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<font size="+1"><i>May 16, 2017</i></font><br>
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<font color="#000099"><b><a
href="http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=0ebaeb14fdbf5dc65289113c1&id=9b4cf97208">Jim
Hansen<font color="#000099">'</font>s April Global
Temperature Update</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote>Almost a year after the strong 2015-2016 El Nino, global
mean temperature remains well above the pre-El Nino level. Global
temperature with short-term variability removed has been rising
about 0.18C per decades since 1970. Warming of 1.5C above the
1880-1920 mean will be reached in the early 2040s if this rate is
maintained. <br>
The immediate drive for this warming is the planetary energy
imbalance. Warming by itself would reduce the imbalance and the
warming rate, but continued growth of greenhouse gases maintains
the imbalance and the rapid warming rate.<br>
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Additional figures are on <a
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temperature web page</a>.<br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://">http://</a><b>news.mit.edu</b>/2017/varied-increases-extreme-rainfall-global-warming-0515</font><br>
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style="font-weight: bold;">Varied increases in extreme
rainfall with<b style="font-weight: bold;"> global warming</b></span></a></h2>
If<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: normal;">global</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>average temperatures rise
by 4 degrees Celsius over the next hundred years, as many climate
models predict given relatively high CO2 emissions, much of North
America and Europe would experience increases in the intensity of
extreme rainfall<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: normal;">...</b></div>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/15/uk-faces-sharp-rise-destructive-wind-storms-global-warming">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/15/uk-faces-sharp-rise-destructive-wind-storms-global-warming</a></font><br>
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url="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/15/uk-faces-sharp-rise-destructive-wind-storms-global-warming"
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style="font-weight: bold;">UK faces sharp rise in
destructive wind storms due to<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: bold;">global warming</b></span></a></h2>
Even the minimum<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: normal;">global warming</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>now expected - just 1.5C -
is projected to raise the cost of windstorm destruction by more
than a third in parts of the country.</div>
<font color="#666666" size="-1"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www">https://www</a>.<b>eenews.net</b>/climatewire/2017/05/15/stories/1060054516</font><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a
href="https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/05/15/stories/1060054516">Carbon
tax attempts sweeping the Northeast States </a></b></font><br>
Published: Monday, May 15, 2017<br>
<blockquote> A group of states - predominantly in the Northeast -
are renewing attempts to adopt a carbon tax.<br>
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont and Washington
have all announced legislation that would put a tax or fee on
carbon emissions. In Massachusetts, 80 state lawmakers have
sponsored two bills, one in the House and the other in the Senate.<br>
Massachusetts state Sen. Mike Barrett (D) conceded that
legislation like this could take time to come into effect but
added that he's hopeful.<br>
"My hope is that the Senate, at least, will act in this 2017-2018
session. Then the pressure really builds on the House, the other
branch - the more conservative branch, I might add. I think they
want to see the Senate take the first step," he said.<br>
If Massachusetts' legislation passes, Rhode Island and Connecticut
will be able to go ahead with their bills, both of which are
contingent on Massachusetts' adoption.<br>
Rhode Island state Rep. Aaron Regunberg (D) said this is to
prevent his state from becoming less competitive in the market.<br>
"Understanding the strength of those concerns, we included trigger
language, and we've been working with folks in Massachusetts and
Connecticut and other states to try to be pushing this forward
together," he said.<br>
Many of these states have tried to pass a carbon tax before, but
proponents think they'll be successful this time because of a
spike in interest in the subject (Chelsea Harvey, Washington Post,
May 12). - KB<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<a href="http://evidencesquared.com/ep13/">http://<b>evidencesquared.com</b>/ep13/<br>
<font color="#666666"><b>Evidence Squared Episode 13: THE SCIENCE
OF CLIMATE SCIENCE DENIAL</b></font></a><br>
<blockquote>John Cook and Peter Jacobs critique a National Review
article by Oren Cass that misrepresents their 2016 paper on the
scientific consensus on climate change. They discuss the
techniques of climate science denial, focusing on the technique of
fake experts that Cass uses to cast doubt on expert agreement.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447617/john-cook-climate-change-consensus-claims-unsupported">http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447617/john-cook-climate-change-consensus-claims-unsupported</a><br>
<font color="#000099"><b><a
href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447617/john-cook-climate-change-consensus-claims-unsupported">John
Cook<font color="#000099">'</font>s Leap of Faith</a></b></font><br>
Those who don't accept absolutist and unsubstantiated claims about
a scientific consensus on climate change are not in 'denial.'
Crying "consensus" to defend absolutist assertions, climate
activists are charging well beyond the threshold of what
mainstream science can support. When they turn back toward the
ledge to shout "denial" at anyone who has not leapt with them, the
word no longer means what they think it does. This was my argument
in "Who's The Denier Now?," published in National Review last
month. John Cook, lead author of the "97 percent consensus"
studies, has responded to that piece by overstating a consensus in
defense of an absolutist assertion and then accusing me of
"denial."<br>
Read more at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447617/john-cook-climate-change-consensus-claims-unsupported">http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447617/john-cook-climate-change-consensus-claims-unsupported</a><br>
</blockquote>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www">http://www</a>.<b>climatechangenews.com/</b>2017/05/15/ocean-acidification-global-warmings-forgotten-crisis/</font><br>
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text-decoration: underline;"><span class="titletext"
style="font-weight: bold;">Ocean acidification is<b
style="font-weight: bold;"> global warming's</b> forgotten
crisis</span></a></h2>
But a UN meeting this week about climate change and oceans reminds
us a related crisis is unfolding largely away public attention:
the one-two punch of ocean<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: normal;">warming</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and acidification. With
record temperatures sweeping over continents year after year<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
normal;">...</b></div>
<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www">https://www</a>.<b>sciencedaily.com</b>/releases/2017/05/170515111532.htm</font><br>
<font size="+1"><b><font color="#000099"><a
href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170515111532.htm">How
satellite data led to a breakthrough for Lake Erie toxic
algal blooms</a></font></b></font><br>
Carnegie Institution for Science<br>
<blockquote>Summary:<br>
With the growing frequency and magnitude of toxic freshwater algal
blooms becoming an increasingly worrisome public health concern,
scientists have made new advances in understanding the drivers
behind Lake Erie blooms and their implications for lake
restoration.<br>
Using data from NASA's Landsat 5 instrument, the researchers
generated new estimates of historical algal blooms in Lake Erie,
more than doubling the number of years previously available for
scientists to investigate, from 14 to 32. (This first study was
published in Remote Sensing of Environment.) Exploring this new
historical record, they discovered that decadal-scale cumulative
phosphorus loading -- that is the runoff that enters the waterway
-- helps to predict bloom size in addition to the effects from
same-year phosphorus inputs. The work suggests that it may take up
to a decade to reap the benefits of recently proposed nutrient
loading reductions. (This second study was published in the
Journal of Great Lakes Research.)<br>
Harmful freshwater algal blooms result when excessive amounts of
phosphorus are added to the water, often as runoff from
fertilizer. The excess phosphorus stimulates the growth of aquatic
plants and phytoplankton like the blue-green algae Microcytsis
sp., an organism that produces a toxin affecting the human liver
and can also cause skin irritation.<br>
Nowhere has the problem of toxic algal blooms been felt more
acutely than Lake Erie, which borders the U.S. states of Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and New York, and the Canadian province of Ontario.
In the 1960s and 1970s, algal blooms were a major nuisance, but
bi-national phosphorus targets led to lake recovery. More
recently, the blooms have returned with greater intensity and
consequences, with record-setting blooms in 2011 and 2015. Toxins
from a Microcystis bloom in 2014 led to a three-day "do not drink
tap water" advisory for the 500,000 residents of Toledo, Ohio, and
the surrounding area.<br>
"The water quality in the western portion of Lake Erie has been
declining for two decades," remarked lead author Jeff Ho. "Some 11
million people depend on Lake Erie for drinking water."<br>
This urgent problem prompted the development of new phosphorus
targets from the bi-national International Joint Commission in
2016. The new targets are an important step in safeguarding Lake
Erie's water, but recovery is likely to take several years even
after the amount of phosphorus entering the lake has decreased.<br>
<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www">http://www</a>.<b>theolympian.com</b>/news/local/article149454489.html</font><br>
<font color="#000099"><b><a
href="http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article149454489.html"><font
color="#000099">'</font>Extremely high levels<font
color="#000099">'</font> of toxic algae confirmed at
Summit Lake</a></b></font><br>
BY LISA PEMBERTON <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:lpemberton@theolympian.com">lpemberton@theolympian.com</a><br>
Thurston County Environmental Health officials are warning people
and pets to stay away from Summit Lake.<br>
Tests confirmed that a blue-green algae bloom on the northwest
Thurston County lake is producing "extremely high levels" of the
toxin Anatoxin-a, a neurotoxin, according to Thurston County
Environmental Health.<br>
A sample taken last week was at 354 micrograms per liter, while
just 1 microgram per liter is reason for concern, officials say.<br>
Anatoxin-a is a potent toxin that affects the nervous system.
Symptoms include lethargy, muscle aches, confusion and memory
impairment, according to the state's freshwater algae bloom
monitoring program. If the concentration is high enough, it can
cause death, officials say.<br>
At this time, residents and lake users should not:<br>
▪ Drink water taken from the lake until laboratory tests show the
water is safe. Disinfection, boiling and treatment systems do not
remove or deactivate algae toxin.<br>
▪ Shower in water taken from the lake.<br>
▪ Fish, swim or otherwise be in contact with the water.<br>
▪ Allow pets and children near the water.<br>
For more information on the advisory, call Jane Mountjoy-Venning
at 360-867-2643.<br>
<font color="#999999" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://">https://</a><b>arstechnica.com</b>/science/2017/04/harmful-algal-blooms-occur-more-often-now-that-oceans-are-warming/</font><br>
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style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 15px;
cursor: pointer;"><em style="font-style: normal;">Toxic
algae</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on
the rise as our oceans warm</a></b></font></h3>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span class="_tQb
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Technica</span><span class="f nsa _uQb" style="color: rgb(102,
102, 102); display: inline-block; font-size: 13px;"> Apr 29,
2017</span></div>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The rapidly warming
Atlantic sees a big boost in toxic algae....<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="font-weight:
bold; font-style: normal;">harmful</em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="font-weight:
bold; font-style: normal;">algal blooms</em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>have already become more
intense. Some types ...</div>
While the authors only had the data to show a correlation here,
other work has provided a clear mechanism to explain that
correlation: oceanic temperature is known to be one of the most
important environmental factors shaping the structure of ocean
algae growth. Other important factors include availability of
nutrients and presence of predators-these factors work together to
control the occurrence of harmful algal blooms. But sea-surface
temperature has emerged as the most important factor contributing
to recent changes in algal blooms.<br>
<font color="#666666" size="-2"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://">http://</a><b>civileats.com</b>/2017/04/27/the-2017-algae-almanac/</font><br>
<font color="#000099"><b><a
href="http://civileats.com/2017/04/27/the-2017-algae-almanac/">The
2017 Algae Almanac</a></b></font><br>
Devastating algal blooms are becoming more common-and more
toxic-and agriculture and climate change are prime culprits.<br>
Toxic algae season is upon us...This week hundreds of sea birds
washed up on the Southern California coast, dying from algae
poisoning, and environmental advocates filed suit against the EPA
over algae outbreaks that have turned Lake Erie a sick green again
and contaminated local drinking water.<br>
</blockquote>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www">http://www</a>.<b>blackstarnews.com</b>/us-politics/white-house/global-warming-drought-and-coming-crisis-for-the-world%E2%80%99s</font><br>
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text-decoration: none;"><span class="titletext"
style="font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Global
Warming</b>, Drought, and Coming crisis for the World's
Farmers</span></a></h2>
The points he made were common sense: The majority of the world's
poor in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: normal;">Global</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>South are farmers, and the
changing climate is already making it harder for them to produce
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href="https://">https://</a><b>undark.org/</b>2017/05/15/tipping-the-scales-on-climate-change/</font><br>
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style="font-weight: bold;">Tipping the Scales on<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: bold;">Climate Change</b></span></a></h2>
In its physical, political, and ethical dimensions, the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
normal;">climate change</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>problem
is mind-boggling - and perhaps more complex than any other
humanity has ever faced</div>
<blockquote> (video) <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://vimeo.com/216194038">https://vimeo.com/216194038</a><br>
"Belief that climate change is happening is at an all-time high,
at 70 percent of Americans," noted Leiserowitz, "and that shift
upwards that we've seen in just the past couple years? That's not
happened among Democrats, it hasn't happened among independents,
it's happened among Republicans. And not just liberal-moderate
Republicans. The real shift has happened among conservative
Republicans."<br>
And that, the panel agreed, is reason for hope, given that the
political dimensions to the problem have proven far more difficult
to overcome than the technological ones.<br>
The full panel discussion - along with the debut of Cheney's
visually stunning short film, "Measure of a Fog," can be viewed
above.<br>
<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://">https://</a><b>undark.org</b>/tag/the-measure-of-a-fog/</font><br>
<font color="#000099" size="+1"><b><a
href="https://undark.org/tag/the-measure-of-a-fog/">The
Measure of a Fog (video <font color="#000099">series</font>)</a></b></font><br>
Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Ian Cheney, whose yearlong Measure
of a Fog series for Undark took a unique look at climate change as
a scale problem<br>
Ethics, Politics, Geoengineering, Energy, Carbon, and Distance.<br>
</blockquote>
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<blockquote>Donald Trump has previously dismissed climate change as
a "hoax". Later this month, the US president will announce whether
the country will leave or reduce its commitments to the Paris
Climate Agreement. But just a few hours from the US capital,
Tangier Island in Virginia is slowly disappearing, amid land
erosion and a steady rise in sea levels. Despite the obvious
effects of climate change, most islanders remain staunch Trump
supporters. Our correspondent went to meet them.<br>
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Climate change in the US: Tangier Island in Virginia is
disappearing</a><br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://blog.greenamerica.org/2017/05/15/environmental-and-community-groups-urge-delay-on-ferc-commissioner-hearings/">https://blog.greenamerica.org/2017/05/15/environmental-and-community-groups-urge-delay-on-ferc-commissioner-hearings/</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://blog.greenamerica.org/2017/05/15/environmental-and-community-groups-urge-delay-on-ferc-commissioner-hearings/">Environmental
and Community Groups Urge Delay on FERC Commissioner Hearings</a></b><br>
PRESS RELEASE<br>
<blockquote>National Coalition to Senators: No Vote on FERC
Commissioners Until Hearings on FERC's Abuses and Investigations
Into Trump's Connections to Russia Conclude<br>
President Trump's Recent Firing and Threatening of former FBI
Director James Comey Deepen the Cloud of Suspicion Over the
Administration and FERC Commissioners Directing An Agency Deeply
Tied to National Security.<br>
WASHINGTON, DC – May 15, 2017 – A coalition of national and
regional organizations sent a letter today to Senator Lisa
Murkowski, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, asking that the Committee postpone hearings for
President Trump's <b>nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC)</b>. Senator Murkowski has been urging the
Trump Administration to move quickly with FERC commissioner
nominations. The organizations continued their call for the
committee to delay nominations in order to pursue a hearing into
multiple and documented reports of FERC misusing its authority
regarding the approval process for pipelines. FERC's rubber
stamping of pipelines negatively impacts the health and safety,
property values, and livelihoods of people nationwide.<br>
The coalition is also calling on Senator Murkowski to<b> postpone
the hearings until an investigation into the Trump
Administration and campaign's potential conflicts of interest
and ties to foreign governments can be concluded.</b> FERC
plays a key role in securing and maintaining the nation's electric
power grid and energy infrastructure overall, which is an
important part of the country's national security. With a cloud
hanging over the president that has only deepened with his firing
of and threats against FBI Director Comey, it would be prudent for
the Senate to investigate President Trump's actions prior to
considering any nominees his administration puts forward the
organizations assert.<br>
The full letter to Senator Murkowski can be found here: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bit.ly/2pNq0AB">http://bit.ly/2pNq0AB</a>
. Groups which want to sign on to it can do so here: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bit.ly/NoFERCHrgs">http://bit.ly/NoFERCHrgs</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/us/washington-governor-declares-drought-emergency.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/us/washington-governor-declares-drought-emergency.html</a><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/us/washington-governor-declares-drought-emergency.html">This
Day in Climate History May 16, 2015<a> </a></a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
The New York Times reports:<font size="+1"><br>
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Washington on Friday, with mountain snowpack at 16 percent of
average and water levels in rivers and streams drying to a trickle
not seen since the 1950s. He said that residents should also be
prepared for an early and active fire season that could reach higher
elevations in the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges, where many
spots are already completely clear of snow."<br>
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