[TheClimate.Vote] June 7, 2018 - Daily Global Warming News Digest

Thu Jun 7 11:16:35 EDT 2018

/June 7, 2018/

[When a storm is heavy with water does it mean a slower wind speed?]
*Study: Hurricanes are slowing down as climate warms, increasing flood 
threats 
<https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/06/hurricane-warning-storms-slowing-down-increasing-flood-risks/678125002/>*
Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
It's not that hurricanes' wind speeds are diminishing, but instead how 
fast the entire storm moves, anew study reports 
<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0158-3.epdf?referrer_access_token=bpDbGjytjcp46KFgpkROINRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MemqNFYaQFhK1eblrz65R9wqFwJ5SEHzsxU9YMRaRIdXqhBw3Cw918EU1tJ22jjWSuRAcPmlhP7EaodJuXEKisroD8TcjDp4LBdqDHmvTnGQ3gdJGAGrYn_66lgkwEu4tw3YRUjYLPAGkPq9oDbVKz5TtbygdapzpWCQWvhci8au9FGjnxdO_WSEN2R5INweJk5NMBc3TH2Tcqx4MrCRZ2&tracking_referrer=mobile.nytimes.com>. 

A global slowdown of tropical-cyclone translation speed 
<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0158-3.epdf?referrer_access_token=bpDbGjytjcp46KFgpkROINRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MemqNFYaQFhK1eblrz65R9wqFwJ5SEHzsxU9YMRaRIdXqhBw3Cw918EU1tJ22jjWSuRAcPmlhP7EaodJuXEKisroD8TcjDp4LBdqDHmvTnGQ3gdJGAGrYn_66lgkwEu4tw3YRUjYLPAGkPq9oDbVKz5TtbygdapzpWCQWvhci8au9FGjnxdO_WSEN2R5INweJk5NMBc3TH2Tcqx4MrCRZ2&tracking_referrer=mobile.nytimes.com>
As storms move slower, they can unload more heavy rain and pound coastal 
areas longer, increasing damage potential.
"The slower a storm goes, the more rain it's going to dump in any 
particular area," said study author James Kossin, a climate scientist 
from NOAA. "Hurricane Harvey last year was a great example of what a 
slow storm can do."
Harvey stalled out over Texas last August, dropping Biblical rainfall 
that caused catastrophic flooding in the Houston area. As a result of 
Harvey, 89 people died and some 200,000 homes and businesses were 
destroyed, costing over $126 billion in economic losses.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/06/hurricane-warning-storms-slowing-down-increasing-flood-risks/678125002/

*Report: Climate Change Increasing Connecticut's Risk For Mosquito-Borne 
Disease 
<http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-tiger-mosquito-warning-20180604-story.html>*
Gregory B. Hladky
The invasive and aggressive Asian tiger mosquito, capable of infecting 
people with rare diseases like the Zika virus 
<http://www.courant.com/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/zika-virus-HEIAD00014-topic.html> 
and dengue fever, is now expected to spread through almost all of 
Connecticut by 2040, according to a new state report.
- - --
The Council on Environmental Quality's 
<http://www.ct.gov/ceq/cwp/view.asp?a=986&Q=477460> annual report also 
warns that "Infection rates of West Nile Virus 
<http://www.courant.com/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/west-nile-virus-HEDAI0000086-topic.html> 
and other mosquito-borne diseases are likely to rise as a warming 
climate creates more favorable habitats for mosquitoes."
Asian tiger mosquitoes 
<https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/asiantigmos.shtml> were 
first detected in Connecticut in 2006 and have been "increasing in 
abundance and distribution," said Philip Armstrong, director of the 
mosquito monitoring program 
<http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?a=2819&q=377446&caesNav=%7C> at the 
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-tiger-mosquito-warning-20180604-story.html

[YaleClimateConnections - Audio]
*These inmates are learning about climate change 
<https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/06/inmates-learn-about-climate-change/>*
It can help prisoners feel connected to something larger than themselves.
In 2017, nearly a hundred inmates at the Stafford Creek Corrections 
Center in Washington state learned about climate change threats and 
disaster resilience.
Bush: "We feel that incarcerated people have been overlooked as 
participants in the environmental movement. We need to engage all people."
Kelli Bush of Evergreen State College codirects the Sustainability in 
Prisons Project. The initiative runs environmental education programs at 
Washington's 12 state prisons.
The project initiative runs environmental education programs at 
Washington's 12 state prisons.
Prisoners can participate in gardening, composting, beekeeping, and 
butterfly conservation. And they can take classes that prepare them for 
environmental jobs when they're released.
Bush says this kind of education can make a difference in people's lives 
both behind bars and when they return home...
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/06/inmates-learn-about-climate-change/
- - -
[SPP is Sustainability in Prisons Project]*
****Mission: We empower sustainable change by bringing nature, science, 
and environmental education into prisons* 
<http://sustainabilityinprisons.org/>
Vision: In response to the dual crises of ecological degradation and 
mass incarceration, we aim to reduce recidivism while improving human 
well-being and ecosystem health. SPP brings together incarcerated 
individuals, scientists, corrections staff, students, and program 
partners to promote education, conserve biodiversity, practice 
sustainability, and help build healthy communities. Together, we reduce 
the environmental, economic, and human costs of prisons.
*What that looks like*
The Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) is a partnership founded by 
The Evergreen State College and Washington State Department of 
Corrections. With vital input from many additional partners, we develop 
and deliver a wide range of science, sustainability and environmental 
education programs in all 12 Washington State prisons. Recent highlights 
include:
In a single growing season, prison gardens grew ~492,000 lbs. of produce 
for food banks and prison kitchens; one example.
In six years of the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly program, reared and 
released more than 13,000 caterpillars and adult butterflies onto south 
Salish lowland prairies.
Since 2013, more than 1,100 students graduated from a 50-hour 
environmental course prepared for environmental careers, resource 
savings, and positive community involvement.
Since 2009, prairie conservation nurseries grew and delivered more than 
2 million rare and endangered species for Salish lowland prairie 
restoration projects.
http://sustainabilityinprisons.org/

[Audio and text]
*Suncor CEO slams climate change deniers, politicians who cater to them 
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/suncor-ceo-slams-climate-change-deniers-1.4694549>*
'I hope some of those politicians get brave enough to stand up and take 
some different positions,' CEO says
David Bell · CBC News
The head of Canada's largest oil company says climate change is backed 
by science, and deniers, including politicians, need to do a U-turn and 
accept it.
Suncor Energy Inc. president and chief executive officer Steve Williams 
- speaking on a panel during the event in Calgary titled Bridging 
Divides: In Search of Sound Public Policies for Energy and Environment 
in Canada 
<https://www.policyschool.ca/events/bridging-divides-in-search-of-sound-public-policies-for-energy-and-environment-in-canada/>- 
said he's unhappy with how the debate on climate change has become so 
polarizing.
"It is a matter of profound disappointment to me that science and 
economics have taken on some strange political ownership. Why the 
science of the left-wing is different than the science of the 
right-wing. Why it's not possible for, certainly within Canada for 
conservatives, to take a conversation about, 'Hey, it's just a fact. 
Let's get some facts out on the table,'" Williams told the crowd at the 
sold-out event <http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1249735747584>.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/suncor-ceo-slams-climate-change-deniers-1.4694549

[Classic video from 2017]
Thomas Homer-Dixon <https://vimeo.com/215189130>
*World Government Summit, Dubai, February 2017, "Climate Change and Food 
Supply" <https://vimeo.com/215189130>*
Video of his insightful and current Dubai lecture in 2017 
https://vimeo.com/215189130
https://vimeo.com/215189130

[Archived video - start 20 mins in]
*Livestream: The Battle for Paradise - Resisting Disaster Capitalism in 
Puerto Rico <https://theintercept.com/puerto-rico/>*
On Wednesday, June 6, The Intercept will co-host[ed] "The Battle for 
Paradise," an event focused on how the forces of disaster capitalism are 
seeking to undermine the Puerto Rican people's vision for a just and 
renewable future. The event will be [archived]
"The Battle for Paradise" will feature Intercept Senior Correspondent 
Naomi Klein, UPROSE Executive Director Elizabeth Yeampierre, Democracy 
Now! <https://www.democracynow.org/> co-host Juan Gonzalez, as well as 
Edwin Morales, vice president of the Puerto Rico Teachers Federation 
<https://twitter.com/FMPRLucha>, and Katia R. Aviles-Vazquez, Ph.D., a 
member of Organizacion Boricua de Agricultura Ecologica. 
<http://organizacionboricua.blogspot.com/> Betsy Reed, editor-in-chief 
of The Intercept, will introduce the event.
This discussion is co-hosted by UPROSE <https://www.uprose.org/>, the 
Climate Justice Alliance <http://www.ourpowercampaign.org/>, Haymarket 
Books <https://www.haymarketbooks.org/>, and "Our Power Puerto Rico 
<http://www.ourpowercampaign.org/puerto_rico>" campaign.
Naomi Klein's book, "The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the 
Disaster Capitalists 
<https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1235-the-battle-for-paradise>" is 
now available for sale in both English and Spanish - and all royalties 
from its sale will go to JunteGente <http://juntegente.org/>, a group of 
Puerto Rican organizations advancing a fair recovery for Puerto Rico.
https://theintercept.com/puerto-rico

*This Day in Climate History - June 7, 2007 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/07/world/europe/07prexy.html?_r=0&pagewanted=print> 
- from D.R. Tucker*
June 7, 2007: The New York Times reports:
"As leaders of wealthy nations converged Wednesday on a Baltic Sea 
resort for their annual meeting, the White House effectively derailed a 
climate change initiative backed by one of President Bush’s strongest 
European allies, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany.
"The White House said it would hold firm against concrete long-term 
targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a major priority for Mrs. 
Merkel, the host of the Group of 8 meeting."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/07/world/europe/07prexy.html?_r=0&pagewanted=print

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