[TheClimate.Vote] March 9, 2017 - Daily Global Warming News for All -

Thu Mar 9 11:14:32 EST 2017

/March 9, 2017                 Record warm month, Congress is loading up /

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/february-warm-weather-climate-change-21232

    February's Warmth, Brought to You by*Climate Change*
    <http://www.climatecentral.org/news/february-warm-weather-climate-change-21232>

Climate Central 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

    A bonanza of heat records fell throughout February in almost all
    quarters of the U.S. and research released on Wednesday shows that
    this pervasive spring-like warmth was made possible by climate
    change. The rise in planetary heat made the freakishly warm February
    at least three times more likely than it was around 120 years ago,
    according to the analysis by scientists working on the World Weather
    Attribution team. While it was a month to remember, by mid-century
    that type of heat could occur every three years unless carbon
    pollution is curtailed....
    This February fits right in line with that trend. It was the second
    warmest on record for the U.S., trailing only 1954, according to the
    National Centers for Environmental Information. The U.S. average for
    February was 7.3°F above normal, the fifth-most anomalously warm
    month ever recorded. In all, 16 states had their warmest February on
    record from Texas to New York...

https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/03/08/congress-energy-climate-committees-ex-lobbyists
*Congressional Energy and Climate Committees Are Loaded with Ex-Fossil 
Fuel Lobbyists 
<https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/03/08/congress-energy-climate-committees-ex-lobbyists>*

    Though the U.S. Congress has been in session for two months, much of
    the policy action which has taken place since Donald Trump assumed
    the presidency on January 20 has centered around his Executive Orders...
    As some have pointed out, Trump's first speech in front of a joint
    session of Congress on February 28 can be seen as a reset moment,
    with the clock ticking on Republicans to deliver on promises made to
    voters in the 2016 election. In the energy and environment sphere,
    those efforts will likely center around gutting climate and
    environmental protections, and much of it will be carried out by
    congressional committee staffers.
    A DeSmog investigation has revealed that many Republican staff
    members on key committees are former fossil fuel industry lobbyists,
    which could help fast-track the industry's legislative agenda in the
    weeks and months ahead. In total, 15 staffers on the eight main
    energy and environment congressional committees previously worked as
    industry lobbyists on behalf of oil, gas, mining, coal,
    petrochemical, and electric utility interests. ..
    To date, only eight bills have passed through Congress in 2017, and
    only one in the energy and environmental bucket. Just as crucial,
    though, congressional staffers could aid in what Trump's
    controversial top adviser Steve Bannon recently called the
    "deconstruction of the administrative state."..
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeSmogBlog/posts/10158419201970422
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeSmogBlog/status/839666281846456320
    YouTube Steve Bannon "Deconstruction of the administrative state"
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFpTergAGQ>
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFpTergAGQ

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/08/how-climate-change-battles-are-increasingly-being-fought-and-won-in-court

    How*climate change*battles are increasingly being fought, and won,
    in court
    <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/08/how-climate-change-battles-are-increasingly-being-fought-and-won-in-court>

The Guardian 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

Environmental NGO EarthLife Africa challenged the government's approval 
of the proposed Thabametsi coal-fired power station on the grounds that 
it should have been preceded by an evaluation of its*climate 
change*impacts. The North Gauteng high court ...

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-co2-due-climate-agriculture.html

    Rising CO2 due to*climate change*may not improve agriculture, model
    shows <https://phys.org/news/2017-03-co2-due-climate-agriculture.html>

Phys.Org 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

Although this*change*may mean some plants are more efficient in their 
water use in some arid regions, overall this*change*in plant physiology 
will have its own*climate*effects, resulting in less rainfall in some 
regions, damaging plants and crop yields*...*

https://futurism.com/a-new-world-leader-is-emerging-in-the-battle-against-climate-change/

    A New World Leader Is Emerging in the Battle Against*Climate Change*
    <https://futurism.com/a-new-world-leader-is-emerging-in-the-battle-against-climate-change/>

Futurism 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

Consuming fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide - a greenhouse gas - 
which traps solar radiation in the Earth's atmosphere. Over the past 200 
years, humans have consumed more and more fossil fuels, leading to 
increased levels of carbon dioxide in our ...

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

    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 	 -‎Mar 7, 2017‎ 	

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*and*...*

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/uoc--dag030817.php
<https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/uoc--dag030817.php>

    Diet and global*climate change*
    <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/uoc--dag030817.php>

EurekAlert (press release) 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

According to Cleveland, the findings add weight to the conclusion of 
several other recent studies: Diet change must be part of 
successful*climate change*mitigation policies, and*climate 
change*mitigation must be included in policies to improve the food*...*

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/03/08/mit-professors-denounce-their-colleague-letter-trump-for-denying-evidence-climate-change/86K8ur31YIUbMO4SAI7U2N/story.html

    MIT professors are lobbying Trump — against their former colleague
    <https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/03/08/mit-professors-denounce-their-colleague-letter-trump-for-denying-evidence-climate-change/86K8ur31YIUbMO4SAI7U2N/story.html>

The Boston Globe 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

    MIT professor Richard Lindzen's contrarian views about climate
    change, which have long provided the appearance of credibility to
    those who deny human activity is causing the planet to warm, have
    caused deep angst among his colleagues at the university's vaunted
    program in atmospheres, oceans, and climate...
    Now, the retired professor has spurred the rest of the program's
    faculty to write a letter to President Trump rebutting Lindzen's
    position that climate change doesn't pose a threat worth addressing
    and informing him that their colleague doesn't represent their views
    or those of the vast majority of other climate scientists...
    In their rebuttal, the 22 MIT scientists urged Trump to recognize
    that Lindzen's views run counter to the preponderance of evidence
    that climate change is a growing threat...
    "The risks to the Earth system associated with increasing levels of
    carbon dioxide are almost universally agreed by climate scientists
    to be real ones," they wrote. "These include, but are not limited
    to, sea level rise, ocean acidification, and increases in extreme
    flooding and droughts, all with serious consequences for mankind.".
    The scientists noted how professional organizations such as the
    American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union
    have endorsed policies to curb emissions and address climate change.....

http://climateandcapitalism.com/2017/03/08/heatwave-frequency-rises-twice-as-fast-in-the-poorest-countries/
*Heatwave frequency rises twice as fast in the poorest countries 
<http://climateandcapitalism.com/2017/03/08/heatwave-frequency-rises-twice-as-fast-in-the-poorest-countries/>*
New research proves that the countries least responsible for global 
warming, those least able to adapt, have already been hit much harder by 
deadly extremes than rich nations — and the gap is growing

https://futurism.com/a-new-world-leader-is-emerging-in-the-battle-against-climate-change/

    A New World Leader Is Emerging in the Battle Against*Climate Change*
    <https://futurism.com/a-new-world-leader-is-emerging-in-the-battle-against-climate-change/>

Futurism 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

Consuming fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide - a greenhouse gas - 
which traps solar radiation in the Earth's atmosphere. Over the past 200 
years, humans have consumed more and more fossil fuels, leading to 
increased levels of carbon dioxide in our  atmosphere. Atmospheric CO2 
recently reached its highest level in more than 800,000 years: more than 
400 parts per million..
*https://futurism.com/images/our-warming-world-the-future-of-climate-change-infographic/*

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