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style="font-weight: bold;">As Trump Exits Paris Agreement,
Other Nations Are Defiant</span></a></h2>
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UNITED NATIONS - Leaders from around the world maintained a defiant
front on Thursday after President Trump announced that he would
withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.<br>
French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking in English before
switching to French, said he believed Mr. Trump was making a
mistake. He then extended an offer to Americans:<br>
"Tonight, I wish to tell the United States: France believes in you,
the world believes in you. I know that you are a great nation. I
know your history, our common history. To all scientists, engineers,
entrepreneurs, responsible citizens who were disappointed by the
decision of the president of the United States, I want to say that
they will find in France a second home."<br>
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id="MAA4AEgAUABgAWoCdXM" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);
text-decoration: underline;"><span class="titletext"
style="font-weight: bold;">Trump announces US will exit
Paris climate deal, sparking criticism at home and abroad</span></a></font></h2>
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President Trump announced Thursday afternoon that he is withdrawing
the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement, an
extraordinary move that dismayed America's allies and set back the
global effort to address the warming planet.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-announce-us-will-exit-paris-climate-deal/2017/06/01/fbcb0196-46da-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-announce-us-will-exit-paris-climate-deal/2017/06/01/fbcb0196-46da-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://climateandsecurity.org/2017/06/01/ccs-statement-decision-to-withdraw-from-paris-agreement-damages-national-security/">CCS
Statement: Decision to Withdraw from Paris Agreement Damages
National Security</a></b><br>
The Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a security think tank
with an <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://climateandsecurity.org/advisory-board/">Advisory
Board</a> of senior military and national security experts,
believes that the President's stated decision to withdraw from the
Paris Agreement will have serious, negative strategic implications
for the United States. Backlash to the decision will damage U.S.
national security in a number of ways, and will afford the U.S. no
security benefits. It is clear that the President's senior-most
national security team <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://climateandsecurity.org/2017/06/01/the-national-security-leaderships-message-to-the-white-house-take-climate-change-seriously/">understands
this</a>. Further, it remains to be seen what 're-entry' after
renegotiation means, as that is very unclear. It is therefore
critical that the U.S. return to the international table in order to
ensure that the U.S. both plays a leadership role in addressing the
security implications of climate change, and maintains and broadens
its strategic alliances and partnerships.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://climateandsecurity.org/2017/06/01/ccs-statement-decision-to-withdraw-from-paris-agreement-damages-national-security/">https://climateandsecurity.org/2017/06/01/ccs-statement-decision-to-withdraw-from-paris-agreement-damages-national-security/</a></font><br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/B11kASPfYxY"> <b>(video)
The History of Climate Change Negotiations in 83 seconds</b></a><br>
Animation ** Ear Worm WARNING ** Earworm - catchy jingle is
difficult to UN-hear <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/B11kASPfYxY">https://youtu.be/B11kASPfYxY</a><br>
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id="MAA4DEgAUABgAWoCdXM" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);
text-decoration: underline;"><span class="titletext"
style="font-weight: bold;">What you need to know about the
science of <b style="font-weight: bold;">climate change</b></span></a></h2>
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The president's announcement that the U.S. has pulled out of the
Paris climate accord has renewed interest in the nearly two-year-old
agreement... To understand why the Paris Agreement is important step
in fighting global warming, you first need to understand the facts
of climate change.<br>
<b>THE CONSENSUS IS CLEAR</b><br>
Human activities are influencing and changing the climate in ways
that humanity has never experienced before, and these changes pose
clear risks to humans and nature...<br>
<b>THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR</b><br>
The physics of how greenhouse gases affect the Earth's temperature
(also called the Earth's energy balance) has been understood since
the 19th century. ..<br>
<b>THE SCIENCE BEHIND CLIMATE CHANGE IS OLDER THAN THE LIGHT BULB</b><br>
Many people wonder how we can be so sure that CO2 and human activity
is the main cause of global warming. <br>
<b>SO, WHAT ABOUT CO2?</b><br>
Consistent readings of how much CO2 is in the atmosphere have been
taken atop the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii since 1958; but,
using tiny air bubbles trapped in glacial ice cores, we can reliably
measure how much CO2 was in the atmosphere as far back as 800,000
years ago...<br>
What's shocking, but clear, is the amount of atmospheric CO2 hasn't
been this high in 800,000 years; that's long before human
civilization began...<br>
<b>THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD: PULLING TOGETHER</b><br>
The goal of the historic agreement, signed in 2015 by nearly 200
nations (in the words of the authors) is to hold "the increase in
global average temperature to well below 2°C [3.6°F] above
pre-industrial levels"...<br>
<b>WHAT'S THE POINT, THEN?</b><br>
The hope is that even a nonbinding agreement can motivate
governments and people to start acting on climate change, and to
innovate along the way. ..<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-science-what-you-need-to-know/">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-science-what-you-need-to-know/</a></font><br>
<br>
<font color="#000066"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/31/everyone-believes-in-global-warming-they-just-dont-realize-it/">Yeah,
the Weather Has Been Weird</a></b></font><br>
<b>People already care about climate change – the trick is getting
them to realize it.</b><br>
BY KATHARINE HAYHOE<br>
...My reluctance must have shown on my face because Amstrup then
said something that completely changed my perspective. "We care
about the polar bears because they're showing us what's going to
happen to us," he said. "If we don't heed their warning, we're
next."...<br>
The life of a polar bear revolves around sea ice. It's where they
feed in the winter on seals, their preferred prey. But today, Arctic
sea ice is in a kind of death spiral. As the top of the world warms,
its ice cap thaws, exposing the ocean beneath it. That dark water
absorbs more of the sun's energy than the reflective white ice - so
the Arctic heats up even more, triggering a cycle that is causing
the Arctic to warm twice as fast as the rest of the planet...<br>
Many consequences of climate change are far more subtle than a
famished bear inches from a third-grader, but they are no less
proximate and life-threatening. And they impact us even more
directly. From 1981 to 2002, for example, it's estimated that
warming temperatures were responsible for an average of $5 billion
worth of wheat, maize, and barley losses each year around the world.
These crop losses often happen in poor countries where people
already live on a few dollars a day. When the price of food doubles,
families go hungry.<br>
Amstrup was right: What's happening to the bears is happening to
people, too<br>
... the most dangerous myth we've bought into is the idea that
climate change is a future concern, one that we can address or
ignore without immediate consequence....<br>
And here is where we need to alter our approach if we're going to
tackle climate change successfully. It's not a question of moving
climate change "up" our priority list. I don't think climate change
needs to be an issue on our lists at all. We care about a changing
climate because it affects nearly every one of those things that are
already on our priority lists...<br>
Almost 7.5 billion of us have built our cities and our countries
under the implicit assumption that climate is stable, and that the
conditions we've experienced in the past are reliable predictors of
the future. Today, though, that assumption is no longer true.
Earth's climate is changing far faster than at any other time in
human history. Two-thirds of the world's largest cities lie within a
few feet of sea level. <br>
. By assuming that the climate will continue to be stable, we have
built our vulnerability to climate change into the very foundation
of our infrastructure and socioeconomic systems...<br>
In a recent Gallup poll, 68 percent of Americans surveyed said they
believe humans are causing climate change, but only 42 percent
agreed that global warming will pose a serious threat in their
lifetime. When asked if we think climate change will affect us
personally, fully 50 percent of us respond with a resounding no.<br>
Almost 7.5 billion of us have built our cities and our countries
under the implicit assumption that climate is stable, and that the
conditions we've experienced in the past are reliable predictors of
the future. Today, though, that assumption is no longer true.
Earth's climate is changing far faster than at any other time in
human history. Two-thirds of the world's largest cities lie within a
few feet of sea level. We can't pick them up and move them farther
inland. We prepare for extreme events - the drought of record, or
the 100-year flood. What happens when a stronger drought comes
along, or much more frequent floods? When water resources dry up, in
many places there isn't a new source to move on to; it's already
taken. By assuming that the climate will continue to be stable, we
have built our vulnerability to climate change into the very
foundation of our infrastructure and socioeconomic systems....<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/31/everyone-believes-in-global-warming-they-just-dont-realize-it/">http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/31/everyone-believes-in-global-warming-they-just-dont-realize-it/</a></font><br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/31/donald-trump-worst-things-climate-change-environment"><b>The
five worst things Donald Trump has done on climate change – so
far</b></a><br>
As the US president weighs up whether or not to withdraw from the
Paris climate agreement, we look at his most frightening actions on
global warming<br>
<b>1. Nominating Scott Pruitt as EPA administrator</b><br>
Scott Pruitt infamously said about carbon dioxide that "I would not
agree that it's a primary contributor to the global warming that we
see"... Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief has deep
ties to fossil fuel interests.<br>
<b>2. All change at the EPA</b><br>
Trump's proposed budget would cut the EPA's budget by nearly a
third... Climate and clean energy programs are earmarked for the
scrapheap, with even the data collection process for companies'
greenhouse gas emissions wound down. Climate considerations in
federal permitting have been abolished, measures to reduce methane
emissions have been halted and new standards to improve fuel
efficiency of cars and trucks have been suspended.<br>
<b>3. Starting the demolition of the clean power plan</b><br>
An executive order in March demanded a review of the clean power
plan in order to remove "regulatory burdens that unnecessarily
encumber energy production". Trump has repeatedly vowed to dismantle
the plan, which aims to curb carbon dioxide emissions from
coal-fired power plants.<br>
<b>4. Open up federal land and waters to drilling</b><br>
Trump has instructed the interior department to review dozens of
national monuments to see if they could be scrapped or resized to
allow better access for oil and gas drilling. A moratorium on coal
mining on federal land has been lifted while a bar on offshore
drilling off the Atlantic coast is being reviewed. Trump's budget
also calls for drilling in the Arctic national refuge in Alaska,<br>
<b>5. Approve pipelines</b><br>
Trump called for the rapid approval of the controversial Keystone
and Dakota Access pipelines. The two oil-carrying projects are now
pushing ahead, with the Dakota Access pipeline already registering
its first leaks before it is even fully operational.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/31/donald-trump-worst-things-climate-change-environment">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/31/donald-trump-worst-things-climate-change-environment</a><br>
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</font> <b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/au-revoir-trump-exits-the-paris-climate-accord">New
Yorker AU REVOIR: TRUMP EXITS THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT</a></b><br>
Elizbeth Kolbert<br>
Many commentators have suggested that the U.S., in withdrawing from
Paris, is ceding its leadership role in the world. But the sad fact
is that the U.S. has never been a leader in addressing climate
change; this is one of the main reasons that the Paris accord is so
weak. The U.S. has only been a leader in producing climate change.
(On an annual basis, America is now the world's second-greatest
carbon emitter, behind China, but on an aggregate basis it's
responsible for more of the excess CO2 in the atmosphere than any
other country.) When Barack Obama helped forge the Paris accord, he
was trying to make up for decades of American inaction. Trump has
now nullified that effort. The just result would be that it is the
U.S. economy that ends up suffering.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/au-revoir-trump-exits-the-paris-climate-accord">http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/au-revoir-trump-exits-the-paris-climate-accord</a><br>
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<font size="+1"><i><font size="+1"><b><font size="+2"><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/business/02trade.html?pagewanted=all"
moz-do-not-send="true">This Day in Climate History June
2, 2008 </a> - from D.R. Tucker</font><br>
</b></font></i><font size="+1">June 2, 2008: The New York
Times reports:<br>
</font></font>
<blockquote><font size="+1"><font size="+1">"Some of the most
powerful corporate leaders in America have been</font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1">meeting regularly with leading
environmental groups in a conference</font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1">room in downtown Washington for
over two years to work on proposals</font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1">for a national policy to limit
carbon emissions.</font></font><br>
<br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1">"The discussions have often been
tense. Pinned on a wall, a large</font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1">handmade poster with Rolling
Stones lyrics reminds everyone, 'You</font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1">can’t always get what you want.'</font></font><br>
<br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1">"What unites these two groups -
business executives from Duke Energy,</font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1">the Ford Motor Company and
ConocoPhillips, as well as heads of</font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1">environmental organizations like
the Natural Resources Defense Council</font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1">- is a desire to deal with
climate change. They have broken with much</font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1">of corporate America to declare
that it is time for the federal</font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1">government to act and set
mandatory limits on emissions."....<br>
<br>
...At a time of sharply rising prices, oil executives say this
is not the best way to reduce carbon emissions. Better, they
argue, to raise fuel efficiency requirements directly or set
up a low-carbon fuel standard.<br>
<br>
The other big fight splitting corporations and environmental
groups is whether to set a maximum price on carbon credits.<br>
<br>
Many environmental groups oppose this, fearing it might
jeopardize the ultimate goal, which is to reduce emissions.
They say that if the price is artificially kept too low,
companies would have fewer incentives to cut emissions.<br>
<br>
But business groups say a ceiling would keep prices from
skyrocketing. Some fear that higher energy costs would reduce
companies' ability to compete globally and could drive jobs to
countries that do not limit carbon. John Engler, president of
the National Association of Manufacturers, said the climate
bill amounted to “economic disarmament.”<br>
<br>
As the fight escalates, trade groups are planning ad campaigns
to make their case against a climate policy. One ad, produced
by the United States Chamber of Commerce, shows a man cooking
breakfast over candles in a cold, darkened house, then jogging
to work on empty highways, asking: “Is it really how Americans
want to live?”<br>
<br>
Setting a price for carbon will raise energy costs throughout
the economy, experts said. The Environmental Protection Agency
estimated recently that a cap-and-trade bill could reduce
gross domestic product by 0.9 percent to 3.8 percent by 2050.<br>
<br>
“The reality is that cutting emissions is going to cost
money,” said Peter C. Fusaro, chairman of Global Change
Associates, an energy and environmental consulting firm.<br>
</font></font></blockquote>
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