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<font size="+1"><i>May 2, 2017 </i></font><br>
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<blockquote> A conservative group that wants to see the US
government address climate change is trying to reach the president
through his favorite medium:<br>
The ads don't have a target audience of just one, of course.
Besides reaching Trump, the ads are meant to help counterbalance
the networks' tendencies to treat climate change as a two-sided
issue, giving equal airtime to those who deny its existence.
Instead, the ads could help show <a
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-attitudes-usa-idUSKBN168589">something
like reality</a> - most people agree climate change is occurring
but many disagree about how serious it will be. "Much of what you
see in the media [and] advertising raises doubts about whether
there's a scientific consensus about climate change," says George
Frampton, one of the partnership's co-founders. The group hopes to
get the idea of conservative support for action on climate change
out there, influencing think tanks and media bookers and
eventually getting the message to Republicans in the House and
Senate, too.<br>
See the YouTube Videos:<br>
<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtiEpO7FC3k">(video)
"If 97% of all Dentists told you" </a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/KtiEpO7FC3k">https://youtu.be/KtiEpO7FC3k</a>
30 Seconds<br>
<b><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=7TihX4S-T4M">(video)
Gone Fishing</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/7TihX4S-T4M">https://youtu.be/7TihX4S-T4M</a>
30 Second spot<br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.mightyearth.org/major-anti-climate-provision/">http://www.mightyearth.org/major-anti-climate-provision/</a></font><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.mightyearth.org/major-anti-climate-provision/">Major
Anti-Climate Provision Added to the Omnibus Appropriations
Bill</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote> The just-released Omnibus Appropriations bill includes
a controversial provision that declares burning of biomass for
electricity carbon neutral – counting it as an equivalent to truly
clean energy sources like solar and wind power, even though
biomass greenhouse gas emissions generate approximately 150% the
emissions of coal and 300-400% those of natural gas per unit of
energy produced. The provision is expected to inhibit the
development of the solar and wind industries, and also contribute
to increased levels of conventional air pollutions. Ramping up
electricity production from forest biomass would take vast amounts
of tree and woody material. The proposed conversion of the
Boardman plant in Oregon from coal to biomass would require 3.8
million tons of biomass a year, which would be sourced from
national forests.<br>
In response, Henry Waxman, Chairman of Mighty Earth, said:<br>
"<b>Just because Congress says burning trees for electricity is
carbon neutral doesn't mean that it is.</b> This provision
repeats some of the same mistakes in the Renewable Fuel Standard
that has had massive unintended negative consequences for forests,
the climate, and consumers. By incentivizing dirty energy, this
policy will disadvantage truly clean renewables like wind and
solar.<br>
"This provision is a blatant attack on science. Science clearly
shows that burning of trees for electricity produces far more
pollution than even coal. Congress should leave climate science to
the scientists.<br>
"The policy also sets an example for rainforest nations,
suggesting that somehow burning forests is a solution to climate
change. As such, this policy plays into the hands of some of the
world's worst forest destroyers."<br>
<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060053850">https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060053850</a></font><br>
<a href="https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060053850"><b>APPROPRIATIONS
- 2 contentious air provisions hitch ride on omnibus </b></a><br>
Hannah Hess and Sean Reilly, E&E News reporters<br>
Published: Monday, May 1, 2017<br>
The broad fiscal 2017 spending bill released overnight includes
contentious language to require the federal government to treat
emissions from forest biomass as carbon neutral....<br>
"This provision repeats some of the same mistakes in the Renewable
Fuel Standard that has had massive unintended negative
consequences for forests, the climate, and consumers," Waxman, now
chairman of the advocacy firm Waxman Strategies, said in a
statement to E&E News...<br>
Environmentalists say the rider ignores carbon dioxide emissions
released by power plants that burn wood, and that boosting
bioenergy would mean cutting down more trees in the United States
and set an example for rainforest nations that could lead to
destructive practices.<br>
"Biomass is not carbon neutral, and it will never be a solution to
climate change, and pretending otherwise is bowing down to the
timber industry," said Friends of the Earth Senior Political
Strategist Ben Schreiber. "The inclusion of this rider is a
significant setback for the integrity of science in climate change
research."...<br>
<b>Ozone</b><br>
The omnibus also reflects lawmakers' continuing preoccupation with
potential compliance challenges posed by EPA's
70-parts-per-billion ground-level ozone standard, adopted in 2015.
Significant parts of the country still don't meet the previous 75
ppb standard from 2008.<br>
Explanatory language associated with the fiscal 2017 spending bill
requires the administration to give states "some flexibility" to
meet these potentially overlapping standards...<br>
Trump has used executive action to take aim at climate-friendly
policy tools. Congress also got involved through the Congressional
Review Act, eliminating some of the most contentious Obama-era
environmental rules.<br>
See also<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.epa.gov/ozone-pollution/health-effects-ozone-pollution">https://www.epa.gov/ozone-pollution/health-effects-ozone-pollution</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.epa.gov/ozone-pollution-and-your-patients-health/health-effects-ozone-general-population">https://www.epa.gov/ozone-pollution-and-your-patients-health/health-effects-ozone-general-population</a><br>
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<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90142&src=nha">https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90142&src=nha</a></font></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90142&src=nha">Fires
in the Yucatan</a></b><br>
<blockquote>On April 25, 2017, the Visible Infrared Imaging
Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite acquired this
natural-color image of widespread fire activity across the Yucatán
Peninsula. Each red hot spot is an area where the thermal bands on
the instrument detected temperatures higher than normal. For a
false-color image of these fires, visit NOAA's Environmental
Visualization Laboratory.<br>
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font-size: 13px;">Apr 19, 2017</span></div>
From April 17 to 29, eight technicians from the United States
Forest Service USFS will visit the Yucatan Peninsula in order to
conduct supervision of the Incident Management Teams (Equipos de
Manejo de Incendios, EMI, in Spanish), used to combat forest
fires, this was announced by the manager State government of the
National Forest Commission .<br>
The forest fire situation will then be analyzed in the states of
Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo, to define the place where they
will activate...<br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.worldtribune.com/wave-of-cancellations-hits-ny-times-over-broadened-opinion-section/">http://www.worldtribune.com/wave-of-cancellations-hits-ny-times-over-broadened-opinion-section/</a></font><a
href="http://www.worldtribune.com/wave-of-cancellations-hits-ny-times-over-broadened-opinion-section/"><br>
<b>Wave of cancellations hits NY Times over broadened opinion
section</b></a><br>
<blockquote>The New York Times' decision to run an op-ed piece by a
so-called "climate change denier" sent a number of the paper's
readers into a frenzy, with many canceling or threatening to
cancel their subscriptions.<br>
In his debut column for the Times, Bret Stephens on April 28 wrote
that inaccurate polling data during the 2016 presidential campaign
proves that science can miss the mark in other fields, such as
climate change.<br>
<a href="https://twitter.com/rahmstorf/status/857625862933540864"><i>"</i><i>One
of the most eloquent statements re Stephens comes from a
climate scientist associated with his cancellation:" </i></a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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<span class="st" style="line-height: 1.4; word-wrap:
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128);">3 hours ago -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>A
"Tiny Fraction" of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em
style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color:
rgb(106, 106, 106);">New York Times</em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Readers Have<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em
style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color:
rgb(106, 106, 106);">Canceled</em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Their Subscriptions
... The Times appears to be weathering the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em
style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color:
rgb(106, 106, 106);">Stephens</em><span
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href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2017/05/01/an-atmosphere-of-doubtlessnessness/?utm_term=.155abff601f7">https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2017/05/01/an-atmosphere-of-doubtlessnessness/?utm_term=.155abff601f7</a><br>
<b><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2017/05/01/an-atmosphere-of-doubtlessnessness/?utm_term=.155abff601f7">(Satire)
ComPost Opinion An atmosphere of doubtlessnessness</a></b><b> </b>
by Alexandra Petri ( With apologies to Bret Stephens, sort of. ) <br>
"But here's the thing: Maybe nobody knows anything. Otherwise that
would mean that there were people who knew more than me, and that
can't be correct.<br>
Who among us can say that they understand science? Not me, and Bill
Nye the Science Guy has become so political these days that I don't
even want to hear from him. Who dares profess himself my better
without traducing the whole spirit of democracy? In vino, veritas."<br>
<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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<blockquote> In a warming West, areas where wine grapes are growing
at the limit of their cold tolerance may see a respite from
frigid, plant-damaging winters. But other changes, including
droughts, erratic swings in temperature, and earlier ripening may
make viticulture more difficult even in cooler locations like
Western Colorado. Warmer areas, meanwhile, including parts of
California, may become too hot for the high-quality wine grapes
that thrived there in the past. Thanks to the resilient nature of
grapevines and the growing demand for regional wine, experts don't
expect vineyards to disappear from the West. However, which
varieties are grown where, and at what cost, will likely continue
to shift in the coming decades.<br>
The start of spring has been advancing across the United States;
Helleckson has noticed early warm spells at his vineyard too. That
can pull vines out of winter dormancy before the threat of frost
is past, leaving buds susceptible to freezing.<br>
In the fall, sudden temperature drops - the sort of variability
that is expected to increase with climate change - can be
particularly damaging if plants haven't yet acclimated to colder
weather.<br>
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initial;">And while weather patterns can change from year to year,
Lake Superior appears to be behaving in ways that, to scientists,
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change is a threat - but it won<font color="#000099">'</font>t
hurt me, Americans say</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote>Seven in 10 Americans believe global warming is
happening, but less than half think it will harm them personally,
a new Yale University study estimates.<br>
Most Americans, however, are still worried about climate change,
and believe it will hurt future generations both in the United
States and in developing countries, the report found.<br>
Sixty-nine percent of Americans surveyed - as well as the majority
in every Congressional district - said they believe the government
should set strict carbon dioxide limits on coal-fired power
plants, a policy that is in line with former President Obama's
proposed Clean Power Plan, the study found.<br>
The study, published this week, is part of the Yale Climate
Opinion Maps 2.0, an interactive tool based on a 2016 survey on
climate change beliefs and attitudes in the United States.<br>
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href="http://www.climatesignals.org/headlines/events/us-severe-storms-and-floods-april-2017">http://www.climatesignals.org/headlines/events/us-severe-storms-and-floods-april-2017</a>
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<b><font color="#3333ff" size="+1"><a
href="http://www.climatesignals.org/headlines/events/us-severe-storms-and-floods-april-2017">US
Severe Storms and Floods April 2017</a></font></b><br>
<blockquote>A major slow-moving storm brought heavy rains, dangerous
winds, tornadoes, and flooding across much of the central US
beginning April 28. States from Oklahoma to Indiana recorded
extreme three-day rainfall totals of 5 to 11 inches,[2] Kansas
experienced a rare late-season blizzard, the Ozarks were hit by
record-shattering flood crests, and eastern Texas saw two EF-3
tornadoes. At least 18 people have been killed.[3] Climate change
is amplifying rainfall across all storm types. One of the clearest
changes in the weather across the globe and in the US is the
increasing frequency and intensity of heavy rain and snow. A
warmer atmosphere holds more water, and storms supplied by climate
change with increasing moisture are widely observed to produce
heavier rain and snow. Climate change may also be linked to the
persistence of slow-moving events such as this by driving changes
in atmospheric circulation.<br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20998-2004Dec22.html">This
Day in Climate History May 2, 2008 </a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
<font size="+1">On MSNBC's "Countdown," Keith Olbermann and guest
Rachel<br>
Maddow react to GOP presidential candidate John McCain's remarks<br>
earlier in the day linking the Iraq War to US energy policy.<i><br>
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