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<font size="+1"><i>"The most important issue of all time" -</i></font>
<font size="+1"><i>Stay well-informed about global warming, </i></font><font
size="+1"><i>Forward this email. January 2, 2017<br>
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<div class="_cnc"><font size="+1"><b><a class="l _HId"
href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38484730"
onmousedown="return
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Trump makes top Republican fear environmental future</a></b></font>
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<div class="st"><font size="-1"><span class="_tQb _IId">BBC News</span><span
class="_v5">-</span><span class="f nsa _uQb">5 hours ago</span>
<b>Christine Todd Whitman</b>, head of the US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) under George W Bush, accused Mr
Trump of ignoring compelling science....And she warned that
his threat to scrap climate protection policies puts the
world's future at risk...<br>
Trump supporters say rules on climate and energy are
stifling business. <br>
But Ms Todd Whitman says the US must find ways of promoting
business without unduly harming the planet. <br>
Ms Todd Whitman was interviewed on Trump's likely policies
for a documentary - Climate Change: the Trump Card - which
airs on BBC Radio 4 at 20:00 on Tuesday. She said: "I find
it very worrisome that there seems to be a disdain for the
science on protecting the environment....<br>
"I worry terribly for the future of my family and families
round the world because Mother Nature has never observed
geopolitical boundaries and what one country does really
does affect another country....<br>
"To walk away from something where you have 97% of
scientists saying this is occurring and people have an
impact on it … it's gotten to the point where we've got to
try to slow it down if we're going to survive it."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38484730">http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38484730</a><br>
<a
href="http://foreignpolicy.com/2007/01/31/seven-questions-christine-todd-whitman-on-global-warming/">Seven
Questions: Christine Todd Whitman on Global Warming</a><br>
Jan 2007 Besides Iraq, no international topic is hotter than
global warming right now. Christine Todd Whitman, who
famously quit in frustration as head of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency in June 2003, spoke with FP
on the changed political climate.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://foreignpolicy.com/2007/01/31/seven-questions-christine-todd-whitman-on-global-warming/">http://foreignpolicy.com/2007/01/31/seven-questions-christine-todd-whitman-on-global-warming/</a><br>
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<b><br>
<a
href="http://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/01/01/the-age-of-xi-will-china-flex-its-climate-muscles-in-2017/">The
age of Xi: will China flex its climate muscles in 2017? </a></b><br>
<blockquote><font size="-1">Beijing's policies have seen China
invest heavily in renewables and support the UN's first major
climate pact – but without US cover it will face new scrutiny
this year...The incoming US president has offered clues but
little detail on how he will tackle the issue once he assumes
power on 20 January....</font><br>
<font size="-1">During the campaign he promised to "cancel" the
Paris climate deal and roll back Barack Obama's Clean Power
Plan. More worryingly since the election, Trump has appointed a
slew of climate sceptics and oil enthusiasts to his cabinet....</font><br>
<font size="-1">Tackling climate change requires a "long-term
vision of economic and geopolitical interests," he tells Climate
Home – Trump can't continue to indulge in "short-term posturing
to the populist gallery"...</font><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/01/01/the-age-of-xi-will-china-flex-its-climate-muscles-in-2017/">http://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/01/01/the-age-of-xi-will-china-flex-its-climate-muscles-in-2017/</a>
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<b><a
href="http://www.theonion.com/americanvoices/2016-set-be-hottest-year-record-54714">(sarcasm)
The Onion 2016 Set To Be Hottest Year On Record</a></b><br>
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<blockquote>The World Meteorological Organization has announced
with 90 percent certainty that 2016 will be the hottest year on
record, surpassing previous records set by 2015 and 2014. What
do you think?<br>
<blockquote>"Oh, you can just go ahead and use whatever quote I
gave you last year." Cynthia Moser RODEO PLANNER<br>
"The World Meteorological Organization is nothing more than a
puppet of leading climate scientists across the globe." Lukas
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saving, just to end the nagging?" Timothy Kandimer
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url="http://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/environment/2017/01/01/florida-scientists-call-climate-meeting-trump/96058960/"
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">In a letter this week, 10 scientists asked for a meeting
to explain the perils of sea rise to the future president, who
has called<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: normal;">climate change</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a hoax. While Trump has
nominated heads of energy and environmental departments who also
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url="http://www.businessinsider.com/climate-change-effects-global-economy-gdp-2016-12"
id="MAA4AEgDUABgAWoCdXN6AA" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);
text-decoration: none;"><span class="titletext"
style="font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Climate
change</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is
going to be very bad for the global economy</span></a></h2>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">Extreme heat, it turns out, is very bad for the economy.
Crops fail. People work less, and are less productive when they
do work. That's why an increase in extremely hot days is one of
the more worrisome prospects of<span
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style="font-weight: bold;">Why Some People Doubt<span
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">"The local weather conditions people experience likely
play a role in what they think about the broader<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
normal;">climate</b>," said Utah State University researcher
Peter Howe....<br>
"We found that places with more record high temperatures than
lows have more residents who believe the planet is warming," he
said. "Conversely, in places with more record low temperatures,
more people tend to doubt global warming."...<br>
The study notes part of this dichotomy may be because early
terminology used to describe climate change suggested the earth
was simply warming, rather than changing in innumerable ways...<br>
"One of the greatest challenges to communicating scientific
findings about climate change is the cognitive disconnect
between local and global events," added Michael Mann of George
Washington University. "It's easy to assume that what you
experience at home must be happening elsewhere."...<br>
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style="font-weight: bold;">Ban Ki-Moon Buoyed by<span
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class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Accord but Laments
Conflicts</span></a></h2>
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255);">Ban Ki-moon ends 10 years at the helm of the United
Nations lamenting the "fires still burning" from Syria to South
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255);"><b style="font-weight: normal;">Climate change</b>,
blamed by experts and locals on<span
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<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55748#.WGmX2lXadpg">Civil
conflict and unpredictable weather cast 'long shadow' on food
security' in 2016 – UN</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote><font size="-1">December 2016 – This year, the world
suffered many weather-related shocks and civil conflicts which
pressured food security for many countries, the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said today in a new
report, which said that while the global agricultural situation
is posited to improve in 2017, some 39 countries currently need
food assistance....</font><br>
<font size="-1"><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6558e.pdf">The
Crop Prospects and Food Situation report</a> also projects
favourable growing conditions for crops, and upcoming robust
grain harvests, however, due to the lean seasons before the
crops have matured in some regions, the hunger will most likely
intensify...</font><br>
<font size="-1"><b>Conflicts cast a long shadow on food security</b></font><br>
<font size="-1">The report has identified the root causes of food
crises, such as shortfalls in food productions, lack of access
due to low incomes, high prices, and local conflicts, including
refugee movements....</font><br>
<font size="-1">Civil conflicts also led to loss and depletion of
households' productive assets, and to security concerns that
interrupt farming activities. In part of Sudan, the ongoing
conflict has reduced the ability to engage in agriculture, which
can harm most vulnerable communities...</font><br>
<font size="-1">In addition, according to the report, the ongoing
conflicts led to 9.4 million people in Syria in need of food
assistance, more than eight million people in Afghanistan, and
above eight million in Nigeria...</font><br>
<font size="-1">The weather has also affected many countries,
especially Africa. As a result of droughts and El Niño, there is
a decline in aggregated cereal production, and a decrease in
maize output in Southern Africa, which led to harsh food
conditions...</font><br>
<font size="-1"><b>Agricultural trends appear poised to improve
after rough 2016</b></font><br>
<font size="-1">Poor harvests triggered sharply higher prices for
staple maize in Malawi, where 6.5 million people are expected to
be food insecure during the upcoming lean period. However,
preliminary estimates point to a 27 percent increase in maize
plantings for South Africa's 2017 crop, by far the region's
largest producer, said
FAO...http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55748#.WGmX2lXadpg</font><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/theres-global-warming-and-its-snowing-105637955899">This
Day in Climate History January 2, 2014 </a>- from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
<blockquote><font size="-1">• Chris Mooney of Mother Jones explains
to the willfully ignorant that snow doesn't disprove climate
change.</font><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/01/blizzards-dont-refute-global-warming">http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/01/blizzards-dont-refute-global-warming</a>.
January 2, 2014: </font><br>
<font size="-1">• MSNBC's Chris Hayes and climate scientist
Michael Mann point out the absolute stupidity of the right-wing
claim that snow disproves climate change.</font><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/right-mocks-rescued-climate-scientists-105626691902">http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/right-mocks-rescued-climate-scientists-105626691902</a></font><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/theres-global-warming-and-its-snowing-105637955899">http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/theres-global-warming-and-its-snowing-105637955899</a></font><br>
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