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<font size="+1"><i>January 9, 2018</i></font><br>
<br>
[NOAA National Center for Environmental Information]<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/">Billion-Dollar
Weather and Climate Disasters: Overview</a><br>
In 2017, there were 16 weather and climate disaster events with
losses exceeding $1 billion each across the United States. These
events included 1 drought event, 2 flooding events, 1 freeze event,
8 severe storm events, 3 tropical cyclone events, and 1 wildfire
event. Overall, these events resulted in the deaths of 362 people
and had significant economic effects on the areas impacted. The
1980–2017 annual average is 5.8 events (CPI-adjusted); the annual
average for the most recent 5 years (2013–2017) is 11.6 events
(CPI-adjusted). <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/billions/images/2017-billion-dollar-disaster-map.png">[US
MAP]</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/billions/images/2017-billion-dollar-disaster-map.png">https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/billions/images/2017-billion-dollar-disaster-map.png</a><br>
The U.S. has sustained 219 weather and climate disasters since 1980
where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion
(including CPI adjustment to 2017). The total cost of these 219
events exceeds $1.5 trillion. This total now includes the initial
cost estimates for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/">https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Attribution Science]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/01/05/Heres-why-journalists-can-be-more-confident-reporting-on-climate-change-and-extreme-weathe/218984">Here's
why journalists can be more confident reporting on climate
change and extreme weather</a></b><br>
January 5, 2018 by Lisa Hymas <br>
The rapidly developing field of climate attribution science gives
reporters and meteorologists a valuable tool for educating the
public<br>
Journalists too often fail to note how climate change worsens
extreme weather events, as Media Matters has <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/12/20/2017-was-a-terrible-year-of-climate-disasters----and-too-many-media-outlets-failed-to-tell/218890">documented
</a>on <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/07/05/During-record-heat-wave-major-TV-stations-in-Phoenix-and-Las-Vegas-completely-ignored-the-/217141">multiple</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/09/08/STUDY-ABC-and-NBC-drop-the-ball-on-covering-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-hurricanes/217881">occasions</a>.
But they should feel increasingly confident doing so. In recent
years, climate change attribution science -- research that documents
how climate change made specific weather events worse - has become
much more robust.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/01/05/Heres-why-journalists-can-be-more-confident-reporting-on-climate-change-and-extreme-weathe/218984">https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/01/05/Heres-why-journalists-can-be-more-confident-reporting-on-climate-change-and-extreme-weathe/218984</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[ticks]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://dailyclimate.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=73be43273a8ebb733ab2696c7&id=f7ba5ba09e&e=5bae535b64">Maine
researchers explore link between climate change and Lyme disease</a></b><br>
pressherald.com<br>
Academic and health care investigators are learning more about the
complex web of factors driving the expansion of tick habitat,
including global warming...<br>
The changing climate in Maine caused by global warming is
potentially creating new tick habitats and accelerating the spread
of Lyme disease, according to research being done in the state...<br>
Susan Elias, a disease ecologist at the research institute, said
persuasive research connects climate change with the increased range
of the deer tick that carries Lyme disease, but there hasn't been a
comprehensive look at the many factors that are causing a surge in
Lyme cases. Those factors include shorter winters, hotter summers
and fewer days of extreme cold temperatures.<br>
The number of confirmed Lyme cases in Maine reached an all-time high
of 1,464 in 2016 and has exceeded more than 1,000 a year since
2011...<br>
Anaplasmosis,...emerged as a threat in 2017, with a record 400 cases
reported through October. Many Mainers are now being co-infected
with Lyme and other tick-borne diseases like anaplasmosis, although
there are no public health data tracking co-infections. Researchers,
however, are finding more ticks that carry both Lyme and
anaplasmosis.<br>
Many things could be in play,.. including not only temperature, but
also humidity in the soil, snow, deer density near people, leaf
cover, more people moving into tick habitats by building homes near
wooded areas, summer precipitation, how cold the winters are and the
expansion of the Japanese barberry invasive plant. The Japanese
barberry is a prime habitat for ticks. Rodents can also contribute
to the spread of ticks.<br>
Even the re-emergence of deciduous trees growing on what used to be
farmland may be a factor, Elias said. Ticks survive well under leaf
litter, helping them to survive the winter.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://dailyclimate.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=73be43273a8ebb733ab2696c7&id=f7ba5ba09e&e=5bae535b64">https://dailyclimate.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=73be43273a8ebb733ab2696c7&id=f7ba5ba09e&e=5bae535b64</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Bombogenesis review]<br>
Paul Beckwith<br>
Published on Jan 8, 2018<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbn012uiPBs"><b>Unprecedented
Storms of OUR Lives: Climate Bomb Mayhem</b></a><br>
Video <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbn012uiPBs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbn012uiPBs</a><br>
Weather bomb. Bombogenesis. Cyclone Bomb. Terms for the beast that
hammered North America's East Coast, knocking iguanas out of trees
in Florida, bringing ice floes from the ocean onto coastal Boston
streets, and dumping feet of snow. Air pressure in the "eye"
plummeted faster than most hurricanes (59 mb in 24 hours) to 951 mb
(equivalent to a Category 3 storm). Climate change disruption of our
planetary heat transport via atmosphere and oceans is accelerating;
this is just the first few moves of the chess game.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbn012uiPBs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbn012uiPBs</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Speaking Notes #1]<br>
<b>OXFORD CHANGE AGENCY EVENT - REPORT<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org/explorations/papers/257-oxford-change-agency-event-report">Agency
in individual and collective change</a></b><br>
Climate Psychology Alliance with Living Witness<br>
Written by Laurie Michaelis<br>
A day for psychological and social practitioners to share our
experiences of enabling positive<br>
responses to climate change. We'll explore how our different
approaches connect and complement<br>
each other, hoping to form a stronger community of practitioners. We
hope to shed light on questions<br>
such as:<br>
• What are the approaches to change in our different practices?<br>
• How do we address our own Shadow – including developing agency for
change when our<br>
"normal" way of life is part of the problem?<br>
• What are our experiences of the interplay of individual and
collective agency?<br>
• How do these themes relate to well-explored aspects of climate
psychology – e.g. splitting,<br>
denial, loss etc.? What about loss of "normal" ways of life if we
respond effectively to climate<br>
change?<br>
As a Quaker I've been working on climate change and sustainable
living for about fifteen years now. A<br>
lot of the work I do is with local Quaker meetings, or organising
workshops or gatherings of one kind<br>
or another, from small groups up to 2000 people.<br>
Quakers have a way of engaging with things that I want to summarise
in three principles.<br>
<b>The first principle that is fundamental for Quakers…is
essentially about being open to transformation.</b><br>
We have Quaker words that are about standing still in the Light and
letting it show you your darkness.<br>
We use God language, and before I use God language I just want to
say that I don't believe in a god in<br>
any conventional sense, but I tend to interpret that word as being
to do with emergent collective<br>
consciousness. That's my interpretation and different people will
interpret it differently.<br>
But we talk about trusting "the promptings of love and truth in our
hearts as the leadings of God<br>
whose light shows us our darkness and brings us to new life". <br>
So there's this sense of looking at our<br>
darkness and being transformed.<br>
So that was a kind of internal, first-person principle.<br>
<b>The second one is about "answering that of God in every one".</b>
I would say that's about<br>
intersubjectivity. I need to be open to being transformed by my
relationship with you. That's the basis<br>
of a strong Quaker culture of listening, and it's a very important
part of Quaker practice.<br>
<b>The third principle is about unity; seeking unity together. </b>We
do that in very practical ways in our<br>
decision-making meetings, in the way we come up with a minute, a
shared way forward, but we do it<br>
in lots of different ways. Sometimes we don't do it very well. A lot
of it comes down to letting go of<br>
ego, and letting go of personal positions, and uniting with the
group.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org/explorations/papers/257-oxford-change-agency-event-report">http://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org/explorations/papers/257-oxford-change-agency-event-report</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[lump of coal news]<br>
<b><a
href="https://climatecrocks.com/2018/01/08/trump-coal-rescue-hits-pothole/">Trump
Coal Rescue Hits Pothole</a></b><br>
Trump plan to subsidize coal, nuclear plants hit a snag.<br>
<a href="https://youtu.be/PNENR-x_HYk">video: Trump: Coal,
Beautiful Coal</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/PNENR-x_HYk">https://youtu.be/PNENR-x_HYk</a><br>
<b><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/01/08/trump-appointed-regulators-reject-plan-to-rescue-coal-and-nuclear-plants/">Washington
Post:</a></b><br>
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday unanimously
rejected a proposal by Energy Secretary Rick Perry that would have
propped up nuclear and coal power struggling in competitive
electricity markets.<br>
The independent five-member commission includes four people
appointed by President Trump, three of them Republicans. Its
decision is binding...<br>
The operators have 60 days to submit materials. At that time the
agency can issue another order.<br>
Perry's proposal favored power plants able to store 90 days fuel
supply on site, unlike renewable energy or natural gas plants.<br>
The plan, however, was widely seen as an effort to alter the balance
of competitive electricity markets that federal regulators have been
cultivating since the late 1980s. And critics said that it would
have largely helped a handful of coal and nuclear companies,
including the utility FirstEnergy and coal mining firm Murray
Energy, while raising rates for consumers.<br>
The argument coal and nuclear proponents make is that those fuels
provide "base load" power that is more reliable than a mix of
renewables and natural gas – and are therefore critical for
"national security".<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/01/08/trump-appointed-regulators-reject-plan-to-rescue-coal-and-nuclear-plants/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/01/08/trump-appointed-regulators-reject-plan-to-rescue-coal-and-nuclear-plants/</a></font><br>
-<br>
[Perry stumbles]<br>
<a
href="https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?document_id=14633130"><b>FERC
looks to have used strong language in rejected NOPR:</b><b> </b></a><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://twitter.com/AriPeskoe/status/950469042309038081">https://twitter.com/AriPeskoe/status/950469042309038081</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://twitter.com/PriceofOil/status/950496144752332800">https://twitter.com/PriceofOil/status/950496144752332800</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://twitter.com/david_turnbull/status/950493912497496064">https://twitter.com/david_turnbull/status/950493912497496064</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://priceofoil.org/2018/01/08/ferc-rejects-perry-coal-nuclear-bailout/">http://priceofoil.org/2018/01/08/ferc-rejects-perry-coal-nuclear-bailout/</a><br>
<b><a href="https://t.co/meFhhNNIg4">Response: Industry-friendly
FERC rightly rejects Perry's coal and nukes bailout</a></b><br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
January 8, 2018<br>
ontact:<br>
Janet Redman, janet [at] priceofoil.org<br>
David Turnbull, david [at] priceofoil.org<br>
<br>
<blockquote><b>Oil Change Int'l response: Industry-friendly FERC
rightly rejects Perry's coal and nukes bailout</b><br>
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected
former Dancing with the Stars contestant and current Energy
Secretary Rick Perry's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would
have given a massive bailout to the coal and nuclear industries in
the name of so-called grid resilience. In response, Janet Redman,
U.S. Policy Director with Oil Change International,released the
following statement:<br>
"Secretary Perry likes to use flash and glitz to cover over
imperfections in form. Like the wise judges on Dancing with the
Stars, FERC saw through the act.<br>
"This was an easy decision to make for FERC. Secretary Perry's
proposal was nothing more than a massive bailout for the coal and
nuclear industries. It's no surprise it was resoundingly rejected
by even the industry-friendly commission, just as it's no surprise
that Secretary Perry continues to demonstrate he has no idea what
he's doing overseeing our nation's energy infrastructure.<br>
"We'll know FERC is really intent on setting a course for a
brighter future when they actually start taking our climate crisis
seriously. By ignoring the climate impacts of gas pipelines,
export terminals, and other fossil fuel projects, FERC continues
to hold us back while doing the industry's bidding.<br>
"Today's decision by FERC was the right one, but FERC needs to do
a lot more to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and safeguard
our climate before they earn our applause."<br>
</blockquote>
FERC looks to have used strong language in rejected NOPR: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://twitter.com/AriPeskoe/status/950469042309038081">https://twitter.com/AriPeskoe/status/950469042309038081</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://t.co/meFhhNNIg4">https://t.co/meFhhNNIg4</a></font><br>
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<br>
[video lecture 58 mins]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HMsEVmnhZE">Tali Sharot:
The Influential Mind</a></b><br>
In The Influential Mind, neuroscientist Tali Sharot takes us on a
thrilling exploration of the nature of influence. We affect others
just by moving through the world―from the classroom to the boardroom
to social media. But how skilled are we at this role, and can we
become better? Sharot reveals that many of our instincts―from
relying on facts and figures to shape opinions, to insisting others
are wrong or attempting to exert control―are ineffective, because
they are incompatible with how people's minds operate. She shows us
how to avoid these pitfalls, and how an attempt to change beliefs
and actions is successful when it is well-matched with the core
elements that govern the human brain. Sharot reveals the critical
role of emotion in influence, the weakness of data and the power of
curiosity. Relying on the latest research in neuroscience,
behavioral economics and psychology, the book provides fascinating
insight into the complex power of influence, good and bad.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HMsEVmnhZE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HMsEVmnhZE</a></font><br>
-<br>
[TED video 17min]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8rmi95pYL0">The optimism
bias Tali Sharot</a></b><br>
Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot
shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on
the bright side - and how that can be both dangerous and beneficial.<br>
And maybe the most surprising benefit of optimism is health.<br>
If we expect the future to be bright, stress and anxiety are
reduced.<br>
So all in all, optimism has lots of benefits. But the question that
was really confusing to me was,<br>
how do we maintain optimism in the face of reality? So unrealistic
optimism can lead to risky behavior, to financial collapse, to
faulty planning.<br>
The British government, for example, has acknowledged that the
optimism bias can make individuals more likely to underestimate the
costs and durations of projects. <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8rmi95pYL0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8rmi95pYL0</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Art and Climate] <br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://artistsandclimatechange.com/2018/01/08/sea-of-troubles/">Sea
of Troubles</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.dearclimate.net/#/posters">http://www.dearclimate.net/#/posters</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://artistsandclimatechange.com/2018/01/08/sea-of-troubles/">https://artistsandclimatechange.com/2018/01/08/sea-of-troubles/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
[Cool tools to see the future]<br>
<b><a>Look Ahead Campaign Leverages the Power of Virtual Reality to
Bring Climate Impacts and Solutions to Life</a></b><br>
Imagine some of San Francisco's most iconic locations submerged in
water. Hard to picture? An innovative new campaign called Look
Ahead - San Francisco is helping locals to envision what their city
could look like in the future with sea-level rise and what's
possible through climate action.<br>
Look Ahead offers 360 tours of three sites in San Francisco where
communities members can learn more about climate impacts and
solutions, share their opinions and concerns, and connect to efforts
to plan for sea-level rise and reduce carbon emissions.<br>
Introducing Look Ahead - San Francisco uses a customized virtual
reality app to give community members a first-person look at future
sea-level rise and climate solutions in three locations in San
Francisco, and offer opportunities to get involved with local
climate action.<br>
Get started with the Look Ahead–San Francisco virtual reality tour<br>
Developed by the nonprofit Climate Access in partnership with the
City and County of San Francisco, the Look Ahead app for smartphones
or tablets provides 360-degree tours of the Embarcadero, Mission
Creek and Heron's Head. Look Ahead can be accessed now via Google
Play or the Apple App Store and used to search for location-specific
climate facts, share opinions and concerns, and connect with
sea-level rise planning efforts and programs to cut carbon.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.lookahead-sf.org">www.lookahead-sf.org</a><br>
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between Climate Access and the City of San Francisco. <br>
Check out our new Look Ahead VR app visualizing sea level rise and
solutions in San Francisco, available in the App Store or on Google
Play.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.lookahead-sf.org/">https://www.lookahead-sf.org/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Fresh Air]<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Day in Climate History January 9, 2007</a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
In an interview on NPR's "Fresh Air," notorious GOP operative Frank
Luntz - who years prior wrote a memo urging Republicans to keep
raising questions about climate science as opposed to actually doing
anything to reduce carbon pollution--shamelessly defends his
tactics.<br>
Republican pollster Frank Luntz advises politicians on the language
they should use to win elections and promote their policies.
Although he works on one side of the aisle, he says that what he
does is essentially nonpartisan, seeking clarity and simplicity in
language. His critics disagree, and have accused him of using
language that spins and misrepresents policies to "sell" them to the
public. <br>
"I've always been fascinated with language" Frank Luntz is the
author of Words That Work.<br>
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