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    <font size="+1"><i>Forward this email to voters and candidates and
        stay well-informed about global warming - December 13, 2016 </i></font><br>
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            style="font-weight: bold;">Trump's transition: sceptics
            guide every agency dealing with<span
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              style="font-weight: bold;">climate change</b></span></a></h2>
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        255);">Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt, Trump's nominee
        for head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has claimed
        scientists disagree about the causes of<span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
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        ... or dealing with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
          style="font-weight: normal;">climate change</b>. None of<span
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    <b><a
href="http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/12/12/epa-environment-trump-climate-change">(Audio)
        President-Elect Trump And The Environment  (WBUR discussion)</a></b><br>
    <blockquote><font size="-1">The president-elect and the
        environment.  His pick to run the EPA is a close ally of fossil
        fuel companies and questions climate change?  What can we
        expect?..</font><br>
      <font size="-1">Word over the weekend that the front-runner for
        Secretary of State under Donald Trump is CEO of the world’s
        biggest oil company, Exxon-Mobil. Climate change denier and top
        foe of EPA policy, Scott Pruitt, is up to head the EPA. And
        pro-drilling Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers for Secretary
        of Interior. Climate scientists say we are at a tipping point –
        cut back fossil fuel use or pay a brutal price. Trump says pedal
        to the metal. This hour On Point: The incoming Trump
        administration and the environment. — Tom Ashbrook</font><br>
      <font size="-1">--<b>Emily Holden, reporter for E & E News'
          ClimateWire and Power Plan Hub.</b> E & E is a trade
        journal that covers environmental and energy policy and markets.
        (@emilyhholden)...</font><br>
      <font size="-1">-- <b>Bill McKibben, author, environmentalist and
          founder of 350.or</b>g. Distinguished scholar at Middleburry
        College. Author of "The End of Nature" and "Oil and Honey."
        (@billmckibben)..</font><br>
      <font size="-1">-- <b>Amb. C. Boyden Gray, founding partner of
          Boyden Gray & Associates</b>, a law and strategy firm.
        Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and former counsel
        to the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief...</font><br>
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href="http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/12/12/epa-environment-trump-climate-change">http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/12/12/epa-environment-trump-climate-change</a></font><br>
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    <a
href="http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2016/vatican-updates-guidelines-for-educating-priests.cfm">Vatican
      updates guidelines for educating priests  Catholic News Service</a><br>
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href="http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2016/vatican-updates-guidelines-for-educating-priests.cfm">http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2016/vatican-updates-guidelines-for-educating-priests.cfm</a><br>
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        255);">Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a sixth-term Republican from
        Washington State who is a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
          style="font-weight: normal;">climate change</b><span
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        nominated by President-elect Donald Trump for Secretary of
        Interior<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
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            style="font-weight: bold;">For China, climate change is no
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        text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
        white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
        -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
        255);">In mid-November, while Americans were preoccupied with
        election returns, China sent some of its clearest signals yet
        that it will continue to pursue an .<br>
        .... President-elect Trump’s pledges to "cancel" the Paris
        Agreement and dismantle President Obama’s carbon mitigation
        initiatives follow standard economic logic. If the United States
        backs out of commitments to reduce national emissions, it still
        benefits from other countries’ efforts....<br>
        ...Why, then, is China is pressing ahead with low-carbon
        initiatives? My research suggests several motives. Chinese
        leaders want to improve the quality of life in their nation’s
        cities by reducing air pollution; win large shares of promising
        export markets for green technologies; and increase China’s
        "soft power" in international relations. Taking aggressive
        action to cut carbon emissions helps China in all three areas...<br>
        There is a key synergy between electric vehicles and green power
        generation. As studies have shown, driving an electric vehicle
        that runs on electricity generated from coal can produce more
        greenhouse gas emissions than operating a conventional gasoline
        vehicle. If Chinese exports of electric vehicles and renewable
        generating technologies lead to their joint adoption by
        suburbanites, greenhouse gas emissions from both transportation
        and power generation will fall.<br>
        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://theconversation.com/for-china-climate-change-is-no-hoax-its-a-business-and-political-opportunity-69191">https://theconversation.com/for-china-climate-change-is-no-hoax-its-a-business-and-political-opportunity-69191</a>.</div>
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          sig2-fMvgZmvNDB7fVrdvH3Z1fw did-4302893555612621913"
          href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161212115840.htm"
url="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161212115840.htm"
          id="MAA4AEgEUABgAWoCdXN6AA"
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            class="titletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Impact of
            Antarctic Ice Sheet On<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
              style="font-weight: bold;">Climate Change</b></span></a></h2>
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      <div class="esc-lead-snippet-wrapper" style="line-height: 1.2em;
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        sans-serif; font-size: 13.44px; font-style: normal;
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        -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
        255);">An international team of researchers has concluded that
        the Antarctic Ice Sheet actually plays a major role in regional
        and global<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
          style="font-weight: normal;">climate</b><span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>variability -- a
        discovery that may also help explain why sea ice in the Southern
        Hemisphere has been increasing<span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> despite the warming of the rest
          of the Earth...<br>
          The research team's hypothesis was that climate modelers were
          overlooking one crucial element in the overall climate system
          -- an aspect of the ocean, atmosphere, biosphere or ice sheets
          -- that might affect all parts of the system...<br>
          "One thing we determined right off the bat was that virtually
          all of the climate models had the Antarctic Ice Sheet as a
          constant entity," Bakker said. "It was a static blob of ice,
          just sitting there. What we discovered, however, is that the
          ice sheet has undergone numerous pulses of variability that
          have had a cascading effect on the entire climate system."...<br>
          The Antarctic Ice Sheet, in fact, has demonstrated dynamic
          behavior over the past 8,000 years, according to Andreas
          Schmittner, a climate scientist in Oregon State's College of
          Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences and co-author on the
          study...<br>
          "There is a natural variability in the deeper part of the
          ocean adjacent to the Antarctic Ice Sheet -- similar to the
          Pacific Decadal Oscillation, or El Niño/La Niña but on a time
          scale of centuries -- that causes small but significant
          changes in temperatures," Schmittner said. "When the ocean
          temperatures warm, it causes more direct melting of the ice
          sheet below the surface, and it increases the number of
          icebergs that calve off the ice sheet."<br>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
            href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161212115840.htm">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161212115840.htm</a>
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          sig2-YTe8qlFRhYwIgHcn7VNgmA did-5871072836952910083"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/12/shrinking-mountain-glaciers-are-categorical-evidence-of-climate-change-scientists-say/"
url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/12/shrinking-mountain-glaciers-are-categorical-evidence-of-climate-change-scientists-say/"
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            style="font-weight: bold;">Shrinking mountain glaciers are
            'categorical evidence' of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
              style="font-weight: bold;">climate change</b>, scientists
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      <div class="esc-lead-snippet-wrapper" style="line-height: 1.2em;
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        -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
        255);">From the rapidly melting Greenland ice sheet to
        increasing instability of West Antarctica, the world's glaciers
        have become the dramatic face of<span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
          normal;">climate change</b>. But while ice loss at the poles
        often garners the most attention (thanks to its hefty<span
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href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/12/trump-claims-nobody-really-knows-what-climate-scientists-definitely-know/"
url="http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/12/trump-claims-nobody-really-knows-what-climate-scientists-definitely-know/"
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            style="font-weight: bold;">Trump claims "nobody really
            knows" what<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
              style="font-weight: bold;">climate</b><span
              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>scientists
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        -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
        255);">Wallace noted that Trump told the New York Times staff
        during a recent sit-down that he was "open-minded" about<span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
          normal;">climate change</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(despite
        a history of statements to the contrary) and asked, "So, where
        are you on the environment?" Trump answered, "I'm<span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
          normal;">...</b></div>
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          sig2-nItjCoZpintJMzNqOzvAcg did--3136268414097002158"
href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/12/12/Climate-Wet-regions-getting-wetter-dry-regions-getting-drier/6551481554271/"
url="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/12/12/Climate-Wet-regions-getting-wetter-dry-regions-getting-drier/6551481554271/"
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          text-decoration: none;"><span class="titletext"
            style="font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Climate</b>:
            Wet regions getting wetter, dry regions getting drier</span></a></h2>
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      <div class="esc-lead-snippet-wrapper" style="line-height: 1.2em;
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        -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
        255);">12 (UPI) -- New research confirms the influence of<span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
          normal;">global warming</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on
        global precipitation. As temperatures rise, wet regions get
        wetter and dry regions get drier.</div>
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          sig2-1B7IR4ieOAOJw_9wetvrGg did-6493822345001760542"
href="https://www.propublica.org/article/will-trump-scrap-nasas-climate-research-mission"
url="https://www.propublica.org/article/will-trump-scrap-nasas-climate-research-mission"
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            style="font-weight: bold;">Will Trump Scrap NASA's Climate
            Research Mission? - ProPublica</span></a></h2>
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      <div class="esc-lead-snippet-wrapper" style="line-height: 1.2em;
        padding-left: 1px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,
        sans-serif; font-size: 13.44px; font-style: normal;
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        -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
        255);">NASA does more than explore other planets; it studies our
        own. Agency scientists worry Donald Trump will abort the work.</div>
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    <b><a href="http://divestinvest.org/2016-report/">Investment Funds
        Worth Trillions Are Dropping Fossil Fuel Stocks</a></b><br>
    <blockquote> <font size="-1">ASSETS PLEDGED TO FOSSIL FUEL
        DIVESTMENT SURPASS $5 TRILLION SAYS NEW REPORT</font><br>
      <font size="-1">Commitments doubled over the past 15 months;
        global call for a clean energy economy continues to strengthen
        as a former top Mobil Oil executive and thousands of signatories
        join the DivestInvest movement...</font><br>
      <font size="-1">NEW YORK/LONDON, December 12, 2016 — The scope of
        global fossil fuel divestment has doubled over the past 15
        months, with institutions and individuals controlling $5.197
        trillion in assets pledging to divest. The announcement comes on
        the first anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate
        change...</font><br>
      <font size="-1">"One year after the adoption of the historic Paris
        Climate Agreement, it’s clear the transition to a clean energy
        future is inevitable, beneficial and well underway, and that
        investors have a key role to play," said UN Secretary-General
        Ban Ki-moon. "I commend today’s announcement that a growing
        number of investors are backing a shift away from the most
        carbon intensive energy sources and into safe, sustainable
        energy. Investments in clean energy are the right thing to do —
        and the smart way to build prosperity for all, while protecting
        our planet and ensuring no one is left behind."..</font><br>
      <font size="-1">According to a new analysis released today by
        Arabella Advisors, 688 institutions and 58,399 individuals
        across 76 countries have committed to divest from fossil
        fuels... <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
          href="http://divestinvest.org/2016-report/">http://divestinvest.org/2016-report/</a></font><br>
    </blockquote>
    <a
href="http://350.org/press-release/american-museum-of-natural-history-slashes-fossil-fuel-holdings"><br>
      American Museum of Natural History slashes fossil fuel holdings as
      global divestment commitments hit $5 trillion in assets</a><br>
    <blockquote><font size="-1">New York, NY -- The American Museum of
        Natural History has responded to a campaign driven by
        scientists, museum colleagues, and allies by communicating it
        has reduced fossil fuel exposure to its $650 million endowment.
        As the country’s oldest, largest and one of the most popular
        museums with approximately five million visitors each year, this
        will reverberate across the sector and around the world. </font><br>
      <font size="-1">In March 2015, more than 150 of the world’s top
        scientists sent an unprecedented letter calling on museums of
        science and natural history to cut ties with fossil fuel
        interests. Since then, at least seven museums have responded by
        divesting from fossil fuels, dropping oil, gas or coal companies
        as sponsors, or implementing new funding policies.</font><br>
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href="http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-climate-fight-20161108-story.html"
url="http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-climate-fight-20161108-story.html"
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            style="font-weight: bold;">California's<span
              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
              style="font-weight: bold;">climate</b><span
              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>fight could be
            painful — especially on job and income growth</span></a></h2>
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        -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
        255);">Californians are likely to pay more for gasoline,
        electricity, food and new homes - and to feel their lives jolted
        in myriad other ways - because their state broadly expanded its
        war on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
          style="font-weight: normal;">climate change</b><span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>this summer. The
        ambitious new goals will require<span
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href="http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/12/catholic-priests-to-study-climate-change-as-part-of-theological-training/"
url="http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/12/catholic-priests-to-study-climate-change-as-part-of-theological-training/"
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            class="titletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Catholic
            Priests To Study<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
              style="font-weight: bold;">Climate Change</b><span
              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As Part Of
            Theological Training</span></a></h2>
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      <div class="esc-lead-snippet-wrapper" style="line-height: 1.2em;
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        sans-serif; font-size: 13.44px; font-style: normal;
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        -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
        255);">The church officially accepts<span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
          normal;">climate change</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and
        commissioned a study by the Vatican's own Pontifical Academy of
        Sciences that stated: “We call on all people and nations to
        recognize the serious and potentially irreversible impacts of<span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
          normal;">global warming</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
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    <font size="+1"><b><a
          href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8092216.html">This Day
          in Climate History  December 13, 1988 </a>- from D.R. Tucker 
        <br>
      </b></font><b>December 13, 1988: The Boston Globe runs a
      front-page story entitled, "COASTAL REGIONS URGED TO PREPARE FOR
      RISING SEA LEVEL; PLANNERS DECRY APATHY TOWARD GREENHOUSE EFFECT'S
      THREAT."<br>
    </b><b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8092216.html">http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8092216.html</a></b><br>
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