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<font size="+1"><i>November 18, 2017<br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2017/11/17/trump-climate-change-lawsuit-juliana/">Trump
Administration Bid to Stop Kids Climate Case Gets December Court
Date</a></b><br>
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals announced on Thursday that it
will hear oral arguments on Dec. 11 regarding a writ of mandamus
filed by the government in Juliana v United States. In that case,
21 young people are suing the Trump administration for failing to
protect their future against climate change.<br>
Attorneys for the government filed the writ of mandamus after U.S.
District Court Judge Ann Aiken denied their request to have the case
dismissed.<br>
A writ of mandamus is a rarely used and even more rarely approved
legal maneuver in which a superior court is asked to order a lower
court or government agency to comply with the law. It is usually
granted under extraordinary circumstances and is considered a legal
last resort.<br>
Appeals are normally filed after the trial is held and evidence is
presented, but a mandamus appeal could allow the federal government
to avoid the discovery process and have the suit dismissed. The case
has been paused since July pending a decision on this and other
motions.<br>
"This Administration can respond to the limited discovery we seek,
and put on its junk climate science at trial in a court of law,"
said Julia Olson, co-counsel for the plaintiffs. "What it can't do
is shut the courthouse doors to real constitutional injuries brought
by these young people."<br>
In the suit, the young plaintiffs allege the federal government has
failed to protect them, their families and future generations from
the effects of climate change and say that the government must enact
science-based plan to protect the planet.<br>
Arguments will be heard at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San
Francisco.<br>
"While there is no set timeline for the Ninth Circuit panel to issue
a decision, we hope the urgency of the climate crisis is dictating
this fast-track briefing and argument schedule," said Gregory.<br>
"We can't delay anymore because climate change is an ongoing
problem," said 10-year-old plaintiff Levi Draheim.<br>
"We need to deal with it right now and start reducing the things
that are causing it," said Draheim."When we win the oral arguments,
we can move on and start talking about how to fix the problem not
just talk about it."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2017/11/17/trump-climate-change-lawsuit-juliana/">https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2017/11/17/trump-climate-change-lawsuit-juliana/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-17/trump-s-america-first-foreign-policy-erodes-work-on-climate">US
Is Acting 'Like a 5-Year-Old' Over Global Warming, EU Official
Says</a></b><br>
"This is the worst moment for the Americans to start behaving like a
five-year old all of a sudden," Christian Ehler, a German member of
the European Parliament who speaks on EU and U.S. relations at the
climate change talks, said in an interview. "The leader of the
western world is stepping out of the multilateral framework used to
tackle the most dramatic problem the world might be facing in the
next 100 years."<br>
Old divisions emerged between richer and poorer nations. India,
whose pollution levels are rising faster than any other industrial
nation, stressed the need to include "equity" in the discussions,
allowing it to keep expanding its emissions. China sought to
differentiate responsibilities between developed and developing
countries, a move that would expand its wiggle room in meeting
commitments.<br>
Even the leaders of France and Germany showed a split as they
attempted to lead a diplomatic charge to keep the global warming
fight on track. French President Emmanuel Macron called for a
minimum price on carbon pollution while German Chancellor Angela
Merkel defended her country's use of coal and the need to preserve
jobs in industry.<br>
There was little progress from rich nations in saying when they'd
achieve the goal of advancing $100 billion a year for
developing-world climate projects, a target they've promised to
achieve by 2020.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-17/trump-s-america-first-foreign-policy-erodes-work-on-climate">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-17/trump-s-america-first-foreign-policy-erodes-work-on-climate</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/us/keystone-pipeline-leak/index.html">Keystone
Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota</a></b><br>
A total of 210,000 gallons of oil leaked Thursday from the Keystone
Pipeline in South Dakota, the pipeline's operator, TransCanada,
said.<br>
The Keystone Pipeline debate in 2 minutes 01:47 <b><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/us/keystone-pipeline-leak/index.html">(video)</a></b><br>
Crews shut down the pipeline Thursday morning, and officials are
investigating the cause of the leak, which occurred about three
miles southeast of the town of Amherst, said Brian Walsh, a
spokesman for the state's Department of Environment and Natural
Resources.<br>
This is the largest Keystone oil spill to date in South Dakota,
Walsh said. The leak comes just days before Nebraska officials
announce a decision on whether the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, a
sister project, can move forward...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/us/keystone-pipeline-leak/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/us/keystone-pipeline-leak/index.html</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/L-uTVhy7EwY">(video)
Climate Without Borders: Meet a Meteorologist Who Dares to Say
"Climate Change" in Weather Reports</a></b><br>
Democracy Now Nov 17, 2017<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/L-uTVhy7EwY">https://youtu.be/L-uTVhy7EwY</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.climatewithoutborders.org">Climate Without
Borders </a></b><br>
climate isn't only about the planet, it is about the people you care
about<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.climatewithoutborders.org/#what">http://www.climatewithoutborders.org/#what</a><br>
-<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://public.wmo.int/en"><br>
World Meteorological Organization</a></b><br>
WMO provides world leadership and expertise in international
cooperation in the delivery and use of high-quality, authoritative
weather, climate, hydrological and related environmental services by
its Members, for the improvement of the well-being of societies of
all nations.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://public.wmo.int/en">https://public.wmo.int/en</a><br>
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</b><b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.iom.int/">International
Organization for Migration (IOM)</a></b><br>
IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of
migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and
non-governmental partners.<br>
With 166 member states, a further 8 states holding observer status
and offices in over 100 countries, IOM is dedicated to promoting
humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by
providing services and advice to governments and migrants.<br>
IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of
migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues,
to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration
problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need,
including refugees and internally displaced people.<br>
The IOM Constitution recognizes the link between migration and
economic, social and cultural development, as well as to the right
of freedom of movement.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.iom.int/">http://www.iom.int/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/17/we-should-be-on-the-offensive-james-hansen-calls-for-wave-of-climate-lawsuits?CMP=share_btn_tw">'We
should be on the offensive' - James Hansen calls for wave of
climate lawsuits</a></b><br>
Veteran climate scientist says litigation campaign against
government and fossil fuels companies is essential alongside
political mobilisation in fighting 'growing, mortal threat' of
global warming<br>
One of the fathers of climate science is calling for a wave of
lawsuits against governments and fossil fuel companies that are
delaying action on what he describes as the growing, mortal threat
of global warming.<br>
Former Nasa scientist James Hansen says the litigate-to-mitigate
campaign is needed alongside political mobilisation because judges
are less likely than politicians to be in the pocket of oil, coal
and gas companies.<br>
"The judiciary is the branch of government in the US and other
countries that is relatively free of bribery. And bribery is exactly
what is going on," he told the Guardian on the sidelines of the UN
climate talks in Bonn...<br>
Hansen is putting his words into action. He is involved in a 2015
lawsuit against the US federal government, brought by his
granddaughter and 20 others under the age of 21. They argue the
government's failure to curb CO2 emissions has violated the youngest
generation's constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property. <br>
A district court is due to hear the case in February in Oregon,
though the federal government has tried to delay the case...<br>
Three degrees would be disastrous. You can imagine the planet
becoming ungovernable because we would lose the coastal cities where
most people live … You'll see migrants from those parts of the world
and also so much disruption to the centres of wealth. So we can't go
down that path."<br>
Hansen is a believer in direct action. "I've been arrested five
times. The idea was to draw attention to injustice," he says. He has
also testified on behalf of others who have lost their liberty
during climate campaigns. On January, he will speak in defence of an
activist who turned off the tar sands pipeline in North Dakota.<br>
But he says litigation and political mobilisation are more effective
than protests.<br>
"Those are defence. We should be on the offensive. The lawsuits
versus Trump and the fossil fuel industry are offence. People should
use the democratic process," he says. "That's our best chance. It's
better than getting arrested."<br>
"We are entering a period of consequences and are in danger of being
too late," he warned. "I have come to note that greenhouse gas
climate forcings are accelerating, not decelerating, and sea-level
rise and ocean acidification are accelerating. We confront a mortal
threat, now endangering the very existence of island and low-lying
nations in the Pacific and around the planet. Accordingly, ambition
must be increased and enforced."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/17/we-should-be-on-the-offensive-james-hansen-calls-for-wave-of-climate-lawsuits?CMP=share_btn_tw">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/17/we-should-be-on-the-offensive-james-hansen-calls-for-wave-of-climate-lawsuits?CMP=share_btn_tw</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/Ax9zaR2KUkM">(video)
Global Climate Change & U.S Interests: Dr John Holdren
(October 2017)</a></b><br>
Understanding Climate Change<br>
Published on Nov 16, 2017<br>
Global Climate Change & U.S Interests: Dr John Holdren (October
2017)<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/Ax9zaR2KUkM">https://youtu.be/Ax9zaR2KUkM</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/the-changing-colors-of-our-living-planet">The
Changing Colors of our Living Planet - NASA</a></b><br>
Life. It's the one thing that, so far, makes Earth unique among the
thousands of other planets we've discovered. Since the fall of 1997,
NASA satellites have continuously and globally observed all plant
life at the surface of the land and ocean. <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/3oIcJBiynvw">(video)
Our Living Planet From Space </a> <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/3oIcJBiynvw">https://youtu.be/3oIcJBiynvw</a><br>
Since the fall of 1997, NASA satellites have continuously and
globally observed all plant life at the surface of the land and
ocean. Twenty years of satellite data has helped scientists track
phytoplankton populations in the ocean, study changing vegetation in
the Arctic reaches of North America, monitor crop yields and more.<br>
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12777">Download
this video in HD formats from NASA Goddard's Scientific
Visualization Studio</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/the-changing-colors-of-our-living-planet">https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/the-changing-colors-of-our-living-planet</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/mollweide_cycle.gif">From
space, satellites can see Earth breathe</a></b><br>
A new NASA visualization shows 20 years of continuous observations
of plant life on land and at the ocean's surface, from September
1997 to September 2017. On land, vegetation appears on a scale from
brown (low vegetation) to dark green (lots <br>
of vegetation); at the ocean surface, phytoplankton are indicated on
a scale from purple (low) to yellow (high). This visualization was
created with data from satellites including SeaWiFS, and instruments
including the NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/mollweide_cycle.gif">https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/mollweide_cycle.gif</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-change-plants-20171117-htmlstory.html">Scientists
aim to fight climate change with super plants</a></b><br>
Friday, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in
San Diego launched a new initiative to improve on the ability of
plants to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it
deep in the soil. They call it "Harnessing Plants."<br>
All plants make a substance called suberin that protects their
roots. You are likely familiar with suberin even if you don't know
it. It's the same material as the cork in your wine bottle or on
your corkboard. It's also the material that makes up the skin of a
potato.<br>
Michael Strano, a chemical engineer who works with plants at MIT,
noted that there are several advantages of using plants to sequester
carbon. The only energy they need to do their work is harvested from
the sun, plus they can regenerate themselves and are capable of
self-repair.<br>
"We need to start thinking in the direction of carbon sequestration
and I think plants are going to be a big part of that," he said.<br>
Already the Salk Institute has invested more than $7 million in the
initiative, including building six high-tech climate control rooms
that will allow the researchers to test seeds in a variety of
climates, and future climates, from around the world.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-change-plants-20171117-htmlstory.html">http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-change-plants-20171117-htmlstory.html</a></font><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvG2XptIEJk">This Day in
Climate History November 18, 2008 </a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
November 18, 2008: President-elect Obama addresses the Global
Climate Summit in Los Angeles, California via a pre-taped speech,
declaring that his administration will be committed to reducing
carbon pollution.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvG2XptIEJk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvG2XptIEJk</a></font><br>
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