[TheClimate.Vote] October 10, 2017 - Daily Global Warming News

Tue Oct 10 09:12:34 EDT 2017

/October 10, 2017/*

Today: California Is Burning 
<http://www.latimes.com/newsletters/la-me-todays-headlines-20171010-story.html>*
http://www.latimes.com/newsletters/la-me-todays-headlines-20171010-story.html
*80,000 acres in 18 hours: Damage from historic California wine country 
wildfires comes into focus 
<http://wildfiretoday.com/2017/10/09/80000-acres-in-18-hours-damage-from-historic-california-wine-country-wildfires-comes-into-focus/>*
Monday marked the latest chapter in a book of unforgettable Octobers for 
California residents and firefighters alike, right next to the 
especially devastating fall months in 2003 and 2007.
http://wildfiretoday.com/2017/10/09/80000-acres-in-18-hours-damage-from-historic-california-wine-country-wildfires-comes-into-focus/*
Canyon Fire 2 has destroyed 6000 acres and 24 structures, threatening 
another 5000 
<http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/09/brush-fire-burning-25-acres-in-anaheim-hills/>
*The biggest fire to hit Orange County in nearly a decade destroyed at 
least 24 structures Monday and threatened hundreds more, forcing several 
thousand people to evacuate dozens of neighborhoods in Anaheim, Orange 
and Tustin.
The so-called Canyon Fire 2, named because flames scorched dry, rugged 
hills just to the west less than a month ago, burned more than 6,000 
acres and by late evening was less than 10 percent contained.
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/09/brush-fire-burning-25-acres-in-anaheim-hills/
*(BBC) California fires: Deadly wildfires sweep through wine country 
<http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41559875>
*Mass evacuations have been announced as several others are reportedly 
missing.
About 20,000 people have fled from Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties after 
fires broke out across the area renowned for its vineyards.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41559875*
Wildfires Strain State Budgets 
<http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/sl-wildfires-states-budget.html>
*http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/sl-wildfires-states-budget.html*

EPA Chief Announces Reversal Of Obama-Era Curbs On Coal Plants 
<https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiRo-ecjubWAhWIjlQKHUu0B2QQqQIIJSgAMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Fsections%2Fthetwo-way%2F2017%2F10%2F09%2F556659194%2Fepa-chief-announces-reversal-of-obama-era-curbs-on-coal-plants&usg=AOvVaw3-6znl1PYAtdIsGx_CgFyD>
*"The EPA and no federal agency should ever use its authority to say to 
you we are going to declare war on any sector of our economy," Pruitt ...
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/09/556659194/epa-chief-announces-reversal-of-obama-era-curbs-on-coal-plants*
(Audio) Trump White House Reverses Obama-Era Curbs On Coal Plants 
<http://www.npr.org/2017/10/10/556795221/trump-white-house-reverses-obama-era-curbs-on-coal-plants>
*Rachel Martin talks to former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, who 
helped finalize the Clean Power Plan. She talks to Rachel Martin about 
the Trump administration's moves to scrap that rule.
http://www.npr.org/2017/10/10/556795221/trump-white-house-reverses-obama-era-curbs-on-coal-plants*

Global Warming Since 1850. In 2 Minutes 
<https://climatecrocks.com/2017/10/09/global-warming-since-1850-in-2-minutes/>
*October 9, 2017
The estimable Robert Rohde of Berkeley Earth has an updated graph.
The man who hired him, Richard Muller, you may remember, is a PhD 
physicist who made a splash a few years back as a self styled climate 
skeptic, said a bunch of pretty inexcusable things about climate 
scientists, and scored a big grant from the Koch Brothers to restudy 
global temperature records from the ground up.
To his credit, Dr. Muller hired some smart people, did an honest job, 
and came up with the same answer that everyone else has for the last 50 
years or so. Still no apologies to the good men and women he slandered, 
but at least, as you see below, he's telling. the story straight.
data from Berkeley Earth http://berkeleyearth.org/global-warming-2016/
https://climatecrocks.com/2017/10/09/global-warming-since-1850-in-2-minutes/
*

OUR CHANGING CLIMATE MIND-SET... 
<http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/our_changing_climate_mind_set>*
By ROBERT JAY LIFTON     OCT. 7, 2017 *
*Climate images have never been able to convey our full planetary danger 
until now. The extraordinary recent four-punch sequence of hurricanes - 
Harvey, Irma, Jose and Maria - threatened the lives of millions of 
people, obliterated their homes and has raised doubts that some places 
will ever recover. The rest of us have a newly immediate sense of 
catastrophes of biblical proportions. As meaning-hungry creatures we 
search for explanations. No wonder some have embraced the apocalyptic 
narrative of total destruction by an angry deity. And no wonder that 
climate-change rejecters like President Trump have increasing difficulty 
defending their position...
But does this mean that we attribute this menace to global warming and 
to human contributions to that warming? My answer here is yes and no and 
yes again.
Yes: Scientists warn that hurricanes are made worse by the warming of 
the atmosphere and the oceans and by the increased storm surge caused by 
higher sea levels. Climate change can thus amplify disasters into 
catastrophes.
No: There are still voices ridiculing this conclusion. About the 
record-breaking intensity of Hurricane Irma, Mr. Trump said that "we've 
had bigger storms than this." And Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, took righteous exception to discussing 
the "cause and effect of these storms" as "very, very insensitive to the 
people in Florida." Both were engaging in climate rejection rather than 
denial. Because with climate truths so widely disseminated and accepted, 
both know in some part of their minds that global warming is real and 
threatening.
http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/our_changing_climate_mind_set*
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Most Americans Want Climate Change Policies 
<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/most-americans-want-climate-change-policies/>
*But in a new poll, half say they would not pay more on their electric 
bill to help lower emissions
The poll suggested the public knows little about specific energy issues, 
with money driving people's views more than health or environmental 
considerations.
Most respondents said they would support policies to lower emissions, 
but half said they would be unwilling to pay even $1 more on their 
electric bill to do so. If climate policies cost an extra $10 per month, 
60 percent of respondents said they would oppose them.
Political leanings-more than income, education or geographic 
location-were the biggest indicator of whether someone would pay a 
modest fee to combat climate change.
Other studies have also suggested politics has more to do with attitudes 
toward climate policy than with economics.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/most-americans-want-climate-change-policies/*

Chris Werle: Science, religion aren't in opposition when it comes to 
climate change 
<http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/opinion/columnists/2017/10/08/chris-werle-science-religion-arent-opposition-when-comes-climate-change/733635001/>*
Scriptural passages can be found that apply to nearly any challenge we 
might encounter, and the need for environmental stewardship is no 
exception. Consider Genesis 2:15: "Then the Lord God took the man and 
put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it." Or Leviticus 
25:23-24: "The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is 
mine; with me you are but aliens and tenants. Throughout the land that 
you hold, you shall provide for the redemption of the land." These 
passages and many others like them provide a clear directive for 
maintaining a clean and healthy environment.
And when we consider the increasingly important, yet politically 
unpopular topic of man-made climate change over the past decade, almost 
every major Christian religion has made public pronouncements of support 
for climate action:
*- Anglican, 2011:* "The scriptures call humanity to a careful 
stewardship of creation.  Man-made climate change is given urgent 
priority for reflection, study and action. We press government, industry 
and civil society on the moral imperative of taking action." (A 
Statement on Climate Change by the Primates of the Anglican Communion, 
following the Primates' meeting in Dublin, Ireland)
*- Episcopal, 2012:* "The 77th General Convention calls on the church to 
work for the transformation of the world's energy away from fossil fuels 
and toward renewable energy, and to support the implementation of 
solutions to climate change." (The Acts of Convention of the Episcopal 
Church, Resolution 2012-B023. General Convention, Journal of the 77th 
General Convention of the Episcopal Church, Indianapolis)
*- Judaism, 2008:* "The Jewish community is united in its belief that 
climate change is occurring, and we affirm our responsibility to address 
this planetary crisis. We support aggressive climate change legislation 
to reduce carbon concentrations by 80 percent by 2050, and reduce 
emissions by 25-40 percent by 2020. The United States should lead by 
example to facilitate the global transition to a low-carbon economy." 
(Jewish Community Priorities for Climate and Energy Policy, from the 
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life)
*- Presbyterian, 2010: *"We affirm that science should inform our 
policy, especially concerning emergent environmental issues such as 
global climate change." (Presbyterian Church USA, Call to Restore the 
Creation, the 219th General Assembly  of the Presbyterian Church)
*- Roman Catholic, 2010:* "Climate change is at the center of the 
environmental challenges facing our nation and the world. Urgent action 
that both addresses the growing impact of climate change and acts to 
protect the poor and vulnerable is needed." (United States Conference of 
Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Global Climate Change)
*- Southern Baptist, 2008: *"Global climate change is among the current 
era's challenges that require a unified moral voice. To abandon these 
issues to the secular world is to shirk from our responsibility to be 
salt and light. The time for timidity regarding God's creation is no 
more. Therefore, in the face of intense concern and guided by the 
biblical principle of creation stewardship, we resolve to engage this 
issue without any further lingering over the basic reality of the 
problem or our responsibility to address it. Humans must be proactive 
and take responsibility for our contributions to climate change." (A 
Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change)
*- United Methodist, 2008:* "We call on our members to reduce 
human-related outputs of greenhouse gases; to learn about and make their 
congregations more aware of the issue of global warming; to call on the 
nations of the world to require reductions in emissions." (The United 
Methodist Church, Resolution on Global Warming, Resolution #1031, 2008 
Book of Resolutions)
*- Unitarian Universalist, 2006: *"We are called to halt practices that 
fuel global warming, to instigate sustainable alternatives, and to 
mitigate the impending effects of global warming with ethical 
responses." (Threat of Global Warming/Climate Change, 2006 Statement of 
Conscience)
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/opinion/columnists/2017/10/08/chris-werle-science-religion-arent-opposition-when-comes-climate-change/733635001/

*(video) Inside the Experiment: Abrupt Change and Ice Cores * 
<https://youtu.be/sKR3e0fhiKQ>
Oct 3, 2017
Jorgen Peder Steffensen, of Denmark's Niels Bohr Institute, is one of 
the most experienced experts in ice core analysis, in both Greenland and 
Antarctica. Dr. Steffensen explained to videographer Peter Sinclair his 
concerns about possible abrupt climate changes.
https://youtu.be/sKR3e0fhiKQ

*(Video) Betsy Hartmann: Optimism is Essential for Social Change 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF5NyFcmvVI>*
We're told to "be the change we want to see"-but what if we can't see 
it? Tracing our nation's fixation with doomsday from the Puritans to the 
present, author and Hampshire College professor Betsy Hartmann argues 
that fatalism and apocalyptic thinking is a curse on the American 
mindset that restricts our capacity to imagine social change. Her latest 
work, The America Syndrome: Apocalypse, War and Our Call to Greatness, 
presents an optimistic perspective that feels custom made for many of us 
in the current cultural moment: we have more control over the future 
than we think. Instead of imagining our doom, Hartmann helps us envision 
a better tomorrow.
Thanks to Seattle Town Hall and University Book Store
Recorded, 6/26/17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF5NyFcmvVI

*(media ethics opinion) Retransmission Blackouts During Disasters Hurt 
All* 
<http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/107928/retrans-blackouts-during-disasters-hurt-all>
To allow station blackouts in the middle of a retrans fight when 
hurricanes or other disasters loom as Lilly Broadcasting and Hearst did 
is not too smart. In addition to possibly depriving viewers of access to 
vital information, it gives retrans foes more ammunition in their fight 
against this valuable second revenue stream.
Don't be stupid, broadcasters.
When a hurricane approaches, make sure that cable and satellite 
operators serving subscribers in its path are able to carry your signals 
even if you are in the middle of an ugly retransmission consent fight.
You're always talking about how vital your local news is to public 
safety. You can't just disappear then when the communities you serve are 
faced with devastation and death.
You would think that this would go without saying. But we learned again 
this week that it doesn't.
With the people of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands still shaken badly 
by Hurricane Maria last Saturday night, Lilly Broadcasting's news and 
weather cable service, One Caribbean Television, went dark on the Dish 
Network because of a retrans/carriage fee standoff also involving 
Lilly's stations in Erie, Pa.; Honolulu; and Elmira, N.Y.
Dish immediately raced out a press release blasting Lilly for abandoning 
it responsibilies.
"Lilly is further blinding the citizens of Puerto Rico and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands at this time, showing an unbelievable lack of 
compassion," said Dish EVP Warren Schlichting in the release. "During 
this humanitarian crisis, it's critical for people to have access to 
more information, not less, whether one home or 10,000 can access these 
stations."
It stopped short of blaming the Lilly family for whipping up the storm 
itself.
On Monday morning the American Cable Association, which has been waging 
a never-ending campaign to win retrans relief in Washington, jumped in 
to make sure everybody on its email list was aware of what had happened.
The next day, citing the blackout, it asked FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to ban 
broadcasters from withholding signals during disasters, implying that in 
their avarice broadcasters could not be trusted.
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/107928/retrans-blackouts-during-disasters-hurt-all

*Beautiful light projections on the Tasman Glacier highlight impact of 
climate change – video 
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2017/oct/09/beautiful-light-projections-on-the-tasman-glacier-highlight-global-warmings-impact-video>*
A short film shot by Heath Patterson captures photographer Vaughan 
Brookfield and Tom Lynch's journey to a New Zealand glacier equipped 
with hundreds of kilograms of gear and a light projector. Their plan was 
to project images on to the rapidly receding Tasman Glacier. Brookfield 
says: 'We want to remind people of the effects humans are having on the 
environment'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2017/oct/09/beautiful-light-projections-on-the-tasman-glacier-highlight-global-warmings-impact-video

*This Day in Climate History October 10, 2009 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/opinion/11kerrygraham.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>  
-  from D.R. Tucker*
October 10, 2009: In a New York Times opinion piece, Senators John
Kerry and Lindsey Graham express confidence that bipartisan
climate-change legislation will receive 60 votes in the Senate. Graham
would later disavow support for such legislation, setting the stage
for its demise in 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/opinion/11kerrygraham.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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