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<font size="+1"><i>December 17, 2017<br>
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[California wildfire]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-thomas-fire-ledeall-20171216-story.html">Hundreds
of homes in Montecito threatened as winds push Thomas fire
toward coast; new evacuations</a></b><br>
New evacuation orders were issued in Santa Barbara County on
Saturday as the massive Thomas fire took aim at the hills above
Montecito, with some wind gusts reported up to 65 mph.<br>
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href="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=942089328343183361">https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=942089328343183361</a><br>
The so-called sundowner winds are pushing south from the mountains
down to the coast - removing moisture along the way - and are
expected to present firefighters in Santa Barbara County with their
biggest challenge since the Thomas fire roared back to life a week
ago, officials said.<br>
"When the sundowners surface in that area and the fire starts
running down slopes, you are not going to stop it," Mark Brown, an
operations section chief for the California Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection, told reporters at a Saturday morning news
briefing. "And we are not going to stand in front of it and put
firefighters in untenable situations."<br>
'Unfortunately they under-predicted this one," Zaniboni said. "We
weren't expecting this severe of a wind event and we're certainly
getting the worst...This fire is two weeks old and here we are
battling it like it just started again this morning."<br>
Fire officials said that 8,300 fire personnel had been mobilized to
fight the Thomas Fire- the largest mobilization of fire crews to
fight any wildfire in California history.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-thomas-fire-ledeall-20171216-story.html">http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-thomas-fire-ledeall-20171216-story.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/12/15/smoke-from-wildfires-may-be-surprisingly-deadly-scientists-report/?utm_term=.4401e46fed1f">Smoke
from wildfires may be surprisingly deadly, scientists report</a></b><br>
Washington Post<br>
Just like smokestacks and tailpipes, wildfires fill the air with the
byproducts of combustion, including very dangerous small particles
known as PM2.5, which can get into the lungs and bloodstream. A
growing body of research has demonstrated that these particles
degrade health and contribute to thousands of deaths each year in
the United States alone by causing respiratory, cardiovascular and
other health problems.<br>
So just how deadly is the smoke from wildfires? While the numbers
presented this week are definitely preliminary, they suggest the
cost could be severe indeed.<br>
Pierce presented the highest numbers at the meeting. He estimates
that between 5,000 and 25,000 people in the United States may die
each year at present from PM2.5 that specifically comes from the
smoke of wildfires burning in the United States and other nearby
countries (such as Canada). But the number of wildfire-linked deaths
could triple by the end of the century for high levels of global
warming, he has found, based on one climate modeling scenario
(which, Pierce emphasizes, is only a preliminary finding and should
be replicated by other scientific groups).<br>
But the number of wildfire-linked deaths could triple by the end of
the century for high levels of global warming, he has found, based
on one climate ... <br>
Friday was the 12th consecutive day of red flag fire warnings - the
longest sustained period of fire weather warnings on record.<br>
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href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/12/15/smoke-from-wildfires-may-be-surprisingly-deadly-scientists-report">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/12/15/smoke-from-wildfires-may-be-surprisingly-deadly-scientists-report</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.thestreet.com/slideshow/14407769/1/ten-ways-global-warming-will-change-your-personal-finances.html">10
Ways Global Warming Will Change Your Personal Finances</a></b><br>
Global warming will make life more expensive for everybody. Here are
a few ways it's heading for your wallet.<br>
By Eric Reed<br>
Disaster recovery will occupy huge sections of Texas, Puerto Rico
and Florida for years to come, with consequences for both spending
and employment.<br>
The federal government can accommodate emergency spending better
than most households, which is an issue that more Americans will
have to begin considering.<br>
In years to come, global warming will change personal finances in
vast and unpredictable ways. Here are the top 10 that we can be
reasonably sure of.<br>
<b>#10. Banks will calculate mortgages differently.</b><b><br>
</b><b>#9. Homeowner's and renter's insurance will be priced
differently.</b><b><br>
</b><b>#8. Insurance as an industry will have to change.</b><b><br>
</b><b>#7. Property values will fluctuate.</b><b><br>
</b><b>#6. Some jobs will vanish.</b><b><br>
</b><b>#5. Some jobs will grow.</b><b><br>
</b><b>#4. Some food will cost more.</b><b><br>
</b><b>#3. Energy costs will go up.</b><b><br>
</b><b>#2. Medical costs will increase.</b><b><br>
</b><b>#1. Consumers will have to begin budgeting for damage.</b><br>
As disruption grows more common, so, too, will expenses as
disruption and displacement cause additional expense as people get
themselves to safety. Living expenses will add up when workers can't
get to their jobs, and insurance (for people who have it) won't
always cover everything.<br>
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href="https://www.thestreet.com/slideshow/14407769/1/ten-ways-global-warming-will-change-your-personal-finances.html">https://www.thestreet.com/slideshow/14407769/1/ten-ways-global-warming-will-change-your-personal-finances.html</a></font><br>
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<br>
[opinion]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ceqa-vmt-20171216-story.html">If
California is serious about climate change, the car can't be
king of our roads</a></b><br>
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href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ceqa-vmt-20171216-story.html">http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ceqa-vmt-20171216-story.html</a></font><br>
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<br>
[LA Time$]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-zinke-twitter-joshua-tree-climate-change-20171215-story.html">Interior
Secretary Zinke reportedly dressed down Joshua Tree
superintendent over climate change tweets</a></b><br>
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href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-zinke-twitter-joshua-tree-climate-change-20171215-story.html">http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-zinke-twitter-joshua-tree-climate-change-20171215-story.html</a><br>
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<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08719-y">Atlantic
hurricanes' rapid growth spurts are intensifying</a></b><br>
Over the past three decades, wind speeds in the strongest storms
have increased more rapidly in some areas...<br>
n general, there was no significant difference in the amount of
intensification storms showed over the years. But that changed when
Leung and her colleagues looked only at the storms that intensified
the most. For these, the average intensification increased by nearly
0.4 knots per day each year. <br>
Changing patterns<br>
This trend held for storms in the central and eastern tropical
Atlantic, but not in the western Atlantic. Leung isn't yet sure why
that is the case, but it may have something to do with a long-term
climate pattern called the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO),
which affects interactions between the ocean and atmosphere. Over
the past three decades, the AMO has been shifting phase in a way
that causes sea surface temperatures in parts of the Atlantic to
rise. Warmer ocean waters mean more energy for hurricanes to feed
off. ..<br>
"If it's connected to global warming, we can expect it to go
forward, and that's something we need to keep an eye on."<br>
Leung says she expects this to be the case. "I wouldn't say that
next year we would have another 2017," she says. "But the likelihood
of this is increasing over time."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08719-y">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08719-y</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Classic Essay from 2008]<br>
<a
href="http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome"><b> The
Waking Up Syndrome</b></a><br>
Created: Friday, 04 January 2008 <br>
by Sarah Anne Edwards and Linda Buzzell<br>
"Humankind cannot bear very much reality." - T. S. Eliot<br>
<br>
Just dealing with our daily lives keeps most of us too busy to worry
about whether or not the sky is falling. We focus on getting to and
from work, paying our bills, doing our errands, and, if our
time-stressed schedules allow, enjoying a little time to relax with
friends and family.<br>
But we're deluged of late with dire pronouncements from high-profile
newscasts, documentaries, and scientific reports about global
warming, melting ice caps, dwindling oil supplies, and a looming
imminent economic collapse. Closer to home, we've experienced
climate-related disasters: floods, wildfires, hurricanes, wildfires,
and severe droughts.<br>
While the sky may not be falling, this day-after-day onslaught of
alarming news is making it more difficult simply to overlook the
triple threat of environmental, climatic and economic concerns. It's
leaving many of us feeling like Alice in Wonderland, being sucked
down a Rabbit Hole into some frighteningly grotesque and unfamiliar
world that's anything but wonderful.<br>
Few of us are eager to contemplate, let alone truly face, these
looming changes. Just the threat of losing chunks of the comfortable
way of life we're accustomed to (or aspiring to) is a
frightening-enough prospect. But there's no avoiding the current
facts and trends of the human and planetary situation. And as the
edges of our familiar reality begin to ravel, more and more people
are reacting psychologically. A noticeable pattern of behavior is
emerging.<br>
We call this pattern the Waking Up Syndrome, and it unfolds in six
stages, though not necessarily in any particular order.<br>
<br>
<b>Stage 1 - Denial.</b><br>
When we first get an inkling of the shifting environmental reality
and its potential impact on both the national economy and our daily
lives, most people begin by denying it. We slip into one of four
common ways to discount things we'd rather not deal with:<br>
"I don't believe it."<br>
We simply deny the existence of any such concerns and refuse to
consider them. This might include latching eagerly onto any few
remaining naysayers for confirmation and comfort. But as the number
of reputable naysayers dwindles, more people are forced to face the
fact that "something" is happening.<br>
"It's not a problem."<br>
We may admit there's a change taking place, but deny that it's
significant, seeing such things as climate change and economic
fluctuations as part of a normal pattern that is nothing to concern
ourselves with. Or we may incorporate the changes we see happening
into our spiritual and religious beliefs, regarding them not as a
problem, but a test of faith, a sign of a global spiritual
awakening, or evidence of a long-awaited Apocalypse. Some may
believe focusing on such problems makes them worse and that we
should instead visualize, meditate, or pray for the world to be as
we want it to be.<br>
"Someone will fix it."<br>
We may admit major problematic changes are underway but conclude
that there's nothing we personally can do about them and we needn't
worry because technology, scientists, the government, or some expert
authority will come up with a solution in time to save us.<br>
"It's useless."<br>
We may believe there's nothing anyone can do about macro-problems,
so why do anything, except perhaps eat, drink and be merry. What
will be, will be.<br>
<b><br>
</b><b> Stage 2 - Semi-consciousness.</b><br>
In spite of the various ways we may try to discount what's happening
to our environment (and consequently to our economy and whole way of
life), as evidence mounts around us and the news coverage escalates,
we may begin to feel a vague sense of eco-anxiety. Some express this
as virulent anger at all this discussion about global warming.
Others dissociate from their growing concern and misdirect their
feelings toward other things in their lives, perhaps blaming family
members or jobs for their undefined discomfort.<br>
<br>
<b>Stage 3 - The moment of realization.</b><br>
At some point we may encounter something that breaks through our
defenses and brings the inevitability and severity of the
implications of our collective problems into full consciousness. We
might read a particularly compelling article, learn more about the
aftermath of Katrina, hear a news broadcast about polar bear deaths
or rampant fires and flooding, see a documentary like "An
Inconvenient Truth" or "The End of Suburbia." Or - most dramatically
– we might experience a natural disaster ourselves with all its
personal and economic costs.<br>
At such moments, suddenly we realize no matter how we try to explain
away the changes that are happening, they are and will be
accompanied by huge challenges to life as we know it and cause
considerable pain and suffering for many, including ourselves and
those we love.<br>
Even if we believe all these disruptions are leading to a global
spiritual awakening or a long awaited Apocalypse- even if we think
some helpful new technology is going to emerge (hopefully soon)- we
nonetheless begin to understand on a visceral level that the changes
taking place will have dramatically unpleasant implications beyond
anything we've faced in our lifetimes. In fact, we realize many of
these uncomfortable changes are already underway and will be growing
in coming months and years, affecting most of the things we love and
cherish.<br>
But like the character Neo in the 1999 movie The Matrix, even at
this point we still have a choice. We can choose to swallow the
metaphorical red pill and find out just how deep this rabbit hole
goes and where it leads. Or we can take the soothing metaphorical
blue pill and choose to "escape" from the nightmarish Wonderland of
the rabbit hole we've fallen into by slipping back into the comfort
of our favorite form of assuring ourselves that all is well.<br>
But if, like Neo, we take "the red pill," we wake up to the reality
of our individual and collective situation. We get that the triple
threat challenge facing us is a real Medusa monster. Once we're
awake, the problem is full-blown in our consciousness. It's right in
our face. It won't let us turn away, and the force of it makes
"waking up" incredibly painful.<br>
The moment we realize - even briefly - that we're slipping into a
dangerously threatening new world that no longer makes sense
according what we've always believed, our genetic wiring kicks in
with predictable physiological and emotional threat responses that
can take many forms.<br>
Some of us become obsessive newswatchers, documentary filmgoers,
internet compulsives or book readers, wanting to know more and more
about what's really happening. Loved ones may think we've gone nuts.
Spouses may consider divorce; kids may decide mom and dad are
hopeless cranks. <br>
The more fragile or vulnerable among us may get depressed or
experience panic attacks. If something about this current eco-trauma
retriggers earlier traumas in our lives, we may have a
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) reaction. Even the more
resilient may throw themselves obsessively into save-the-planet and
other activities, soon to become exhausted and weary from trying to
do what no one person can.<br>
Others, once they realize what's happening, see it as a new business
or political opportunity. These green business ventures can
sometimes be helpful and productive, but at other times can actively
circumvent or sabotage the efforts of those who are trying to solve
the problems.<br>
<br>
<b>Stage 4 - A Point of No Return.</b><br>
Once awakened, especially as economic and environmental changes
intensify, most of us find there is no turning back. We find
ourselves traveling deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole. Whatever
methods we've used to avoid facing the coming changes is no longer
successful to quell our personal concerns. We can no longer help but
notice the continuing rapid progress of the bad trends – more
expensive energy, higher costs of living, a weaker economy, more
species in trouble, rising temperatures, more devastating severe
weather events, increasing political, economic and military
competition (wars) over remaining resources, etc. It all starts to
make a dreadful sort of sense as we let in the enormity of the
situation.<br>
One of the most difficult aspects of this stage is the profound but
unavoidable sense of isolation and disconnection we may feel when
living in a different world from most of those around us, a world we
can no longer escape from, but one few others seem to notice. The
result is a bizarre sense of surrealism. Interaction and
communication can become a challenge. How do we relate to a world
that's no longer real to us, but is business as usual to most? Do we
try to reach out to others about the ugly new reality and endure
their defenses? Is it better to indulge those who don't yet see the
reality we've stumbled into and act "as if" nothing has changed just
to get along? Or might it be easier to withdraw from life as we've
known it and turn into a hermit? <br>
<br>
<b>5. Despair, guilt, hopelessness, powerlessness.</b><br>
The realization sets in that one person or even one group or
community can't stop the effects of such things as climate change
and peak oil and their economic consequences from impacting millions
of people around the planet and at home. We see this thing spiraling
out of control and realize that our species, and even we
individually, are responsible for much of what's happening! As the
mayor of Memphis said to the Los Angeles Times when a major
heat-wave hit his city and most of the Midwest and South last
summer, "This is pretty akin to a seismic event in the sense that
there is no solution that we here in this room can come up with that
will take care of everybody."<br>
Some have suggested that this stage is similar to the traditional
grief process, and indeed, this is a time of grieving. But there is
a significant difference between this awakening and the normal
experience of grief. Grief that occurs after a loss usually ends
with acceptance of what's been lost and then one adjusts and goes
on. But this is more like the process of accepting a degenerative
illness. It's not a one-time loss one can accommodate and simply
move on. It is a chronic, on-going, permanent situation that will
not only not improve, but actually continue to worsen and become
more uncomfortable in the foreseeable future, probably for the
entire lifetime of most people living today. This is what author
James Howard Kunstler calls "The Long Emergency."<br>
Our grief and sorrow are also amplified by having to bear the pain
of upbeat acquaintances who go merrily along in their denial,
discounting their own uneasiness about what's happening and
wondering why we're so "negative."<br>
<br>
<b>Stage 6 - Acceptance, empowerment, action.</b><br>
As we come to accept the limits of our general powerlessness, we
also find the parameters of the power we do have in this strange new
situation. We discover we no longer need to resist our current and
emerging reality. We don't need to feel compelled to save the entire
world or to hold onto a world that no longer makes sense. We are
freed, instead, to pursue what James Kunstler calls "the intelligent
response, " seeking and taking whatever creative, constructive
action will best sustain those aspects of life that are truly most
important to us in the context of the changes unfolding around us.
At this point our curiosity and creativity kick in and we can begin
following our natural instincts to find what is both feasible and
rewarding to safeguard ourselves, our families, our communities and
the planet.<br>
And indeed, growing numbers of people are beginning to respond with
a plethora of creative, socially and personally responsible actions
along four paths that are similar to those identified by Joanna Macy
in her book World as Lover, World as Self: Courage for Global
Justice and Ecological Renewal and Richard Heinberg in Peak
Everything: Waking up to the Century of Declines. We are finding
individual and collective ways to:<br>
<br>
<b>Resist making matters worse.</b><br>
What's going on may or may not be inevitable, but we don't have to
speed it along. We can do at least one thing to ease or lessen the
negative impact of these changes. We can join an environmental
action group, plant a tree, bike to work, help with a protest march
or write letters to our congressperson. Just doing our little bit to
limit the damage eases the psychological distress we're feeling,
even if we're not "saving the whole world." Taking even a small
stand for what Macy calls "the life-sustaining society" (as opposed
to the life-destroying one) gives us back our dignity and sense of
agency.<br>
<br>
Raise our level of consciousness so we can maintain some serenity
and not burn out in the midst of all this change. We might adopt a
spiritual practice of some kind, take up meditation, expand our
understanding of ecology or history, or spend time reconnecting with
nature, learning to live our lives in harmony with the rest of the
earth.<br>
<br>
<b>Build a lifeboat for ourselves and our loved ones.</b><br>
Many people are already taking steps to create a richer yet more
sustainable way of life better suited to weathering the new economic
and environmental realities. Some are moving to less vulnerable or
expensive locales. Others are simplifying their lives, starting to
lower their energy use, or creating personal and community
permaculture gardens. Still others are changing into more
sustainable careers, joining relocalization efforts to safeguard
their local economy, or adopting alternative ways to exchange needed
goods and services. Learning more about these positive possibilities
is vital. Until we can see that there are options, there's no way
out of despair except to return to dissociating or denying, which
only makes us more vulnerable to the difficulties around us.<br>
<br>
<b>Join with others in small communities</b><br>
for support and understanding. Don't try to cope with this enormous
challenge alone! Find others who share your concerns and views.
Some people have formed reading or study groups around books like
David Korten's The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community,
Richard Heinberg's Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon
World, Cecile Andrews' Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good
Life, or Middle Class Life Boat by Paul and Sarah Edwards. Others
are becoming active in relocalization efforts like those described
on <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.relocalize.net">www.relocalize.net</a> . Still
others are joining together to turn their neighborhood into a
sustainable "eco-hood" or exploring options for co-housing or
eco-villages.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome">http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome</a><br>
see also commentary with links, by author Linda Buzzell <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-buzzell/the-waking-up-syndrome_b_248073.html">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-buzzell/the-waking-up-syndrome_b_248073.html</a><br>
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<br>
[Parody Project music video]<br>
<b><a href="https://youtu.be/57jRBt4h6ks">Confounds the Science -
(Parody of) Sound of Silence - REMIX</a></b><br>
Confounds the Science Video - Art Garfunkel played by Don Caron;
Paul Simon played by Linda Gower. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://parodyproject.com/subscribe">http://parodyproject.com/subscribe</a>
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LYRICS to CONFOUNDS THE SCIENCE (Written by Don Caron)<br>
<blockquote>Hello darkness my old friend.<br>
It's time for him to tweet again,<br>
but first he'll have to check in with fox news<br>
'cause that's the only place he gets his clues.<br>
That's how things get planted in his brain,<br>
where they remain,<br>
and it confounds the science.<br>
<br>
The problem is he's not alone.<br>
He tweets to people on his phone<br>
that global warming is a giant hoax<br>
perpetuated by the liberal folks,<br>
and he hires people that all think the same,<br>
that play his game<br>
and it confounds the science.<br>
<br>
When he talks to crowds of four<br>
he sees ten thousand maybe more,<br>
believing they all think he's god on earth<br>
and was the product of a virgin birth<br>
and if you disagree you're the victim of fake news<br>
or feminist shrews<br>
and it confounds the science.<br>
<br>
"Fools," says he, "you do not know<br>
it makes me smart from so much dough.<br>
I know exactly where the problems are."<br>
But his solutions are beyond bizarre<br>
'cause his words never quite a sentence make<br>
and thus he spake<br>
and it confounds the science.<br>
<br>
No limits on pollution now.<br>
There's not a thing we don't allow.<br>
Dump the garbage in the waterway.<br>
Spray the toxins where your children play.<br>
All the signs say that life on the planet is headed for a downward
fall.<br>
Go to the mall,<br>
and continue to confound the science.<br>
</blockquote>
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORIGINAL SONG - Sound of Silence by Simon and
Garfunkel<br>
The Sound of Silence was released in 1964 on Simon & Garfunkel's
first album release, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. The Album was a flop
and only sold around two thousand copies. The song had been written
a year earlier and the duo had ample opportunity to hone and perfect
it before they recorded it. After the album failed the duo split up.
Paul Simon relocated in Great Britain and Garfunkel went back to
college.<br>
A year later, inspired by the Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man"
(a Dylan song), Wilson, the producer of the Simon & Garfunkel
album decided to release The Sound of Silence again with some amped
up guitar parts. This new version was an instant hit. The two got
together back in the States and set out to create a follow-up hit,
which they did, with "I am a Rock." Both songs were released on an
album titled "Sounds of Silence" in 1965.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/57jRBt4h6ks">https://youtu.be/57jRBt4h6ks</a></font><br>
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<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obama-and-climate-change-the-real-story-20131217#ixzz2nl3ftoNX">This
Day in Climate History December 17, 2013 </a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
December 17, 2013: In a RollingStone.com piece also printed in the<br>
December 19, 2013 edition of the magazine, Bill McKibben observes
that<br>
President Obama's climate commitment is compromised:<br>
<blockquote>"If you want to understand how people will remember the
Obama climate<br>
legacy, a few facts tell the tale: By the time Obama leaves
office,<br>
the U.S. will pass Saudi Arabia as the planet's biggest oil
producer<br>
and Russia as the world's biggest producer of oil and gas
combined. In<br>
the same years, even as we've begun to burn less coal at home, our<br>
coal exports have climbed to record highs. We are, despite slight<br>
declines in our domestic emissions, a global-warming machine: At
the<br>
moment when physics tell us we should be jamming on the carbon
brakes,<br>
America is revving the engine."<br>
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