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<font size="+1"><i>May 25, 2017</i></font><br>
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style="font-weight: bold;">Scientists just published an
entire study refuting Scott Pruitt on<span
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(Washington Post) In a sign of growing tensions between scientists
and the Trump administration, researchers<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-02520-7">
published a scientific paper</a> Wednesday that was conceived and
written as an explicit refutation to an assertion by Environmental
Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt about climate change.<br>
The study, in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, sets up a
direct test of a claim by Pruitt, made in<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/6d95005c-bd1a-4779-af7e-be831db6866a/scott-pruitt-qfr-responses-01.18.2017.pdf">
written Senate comments</a> following his confirmation hearing,
that "over the past two decades satellite data indicates there has
been a leveling off of warming."<br>
After reviewing temperature trends contained in three satellite data
sets going back to 1979, the paper concludes that the data sets show
a global warming trend - and that Pruitt was incorrect.<br>
"Satellite temperature measurements do not support the claim of a
'leveling off of warming<font size="-1">'</font> over the past two
decades," write the authors, led by Benjamin Santer of Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory. Santer co-authored the study with
three Livermore colleagues and scientists from MIT, the University
of Washington in Seattle and Remote Sensing Systems, which keeps one
of the three satellite temperature data sets.<br>
"In my opinion, when incorrect science is elevated to the level of
formal congressional testimony and makes its way into the official
congressional record, climate scientists have some responsibility to
test specific claims that were made, determine whether those claims
are correct or not, and publish their results," said Santer in an
interview, when asked about the framing of the research.<br>
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href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/24/scientists-just-published-an-entire-study-refuting-scott-pruitt-on-climate-change/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/24/scientists-just-published-an-entire-study-refuting-scott-pruitt-on-climate-change/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-02520-7">Tropospheric
Warming Over The Past Two Decades</a></b><br>
Abstract<br>
Satellite temperature measurements do not support the recent claim
of a "leveling off of warming" over the past two decades.
Tropospheric warming trends over recent 20-year periods are always
significantly larger (at the 10% level or better) than model
estimates of 20-year trends arising from natural internal
variability. Over the full 38-year period of the satellite record,
the separation between observed warming and internal variability
estimates is even clearer. In two out of three recent satellite
datasets, the tropospheric warming from 1979 to 2016 is
unprecedented relative to internally generated temperature trends on
the 38-year timescale.<br>
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style="font-weight: bold;">9 out of 10 people see<b
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Reuters | about 5 hours ago<br>
LONDON - Nearly nine in 10 people say they are ready to make changes
to their standard of living if it would prevent future climate
catastrophe, a survey on global threats found Wednesday.<br>
The survey of more than 8,000 people in eight countries - the United
States (US), China, India, Britain, Australia, Brazil, South Africa
and Germany - found that 84% of people now consider climate change a
"global catastrophic risk".<br>
That puts worry about climate change only slightly behind fears
about large-scale environmental damage and the threat of politically
motivated violence escalating into war, according to the Global
Challenges Foundation, which commissioned the Global Catastrophic
Risks 2017 report.<br>
But it indicates that many people now see climate change as a bigger
threat than other traditional or rising concerns such as epidemics,
population growth, use of weapons of mass destruction and the rise
of artificial intelligence threats.<br>
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href="http://ewn.co.za/2017/05/24/9-out-of-10-people-see-climate-change-as-a-catastrophic-risk">http://ewn.co.za/2017/05/24/9-out-of-10-people-see-climate-change-as-a-catastrophic-risk</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://thinkprogress.org/francis-trump-meet-c9c5a61617e8">Pope
Francis politely shades Trump's climate ignorance with a parting
gift</a></b><br>
Pope Francis and President Donald Trump had their much anticipated
first in-person meeting on Wednesday, a 30-minute conversation in
which the pope reportedly "did not smile" as he asked the president
to work to bring about peace in the world. Despite concern that the
two leaders - who hold diametrically opposite views on several
issues - might spar during the summit, the exchange appeared to be
relatively free of fireworks.<br>
But according to the National Catholic Reporter, Francis did offer
Trump a none-too-subtle parting gift as he left: copies of the
pontiff's published works on progressive economics, climate change,
and nonviolence.<br>
Almost all of the documents Francis presented to Trump conflict with
the president's agenda in some way (with the possible exception of
Amoris Laetitia, a 2016 work on the Catholic church's developing
view of family life).<br>
For example, Francis gave Trump a copy of Laudato Si', the pope's
famous encyclical on the environment that was published in 2015.<br>
Unlike Trump, who once claimed climate change is a hoax invented by
the Chinese, Francis' encyclical affirms that global warming has
been confirmed by a "very consistent scientific consensus" and that
humans are the cause. And while Trump has proposed budget cuts to
climate initiatives and threatened to rescind America's
participation in the historic Paris Climate Accords, Francis'
Laudato Si' insists nations take steps to reduce carbon emissions.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://thejesuitpost.org/2015/06/an-overview-of-laudato-si/">the
Jesuit Post An Overview of Laudato Si</a></b><br>
An "urgent challenge to protect our common home … to bring the whole
human family together to seek a sustainable and integral
development, for we know that things can change" [13].<br>
Thus introduces Pope Francis's plea of Laudato Si, a text of such
landmark significance that it may well become one of the most
important sources of Catholic Social Teaching since its inception
with Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum in 1891. Both the title of the
encyclical ("On Care for Our Common Home") and its opening quote
from St. Francis's canticle establish the focus of this text.<br>
It's all about relationships.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://thejesuitpost.org/2015/06/an-overview-of-laudato-si/">https://thejesuitpost.org/2015/06/an-overview-of-laudato-si/</a></font><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2015/06/18/top-ten-takeaways-laudato-si"><br>
<font size="+1"><b>Top Ten Takeaways from 'Laudato Si''</b></font></a><br>
Pope Francis' revolutionary new encyclical calls for a "broad
cultural revolution" to confront the environmental crisis. "Laudato
Si" is also quite lengthy. Can it be summarized? In other words,
what are the main messages, or "takeaways" of this encyclical?<br>
<b>1) The spiritual perspective is now part of the discussion on
the environment.</b><br>
The greatest contribution of "Laudato Si"... the encyclical firmly
grounds the discussion in a spiritual perspective and invites others
to listen to a religious point of view, particularly its
understanding of creation as a holy and precious gift from God to be
reverenced by all men and women. ...Francis highlights the teachings
of his predecessors, particularly St. John Paul II and Pope Emeritus
Benedict XVI. But in its systematic spiritual approach, this is a
groundbreaking document that expands the conversation by inviting
believers into the dialogue and providing fresh insights for those
already involved.<br>
<b>2) The poor are disproportionately affected by climate change.</b><br>
..near the beginning of "Laudato Si," the pope states that focus on
the poor is one the central themes of the encyclical, and he
provides many baneful examples of the effects of climate change,
whose "worse impacts" are felt by those living in the developing
countries. .. the poor themselves have fewer financial resources
that enable them to adapt to climate change. Additionally, the
natural resources of those poorer countries "fuel" the development
of the richer countries "at the cost of their own present and
future" (No. 52). Throughout the encyclical, the pope appeals to the
Gospels, to Catholic social teaching and to the statements of recent
popes to critique the exclusion of anyone from benefits of the goods
of creation. ...he repeatedly calls for an appreciation of the
"immense dignity of the poor" (No. 158).<br>
<b>3) Less is more.</b><b><br>
</b>Pope Francis takes aim at what he calls the "technocratic"
mindset, in which technology is seen as the "principal key" to human
existence (No. 110). He critiques an unthinking reliance on market
forces, in which every technological, scientific or industrial
advancement is embraced before considering how it will affect the
environment and "without concern for its potential negative impact
on human beings" (No. 109). This is not the view of a Luddite - in
fact, Francis goes out of his way to praise technological advances -
but of a believer who resists the idea that every increase in
technology is good for the earth and for humanity.... Christian
spirituality offers a growth marked by "moderation and the capacity
to be happy with little" (No. 222). It is a matter of nothing less
than a redefinition of our notion of progress.<br>
<b>4) Catholic social teaching now includes teaching on the
environment.</b><br>
... Pope Francis explicitly states that "Laudato Si" "is now added
to the body of the Church's social teaching" (No. 15). .. an
encyclical ... enjoys the highest level of authority in the church,
second only to the Gospels and church councils like Vatican II.
... Pope Francis uses ... the idea of the "common good," to frame
his discussion. In keeping with the practices of Catholic social
teaching, the pope combines the riches of the church's theology with
the findings of experts in a variety of fields, to reflect on
modern-day problems. To that end, he explicitly links St. John
XXIII's "Pacem in Terris," which addressed the crisis of nuclear
war, with "Laudato Si," which addresses this newer crisis.<br>
<b>5) Discussions about ecology can be grounded in the Bible and
church tradition.</b><br>
Wisely, Pope Francis begins the encyclical not with a reflection on
Scripture and tradition (the two pillars of Catholic
teaching),..with an overview of the crisis - including issues of
water, biodiversity and so on. Only in Chapter Two does he turn
towards "The Gospel of Creation," in which he leads readers, step by
step, through the call to care for creation that extends as far back
as the Book of Genesis, when humankind was called to "till and keep"
the earth. ...But we have done, to summarize his approach, too much
tilling and not enough keeping. In a masterful overview, Pope
Francis traces the theme of love for creation through both the Old
and New Testaments...<br>
<b>6) Everything is connected - including the economy.</b><br>
One of the greatest contributions of "Laudato Si" is that it offers
what theologians call a "systematic" approach to an issue... "We
are part of nature, included in it, and thus in constant interaction
with it" (No. 139). But our decisions, particularly about production
and consumption, have an inevitable effect on the environment. Pope
Francis links a "magical conception of the market," which privileges
profit over the impact on the poor, with the abuse of the
environment (No. 190). Needless to say, a heedless pursuit of money
that sets aside the interests of the marginalized and leads to the
ruination of the planet are connected. Early on, he points to St.
Francis of Assisi, who shows how "inseparable the bond is between
concern for nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society and
interior peace" (No. 10). Far from offering a naïve condemnation of
capitalism, Pope Francis provides an intelligent critique of the
limits of the market, especially where it fails to provide for the
poor. "Profit," he says, "cannot be the sole criterion" of our
decisions (No. 187).<br>
<b>7) Scientific research on the environment is to be praised and
used.</b><br>
Pope Francis does not try to "prove" anything about climate change
in this document. He frankly admits that the church does not
"presume to settle scientific questions" (No. 188). And while he
clearly states that there are disputes over current science, his
encyclical accepts the "best scientific research available today"
and builds on it, rather than entering into a specialist's debate
(No. 15)..."Laudato Si" draws upon both church teaching and
contemporary findings from other fields - particularly science, in
this case - to help modern-day people reflect on these questions.<br>
<b>8) Widespread indifference and selfishness worsen
environmental problems.</b><br>
Pope Francis reserves his strongest criticism for the wealthy who
ignore the problem of climate change, and especially its effect on
the poor. "Many of those who possess more resources seem mostly to
be concerned with masking the problems or concealing their
symptoms…" (No. 26). Why, he asks, .... because frequently decisions
makers are "far removed from the poor," physically, with no real
contact to their brothers and sisters (No. 90, 49)... In the world
of "Laudato Si" there is no room for selfishness or indifference.
One cannot care for the rest of nature "if our hearts lack
tenderness, compassion and concern for our fellow human beings" (No.
91).<br>
<b>9) Global dialogue and solidarity are needed.</b><br>
Perhaps more than any encyclical, Pope Francis draws from the
experiences of people around the world, using the insights of
bishops' conferences from Brazil, New Zealand, Southern Africa,
Bolivia, Portugal, Germany, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, the
Philippines, Australia and the United States, among other places.
(In this way, he also embodies the Catholic principle of
subsidiarity, which, in part, looks to local experience and local
solutions.) ... A global dialogue is also needed because there are
"no uniform recipes." What works in one region may not in another
(No. 180). The encyclical's worldwide scope (as opposed to a more
Eurocentric cast) makes it an easier invitation for a worldwide
community.<br>
<b>10) A change of heart is required</b><br>
At heart, this document, addressed to "every person on the planet"
is a call for a new way of looking at things, a "bold cultural
revolution" (No. 3, 114). We face an urgent crisis, when, thanks to
our actions, the earth has begun to look more and more like, in
Francis' vivid language, "an immense pile of filth" (No. 21). Still,
the document is hopeful, reminding us that because God is with us,
we can strive both individually and corporately to change course. We
can awaken our hearts and move towards an "ecological conversion" in
which we see the intimate connection between God and all beings, and
more readily listen to the "cry of the earth and the cry of the
poor" (No. 49). <br>
<b>To use religious language, what the pope is calling for is
conversion.</b><br>
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text-decoration: underline;"><span class="titletext"
style="font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Global
warming</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>helped
increase US growing season by 13 frost-free days</span></a></h2>
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The number of frost-free days in the northern United States has
increased by more than 13 days in the past 100 years, according to
new research.<br>
The other main areas of the mainland US also saw significant
increases in the number of days without frost, essentially the
growing season - 10.7 days in the west, 8.6 in a central region and
7.7 days in the south. <br>
Global warming was one of the reasons for the trend, but the
researchers also found changes to local cloud cover and atmospheric
circulation patterns played a part.<br>
Plants and animals are responding in different ways to the warming
across much of the northern hemisphere.<br>
Previous research has shown leaves in the southeastern US are coming
out up to 22 days early. And in Greenland one species of sedge is
emerging form winter 26 days earlier than just 10 years ago - a pace
of change described as "eye-opening" by one academic..<br>
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href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/global-warming-us-growing-season-climate-change-frost-free-days-13-us-geological-survey-utah-a7753461.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/global-warming-us-growing-season-climate-change-frost-free-days-13-us-geological-survey-utah-a7753461.html</a></font><br>
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text-decoration: underline;"><span class="titletext"
style="font-weight: bold;">Donald Trump's<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: bold;">climate change</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>stance under fire
from world leaders as Theresa May keeps 'pact of silence'</span></a></h2>
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Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron and other world leaders - but not,
apparently, Theresa May - will try to convince Donald Trump that the
US should remain part of the international fight against climate
change when they meet at the G7 summit.<br>
The Prime Minister has been accused of having a "pact of silence"
with the Republican billionaire over his description of climate
change as a "hoax", his plan to withdraw the US from the landmark
Paris Agreement and pledge to reinvigorate the US coal industry.<br>
A petition by Greenpeace urging Ms May to "use your influence to
save the Paris climate deal" has attracted more than 155,000
signatures. <br>
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href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/donald-trump-climate-change-world-leaders-theresa-may-paris-agreement-angela-merkel-emmanuel-macron-a7753001.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/donald-trump-climate-change-world-leaders-theresa-may-paris-agreement-angela-merkel-emmanuel-macron-a7753001.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://climatecrocks.com/2017/05/24/he-warned-us-about-terror-now-hes-warning-about-climate-will-we-listen/">He
Warned Us About Terror. Now He's Warning About Climate. Will We
Listen?</a></b><br>
Remember that time when security experts warned the Bush
administration about the dire, imminent threat of a terrorist
attack?<br>
Those are some of the same experts warning about the security impact
of climate change. And some of the same people are not listening
again.<br>
"Charges of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, cybersecurity and
terrorism are topics that have recently dominated the national
security conversation.<br>
But according to Richard Clarke, it's climate change that poses an
imminent threat to our nation's shores.<br>
Clarke is the former U.S. national security adviser who gained
notoriety after criticizing the George W. Bush administration for
the war in Iraq, saying Bush is guilty of war crimes."<br>
== <b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://youtu.be/BbkNcvGHZwc">VIDEO Drought, Water, War,
and Climate Change </a></b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/BbkNcvGHZwc">https://youtu.be/BbkNcvGHZwc</a>
5:42 ==<br>
"Californians and anyone living on the coast need to be worried
about sea level rise, which can happen much faster than we
anticipated," he said.<br>
Clarke is concerned about chaos that will occur not just in
California, but around the globe from rising seas that could
displace millions of people.<br>
He noted that the drought in Syria contributed to that country's
refugee crisis, and pointed to the situation as an example of how a
changing climate can lead to political instability.<br>
"If sea level rise happens to the extent it could … when you have
millions of people who are on the move … that usually results, as
we've seen in the Syrian refugee crisis, in political disruption and
security problems."<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://climatecrocks.com/2017/05/24/he-warned-us-about-terror-now-hes-warning-about-climate-will-we-listen/">https://climatecrocks.com/2017/05/24/he-warned-us-about-terror-now-hes-warning-about-climate-will-we-listen/</a></font><br>
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href="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/05/23/new-big-sur-landslide/"><br>
<b>Massive Landslide Covers Portion Of Highway 1 In Big Sur</b></a><br>
BIG SUR (AP) - A massive new landslide along California's iconic
coastal Highway 1 has buried the road under a 40-foot layer of rock
and dirt, the latest hit in winter of crippling slides and flooding.<br>
A swath of the hillside gave way in an area called Mud Creek on
Saturday night, covering about one-third of a mile of road and
changing the Big Sur coastline immediately below, Colin Jones, a
spokesman with the California Department of Transportation, said
Monday night.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/05/23/new-big-sur-landslide/">http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/05/23/new-big-sur-landslide/</a></font><br>
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Tuesday morning, during a White House conference on President
Trump's proposed 2018 federal budget, Office of Management and
Budget Director Mick Mulvaney invoked a musical that, seven years
ago, won a government grant worth nearly $700,000.<br>
When asked if the administration considered climate change programs
to be taxpayer waste, Mulvaney replied, "The National Science
Foundation last year used your taxpayer money to fund a climate
change musical. Do you think that's a waste of your money?"<br>
Mulvaney said that the previous administration funded "crazy stuff"
and spent too much money in its climate change efforts. "Does it
mean that we are anti-science? Absolutely not," he said. "We are
simply trying to get things back in order."<br>
When asked during an NSF budget briefing Tuesday afternoon, Director
France A. Córdova declined to say whether she felt that Mulvaney's
"musical" comment characterized the current White House approach to
climate research. "Just as a point of fact, that was actually
awarded and proposed in 2010," Córdova said, rather than last year,
as Mulvaney suggested.<br>
The musical in question, "The Great Immensity," received $697,177
under a continuing grant that was awarded in August 2010 and ended
in mid-2014. Brooklyn-based theater company the Civilians produced
the musical. "The play uses real places and stories drawn from
interviews conducted by the artists to create an experience that is
part investigative journalism and part inventive theater," according
to the grant's abstract published at the NSF website. "Attendance at
the performances is projected to be about 75,000."<br>
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href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/05/23/in-trump-budget-briefing-climate-change-musical-cited-as-tax-waste-wait-what/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/05/23/in-trump-budget-briefing-climate-change-musical-cited-as-tax-waste-wait-what/</a></font><br>
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href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/25/opinion/on-global-warming-why-no-carbon-tax.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">This Day in Climate History May 25,
1992 </a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
May 25, 1992: The New York Times editorial page calls for a price on
carbon, stating:<br>
"The prudent course for the West is to impose taxes that help the
environment, and incidentally combat global warming. The best choice
would be a modest tax on carbon-based fuels.<br>
"A carbon tax equivalent to, say, 25 cents per gallon of gasoline
would help reduce pollution. Incidentally, it might be enough to
help cut back greenhouse emissions in the West to 1990 levels by
2000 -- the policy environmentalists fought, unsuccessfully, to have
adopted at next month's Earth Summit in Brazil."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/25/opinion/on-global-warming-why-no-carbon-tax.html?gwt=regi">http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/25/opinion/on-global-warming-why-no-carbon-tax.html</a><br>
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