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<font size="+1"><i>February 9, 2018</i></font><br>
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[Europe Flood Risk]<br>
<b><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/feb/08/climate-change-is-increasing-flood-risks-in-europe">Climate
change is increasing flood risks in Europe</a></b><br>
A new study finds strong agreement that flood risks in central and
western Europe are rising due to global warming...<br>
...we want to know the consequences of warming so that we can make
informed decisions about what to do about it. We really have only
three choices: mitigate, adapt, or ignore and suffer the
consequences.<br>
A very new<span> </span><a
href="http://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/6/1/6" data-link-name="in body
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ease-out;">study</a><span> </span>was just published that helps
answer this question of "so what?" The research was conducted by
lead author Lorenzo Alfieri (European Commission - Joint Research
Centre, Italy),<span> </span><a
href="http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/?web_id=Richard_Betts"
data-link-name="in body link" class="u-underline"
style="background: transparent; touch-action: manipulation; color:
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border-color 0.15s ease-out;">Richard Betts</a><span> </span>(University
of Exeter and Met Office, UK), and their colleagues...<br>
...the researchers are quite certain regarding increased risks in
the central and western parts of Europe but less certain about what
will happen in the east. But the authors went a step further; they
calculated the expected economic damage from future flooding for the
three different temperature increases. They found that regardless of
which model was used, there will be significant economic damage (in
the range of tens to hundreds of billions of Euros per year) in the
warming future. They also showed that the population affected in
Europe by future flooding will grow significantly in the future.
Roughly estimated, 500,000 to 1 million people are expected to be
affected by flooding in the future climate.<br>
What I like about this study is it tries to tackle the problem of
quantifying a cost of climate change. We know humans are warming the
planet. What we really want to know is what the effect is. Only by
comparing costs of action to costs of inaction can we make wise
decisions. So far, the research is telling us that it is much wiser
to take action now to reduce warming (mitigation) than just ignore
greenhouse gases and try to adapt to a harsh future climate. <br>
Studies like this give lie to people who claim that it is too
expensive to take action on climate change. What this study shows is
it may be too expensive to do nothing.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/feb/08/climate-change-is-increasing-flood-risks-in-europe">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/feb/08/climate-change-is-increasing-flood-risks-in-europe</a></font><br>
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[Pruitt]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2018/02/07/the-energy-202-democratic-senators-demand-pruitt-recuse-himself-from-rewriting-clean-power-plan/5a7a2dd130fb041c3c7d7680/?utm_term=.0ef5230a382b">The
Energy 202: Democratic senators demand Pruitt recuse himself
from rewriting Clean Power Plan</a></b><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2018/02/07/the-energy-202-democratic-senators-demand-pruitt-recuse-himself-from-rewriting-clean-power-plan/5a7a2dd130fb041c3c7d7680/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2018/02/07/the-energy-202-democratic-senators-demand-pruitt-recuse-himself-from-rewriting-clean-power-plan/5a7a2dd130fb041c3c7d7680/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Climate Liability] <br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/02/08/san-francisco-oakland-climate-lawsuit-kivalina-alaska/">As
San Francisco, Oakland Press Climate Cases, They Pay Homage to
Tiny Kivalina</a></b><br>
By Dana Drugmand<br>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">When </span><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/us/27alaska.html?_r=1&oref=slogi"><span
style="font-weight: 400;">a remote native Alaskan village</span></a><span
style="font-weight: 400;"> could find no other relief from
damaging coastal storms and erosion that continuously swallowed
its land, it filed a nuisance lawsuit against major energy
producers and carbon emitters in federal court. That 2008 suit, </span><a
href="http://climatecasechart.com/case/native-village-of-kivalina-v-exxonmobil-corp/"><i><span
style="font-weight: 400;">Native Village of Kivalina v.
ExxonMobil et al.</span></i></a> <span style="font-weight:
400;">was a landmark case in attempting to hold fossil fuel
companies accountable for the impacts of the global warming
overwhelmingly driven by its products. Even though the case
ultimately failed, it holds important lessons for the latest wave
of tort-based climate litigation. </span><br>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">"The takeaway's pretty clear," said
</span><a
href="https://www.hbsslaw.com/attorneys/partner/matthew-f-pawa-partner-co-chair-of-environmental-practice-group"><span
style="font-weight: 400;">Matt Pawa</span></a><span
style="font-weight: 400;">, lead attorney for plaintiffs in the
Kivalina case. "It's time to focus on state law." </span><br>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Pawa is currently involved in the
lawsuits filed by </span><a
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2017/09/20/san-francisco-oakland-lawsuit-climate-change-bp-exxon-shell/"><span
style="font-weight: 400;">San Francisco and Oakland </span></a><span
style="font-weight: 400;">against five large petroleum companies
last September in California state court. And he is fighting to
keep them there. Because the fossil fuel companies also learned
from Kivalina, they petitioned to move the cases to federal
district court, but plaintiffs are slated to argue that they
should be heard in state court where they were initially filed.</span><br>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">"State law typically applies to
product-related type claims," Pawa said. "In our current case,
this products claim is focused on the production and promotion of
the product."</span><br>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The jurisdictional battle may
determine the cases' ultimate success. That makes these hearings
perhaps the most important in the case. The first one comes
Thursday, when San Francisco and Oakland will </span><a
href="http://blogs2.law.columbia.edu/climate-change-litigation/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/case-documents/2018/20180115_docket-317-cv-06011_reply-1.pdf"><span
style="font-weight: 400;">make their case for remanding</span></a><span
style="font-weight: 400;"> to state court in front of District
Judge William Alsup in the Northern District of California court
in San Francisco. There are eight cities and counties in
California that have filed these suits, all in state court. </span><a
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/01/10/new-york-city-climate-lawsuit-liability-bill-de-blasio/"><span
style="font-weight: 400;">New York City is also suing Big Oil</span></a><span
style="font-weight: 400;">, while </span><a
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/01/13/climate-lawsuit-los-angeles/"><span
style="font-weight: 400;">Los Angeles</span></a><span
style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/01/18/boulder-colorado-climate-lawsuit/"><span
style="font-weight: 400;">Boulder, Colorado</span></a><span
style="font-weight: 400;"> are considering following suit. </span><br>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">To further understand theses current
climate liability lawsuits, it helps to look back at the Kivalina
case for context. </span><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://climatecasechart.com/case/native-village-of-kivalina-v-exxonmobil-corp/">http://climatecasechart.com/case/native-village-of-kivalina-v-exxonmobil-corp/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/us/27alaska.html?_r=1&oref=slogi">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/us/27alaska.html?_r=1&oref=slogi</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://novote4energy.org/">Listed Claims against the
Carbon Fuel Industry accepted in Federal District Court 2007</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://novote4energy.org/">http://novote4energy.org/</a></font>
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<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/02/08/san-francisco-oakland-climate-lawsuit-kivalina-alaska/">https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/02/08/san-francisco-oakland-climate-lawsuit-kivalina-alaska/</a></font><br>
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[Kresge]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://kresge.org/content/rising-challenge-together">Rising
to the Challenge, Together</a></b><br>
About this report<br>
<blockquote>The challenges of adapting to and building resilience
against climate change are an everyday reality for decision makers
across the United States. Climate adaptation has begun to emerge
as a field of practice; however, it is not evolving quickly or
deliberately enough for communities to adequately prepare for the
dangerous shocks and stresses that increasingly will be introduced
by climate change. This report assesses the current state of the
climate adaptation field; provides a vision of what a mature,
effective field would look like; and recommends steps that should
be taken to realize that vision. <br>
</blockquote>
"This report highlights the urgency of building climate adaptation
as a field of practice,...It is critical to expand the number of
people who understand the imperative of acting quickly, which
actions yield the best and most effective protections against
climate change-fueled events, and how to approach climate resilience
in ways that advance equity."<br>
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Summary for Rising to the Challenge, Together</a> <a
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Report Rising to the Challenge, Together </a> <a
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href="https://kresge.org/library/rising-challenge-together-0">https://kresge.org/library/rising-challenge-together-0</a><br>
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href="https://kresge.org/library/appendices-rising-challenge-together">Appendices
for Rising to the Challenge, Together</a> <a
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href="https://kresge.org/library/appendices-rising-challenge-together">https://kresge.org/library/appendices-rising-challenge-together</a><br>
We are an institution that is deeply committed to sharing the
lessons that result from our work with grantees and partners through
storytelling, research and convenings.<br>
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<br>
[Ask Umbra]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://grist.org/article/embracing-do-gooders-weirdos-environmentalism-farmers-markets-composting/">Climate
Strange</a></b><br>
The eco-obsessed often get labeled as weirdos - even by their peers.
Weird, however, is looking better and better.<br>
By Eve Andrews <br>
..."Great job!" so many would say. "You're doing such wonderful
work!"<br>
But the cars and the disposable coffee cups don't seem to diminish,
so the praise feels meaningless. "You try and you try and you try,
and you don't know what you can do, so you do what you can," he told
me over the phone. (We had to plan the call in advance, as Mitchell
does not keep his cellphone on unless he knows he needs to use it,
to conserve battery life.)<br>
Why keep it up? Why be such a weirdo? What can you possibly change?<br>
Even within the environmental movement, there's a fraught and often
ugly debate over people like Mitchell, who radically change their
lives to fight climate change. Critics say they are wasting their
time and scaring away the critical audience of the unconverted.
Major voices in the climate movement are dismissive of the choice
to, say, forego a major flight. Why sacrifice, they chide; focus on
what matters.<br>
But Mitchell has also worked on the kind of systemic change that
many environmentalists would criticize him for distracting from.
He's volunteered for habitat restoration, worked at the local
recycling facility, run for local office, knocked on doors for voter
registration campaigns. He's just upset that for so much talk about
wanting to fight climate change, most people don't reflect it in
their daily lives.<br>
As much as policy shapes behavior, a mass shift in behavior can push
policy and change the world. The shift has to start somewhere - and
it starts with the weirdos....<br>
Behavior normalization is a powerful driver of climate-conscious
lifestyles. A 2014 study in the International Journal of Psychology
examined the values, social forces, and personality traits that
correlate with pro-environment actions. "If one believes that the
'usual thing to do' is to recycle, one is likely to recycle," the
authors write. (The most important "usual things" to change,
according to a major study last year, include our diets and
transportation habits.)<br>
<b>Basically, in "norm activation theory," we make decisions based
on our sense of personal moral obligation, expected consequences,
and, significantly, the expectations of our peers. It's why it's
easier to quit smoking if people around you quit smoking...</b><br>
Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist, has transformed his own lifestyle
based on moral obligation (save humanity from climate change) and
the consequences of his actions (everything we do makes the climate
change a tiny bit more). Now, he's working on changing that whole
"expectations of our peers" part...<br>
That is the entire point of Kalmus' book, Being the Change: Live
Well and Spark a Climate Revolution. In his opinion, there wasn't a
satisfying discussion of what a regular person can do to fight
climate change so he set out to create a point of reference, a
guide, for anyone nervous and curious. When I told him it's
currently on a deep wait list at the Seattle library, he laughed
delightedly...<br>
This is what he did: He challenged himself to de-fossil-fuel his own
lifestyle in all the most important ways. First, flying less. ("Hour
for hour, there's no better way to contribute to climate change than
to get on a commercial plane," he says.) Then, vegetarianism. ("I
felt lighter, more energetic.") Then, even in the suburbs, giving up
his motorcycle for a bicycle. And after that, it became a sort of
game. He asked: "What are the most radically emissions-free
lifestyle changes that I can make, and still enjoy myself?"...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://grist.org/article/embracing-do-gooders-weirdos-environmentalism-farmers-markets-composting/">https://grist.org/article/embracing-do-gooders-weirdos-environmentalism-farmers-markets-composting/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Book Blurb]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Being-the-Change/55520409">Being
the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution - Paperback</a></b><br>
Life on 1/10th the fossil fuels turns out to be awesome.<br>
We all want to be happy. Yet as we consume ever more in a frantic
bid for happiness, global warming worsens.<br>
Alarmed by drastic changes now occurring in the Earth's climate
systems, the author, a climate scientist and suburban father of two,
embarked on a journey to change his life and the world. He began by
bicycling, growing food, meditating, and making other simple,
fulfilling changes. Ultimately, he slashed his climate impact to
under a tenth of the US average and became happier in the process.<br>
Being the Change explores the connections between our individual
daily actions and our collective predicament. It merges science,
spirituality, and practical action to develop a satisfying and
appropriate response to global warming.<br>
Part one exposes our interconnected predicament: overpopulation,
global warming, industrial agriculture, growth-addicted economics, a
sold-out political system, and a mindset of separation from nature.
It also includes a readable but authoritative overview of climate
science. Part two offers a response at once obvious and
unprecedented: mindfully opting out of this broken system and
aligning our daily lives with the biosphere.<br>
The core message is deeply optimistic: living without fossil fuels
is not only possible, it can be better.<br>
Peter Kalmus is an atmospheric scientist at Caltech / Jet Propulsion
Laboratory with a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University. He
lives in suburban Altadena, California with his wife and two
children on 1/10th the fossil fuels of the average American. Peter
speaks purely on his own behalf, not on behalf of NASA or Jet
Propulsion Laboratory.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Being-the-Change/55520409">https://www.walmart.com/ip/Being-the-Change/55520409</a><br>
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<br>
[O'Dwyer's PR and Mktg Communications]<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/10146/2018-02-06/bridging-chasm-between-perception-reality.html">Bridging
the Chasm Between Perception and Reality</a><br>
Tue., Feb. 6, 2018<br>
By Megan Fairchild Anderson<br>
<b>Inoculate against misperceptions</b><br>
Current research related to perceptions and politicization of
climate change shows evidence that perception can be pre-emptively
protected against misinformation if people are given "cues" from
experts. The study reveals one promising way to counteract the
politicization of science is to convey a high level of consensus
among experts about the reality of human-caused climate change.<br>
Credibility is the name of the game. As communicators, we often
counsel that if you don't tell your story, someone else will. I
would append this idiom, adding that if you don't tell your story
first and support it with clearly presented, credible expertise
someone else will tell your story with misinformation that people
believe.<br>
<b>Connection is key</b><br>
One of the truths that has come out in the conversations around
conventional agriculture, science and consumer cynicism is that
people trust farmers. They love farmers but are skeptical of
conventional farming practices. As we think about facts, expertise
and the complicated business of changing misperceptions, we need to
remember the power of a personal connection in delivering
information. While human brains are hard-wired to keep deeply rooted
beliefs, we can overcome this challenge by focusing on a connection
strategy that both recognizes the human behavior that determines
which information channels are best for each goal, and also reflects
how channels interrelate, synchronize and work with audience
behaviors.<br>
One final thought on bridging the chasm between perception and
reality: Execution is as important as strategy. Implement
innovations and best practices across each channel and use
best-of-breed tools to communicate efficiently and effectively.<br>
<font size="-1">Megan Fairchild Anderson is senior director at
Padilla, where she provides strategic oversight for Padilla's
clients in the agricultural, animal health and environmental
sciences industries.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/10146/2018-02-06/bridging-chasm-between-perception-reality.html">http://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/10146/2018-02-06/bridging-chasm-between-perception-reality.html</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Work and Climate Change Report]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.adaptingcanadianwork.ca/work-and-climate-change-report/">The
Work and Climate Change Report (WCR) is a free electronic
newsletter,</a></b> begun in 2010 as a part of the Work in a
Warming World (W3) research programme. The WCR's goal is to provide
updates on publications and news about the green transition for the
economy, emphasizing the workplace and workers. Our focus is on
Canada, but includes international developments of relevance to
Canadians as well.<br>
For those interested in combating climate change at universities and
colleges, there is a new leaflet available called "Confronting
Climate Change on Campus" by our colleagues at the Canadian
Association of University Teachers (CAUT), a partner institution of
the Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces to Respond to Climate
Change (ACW) project.<br>
The leaflet was created in response to growing awareness and concern
about climate change..<br>
It presents a three-step plan of practical action to be followed by
academic staff associations and researchers across Canada:<br>
1. Reduce the carbon footprint of campuses by improving building
energy conservation and promoting low-carbon transportation.<br>
2. Take academic action such as expanding the offering of
courses dedicated to climate change and encouraging climate change
research through grants and awards.<br>
3. Advocate for the creation of association or institutional
environment committees, or work with established committees, such as
collective bargaining or workplace joint health and safety, to push
climate change concerns. <br>
"Our institutions are a significant source of carbon emissions,"
added Foster. "The good news is that our members have the expertise
to develop and disseminate climate change solutions. Our campuses
are the prime proponents of critical inquiry and evidence-based
decision-making, so we are uniquely placed to lead the political
transformation to a sustainable future."<br>
You can learn more at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.adaptingcanadianwork.ca/university-teachers-union-promotes-climate-action-campus/">http://www.adaptingcanadianwork.ca/university-teachers-union-promotes-climate-action-campus/</a><br>
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All the best,<br>
Steven Staples | Communications Officer<br>
Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW)<br>
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<br>
[GOP denier solar with a Tesla]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://thinkprogress.org/gop-congressman-tesla-car-battery-to-power-off-grid-solar-home-8a8e6338ca86/">GOP
congressman powers his off-grid solar home with a Tesla battery</a></b><br>
But libertarian, MIT grad Rep. Massie (R-KY) is still a climate
science denier<br>
JOE ROMM Think Progress<br>
Congressman Thomas Massie (Republican-Kentucky) is an MIT-trained
engineer and libertarian who has been living off-grid with his
family for over a decade and driving a Tesla Model S for five years.<br>
On Sunday, he <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://youtu.be/qpPYkqpe-Ms">posted a YouTube video </a>on
his "DIY battery quest" to replace the 12-year-old lead-acid
batteries with some new Tesla lithium batteries.<br>
As he explains, while living off-grid is expensive, the new
batteries could cut his nighttime electricity costs in half, from
$0.25 a kilowatt hour to $0.12 a kilowatt hour, which is close to
the price of retail electricity.<br>
Tesla doesn't sell one for off-grid use. And Tesla won't sell you
Model S batteries by themselves.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/qpPYkqpe-Ms">This
23-minute video</a> documents what he calls a "pretty dag-gone
exciting" do-it-yourself adventure, in which he travels to Georgia
to buy a wrecked Tesla Model S for $15,000 and successfully uses
its lithium battery to replace the messy and high maintenance
lead-acid batteries...<br>
"When you go off-the-grid, you have more choices for where to build
your house. Land that wasn't developable because of a lack of access
to public utilities suddenly becomes viable by going off the grid.
Plus homeowners won't have to run wires across their neighbors'
land."<br>
He told Science magazine back in 2012, "Most of the public is still
debating whether the earth is heating up. But I think the real
question is by how much? I'm still looking for an answer I can hold
onto."<br>
Massie added, "I honestly think that it's an open question… I think
the jury is still out on the contribution of our activities to the
change in the earth's climate."<br>
In fact, the overwhelming majority of climate scientists - over 97
percent - understand that humans are the primary cause of climate
change, and that the best estimate is that humans are responsible
for all recent warming. And they have known that for years.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://thinkprogress.org/gop-congressman-tesla-car-battery-to-power-off-grid-solar-home-8a8e6338ca86/">https://thinkprogress.org/gop-congressman-tesla-car-battery-to-power-off-grid-solar-home-8a8e6338ca86/</a></font><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/qpPYkqpe-Ms">https://youtu.be/qpPYkqpe-Ms</a></font><br>
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<br>
<font size="+1"><b>This Day in Climate History February 9, 2003 -
from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
In a speech at Harvard University, Democratic presidential candidate
and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry declares:<br>
<blockquote>"We should be the world's environmental leader. Our
global environmental policy should be driven by our convictions,
not our constraints. America has not led but fled on the issue of
global warming. The first President Bush was willing to lead on
this issue. But the second President Bush's declaration that the
Kyoto Protocol was simply Dead on Arrival spoke for itself - and
it spoke in dozens of languages as his words whipped instantly
around the globe. What the Administration failed to see was that
Kyoto was not just an agreement; it represented the resolve of 160
nations working together over 10 years. It was a good faith effort
- and the United States just dismissed it. We didn't aim to mend
it. We didn't aim to sit down with our allies and find a
compromise. We didn't aim for a new dialogue. The Administration
was simply ready to aim and fire, and the target they hit was our
international reputation. This country can and should aim higher
than preserving its place as the world's largest unfettered
polluter. We should assert, not abandon our leadership in
addressing global economic degradation and the warming of the
atmosphere that if left unchecked, will do untold damage to our
coastline and our Great Plains, our cities and our economy."<br>
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