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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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latest national survey finds that a majority of American voters
support more climate action.</b></a><br>
A majority of registered voters – including large majorities of
liberal, moderate and conservative Democrats, Independents, and
nearly half or more of liberal and moderate Republicans – want
corporations and industry, citizens themselves, the U.S. Congress,
President Trump, and their own members of Congress to do more to
address global warming. Half of conservative Republicans want
corporations and industry to do more to address global warming,
although fewer want Congress or President Trump to take action. <a
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the Report Here. </a><br>
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Likewise, most registered voters support policies to promote clean
energy and reduce carbon pollution, including:<br>
Funding more research into renewable energy sources such as
solar and wind power (86% of all registered voters, 95% of
Democrats, 82% of Independents, and 76% of Republicans).<br>
Providing tax rebates to people who purchase energy-efficient
vehicles or solar panels (84% of all registered voters, 95% of
Democrats, 82% of Independents, and 74% of Republicans).<br>
Regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant (77% of all registered
voters, 94% of Democrats, 75% of Independents, and 57% of
Republicans).<br>
Requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a carbon tax and using
the money to reduce other taxes (such as income tax) by an equal
amount – a plan often referred to as a "revenue neutral carbon tax"
(70% of all registered voters, 88% of Democrats, 68% of
Independents, and 48% of Republicans).<br>
The study also found that nearly a third (31%) of registered voters
are willing to participate in a campaign to convince elected
officials to take action to reduce global warming, representing tens
of millions of people. Yet nearly 8 of 10 registered voters say no
one has ever asked them to contact elected officials, and 2 out of 3
say they have never been contacted by an organization working to
reduce global warming. <br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/all/politics-global-warming-may-2017/">https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/all/politics-global-warming-may-2017/</a></font><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/02/this-strange-spot-over-the-atlantic-isnt-getting-warmer-scientists-think-they-may-know-why/">This
strange spot in the Atlantic is resisting global warming.
Scientists think they know why.</a></b></font><br>
By Chelsea Harvey August 2 <br>
A <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00490.1">mysterious
"warming hole" </a>in the North Atlantic Ocean, an <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2015/03/whats-going-on-in-the-north-atlantic/">anomalous
zone of cooling temperatures</a> which has fascinated and puzzled
scientists for the past few years, may be evidence of more troubling
processes at work.<br>
A new study, just out in the journal Nature Climate Change, has
joined a growing body of literature suggesting the cold patch is
evidence that a major ocean current system - which transports heat
and influences climate and weather patterns around the world - may
be slowing down. What’s more, the melting of Arctic sea ice could be
to blame....<br>
The warming hole is situated over roughly the same part of the ocean
where a so-called cold "blob," a zone of water persistently cooler
compared to the surrounding area, was discovered several years ago.<br>
The theory suggests that not as much heat is getting transported to
that region of the North Atlantic anymore - and this could
indicate a big problem with one of the ocean’s most important
currents.<br>
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is a
powerful conveyor-like current system that carries warm water north
from the equator and sends cool water back down from the Arctic.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/02/this-strange-spot-over-the-atlantic-isnt-getting-warmer-scientists-think-they-may-know-why/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/02/this-strange-spot-over-the-atlantic-isnt-getting-warmer-scientists-think-they-may-know-why/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.newsweek.com/climate-change-germany-donald-trump-poll-645246">Most
Important Issues: Germans, Unlike Americans, More Worried About
Climate Change Than War Or Terror</a></b><br>
According to the poll ... 71 percent of Germans said they were most
personally worried by climate change. Potential future wars were
named as the most worrying issue by 65 percent and terror attacks by
63 percent.<br>
In the U.S., Gallup regularly asks Americans for what they consider
to be the most important problem. ... on Gallup’s July survey just 3
percent of Americans named "Environment/pollution" as their top
issue, putting it behind terrorism, jobs, unemployment, poor
governance and others.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.newsweek.com/climate-change-germany-donald-trump-poll-645246">http://www.newsweek.com/climate-change-germany-donald-trump-poll-645246</a><br>
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<b><a
href="http://komonews.com/news/local/air-quality-alert-as-wind-shift-blows-bc-wildfire-smoke-into-western-washington">Air
Quality Alert as wind shift blows B.C. wildfire smoke into
Western Washington</a></b><br>
SEATTLE -- Smoke from wildfires burning in British Columbia <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wasmoke.blogspot.com/2017/08/812017-what-is-impacting-air-quality-in.html">began
spreading into Western Washington Tuesday</a> turning skies from
their traditional sapphire blue to more of a milky haze and
degrading the air quality.<br>
An Air Quality Alert has been issued by the Washington Department of
Ecology for Whatcom, Skagit and parts of Snohomish Counties in
addition to the San Juan, Whidbey and Camano Islands with air
quality varying as low as the "unhealthy for sensitive groups".<br>
The <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wasmoke.blogspot.com/p/federal.html">Ecology
department warns</a> "children, the elderly and those with
respiratory illnesses are at most risk for serious health effects."<br>
The smoke came in tandem with a budding heat wave building into the
Pacific Northwest. As a ridge of high pressure intensified, the
winds have shifted to blowing in from the north/northeast, spreading
smoke across Vancouver and south into Western Washington.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://komonews.com/news/local/air-quality-alert-as-wind-shift-blows-bc-wildfire-smoke-into-western-washington">http://komonews.com/news/local/air-quality-alert-as-wind-shift-blows-bc-wildfire-smoke-into-western-washington</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wasmoke.blogspot.com/p/federal.html">Washington
Smoke Information</a></b><br>
This site is an effort by county, state, and Federal agencies and
Indian Tribes to coordinate and aggregate information for Washington
communities affected by smoke from wildland fires. The information
is posted here by the agencies themselves while volunteers built and
maintain the page.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wasmoke.blogspot.com/p/federal.html">http://wasmoke.blogspot.com/p/federal.html</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/thick-smoke-hinders-wildfire-fight-1.4231400http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/thick-smoke-hinders-wildfire-fight-1.4231400">Thick
smoke hinders fight against B.C. wildfires - British Columbia
...</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/.../british-columbia/thick-smoke-hinders-wildfire-fight-1.4231400">www.cbc.ca/news/.../british-columbia/thick-smoke-hinders-wildfire-fight-1.4231400</a><br>
15 hours ago <br>
More than 840 fires have charred about 4,260 square kilometres in
B.C. since April 1, and officials say hot, dry weather is expected
to worsen conditions in the days ahead as smoke hangs over several
communities.<br>
"It creates a lot of safety issues for our aircraft," said Kevin
Skrepnek with the B.C. Wildfire Service. "We can't fight what we
can't see out there."<br>
The Kamloops Airport tweeted Tuesday that smoke had forced several
flights in and out of the area to be delayed or cancelled.<br>
Environment Canada has declared the air quality in Kamloops an 8 -
or high risk - on its air quality health index. <br>
With record-breaking temperatures expected across much of the
province, it will be increasingly important to ensure crews get
proper hydration, nutrition and rest, Skrepnek added.<br>
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<b><a
href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170731114536.htm">Climate
change expected to increase premature deaths from air pollution</a></b><br>
A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
estimates that future climate change, if left unaddressed, is
expected to cause roughly 60,000 deaths globally in the year 2030
and 260,000 deaths in 2100 due to climate change's effect on global
air pollution.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170731114536.htm">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170731114536.htm</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/02/climate-change-to-cause-humid-heatwaves-that-will-kill-even-healthy-people">Climate
change to cause humid heatwaves that will kill even healthy
people</a></b><br>
If warming is not tackled, levels of humid heat that can kill within
hours will affect millions across south Asia within decades,
analysis finds<br>
Extreme heatwaves that kill even healthy people within hours will
strike parts of the Indian subcontinent unless global carbon
emissions are cut sharply and soon, according to new research.<br>
Even outside of these hotspots, three-quarters of the 1.7bn
population – particularly those farming in the Ganges and Indus
valleys – will be exposed to a level of humid heat classed as posing
"extreme danger" towards the end of the century.<br>
The new analysis assesses the impact of climate change on the deadly
combination of heat and humidity, measured as the "wet bulb"
temperature (WBT). Once this reaches 35C, the human body cannot cool
itself by sweating and even fit people sitting in the shade will die
within six hours.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/02/climate-change-to-cause-humid-heatwaves-that-will-kill-even-healthy-people">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/02/climate-change-to-cause-humid-heatwaves-that-will-kill-even-healthy-people</a><br>
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<br>
<font size="+2"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/us/politics/donald-trump-attacks-as-republican-rivals-court-donors-at-koch-retreat.html">This
Day in Climate History August 3, 2015</a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
August 3, 2015:<br>
<b>The New York Times reports:</b><br>
"As five of the 2016 Republican presidential candidates descended on
an exclusive donor conference hosted by the oil-billionaire brothers
Charles G. and David H. Koch, Donald J. Trump had a message for his
rivals.<br>
"'I wish good luck to all of the Republican candidates that traveled
to California to beg for money etc. from the Koch Brothers,' Mr.
Trump, who leads in many national polls, wrote in a Sunday morning
Twitter post. 'Puppets?'"<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/us/politics/donald-trump-attacks-as-republican-rivals-court-donors-at-koch-retreat.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/us/politics/donald-trump-attacks-as-republican-rivals-court-donors-at-koch-retreat.html</a></font><br>
<b><br>
</b><b>The New York Times also reports:</b><br>
"The issue of climate change played almost no role in the 2012
presidential campaign. <br>
President Obama barely mentioned the topic, nor did the Republican
nominee, Mitt Romney. It was not raised in a single presidential
debate.<br>
"But as Mr. Obama prepares to leave office, his own aggressive
actions on climate change have thrust the issue into the 2016
campaign. Strategists now say that this battle for the White House
could feature more substantive debate over global warming policy
than any previous presidential race."<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wwwnytimes.com/2015/08/03/us/politics/obama-policy-could-force-robust-climate-discussion-from-2016-candidates.html?_r=0">http://wwwnytimes.com/2015/08/03/us/politics/obama-policy-could-force-robust-climate-discussion-from-2016-candidates.html?_r=0</a></font><br>
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<b>The AP reports:</b><br>
"Aiming to jolt the rest of the world to action, President Obama
moved ahead Sunday with even tougher greenhouse gas cuts on American
power plants, setting up a certain confrontation in the courts with
energy producers and Republican-led states.<br>
"In finalizing the unprecedented pollution controls, Obama was
installing the core of his ambitious and controversial plan to
drastically reduce overall US emissions, as he works to secure a
legacy on fighting global warming. Yet it will be up to Obama’s
successor to implement his plan, which has faced steep Republican
opposition from Capitol Hill to the 2016 campaign trail.<br>
"Opponents planned to sue immediately and to ask the courts to block
the rule temporarily. Many states have threatened not to comply.<br>
"The Obama administration estimated the emissions limits will cost
$8.4 billion annually by 2030. The actual price won’t be clear until
states decide how they will reach their targets. But energy industry
advocates said the revision makes Obama’s mandate even more
burdensome, costly, and difficult to achieve.<br>
‘"'They are wrong,' the Environmental Protection Agency’s
administrator, Gina McCarthy, said flatly, accusing opponents of
promulgating a ‘doomsday' scenario.<br>
"Last year, the Obama administration proposed the first greenhouse
gas limits on existing power plants in US history, triggering a
yearlong review and received more than 4 million public comments. <br>
"On Monday, Obama was to unveil the final rule publicly at an event
at the White House.<br>
"'Climate change is not a problem for another generation,’ Obama
said in a video posted to Facebook. ‘Not anymore.’<br>
"The final version imposes stricter carbon dioxide limits on states
than were previously expected: a 32 percent cut by 2030, compared
with 2005 levels, the White House said. Last year, Obama’s proposed
version called for a 30 percent cut.<br>
"Immediately, Obama’s plan began reverberating in the 2016
presidential race, with Hillary Rodham Clinton voicing her strong
support and using it to criticize her GOP opponents for failing to
offer a credible alternative.<br>
"‘It’s a good plan, and as president, I’d defend it,’ Clinton said.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/08/02/obama-rule-for-power-plants-compel-steeper-emissions-cuts/vhwQU4MUS6MPcaAskKqqKI/story.html">http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/08/02/obama-rule-for-power-plants-compel-steeper-emissions-cuts/vhwQU4MUS6MPcaAskKqqKI/story.html</a></font><br>
<br>
<b>The Washington Post reports:</b><br>
"Four weeks before the official rollout, the news for President
Obama’s signature regulation on climate change suddenly went from
bad to abysmal.<br>
"Already, the Senate’s top Republican was urging a nationwide
boycott of the carbon-cutting proposal known as the Clean Power
Plan. Fourteen states had joined in a lawsuit seeking to block the
rule even before it became final. Then came a blow from the Supreme
Court: a surprise June 29 decision blocking the White House’s
previous attempt at curbing pollution from coal-burning power
plants.<br>
"By July 7, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency was
testily deflecting questions over whether the Clean Power Plan — a
pillar of the White House’s climate-change strategy — could survive
the gantlet of legal and political challenges it faced.<br>
"'We certainly know how to defend against lawsuits, for crying out
loud,' EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told reporters at a
Washington news conference.<br>
"White House officials pressed ahead with the proposal, ultimately
deciding on an altered version that will be formally adopted at a
ceremony Monday. But while the revised rule expresses lofty aims,
the details reflect real, practical concerns about the battles still
to come: an expected onslaught of litigation and legislation
designed to derail the rule.<br>
"The final shape of the Clean Power Plan was hashed out over months
of often contentious meetings as administration officials debated
how to balance two competing objectives. On one side were advocates
who pushed for the deepest possible cuts in U.S. greenhouse-gas
pollution to help build momentum for international climate talks
this December in Paris. On the other were experienced regulators and
lawyers who saw trouble ahead as the proposed rule picked up growing
numbers of opponents in Congress and in the utilities industry..."<br>
"But other observers said the administration appeared to have gotten
exactly what it wanted. Supporters said the revisions to the
regulation undercut the most salient legal and political objections
raised by critics, including the claim that the plan will unfairly
burden poor people or will lead to disruptions in the power supply.
At the same time, the plan appears capable of achieving its goals of
encouraging greater adoption of renewable energy as well as dramatic
reductions in heat-trapping carbon pollution over the next 15 years,
said S. William Becker, executive director of the National
Association of Clean Air Agencies, an independent group that
represents state regulators."<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/internal-debate-over-clean-energy-plan-pitted-ambition-against-legal-worries/2015/08/02/9e0c1c94-3966-11e5-9c2d-ed991d848c48_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/internal-debate-over-clean-energy-plan-pitted-ambition-against-legal-worries/2015/08/02/9e0c1c94-3966-11e5-9c2d-ed991d848c48_story.html</a></font><br>
<br>
<b>NYTimes.com reports:</b><br>
"President Obama on Monday unveiled an aggressive plan to sharply
limit greenhouse gases emitted by the nation’s power plants,
declaring that time was running out to thwart the most dangerous
impacts of global climate change.<br>
"'No challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future
generations than a changing climate,' Mr. Obama said in a speech
from the East Room of the White House as he announced his most
ambitious action to date to tackle the planet’s rising temperatures.
'There is such a thing as being too late when it comes to climate
change.'<br>
"The president, who wants to make his initiatives to address the
warming of the planet a central element of his legacy, called the
new rules a public health imperative and 'the single most important
step America has ever taken in the fight against global climate
change.' He also sought to wrap the policy in the legitimacy of
transcendental values, noting that Pope Francis had issued an
encyclical in June, calling action on the issue a 'moral
obligation.'<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/us/obama-unveils-plan-to-sharply-limit-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html?mwrsm=Email">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/us/obama-unveils-plan-to-sharply-limit-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html?mwrsm=Email</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.msnbc.com/thomas-roberts/watch/president-obama-unveils-clean-power-plan-497601603688">http://www.msnbc.com/thomas-roberts/watch/president-obama-unveils-clean-power-plan-497601603688</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/sustained-change--obama-unveils-climate-plan-497534531635">http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/sustained-change--obama-unveils-climate-plan-497534531635</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/08/03/3687270/final-carbon-rule-clean-power-plan/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cptop3">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/08/03/3687270/final-carbon-rule-clean-power-plan/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cptop3</a></font><br>
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