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<font size="+1"><i>December 4, 2017<br>
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[Wildfire Today]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wildfiretoday.com/2017/12/03/strong-winds-and-extreme-wildfire-danger-predicted-for-southern-california-this-week/">Strong
winds and extreme wildfire danger predicted for Southern
California this week</a></b><br>
This Santa Ana wind event will likely be the strongest and longest
duration one we have seen so far this fire season. Red Flag Warnings
have been issued for Sunday night through Thursday.<br>
map: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/WindGustsTuesday.jpg">http://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/WindGustsTuesday.jpg</a><br>
(Originally published at 9:31 a.m. PST December 3, 2017)<br>
The strongest Santa Ana wind event so far this fire season is in the
forecast for the coastal and mountain areas of Southern California
this week. The National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings
for Sunday night through Thursday for areas within the counties of
Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego.<br>
It is unusual for a Red Flag Warning to extend over parts of five
days. And this one has the possibility of being extended for an
additional one or two days into the weekend.<br>
The exact timing and speeds will vary by location, but generally,
powerful winds will begin Sunday night out of the north and on
Monday will be from the northeast at 25 to 40 mph with gusts of 50
to 65, reaching 80 at some peaks and exposed areas.<br>
The NWS forecast includes this statement:<br>
<b>If fire ignition occurs, there will be the potential for rapid
spread of wildfire with extreme fire behavior that could lead to a
threat to life and property.</b><br>
The strong winds and low relative humidities (5 to 15 percent)
should continue at least through Thursday. Long range computer
models are showing the possibility that the Santa Ana winds could
persist into Friday or Saturday, which may require the extension of
the Red Flag Warnings.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wildfiretoday.com/2017/12/03/strong-winds-and-extreme-wildfire-danger-predicted-for-southern-california-this-week/">http://wildfiretoday.com/2017/12/03/strong-winds-and-extreme-wildfire-danger-predicted-for-southern-california-this-week/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/ramona-sentinel/news/local-news/sd-cm-ram-red-flag-warning-20171203-story.html">Forecast
of powerful winds, low humidity triggers red flag warning</a></b><br>
The National Weather Service predicts powerful Santa Ana winds and
low humidity will take hold in the region over the next week,
increasing the risk of wildfires throughout the region.<br>
The predicted wind event, with forecasts of gusts as high as 65 mph
in the San Diego County mountains, prompted the NWS to issue a red
flag warning and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department to increase
staffing. Fire officials said several years of drought coupled with
heavy rains last winter created significant fire fuel in the form of
underbrush and grass. And because of a lack of recent rain, all of
the fuel is extremely dry and ready to spark, officials said.<br>
"Meteorologists at the National Weather Service have not seen models
for a Santa Ana event like this in many years," said San Diego Fire
Chief Brian Fennessy. "We are being vigilant in up-staffing to
protect San Diegans and their property. We ask that residents
practice their evacuation plans and be prepared in case of a
wildfire."<br>
The red flag warning will go into effect at 3 a.m. Monday, when high
pressure over the Great Basin will begin driving strong gusty winds
into Orange and San Bernardino counties. The high winds will spread
into the San Diego region Monday afternoon and evening.<br>
Forecasters predict northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph, with gusts of
about 55 mph and isolated gusts up to 65 mph. Daytime humidity will
be as low as 5 to 10 percent, forecasters said. Strong, widespread
winds were predicted from Monday night and Tuesday, and they will be
possible again late Wednesday night and Thursday.<br>
The red flag warning will conclude at 12 a.m. Friday. Winds were
expected to weaken but still continue throughout Friday and
Saturday. Forecasters warned any fires that develop will spread
rapidly, and recommended avoiding any activities that can spark a
fire.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/ramona-sentinel/news/local-news/sd-cm-ram-red-flag-warning-20171203-story.html">http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/ramona-sentinel/news/local-news/sd-cm-ram-red-flag-warning-20171203-story.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/03/la-nina-contributes-to-wildfire-threat-in-mid-south-plains.html">La
Nina contributes to wildfire threat in mid-South, Plains</a></b><br>
Fox News-14 hours ago<br>
OKLAHOMA CITY - Conditions are ripe for winter wildfires from the
mid-South through the Great Plains thanks to a combination of
weather factors, including the climate phenomenon known as La Nina,
that have left a lot of dry growth.<br>
In addition to the La Nina, an occasional cooling of the equatorial
Pacific Ocean that affects global weather and leaves the nation's
midsection drier than normal in winter, a wet spring led to heavy
growth of vegetation that a mild summer didn't kill off. A dry
November increased drought conditions in states including Oklahoma,
Kansas, Arkansas and Texas, said Oklahoma's state climatologist,
Gary McManus.<br>
McManus compared the potential scenario to that in March, when
wildfires in northwestern Oklahoma, southwestern Kansas and the
Texas Panhandle scorched a total of more than 2,000 square miles
(5180 sq. kilometers) left six people dead and killed thousands of
head of livestock.<br>
"We are kind of seeing the epicenter of this drought originate in
western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma and moving westward,"
potentially as far as New Mexico, according to Todd Lindley, science
and operations officer at the National Weather Service Forecast
Office in Norman, Oklahoma...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/03/la-nina-contributes-to-wildfire-threat-in-mid-south-plains.html">http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/03/la-nina-contributes-to-wildfire-threat-in-mid-south-plains.html</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Businessinsider]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tax-reform-bill-senate-loopholes-private-equity-2017-12">A
change to the GOP tax bill would be a huge boost to energy
companies</a></b><br>
A provision in the final Senate Republican tax bill would serve as a
huge boon to large energy companies.<br>
An amendment introduced on Friday night by Sen. John Cornyn - the
second-ranking Republican in the Senate - would have allowed owners
of publicly traded partnerships (PTPs) to take a deduction for
pass-through businesses on their income. That deduction was
increased to 23% in the latest version of the Senate Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act.<br>
The original amendment would have allowed financial services firms
classified as PTPs, such as private equity giants Blackstone and
Carlyle Group, to take the pass-through benefit. When the language
was added to the final version of the GOP bill, however, guardrails
were put up to prevent these companies from benefitting.<br>
"Financial PTPs primarily earn their income from the sale of
securities and dividends, both of which are taxed at the capital
gains rate - a rate lower than what’s required to claim the
pass-through deduction for business income in the Senate bill," an
aide to Cornyn told Business Insider. "Further, the fee income you
referenced is not qualifying income under 7704(d). They are not
intended to benefit from this provision."<br>
The change in the final bill, however, does allow oil and gas firms
that are PTPs to take the benefit. Many energy companies are
classified as master limited partnerships (MLPs), a type of PTP, to
enjoy the tax benefits of a partnership. Many large MLPs are based
in Cornyn's home state of Texas....<br>
Fleischer said that while the final TCJA did not benefit private
equity firms like the Cornyn amendment did, the bill did give a
"MASSIVE new benefit to oil and gas PTPs."<br>
The Senate passed the final version of the TCJA on Saturday by a
vote of 51 to 49.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tax-reform-bill-senate-loopholes-private-equity-2017-12">http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tax-reform-bill-senate-loopholes-private-equity-2017-12</a></font><br>
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[activist action]<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/killthebill">https://twitter.com/hashtag/killthebill</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPTaxScam">https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPTaxScam</a><br>
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[SportCricket]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2017/12/03/smog-halts-play-thick-delhi-pollution-threatens-spoil-virat/">Smog
halts play as thick Delhi pollution threatens to spoil Virat
Kohli masterclass against Sri Lanka</a></b><br>
India captain Virat Kohli smashed a career-best 243 on his home
ground but it was Delhi's notorious smog which dominated discussion
after Sunday's play in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka.<br>
The majority of the Sri Lankan players returned from the second
day's lunch break wearing facemasks as the seasonal haze affecting
the region thickened over the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium.<br>
The second session witnessed two stoppages, of 17 and five minutes,
as Lahiru Gamage and his pace colleague Suranga Lakmal both left the
field finding it difficult to breathe.<br>
"It's well documented that Delhi has high level of pollution," Sri
Lanka coach Nic Pothas said afterwards, calling it a "unique case".<br>
"At one point, we had a case of coming off the field vomiting. There
were oxygen things in the change room. It's not normal for players
to suffer that way."<br>
Umpires Nigel Llong and Joel Wilson were discussing the air quality
with the tourists when Kohli declared India's innings on 536-7.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2017/12/03/smog-halts-play-thick-delhi-pollution-threatens-spoil-virat/">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2017/12/03/smog-halts-play-thick-delhi-pollution-threatens-spoil-virat/</a></font><br>
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<br>
<b><a href="https://climateone.org/events/high-tide-main-street">HIGH
TIDE ON MAIN STREET</a></b><br>
<a href="https://climateone.org/node/24224/#transcript">[view
transcript]</a><br>
How can owners of coastal property prepare for rising seas? The
coast line has been basically in the same place for all of human
civilization and now that’s changing in very unpredictable and
unsettling ways. Oceans will rise faster than the past but no one
can say how fast that will happen or what’s the best strategy for
protecting trillions of dollars in waterfront real estate. <br>
A week before Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York and New Jersey,
John Englander published a book, High Tide on Main Street,
predicting such a disaster. A resident of Florida, he now is a
consultant to countries and cities on how to build cities that can
withstand severe weather and changing. Will Travis is a national
expert on balancing environmental and economic priorities along the
San Francisco Bay and was a top California policy official for
nearly 17 years. Kiran Jain is the former Chief Resilience Officer
of Oakland and now is an executive at a startup that connects
investors with municipal infrastructure projects.<br>
Join us for a conversation about envisioning, creating and paying
for a new way of life by the water.<br>
<a href="https://youtu.be/IPVso6ZEyRQ">[Video] The Rule of Law and
Rising Seas</a><br>
Climate One Published on Nov 20, 2017<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/IPVso6ZEyRQ">https://youtu.be/IPVso6ZEyRQ</a><br>
Sea level rise planning consultant, Will Travis, talks about today's
antiquated laws when it comes to dealing with sea level rise and
climate change. <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://climateone.org/events/high-tide-main-street">https://climateone.org/events/high-tide-main-street</a></font><br>
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<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/this-perfect-temperature-humans-it-doesnt-exist-uk-1649580">This
is the perfect temperature for humans - and it doesn't exist in
the UK</a></b><br>
Barcelona, Monaco and Athens all provide ideal weather.<br>
People who live in a slightly warmer climate live happier and more
engaging lives, scientists have confirmed.<br>
A recent study of about 1.7 million people found that 22 degrees
celsius [71.7 degrees Fahrenheit] was the perfect temperature to
harbour residents that were more agreeable, emotionally stable and
extroverted. The logic is straightforward: nicer weather leads
people to go outside more often and interact with other members of
their community.<br>
Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, University of Melbourne
researcher Professor Samuel Gosling said the information also
revealed why people from cold and warm climates have different
personalities. Gosling even believed as global warming heats the
earth, human personalities will change.<br>
"We know that personality traits vary across geographic regions,"
Gosling said. "We also know that these geographic personality traits
are associated with a broad range of consequential outcomes,
including economic activity, for example entrepreneurial start-up
rates, crime rates, health behaviours, health outcomes and voting
behaviour."<br>
"So learning about the role of personality in potentially
influencing these outcomes is of great interest to anyone who wants
to affect these outcomes," Gosling said.<br>
n the experiment, 1.66 million Americans and about 6.000 Chinese
students were tested on five personality traits: agreeability,
conscientiousness, emotional stability, extraversion and openness to
new experiences.<br>
Towns with an average temperature of 22 recorded the best results in
both samples. Psychology expert Professor Nicholas Haslam said 22
degrees was the "least taxing temperature" for the human body to
regulate.<br>
No major UK cities managed to reach an average of 22 degrees each
year, some of which even failed to scratch the teens. London,
Cambridge and Oxford all have an average temperature of 15 degrees.
Manchester and Birmingham were slightly colder at 14 degrees.<br>
Cardiff, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast all failed to exceed 15
degrees.<br>
If you are keen on moving to the "ideal" temperature, Athens is the
most suited in Europe at 22 degrees on the dot. Barcelona, Monaco,
Naples and Malta are also ideal, all hovering between 20 and 22
degrees.<br>
Australia also has several locations, including Adelaide, Sydney and
the Gold Coast.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/this-perfect-temperature-humans-it-doesnt-exist-uk-1649580">http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/this-perfect-temperature-humans-it-doesnt-exist-uk-1649580</a></font><br>
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<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://climatecrocks.com/2017/12/02/the-weekend-wonk-carl-sagan-on-climate-1990/">The
Weekend Wonk: Carl Sagan on Climate - 1990</a></b><br>
More treasure<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXy9Efp5QoTGGxmpKBujLLQ">
from Climate State YouTube channel.</a><br>
After being mysteriously blocked on YouTube, the Trove of climate
science videos at Climate State is now back on line, after a big
reaction went viral.<br>
<blockquote><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://youtu.be/KZbZ5RvW_qI">(video) Carl Sagan on
Climate as an Emerging Issue (1990) </a><br>
Climate State<br>
Carl Sagan's 2/9/1990 keynote speech before the 5th Annual
Emerging Issues Forum at NCSU, broadcast live on North Carolina
Public Television. Introduction by Roy Park of Park
Communications. Recorded by Dr. Woody Sugg on a home VCR. Sagan
spoke at the invitation of Jim Hunt, former NC Governor and the
founder of the Institute for Emergng Issues. <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/KZbZ5RvW_qI">https://youtu.be/KZbZ5RvW_qI</a><br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://climatecrocks.com/2017/12/02/the-weekend-wonk-carl-sagan-on-climate-1990/">https://climatecrocks.com/2017/12/02/the-weekend-wonk-carl-sagan-on-climate-1990/</a><br>
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<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://prospect.org/article/are-cows-worse-cars-0">This
Day in Climate History December 4, 2008 </a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
December 4, 2008: Washington Post writer Ezra Klein calls upon
climate activists to highlight the role meat consumption plays in
fueling the climate crisis.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://prospect.org/article/are-cows-worse-cars-0">http://prospect.org/article/are-cows-worse-cars-0</a><br>
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