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<font size="+1"><i>March 23, 2017 Ivanka MacGuffin, No
investigations in Maine, Sen Whitehouse Grills Gorsuch</i></font><br>
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href="http://theweek.com/articles/686479/ivanka-trump-climate-macguffin">http://theweek.com/articles/686479/ivanka-trump-climate-macguffin</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="http://theweek.com/articles/686479/ivanka-trump-climate-macguffin">Ivanka
Trump, climate MacGuffin (Pacific Standard)</a></b><br>
<blockquote> The great director Alfred Hitchcock often spoke of the
"MacGuffin," a plot device that appears to move the story forward
but merely leads to a dead end. (Some enjoy eating them as red
herrings.) Ivanka Trump is our most dangerous MacGuffin in the
climate arena - the MacGuffin dressed in pearls.<br>
Media reports have Ivanka Trump trying to convince her father to
remain within the Paris climate accord. The minute you start
thinking that Ivanka is having a moderating influence on her
father, or that any of this is serious, stop. This is
green-washing of the highest order, and Ivanka's so-called efforts
to convince her father not to throw the historic accord out the
window are unconvincing given the harsh reality: The Paris
agreement does not require the United States to do anything. ..<br>
Ivanka's efforts to convince her father are a ruse. If she were
serious, she'd be pleading with her father not to decimate the
Environmental Protection Agency - as his proposed budget appears
to do. That proposed budget includes cuts of 20 to 30 percent in
funding for core enforcement and research, and proposes cutting
the Office of Research and Development, which oversees most
climate research, by 40 percent - a move, as Science magazine
reports, that would cause the EPA's research capacities to
"implode."<br>
This administration is dropping a MacGuffin a minute. While we're
watching Ivanka, the action is decisively shifting outward, to
other countries, like China, for example, which is expected to
invest hundreds of billions of dollars in renewable energy
technologies, and jobs, over the next three years, while its use
of coal plummets. In this country, cities and states have been
carving out a parallel universe of climate initiatives while
Washington falls apart. States including California, New York, and
even Texas are showing steady increases in the use of renewables.
Last week, the women mayors of 15 of the world's biggest cities -
including Paris, Madrid, Washington, D.C., Sydney, Barcelona,
Cape Town, Warsaw, and Bangalore - gathered in New York City to
articulate their commitment to "low-carbon cities of the future."
They're part of a larger global alliance of more than 90 cities,
C40 Cities, collaborating on initiatives to shift away from energy
sources reliant on fossil fuels. Ivanka Trump, according to a C40
spokesperson, was not scheduled to attend.<br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://psmag.com/meet-the-women-mayors-fighting-climate-change-bd069c3aec1e#.b4w0snf1r">https://psmag.com/meet-the-women-mayors-fighting-climate-change-bd069c3aec1e#.b4w0snf1r</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://psmag.com/meet-the-women-mayors-fighting-climate-change-bd069c3aec1e#.b4w0snf1r">Worldwide,
Women Mayors Are Fighting Climate Change</a></b><br>
<blockquote> At a gathering of women mayors from around the world,
we saw good evidence that there should be more of them.<br>
The meeting was hosted by the C40 Cities network, a global group
focused on the role of cities in reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. This year, the group has its first woman chair, Paris
Mayor Anne Hidalgo (who also happens to be the first woman mayor
of Paris). In her opening remarks Hidalgo stressed that bringing
more women into the process will lead to better climate
outcomes — and she and C40 have ideas for how to make that happen.<br>
"It's not a coincidence that the president of the United
States is not particularly concerned with climate or women's
issues. That tends to go hand-in-hand."<br>
The New York event marked the launch of the Women4Climate
initiative, part of a new effort to boost women's leadership on
climate at the local level through mentorship and
knowledge-sharing. But Wednesday's event was more of a public
brainstorm. Following a historic Women's March on Washington, and
on the heels of International Women's Day, the radical roots of
which were celebrated this year as never before, the emphasis at
this C40 meeting felt especially urgent.<br>
One of the best ways to prioritize climate change may well be to
get more women in power.<br>
"Regardless of uncertainty at the national level, mayors can
lead at the city level on climate change," she said.<br>
"Once you stop thinking about making sure that women are at the
table, you're also going to end up in a situation where climate
change is less of a priority," Fuchs said. "It's not a coincidence
that the president of the U.S. is not particularly concerned with
climate or women's issues. That tends to go hand-in-hand."<br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/03/22/bill-would-bar-discrimination-toward-climate-change-doubters/">http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/03/22/bill-would-bar-discrimination-toward-climate-change-doubters/</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/03/22/bill-would-bar-discrimination-toward-climate-change-doubters/">Bill
Would Bar Discrimination Toward Climate Change Doubters</a></b><br>
<blockquote> By MARINA VILLENEUVE and PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated
Press<br>
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine laws protect people from
discrimination based on factors such as race, disabilities and
sexual orientation, and a Republican lawmaker wants to add a
person's beliefs about climate change to that list.<br>
Rep. Larry Lockman has introduced a bill that would limit the
attorney general's ability to investigate or prosecute people
based on their political speech, including their views on climate
change. It would also prohibit the state from discriminating in
buying goods or services or awarding grants or contracts based on
a person's "climate change policy preferences."<br>
Lockman, an independent business consultant, told the Associated
Press that he believes it's an open question whether human
activity is the primary cause of climate change.<br>
"We need to have a vigorous public debate on that question," he
said.<br>
Peer-reviewed studies, science organizations and climate
scientists say that the world is warming from man-made forces.<br>
Lockman wants to<b> prohibit the state attorney general from
investigating, joining an investigation or prosecuting any
person based on that person's protected political speech.</b><br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/donald-trumps-budget-means-us-spending-climate-change">https://www.carbonbrief.org/donald-trumps-budget-means-us-spending-climate-change</a></font><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a
href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/donald-trumps-budget-means-us-spending-climate-change">In-depth:
What Donald Trump's budget means for US spending on climate
change</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote> On Thursday, President Trump unveiled his first budget
proposal. Entitled "America First: A budget blueprint to make
America Great Again", the document outlines how the new
administration plans to "reprioritise Federal spending",
redirecting funding away from a suite of government agencies in
favour of increases in defence and immigration enforcement
spending.<br>
A statement by President Trump insists the proposed cuts are
"sensible and rational", adding:<br>
"Every agency and department will be driven to achieve greater
efficiency and to eliminate wasteful spending in carrying out
their honorable service to the American people."<br>
It's worth noting that the document is only a "blueprint", laying
out the president's priorities for the 2018 fiscal year. The full
federal budget will be released later this Spring and must first
pass through Congress for approval. In the meantime, it's worth
looking at which research programmes the new administration has in
its sights and the consequences of the proposed cuts for climate
science.<br>
Four 'Earth-viewing' programmes scrapped at NASA<br>
The president's proposed budget allocates $19.1bn for the US
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), representing
a 0.8% cut from current levels.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/arctic-sea-ice-sets-record-low-peak-for-3rd-year-21268">http://www.climatecentral.org/news/arctic-sea-ice-sets-record-low-peak-for-3rd-year-21268</a></font><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/arctic-sea-ice-sets-record-low-peak-for-3rd-year-21268">Arctic
sea ice sets record low peak for third year in a row</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote> Constant warmth punctuated by repeated winter heat
waves stymied Arctic sea ice growth this winter, leaving the
winter sea ice cover missing an area the size of California and
Texas combined and setting a record low maximum for the third year
in a row.<br>
The area of the Arctic Ocean covered by sea ice usually hits its
winter peak in early to mid-March, as the freeze season ends with
the re-emergence of the sun above the horizon...<br>
This year's maximum was likely reached on March 7, the NSIDC said
Wednesday, when sea ice covered 5.57 million square miles, the
lowest in 38 years of satellite records. This area came in just
under 2015's maximum of 5.605 million square miles (the NSIDC
slightly revised its numbers last summer, so 2015's maximum
actually ranks lower than 2016) and 471,000 square miles below the
1981-2010 average, an area larger than California and Texas
combined...<br>
Arctic sea ice was also thinner this winter than in the past four
years, according to data from the European Space Agency's
CryoSat-2 satellite...<br>
Much of the reason for this thinness and smaller ice area was the
consistent warmth throughout the autumn and winter. Across the
Arctic Ocean, temperatures during this period were about 4.5°F
(2.5°C) above average, with parts of the Chukchi and Barents seas
coming in at 9°F (5°C) above average. (The Chukchi Sea lies
between Alaska and Russia, while the Barents Sea sits to the north
of Scandinavia.)<br>
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href="http://www.businessinsider.com/rex-tillerson-exxon-email-climate-change-schneiderman-2017-3">http://www.businessinsider.com/rex-tillerson-exxon-email-climate-change-schneiderman-2017-3</a><br>
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255);">Exxon must turn over all relevant management documents to
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<blockquote> The letter describes how Tillerson's "Wayne Tracker"
emails were exempted from a "file sweep" that protects personal
emails on Exxon's server from automatic deletion. The emails,
ranging from September 5, 2014 to September 16, 2015, were
classified by Exxon's system as non-personal, and were wiped...<br>
A secondary search, with broader terms, turned up some of the
missing "Wayne Tracker" emails, though none from September 5, 2014
to November 28, 2014...<br>
"Tillerson was the only custodian who used a secondary account,
and ExxonMobil is aware of no email account, other than the Wayne
Tracker account, for which this issue has arisen," the letter
reads.<br>
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<blockquote> A new study looks at the complex relationship between
global warming and increased precipitation<br>
It's a well-known scientific principle that warmer air holds more
water vapor. In fact, the amount of moisture that can be held in
air grows very rapidly as temperatures increase. So, it's expected
that in general, air will get moister as the Earth warms -
provided there is a moisture source. This may cause more intense
rainfalls and snow events, which lead to increased risk of
flooding. ..<br>
But warmer air can also more quickly evaporate water from
surfaces. This means that areas where it's not precipitating dry
out more quickly. In fact, it's likely that some regions will
experience both more drought and more flooding in the future (just
not at the same time!). The dry spells are longer and with faster
evaporation causing dryness in soils. But, when the rains fall,
they come in heavy downpours potentially leading to more floods.
The recent flooding in California – which followed a very intense
and prolonged drought – provides a great example...<br>
A new clever study by Dr. Guiling Wang from the University of
Connecticut and her colleagues has looked into this and they've
made a surprising discovery. Their work was just published in
Nature Climate Change. They report that the peak temperature (the
temperature where maximum precipitation occurs) is not fixed in
space or time. It is increasing in a warming world. ...The authors
also looked at how we characterize the temperature/precipitation
relationship. Traditionally, we have related precipitation events
to the local average temperature. However, it's clear that there's
a strong relationship between the peak temperature and the
precipitation rates. In fact, relations reveal that precipitation
rates are increasing between 5 and 10% for every degree C
increase. The expected rate of increase, just based on
thermodynamics is 7%....<br>
It falls upon city planners and engineers to design infrastructure
that is more able to accommodate heavy rains and manage water.
This means designing river containment areas or flood plains,
reinforcing buildings and houses, and increasing the capacity of
storm drainage in urban areas, just to name a few. These
modifications present costs but not preparing for increased
flooding poses even greater financial and social costs. Moreover,
storing water from times when there is too much for the inevitable
times when we have too little (drought), results in better water
management and multiple benefits.<br>
This shows why climate science is so important. The US government
is in the process of decimating our climate science
infrastructure. The current US congress and our president have
lost the battle of science - they have no reputable scientists to
hide behind in their climate change denial. But, what they are
doing instead is decapitating our ability to predict and plan for
the future. By defunding organizations like NASA, the EPA, and
NOAA, they are making us fly blind into a future. <br>
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255);">Such a dramatic slowdown, they argued, meant that the world
could now hope to keep<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
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style="font-weight: bold;">Bill Would Bar Discrimination
Toward<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: bold;">Climate Change</b> Doubters</span></a></h2>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">Larry Lockman has introduced a bill that would limit the
attorney general's ability to investigate or prosecute people
based on their political speech, including their views on<span
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255);">When carbon dioxide levels rise, they cause stratospheric
ozone concentrations to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/DKfP63NH4DM">https://youtu.be/DKfP63NH4DM</a></font><br>
<font color="#000099"><b><a href="https://youtu.be/DKfP63NH4DM">Alive
and Well: Microbes Add to Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet
(video)</a></b></font><br>
YaleClimateConnections Video 4:43<br>
Scientists are investigating a new "positive feedback" in
Greenland's melting ice sheet - as climate warms, more microbial
growth on the ice sheet is darkening ice, and hastening ice melt and
sea level rise.<br>
<br>
<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/21/whitehouse_grills_gorsuch_on_dark_money_and_citizens_united.html">http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/21/whitehouse_grills_gorsuch_on_dark_money_and_citizens_united.html</a></font><br>
<font color="#000099"><b><a
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/21/whitehouse_grills_gorsuch_on_dark_money_and_citizens_united.html">Watch
Sen. Whitehouse Grill Gorsuch About Dark Money, Corporate
Power, and Citizens United</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote> Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Neil
Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court has not revealed a great
deal about the nominee. Gorsuch has proved adept at avoiding
substantive answers, citing his commitment to impartiality as
reason to remain silent on important issues. But Democratic Sen.
Sheldon Whitehouse rattled Gorsuch with a series of increasingly
tough questions about corruption, corporate spending, and Citizens
United. Noting that outside groups are spending millions of
dollars urging Gorsuch's confirmation—and previously spent
millions attacking Judge Merrick Garland—Whitehouse brought up
Philip F. Anschutz, a secretive billionaire with ties to Gorsuch.
He then asked Gorsuch about the constitutionality disclosure
requirements for political contributions and expenditures. Gorsuch
refused to answer directly, of course, but the resulting colloquy
is quite fascinating.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/21/whitehouse_grills_gorsuch_on_dark_money_and_citizens_united.html">http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/21/whitehouse_grills_gorsuch_on_dark_money_and_citizens_united.html</a><br>
Senator Whitehouse had an amazing statement linking Citizens
United, the fossil fuel industry, Senate action on climate, and
fossil fuel subsidies. It's really really excellently laid out.<br>
We posted the clip to facebook here: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.facebook.com/priceofoil/videos/1850302538329162/">https://www.facebook.com/priceofoil/videos/1850302538329162/</a><br>
And posted to twitter: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://twitter.com/david_turnbull/status/844685736993419265">https://twitter.com/david_turnbull/status/844685736993419265</a><br>
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<font color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-pelley-and-catherine-herrick-on-global-warming-coverage/">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-pelley-and-catherine-herrick-on-global-warming-coverage/</a>
</font><font size="+1"><b><br>
<a
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-pelley-and-catherine-herrick-on-global-warming-coverage/">This
Day in Climate History March 23, 2006 </a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
<blockquote> In a CBSNews.com interview, "60 Minutes" correspondent
Scott Pelley explains why he doesn't cite the views of
climate-change deniers in his stories: <br>
"'If I do an interview with Elie Wiesel,' he asks, 'am I required
as a journalist to find a Holocaust denier?' He says his team
tried hard to find a respected scientist who contradicted the
prevailing opinion in the scientific community, but there was no
one out there who fit that description. 'This isn't about politics
or pseudo-science or conspiracy theory blogs,' he says. <b>'This
is about sound science...'There becomes a point in journalism
where striving for balance becomes irresponsible.'"</b><br>
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