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<font size="+1"><i>October 8, 2017</i></font><br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/08/us/hurricane-nate-landfall/index.html">Hurricane
Nate weakens to a tropical storm after making US landfall twice</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/08/us/hurricane-nate-landfall/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/08/us/hurricane-nate-landfall/index.html</a><b><br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/06/sapiens-author-harari-new-book-to-cover-global-warming-god-and-nationalism">Yuval
Noah Harari's new book to cover global warming, God and
nationalism</a></b><br>
The historian's next book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, will ask
'<b>What should we teach children today to prepare them for the
world of tomorrow?</b>' and promises a sweeping look at the future<br>
"What's happening now, not just with Trump but with many other
political crises especially in the western world, is that the
political system is no longer capable of producing meaningful
visions for the future, so you see nostalgic fantasies about going
back to the past," he says. "This definitely is not going to work,
because nostalgic fantasies by their very nature don't provide us
with answers to the real questions we are facing. It's kind of a
transitory phase until somebody manages to come up with a new
meaningful vision for the future. So people hold on to these
fantasies."<font size="-1"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/06/sapiens-author-harari-new-book-to-cover-global-warming-god-and-nationalism">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/06/sapiens-author-harari-new-book-to-cover-global-warming-god-and-nationalism</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2017/10/07/Why-my-company-is-addressing-climate-change-mars-inc-Stephen-Badger/stories/201710070021">Why
my company is addressing climate change</a></b><br>
With a carbon footprint the size of a small country, Mars Inc. is
trying to shrink it<br>
First, investment in operating sustainably saves money. Mars is
already capitalizing on the falling prices of renewable energy and
the long-term cost savings of clean technology. This has helped
reduce the carbon emissions of our 150 factories around the world by
25 percent. We are using enough renewable energy to make all our
M&M's. In fact, we now purchase enough renewable energy to fuel
our entire operations in five countries and plan to make that 11
countries in 2018. All of this is delivered at the same cost, or
lower, as fossil fuel.<br>
Second, for a company such as Mars that is dependent on agriculture,
our investments are creating a more resilient and resource-efficient
supply chain where smallholder farmers and others can thrive. By
working with our suppliers to source raw materials in a way that
lowers climate risk and creates opportunity for people, we can
increase crop yields and ensure affordable ingredient supplies,
reduce our impact on natural resources and ensure a generation of
future farmers.<br>
Finally, there are rewards for doing the right thing. It makes us a
more attractive partner to customers, governments and NGOs, and it
ensures our relevance to consumers as well as current and future
Mars associates.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2017/10/07/Why-my-company-is-addressing-climate-change-mars-inc-Stephen-Badger/stories/201710070021">http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2017/10/07/Why-my-company-is-addressing-climate-change-mars-inc-Stephen-Badger/stories/201710070021</a></font><br>
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<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://theconversation.com/the-reality-of-living-with-50-temperatures-in-our-major-cities-85315">The
reality of living with 122F temps in our major cities</a></b><br>
Australia is hot. But future extreme hot weather will be worse
still, with new research predicting that Sydney and Melbourne are on
course for 50 degrees C (122 degrees F) summer days by the 2040s if
high greenhouse emissions continue. That means that places such as
Perth, Adelaide and various regional towns could conceivably hit
that mark even sooner.<br>
Humans have an upper limit to heat tolerance, beyond which we suffer
heat stress and even death. Death rates do climb on extremely cold
days, but increase much more steeply on extremely hot ones. While
cold weather can be tackled with warm clothes, avoiding heat stress
requires access to fans or air conditioning, which is not always
available.<br>
We expect air conditioning to take the strain, but may not realise
just how much strain is involved. Shade temperatures of 50 degrees C
(122 degrees F) that direct sunlight can raise the temperature to 60
degrees C (140 degrees F) or 70 degrees C (158 degrees F). Bringing
that back to a comfortable 22 degrees C (71.6 degrees F) or even a
warm 27 degrees C (80.6 degrees F) is not always possible and
requires a lot of energy - putting serious strain on the electricity
grid.<br>
Electricity transmission systems are inherently vulnerable to
extreme heat. This means they can potentially fail simply due to the
weather, let alone the increased demand on the grid from power
consumers.<br>
Two key messages arise from this. The first is that Australia
urgently needs to adapt to the extra warming. Heat-wise communities
(or "heat-safe communities" in some states) - where people
understand the risks, protect themselves and look after each other -
are vital to limit harm from heat exposure. The health sector must
have the resources to respond to those who succumb. Research,
training and health promotion are central.<br>
The second message is that nations across the world need to improve
their efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions, so as to meet the
Paris climate goal of holding global warming to 1.5 degrees C (2.7
degrees F).<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://theconversation.com/the-reality-of-living-with-50-temperatures-in-our-major-cities-85315">https://theconversation.com/the-reality-of-living-with-50-temperatures-in-our-major-cities-85315</a><br>
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EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">(Six videos) "</span></b><b><a
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Finance Insights<font color="#3333ff">"</font> series of
interviews</span></a></b></font><span
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produced in collaboration between the <a
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Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"> (CPI), representatives of governments and financial
institutions discuss financing needs, opportunities, and trends as
countries work to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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lang="EN-US">These interviews were filmed at the sixth meeting of
the </span><span
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EN-US" lang="EN-US">San Giorgio Group</span></a></span><span
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12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"> (SGG), hosted by Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
on May 8-9 2017. Representatives of governments and key financial
institutions actively engaged in green, low-emissions finance
gathered in Venice for frank discussions on the most pressing
policy and investment issues related to increasing global climate
action. The SGG is organized by CPI in collaboration with the
World Bank Group, China Light Power (CLP), and the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).<br>
</span><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKUX_ySVm6PPc6ydec8KBJJBfnshWiw18">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKUX_ySVm6PPc6ydec8KBJJBfnshWiw18</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/07/opinion/sunday/hurricanes-climate-public-opinion.html">Our
Changing Climate Mind-Set</a></b><br>
We have squandered opportunities to reduce global warming and there
has already been more suffering from climate change than we have
allowed ourselves to recognize. But we can still avert
civilization-ending catastrophe, and even achieve a modest new
beginning for our species. Yes, it is very late in the game, but at
the same time far from too late.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/07/opinion/sunday/hurricanes-climate-public-opinion.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/07/opinion/sunday/hurricanes-climate-public-opinion.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/from-cloud-nine-to-climate-change-heres-why-you-should-always-look-up/2017/10/06/7278bf64-a459-11e7-ade1-76d061d56efa_story.html">From
cloud nine to climate change, here's why you should always look
up</a></b><br>
"Clouds are hard to model," NASA associate research scientist Kate
Marvel said. "They're the result of water vapor or ice crystals
coalescing around microscopic bits of dust, particles of smoke and
sea salt. . . . So they have a dual effect on climate. They trap the
heat from the planet and spit it back down, making things warmer,
but they also block sunlight, which is a cooling effect."<br>
"Even small changes to the distribution of clouds with rising
temperatures could substantially diminish or enhance global
warming," said<br>
"Right now, clouds are more air conditioner than heater," Romps
noted, "but that will change as the planet warms."<br>
"I've always felt the sky to be the most dynamic, most poetic part
of nature," Pretor-Pinney said. "So it's always struck me as a shame
that it's gotten bad press."<br>
The society even helped identify a new class of cloud, a turbulent
formation named asperitas that was officially added this March to
the 121-year-old International Cloud Atlas.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/from-cloud-nine-to-climate-change-heres-why-you-should-always-look-up/2017/10/06/7278bf64-a459-11e7-ade1-76d061d56efa_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/from-cloud-nine-to-climate-change-heres-why-you-should-always-look-up/2017/10/06/7278bf64-a459-11e7-ade1-76d061d56efa_story.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/AjsgOWFOSgw">Peter
Ward: Climate Scientist Meets Direct Action Activists</a></b><br>
Paleontologist, Professor Peter Ward meets the Valve Turners for a
deep conversation on how scientists and activists can communicate
the existential necessity of climate action in both word and deed.<br>
Professor Ward has long communicated how Earth's five major mass
extinctions offer a frightening window into the future we ourselves
might catalyze. His standing within the scientific community comes
from his skill in finding and interpreting what the fossils say
about the horror of each environmental cataclysm. His gifts and
energy for outreach - for communicating to the public the stark
relevance of the science - is top tier.<br>
As valve turner Leonard Higgins has said from the get-go, "If we
want people to understand that this is an emergency, then we have to
act like it is an emergency." By turning the emergency shut-down
valve of the tar sands pipeline transiting Montana, Leonard
powerfully communicated by deed.<br>
Peter Ward was featured in the PBS Evolution series (2001) and has
appeared on NOVA Science NOW. He was also one of the scientists on
Animal Planet's Animal Armageddon (2009). According to Ward's 2007
book, Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the
Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future, all but one of the
major mass extinction events in history have been brought on by
climate change.<br>
Valve Turners in attendance were Emily Johnston, Leonard Higgins,
and Annette Klapstein. Valve Turners Michael Foster and Ken Ward
participated via Zoom Web Conference.<br>
Recorded 9/16/17<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/AjsgOWFOSgw">https://youtu.be/AjsgOWFOSgw</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170329-the-extraordinary-electricity-of-the-scottish-island-of-eigg">(BBC
audio) The Small Scottish isle leading the world in electricity
</a></b><br>
Some 1.3 billion people lack regular access to electricity. With its
reliable independent grid powered by wind, water and solar, a remote
Scottish island could hold the key to a solution.<br>
When I arrive, the island's tearoom by the pier is busy with
visiting researchers. <br>
Eigg is powered by three renewable sources - hydro, wind and solar -
integrated into a stable, high-voltage underground grid. The
system's designer John Booth, who is the former director of its
operator Eigg Electric, took me out to see how the system works. On
a cliff below the 1,289ft (390m) peak of An Sgurr, four wind
turbines feed up to 24 kW of energy into the grid. Although the
turbines' blades are whirring, when I visit they are offering only
about half of that: an indication of the importance of the system's
integration of three renewables.<br>
Further north - uphill from Glebe Barn, the island's youth hostel -
photovoltaic panels face south, angled at 30 degrees to catch any
sunlight that might break through the clouds. "On average, over the
year, they provide about 9.5% of their rated output," Booth says.
(The solar panels have a 50kW capacity). "So if you use these as the
source of your electricity over the year, you'd be dead
disappointed."<br>
Erecting solar panels in Scotland may seem like folly. But in the
summer - thanks to the long hours of daylight that benefit Eigg's
far-north location - the panels do the heavy lifting. "These really
come into their own in the months of May, June and July, when we get
the really bright long days. They will give you over 25% of their
rated output," Booth says. (When you take into account periods of
darkness, that is almost the maximum possible to get in those
months). "And that is when we tend not to have much wind and not
much rain. The set-up that we've got now will carry the island all
day and put charge into the batteries for the evening."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170329-the-extraordinary-electricity-of-the-scottish-island-of-eigg">http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170329-the-extraordinary-electricity-of-the-scottish-island-of-eigg</a><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://people.com/archive/co2-could-change-our-climate-and-flood-the-earth-up-to-here-vol-12-no-15/">This
Day in Climate History October 8, 1979</a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
October 8, 1979: People Magazine reports on growing concerns about a<br>
human-caused climate crisis.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20074765,00.html">http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20074765,00.html</a><br>
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