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<font size="+1"><i>Stay well-informed about global warming - Please
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href="http://climatenewsnetwork.net/seawater-dents-delta-rice-production/">http://climatenewsnetwork.net/seawater-dents-delta-rice-production/</a><br>
<b><font size="+1"><a
href="http://climatenewsnetwork.net/seawater-dents-delta-rice-production/">Seawater
dents delta rice production</a></font></b><br>
<blockquote> <font size="-1">Saltwater intrusion exacerbated by
climate change is hitting rice production in vulnerable delta
regions and threatens to cause food shortages.</font><br>
<font size="-1"> LONDON, 4 February, 2017 – Urgent action is being
called for to prevent salt intrusion causing severe damage to
rice production and loss of drinking water in Bangladesh and
Vietnam,</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Sea level rise, combined with the floods and
waterlogging caused by cyclones and typhoons, is threatening
large areas of land that is currently highly productive.</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Unless counter measures are taken to stop the
levels of salt rising and to develop more salt-resistant strains
of rice, then both nations will increasingly struggle to feed
their rising populations, say the World Bank and the Norwegian
Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO).</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Their reports also say there will be mass
migration away from the affected areas....</font><br>
<font size="-1"> Saline levels in soils and irrigation waters in
coastal areas are steadily increasing,... "As of now, very few
seed varieties on the market</font><br>
<font size="-1"> are able to tolerate the high salt levels that
farmers in these regions are experiencing" By Paul Brown</font><br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://climatecrocks.com/2017/02/04/why-do-climate-deniers-hate-puppies/">https://climatecrocks.com/2017/02/04/why-do-climate-deniers-hate-puppies/</a></font><br>
<b><font color="#000099"><a
href="https://climatecrocks.com/2017/02/04/why-do-climate-deniers-hate-puppies/">Why
do Climate Deniers Hate Puppies?</a></font></b><br>
<blockquote> <font size="-1">Washington Post: The U.S. Department
of Agriculture on Friday abruptly removed inspection reports and
other information from its website about the treatment of
animals at thousands of research laboratories, zoos, dog
breeding operations and other facilities.<br>
(<a href="https://youtu.be/ZVyFSTYY7zg">Video) The Reality
of Puppy Mills</a> <font color="#666666"><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/ZVyFSTYY7zg">https://youtu.be/ZVyFSTYY7zg</a></font><br>
In a statement, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service cited court rulings and privacy laws for the decision,
which it said was the result of a "comprehensive review" that
took place over the past year. It said the removed documents,
which also included records of enforcement actions against
violators of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection
Act, would now be accessible only via Freedom of Information Act
Requests. Those can take years to be approved.<br>
<a href="https://youtu.be/G3WL6Cz4oKA">(video) Rescued
Puppy Mill Dogs Get a Second Chance</a> <font color="#666666">
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/G3WL6Cz4oKA">https://youtu.be/G3WL6Cz4oKA</a></font><br>
"We remain equally committed to being transparent and responsive
to our stakeholders' informational needs, and maintaining the
privacy rights of individuals with whom we come in contact," the
statement said.<br>
It kind of makes sense, when you realize that animals of all
kinds will bear the harshest brunt of climate change.<br>
Also: ABC Australia Broadcasting: Piles of dead turtle
hatchlings are lining Queensland's famous Mon Repos beach amid a
heatwave which has pushed the sand's temperature to a record 75
degrees Celsius. (= 167 Degrees F) <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-04/mon-repos-turtles-hurting-in-heatwave-qld/8230036">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-04/mon-repos-turtles-hurting-in-heatwave-qld/8230036</a><br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.texastribune.org/2017/02/02/lamar-smith-schedules-make-epa-great-again-hearing/">https://www.texastribune.org/2017/02/02/lamar-smith-schedules-make-epa-great-again-hearing/</a></font><br>
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<blockquote>.The hearing, titled "Make EPA Great Again," will be
the first time the committee has met since Trump took office and
the 115th Congress convened.<br>
.Invigorated by the new climate change-doubting presidential
administration, a Texas congressman known for his ardent denial
of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: normal;">global warming</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- and early support for
President Donald Trump - has scheduled a committee hearing next
week "to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's process
for evaluating and using science during its regulatory decision
making activities." ...<br>
In 2015, a group of Austin environmental activists presented
Smith an award, in absentia, from "Flat Earth Foundation of
Texas" to protest his efforts. Those efforts certainly weren't
aided under the Obama administration, which made fighting
climate change one of its top priorities.<br>
"EPA has long been on a path of regulatory overreach, and the
committee will use the tools necessary to put EPA back on
track," the release said, noting the panel also will examine the
"Social Cost of Carbon," a measure EPA has used to calculate the
climate impacts of various environmental regulations. <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/03/activists-say-posting-blatantly-false-climate-information-on-epa-website-is-illegal/">http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/03/activists-say-posting-blatantly-false-climate-information-on-epa-website-is-illegal/</a></font></div>
<!--EndFragment--><b><a
href="http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/03/activists-say-posting-blatantly-false-climate-information-on-epa-website-is-illegal/">Activists
Say Posting 'Blatantly False' Climate Information On EPA Website
Is Illegal</a></b><br>
<blockquote> <font size="-1">Legal analysts think the 2001
Information Quality Act, signed into law by former President
George W. Bush, could become a weapon for scientists and climate
advocates worried President Donald Trump will direct the agency
to post information that conflicts with research showing a link
between human action and global warming.<br>
"Posting blatantly false information on the EPA's website would
violate the Information Quality Act," Romany Webb, a climate law
fellow at Columbia University, told reporters Thursday. "The
guidelines clearly state that information disseminated to the
public, including via a website, must be substantively
accurate."<br>
The law allows people who object to information presented by a
federal agency to request a correction or to have it retracted.
They can appeal in a process overseen by an independent
inspector general (IG) if the agency denies their request.<br>
The appeal process would be filtered through a panel of
political appointees – who will likely be named after the Senate
confirms Trump's EPA pick, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott
Pruitt. Arthur Elkins, a former EPA lawyer appointed by Barack
Obama in 2010, is the current EPA IG..<br>
"We have discretionary authority to look at anything we think is
important and valuable to the agency's activities," Alan Larsen,
counsel to the Inspector General, told reporters. "If employees
were asked to do something improper … they could bring that to
the IG's office."<br>
Activists fear Trump, a climate change skeptic, could hurt what
they believe is the agency's mission: fight so-called man-made
global warming.<br>
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<font color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_02/010687.php">http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_02/010687.php</a></font><font
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<a
href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_02/010687.php">This
Day in Climate History February 5, 2007 </a>- from D.R.
Tucker<br>
</b></font>
<blockquote><font size="-1">Reporting on a National Journal poll
that found that only 13 percent of GOP members of Congress
accept the evidence of man-made global warming, Kevin Drum
notes: "It's not just that Republican members of Congress aren't
convinced that global warming is a man-made problem -- gotta
keep those campaign donations from Exxon rolling in, after all
-- it's that the number who believe this has actually gone down
over the past year."</font><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_02/010687.php">http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_02/010687.php</a></font><br>
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