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<font size="+1"><i>March 9, 2017 Record warm month,
Congress is loading up </i></font><br>
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href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/february-warm-weather-climate-change-21232">http://www.climatecentral.org/news/february-warm-weather-climate-change-21232</a></font><br>
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by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
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<blockquote> A bonanza of heat records fell throughout February in
almost all quarters of the U.S. and research released on Wednesday
shows that this pervasive spring-like warmth was made possible by
climate change. The rise in planetary heat made the freakishly
warm February at least three times more likely than it was around
120 years ago, according to the analysis by scientists working on
the World Weather Attribution team. While it was a month to
remember, by mid-century that type of heat could occur every three
years unless carbon pollution is curtailed....<br>
This February fits right in line with that trend. It was the
second warmest on record for the U.S., trailing only 1954,
according to the National Centers for Environmental Information.
The U.S. average for February was 7.3°F above normal, the
fifth-most anomalously warm month ever recorded. In all, 16 states
had their warmest February on record from Texas to New York...<br>
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href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/03/08/congress-energy-climate-committees-ex-lobbyists">https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/03/08/congress-energy-climate-committees-ex-lobbyists</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/03/08/congress-energy-climate-committees-ex-lobbyists">Congressional
Energy and Climate Committees Are Loaded with Ex-Fossil Fuel
Lobbyists</a></b><br>
<blockquote> Though the U.S. Congress has been in session for two
months, much of the policy action which has taken place since
Donald Trump assumed the presidency on January 20 has centered
around his Executive Orders...<br>
As some have pointed out, Trump's first speech in front of a joint
session of Congress on February 28 can be seen as a reset moment,
with the clock ticking on Republicans to deliver on promises made
to voters in the 2016 election. In the energy and environment
sphere, those efforts will likely center around gutting climate
and environmental protections, and much of it will be carried out
by congressional committee staffers. <br>
A DeSmog investigation has revealed that many Republican staff
members on key committees are former fossil fuel industry
lobbyists, which could help fast-track the industry's legislative
agenda in the weeks and months ahead. In total, 15 staffers on the
eight main energy and environment congressional committees
previously worked as industry lobbyists on behalf of oil, gas,
mining, coal, petrochemical, and electric utility interests. ..<br>
To date, only eight bills have passed through Congress in 2017,
and only one in the energy and environmental bucket. Just as
crucial, though, congressional staffers could aid in what Trump's
controversial top adviser Steve Bannon recently called the
"deconstruction of the administrative state."..<br>
Facebook: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.facebook.com/DeSmogBlog/posts/10158419201970422">https://www.facebook.com/DeSmogBlog/posts/10158419201970422</a><br>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFpTergAGQ">YouTube
Steve Bannon "Deconstruction of the administrative state"</a><br>
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255);">Environmental NGO EarthLife Africa challenged the
government's approval of the proposed Thabametsi coal-fired power
station on the grounds that it should have been preceded by an
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255);">Consuming fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide - a
greenhouse gas - which traps solar radiation in the Earth's
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<blockquote> MIT professor Richard Lindzen's contrarian views about
climate change, which have long provided the appearance of
credibility to those who deny human activity is causing the planet
to warm, have caused deep angst among his colleagues at the
university's vaunted program in atmospheres, oceans, and
climate...<br>
Now, the retired professor has spurred the rest of the program's
faculty to write a letter to President Trump rebutting Lindzen's
position that climate change doesn't pose a threat worth
addressing and informing him that their colleague doesn't
represent their views or those of the vast majority of other
climate scientists...<br>
In their rebuttal, the 22 MIT scientists urged Trump to recognize
that Lindzen's views run counter to the preponderance of evidence
that climate change is a growing threat...<br>
"The risks to the Earth system associated with increasing levels
of carbon dioxide are almost universally agreed by climate
scientists to be real ones," they wrote. "These include, but are
not limited to, sea level rise, ocean acidification, and increases
in extreme flooding and droughts, all with serious consequences
for mankind.".<br>
The scientists noted how professional organizations such as the
American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union
have endorsed policies to curb emissions and address climate
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