... Take*sea
level**...*
*This Day in Climate History January 15, 2009
<https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr594/text>- from D.R. Tucker*
January 15, 2009: Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) introduces HR 594, the Save
Our Climate Act (a carbon-tax bill).
January 15, 2013: Think Progress reports: "Virginia’s legislature
commissioned a study to determine the impacts of climate change on
the state’s shores. After Tea Party complaints, lawmakers [removed]
the words 'climate change' and “sea level rise” from the title.
"This week, Virginia released its analysis, under the title
'Recurrent Flooding Study for Tidewater Virginia.' The report
discusses the threat of flooding and rising sea levels to coastal
Virginia, but gives less notice to the causes of climate change."
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr594/text
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/01/15/1448711/virginia-waters-down-report-on-impacts-of-climate-change-after-tea-party-complaints/
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