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<font size="+1"><i>Stay well-informed about global warming, </i></font><font
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Visualizing the Invisible Drivers of<span
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255);">This new visualization from NASA shows how carbon dioxide
dances in the atmosphere....<br>
The heat-trapping gas appears as winds of red, blue and yellow
whisking around the planet. Each color corresponds to a
different concentration of carbon dioxide, with red representing
the highest levels and blue the lowest. The simulation, which
was released on Tuesday, reveals the invisible drivers of
climate change in three dimensions...<br>
The simulation, which was released on Tuesday, reveals the
invisible drivers of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: normal;">climate change</b><span
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large amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere comes from
burning fossil fuels, and its concentration ... <br>
In the simulation, the greenhouse gas changes to yellow and then
blue. But not all of the carbon dioxide gets sucked up, and the
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<b><font size="+1"><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duVW_qI3Wj4">(video)
Rally to Stand Up for Science </a></font></b><br>
<blockquote><font size="-1">(38 min) Scientists Stand Up to
Ignorance, Hatred, in rare Rally at the AGU in San Francisco
December 2016. </font><br>
<font size="-1">Climate change is a crisis. Let's treat it like
one. Let's mobilize! <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://TheClimateMobilization.org">http://TheClimateMobilization.org</a>..</font><br>
<font size="-1">Science is under attack. We face an Administration
that proposes to gut science funding, pull out of the Paris
Climate Agreement, appoint a climate denier to head the EPA, and
derail the Clean Power Plan. And that’s just the beginning. Real
people and communities bear the brunt of these actions...</font><br>
<font size="-1">The American Geophysical Union's upcoming
conference <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/">http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/</a>
is the first major convening of climate scientists since the
election. The annual conference, which brings 26,000 scientists
together, offers a global stage for scientists, allies, and
impacted communities to stand together and send a message in
this pivotal moment: we must Stand Up for Science...</font><br>
<font size="-1">Join dozens of Earth and climate scientists,
Indigenous leaders, and representatives from communities that
are speaking out. Together, we’re affirming that:</font><br>
<font size="-1">- Climate change is a real, human-caused, and
urgent threat.</font><br>
<font size="-1">- We must uphold the United States' commitment to
the Paris Climate Agreement.</font><br>
<font size="-1">- We must protect scientific integrity in
policymaking.</font><br>
<font size="-1">- We must protect government scientists from
censorship or suppression.</font><br>
<font size="-1">- We must reduce carbon pollution and U.S.
dependence on fossil fuels.</font><br>
<font size="-1">- We can make the U.S. a clean energy leader, and
champion the just transition to a new energy era that works for
all of us....</font><br>
<font size="-1">This isn't just about climate science -- its about
freedom of inquiry. It's about the future of evidence-based
policy. It's about the disproportionate impacts on communities
of color and low-income communities. And it's about solidarity.</font><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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<b><a
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-16/saving-skiing-three-men-bet-big-on-climate-change-proof-resort">Ski
Mogul Going Uphill to Beat Climate Change</a></b><br>
<blockquote> <font size="-1">$1.5 billion plan to remake the
Balsams in the White Mountains</font><br>
<font size="-1"> The strategy: ‘I’m going to be the only game in
town’...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Ski-resort executives tend to hate climate
change, for obvious reasons. Then there’s Les Otten...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> It’s not that he’s a fan, just that he’s looking
to turn the global-warming equation on its head. How so? By
carving out slopes in a remote spot in northern New Hampshire
that’s frigid enough to out-snowpack rivals. While
lower-elevation areas wilt, the lifts on higher ground will keep
on humming....</font><br>
<font size="-1"> The go-north strategy is like a nor’easter that
drops snow twice: It protects your investment and gives you a
leg up on competitors. Vail Resorts Inc. has embraced the
concept, announcing a deal in August to buy Whistler Blackcomb
in British Columbia,...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-16/saving-skiing-three-men-bet-big-on-climate-change-proof-resort">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-16/saving-skiing-three-men-bet-big-on-climate-change-proof-resort</a></font><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/12/16/news-reports-uncritically-portray-exxon-ceo-rex-tillerson-climate-change-advocate/214848">Study:
News Reports Uncritically Portray Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson As
Climate Change Advocate</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote> <font size="-1">Several media outlets reporting on
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Rex Tillerson as
secretary of state have uncritically described Tillerson as
accepting of climate change and supportive of a carbon tax. But
these reports ignored scientifically inaccurate claims Tillerson
has made about climate change, Exxon’s continued financial
support of groups that deny climate science, inconsistencies by
both Tillerson and Exxon on whether they truly support a carbon
tax, and fierce opposition to Tillerson’s nomination from
leading environmental groups -- not to mention the fact that
Exxon is under investigation in several states for possibly
violating state laws by deceiving shareholders and the public
about climate change.</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Reports Uncritically Described Tillerson As
Accepting Of Climate Science And/Or Supportive Of A Carbon
Tax.... </font><br>
<font size="-1"> Shortly before and after Trump selected Tillerson
as his nominee for secretary of state, several major TV and
print outlets uncritically reported that Tillerson accepts
climate science and/or supports a carbon tax:</font><br>
<font size="-1"> CBS Evening News: In a December 13 report, anchor
Scott Pelley said of Tillerson: “The lifelong oil man has no
government experience, but he did convince Exxon to acknowledge
climate change.” [CBS Evening News, 12/13/16]...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> NBC Nightly News: In a December 10 segment
discussing Tillerson, correspondent Andrea Mitchell
reported...that environmentalists and Democrats on the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee are “asking questions” about
Tillerson, but she didn’t explain what those questions were.
[NBC Nightly News, 12/10/16]...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Tillerson Has Misinformed About The Science Of
Climate Change...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Harvard And MIT Researchers Documented That
Tillerson Repeatedly Pushed “Climate Science Misinformation.”
...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> InsideClimate News: Tillerson “Sometimes
Backslides” When It Comes To Accepting The Reality Of Climate
Change...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> At Exxon's annual meeting in 2015, Tillerson said
it would be best to wait for more solid science before acting on
climate change...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Tillerson Downplayed Consequences Of Climate
Change, Saying It’s Simply An “Engineering Problem” And Sea
Level Rise Will Be “Manageable.”... </font><br>
<font size="-1"> In a 2012 speech to the Council on Foreign
Relations, Tillerson described climate models as “not
particularly good” and claimed that the amount of warming caused
by increased CO2 emissions is “ very hard for anyone to
predict.”...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Drexel Professor’s Research Suggests Exxon May
Also “Reroute” Funding For Climate Denial Organizations Through
Dark Money Groups. ...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> The Guardian: “ExxonMobil Gave Millions To
Climate-Denying Lawmakers Despite Pledge.”..</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Exxon Gave $131,000 To Contrarian Climate
Researcher Willie Soon In 2007 And 2008...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Study Shows Groups Funded By Exxon More Likely To
Include Climate Denial In Messaging...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Tillerson First Expressed Exxon’s Support for
Carbon Tax In 2009, As Democratic Congress And Obama
Administration Were Moving Toward Cap-And-Trade System...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> InsideClimate News: Tillerson Has “Waffled” On
Whether He Supports A Carbon Tax...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> InsideClimate News Detailed Evidence That Exxon
Hasn’t Put Its “Political Muscle” Behind Enacting A Carbon
Tax...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Huff. Post: Exxon Refused To Comment On
Anti-Carbon Tax Resolution In Congress...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> State Attorneys General Are Investigating Whether
Exxon Deceived Shareholders And The Public About Climate Change
To Protect Its Profits... </font><br>
<font size="-1"> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/12/16/news-reports-uncritically-portray-exxon-ceo-rex-tillerson-climate-change-advocate/214848">http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/12/16/news-reports-uncritically-portray-exxon-ceo-rex-tillerson-climate-change-advocate/214848</a></font><br>
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<a
href="http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/12/16/us-will-be-a-rogue-state-if-trump-backtracks-on-climate-un-envoy/"><br>
<b>US will be a ‘rogue state’ if Trump backtracks on climate: UN
envoy </b></a><br>
<blockquote> <font size="-1">“If the Trump administration does not
live up to its Paris commitments in whatever way – by increasing
emissions, looking for oil or failing to support the Green
Climate Fund – it must be called out as a rogue state,” she
said....</font><br>
<font size="-1"> “It’s just not acceptable: countries came to an
agreement in Paris. The situation of the world could be grossly
worsened – the window to act is short yet the opportunities
there are good.”...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/12/16/us-will-be-a-rogue-state-if-trump-backtracks-on-climate-un-envoy/">http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/12/16/us-will-be-a-rogue-state-if-trump-backtracks-on-climate-un-envoy/</a></font><br>
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<b><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-cant-deny-climate-change-without-a-fight/2016/12/15/953207ee-c30a-11e6-8422-eac61c0ef74d_story.html?utm_term=.ee589b398d5d">(opinion)
Trump can’t deny climate change without a fight</a></b><br>
<blockquote> <font size="-1">Dumb policy would be to fire up the
smokestacks, stop collecting all that annoying climate data and
marginalize federal employees who best understand global
warming. This is the direction Trump appears to be headed...</font><br>
<font size="-1"> The president-elect threatens to make the United
States a second-rate player in the coming clean-energy economy.
I guess that’s his idea of greatness, but it’s not mine...</font><br>
<font size="-1">The incoming Trump administration will face
passionate and hostile resistance if it tries to deny the
reality of human-induced climate change. We can already hear the
drums of war.</font><br>
<font size="-1"> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-cant-deny-climate-change-without-a-fight/2016/12/15/953207ee-c30a-11e6-8422-eac61c0ef74d_story.html?utm_term=.ee589b398d5d">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-cant-deny-climate-change-without-a-fight/2016/12/15/953207ee-c30a-11e6-8422-eac61c0ef74d_story.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a
href="https://thinkprogress.org/seattle-might-break-ties-with-wells-fargo-over-banks-standing-rock-investments-176520bdcad0#.utct1pcwq">Seattle
might break ties with Wells Fargo over bank’s Standing Rock
investments</a></b><br>
<blockquote> City would be first major taxpayer client to take its
business elsewhere in support of Sioux protesters.<br>
Seattle’s political leaders are looking to shake free of Wells
Fargo in protest of the bank’s financing of the Dakota Access
Pipeline project that threatens to foul the water supply and
sacred lands of North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux...<br>
The city will be stuck with the megabank for at least another
year. But under legislation introduced Monday by Councilwoman
Kshama Sawant, it would take its business elsewhere once Wells
Fargo’s current contract to manage $3 billion in city funds
expires next December...<br>
Wells Fargo ... is directly lending ... project loans for the
pipeline. Citibank has chipped in another $527 million, according
to Food & Water Watch.<br>
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255);">By far one of the most important impacts of<span
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normal;">global warming</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in
the coming decades will be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: normal;">sea-level rise</b>. ... That
means, as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: normal;">climate</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>scientists Michael
Oppenheimer and Richard Alley explain in a new paper in Science,
that coastal areas will have to<span
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...a disturbing asterisk here: We still don’t know exactly how
high oceans will rise this century. Studies have suggested it
could be anywhere from 2 to 6 feet, on average — with newer
evidence leaning toward the higher end, depending on how
quickly parts of the massive ice sheet in West Antarctica
disintegrate. Worse, climate scientists probably won’t be able
to pin down an exact number anytime soon, because getting a
handle on ice-sheet dynamics is inherently tricky....<br>
There are three main ways that coastal areas can respond.
First, they can build dikes, sand dunes, or other defenses to
fend off the rising oceans. Second, they can elevate some of
their coastal infrastructure (like roads). Third, they can
retreat inland, abandoning some areas to the sea...<br>
</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">(Right now, the IPCC only
comes out every six to seven years, which is too infrequent to
be useful. The UN panel could possibly issue special reports
that come out every year or two — so that local planners don’t
have to sift through every new study on Antarctica and try to
figure out what to expect.)</span></div>
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<b><a
href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6318/1375.full">How
high will the seas rise?</a></b><b> </b> ($)<br>
<blockquote><font size="-1">Summary</font><br>
<font size="-1">Recent estimates suggest that global mean sea
level rise could exceed 2 m by 2100. These projections are
higher than previous ones and are based on the latest
understanding of how the Antarctic Ice Sheet has behaved in the
past and how sensitive it is to future climate change. They pose
a challenge for scientists and policy-makers alike, requiring
far-reaching decisions about coastal policies to be made based
on rapidly evolving projections with large, persistent
uncertainties. An effective approach to managing coastal risk
should couple research priorities to policy needs, enabling
judicious decision-making while focusing research on key
questions. </font><font size="-1">$ <a
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255);">Injecting aerosols into the atmosphere to fight climate
change would also make it hard for much of the world to see
stars in the night sky....<br>
Reflective<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
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<a
href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2010/12/15/foxleaks-fox-boss-ordered-staff-to-cast-doubt-o/174317">This
Day in Climate History December 17, 2013 </a>- from D.R.
Tucker <br>
</b></font>
<blockquote><font size="+1"><b> </b></font>December 17, 2013: In a
RollingStone.com piece also printed in the December 19, 2013
edition of the magazine, Bill McKibben observes that President
Obama's climate commitment is compromised:<br>
"If you want to understand how people will remember the Obama
climate legacy, a few facts tell the tale: By the time Obama
leaves office, the U.S. will pass Saudi Arabia as the planet's
biggest oil producer and Russia as the world's biggest producer of
oil and gas combined. In the same years, even as we've begun to
burn less coal at home, our coal exports have climbed to record
highs. We are, despite slight declines in our domestic emissions,
a global-warming machine: At the moment when physics tell us we
should be jamming on the carbon brakes, America is revving the
engine."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obama-and-climate-change-the-real-story-20131217#ixzz2nl3ftoNX">http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obama-and-climate-change-the-real-story-20131217#ixzz2nl3ftoNX</a><br>
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