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/March 8, 2017                   Agency changes spell danger/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/politics/scott-pruitt-environmental-protection-agency.html?_r=0

    EPA Head Stacks Agency With*Climate Change*Skeptics
    <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/politics/scott-pruitt-environmental-protection-agency.html>

New York Times 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

In the days since, Mr. Pruitt, a former Oklahoma attorney general who 
built a career out of suing the agency he now leads, has moved to stock 
the top offices of the agency with like-minded conservatives - many of 
them skeptics of*climate change*...
..Mr. Pruitt has drawn heavily from the staff of his friend and fellow 
Oklahoma Republican, Senator James Inhofe, long known as Congress's most 
prominent skeptic of climate science. A former Inhofe chief of staff, 
Ryan Jackson, will be Mr. Pruitt's chief of staff. Another former Inhofe 
staff member, Byron Brown, will serve as Mr. Jackson's deputy. Andrew 
Wheeler, a fossil fuel lobbyist and a former Inhofe chief of staff, is a 
finalist to be Mr. Pruitt's deputy, although he requires confirmation to 
the position by the Senate...
"He's not coming in thinking E.P.A. is the greatest thing since sliced 
bread. Quite the opposite."...
Gina McCarthy, who headed the E.P.A. under former President Barack 
Obama, said she too saw Mr. Pruitt as unique. "It's fine to have 
differing opinions on how to meet the mission of the agency. Many 
Republican administrators have had that," she said. "But here, for the 
first time, I see someone who has no commitment to the mission of the 
agency."
This week, Mr. Trump is expected to sign an executive order directing 
Mr. Pruitt to begin the legal process of unwinding Mr. Obama's E.P.A. 
regulations aimed at curbing planet-warming pollution from coal-fired 
power plants, and Mr. Pruitt is expected to announce plans to begin to 
weaken an Obama-era rule mandating higher fuel economy standards...
A draft White House budget blueprint proposes to slash the E.P.A. budget 
by about 24 percent, or $2 billion from its current level of $8.1 
billion, and cut employee numbers by about 20 percent from its current 
staff of about 15,000...
Agency employees say morale has already been damaged. After working for 
years to draft climate change regulations under the Obama 
administration, many of those same career scientists and lawyers will be 
ordered to go back and undo them.

http://www.salon.com/2017/03/06/noaa-cuts-could-stymie-research-put-lives-at-risk_partner/

    NOAA cuts could stymie research, put lives at risk
    <http://www.salon.com/2017/03/06/noaa-cuts-could-stymie-research-put-lives-at-risk_partner/>

Salon 	 -‎18 hours ago‎ 	

On Friday, the meteorology community was riding a major high as 
stunningly high-definition images came in from the nation's newest and 
much-anticipated earth observation satellite.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-climate-change-denial-mass-protest-global-warming-climatologist-dr-peter-gleick-pacific-a7614466.html

    Leading climatologist urges mass protest against Trump
    administration amid *global warming*denial
    <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-climate-change-denial-mass-protest-global-warming-climatologist-dr-peter-gleick-pacific-a7614466.html>

The Independent 	 -‎Mar 6, 2017‎ 	

A leading climatologist has warned US democracy is under attack from the 
"uninhibited use of lies, false statements and bad science", as he urged 
people to take part in public demonstrations in support of science.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/invasive-species-climate-change-threaten-great-lakes

    Invasive species,*climate change *threaten Great Lakes
    <https://www.sciencenews.org/article/invasive-species-climate-change-threaten-great-lakes>

Science News 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

Egan deftly explains the science of these complex issues, including 
runoff-induced toxic algal blooms and extreme fluctuations in the lakes' 
water levels attributed to*climate change*. Despite all the bad news, 
there are glimmers of hope. After decades*...*

http://www.aikenstandard.com/opinion/letter-action-must-be-taken-on-global-warming/article_502fe6a0-fe3a-11e6-98bd-3738a4cd21c0.html

    Letter: Action must be taken on*global warming*
    <http://www.aikenstandard.com/opinion/letter-action-must-be-taken-on-global-warming/article_502fe6a0-fe3a-11e6-98bd-3738a4cd21c0.html>

Aiken Standard 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

It should be an insult to our intelligence that many of our new leaders 
deny the threat of*global warming*. Sadly, today, it is almost a test of 
a candidate's suitability that climate not be considered a serious problem.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/arctic-circle-sea-ice-free-global-warming-limit-two-degrees-celcius-climate-change-paris-agreement-a7616311.html

    Arctic circle could become completely free of sea ice even if*global
    warming *limited to two degrees Celsius
    <http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/arctic-circle-sea-ice-free-global-warming-limit-two-degrees-celcius-climate-change-paris-agreement-a7616311.html>

The Independent 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

The Arctic Ocean could become free of sea ice for the first time in 
100,000 years even if action is taken to keep*global warming*to within 
two degrees Celsius, scientists have warned. The region has experienced 
much sharper rises in temperature in*..*

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/venice-will-vanish-within-a-century-study-warns-a7614591.html

    Venice will vanish underwater within a century if*global warming*is
    not stalled, climate change study warns
    <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/venice-will-vanish-within-a-century-study-warns-a7614591.html>

The Independent 	 -‎Mar 6, 2017‎ 	

Venice will be underwater within a century if the acceleration in*global 
warming*is not quelled and flood defences installed, a new climate 
change report has warned.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/3/7/faust-climate-change-grant/

    *Climate Change* Solutions Fund Awards $1 Million to Seven Research
    Projects
    <http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/3/7/faust-climate-change-grant/>

Harvard Crimson 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

Harvard's*Climate Change*Solutions Fund awarded about $1 million in 
grants to scholars from across the University, funding seven projects 
dedicated to understanding and mitigating*climate change*. The fund, 
started by University President Drew G. Faust*...*

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170307100311.htm

    Future climate change will affect plants and soil
    differently<https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170307100311.htm>

Science Daily 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

    A new European study has found that soil carbon loss is more
    sensitive to climate change compared to carbon taken up by plants.
    In drier regions, soil carbon loss decreased but in wetter regions
    soil carbon loss increased. This could result in a positive feedback
    to the atmosphere leading to an additional increase of atmospheric
    CO2 levels.
    Scientists analysed data from seven climate change experiments
    across Europe to show how European shrubland plant biomass and soil
    carbon loss is affected by summer drought and year-around warming..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/07/white-house-echoes-exxon-mobil-press-release-praises-oil-giant/
*White House echoes Exxon Mobil press release as it praises oil giant 
for 'new' job-creating scheme 
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/07/white-house-echoes-exxon-mobil-press-release-praises-oil-giant/>*

    The White House appeared to lift an entire paragraph from
    ExxonMobil's press release
    <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/13/meet-rex-tillerson-man-donald-trump-has-appointed-americas-next/>
    on Monday as it praised the oil giant for continuing a multi-billion
    dollar initiative to expand its presence in the Gulf Of Mexico...
    The administration's response came minutes after Exxon announced
    plans to create thousands of jobs by spending $20 billion over 10
    years on plants...
    Exxon's plan started long before Donald Trump entered the White
    House, including investments that began in 2013...
    *White House press release (left) contains full paragraph copied
    verbatim from Exxon press release (right).
    <https://twitter.com/_cingraham/status/838874217852567552>*
    https://twitter.com/_cingraham/status/838874217852567552
    http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170306005926/en/ExxonMobil-Plans-Investments-20-Billion-Expand-Manufacturing
    https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/06/president-trump-congratulates-exxon-mobil-job-creating-investment

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/business/energy-environment/trump-energy-plan-climate.html
*Trump Got Nearly $1 Million in Energy-Efficiency Subsidies in 2012 
<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/business/energy-environment/trump-energy-plan-climate.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share>*

    The Trump White House has wasted no time in targeting pro-climate
    policies, freezing energy-efficiency standards finalized during the
    last days of the Obama administration. Its "America First Energy
    Plan" makes no mention of renewable energy or energy efficiency, and
    it is focused on fossil fuels...
    But in 2012, Donald J. Trump, the businessman, played a different
    tune...
    That year, Mr. Trump finished securing almost $1 million in
    energy-efficiency incentives and low-interest loans from New York
    State to fit a Trump-branded residential tower in Westchester County
    with eco-friendly fixtures, state records show...
    "I strongly believe in clean energy, in conserving energy, all of
    that — more than anybody," Mr. Trump is quoted as saying in a fact
    sheet about the project, at Trump Tower at City Center in White
    Plains. As part of the project, a state-of-the-art power system that
    recycles energy was installed...
    The retrofits that the Trump Organization made to the Trump Tower at
    City Center are especially advanced...
    The building's new power system, called a cogeneration system, traps
    thermal energy from two generators and uses it for the heating of
    air and water, said Larry Gomez, the property's resident manager...
    It installed energy-efficient hallway lights that are controlled by
    motion sensors and a cover on its rooftop swimming pool to minimize
    evaporation and to reduce pool-heating costs.
    "It's saved the building a fortune in energy costs," Mr. Gomez said
    — about $300,000 a year.

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/up/51113853
*This Day in Climate History March 8, 2013 
<http://video.msnbc.msn.com/up/51113853> -  from D.R. Tucker*
  MSNBC's Chris Hayes discusses the escalation of carbon dioxide in the 
atmosphere in 2012.

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