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<font size="+1"><i>March 10 , 2017 Climate/Weather Link
confirmed as deluges persist, fires rage</i></font><br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.climatesignals.org/headlines/events/great-plains-wildfires-march-2017">http://www.climatesignals.org/headlines/events/great-plains-wildfires-march-2017</a></font><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.climatesignals.org/headlines/events/great-plains-wildfires-march-2017">Great
Plains Wildfires March 2017</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote>The record-breaking wildfires that erupted in early
March in the Great Plains are consistent with the long-term
increasing wildfire activity observed in the western U.S.
grasslands, activity driven by climate change trends in the Great
Plains region.[1] Since the 1970s, large grass and shrubland fires
have increased by more than 100,000 acres per decade. The
frequency and intensity of wildfires in the Great Plains are
increasing as the combination of higher temperatures, untamed
underbrush and more extreme drought elevate wildfire risk. Formal
attribution work has identified the fingerprint of global warming
in the record hot temperatures that swept across the US east of
the Rockies in February 2017, as climate change increased the
likelihood of such heat by threefold. The heat fueled worsening
drought conditions in the Great Plains region, contributing to the
extreme fire conditions in early March that precipitated major
blazes in Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Texas. One blaze,
encompassing Clark and Comanche counties along Kansas' southern
border with Oklahoma, is the largest wildfire on record in the
state. The previous record was set just one year prior.[2]
Record-breaking events are a classic signal of climate change, as
records tend to break when natural variation runs in the same
direction as climate change, in this instance towards larger
wildfires.<br>
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administration believe in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
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255);">March 9, 2017 4:41 PM EST - President Trump and many of his
top aides have expressed skepticism about<span
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://floodlist.com/climate/climate-study-intense-frequent-severe-rainstorms-likely-no-drop-off-expected">http://floodlist.com/climate/climate-study-intense-frequent-severe-rainstorms-likely-no-drop-off-expected</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="http://floodlist.com/climate/climate-study-intense-frequent-severe-rainstorms-likely-no-drop-off-expected">Climate
Study: More Intense and Frequent Severe Rainstorms Likely; No
Drop Off Expected</a></b><br>
BY FLOODLIST <br>
<blockquote>Kevin Trenberth: "Moreover, it means there is no limit
to the changes that can occur, as otherwise might be suspected if
there were a fixed relationship."..<br>
A University of Connecticut climate scientist confirms that more
intense and more frequent severe rainstorms will likely continue
as temperatures rise due to global warming, despite some
observations that seem to suggest otherwise...<br>
In a research paper appearing this week in Nature Climate Change,
UConn civil and environmental engineering professor Guiling Wang
explains that data showing the intensity of severe rainstorms
declining after temperatures reach a certain threshold are merely
a reflection of climate variability. It is not proof that there is
a fixed upper temperature limit for future increases in severe
rains, after which they would begin to drop off...<br>
"We hope this information puts things in better perspective and
clarifies the confusion around this issue," says Wang, who led an
international team of climate experts in conducting the study. "We
also hope this will lead to a more accurate way of analyzing and
describing climate change."..<br>
Climate scientists and policymakers closely monitor severe and
prolonged rainstorms as they can have a devastating impact on
local environments and economies. These damaging storms can cause
catastrophic flooding; overwhelm sewage treatment plants; increase
the risk of waterborne disease; and wipe out valuable
crops...Trenberth explains the findings this way:<br>
"In general, extreme precipitation increases with higher
temperatures because the air can hold more moisture — although
that depends on moisture availability. But beyond a certain point,
it is the other way round: the temperature responds to the
precipitation, or more strictly speaking, the conditions leading
to the precipitation, [such as extensive cloud cover or surface
moisture]. The most obvious example of this is in a drought where
there is no precipitation. Another example is in cloudy, stormy
conditions, when it is wet and cool. By relating the changes in
precipitation to the temperature where the relationship reverses –
instead of the mean temperature as in previous studies — we can
make sense of the differences and the changes. Moreover, it means
there is no limit to the changes that can occur, as otherwise
might be suspected if there were a fixed relationship."<br>
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class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>lawsuit could<span
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class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>everything. No
wonder the Trump administration doesn't want it going to
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<blockquote>The Trump administration this week filed a motion to
overturn a ruling by a federal judge back in November that cleared
the lawsuit for trial — and filed a separate motion to delay trial
preparation until that appeal is considered...<br>
The lawsuit — the first of its kind — argues the federal
government has violated the constitutional right of the 21
plaintiffs to a healthy climate system...<br>
Environmental groups say the case — if it's successful — could
force even a reluctant government to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and take other measures to counter warming...<br>
"It would be huge," said Pat Gallagher, legal director at the
Sierra Club, who is not involved in the case. "It would upend
climate litigation, climate law, as we know it."...<br>
Regardless of the final outcome, legal experts have highlighted
the lawsuit's importance as a novel approach to the climate issue
in the United States. "It could spawn a whole new universe of
litigation at both the state and the federal levels," Gallagher
said.<br>
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<br>
<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wwa.climatecentral.org/analyses/us-heat-february-2017/">https://wwa.climatecentral.org/analyses/us-heat-february-2017/</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://wwa.climatecentral.org/analyses/us-heat-february-2017/">Climate
Change Link Confirmed in February Heat</a></b><br>
<blockquote> Scientists with <a
href="https://wwa.climatecentral.org/analyses/us-heat-february-2017/">World
Weather Attribution</a>, an international program led by Climate
Central, conducted a rapid analysis and found that human-induced
climate change increased both the intensity and frequency of the
kind of extreme heat experienced last month in most parts of the
United States.<br>
The contiguous United States (CONUS) was exceedingly warm east of
the Rockies in February 2017. Figure 1 shows monthly mean
temperatures up to 6 °C (11°F) above normal. In contrast, the
Pacific Northwest was colder than normal. One of the most
noteworthy aspects of the persistent February warmth in the U.S.
can be seen in the ratio of record high to record low
temperatures. According to the National Centers for Environmental
Information (NCEI), more than 6,300 record daily highs were tied
or broken compared to less than 130 record lows. As a result,
February will go down as the 27th month in a row with more record
highs than lows. For every low temperature record set there were
49 high temperature records set, the highest such monthly ratio
since January 1920.<br>
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<br>
<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092016/faster-attribution-studies-scientists-zero-climate-change-role-louisiana-floods-downpours">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092016/faster-attribution-studies-scientists-zero-climate-change-role-louisiana-floods-downpours</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092016/faster-attribution-studies-scientists-zero-climate-change-role-louisiana-floods-downpours">Hesitance
to Link Some Weather Events to Climate Change 'No Longer
Appropriate'</a></b><br>
<blockquote>Fast study showed climate change's influence on
Louisiana's devastating floods. The method is being used to more
quickly assess some types of extreme weather.<br>
While WWA was one of the first research teams to try rapid
attribution, and it remains one of the only teams to conduct these
analyses consistently, interest in the field is growing. "I think
it's going to become like weather forecasting––done routinely and
maybe in operational centers," said Adam Sobel, a Columbia
University professor who contributed to the National Academies'
report.<br>
</blockquote>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.climateinvestigations.org/trump_administration_pressing_for_appeal_dismissal_of_climate_lawsuit">http://www.climateinvestigations.org/trump_administration_pressing_for_appeal_dismissal_of_climate_lawsuit</a></font><br>
<b><font size="+1"><a
href="http://www.climateinvestigations.org/trump_administration_pressing_for_appeal_dismissal_of_climate_lawsuit">Trump
Administration Pressing for Appeal, Dismissal of Climate
Lawsuit</a></font></b><br>
Posted by Dan Zegart on March 09, 2017 ·<br>
<blockquote> The Trump administration is <a
href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/58c08d521b631b9e64284395/1489014099526/Doc+120-1+Memo+in+Support+of+Fed+Motion+to+Certify+Order+for+Interlocutory+Appeal.pdf">asking</a>
an Oregon federal judge in the Our Children's Trust case to let a
higher court review her decision to permit a historic climate
change lawsuit to proceed, and to halt the case pending the
outcome of that review....<br>
In 2015, a group of 21 young plaintiffs aged 9 to 20 from all over
the United States, along with renowned climate scientist James
Hansen, who is acting as guardian for future generations, sued the
federal government for allegedly violating their constitutional
rights via policies that promote global warming...<br>
The suit, filed by the non-profit Our Children's Trust
organization, claims there is a "public trust" obligation by the
federal government under the constitution to take necessary
measures to protect the climate. In a November 10, 2016 decision,
federal District Court Judge Ann Aiken agreed with the OCT
plaintiffs, and ruled they were entitled under the Due Process
Clause of the Fifth Amendment to a trial to decide if the
government failed in that duty, a startling decision...<br>
In <a
href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/58c08d521b631b9e64284395/1489014099526/Doc+120-1+Memo+in+Support+of+Fed+Motion+to+Certify+Order+for+Interlocutory+Appeal.pdf">papers
filed Monday</a>, in Eugene, Oregon, U.S. Department of Justice
attorneys requested permission from Judge Aiken to appeal her
decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals..<br>
...It was the Ninth Circuit that <a
href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/09/25/09-17490.pdf">killed</a>
another pioneering climate lawsuit, Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.
et al, in 2012, by upholding a lower court's decision to dismiss
the case. In Kivalina, a native Alaskan fishing village sued a
number of energy companies, fossil fuel producers like Peabody
Energy and Shell as well as electric utilities like Southern
Company, for their role in causing climatic warming in the Arctic
that eroded ice barriers that protected village from encroachment
by the ocean...<br>
The Circuit Court decided that the case was asking the judicial
branch to take actions that were actually the province of the
Environmental Protection Agency, under powers granted by the
federal Clean Air Act.<br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/08/how-climate-change-battles-are-increasingly-being-fought-and-won-in-court">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/08/how-climate-change-battles-are-increasingly-being-fought-and-won-in-court</a></font><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/08/how-climate-change-battles-are-increasingly-being-fought-and-won-in-court">How
climate change battles are increasingly being fought, and won,
in court</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote>Around the world courts are stepping in when politicians
fail to act, with South Africa's government the latest to lose a
groundbreaking climate lawsuit with judges ruling against its
plans for a new coal-fired power station<br>
Since a landmark Dutch climate change case, filed by my
colleagues, resulted in an order that the government significantly
reduce its carbon emissions, lawsuits challenging inaction on
climate change have been filed in courtrooms in Europe, North
America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Some lawsuits target the
inadequacy of policies intended to reduce carbon emissions (as in
the US, New Zealand, Belgium and Switzerland) while others
challenge individual projects that have potentially catastrophic
consequences for the climate (as in Norway, where the government
has permitted new drilling for oil in the Arctic). ..<br>
Climate change litigation is an invaluable strategy at a time when
governments have failed to live up to their repeated promises,
affirmed most recently in the Paris agreement, to prevent
dangerous interference with the climate system. Current pledges to
reduce emissions are projected to lead to warming of 3.2C above
pre-industrial levels – way above the agreed target of "well below
2C" and likely to lead to radical changes in the environment...<br>
Aside from highlighting the obligations of governments to protect
their citizens from foreseeable harm, these cases have the
considerable advantage of putting the facts of climate change on
the public record. These facts, endorsed by governments through
the adoption of scientific reports at the UN, include that climate
change is real; that it is caused by human activity; that it will
dramatically affect every region in the world; and that it is more
cost-effective to act now than later. While it might be expedient
for politicians to obfuscate these facts, it is another matter
altogether to produce evidence to substantiate their position in
court.<br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.desmog.ca/2017/03/03/b-c-s-pipeline-spill-map-has-been-offline-over-eight-months">https://www.desmog.ca/2017/03/03/b-c-s-pipeline-spill-map-has-been-offline-over-eight-months</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://www.desmog.ca/2017/03/03/b-c-s-pipeline-spill-map-has-been-offline-over-eight-months">B.C.'s
Pipeline Spill Map Has Been Offline for Over Eight Months</a></b><br>
<blockquote> Since January 1, 2017 there have been more than 50
accidental releases from pipelines and oil and gas facilities in
Alberta. These spills and leaks, ranging from large to small, from
hazardous to non-hazardous, happen almost every single day...<br>
Don't believe it? You can check for yourself via the Alberta
Energy Regulator's incident reporting dashboard where spills are
documented and information about volume, location and response is
made available to the public...<br>
In B.C., however, the provincial regulator's pipeline incident
reporting page has been offline for eight months (yes, you read
that correctly)...<br>
DeSmog Canada has been reporting on the missing map since October
and the issue was recently taken up by the Globe and Mail...<br>
"In a province where the public debate over increased oil pipeline
capacity has consumed so much energy, Tweet: "Lack of transparency
about BC's management of its existing system is surprising<a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="http://bit.ly/2mnqpLi@justine_hunter@maryforbc#bcpoli%C2%A0%C2%A0thelackoftransparencyabouttheprovince%27smanagementofitsexistingsystemissurprising,">"
http://bit.ly/2mnqpLi @justine_hunter @maryforbc #bcpoli the
lack of transparency about the province's management of its
existing system is surprising,"</a> wrote Justine Hunter as
politicians returned for the spring sitting at the legislature.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/03/09/new-epa-chief-pruitt-odds-own-agency-over-carbon-dioxide-role-global-warming">https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/03/09/new-epa-chief-pruitt-odds-own-agency-over-carbon-dioxide-role-global-warming</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/03/09/new-epa-chief-pruitt-odds-own-agency-over-carbon-dioxide-role-global-warming">EPA
Chief Scott Pruitt Disputes Carbon Dioxide's Role in Global
Warming, Contradicting His Own Agency's Research</a></b><br>
<blockquote>Today Scott Pruitt, the recently appointed head of the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, stated in a CNBC interview
that he does not believe that carbon dioxide is one of the primary
contributors to global warming...<br>
According to a partial excerpt of Pruitt's interview posted on The
Hill, Pruitt stated the following:<br>
<blockquote>"I think that measuring with precision human activity
on the climate is something very challenging to do and there's
tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact. So no, I
would not agree that it's a primary contributor to the global
warming that we see … But we don't know that yet … we need to
continue the debate and continue the review and the analysis."<br>
</blockquote>
The Hill also points out that Pruitt gave the interview outside of
a fossil fuel industry conference that he will be speaking at this
week...<br>
What Pruitt is effectively doing is acting as a "non-denying
denier." He is casting doubt over the scientific consensus — which
scientists have used science to confirm, again and again — while
still claiming that he accepts the science...<br>
Unfortunately, those two points of view cannot coexist because
they directly contradict each other. You cannot claim to accept
the science of climate change while at the same time spreading
doubt about the scientific consensus. Yet this common approach
among climate science deniers is exactly what Pruitt is doing with
his new role as the head of the EPA.<br>
<a href="https://youtu.be/U4U-URPEo3U">(video) EPA Chief Scott
Pruitt Denies Carbon Dioxide Is Driving Global Warming</a> <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/U4U-URPEo3U">https://youtu.be/U4U-URPEo3U</a>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.facebook.com/DeSmogBlog/videos/10158425095565422/">https://www.facebook.com/DeSmogBlog/videos/10158425095565422/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://twitter.com/DeSmogBlog/status/839943302870790145">https://twitter.com/DeSmogBlog/status/839943302870790145</a><br>
video on this with a bunch of children showing that they know more
about climate change than Pruitt does: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.facebook.com/CREDO/videos/10155897354610968/">https://www.facebook.com/CREDO/videos/10155897354610968/</a><br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.popsci.com/how-we-know-that-climate-change-is-happening">http://www.popsci.com/how-we-know-that-climate-change-is-happening</a></font><br>
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style="font-weight: bold;">How we know that<span
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class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is happening—and
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<blockquote> So is Earth past the point of no return? Maybe. Last
year, carbon dioxide concentrations passed a critical threshold of
400 parts per million. Scientists now predict that we'll never go
below that threshold again during our lifetimes. And even if we
stopped emitting carbon today, it could take thousands of years
for the CO2 to be neutralized.<br>
That's not to say that cutting emissions won't help; the lighter
the load, the closer recovery will be, and reduced CO2 levels will
make it easier to mitigate other, shorter-lived greenhouse gases
like methane.<br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://soundcloud.com/positivefeedbackpodcast/clive-hamilton-talks-trump-turnbull-climate-denial-and-the-dangers-of-false-hope">https://soundcloud.com/positivefeedbackpodcast/clive-hamilton-talks-trump-turnbull-climate-denial-and-the-dangers-of-false-hope</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://soundcloud.com/positivefeedbackpodcast/clive-hamilton-talks-trump-turnbull-climate-denial-and-the-dangers-of-false-hope">(audio)
Clive Hamilton talks Trump, Turnbull, climate denial and the
dangers of false hope</a></b><br>
<blockquote> Author Clive Hamilton has been engaged in the climate
debate for more than 20 years, with books selling worldwide.
Always fearless, Hamilton explains his "disgust" at Australia's
Prime Minister and the events in the U.S that are galvanising
climate science deniers. He reveals the frustrations that led him
to quit the Australian Government's Climate Change Authority.<br>
"Hope is a form of evasion"<br>
"It's real, it's starting now and it is only goning to get
worse.... we are going to have serious climate disruptions...
anything we can do to delay. .. this won't be solved by changing
our lightbulbs "<br>
<b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/positivefeedbackpodcast">Positive
Feedback Podcast</a></b> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://soundcloud.com/positivefeedbackpodcast">https://soundcloud.com/positivefeedbackpodcast</a><br>
</blockquote>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://futurism.com/humans-caused-100-of-the-past-centurys-global-warming/">https://futurism.com/humans-caused-100-of-the-past-centurys-global-warming/</a></font><br>
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255);">100 percent of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: normal;">global warming</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>over the past century has
been caused by humans. In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report stated a clear expert
consensus that: "It is extremely likely [defined as 95-100%
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<font size="+1"><b><a href="https://www.media.mit.edu/disobedience/">MIT
Media Lab Disobedience Award Nomination Form</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote>"You don't change the world by doing what you're told."
<br>
— Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab<br>
MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award Nomination Form<br>
We are now accepting nominations for the first-ever MIT Media Lab
Disobedience Award, which carries a $250,000 cash prize, no
strings attached.<br>
The MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award seeks to highlight effective,
responsible, ethical disobedience across disciplines, and around
the world. Disobedience Award objectives are to build awareness
and support of disobedience-robust work being done, and to promote
role models for younger people.<br>
Deadline for submissions is May 1, 2017. Award recipient will be
announced live on July 21, 2017.<br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a href="http://video.msnbc.msn.com/up/51123230">This
Day in Climate History March 10, 2013 </a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
MSNBC's Chris Hayes observes that Planet Earth's temperature is at a
height not seen in 4,000 years.<br>
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