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<font size="+1"><i>July 5, 2017</i></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwsDOWjn0tA">4 Climate
Scientists & Their Fears for the Future (July 2017) (from
ABC News Australia)</a></b><br>
<i>Climate scientists talk personally about the future. <br>
"I don't think there will be any safe places"... "so I plan to be
mobile"<br>
</i><font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwsDOWjn0tA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwsDOWjn0tA</a></font><br>
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<font size="+1"> <b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://climatenewsnetwork.net/22601-2/">Climate change
will worsen US poverty</a></b></font><br>
Yet another study has exposed the cruel cost of climate change as it
increases US poverty. It could be worse than the Great Recession.<br>
By Tim Radford<br>
LONDON, 4 July, 2017 - US researchers have calculated the detailed
cost of climate change for all of the 3,143 counties in the country.
The outlook is bleak, and US poverty is set to grow...<br>
If global warming continues unabated, then near the end of this
century the poorest third of the counties in the US could suffer
economic damage that could cost up to 20% of their income...<br>
And they concluded that, although<b> some counties in the Pacific
Northwest and New England might benefit</b>, unless greenhouse gas
emissions from fossil fuel use are slowed, then the projected 3°C to
5°C warming in the last two decades of this century could have costs
comparable to the Great Recession of 2008, with the cruellest impact
upon the poorest..<br>
"The emissions coming out of our cars and power plants are reshaping
the American economy. Here in the Midwest, we may see agricultural
losses similar to the Dustbowl of the 1930s." - Climate News
Network.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://climatenewsnetwork.net/22601-2/">http://climatenewsnetwork.net/22601-2/</a></font><br>
-more:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6345/1362">Estimating
economic damage from climate change in the United States</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6345/1362">http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6345/1362</a><br>
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</b><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/07/04/united-church-christ-approves-emergency-resolution-climate-change/pgzKhYbm3UEyJcxA21GPAI/story.html">United
Church of Christ approves emergency resolution on climate change</a></b><br>
The biennial national gathering of the United Church of Christ
approved an emergency resolution on climate change on Monday,
denouncing President Trump's plans to withdraw the United States
from the Paris climate accord and urging the church to take
action...<br>
...the resolution urges clergy to preach on "the moral obligation of
our generation to protect God's creation" and exhorts individuals to
take political action and "make decisions of integrity on our energy
choices." It appears to be the first formal action taken by a major
denomination in response to Trump's decision on the Paris
agreement...<br>
"It was important that the church be on record as declaring we are
now in a new moral era because of the administration and the ways in
which it is compromising truth," in particular on denying the
science of climate change, Antal said.<br>
But he said the resolution is also important because it is directed
at the church: "What's the church going to do differently?"<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/07/04/united-church-christ-approves-emergency-resolution-climate-change/pgzKhYbm3UEyJcxA21GPAI/story.html">https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/07/04/united-church-christ-approves-emergency-resolution-climate-change/pgzKhYbm3UEyJcxA21GPAI/story.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.desmog.ca/2017/07/04/qa-host-cbc-s-badass-new-podcast-about-climate-change">Q&A
With the Host of CBC's Badass New Podcast About Climate </a></b><br>
A new podcast series by CBC Vancouver paints a dramatic picture of
what life in British Columbia will look like after 30 years of
climate change.<br>
More frequent heat waves, more extreme forest fires, a massive drop
in the snow pack and brutal storms are just some of the consequences
British Columbians will feel 33 years from now. In other words: say
goodbye to skiing and pond hockey and say hello to flooding and air
quality advisories.<br>
The series, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/2050-degrees-of-change/">2050:
Degrees of Change</a>, is divvied up into six episodes, which look
at everything from the water cycle and agriculture to forests and
what climate change means for our cities.<br>
The series looks at a scenario in which British Columbia has warmed
an average of 2.5 degrees and the world has cut its emissions by
half.<br>
"We wanted listeners to end off realizing this is a middle of the
road scenario and things could be worse and they could be better
depending on what we choose to do now," said Johanna Wagstaffe,
podcast host and CBC senior meteorologist. <br>
DeSmog Canada asked Wagstaffe some questions about the making of the
series.<br>
<b>Why did you choose to look at the year 2050?</b><br>
We were trying to think of how to tell the story of British Columbia
changing over the years and our original thought was 2100 because
that's when so many of the climate models project out to …but 2100
just seemed a little bit out of reach and 2050 is a year when some
of us may actually still be alive. It's a little bit more tangible
when we think about our children. It's only 33 years away.<br>
Being able to see the changes within a lifetime is powerful.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://podcast-a.akamaihd.net/mp3/podcasts/2050_20170608_49800.mp3">https://podcast-a.akamaihd.net/mp3/podcasts/2050_20170608_49800.mp3</a><br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.desmog.ca/2017/07/04/qa-host-cbc-s-badass-new-podcast-about-climate-change">https://www.desmog.ca/2017/07/04/qa-host-cbc-s-badass-new-podcast-about-climate-change</a><br>
-more:<br>
</font><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/2050-degrees-of-change/">2050:
Degrees of Change</a></b><br>
CBC Meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe guides a journey to our future
in a CBC Vancouver original podcast that explores how our world and
lives will adapt to climate change within a few decades. <br>
Updated: Weekly<br>
Download episodes from this podcast for: 3 years<br>
Visit Show Site: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/events/2050degreesofchange-1.4135842">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/events/2050degreesofchange-1.4135842</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/2050-degrees-of-change/">http://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/2050-degrees-of-change/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.thearcticinstitute.org/continual-state-emergency-climate-change-native-lands-northwest-alaska/">(audio)
A Continual State of Emergency: Climate Change and Native Lands
in Northwest Alaska</a></b><br>
<i>As part of The Arctic Institute's Summer Reading Series, we are
reposting 10 stories from Victoria Herrmann's National
Geographic-funded project, America's Eroding Edges.</i><i><br>
</i><i>The edges of our country are eroding, raising difficult
questions about adaptation, relocation, and what it means to be an
American experiencing climate change today. To connect the shared
experiences of Americans facing these dramatic transformations,
the National Trust for Historic Preservation has partnered with
Victoria as she travels around the U.S. and its territories
interviewing communities directly affected by shoreline erosion
and climate change...</i><br>
...amid the discussion around the cumulative impacts, the
complexities and differences of each individual community can get
lost. While the environmental challenges arising across Alaska are
similar, even similarly situated communities approach these changes
with different histories, economic backgrounds, lands, natural
resources, and relationships between native corporations and other
bodies of local government. In the month we spent interviewing
community members and leaders in five coastal Alaska Native
villages, the most salient takeaway was the diversity in each
community's experiences.<br>
Alaska has generated more "crisis headlines" about climate change
than any other region except the Pacific Islands. But do those
headlines help people understand the challenges faced by an
individual communit<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.thearcticinstitute.org/continual-state-emergency-climate-change-native-lands-northwest-alaska/">http://www.thearcticinstitute.org/continual-state-emergency-climate-change-native-lands-northwest-alaska/</a></font><br>
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</b><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://phys.org/news/2017-07-extreme-weather-conditions-climate-account.html">Extreme
weather conditions and climate change account for 40% of
global wheat production variability</a></b></font><br>
JRC scientists have proposed a new approach for identifying the
impacts of climate change and extreme weather on the variability of
global and regional wheat production. The study analysed the effect
of heat and water anomalies on crop losses over a 30-year period.<br>
JRC scientists studied the relative importance of heat stress and
drought on wheat yields between 1980 and 2010. They developed a new
Combined Stress Index in order to better understand the effects of
concurrent heat and water stress events...<br>
The study 'Wheat yield loss attributable to heat waves, drought and
water excess at the global, national and subnational scales' was
published in Environmental Research Letters earlier this month. It
finds that heat stress concurrent with drought or water excess can
explain about 40% of the changes in wheat yields from one year to
another....<br>
One finding is that in contrast to the common perception, water
excess affects wheat production more than drought in several
countries. Excessive precipitation and greater cloud cover,
especially during sensitive development stages of the crop, are
major contributors to reduced yields, as they help pests and disease
proliferate and make it harder for the plants to get the oxygen and
light they need.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://phys.org/news/2017-07-extreme-weather-conditions-climate-account.html">https://phys.org/news/2017-07-extreme-weather-conditions-climate-account.html</a></font><br>
-more:<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://phys.org/news/2017-05-climate-cereal-yields-predictstechnological-advances.html">Climate
change will cut cereal yields, model predicts—technological
advances could offset those losses</a></b><br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://phys.org/news/2017-05-climate-cereal-yields-predictstechnological-advances.html">https://phys.org/news/2017-05-climate-cereal-yields-predictstechnological-advances.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9suO4jrwfDE">Shane Smith
Investigates The True Cost of Climate Denial (VICE on HBO:
Season 5, Episode 1)</a></b><br>
VICE News (28 min video) Published on Jun 2, 2017<br>
President Trump announced the U.S.'s intent to withdraw from the
landmark Paris climate agreement – what many said was the world's
best chance to collectively limit the impact on the planet.<br>
Watch Season 1: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://bit.ly/2s1T4Zs">http://bit.ly/2s1T4Zs</a><br>
Watch Season 2: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://bit.ly/2qJRA6j">http://bit.ly/2qJRA6j</a><br>
Watch Season 3: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://bit.ly/VICE-HBO-S3">http://bit.ly/VICE-HBO-S3</a><br>
The first effects of climate change are already being felt, and
projections show that if the world does not take action there could
be over $40 Trillion of damage worldwide over the next five decades.<br>
As costs begin to mount, so do allegations that an effort led by
ExxonMobil and other powerful interests, have denied climate science
and delayed corrective measures for years. In the face of scientific
consensus, the Trump administration has ushered some of the people
most responsible for denying climate science into the highest levels
of government just as states Attorney Generals across the country
have sought to hold Exxon, and others, accountable for the damage
this misinformation campaign has wrought.<br>
As bills caused by climate change begin to mount, Shane Smith
investigates the true cost of denial.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9suO4jrwfDE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9suO4jrwfDE</a></font><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/opinion/a-carbon-tax-sensible-for-all.html">This
Day in Climate History July 5, 2012</a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
July 5, 2012: Economist Yoram Bauman and law professor Shi-Ling Hsu
point out the benefits of a federal carbon tax in a New York Times
article.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/opinion/a-carbon-tax-sensible-for-all.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/opinion/a-carbon-tax-sensible-for-all.html</a><br>
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