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<blockquote> William Happer, an eminent Princeton University
professor, is tipped to become Donald Trump's science adviser.
Happer is a respected scientist in the academic community, but
many are concerned about his possible appointment because of his
stance on climate change. Happer argues that the role of carbon
dioxide (CO2) in climate change has been largely exaggerated and
argues that more CO2 is good for plant life and the planet...<br>
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"There's a whole area of climate so-called science that is really
more like a cult," Happer told the Guardian. "It's like Hare
Krishna or something like that. They're glassy-eyed and they
chant. It will potentially harm the image of all science."..<br>
Trump has previously described global warming as "very expensive …
bullshit" and has signalled a continued hardline stance since
taking power. He has nominated the former Texas governor Rick
Perry, a staunch climate sceptic, as secretary of energy and hopes
to put the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) under the
leadership of Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general, who has
been one of the agency's most hostile critics...<br>
John Holdren, Barack Obama's science adviser, said Happer's
outspoken opinions would be a "substantial handicap" for a job
that has traditionally involved delivering mainstream scientific
opinion to the heart of policymaking...<br>
"Every national academy of science agrees that the science is
solid, that climate change is real," he said. "To call this a cult
is absurd and … an insult to the people who have done this
work."..<br>
Happer also supports a controversial crackdown on the freedom of
federal agency scientists to speak out about their findings,
arguing that mixed messages on issues such as whether butter or
margarine is healthier, have led to people disregarding all public
health information...<br>
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255);">Unfortunately, the President is considering two
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<blockquote> There are talks of "rebalancing" the agency's mission
as it continues to tweet about climate change. By Mary Papenfuss.
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could lead to an outbreak of conflicts over fish stocks - like the
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<font color="#000099"><b><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoYq7_x41D4">(video)
Leadership and A Law of Ecocide: Polly Higgins at TEDxTallinn
2013 </a></b></font><br>
<blockquote> Polly Higgins is a solicitor, writer and a visionary,
who following years of handling discrimination cases and matters
of business law, has taken the planet Earth as her chief client --
she is dreaming of ending ecocide by 2020 and has proposed to the
UN to make it the fifth item on it's list of crimes against
peace...<br>
Ecocide is the extensive damage, extermination or loss of the
ecosystem of a specific region. The pan-European End Ecocide in
Europe campaign has been launched to apply for criminalization of
ecocide. The organizers are hoping to raise one million signatures
that would oblige the European Commission to discuss and respond
to the proposal. The campaign has already gained 14 500 signatures
at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.endecocide.eu">www.endecocide.eu</a><br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2017/02/climate-change-already-sapping-colorado-river/">http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2017/02/climate-change-already-sapping-colorado-river/</a></font><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2017/02/climate-change-already-sapping-colorado-river/">Climate
change is already sapping the Colorado River</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote>A warming climate is already reducing the flow in the
Colorado River, and the future risk is large, with a worst case of
the river's flow being cut in half by the end of the century,
according to a new study from a pair of the region's leading
researchers. While precipitation declines since the turn of the
century have been modest, Brad Udall and Jonathan Overpeck found,
a little less rain and snow have translated to a lot less water in
the river:<br>
Between 2000 and 2014, annual Colorado River flows averaged 19%
below the 1906-1999 average, the worst 15-year drought on record.
At least one-sixth to one-half (average at one- third) of this
loss is due to unprecedented temperatures (0.9°C above the 1906-99
average), confirming model-based analysis that continued warming
will likely further reduce flows.<br>
<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016WR019638/full">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016WR019638/full</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016WR019638/full">The
21st century Colorado River hot drought and implications for
the future</a></b><br>
Abstract<br>
Between 2000 and 2014, annual Colorado River flows averaged 19%
below the 1906-1999 average, the worst 15-year drought on record.
At least one-sixth to one-half (average at one-third) of this loss
is due to unprecedented temperatures (0.9°C above the 1906-99
average), confirming model-based analysis that continued warming
will likely further reduce flows. Whereas it is virtually certain
that warming will continue with additional emissions of greenhouse
gases to the atmosphere, there has been no observed trend towards
greater precipitation in the Colorado Basin, nor are climate
models in agreement that there should be a trend. Moreover, there
is a significant risk of decadal and multidecadal drought in the
coming century, indicating that any increase in mean precipitation
will likely be offset during periods of prolonged drought.
Recently published estimates of Colorado River flow sensitivity to
temperature combined with a large number of recent climate
model-based temperature projections indicate that continued
business-as-usual warming will drive temperature-induced declines
in river flow, conservatively -20% by mid-century and -35% by
end–century, with support for losses exceeding -30% at mid-century
and -55% at end-century. Precipitation increases may moderate
these declines somewhat, but to date no such increases are evident
and there is no model agreement on future precipitation changes.
These results, combined with the increasing likelihood of
prolonged drought in the river basin, suggest that future climate
change impacts on the Colorado River flows will be much more
serious than currently assumed, especially if substantial
reductions in greenhouse gas emissions do not occur. This article
is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.<br>
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<blockquote> Something historic is underfoot in Metro Nashville, and
it would be a shame if it got lost in the news stampede coming out
of Washington.<br>
For more than 80 years, the federal Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA) has overseen all energy generation in our city. That
includes decisions to build hydroelectric dams, as well as
decisions to double down on the Gallatin coal plant. Nearly all of
Tennessee comes under TVA's jurisdiction, hence the Tennessee
Regulatory Authority, set up to oversee our utilities, does not
regulate our energy.<br>
As the rest of the country and the world move toward cleaner and
renewable energy sources, TVA has dragged its feet. If you don't
see solar panels on the rooftops of homes and buildings all over
the city, you wonder why we don't have community solar that allows
customers to buy shares, and you don't pass solar farms when
driving in and around Nashville, it's because of TVA policy.<br>
Once the city sets goals, the work can begin to create a plan to
realize those targets. As a start, the committee has recommended a
two megawatts of community solar initiative, four to six megawatts
of solar installed on Metro buildings, and switching to LED bulbs
for street and traffic lights<br>
<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/12/16/southern-states-face-increasing-risk-wildfires/95513420/">http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/12/16/southern-states-face-increasing-risk-wildfires/95513420/</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/12/16/southern-states-face-increasing-risk-wildfires/95513420/">Southern
states face increasing risk for wildfires Dec. 2016</a></b><br>
Now, dry conditions are putting Southern states at risk for more
fires. Tennessee has had more than 1,400 fires this year on state
and private lands. An additional 62 fires were reported on federal
lands owned by the Forest Service and National Park Service...<br>
In South Carolina...nearly 2 out of every 3 people live in regions
classified by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
as wildland-urban interface, or WUI — areas where homes and
wildland meet and where the stakes and potential for wildfires are
higher. From 1992 to 2013, the state saw more than 78,000
wildfires...<br>
Using multiple government databases and satellite images to
examine the threat of wildfires across the country, Reveal from
The Center for Investigative Reporting found that since 1990, 8.5
million more homes are in WUI areas. The major reason is that the
border between nature and urban development is constantly shifting
as new homes push out into the wilderness....<br>
But as climate change continues to bring warmer, drier conditions
to most of the country, many experts agree that wildfires will be
larger and more frequent...<br>
And those frequently tasked with battling the flames — local fire
departments — often don't have the training to fight wildfires.<br>
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255);">BOSTON - Hundreds of scientists and their supporters
rallied in historic Copley Square on Sunday, demanding that the
Trump administration accept empirical reality on issues such as<span
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<font size="+1"><b><a
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Climate History February 20, 2013 </a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
<blockquote> In his first major policy speech as Secretary of State,
John Kerry directly addresses the risks of climate change.<br>
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