[TheClimate.Vote] June 6, 2019 - Daily Global Warming News Digest

[Richard Pauli]

/June 6, 2019/

[Democratic party makes idiotic stumble]
*DNC Tells Jay Inslee: No Climate Debate*
New York - Today, Governor Jay Inslee released the following statement 
on the status of a DNC sanctioned climate debate:

"Today, my team received a call from the Democratic National Committee 
letting us know that they will not host a climate debate. Further, they 
explained that if we participated in anyone else's climate debate, we 
will not be invited to future debates. This is deeply disappointing. The 
DNC is silencing the voices of Democratic activists, many of our 
progressive partner organizations, and nearly half of the Democratic 
presidential field, who want to debate the existential crisis of our 
time. Democratic voters say that climate change is their top issue; the 
Democratic National Committee must listen to the grassroots of the party.
https://twitter.com/jayinslee/status/1136383781185572864?s=21
- - -
Sen. Merkley called on the DNC to host a climate debate or get out of 
the way:
https://twitter.com/jeffmerkley/status/1136457867316342790?s=21
----
FYI - CREDO Action Campaign Manager Brandy Doyle released the statement 
below in response to reports that the Democratic National Committee has 
decided not to host a primary debate focused on climate change:

    "Tom Perez doesn't seem to care much about the climate crisis, but
    many of the Democratic candidates and a vast majority of Democratic
    primary voters do. This move is a slap in the face to the hundreds
    of thousands of activists and all of the candidates calling on the
    DNC to hold a dedicated climate debate.

    It is not lost on us that this announcement was made on the very
    same day that Perez met with survivors of Hurricane Michael in Bay
    County, Florida, where my family was forced to evacuate. Those of us
    already affected by climate change today deserve more than sound
    bites - we need to hear solutions.

    It isn't too late for Tom Perez and other leaders at the DNC to come
    to their senses and allow the Democratic candidates to make their
    case to voters that they are best equipped to tackle climate change.
    They'll find out soon enough that it is going to take a lot more
    than a quiet phone call to one campaign to silence the growing
    demands for a climate debate."

In April, CREDO organized a multi-organization petition with more than a 
dozen environmental and progressive groups calling on the DNC to host a 
climate debate. The petition, which has more than 171,000 signatures, 
can be found here.
https://twitter.com/CREDOMobile/status/1136440145442328581


[is there a "constitutional right to be free of CO2 emissions" ?]
*Judges Give Both Sides a Grilling in Youth Climate Case Against the 
Government*
By John Schwartz - June 4, 2019
- -
The closely watched lawsuit, Juliana v. United States, was scheduled to 
begin last October, but the court granted the Trump administration an 
unusual pretrial appeal. Their decision could have important 
implications for this and other attempts to use the courts to pursue 
climate action across the United States.

A brief filed by the plaintiffs in the case demands that the government 
step up to protect today's children, and future generations, from the 
worst effects of climate change. It says they risk being deprived of 
their "rights to life, liberty, property, and public trust resources by 
federal government acts that knowingly destroy, endanger, and impair the 
unalienable climate system that nature endows."
The federal government wants the case dismissed before it can even go to 
trial, but the brief argues that "These young people deserve that chance 
to present their full case against those who through their governance 
harm them, and let the light of justice fall where it may." The 
plaintiffs have also asked the government to put the brakes on new 
fossil fuel extraction projects while the case is pending.
- - -
Lawyers for the Trump administration have argued in their legal filings 
that the young people's "misguided" case is fatally flawed and that 
"there is no fundamental constitutional right to a 'stable climate 
system.'" What's more, the government argues, the plaintiffs' proposed 
solution is unworkable and unconstitutional, "essentially placing a 
single district court in Oregon -- acting at the behest of a few 
plaintiffs with one particular perspective on the complex issues 
involved -- in charge of directing American energy and environmental 
policy."..
  The judges pressed the lawyers for both sides, seeming to suggest that 
the government's arguments in favor of shutting down the case were too 
narrow and finding the plaintiffs' legal theories too sweeping.

Judge Hurwitz leaned on the government's claim that even if the 
executive branch of the government is doing harm through inaction on 
climate change, a lawsuit can't correct the problem. He led the Trump 
administration's lawyer, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, through a far-fetched 
hypothetical involving Canadian terrorists crossing the border and 
kidnapping and killing children. Under the government's theory, he asked 
"the plaintiffs would have no option but to die?"

Julia Olson, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs, had no easier time 
before the judges. Judge Hurwitz, again, pressed her point that the 
rights she was asking the courts to recognize were not difficult to find 
in the Constitution. "You're asking us to do a lot of new stuff, aren't 
you?" he asked.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/climate/climate-lawsuit-juliana.html
- - -
Case No. 18-36082IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
KELSEY CASCADIA ROSE JULIANA, et al.,Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,Defendants-Appellants.
On Appeal from the United States District Courtfor theDistrict of Oregon 
(No. 6:15-cv-01517-AA) PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES' ANSWERING BRIEF
http://blogs2.law.columbia.edu/climate-change-litigation/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/case-documents/2019/20190222_docket-18-36082_brief.pdf



[intuition, yes]
*HOW A BRIEF DIP IN AIR POLLUTION AFFECTS THE BODY*
JUNE 4TH, 2019
A study based on air pollution levels before, during, and after the 
Beijing Olympics reveals how it affects the human body at the level of 
metabolites.
Metabolites are small molecules that are the end products of 
environmental exposures, such as air pollution, and body metabolism.

"Think of our body as a society. These metabolites fulfill different 
positions, such as teacher, farmer, worker, soldier. We need each one 
functioning properly in order to maintain a healthy system," says study 
leader Lina Mu, associate professor of epidemiology and environmental 
health in the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health 
Professions.

The researchers found that 69 metabolites changed significantly when air 
pollution changed. Their results appear in the journal Environmental 
Health Perspectives.

The study identifies two major metabolic signatures, one consisting of 
lipids and a second that included dipeptides, polyunsaturated fatty 
acids, taurine, and xanthine. Many of those metabolites are involved in 
oxidative stress, inflammation, cardiovascular, and nervous systems, 
researchers note.

The findings are based on the Beijing Olympics Air Pollution study, 
which took place during the 2008 Olympic Games in China, when temporary 
air pollution controls occurred.

The study enrolled 201 adults prior to Beijing's air quality improvement 
initiative, when air pollution was high. Researchers followed them 
during the Games, when air pollution was low, and afterward, when levels 
returned to their usual high in the city of 21 million people. A subset 
of 26 non-smokers aged 30 to 65 was selected for the metabolomics analysis.

"Our study found that the human body had systemic changes at the 
metabolite level before, during, and after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 
when ambient air pollution changed drastically," says Zhongzheng Niu, a 
PhD candidate and coauthor of the paper.

The molecules mostly belonged to the lipid and dipeptide families.

*WHY METABOLITES?*
The study provides researchers with a broader view of the molecular 
mechanism underlying the impact of air pollution on the human body. Most 
previous studies only looked at a small number of molecules. However, 
the human body is complex and molecules affect one another.

Mu and her colleagues used the "omics" method, a new platform that can 
measure a whole collection of all detectable metabolites--886 in their 
study--simultaneously. Instead of examining these molecules one by one, 
Mu and her team used network analysis to analyze them all together.

"We found that these metabolites together depicted a relatively 
comprehensive picture of human body responses to air pollution," says 
coauthor Rachael Hageman Blair, associate professor of biostatistics. 
She and her team developed the novel analysis method used in the study.

The responses include cellular stability, oxidative stress, 
anti-oxidation, and inflammation.

Researchers measured metabolomics repeatedly when air pollution was 
high, low, and high. Such a design mimicked a "natural experiment" while 
controlling for variations unrelated to air pollution changes. This 
provided stronger evidence than previous studies.

*AIR POLLUTION IN THE BODY*
Air pollution is an environmental exposure that that people who live in 
places like Beijing can't avoid. The World Health Organization reports 
that 91 percent of the world's population lives in places where air 
quality exceeds WHO guidelines.

When we inhale them, air pollutants stimulate the body's respiratory 
system, including the nose and lungs. These air pollutants may directly 
insult some cells in the body, breaking membranes, disordering 
secretions, and they may send out signaling molecules to other organs 
for subsequent responses, Mu explains. Metabolites are all these broken 
membranes, secreted products, and signals.

"Capturing these molecules tells us what is going on when people are 
exposed to air pollution," Mu says.

Air pollution also induces cellular oxidative stress, which breaks cell 
membranes.

Researchers found that some molecules that serve as building blocks of 
cell membranes were elevated when air pollution levels rose. Broken cell 
membranes release different kinds of lipid molecules. Some of these 
lipid molecules, with the help of enzymes, turn to inflammatory 
molecules, which could be harmful to the body.

"The good thing is that we also found some protective molecules, namely 
antioxidants, also increased when air pollution is high, indicating our 
body has a defense system to reduce harm," Mu says.

Studies such as this one may help identify individuals most vulnerable 
to air pollution, as well as finding potential biological pathways to 
guide treatment that reduces harm to the body, Mu says.
Coauthors are from the University at Buffalo and Peking University.
Source: University at Buffalo
Original Study DOI: 10.1289/ehp3705
https://www.futurity.org/beijing-olympics-air-pollution-metabolites-2077002-2/
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[academic study]
*Metabolomics Profiling before, during, and after the Beijing Olympics: 
A Panel Study of Within-Individual Differences during Periods of High 
and Low Air Pollution*
Lina Mu , Zhongzheng Niu , Rachael Hageman Blair , Han Yu , Richard W. 
Browne , Matthew R. Bonner , Tiffany Fanter , Furong Deng , and Mya Swanson
Published:29 May 2019CID: 057010https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP3705

*Background:*
The metabolome is a collection of exogenous chemicals and metabolites 
from cellular processes that may reflect the body's response to 
environmental exposures. Studies of air pollution and metabolomics are 
limited.

*Objectives:*
To explore changes in the human metabolome before, during, and after the 
2008 Beijing Olympics Games, when air pollution was high, low, and high, 
respectively.

*Methods:*
Serum samples were collected before, during, and after the Olympics from 
26 participants in an existing panel study. Gas and ultra-high 
performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry were used in 
metabolomics analysis. Repeated measures ANOVA, network analysis, and 
enrichment analysis methods were employed to identify metabolites and 
classes associated with air pollution changes.

*Results:*
A total of 886 molecules were measured in our metabolomics analysis. 
Network partitioning identified four modules with 65 known metabolites 
that significantly changed across the three time points. All known 
molecules in the first module (n=33) were lipids (e.g., eicosapentaenoic 
acid, stearic acid). The second module consisted primarily of dipeptides 
(n=24, e.g., isoleucylglycine) plus 8 metabolites from four other 
classes (e.g., hypoxanthine, 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid). Most of 
the metabolites in Modules 3 (19 of 23) and 4 (5 of 5) were unknown. 
Enrichment analysis of module-identified metabolites indicted 
significantly overrepresented pathways, including long- and medium-chain 
fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids (n3 and n6), eicosanoids, 
lysolipid, dipeptides, fatty acid metabolism, and purine metabolism 
[(hypo) xanthine/inosine-containing pathways].

*Conclusions:*
We identified two major metabolic signatures: one consisting of lipids, 
and a second that included dipeptides, polyunsaturated fatty acids, 
taurine, and xanthine. Metabolites in both groups decreased during the 
2008 Beijing Olympics, when air pollution was low, and increased after 
the Olympics, when air pollution returned to normal (high) levels. 
https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP3705
see more at https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP3705



[good news activism]
*Good news for climate activists: Marching might work*
By Kate Yoder on Jun 3, 2019
- -
But now there's good news for protesters -- at least those championing 
the environment. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in 
Education found that climate marches can not only boost activists' 
likability, but also encourage bystanders to think we all can work 
together to take on the climate crisis...
- - -
Isabella Johnson, the lead organizer for Illinois with this year's Youth 
Climate Strike, told the Chicago Tribune that some of her classmates had 
questioned her activism, either because they didn't think climate change 
was important or because they were skeptical protests could make a 
difference.

"Sometimes, that just shows they feel threatened, and it proves to me 
that they are actually paying attention to what we're doing," Johnson 
said. "The fact that they are getting upset shows that they are 
listening to what I'm saying and it brings the issue into their minds."
https://grist.org/article/good-news-for-climate-protesters-marching-might-work/ 




[16 mn video, strident, from Australia ]
*Home Front: The Existential National Security Gamble*
Climate State
Published on Jun 5, 2019
Part I of HOME FRONT, Facing Australia's Climate Emergency. The film 
documents the existential threat of climate change from a uniquely 
Australian economic and national security perspective. A powerful and 
eye-opening analysis that presents some of Australia's former security, 
defence and political leaders who all warn us that climate change is 'a 
catalyst for conflict' and a 'threat multiplier' as it fuels instability 
in the world's most vulnerable regions. Support the film 
https://www.homefront.site/about



*Effects of Global Warming*
Posted on 3 June 2019 by Riduna
Why are young - and not so young - people becoming more vociferous in 
their protests about global warming?  Why has climate change become a 
political and partisan issue at democratic elections? Why do 'greenies' 
try to stop the development of new coal mines and call for speedier 
reduction of our greenhouse gas emissions? The answer is that the 
effects of greenhouse gas emissions, particularly Carbon Dioxide (CO2), 
are becoming increasingly evident and dangerous - although relatively 
mild at present, compared to what they could soon become.

Much is being said about the cost of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 
in terms of lost jobs, lost income and harm to national and global 
economies but we hear relatively little about the catastrophic 
consequences of not reducing emissions.  Prioritising short term profit 
and ideology ahead of emissions reduction will inevitably result in an 
uncontrollable, unpredictable and destructive climate resulting in 
socio-economic collapse.

Analysis of air trapped in ice cores shows that over the past 800,000 
years the normal concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere varies between 
170 parts per million (ppm) during cold periods (so called Ice Ages) to 
260-300 ppm when the planet reaches its warmest.  Concentration of CO2 
in the atmosphere now stands at over 415 ppm and is continuing to rise 
at an accelerating rate as we burn ever increasing amounts of fossil fuels.

For well over a century it has been widely known that CO2 absorbs 
infra-red light reflected from the earths' surface then re-emits it, 
much of it back to the surface.  The higher the concentration of CO2 in 
the atmosphere, the warmer the surface temperature gets, a phenomenon 
known as global warming which has a number of effects including 1. ocean 
warming, 2. loss of land-based ice and permafrost, 3. climate change 
which becomes less predictable and 4. sea level rise.  Below is an 
outline of these effects...

*1. Ocean Warming*
Most of the additional heat generated by rising levels of CO2 in the 
atmosphere is absorbed by the oceans.  As a result, sea surface 
temperature is rising and already causing:

Thermal Expansion:  As its temperature increases, seawater expands, 
contributing to sea level rise, changes in ocean circulation and higher 
seabed water temperature which may be damaging and pose the dangers 
described below:

Coastal Erosion:  Rise in sea level, combined with other factors such as 
stronger wind events and loss of natural barriers protecting the 
coastline, result in increased coastal erosion endangering 
infrastructure, buildings and other facilities located in close 
proximity to the coastline.

Arctic Erosion:  The Arctic ocean is warming, resulting in stronger 
storm activity and reduced sea ice formation, both contributing to 
erosion of coastlines hitherto kept stable by permafrost and sea ice 
reducing wave action.  This causes increased exposure and thawing of 
methane (CH4) bearing sediments and yedoma resulting in emission of this 
gas and its oxidation to CO2, contributing to its rising presence in the 
atmosphere and further global warming.

Warmer bottom water: This is accelerating melting of ice enabling faster 
flow from glaciers discharging to the oceans and erosion of the marine 
ice sheet covering the West Antarctic archipelago - both causing sea 
level rise to accelerate and reducing stability of the ice sheet.

Warming seawater, particularly where shallow such as that covering the 
East Siberian Arctic Shelf, causes thawing of permafrost sediments 
containing CH4, which is being released directly to the atmosphere, 
contributing to accelerated global warming...

Coral Die-off:  Reefs comprise a great variety of corals often growing 
in relatively shallow water.  Coral reefs are weakened by human 
pollution making them susceptible to predation but are severely stressed 
or killed en masse by seawater temperature rising by 2C or more for 6-10 
weeks or longer.  Their loss exposes adjacent coastlines, often 
low-lying, to erosion and flooding, destroys fish habitat and reduces 
fish catch for human consumption.

*2.Ice Loss*
Mountain glaciers store water which flows into rivers on which human 
populations depend for potable water, irrigation, food production, 
transport and generating energy, often in areas of dense population.  
These glaciers are storing less water and melting more rapidly so that 
in the future sufficient water may not be available for an expanding 
human population and its increasing demand for food and potable water.

Permafrost:  Vast areas of land in the Arctic contain partly decomposed 
biota, sediments containing CH4 produced from biota decomposition and 
yedoma. These lands are permanently frozen but global warming produces 
surface temperatures which result in it melting more rapidly and to 
greater depth.  As it melts, it exposes biota which thaws, resuming 
decomposition and producing CH4 much of which is converted to CO2 
through oxidation by methantrophic bacteria, then emitted to the atmosphere.

As permafrost melts the land subsides and becomes covered, in shallow 
water creating anoxic conditions in which methanotrophs are not active 
and this results in CH4 from decaying biota and thawing yedoma being 
released to the atmosphere.  CH4 and CO2 emitted from permafrost land 
thawing accelerate global warming.  These emissions are already 
occurring and can not be safely controlled by human intervention.

Land Subsidence:  Buildings and infrastructure built on permanently 
frozen land, particularly in Russia and Alaska, is put at risk when 
warming surface temperature causes permafrost to thaw and the land to 
subside.  At risk are transport infrastructure, electricity supply, 
water and sewage mains, oil and gas pipelines and buildings and bridges 
- even entire cities.  Land subsidence is likely to cause damage to the 
environment - eg. spills from ruptured pipelines.  It may prove so 
costly to repair damage caused by subsidence as to force asset 
abandonment...

Polar Ice Sheets:  Global warming causes the surface of the Greenland 
Ice Sheet to melt more rapidly, resulting in rivers flowing on its 
surface, terminating in moulins through which they drain to bedrock.  
This intensely cold water lubricates the underside of the ice-sheet 
making it more mobile, before draining into the North Atlantic where it 
contributes to disruption of overturning circulation and flow of the 
Gulf Stream.

Ice Melt:  Disruption of overturning circulation traps warmer water on 
the seabed causing the West Antarctic marine ice sheet to melt at its 
base, contributing to its instability.  Warm seawater penetrates polar 
glaciers eroding ice blockages, enabling glaciers to discharge ice at 
faster rates resulting in ice sheets becoming less stable, as evidenced 
in Greenland and West Antarctica.  This contributes to faster sea level 
rise which increases the risk of coastal erosion and flooding.

*3. Climate Change*
The temperature of the troposphere is now slightly under 1°C above the 
pre-industrial and is continuing to rise due to increasing emission of 
greenhouse gasses.  This warming is characterised by less predictable, 
increasingly severe weather events, which include the following:

Temperatures:  temperature extremes are setting new record highs and 
fewer days of extreme cold, though these do occur in the northern 
hemisphere due to distortion of the polar vortex.

Droughts:  affecting farmland and habitat are becoming longer lasting - 
in many cases lasting over 5 years and reducing river flows.

Evaporation:  Increased evaporation of water from soil and lakes occurs 
because the troposphere is getting warmer and able to hold more water in 
the form of vapour.

Wind Events such as cyclones and tornados may be less frequent but are 
more powerful and destructive, their strength increased by rising sea 
surface temperature.

Rainfall:  In some areas rainfall has become less frequent but heavier 
and of longer duration, while hail storms have become more severe, often 
with larger hail stones.

On-going global warming will cause these events to become more frequent, 
last longer and become more severe.  Alone or in combination they will 
continue to cause increasing damage to the environment in the following 
ways:

Rising temperatures are the principal cause of coral reefs dying, the 
loss of fish habitat and the protection they provide to low-lying 
coastal land from erosion by ocean wave action, making them vulnerable 
to flooding.  On-shore temperature extremes are already setting new 
record highs resulting in declining food production and premature deaths.

Droughts and evaporation of surface water produce similar effects, 
converting some food bowls to dust bowls, increasing the rate of 
desertification and killing flora and fauna. Droughts in some parts of 
Australia have lasted over 8 years, causing rivers to run dry, 
preventing crop sowing, forcing destocking and overland transport of 
water to enable survival of town populations...

Combined, these events result in ferocious bushfires which are 
increasingly difficult to control, causing huge losses of trees, 
vegetation, fauna and property - including livestock - all becoming more 
and more costly to replace, more often forcing abandonment. They also 
enable pathogens and pests such as mountain pine beetles to invade and 
kill millions of trees and the spread of vectors carrying human diseases 
into areas hitherto free of them.

Wind events, often accompanied by heavy rainfall, are becoming more 
frequent and often result in flooding, loss of human life, damage to 
property, the environment and crop losses.  They produce tidal surges 
which erode coastlines and flood low lying land.

*4. Sea Level Rise*
We know that thermal expansion caused by ocean warming and loss of mass 
from ice sheets and glaciers are the primary causes of sea level rise.  
Less certain is the speed with which these causes take effect.

Many climate scientists specialising in this area, notably those 
contributing to IPCC Assessment Reports, are of the view that these are 
relatively slow processes indicating sea level rise of 0.52-0.98 metres 
by 2100. Others, including leading specialists in this field, point to 
evidence showing more rapid loss of ice, producing much faster, 
multi-metre sea level riseover the same period because of accelerating 
loss of mass from both the West Antarctic and Greenland ice caps, 
primarily as a result of increased glacier discharge rates.

Many of the worlds' cities are located on low coastal land which is very 
vulnerable to a multi-metre rise in sea level.  Australia's Gold Coast 
with hundreds of kilometres of canals connected to the sea, Miami in 
Florida, even mega cities such as Shanghai would sustain heavy damage 
from sea level rise.  Island nations such as Kiribati and the Maldives 
would be flooded, forcing abandonment.  A rise of at least 2 metres is 
now thought possible by 2100.

World-wide the value of coastal property is likely plummet by hundreds 
of millions of dollars since there is no protection from rising seas or 
the increasingly severe storms which they will produce.  Several hundred 
million people may have to retreat from coastal areas threatened by 
rising sea level this century.

*Conclusions*
For more than fifty years, climate scientists have warned that continued 
emission of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, particularly CO2, 
would result in climate change and if average global temperature rises 
by more than 1.5°C. above pre-industrial levels, those changes would be 
dangerous.  If average global temperature rises by more than 2°C climate 
changes could become catastrophic, threatening most life on the planet.  
If we continue to ignore these warnings, we do so at our peril. In 
practice we have ignored them.

There is only one way of averting the outcomes described above and that 
is by stopping all use of fossil fuels over the next 10-20 years, 
improving the ability of natural carbon sinks and new technology to 
absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.  Transition to a decarbonised economy 
can be achieved within this time frame and, in the process, renewable 
energy required by the human population could become unlimited in its 
availability, rather than a constraint on innovation.

There is a price to pay for achieving this.  The price is to reduce 
demand for fossil fuels to meet our energy needs and replace them with 
renewable energy.  Reduction in demand for fossil fuels will result in 
shut-down of oil fields and refineries, closure of coal mines and 
stopping production and use of gas over the next 20 years.  We have long 
known the inevitability of these outcomes and the need to ensure they 
are achieved in a planned, orderly way, involving retraining and 
re-employment of those currently engaged in them.

Too higher price to pay?  Not when compared with the alternative which 
is to resist change and, in the interests of maximising profit, continue 
to move far too slowly to avert increasingly dangerous outcomes.  Young 
people rightly protest against this and those responsible for killing 
flora and fauna (which includes humans), destroying their habitat and 
giving impetus to the 6thmass extinction now in progress.
https://skepticalscience.com/Global-Warming-Effects.html



[TV news story Florida]
*Nervous Republicans Eye Florida Sea Level Rise*
greenmanbucket
Published on Jun 5, 2019
In Florida, it keeps getting harder to remain a climate denier.
One GOP Congressman was willing to look at the evidence.
Report from NBC 2 in Fort Myers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBTZVk_wy9I



[From the Onion - where the best satire is indistinguishable from reality]
*Last-Ditch Climate Change Report Provides Locations Of Weapons, Current 
Whereabouts Of Oil Executives*
NEW YORK--In a desperate, perhaps final attempt to prevent the earth's 
temperatures from rising to catastrophic levels, a last-ditch climate 
change report issued Tuesday by the U.N. includes nothing more than the 
whereabouts of top oil executives and directions to secret weapons 
caches. "For decades, we have failed in our efforts to spur action by 
describing in rigorous scientific detail the ways in which global 
warming will cause widespread misery for billions of innocent people, 
and so this time we have taken a different approach," read the report, a 
500-page directory that simply lists the names and addresses of key 
players in the fossil fuel industry, along with the precise coordinates 
of several bunkers containing extensive stockpiles of firearms without 
serial numbers. "We have provided the security codes necessary to bypass 
the gates of each oil executive's mansion so that their homes may be 
entered at night and they may be murdered in their sleep. An appendix is 
included with instructions on how to bash in a skull with a hammer if 
the bullets run out. It may not seem like a lot on its own, but if 
everyone comes together and does their part, we can make a tremendous 
difference." At press time, sources confirmed no one had bothered to 
read the report.
https://www.theonion.com/last-ditch-climate-change-report-provides-locations-of-1835244382


*This Day in Climate History - June 6, - from D.R. Tucker*
June 6, 2001: The AP reports:

    "In a study commissioned by the White House, the National Academy of
    Sciences said Wednesday that global warming 'is real and
    particularly strong within the past 20 years' and said a leading
    cause is emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels.

    "The report was requested to help prepare Bush for his trip to
    Europe next week, but the academy was not asked for policy
    recommendations and it made none.

    "In Europe Bush has meetings on global warming scheduled with
    various officials. Many Europeans protested vigorously after Bush,
    citing looming energy shortages, in March reversed a campaign
    promise to limit CO2 emissions from power plants.

    "The 24-page National Academy of Sciences report, an assessment
    based on previous studies about the phenomenon, says, 'The primary
    source, fossil fuel burning, has released roughly twice as much
    carbon dioxide as would be required to account for the observed
    increase' in temperature.

    "The report also blames global warming on other greenhouse gases
    directly affected by human activity: methane, ozone, nitrous oxide
    and chlorofluorocarbons."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010606/aponline204019_000.htm 

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