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    <font size="+1"><i>May 8, 2017</i></font><br>
    <br>
    <font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.vox.com/2016/10/4/13118594/2-degrees-no-more-fossil-fuels">https://www.vox.com/2016/10/4/13118594/2-degrees-no-more-fossil-fuels</a></font><br>
    <font color="#000099" size="+1"><b><a
href="https://www.vox.com/2016/10/4/13118594/2-degrees-no-more-fossil-fuels">No
          country on Earth is taking the 2 degree climate target
          seriously</a></b></font><br>
    <blockquote> If we mean what we say, no more new fossil fuels,
      anywhere.<br>
      One of the morbidly fascinating aspects of climate change is how
      much cognitive dissonance it generates, in individuals and nations
      alike.<br>
      The more you understand the <a
href="https://grist.org/climate-change/2011-12-05-the-brutal-logic-of-climate-change/">brutal
        logic of climate change</a> - what it could mean, the effort
      necessary to forestall it - the more the intensity of the
      situation seems out of whack with the workaday routines of
      day-to-day life.  <b>It's a species-level emergency, but almost
        no one is acting like it is.</b> And it's very, very difficult
      to be the only one acting like there<font size="-1">'</font>s an
      emergency, especially when the emergency is abstract and
      science-derived, grasped primarily by the intellect.<br>
      <b>This <a
href="https://grist.org/article/why-climate-change-doesnt-spark-moral-outrage-and-how-it-could/">psychological
          schism</a> is true for individuals, and it's true for nations.
        Take the Paris climate agreement.</b><br>
      In Paris, in 2015, the countries of the world agreed (<a
        href="http://www.vox.com/2014/4/22/5551004/two-degrees">again</a>)
      on the moral imperative to hold the rise in global average
      temperature to under 2 degrees Celsius, and to pursue "efforts to
      limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees." To date, 62
      countries, including the United States, China, and <a
href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/02/496305658/india-ratifies-paris-climate-change-agreement">India</a>,
      have ratified the agreement.<br>
      Are any of the countries that signed the Paris agreement taking
      the actions necessary to achieve that target?<br>
      No. The US is not. Nor is the world as a whole.<br>
      The actions necessary to hold to 2 degrees, much less 1.5 degrees,
      are simply outside the bounds of conventional politics in most
      countries. Anyone who proposed them would sound crazy, like they
      were proposing, I don't know, a war or something.<br>
      So we say 2 degrees is unacceptable. But we don't act like it is.<br>
      This cognitive dissonance is brought home yet again in a <a
href="http://priceofoil.org/content/uploads/2016/09/OCI_the_skys_limit_2016_FINAL_2.pdf">report
        published in October from Oil Change International</a> (in
      collaboration with a bunch of green groups). It's about fossil
      fuels and how much of them we can afford to dig up and burn, if
      we're serious about what we said in Paris. It's mostly simple
      math, but the implications are vast and unsettling.<br>
      Let's start from the beginning.<br>
      <b>Staying beneath 2 degrees means immediately and rapidly
        declining emissions</b><br>
      The report recommends that 2 degrees be seen instead as "an upper
      limit, a defense line that needs to be stringently defended, while
      less warming would be preferable."<br>
      That math is daunting.<br>
      <b>Staying beneath 2 degrees means ceasing all new fossil fuel
        development</b><br>
      First, a quick tour of terminology. There are fossil fuel
      resources (what is ultimately recoverable), reserves (what is
      known and economically recoverable), and developed reserves (what
      is known and recoverable in currently operating mines and fields).<br>
      If we are serious about what we said in Paris, then no more
      exploring for new fossil fuels. No new mines, wells, or fossil
      fuel infrastructure. And rapid, managed decline in existing fossil
      fuels.<br>
      <b>We are betting our species' future on our ability to bury
        carbon</b><br>
      Obviously, that assumption could be wrong on either end. CCS
      [Carbon Capture and Storage] could develop faster than expected or
      turn out to be utterly impractical and too costly on any time
      scale. It's too soon to know.<br>
      What is clear is that we are betting our collective future on
      being able to bury millions of tons of carbon. It's a huge and
      existentially risky bet - and maybe one out of a million people
      even know it's being made.<br>
      <b>Humanity is in a desperate situation</b><br>
      There are modeling scenarios that show us hitting our climate
      targets. But we should take no comfort from them. The fact is, we
      have waited until perilously late to act on climate change, and
      our range of options has narrowed. We face three choices:<br>
      <font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
          href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8xV3Aycvvo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8xV3Aycvvo</a></font><br>
      <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8xV3Aycvvo">Scientists
          on the feasibility of the 1.5C climate change limit - Part 1</a></b><br>
      <b> </b>Carbon Brief asked attendees of the 1.5 degrees
      conference in Oxford about the feasibility of limiting global
      temperature rise to 1.5C.<br>
      <b> </b><font color="#666666" size="-1"><a
          class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
          href="https://youtu.be/yfXKZ59r6w8">https://youtu.be/yfXKZ59r6w8</a></font><br>
      <b><a href="https://youtu.be/yfXKZ59r6w8">* Scientists on the
          feasibility of the 1.5C climate change limit - Part 2</a></b><br>
      Carbon Brief asked attendees of the 1.5 degrees conference in
      Oxford about the feasibility of limiting global temperature rise
      to 1.5C.<br>
      <font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
          href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk6uapbG7gg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk6uapbG7gg</a></font><br>
      <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk6uapbG7gg">What can
          we say about the impacts of 1.5C of warming?</a></b><br>
      Carbon Brief asked scientists at the 1.5 degrees conference in
      Oxford about the impacts of a 1.5C rise in global temperature.<br>
      <font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
          href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42vU_wx55KE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42vU_wx55KE</a></font><br>
      <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42vU_wx55KE">Animation:
          How much time is left before we use up our carbon budget for
          1.5C of global warming?  40 seconds</a></b><br>
      The Paris climate deal set a temperature limit of "well below 2C"
      of global warming, and says there should be "efforts" to limit it
      to 1.5C. But how much time do we have left before our greenhouse
      gas emissions take us past these thresholds?<br>
      more at: <br>
      <a
href="http://priceofoil.org/content/uploads/2016/09/OCI_the_skys_limit_2016_FINAL_2.pdf">The
        Sky's Limit: WHY THE PARIS CLIMATE GOALS REQUIRE A MANAGED
        DECLINE OF FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION</a><br>
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://priceofoil.org/content/uploads/2016/09/OCI_the_skys_limit_2016_FINAL_2.pdf">http://priceofoil.org/content/uploads/2016/09/OCI_the_skys_limit_2016_FINAL_2.pdf</a><br>
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      255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
      initial;"><b style="font-weight: normal;">Climate change</b><span
        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is the most urgent
      challenge facing humankind. Other issues make headlines: terrorism
      kills; inequality affects everyday life for billions around the
      globe.</div>
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    <font size="-1"><font color="#666666" size="-1"><a
          class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
          href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/turn-climate-change-skeptics-advocates/">http://www.wnyc.org/story/turn-climate-change-skeptics-advocates/</a></font><br>
      <font size="+1"><b><a
            href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/turn-climate-change-skeptics-advocates/">(audio
            16: mins) How to Turn Climate Change Skeptics Into Advocates</a></b></font><br>
    </font>
    <blockquote><font size="-1"> A former climate change skeptic
        attempts to get conservative lawmakers to take climate change
        seriously. May 5, 2017</font><br>
      <font size="-1"><a
          href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/jane-mayer-rise-conservative-orthodoxy/">http://www.wnyc.org/story/on-the-media-2017-05-05</a></font><br>
      <a
        href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/jane-mayer-rise-conservative-orthodoxy/"><b>(audio
          15 mins) On The Media Jane Mayer on the Rise of Conservative
          Orthodoxy  </b></a><br>
       Jane Mayer on the decades-old infrastructure created by
      conservative billionaires <i>(Koch, Scaife)</i> to help propagate
      conservative ideology and protect their interests.May 4, 2017 <br>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
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      255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
      initial;"><font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.care2.com/causes/tick-borne-illnesses-could-boom-this-year-thanks-to-climate-change.html">http://www.care2.com/causes/tick-borne-illnesses-could-boom-this-year-thanks-to-climate-change.html</a><br>
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            target="_blank" class="article
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            sig2-xXjiqpyVLLiH16bXF_Vv7w did--8916451834992553816"
href="http://www.care2.com/causes/tick-borne-illnesses-could-boom-this-year-thanks-to-climate-change.html"
url="http://www.care2.com/causes/tick-borne-illnesses-could-boom-this-year-thanks-to-climate-change.html"
            id="MAA4AEgNUABgAWoCdXN6AA" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);
            text-decoration: none;"><span class="titletext"
              style="font-weight: bold;">Tick-Borne Illnesses Could Boom
              This Year, Thanks to <b style="font-weight: bold;">Climate
                Change</b></span></a></h2>
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    <blockquote>Been bitten by a tick this year? As we edge toward the
      summer months, scientists warn that more of us could be in for
      that irritating nip, as tick numbers seem set to soar–and with
      them, the potential for a boom in cases of usually rare infections
      like the Powassan virus.<br>
      Another danger is that as the climate warms, it appears to be
      increasing the length of time in which ticks can stay active and
      feed. And scientists say that shift could be responsible for this
      year's predicted bumper tick season.<br>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-model-idUSKBN1802E2">http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-model-idUSKBN1802E2</a><br>
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href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-model-idUSKBN1802E2"
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            style="font-weight: bold;">Scientists call for more
            precision in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
              style="font-weight: bold;">global warming</b><span
              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>predictions</span></a></h2>
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    <div class="esc-lead-snippet-wrapper" style="line-height: 1.2em;
      padding-left: 1px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,
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      -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
      255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
      initial;">Having a measurement that shows both numbers, the
      scientists argued, would let governments and other institutions
      trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow<span
        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
        normal;">global warming</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>decide
      which policies would be best in the short term and which should .</div>
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href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/al-gore-calls-media-coverage-climate-change-a-nature-hike-book-revelation-1000884">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/al-gore-calls-media-coverage-climate-change-a-nature-hike-book-revelation-1000884</a><br>
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          sig2-Ygt6g2flPNS6RMaIK7lZyw did-4826509127936652568"
href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/al-gore-calls-media-coverage-climate-change-a-nature-hike-book-revelation-1000884"
url="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/al-gore-calls-media-coverage-climate-change-a-nature-hike-book-revelation-1000884"
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            style="font-weight: bold;">Al Gore Calls Media Coverage of<span
              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
              style="font-weight: bold;">Climate Change</b><span
              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a "Nature Hike
            Through the Book of Revelation"</span></a></h2>
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      255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
      initial;">"Every night on the news is like a nature hike through
      the Book of Revelation," Al Gore said Saturday night when asked
      his opinion of how the news media reports on<span
        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
        normal;">climate change</b>. "And I'll wait for the newscasters
      to connect the dots," he continued<span
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url="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/there_are_climate_uncertainties_acknowledge_plan_them_honesty_20170503"
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            style="font-weight: bold;">Climate Change Uncertainties
            Abound - Let's Acknowledge and Plan for Them With Honesty</span></a></h2>
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      initial;">Last fall, I attended a meeting of the Society for
      Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty, hosted by the World Bank.
      The small, somewhat ad-hoc organization has a quirky name but an
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href="http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/08/us/scientist-says-budget-office-altered-his-testimony.html">This
          Day in Climate History May 8, 1989 </a> -  from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
    <font size="+1">May 8, 1989: The New York Times reports that the
      Office of Management and Budget in the George H. W. Bush
      administration altered NASA climate scientist James Hansen's
      upcoming Senate testimony to emphasize alleged uncertainties in
      climate science.<br>
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