[TheClimate.Vote] Jan 28, 2017 - Daily Global Warming News for citizens, voters and officials
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http://www.ecowatch.com/ebell-epa-purge-2218823381.html
Ebell: Purge Necessary at EPA to Rid 'Scientists Who Believe
the*Global Warming*Alarmist Agenda'
<http://www.ecowatch.com/ebell-epa-purge-2218823381.html>
EcoWatch -7 hours ago
Ebell, who told the AP that the federal government has "been staffed
with scientists who believe the*global*-*warming*alarmist agenda,"
floated the idea of downsizing EPA from 15,000 to 5,000 employees as
an "aspirational goal" but acknowledged that*...
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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/874535
(opinion) Is*Global Warming*a Greater Threat to Health Than Nuclear
War? <http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/874535>
Medscape -Jan 26, 2017
My earliest recollection of*global warming*as a health issue dates
from January 17, 1996, when we at JAMA led an international group of
36 journals in 21 countries on all continents to publish
concurrently more than 200 articles on the theme of*...*
*....Surely, the medical and public health communities are working
really hard to prevent such a catastrophe? Sorry. Guess again. For
the most part, physicians and their organizations seem to be
ignoring the threat, preferring to fight over issues like
malpractice or the size of their fees, in effect rearranging the
deck chairs on this sinking Titanic while exercising denial. But
don't the doctors care about their great-great-great-grandchildren?
Looks like they may never have any. You have got to be kidding. The
risks must be overblown! Hope so; don't think so; ohmygod!....*
*This is not an issue to be dealt with by measuring the quarterly
shareholder reports of capitalism's lions. Nor is it an issue upon
which to cast doubt à la the tobacco industry's great success at
delaying tactics. The basic science has been settled for a long
time. The applied science determining the best ways forward can
benefit from ongoing research and new engineering...*
*Worst-case scenario: If all of the fossil fuels are burnt, a rise
in the sea level of some 200 feet is likely, but this would take
hundreds of years. Thinking only about your lives and the lives of
your children and grandchildren is natural but so selfish. We should
be thinking about all life, human and other, forever, on planet
Earth, writ large. The human animal and various world cultures can
deal with this, but enlightened leadership will be required in large
doses. If we can make positive energy economics the driver, the
human race has a fighting chance.*
*That is my opinion. I am Dr George Lundberg, at large at Medscape.*
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/climatechange/137-years-of-global-temperature-change-in-under-1-minute/70000692
*137 Years of/Global/Temperature change in under 1 minute
<http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/climatechange/137-years-of-global-temperature-change-in-under-1-minute/70000692>*
AccuWeather.com (blog)-2 hours ago
The video link below shows the changes in global temperature
departures since ... The/global warming/“pause,” which Berkeley
Earth had always stressed was ...
The Japanese Meteorological Agency also released their annual global
temperature data, which goes back to 1890.
Berkeley Earth have also proclaimed that 2016 was the warmest year
on record in their database.
The global warming “pause,” which Berkeley Earth had always stressed
was not statistically significant, now appears clearly to have been
a temporary fluctuation. according to the Berkeley Earth blog.
.http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/
*Dr James Hansen and The Peaceful Revolutionary Party
<http://www.columbia.edu/%7Ejeh1/>*
Fixing this problem is not rocket science. The solution can be
simple and transparent....with ... emphasis on political
implications...is the need for a third party, distinct from present
inept minor parties. I noted the ... need in my Ridenhour remarks
and in a Communication. David Brooks had a superb article on the
need for a third party in the New York Times on November 8, 2016.
Party organization and procedures should elevate issues above
personality, and the authority of a Nominee for President should be
constrained.
....if in a few years the two major parties remain uncompromising
and unsupportive of a carbon fee, it would not surprise me if
Citizens Climate Lobby became a major force for a centrist third party.
Everybody is welcome to join Citizens Climate Lobby -- a link to an
introductory call is at http://www.tfaforms.com/275537. Their summer
conference in Washington this year is 23-25 June; registration is at
http://citizensclimatelobby.org/2013-international-conference
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/scientists-march-on-washington-national-parks-twitter-war-climate-science-donald-trump/
*3 Things You Need to Know About the Science Rebellion Against Trump
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/scientists-march-on-washington-national-parks-twitter-war-climate-science-donald-trump/>*
--- MUZZLING AGENCIES INSPIRES A SCIENTISTS' MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Doubters of science in general date to Galileo. Climate scientists
have been an outspoken voice for as long as the government has been
studying climate science.
--- THE PARK SERVICE BECAME THE UNLIKELY HERO OF THE 'REBELLION'
The Park Service is one of the least controversial and most popular
federal agencies because its primary task is to take care of the
nation’s parks. But in the wake of the flap about the size of the
inauguration crowd, a former Park Service employee at the Badlands
National Park in North Dakota defied President Trump—setting off a
broader resistance that quickly spread to other federal agencies.
-- A GLIMMER OF HOPE?
It’s still early and missteps are not uncommon as new
administrations get up and running. The contract freeze at the EPA
may, in the end, turn out to be "a tempest in a teapot," Doniger
says. Although signals so far have put the scientific community on
red alert, it may be too early to reach any conclusion other than
the administration’s start-up is in disarray.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/25/parody-parks-service-twitter-takes-aim-trump/97051652/
*Parody parks service Twitter takes aim at Trump
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/25/parody-parks-service-twitter-takes-aim-trump/97051652/>*
On Tuesday, someone started tweeting from the @AltUSNatParkService
<https://twitter.com/altnatparkser> handle, a no-holds-barred parody
of the federal department in charge of our wondrous national parks.
Among its first tweets was a pointed challenge to the new commander
in chief.
http://www.tvovermind.com/tv-news/futurama-great-bit-global-warming-remember
(satire cartoon) Futurama Did a Great Bit on Global Warming Back in the
Day
<http://www.tvovermind.com/tv-news/futurama-great-bit-global-warming-remember>
For all those people out there who don’t believe in climate change,
perhaps watching a cartoon might change your mind. This was a bit
done on the show Futurama. It's in a 50s style type of public
service message format. You'll notice that it’s not only
informative, but clearly adds a nice humor factor as well.
Right off the bat we get a laugh when little Suzy walks out of the
ice cream shop only to see her cone melt right before her eyes.
Luckily someone is there to explain the situation to her. While
Suzy may have thought foreigners were the culprit for her ice cream
turning into a liquid stain on the concrete, Futurama is there to
remind us that it’s in fact global warming that melted her treat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SYpUSjSgFg
Reaching*global warming*targets under ice-free Arctic summers
requires zero emissions by 2045
<https://phys.org/news/2017-01-global-ice-free-arctic-summers-requires.html>
Phys.Org -7 hours ago
Ice-albedo feedback as a result of sea-ice melting, notably in the
Arctic, is known to reinforce*global warming*. What is less known,
however, is the impact of a no-summer ice scenario on the world's
ambition to maintain*global warming*below 2°C by 2100.
*Global warming*could increase levels of toxic mercury in fish,
experts warn
<http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/global-warming-climate-change-increased-toxic-mercury-levels-fish-a7549651.html>
The Independent -7 hours ago
*Global warming*could lead to raised levels of toxic mercury in the
fish we eat, new research suggests. Increased rainfall and melting
snow and ice is expected to increase the flow of organic matter into
aquatic ecosystems in large parts of the northern ..
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-climate-underestimate-future-tropical-mountains.html
Climate models may underestimate future/warming/on tropical ...
<https://phys.org/news/2017-01-climate-underestimate-future-tropical-mountains.html>
Phys.Org-3 hours ago
Questions among scientists about how/global warming/affects tropical
high elevations date back about 30 years. In 1985, influential
research by Brown geologist ...
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/01/25/judith-curry-is-in-with-the-koch-brothers/
*Judith Curry Is In With The Koch Brothers
<http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/01/25/judith-curry-is-in-with-the-koch-brothers/>*
Judith Curry, climate scientist turned anti-climate change activist
(more or less) has joined the Koch Brothers front group “Cause of
Action <http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cause_of_Action>“.
How do we know this? Because she has filed anAmicus Brief
(2017.01.25 Mot. for Leave to File, Nos. 14-cv-101 14-cv-126
(D.C.))(
<http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/files/2017/01/2017.01.25-Mot.-for-Leave-to-File-Nos.-14-cv-101-14-cv-126-D.C..pdf>on
behalf of the National Review and the Competitive Enterprise
Institute in the case of Mann vs. Those Guys, with council at Cause
of Action Institute.
Go read the brief. It is pretty nasty.
Also related, this:2017.01.25 Br. of Amicus Dr. Judith A. Curry Nos.
14-cv-101 14-cv-126 (D.C.)
<http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/files/2017/01/2017.01.25-Br.-of-Amicus-Dr.-Judith-A.-Curry-Nos.-14-cv-101-14-cv-126-D.C..pdf>.
Have at it.
<http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/30/3453277/oil-spill-heard-round-the-world/>**This
Day in Climate History January 28, 1969
<http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/30/3453277/oil-spill-heard-round-the-world/>-
from D.R. Tucker
**
The notorious Santa Barbara, California oil spill takes place.
http://youtu.be/jqd_VTADHzM
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/30/3453277/oil-spill-heard-round-the-world/
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