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<font size="+1"><i>January 30, 2018</i></font><br>
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[Science Daily]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180129092932.htm">Global
warming poses substantial flood risk increase for Central and
Western Europe</a></b><br>
Europe is expected to see a considerable increase in flood risk in
coming years, even under an optimistic climate change scenario of
1.5 C warming compared to pre-industrial levels.<br>
A study assesses flood impacts for three scenarios - of 1.5 C, 2 C
and 3 C warming - and finds that most of Central and Western Europe
will experience substantial increase in flood risk at all warming
levels, and the higher the warming, the higher the risk.<br>
Damage from floods across Europe is projected to more than double,
from a 113% average increase if warming is kept to 1.5 C, to 145%
under the 3 C scenario.<br>
In terms of population affected, the projected increase ranges from
86% to 123%....<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180129092932.htm">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180129092932.htm</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Audio report]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/01/29/washington-jay-inslee-carbon-tax">Washington
Gov. Jay Inslee Pushes Nation's First Carbon Tax</a></b><br>
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is pushing a first-in-the-nation state
plan to tax carbon emissions. Revenues from the carbon tax would
fund clean-energy projects around the state.<br>
The carbon tax, which would start at $20 per ton in mid-2019 and
increase annually, faces an uncertain future in the state
legislature. Inslee says that despite President Trump being "no
help" on climate change, his state is moving forward without federal
support.<br>
On why a carbon tax will pass this time after previous efforts
failed<br>
"<b>No. 1: The public really is understanding the critical nature of
this existential threat.</b> <br>
<b>No. 2: We are learning that we can grow our jobs by having clean
energy jobs and that has been very successful in our state.</b><br>
"And <b>No. 3: We finally we have some Democrats who are in the
majority in our state legislature</b>, so we have a chance to
actually tee it up for discussion....<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/01/29/washington-jay-inslee-carbon-tax">http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/01/29/washington-jay-inslee-carbon-tax</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Weather Channel]<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://weather.com/news/climate/news/2018-01-29-climate-change-global-warming-trump-piers-morgan"><b>How
Did 'Climate Change' and 'Global Warming' Turn Into a Misleading
Trump Talking Point?</b></a><br>
During an interview with journalist Piers Morgan that aired Sunday
on Britain's ITV network, U.S. President Donald Trump brought up a
meme used often by those who deny climate change. It's a talking
point that deserves a proper burial...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://weather.com/news/climate/news/2018-01-29-climate-change-global-warming-trump-piers-morgan">https://weather.com/news/climate/news/2018-01-29-climate-change-global-warming-trump-piers-morgan</a><br>
</font>-<br>
[Associated Press Fact Check]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://apnews.com/4a89b1accf89460097fb52fb7e307f90/AP-FACT-CHECK">AP
FACT CHECK: Data melt Trump's cooling, ice claims</a></b><br>
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's description of the
climate on planet Earth doesn't quite match what data show and
scientists say.<br>
In an interview with Piers Morgan airing Sunday on Britain's ITV
News, the president said the world was cooling and warming at the
same time and that claims of melting ice caps haven't come true.<br>
<b>TRUMP: </b>"There is a cooling, and there's a heating. I mean,
look, it used to not be climate change, it used to be global
warming. That wasn't working too well because it was getting too
cold all over the place."<br>
Ten different climate scientists contacted by The Associated Press
said the president was not accurate about climate change. Rutgers
University climate scientist Jennifer Francis responded in an email:
"Clearly President Trump is relying on alternative facts to inform
his views on climate change. Ice on the ocean and on land are both
disappearing rapidly, and we know why: increasing greenhouse gases
from burning fossil fuels that trap more heat and melt the ice. "<br>
<b>THE FACTS: </b>The world hasn't had a cooler than average year
since 1976 and hasn't had a cooler than normal month since the end
of 1985, according to more than 135 years of temperature records
kept by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.<br>
The last four years have been the four hottest years on record
globally, with 2010 the fifth hottest year, according to NOAA. Every
year in the 21st century has been at least three quarters of a
degree (0.4 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 20th century average
and in the top 25 hottest years on record, NOAA records show.<br>
And while a good chunk of the United States had a frigid snap
recently, most of the rest of the world was far warmer than normal,
according to temperature records.<br>
Zeke Hausfather of the Berkeley Earth temperature monitoring program
- initially funded by non-scientists who doubt that the world is
warming - said in an email: "The world has been warming steadily
over the past 50 years, with 17 of the past 18 years being the
warmest since records began in the 1850s. It is not accurate to say
that the climate has been 'cooling as well as warming'."<br>
<b>TRUMP: "The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be
gone by now, but now they're setting records. They're at a record
level."</b><b><br>
</b><b>THE FACTS: It is a bit more nuanced, but not quite right.</b><br>
While a small number of experts a decade ago had predicted that
Arctic would be free of summer sea ice by now, most mainstream
scientists and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change did not, instead they said Arctic sea ice would
shrink, which it has, said Pennsylvania State University ice
scientist Richard Alley. Most scientists, including the director of
the National Snow and Ice Data Center, are predicting that the
Arctic will be free of summer sea ice sometime around the 2040s.<br>
The Arctic set a record for the lowest amount of sea ice in the
winter, when sea ice usually grows to its maximum levels, in March
2017. In 2012, the Arctic set a record for lowest sea ice levels.
Sea ice recovered slightly from that record and in 2017 in
September, the annual low was only the eighth lowest on record,
according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. But the 10
lowest years of sea ice have been all in the last 11 years. Arctic
sea ice is declining at a rate of 13.2 percent per decade, according
to NASA.<br>
<blockquote><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/sea-ice-extent-sinks-to-record-lows-at-both-poles">Sea
Ice Extent Sinks to Record Lows at Both Poles</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/sea-ice-extent-sinks-to-record-lows-at-both-poles">https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/sea-ice-extent-sinks-to-record-lows-at-both-poles</a><br>
</blockquote>
Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer said the
Antarctic sea ice pack, less directly influenced by global climate
change, varies from year to year. Antarctica hit a record low for
sea ice in March 2017, the same month the Arctic hit a record winter
low. Antarctic sea ice also reached a record high in 2014.<br>
"Both of the large ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are losing
hundreds of billions of tons of ice per year. Sea ice continues to
decline significantly in the Arctic decade by decade, and the
thickness of Arctic ice is now less than 50 percent of what it was
40 years ago," National Snow and Ice Data Center scientist Ted
Scambos said in an email.<br>
Associated Press writer Gregory Katz in London contributed to this
report.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://apnews.com/4a89b1accf89460097fb52fb7e307f90/AP-FACT-CHECK">https://apnews.com/4a89b1accf89460097fb52fb7e307f90/AP-FACT-CHECK</a></font><br>
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<br>
[military]<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/asia/kremlin-u-s-circle-warming-arctic">Kremlin
and U.S. Circle Each Other in Warming Arctic</a></b></font><br>
<b>Bottom Line: </b>The potential of economic development in the
Arctic for a financially strapped Russia has increased the Kremlin's
attention to the security of its northern waters. The result is a
push to bolster its military presence in the region. But against a
backdrop of increasing geopolitical tensions between Russia and the
West, Moscow's objectives and tactics, portrayed as merely
defensive, increasingly stir concern among the U.S. and its NATO
allies. They worry that Russia is seeking to control what could soon
become a prominent maritime trade route.<br>
<b>Background:</b> Arctic warming and the melting of sea ice has
increased shipping through the Northern Sea Route that runs along
Russia's Arctic coast. But fears of competition over resources, such
as the region's vast undiscovered hydrocarbon reserves, appears to
be driving much of Russia's push for control.<br>
Adm. (ret.) Jonathan Greenert, former Chief of Naval Operations,
U.S. Navy<br>
<blockquote> "There has been physical evidence of change in the
Arctic's ice pack for decades now. We are experiencing the
creation of a new body of water – at the top of the world. The
Arctic is 'navigable' in parts for some period of the year.
Navigable here means that some ships can traverse certain parts of
the Arctic sometimes. It does not mean that the Arctic is fully
navigable for merchant or cruise ships. Estimates of when some
parts of the Arctic will be ice-free – available for passage
without hardened (expensive) hulls – vary. Consensus is mid
2020s."<br>
</blockquote>
The Arctic is estimated to contain a third of the world's
undiscovered natural gas, 13 percent of its undiscovered oil
reserves and large quantities of the planet's rare earth metals that
are largely under China's control for the time being. Low oil prices
and harsh environmental conditions have delayed the start of
full-scale drilling, but this could be changing. In April last year,
President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at lifting
Obama-era restrictions on Arctic drilling, though the rule-making
process is likely to take time....<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/asia/kremlin-u-s-circle-warming-arctic">https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/asia/kremlin-u-s-circle-warming-arctic</a></font><br>
-<br>
[trade irony]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/tanker-carrying-liquefied-natural-gas-from-russias-arctic-arrives-in-boston/2018/01/28/08d3894c-0497-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html">Tanker
carrying liquefied natural gas from Russia's Arctic arrives in
Boston</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/tanker-carrying-liquefied-natural-gas-from-russias-arctic-arrives-in-boston/2018/01/28/08d3894c-0497-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/tanker-carrying-liquefied-natural-gas-from-russias-arctic-arrives-in-boston/2018/01/28/08d3894c-0497-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/26/russia-gas-sanctions-american-homes-312866">https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/26/russia-gas-sanctions-american-homes-312866</a><br>
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<br>
[Nate Hagens video lecture 1:20]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/2DpfsqjQbP0">WEP2018
TV: Energy, Money and Technology - From the Lens of the
Superorganism</a></b><br>
During Nate Hagens' #WEP2018 keynote ... how all of our lives will
be influenced by how we react to the coming era of harder to extract
and more costly fossil fuels that will be combined with cleaner but
more stochastic energy types.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/2DpfsqjQbP0">https://youtu.be/2DpfsqjQbP0</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[2 video book review: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.amazon.com/Scale-Universal-Innovation-Sustainability-Organisms/dp/1594205582/ref=sr_1_1">"Scale"</a>]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/0oCfy5SU-_4">Global
Warming Increases Pace of Life, Thus Death Rates: A</a></b><br>
Paul Beckwith - Published on Jul 30, 2017<br>
For every 18 F (10 C) rise in temperature the metabolic rate doubles
& thus the rate of living doubles. <font size="-1"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/0oCfy5SU-_4">https://youtu.be/0oCfy5SU-_4</a></font><br>
-<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/5145BHxLGb8">Global
Warming Increases Pace of Life, Thus Death Rates: B</a></b><br>
The Paris agreement aims for a maximum 2 C (3.6 F) temperature rise,
yet this change leads to a 20% to 30% increase in metabolic rate,
thus growth & mortality rates. This is mind-boggling. The pace
of almost all biological life across all scales increases 20 to 30%.
<br>
This will wreak havoc on ecosystems; in fact the entire ecology of
the planet. Including food supply. Please support my videos with a
donation at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://paulbeckwith.net">http://paulbeckwith.net</a><font
size="-1"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/5145BHxLGb8">https://youtu.be/5145BHxLGb8</a><br>
-<br>
</font>[Book]<font size="-1"><br>
</font><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.amazon.com/Scale-Universal-Innovation-Sustainability-Organisms/dp/1594205582/ref=sr_1_1">Scale:
The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and
the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies
</a></b><br>
by Geoffrey West (Author)<font size="-1"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.amazon.com/Scale-Universal-Innovation-Sustainability-Organisms/dp/1594205582/ref=sr_1_1">https://www.amazon.com/Scale-Universal-Innovation-Sustainability-Organisms/dp/1594205582/ref=sr_1_1</a><br>
</font> <br>
<br>
[Flat Earther convention report]<br>
<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5DPEbuIHnA">Flat
Earther: "Do your own research."</a></b><br>
<a href="https://youtu.be/X5DPEbuIHnA">video</a> <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/X5DPEbuIHnA">https://youtu.be/X5DPEbuIHnA</a><br>
In the age of Trump, conspiracy nuts turn to flat Earthism.<br>
Natural outgrowth of the anti-science movement.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5DPEbuIHnA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5DPEbuIHnA</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="January%2030,%201976:%20The%20US%20Supreme%20Court%20issues%20the%20Buckley%20v.%20Valeo,ruling,%20one%20of%20several%20controversial%20rulings%20that%20effectively%20allow,polluters%20to%20interfere%20with%20the%20US%20political%20process.,,,http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/Buckley.pdf">This
Day in Climate History January 30, 1976 </a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
January 30, 1976: The US Supreme Court issues the <i>Buckley v.
Valeo</i><br>
ruling, one of several controversial rulings that effectively allow<br>
polluters to interfere with the US political process.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/Buckley.pdf">http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/Buckley.pdf</a></font><br>
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