[TheClimate.Vote] October 21, 2018 - Daily Global Warming News Digest
Richard Pauli
richard at theclimate.vote
Sun Oct 21 08:07:18 EDT 2018
/October 21, 2018/
[testing the waters?]
*SCOTUS freezes 'Climate Kids' lawsuit temporarily
<https://www.koin.com/news/environment/feds-ask-scotus-to-halt-climate-kids-lawsuit/1535426486>*
https://www.koin.com/news/environment/feds-ask-scotus-to-halt-climate-kids-lawsuit/1535426486
[Tipping, weaving and waffling]
*Supreme Court Grants Government's Extraordinary Appeal, Pauses Kids
Climate Case
<https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/10/19/supreme-court-kids-climate-case-roberts/>*
By Karen Savage
*The U.S. Supreme Court has put the brakes on the landmark youth-led
climate lawsuit, Juliana v. United States.*
In a one-page order issued Friday by Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr.,
the court granted a request made earlier this week by the Trump
administration to stay discovery and trial pending review of its newly
filed petition for writ of mandamus.
Roberts also ordered the plaintiffs to respond to the government's
mandamus petition no later than Wed. Oct. 24.
Trial in the case was previously set to begin on Oct. 29 in U.S.
District Court in Eugene, Ore.
The Trump administration has repeatedly asked both the Supreme Court and
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the trial via writ of
mandamus, a rarely used and even more rarely granted appeal in which a
higher court overrules a lower court before a verdict has been issued.
The Ninth Circuit has twice turned down the request for mandamus (and a
third is pending) and the Supreme Court turned down a previous one as well.
"We are confident once Chief Justice Roberts and the full Court receive
the youth plaintiffs' response to defendants' mischaracterization of
their case, the trial will proceed," said Julia Olson, co-counsel for
the young plaintiffs.
The case has survived numerous attempts by the government to dismiss the
case since it was originally filed in 2015. The 21 young plaintiffs from
around the country argue that the federal government is violating their
Constitutional rights to life, liberty and property by promoting an
energy system that exacerbates climate change. They are asking for a
science-based program to reduce carbon emissions and protect the climate
for future generations.
"As the Supreme Court has recognized in innumerable cases, review of
constitutional questions is better done on a full record where the
evidence is presented and weighed by the trier of fact. This case is
about already recognized fundamental rights and children's rights of
equal protection under the law," Olson said.
https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/10/19/supreme-court-kids-climate-case-roberts/
[don't build on sand]
*Research team studies geology of wildfires
<https://phys.org/news/2018-02-team-geology-wildfires.html#jCp>*
February 26, 2018 by Adrienne Berard, The College of William & Mary
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What they found was a relationship between fire and flooding that "has
the potential to substantially change future erosion rates" in the
region, they later wrote in the study. Their research showed areas that
burned hottest experienced an erosion rate around a hundred times higher
than the region's longer-term natural erosion rate.
"The fires change the soil properties," Kaste explained. Areas with
dense vegetation, such as the north-facing slopes of Fourmile Canyon,
provide more fuel for wildfires, making the fires burn hotter and
faster. An intense, fast-moving fire will burn the organic layer at the
soil surface, Kaste said, which effectively makes the soil water
repellent. Instead of water soaking the ground, it cuts into it.
"The soils become hydrophobic," Kaste said. "So the water does not seep
into the ground. When the rains followed that fire, the soils were not
able to absorb the water and so it ran off into rivers and roads. Houses
were destroyed, property was damaged and cars became part of the
sediment load of the rivers."
Both wildfires and heavy rainstorms are expected to increase in
frequency and severity with changing climate conditions, Kaste said.
Since 1970, the region's wildfires have increased fourfold in both
frequency and magnitude, while the area burned has increased more than
sixfold...
- - -
Kaste says those looking to build homes in the area should keep in mind
their proximity to dense forest and running water.
"If you were going to construct a house there," Kaste said. "You
wouldn't want a forest around you and you would want to be well above
the stream valley."
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-02-team-geology-wildfires.html#jCp
[poignant photo]
SMITHSONIAN PHOTO CONTEST
*Solar Portrait in Love
<https://www.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/photo-of-the-day/2018-10-19/solar-portrait-in-love/>*
Faustina Flores Carranza (66) and her husband Juan Astudillo Jesus (63)
sit in their solar-lit home in San Luis Acatlan, Guerrero, Mexico.
Faustina and Juan have seven children and are together since 48 years.
Like many members of the Mextica Indigenous Community, they have never
had access to electricity. When asked how having solar has impacted
their lives, Juan said, ''For the first time, we are able to look at
each in the eyes in our moments of intimacy.''
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/photo-of-the-day/2018-10-19/solar-portrait-in-love/
[Pew Research Center of Global Attitudes and Trends]
*Many Around the World Are Disengaged From Politics
<http://www.pewglobal.org/2018/10/17/international-political-engagement/>*
But could be motivated to participate on issues like health care,
poverty and education
- - -
The survey finds that, aside from voting, relatively few people take
part in other forms of political and civic participation. Still, some
types of engagement are more common among young people, those with more
education, those on the political left and social network users. And
certain issues – especially health care, poverty and education – are
more likely than others to inspire political action. Here are eight key
takeaways from the survey, which was conducted from May 20 to Aug. 12,
2018, via face-to-face interviews...
*Most people vote, but other forms of participation are much less common...*
- - - -
Attending a political campaign event or speech is the second most common
type of participation among those surveyed – a median of 33% have done
this at least once. Fewer people report participating in volunteer
organizations (a median of 27%), posting comments on political issues
online (17%), participating in an organized protest (14%) or donating
money to a social or political organization (12%)...
- -
*Health care, poverty and education are the top motivators for political
engagement.
*Young people vote less often...
But young people are more likely to participate online...
Young people are also more motivated by a variety of issues...
There is a strong link between education and political participation...
Social networking usage is linked to greater engagement on issues...
In some cases, people on the political left are more likely than those
on the right to take action...
- -
BY RICHARD WIKE AND ALEXANDRA CASTILLO
more at -
http://www.pewglobal.org/2018/10/17/international-political-engagement/
[Aljazeera]
*Media and climate change: Why we need a total overhaul
<https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2018/10/media-climate-change-total-overhaul-181020072147408.html>*
We examine the alarming UN climate report and the state of climate
reporting today. Plus, exporting Orban's media model.
- - -
Climate change: Do we need a total media overhaul?
Only a small proportion of news consumers will have heard about the
report released earlier this month by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change, the IPCC. Not because the report was dull or
inconsequential but because the global media is still proving unable -
or unwilling - to grapple adequately with the story of our warming planet.
With scientists agreed that the world has just 12 years left to limit
the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, coverage of the IPCC
report was a flash in the pan - an initial wave of headlines receding as
quickly as they emerged.
Climate change is the world's most significant existential challenge and
those who want to cover it are still wondering how to convey its size
and scale.
more at-
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2018/10/media-climate-change-total-overhaul-181020072147408.html
*This Day in Climate History - October 21, 2008
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/> - from D.R. Tucker*
October 21, 2008: PBS airs the "Frontline" special "Heat," chronicling
the 20-year effort to reduce worldwide carbon emissions, an effort
stymied by the fossil fuel industry.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/
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