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<font size="+1"><i>December 12, 2017<br>
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[KLCC audio summary 1:16]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://cpa.ds.npr.org/klcc/audio/2017/12/1211RM_Appeals_forweb.mp3">Appeals
Court Hears Teen Climate Case</a></b><br>
A three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral
arguments Monday in a case brought by 21 youths against the federal
government over climate change. The Trump Administration is seeking
to quash the case before it goes to trial.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://cpa.ds.npr.org/klcc/audio/2017/12/1211RM_Appeals_forweb.mp3">https://cpa.ds.npr.org/klcc/audio/2017/12/1211RM_Appeals_forweb.mp3</a></font><br>
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[video - real life Federal Court drama]<br>
<b><a href="https://youtu.be/J3Z8TSw-Ou4?t=11m46s">Oral arguments
before the Ninth Circuit are done. Juliana v. US plaintiffs</a><br>
</b>17-71692 USA v. USDC-ORE San Francisco CR1 10:00 AM 12/11<b><br>
</b><b>"Alternative facts are perjury" </b> <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/J3Z8TSw-Ou4?t=11m46s">https://youtu.be/J3Z8TSw-Ou4?t=11m46s</a><br>
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit..<br>
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<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Today... </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Juliana v. United States</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> youth plaintiffs joined their attorneys at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where a three-judge panel heard oral arguments over whether President Trump and his administration can evade a constitutional climate change trial... </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Julia Olson, Executive Director of Our Children's Trust, will argue on behalf of plaintiffs. Arguing on behalf of President Trump and the federal government defendants will be</span><a
href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/5a21dce3f9619a124de4dbbb/1512168676223/Notice+of+Appearance+Eric+Grant.pdf"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deputy Assistant Attorney General Eric Grant</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, recently appointed head of the appellate division at U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In June 2017, the Trump administration filed a "drastic and extraordinary" petition for writ of mandamus, asking the Ninth Circuit to direct the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon to dismiss the youth plaintiffs' case. The Trump administration's mandamus petition seeks early review of U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken's</span><a
href="https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/s/Order-MTDAiken.pdf"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2016 denial of motions to dismiss</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> the youth-brought climate case. In their petition, the federal government claims irreparable harm for having to participate in the ordinary pre-trial discovery process and having to go to trial. Trial is currently scheduled for February 5, 2018. The ordinary path for a constitutional lawsuit would be for the District Court first to conduct a trial of the youth plaintiffs' legal arguments and scientific evidence, and then to later appeal an adverse ruling after a final judgment in the case.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Juliana v. United States</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is not about climate inaction. The</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 21 young plaintiffs and the organizational plaintiff Earth Guardians assert that the US government, through its affirmative actions that cause climate change, has violated their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property, as well as failed to protect essential public trust resources.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> The case is one of many related legal actions brought by youth in several states and countries, all supported by Our Children's Trust, seeking science-based action by governments to stabilize the climate system. ..</span></p>
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<b>Mandamus - Wikipedia</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandamus">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandamus</a><br>
Mandamus ("We command") is a judicial remedy in the form of an order
from a superior court, to any government subordinate court,
corporation, or public authority, to do (or forbear from doing) some
specific act which that body is obliged under law to do (or refrain
from doing), and which is in the nature of public duty ...<br>
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<br>
[theguardian - Dana Nuccitelli]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/dec/11/californias-hellish-fires-a-visit-from-the-ghost-of-christmas-future">California's
hellish fires: a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Future</a></b><br>
California is burning in December. Climate scientists predicted
global warming will make Christmas wildfires more commonplace.<br>
This year, California experienced its worst and most expensive
wildfire season on record. This surprised many, because while the
state recently had its worst drought in over 1,200 years, the 5-year
drought ended in 2016. However, California was hit by the opposite
extreme in 2017, with its wettest rainy season on record. ..<br>
This was predicted by climate scientist<br>
A <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2006GL025808/full">2006
study published in Geophysical Research Letters</a> found that
global warming would push the Southern California fire season
associated with Santa Ana winds into the winter months. As a <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/094005">2015
study published in Environmental Research Letters</a> found, Santa
Ana fires are especially costly because of the speed at which they
spread due to the winds and their proximity to urban areas. That
study concluded that the area burned by Southern California
wildfires will increase by about 70% by mid-century due to the
drier, hotter, windier conditions caused by global warming.<br>
A <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=6030216667070760279&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5">2010
study published in Forest Ecology and Management</a> found that
global warming may extend the fire season year-round in California
and the southwestern USA. These December fires will become more
commonplace in a hotter world. We're literally getting a glimpse at
Christmas future, and though there are other factors at play,
human-caused global warming is largely to blame.<br>
A <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00114.1">2015
special report in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society</a> found that "An increase in fire risk in California is
attributable to human-induced climate change." A <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pnas.org/content/113/42/11770.abstract">2016
study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</a>
found that human-caused global warming doubled the area burned by
wildfires in the western USA over just the past 30 years.<br>
Add to that a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01907-4">new
study just published in Nature Communications</a> finding a
connection between Arctic sea ice and high pressure ridges of
California's coast that can block storms from passing over the
state. These results suggest that as Arctic sea ice continues to
disappear due to global warming, California may see less rainfall
and thus even worse droughts, which along with higher temperatures
would lead to worse wildfire seasons...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/dec/11/californias-hellish-fires-a-visit-from-the-ghost-of-christmas-future">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/dec/11/californias-hellish-fires-a-visit-from-the-ghost-of-christmas-future</a></font><br>
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<br>
[video]<br>
<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egg1VqKEh5E">Most
accurate climate models predict greatest warming</a></b><br>
The climate change simulations that best capture current planetary
conditions are also the ones that predict the most dire levels of
human-driven warming, according to a statistical study released in
the journal Nature Wednesday. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/12/06/the-most-accurate-climate-change-models-predict-the-most-alarming-consequences-study-claims/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/12/06/the-most-accurate-climate-change-models-predict-the-most-alarming-consequences-study-claims/</a><br>
Greater future global warming inferred from Earth's recent energy
budget. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24672">https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24672</a><br>
Greater future global warming inferred from Earth's recent energy
budget <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://patricktbrown.org/2017/11/29/greater-future-global-warming-inferred-from-earths-recent-energy-budget/">https://patricktbrown.org/2017/11/29/greater-future-global-warming-inferred-from-earths-recent-energy-budget/</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egg1VqKEh5E">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egg1VqKEh5E</a></font><br>
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<br>
[TheNation]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trump-and-rupert-murdoch-have-set-our-future-on-fire/">Donald
Trump and Rupert Murdoch Have Set Our Future on Fire</a></b><br>
The fires and storms ravaging the planet are only going to get
worse, especially if we don't end the power of climate deniers.<br>
By Mark Hertsgaard<br>
A capitalist, it's said, will sell you Tuesday the noose you will
hang him with on Friday. But in the case of climate change, that
noose drapes around the neck of not only the capitalist but everyone
else on earth. Which is what makes the Republican position on
climate change so morally abhorrent. If Murdoch, Trump, McConnell,
Murkowski, and the rest want to sentence themselves to a future of
hellish misery, by all means let them proceed. But when their
pocketing of Big Oil's dollars and their resulting denial of basic
science drags the rest of humanity towards that same doom, then no
circle in hell is low enough for them...<br>
In the wake of Trump's announced withdrawal of the US from the Paris
climate accord, such prominent voices as Governor Brown and former
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg have bravely insisted that the
withdrawal was no big deal—cities, states, and climate activists
will keep pushing forward. Those entities will indeed keep pushing
forward, and bless them for it. But it is dangerously wishful
thinking to suggest that what the government of the biggest economy
on earth does is of marginal importance.<br>
The terrible truth is that we are running out of time faster all the
time, and this will remain true as long as Trump and his Republican
sponsors remain in power. Which is yet another reason why this
manifestly unfit president needs to be impeached as soon as possible
and Republicans routed in the 2018 elections and beyond. None of
this will be easy or without cost. But if we treasure life, these
are the fires that must burn next time, starting now.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trump-and-rupert-murdoch-have-set-our-future-on-fire/">https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trump-and-rupert-murdoch-have-set-our-future-on-fire/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Medical News Bulletin]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.medicalnewsbulletin.com/global-warming-risk-renal-disease/">How
Global Warming Might Be Putting Us at Risk of Renal Disease</a></b><br>
A team of South Australian researchers thinks that hotter
temperatures might be linked to increased rates of renal disease.<br>
In their <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-017-0331-4">study
published in Environmental Health</a>, the researchers looked to
see how the maximum, minimum, and average temperatures of Adelaide,
South Australia, corresponded to daily admission rates of patients
with kidney disorders. They counted over 83,519 emergency department
admissions and 42,957 inpatient admissions to all metropolitan
hospitals within the Adelaide region.<br>
Looking specifically between 2003 and 2014, the researchers found
that not only were the renal disease admission rates at its highest
during the summer months but they were associated with specific
forms of kidney disorders. An increase in daily temperature of even
just 1 degree C was significantly associated with increased
incidence rates of acute kidney injury, renal failure, chronic
kidney disease, urolithiasis, and urinary tract infections. Infants,
children, and the elderly were more susceptible than other groups,
however, those undertaking intense exercise or severe occupational
heat exposure were also at risk.<br>
With heat waves becoming, longer, more intense, and much more
frequent due to climate change, researchers are worried that
heat-induced kidney diseases may be on the rise. The research team
is now looking to compare data across time points to assess how
incidence rates may have changed over the last several decades. The
researchers are also looking to investigate whether air pollution
may be a contributing factor.<br>
For those of us looking to avoid heat-induced kidney diseases
altogether, researchers advise maintaining proper hydration during
periods of hot weather, and to keep out of the sun as much as
possible. The scientists hope that by supporting ongoing public
health interventions and by improving community awareness of
heat-related kidney disorders, we can prevent the numbers from
rising.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.medicalnewsbulletin.com/global-warming-risk-renal-disease/">https://www.medicalnewsbulletin.com/global-warming-risk-renal-disease/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-017-0331-4">The
impact of daily temperature on renal disease incidence: an
ecological study</a></b><br>
<blockquote><b>Abstract</b><br>
Extremely high temperatures over many consecutive days have been
linked to an increase in renal disease in several cities. This is
becoming increasingly relevant with heatwaves becoming longer,
more intense, and more frequent with climate change. This study
aimed to extend the known relationship between daily temperature
and kidney disease to include the incidence of eight
temperature-prone specific renal disease categories - total renal
disease, urolithiasis, renal failure, acute kidney injury (AKI),
chronic kidney disease (CKD), urinary tract infections (UTIs),
lower urinary tract infections (LUTIs) and pyelonephritis....<br>
<b>Results</b><br>
Increases in daily temperature per 1 degree C were associated with
an increased incidence for all renal disease categories except for
pyelonephritis. Minimum temperature was associated with the
greatest increase in renal disease followed by average temperature
and then maximum temperature. A 1 degree C increase in daily
minimum temperature was associated with an increase in daily
emergency department admissions for AKI (IRR 1.037, 95% CI:
1.026-1.048), renal failure (IRR 1.030, 95% CI: 1.022-1.039), CKD
(IRR 1.017, 95% CI: 1.001-1.033) urolithiasis (IRR 1.015, 95% CI:
1.010-1.020), total renal disease (IRR 1.009, 95% CI:
1.006-1.011), UTIs (IRR 1.004, 95% CI: 1.000-1.007) and LUTIs (IRR
1.003, 95% CI: 1.000-1.006).<br>
<b>Conclusions</b><br>
An increased frequency of renal disease, including urolithiasis,
acute kidney injury and urinary tract infections, is predicted
with increasing temperatures from climate change. These results
have clinical and public health implications for the management of
renal diseases and demand tailored health services. Future
research is warranted to analyze individual renal diseases with
more comprehensive information regarding renal risk factors, and
studies examining mortality for specific renal diseases.<br>
</blockquote>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-017-0331-4">https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-017-0331-4</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Project Syndicate]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/paris-climate-agreement-one-planet-summit-by-laurence-tubiana-2017-12">The
Climate-Change Fight Returns to Paris</a></b><br>
Laurence Tubiana calls for renewed political and cash commitments at
the upcoming One Planet Summit. <br>
In 2015, the so-called "high ambition coalition" of developed and
developing countries pushed the Paris climate agreement past the
finish line. But when global leaders reconvene in Paris for new
talks on climate change at the upcoming One Planet Summit, financial
commitments must be the order of the day.<br>
PARIS - Nearly two years have passed since France's then-foreign
minister, Laurent Fabius, struck his gavel and declared: "The Paris
agreement for the climate is accepted." Next week, President
Emmanuel Macron and the French government will host world leaders
and non-state actors for the One Planet Summit. The purpose of this
gathering is to celebrate climate gains made since 2015, and to
boost political and economic support for meeting the goals and
targets of the Paris agreement...<br>
The best available science estimates that the world has only three
years to begin a permanent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions if
there is to be any hope of achieving the Paris accord's goal of
keeping warming to "well below 2°C" relative to pre-industrial
levels. And, whatever urgency science cannot convey is being
communicated by the planet itself - through a ferocious display of
hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and deadly droughts.<br>
Given the immediacy of the challenge, what can and should be done to
avert crisis?...<br>
The One Planet Summit will be an occasion for countries, companies,
and private institutions to forge concrete strategies to shift away
from fossil fuels. At the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, last
month, 20 countries, led by Canada and the United Kingdom, announced
plans to phase out coal from electricity generation. The gathering
in Paris will provide an opportunity for other countries to join the
Powering Past Coal Alliance, which aims to formalize a deliberate
transition from coal, and to help companies achieve net-zero
emissions.<br>
Ultimately, next week's summit should be a place where governments,
businesses, investors, and other key stakeholders collaborate and
share ideas, showcase successful projects, and coordinate goals.
This event should not stand alone, but rather serve as a springboard
for international meetings that will take place over the next few
years. After all, it is during this short timeframe that the fate of
the Paris accord's temperature targets will be determined.<br>
<font size="-1">Laurence Tubiana, a former French ambassador to the
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, is CEO of the European
Climate Foundation and a professor at Sciences Po, Paris.</font><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/paris-climate-agreement-one-planet-summit-by-laurence-tubiana-2017-12">https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/paris-climate-agreement-one-planet-summit-by-laurence-tubiana-2017-12</a></font><br>
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<br>
How Global Warming Might Be Putting Us at Risk of Renal Disease<br>
Medical News Bulletin<br>
A team of South Australian researchers thinks that hotter
temperatures might be linked to increased rates of renal disease.
There's nothing like spending a hot summer day out on the beach, but
those high temperatures might be doing more to your body than just
making you sweat. Extremely high ...<br>
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<br>
[book review]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Melancholia-Psychoanalytic-dimensions-Explorations/dp/0415727995">Environmental
Melancholia: Psychoanalytic dimensions of engagement
(Psychoanalytic Explorations) </a></b><br>
by Renee Lertzman<br>
In this groundbreaking book, Renee Lertzman applies psychoanalytic
theory and psychosocial research to the issue of public engagement
and public apathy in response to chronic ecological threats. By
highlighting unconscious and affective dimensions of contemporary
ecological issues, Lertzman deconstructs the idea that there is a
gap between what people care about and what is actually carried out
in policy and personal practice. In doing so, she presents an
innovative way to think about and design engagement practices and
policy interventions.<br>
Based on key qualitative fieldwork and in-depth interviews conducted
in Green Bay, Wisconsin, each chapter provides a psychosocial,
psychoanalytic perspective on subjectivity, affect and identity, and
considers what this means for understanding behaviour in relation to
environmental crises and climate change. The book argues for a
theory of environmental melancholia that accounts for the ways in
which people experience profound loss and disruption caused by
environmental issues, and yet may have trouble expressing or making
sense of such experiences.<br>
Environmental Melancholia offers a fresh perspective to the field of
environmental psychology that until now has been largely dominated
by research in cognitive, behavioural and social psychology. It will
appeal to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the
fields of psychoanalysis, psychosocial studies and sustainability,
as well as policy makers and educators internationally.<br>
Robert Greenway 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Melancholia-Psychoanalytic-dimensions-Explorations/dp/0415727995">Psycho-Ecological
Study of Why We Continue Killing the Planet</a><br>
Format: Hardcover<br>
You might miss this amazing book by recoiling from the cost, or the
title -- but you'd be missing the most lucid, scholarly and
penetrating exploration of human-nature relationship currently in
print. Dr. Lertzman has done what heretofore has been impossible:
she has opened a ccrucial and necessary shaft of light into the
heart of the environmental crisis, and why we're avoiding acting on
what is becoming increasingly clear. This is ecologically and
psychologically informed, filled with examples of the "recoiling
from the problem" taking place all over the planet. It challenges
our species' incapacity to embrace the reality of what we're doing
to the planet, even as the pleasures and distractions of fantastic
technological devices continue to enthrall us. This is the
"ecopsychology" book that has been needed, hopefully rescuing that
field from diffuse and magical thinking. (Compare this, for example,
with Roszak's 1994 "Voice<br>
of the Earth"; or Thomas Berry's "Dream of the Earth; or Joseph
Dodd's "Psychoanalytic Ecology"; or Zimmerman's and Hargen's
"Integral Ecology"; or Andy Fisher's "Radical Ecopsyhology".
Lertzman's work brings us to the edge of what has been gathered, to
face our environmental crisis -- and then provides "forward
references" as to what we might do collectively. It is not an easy
read, but well worth the effort.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Melancholia-Psychoanalytic-dimensions-Explorations/dp/0415727995">https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Melancholia-Psychoanalytic-dimensions-Explorations/dp/0415727995</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/11/meat-tax-inevitable-to-beat-climate-and-health-crises-says-report">Meat
tax 'inevitable' to beat climate and health crises, says report</a></b><br>
'Sin taxes' to reverse the rapid global growth in meat eating are
likely in five to 10 years, according to a report for investors
managing over $4tn...<br>
"If policymakers are to cover the true cost of human epidemics like
obesity, diabetes and cancer, and livestock epidemics like avian
flu, while also tackling the twin challenges of climate change and
antibiotic resistance, then a shift from subsidisation to taxation
of the meat industry looks inevitable," said Jeremy Coller, found of
Fairr and chief investment officer at private equity firm Coller
Capital. "Far-sighted investors should plan ahead for this day."<br>
Marco Springmann, at the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of
Food at the University of Oxford, said: "Current levels of meat
consumption are not healthy or sustainable. The costs associated
with each of those impacts could approach the trillions in the
future. Taxing meat could be a first and important step."...<br>
"There are huge opportunities in the market," said Lettini. "If we
can start replacing meat protein with plant-based protein that has
the same look, taste and feel as meat, where real red-blooded meat
eaters are happy to dig into a burger that is plant-based, we are
changing the world."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/11/meat-tax-inevitable-to-beat-climate-and-health-crises-says-report">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/11/meat-tax-inevitable-to-beat-climate-and-health-crises-says-report</a><br>
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[video Climate State]<b><br>
</b><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMqT16yZcHY">Naomi
Oreskes: Organized Campaigns to Doubt Climate Science (2016)</a></b><br>
Naomi Oreskes' research focuses on the Earth and environmental
sciences, with a particular interest in understanding scientific
consensus and dissent. <br>
Published on Apr 26, 2017<br>
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Day in Climate History December 12, 2007</a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
December 12, 2007: The House Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform releases the<br>
report "Political Interference with Climate Change Science under the<br>
Bush Administration."<br>
From the report summary:<br>
"one inescapable conclusion: the Bush Administration has <br>
engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science
and mislead <br>
policymakers and the public about the dangers of global warming. "<br>
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