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<font size="+1"><i>"The most important issue of all time"- Stay
well-informed about global warming, </i></font><font size="+1"><i>Forward
this email. December 22, 2017</i></font><br>
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<a
href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/1221/Climate-change-North-Pole-to-reach-50-degrees-warmer-than-normal">Climate
change: North Pole to reach 50 degrees warmer than normal</a></font></b></font><br>
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<blockquote><font size="-1">Temperatures are expected to climb to
just below the freezing point on Thursday, much higher than is
usual during an Arctic winter.</font><br>
<font size="-1">And without an icy barrier between a warming ocean
and the air, there is nothing to cool off the Arctic air and
prevent a massive temperature spike.</font><br>
<font size="-1">"It's all expected," research professor Jennifer
Francis of Rutgers University told the Guardian in November,
referring to the high temperatures during that month. "There is
nothing but climate change that can cause these trends."</font><br>
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href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/1221/Climate-change-North-Pole-to-reach-50-degrees-warmer-than-normal">http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/1221/Climate-change-North-Pole-to-reach-50-degrees-warmer-than-normal</a></font><br>
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font-size: 15px; cursor: pointer;">Spiking Temperatures in the<span
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style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">Arctic</em><span
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style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 102, 33);">New York
Times</span><span class="f nsa _uQb" style="color: rgb(102,
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A spate of extreme warmth
in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em
style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">Arctic</em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>over the past two months
has ... had led to a later than usual "<em style="font-weight:
bold; font-style: normal;">freeze</em>-up" of ice in the<span
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bold; font-style: normal;">Arctic</em><span
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href="http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/what-happens-if-arctic-doesn-t-freeze-2611"
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happens if the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em
style="font-style: normal;">Arctic</em><span
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style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 102, 33);">CityMetric</span><span
class="_v5" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding: 0px 4px;">-</span><span
class="f nsa _uQb" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); display:
inline-block; font-size: 13px;">Dec 1, 2016</span></div>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Now a new study warns
that the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em
style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">Arctic</em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>melt could trigger
"tipping points" .Now a new study warns that the Arctic melt
could trigger "tipping points" that speed up global warming
around the world. A spokesperson for the World Meteorological
Organisation tells the New Statesman: "We are entering a new
climate era." ..."Less sea ice means less sunlight reflected
into space and more absorbed by the oceans, so the temperature
of the Arctic (and the world) increases... an example of what we
call positive feedback."...<br>
With 2016 on track to be the hottest year on record, further
melting of the world's glacier and ice caps looks assured. As
for more geographically specific predictions, scientists are
still wary of saying for certain. According to Mark Serreze,
director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in America,...<br>
"There is a strong debate ongoing in the science community
regarding how a warming Arctic might influence weather patterns
in the middle latitudes. Some scientists argue that we are
already seeing some of these effects – things like stuck weather
patterns whereby Chicago is in a deep freeze while at the same
time Alaska is seeing extreme warmth.<br>
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href="http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/what-happens-if-arctic-doesn-t-freeze-2611">http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/what-happens-if-arctic-doesn-t-freeze-2611</a><br>
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<a href="https://www.sei-international.org/publications?pid=3047">Arctic
Resilience Report</a><br>
<font size="-1">This report is the concluding scientific product
of the Arctic Resilience Assessment, a project launched by the
Swedish Chairmanship of the Arctic Council.</font><br>
<a
href="https://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/ArcticResilienceReport-2016.pdf">Download
the report </a><font size="-1"> <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/ArcticResilienceReport-2016.pdf">https://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/ArcticResilienceReport-2016.pdf</a></font><br>
<a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/25/arctic-ice-melt-trigger-uncontrollable-climate-change-global-level">Arctic
ice melt could trigger uncontrollable climate change at global
level</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/25/arctic-ice-melt-trigger-uncontrollable-climate-change-global-level">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/25/arctic-ice-melt-trigger-uncontrollable-climate-change-global-level</a></font><br>
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incoming administration, many are worried that progress in
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<font size="+1"><b><a
href="https://www.thenation.com/article/this-city-just-banned-virtually-all-new-dirty-energy-infrastructure/">
This City Just Banned Virtually All New Dirty Energy
Infrastructure</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote><b>Portland, Oregon</b> has adopted a first-of-its-kind
offensive strategy to prevent new oil, gas, and coal export
facilities from being built.<br>
a groundbreaking new zoning ordinance that effectively bans all
new fossil fuel export infrastructure within the city's
limits—including new port facilities for shipping coal, and
holding tanks for oil and natural gas—and prevents existing
facilities from expanding. The vote marks a hard-fought victory
for local activists and environmental groups. And, in anticipation
of the Trump administration's pro-fossil fuel agenda, it signals
to other cities that innovative action to counter climate change
is still possible at a local level.... <br>
....a well-organized pack of activist opponents, who submitted
thousands of letters, emails and calls to City Hall, as well as
Portland-area scientists who produced voluminous reports
highlighting the potential catastrophe posed by mile-long trains
filled with propane traversing the city's rails each day,...<br>
Federal law prohibits municipalities from blocking or otherwise
interfering with rail transit and interstate pipelines. Still,
cities have wide latitude to govern their own health and safety,
and by blocking export infrastructure, ...<br>
No matter how many climate deniers occupy positions of power in
Washington, DC, cities can and will lead the way on climate.<br>
<font size="+1"><b><font color="#000099"><a
href="http://www.nonewffi.org/elected-official-sign-on/">Elected
Official Sign-on for No New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure. </a></font></b></font><br>
The following local, state, provincial and tribal leaders have
endorsed the principles expressed in Portland's Fossil Fuel
Resolution — that fossil fuels pose inherent health and safety
dangers throughout their entire life cycle — and commit to
creating similar restrictions on new fossil fuel infrastructure in
their jurisdictions.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nonewffi.org/elected-official-sign-on/">http://www.nonewffi.org/elected-official-sign-on/</a><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.nonewffi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/37168-Fossil-Fuel-Resolution.pdf">Portland's
Fossil Fuel Resolution </a></b></font><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nonewffi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/37168-Fossil-Fuel-Resolution.pdf">http://www.nonewffi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/37168-Fossil-Fuel-Resolution.pdf</a><br>
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<font color="#000099"><b><font size="+1"><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W53uRqITk2I">(Video)
Dr Katharine Hayhoe - Religion has nothing to say about
climate change, right?....</a></font></b></font><br>
<blockquote>How do I know? <br>
Because when it comes to making statements about climate change,
it's not just the Pope.<br>
Nearly every major Christian denomination, and world religion has
something to say about it.<br>
From the Episcopal church, they say, "We are painfully aware, that
those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere are responsible<br>
for the majority of climate change.... Accordingly,we hold a
particular responsibility for the changes that will reverse the
trajectory<br>
of atmospheric warming, and safeguard the sanctityof what our God
calls 'very good.<br>
From the other side of the world, here's part of the Hindu
declaration on climate change.<br>
"We must consider the effect of our actions, not just on
ourselves, and those humans around us,<br>
but on all beings. We have a dharmic duty for each of us to do our
part, in ensuring we have a functioning, abundant and bountiful
planet."<br>
There's even an Islamic declaration on global climate change. "Our
species,"those selected to be a caretaker or steward of the earth,<br>
has been the cause of such corruption and devastation on it, that
we are in danger of ending life as we know it on our planet.<br>
"This current rate of climate change cannot be sustained, and the
Earth's fine equilibrium may soon be lost. <br>
Faith and science, data and sacred texts, on climate change,
they're painting the same picture....<br>
Full Transcript available: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W53uRqITk2I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W53uRqITk2I</a><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2016/12/20/14004856/state-energy-legislation-2016">All
the state energy legislation from 2016, in one place</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote> <font size="-1">...time to start paying attention to
state energy policy. One problem: There are a lot of states —
50, last time I counted! That's a lot of legislatures, lots of
governors and public utility commissions, lots of moving parts.
It can be difficult to keep track.</font><br>
<font size="-1">... the <a href="http://www.aeltracker.org/">Advanced
Energy Legislation Tracker</a>, a project of the Center for
the New Energy Economy (CNEE) and Advanced Energy Economy (AEE).
It's a searchable database of energy legislation introduced or
passed every year since 2012. You can filter by state; by
whether the bill was introduced, passed by one or both houses,
or passed into law; or by any of 10 subject categories, from
economic development to energy efficiency. </font><br>
<font size="-1"> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2016/12/20/14004856/state-energy-legislation-2016">http://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2016/12/20/14004856/state-energy-legislation-2016</a></font><br>
<font size="-1"> <a href="http://www.aeltracker.org/">Search
Advanced Energy Legislation</a> <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.aeltracker.org/">http://www.aeltracker.org/</a></font><br>
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255);">The Obama administration on Tuesday put vast swaths of
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">We've entered a new political era and emotions are
raw—even over a scientifically settled topic such as<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
normal;">climate change</b>. Discussions that escalate into
arguments can easily ruin a family holiday party or sour a
dinner with friends. <b>...</b>The trick is to use patience,
tolerance, an optimistic tone—and last, but not least, a keen
understanding of your audience—to nudge your climate-skeptic
sister or father-in-law. You may find they're suddenly open to
your views.<span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><b><span
style="font-weight: normal;">...<br>
<b>1. First of all: Don't get angry<br>
2, Leave apocalypse to the movies<br>
3. Seek common ground<br>
4. Tell your own stories<br>
5. Stick to the facts.</b><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/12/22/conservatives-climate-change-facts/">This
Day in Climate History December 22, 2011 </a>- from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
<blockquote> <font size="-1">December 22, 2011: In Commentary
magazine, former George W. Bush administration official Peter
Wehner writes:</font><br>
<font size="-1">"Our task is to win the debate on the merits, to
employ, as best we can, honest and credible arguments in order
to ascertain the reality of things. And if the science shows
that Earth is warming and that humans have played a role in
that, then we need to accept it, even if that puts us on the
same side with some individuals we don't find particularly
appealing. What matters is where the truth lies, not the company
we find ourselves in...</font><br>
<font size="-1">"In 2006, the Climate Science Program, a federal
program under the direction of the Bush White House and
sponsored by agencies including NASA and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, found 'clear evidence of human
influences on the climate system.' There are several others I
could cite.</font><br>
<font size="-1">"The point is that these reports are sober,
measured and serious. They make a scientific, not a polemical,
case for AGW. It's possible they are wrong. But their case has
been made in a persuasive and empirical manner...it matters that
all the world's major science academies have said that AGW is
occurring, and they have supplied the empirical case for their
findings. The challenge for conservatives is to engage the most
serious and honest arguments of those who believe in AGW, not
simply lock in on the global alarmists. And the temptation
conservatives need to resist is to portray the entire climate
change movement as consisting of individuals who are more
interested in ideology than science...for some on the right...to
insist that AGW is a hoax, the product (more or less) of a
massive conspiracy, is, I believe, damaging to conservatism.
That is something I do care about. And more than that, it is,
from what I can tell, a position at odds with where the evidence
leads. Contemporary liberalism can do as it will. But for
conservatism, facts–those stubborn facts–need to be our guiding
star."</font><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/12/22/conservatives-climate-change-facts/">http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/12/22/conservatives-climate-change-facts/</a></font><br>
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