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<font size="+1"><i>October 31, 2017</i></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/strong-rainstorm-rips-northeast-leaves-15m-power-50817572">Strong
rainstorm rips Northeast, leaves 1.5M without power</a></b><br>
A severe storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and soaking rain
swept through the Northeast early Monday, knocking out power for
nearly 1.5 million homes and businesses and forcing hundreds of
schools to close in New England.<br>
Falling trees knocked down power lines across the region, and some
utility companies warned customers that power could be out for a few
days. Trees also fell onto some homes and vehicles, but no serious
injuries were reported.<br>
New England got the brunt of the storm, which brought sustained
winds of up to 50 mph in some spots. A gust of 130 mph was reported
at the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire, while winds
hit 82 mph in Mashpee on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/terrifying-parallels-between-twin-threats-of-climate-change-and-nuclear-ruin/2017/10/27/bc6058d2-af74-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html">Terrifying
parallels between twin threats of climate change and nuclear
ruin</a></b><br>
American psychologist and author Robert Jay Lifton, best known for
his pioneering investigations of the causes and psychological
impacts of warfare, political violence, and coercive thought reform
or brainwashing, has recently focused his attention on a newer
existential threat to humanity: climate change. His slim volume,
"The Climate Swerve: Reflections on Mind, Hope, and Survival," is a
personal meditation on public perceptions of climate change and
nuclear Armageddon.<br>
Written shortly after his 90th birthday, the book expands upon an
essay he published under the same title in 2014, and it reads more
like a memoir than a scientific text. Its main premise is that most
of humankind is now coming to accept the reality and dangers of
climate change, despite delaying tactics by the fossil fuel industry
and its supporters. Borrowing a term from Stephen Greenblatt's
Pulitzer Prize-winning exploration of atomic awareness and cultural
awakening, "The Swerve," Lifton applies it to an "evolving awareness
of our predicament," in which modern civilization threatens the
future of our species. Despite the menace posed by the "apocalyptic
twins" of climate and nukes, however, he also believes that the
current swerve in our climate awareness can lead to constructive
action, as a similar swerve did for nuclear arms control.<br>
Once we accept the harsh facts of climate change (or nuclear
apocalypse) and acknowledge the fear that comes with them, Lifton
reminds us to take a step further. We must unleash that primal fear,
he argues, so we can then use our intellect to channel it into a
more mature "anxiety of responsibility" that leads to concerted
action. He mentions the Paris Climate Conference of 2015 and the
climate action group 350.org as manifestations of such actions, but
more examples abound. The insurance industry is now planning for a
warmer, stormier future, the U.S. military considers climate change
to be a national security threat, and even ExxonMobil expects the
retreat of polar ice to facilitate its exploitation of fossil fuels
in the Arctic. Equally important is an energetic new cohort of young
people who consider climate change to be the great challenge of
their generation...<br>
<b>"Imagining massive destruction and death," he writes, is "a
prerequisite for wisdom" and for maturing as a "talented species
in deep trouble." </b>In taking appropriate, well-informed action
now, we can experience "symbolic immortality" not only through our
immediate descendants but also by "living on in humankind."
"Whatever our age," he continues, "we are . . . part of a flow of
endless generations that include forebears as well as children and
grandchildren."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/terrifying-parallels-between-twin-threats-of-climate-change-and-nuclear-ruin/2017/10/27/bc6058d2-af74-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/terrifying-parallels-between-twin-threats-of-climate-change-and-nuclear-ruin/2017/10/27/bc6058d2-af74-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/10/sometimes-all-it-takes-is-one-horrible-photo-to-summarize-a-catastrophe-this-is-puerto-ricos/">Sometimes
All It Takes Is One Horrible Photo to Summarize a Catastrophe.
This is Puerto Rico's</a></b><br>
Surgery by flashlight is just the beginning of the public health
crisis there.<br>
First, there's the issue of clean water. Many wastewater disposal
and clean water delivery systems are dependent on electricity.
Without energy to power the systems, pumps don't work, allowing
sewage to build up on site instead of draining away to treatment
plants. On the other end, drinking water cannot be delivered to
residents without electricity either because those pumps and filters
are also offline. Obviously, a lack of access to freshwater is a big
problem - people are at risk of dehydration or, if they turn to
lower-quality water sources, infection. In countries without modern
plumbing and wastewater management, water-borne diseases such as
leptospirosis thrive. But when a strong enough hurricane hits, even
wealthy nations are at risk, as evidenced by the rivers of toxic
waters stirred by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Irma in
Florida.<br>
Electricity is also crucial for communication. And clear
communication is essential for relief and recovery efforts. Last
month, I wrote for Slate that Puerto Rico was receiving short-term
aid in the form of oil, water, and food delivery and that
representatives of the territory were satisfied with initial relief
efforts. But the past few weeks have shown that the recovery was too
small in scale. <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/10/sometimes-all-it-takes-is-one-horrible-photo-to-summarize-a-catastrophe-this-is-puerto-ricos/">http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/10/sometimes-all-it-takes-is-one-horrible-photo-to-summarize-a-catastrophe-this-is-puerto-ricos/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://grist.org/article/tesla-and-solar-groups-put-puerto-rico-back-on-the-grid/">Tesla's
solar vision gets its first big test in Puerto Rico</a></b><br>
Tesla announced today <i>(Oct 24) </i>that it has started
constructing its first microgrid installation, laying out a solar
field and setting up its refrigerator-sized Powerpack batteries to
supply electricity to a children's hospital in the Puerto Rican
capital.<br>
More than a month after Hurricane Maria destroyed swaths of the
island's electrical grid, 85 percent of Puerto Rico is still without
power. Total grid repair costs are estimated at $5 billion - an
especially steep price for a public utility already $9 billion in
debt. The lack of power is especially dire for hospitals, where
unreliable electricity may spoil medicines that require
refrigeration and complicate crucial medical procedures. The results
could be deadlier than the storm itself, but solar power could help
head off further disaster.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://grist.org/article/tesla-and-solar-groups-put-puerto-rico-back-on-the-grid/">https://grist.org/article/tesla-and-solar-groups-put-puerto-rico-back-on-the-grid/</a></font><br>
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</b><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-had-a-plan-for-responding-to-a-hurricane-in-puerto-rico">FEMA
Had a Plan for Responding to a Hurricane in Puerto Rico - But
It Doesn't Want You to See It<br>
</a></b>The Federal Emergency Management Agency, citing
unspecified "potentially sensitive information," is declining to
release a document it drafted several years ago that details how it
would respond to a major hurricane in Puerto Rico.<br>
The plan, known as a hurricane annex, runs more than 100 pages and
explains exactly what FEMA and other agencies would do in the event
that a large storm struck the island. The document could help
experts assess both how well the federal government had prepared for
a storm the size of Hurricane Maria and whether FEMA's response
matches what was planned. The agency began drafting such advance
plans after it was excoriated for poor performance and lack of
preparation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.<br>
ProPublica requested a copy of the Puerto Rico hurricane annex as
part of its reporting on the federal response to Maria, the scale
and speed of which has been the subject of<span> </span><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-responded-to-haiti-quake-more-forcefully-than-to-puerto-rico-disaster/2017/09/28/74fe9c02-a465-11e7-8cfe-d5b912fabc99_story.html?utm_term=.c19f2e1ca61d"
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color: rgb(33, 124, 227); text-decoration: none;">scrutiny</a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/29/san-juan-mayor-slams-trump-administration-comments-on-puerto-rico-hurricane-response/?utm_term=.4543dd5a1942"
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More than a month after the storm made landfall,<span> </span><a
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the island still lacks electricity.<br>
Early last week, a FEMA spokesman said he would provide a copy of
the plan that afternoon. It never came. After a week of follow-ups,
FEMA sent a statement reversing its position. "Due to the
potentially sensitive information contained within the Hurricane
Annex of the Region II All Hazards Plan, there are legal questions
surrounding what, if any, portions of the annex can be released,"
the statement said. "As such, the documents that you seek must be
reviewed and analyzed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by
FEMA." The statement did not explain what legal questions apply.<br>
As ProPublica has previously reported, FEMA's Freedom of Information
process is<span> </span><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-federal-government-no-longer-cares-about-disclosing-public-information/2016/03/10/7e0bf1bc-e631-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html?utm_term=.5be0c599ba8c"
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color: rgb(33, 124, 227); text-decoration: none;">plagued by
dysfunction and yearslong backlogs</a>. For example, FEMA hasn't
responded to a request for documents related to Superstorm Sandy
that we filed more than three and a half years ago.<br>
After FEMA declined to release the Puerto Rico hurricane plan, we
found the agency's<span> </span><a
href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4117144-2015Hawaii-Cat-Plan.html"
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for Hawaii</a><span> </span>posted, unredacted, on the internet by
the Department of Defense. The Hawaii plan includes<span> </span><a
href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4117144-2015Hawaii-Cat-Plan.html#document/p82"
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to, for example, how many specially outfitted medical aircraft the
federal government would send to Hawaii after a Category 4
hurricane. It also describes<span> </span><a
href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4117144-2015Hawaii-Cat-Plan.html#document/p109"
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color: rgb(33, 124, 227); text-decoration: none;">an 85-step
process</a><span> </span>to restore electricity on the islands.<br>
Asked why the Puerto Rico plan was too sensitive to release publicly
while the Hawaii plan was not, a FEMA spokesman said: "We aren't
able to speak for DoD or the State of Hawaii."
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information about FEMA or other agencies' responses to
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href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-had-a-plan-for-responding-to-a-hurricane-in-puerto-rico">https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-had-a-plan-for-responding-to-a-hurricane-in-puerto-rico</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/opinionfeatured/howard-stein-the-social-psychology-of-climate-change-denial/article_ec458e39-ffde-5fef-a339-58b4582f9b40.html">(opinion)
Howard Stein: The social psychology of climate change denial</a></b><br>
For peoples around the world, culture largely serves as a huge glass
or plastic bubble in which people dwell. For its inhabitants, it
constitutes the world. To question the bubble is heresy. For many
Americans, denial of climate change is that delusional protective
bubble in which they find comfort and safety -- even as they
endanger all life on earth. We might ask ourselves: What would the
climate change deniers stand to lose if they gave up their
convictions? We must take denial with utter seriousness, and not
dismiss it as simply wrong-headed thinking, roll our eyes, and walk
away. We must, I believe, listen for the fear that lies behind the
protective shield of ideology.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/opinionfeatured/howard-stein-the-social-psychology-of-climate-change-denial/article_ec458e39-ffde-5fef-a339-58b4582f9b40.html">http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/opinionfeatured/howard-stein-the-social-psychology-of-climate-change-denial/article_ec458e39-ffde-5fef-a339-58b4582f9b40.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://climateandcapitalism.com/2017/10/30/greenhouse-gas-concentrations-surge-to-new-record/">Greenhouse
gas concentrations surge to new record</a></b><br>
'The last time the Earth experienced a comparable concentration of
CO2 was 3-5 million years ago, the temperature was 2-3°C warmer and
sea level was 10-20 meters higher than now.'<br>
Methane (CH4) is the second most important long-lived greenhouse gas
and contributes about 17% of radiative forcing. Approximately 40% of
methane is emitted into the atmosphere by natural sources (e.g.,
wetlands and termites), and about 60% comes from human activities
like cattle breeding, rice agriculture, fossil fuel exploitation,
landfills and biomass burning.<br>
Atmospheric methane reached a new high of about 1 853 parts per
billion (ppb) in 2016 and is now 257% of the pre-industrial level.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://climateandcapitalism.com/2017/10/30/greenhouse-gas-concentrations-surge-to-new-record/">http://climateandcapitalism.com/2017/10/30/greenhouse-gas-concentrations-surge-to-new-record/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://daily-iowan.com/2017/10/20/psychology-may-be-key-to-changing-attitudes-toward-environmental-issues/">Psychology
may be key to changing attitudes toward environmental issues</a></b><br>
A lecture hosted by the UI Environmental Coalition explored how
psychology can help change attitudes about environmental issues.<br>
"I want people to know how to engage with others about climate
change and threats to the environment in ways that are more
productive," Koutsonikolis said. "It's about learning how to have
that discussion with each other so we can actually move forward on
these issues."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://daily-iowan.com/2017/10/20/psychology-may-be-key-to-changing-attitudes-toward-environmental-issues/">http://daily-iowan.com/2017/10/20/psychology-may-be-key-to-changing-attitudes-toward-environmental-issues/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://newrepublic.com/article/145547/trumps-gang-climate-deniers-grown-army">Trump's
Gang of Climate Deniers Has Grown Into an Army</a></b><br>
He keeps picking deniers for top government positions: NASA might
soon be run by a GOP congressman who blames global warming on the
sun.<br>
BY EMILY ATKIN<br>
It became clear early in Donald Trump's presidency that many of his
top officials shared a common trait: They were climate deniers.
Though "climate denial starts at the top," the New York Times' Coral
Davenport wrote in March, it was trickling down into a variety of
high-influence position: Vice President Mike Pence, who once called
global warming a "myth" disproved by the fact that his home state
once had a cold winter; then-senior advisor Steve Bannon, whose news
site Breitbart remains one of the top destinations for climate
misinformation; Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott
Pruitt, who believes carbon dioxide is not a "primary contributor"
to global warming; and Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry,
who believes the same myth, saying in June, "No, most likely the
primary control knob is the ocean waters and this environment that
we live in."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://newrepublic.com/article/145547/trumps-gang-climate-deniers-grown-army">https://newrepublic.com/article/145547/trumps-gang-climate-deniers-grown-army</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.eco-business.com/news/climate-change-puts-cambodians-at-risk-of-mental-health-disorders/">Climate
change puts Cambodians at risk of mental health disorders</a></b><br>
Still traumatised from the turmoil of the reigns of Lon Nol and Pol
Pot, Cambodians are gradually healing from a troubled recent past.
But climate change threatens a mental health relapse.<br>
Cambodia has been ranked among the most vulnerable countries in the
region to climate change. In recent years, the Kingdom has been hit
by prolonged droughts, floods and heat waves.<br>
With more than half of Cambodians working as farmers in poor, rural
settings, the threat to their livelihoods from hotter and more
extreme weather is very high. <br>
According to a recent research commissioned by the American
Psychological Association this year, long-term climate change can
indirectly cause mental health problems as the changes in weather
patterns, storm and rising sea levels put people in danger of
experiencing chronic psychological consequences such as trauma and
shock, chronic depression, stress disorder and anxiety.<br>
"High levels of stress and anxiety are also linked to physical
health effects, such as a weakened immune system," the report
explains. "Worrying about actual or potential impacts of climate
change can lead to stress that can build over time and eventually
lead to stress-related problems, such as substance abuse, anxiety
disorders and depression."<br>
Poor people, children, pregnant women and the elderly are at the
greatest risk of mental health problems from exposure to
climate-related disasters.<br>
"Climate change affects health in three ways: The first is direct,
the second is indirect through the environment and ecosystem
changes, and the third is the indirect impacts mediated through
societal systems such as malnutrition and mental illness," WHO
Cambodia wrote in an email.<br>
"Those who live in remote rural areas, who depend on rainfall for
farming, find themselves experiencing more chronic concerns as they
can't grow their crops to feed their families," says Sunbaunat.
"When there are storms, poor people in the rural areas will be the
most affected."<br>
"The most important thing we can do is help people be mentally
prepared for the impacts of climate change," Sovandara said.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.eco-business.com/news/climate-change-puts-cambodians-at-risk-of-mental-health-disorders/">http://www.eco-business.com/news/climate-change-puts-cambodians-at-risk-of-mental-health-disorders/</a></font><br>
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<b><a href="https://youtu.be/z_KNkoPpgt8">Think Resilience Lesson 17
Preview - Economic Relocalization</a></b><br>
In Economic Relocalization, Lesson 17 of the Think Resilience
course, Richard Heinberg examines why, even though the playing field
is often tilted in favor of big business, local and small businesses
are still the backbone of the American economy, and provide it with
considerable resilience. And he'll explain why supporting small and
local businesses makes sense on many levels, even beyond the
resilience imperative.<br>
Watch the first six videos of the Think Resilience course for free:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bit.ly/2sGib06">http://bit.ly/2sGib06</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/z_KNkoPpgt8">https://youtu.be/z_KNkoPpgt8</a></font><br>
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</b><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://climatecrocks.com/2017/10/30/its-all-connected-jeff-goodell-on-sea-level-rise/">"It's
All Connected." Jeff Goodell on Sea Level Rise</a></b><br>
Book Review video "The Water Will Come" <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/-KMXWWxvuvs">https://youtu.be/-KMXWWxvuvs</a><br>
Above, Jeff Goodell on PBS talking about his long-time-coming book,
The Water Will Come.<br>
Jeff talks about a visit to Greenland, which is featured early on in
the book. That was part of the first Dark Snow expedition in 2013.<br>
Here, in video from that trip, I talked to Jeff as we had just
touched down at a point near the calving wall of Illulisat
(Jacobshaven) Glacier in Greenland. Jeff mentions the moment in the
book, as we were standing on bare rock that had recently emerged
from the melting ice, and quite possibly no humans had touched
before.<br>
Jeff Goodell Near Ilulissat Glacier <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbOuCPh_34U">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbOuCPh_34U</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://climatecrocks.com/2017/10/30/its-all-connected-jeff-goodell-on-sea-level-rise/">https://climatecrocks.com/2017/10/30/its-all-connected-jeff-goodell-on-sea-level-rise/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://youtu.be/GPdqlROzgvg?t=7m57s">(video humor) Louis
CK - Explain The Meaning Of Being White</a></b><br>
"What did you DO to the Polar Bears? Who spilled this?"<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/GPdqlROzgvg?t=7m57s">https://youtu.be/GPdqlROzgvg?t=7m57s</a></font><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/294226182.html">This
Day in Climate History October 31, 1983</a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
October 31, 1983: The Boston Globe reports on the risks of the<br>
greenhouse effect:<br>
"What's happening, scientists warn, is that additional carbon
dioxide,<br>
as it collects in the atmosphere, tends to block the outward flow of<br>
heat. This, in effect, resembles wrapping the whole Earth in a<br>
transparent thermal blanket; things have to get warmer.<br>
"The first strong sign of global warming, as suggested by geologist<br>
Dr. Kenneth O. Emery at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,<br>
might be an acceleration in the rate of sea level rise. Emery has<br>
already seen what he suspects is a significant increase in the past
10<br>
to 15 years, with sea level going up at a rate of one- quarter to<br>
three-eighths of an inch per year. This may be an early sign that
the<br>
Greenhouse Effect is with us.<br>
"An even scarier scenario - which scientists don't think is very<br>
plausible - is the 'runaway greenhouse.' Warmer temperatures might<br>
force more water vapor into the air, which would trap even more
heat,<br>
warming the air further, raising more water vapor, and on and on.
The<br>
result would be a Venus-like environment, where the temperature is
so<br>
hot - 900 degrees at the surface - that all gases and liquids have<br>
been evaporated and are afloat in the dense atmosphere."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/294226182.html">http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/294226182.html</a></font><br>
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