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<font size="+1"><i>February 12, 2018</i></font><br>
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[LA Times Opinion]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-schendler-olympics-climate-change-pyeongchang-20180211-story.html">Every
Olympic athlete in Pyeongchang should be vocal about climate
change</a></b><br>
The athletes grasp the full scope of global warming. Bode Miller,
the most decorated American Olympic ski racer, recently told the
Colorado Springs Gazette: "We're dealing with a climate issue that's
massive, and it's going to screw everything up. If you're not on the
cutting edge of that, you're going to get toasted."...<br>
It's fair to say that American ski areas already are getting
toasted. Unseasonably warm temperatures and limited snow delayed
resort openings across the country this winter. One season doesn't
make a trend, but even one dry year means hundreds of millions of
dollars in losses.<br>
But we need more than leadership from a few. The Olympics are an
international stage from which athletes can demand action from the
countries they represent and mobilize their sponsors and fans. This
year, all the Olympians competing in Pyeongchang should be vocal in
some way - every last one.<br>
The Olympics are about achievement and execution, about pushing the
limits of human physical ability. Pyeongchang, more than any other
winter games in the past, will also be about other limits: how much
humans will allow global temperatures to rise and the willingness of
elite athletes to use their power, money and global platform to save
their livelihoods, and ours.<br>
<font size="-1">Auden Schendler is a senior vice president of Aspen
Skiing Co. and a board member of Protect Our Winters.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-schendler-olympics-climate-change-pyeongchang-20180211-story.html">http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-schendler-olympics-climate-change-pyeongchang-20180211-story.html</a></font><br>
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[current case law]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Climate Change Litigation</a></b><br>
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<br>
[City of Cape Town - water dashboard]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://coct.co/water-dashboard/">DAY
ZERO 11 May 2018 THE DAY WE MAY HAVE TO QUEUE FOR WATER</a></b><br>
Day Zero is based on the previous week's daily consumption average
of 547Ml/day. <br>
NOTE: Level 6b water restrictions are in effect from 1 February,
which requires all to drop their daily use to 50 litres pp/day or
less. <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://coct.co/water-dashboard/">TOGETHER,
WE CAN AVOID DAY ZERO</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://coct.co/water-dashboard/">http://coct.co/water-dashboard/</a><br>
[Together we can avoid Day Zero]<br>
To find out what you can do, visit <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.capetown.gov.za/thinkwater">www.capetown.gov.za/thinkwater</a><br>
Cape Town is experiencing a serious water shortage due to
insufficient rainfall and fast declining dam levels. We all need to
THINK WATER. Although many Capetonians are diligently saving water,
there are many that are not. Only if each of us reduces our daily
use down to 50 litres or less, and the City implements the necessary
projects, will we avoid Day Zero.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/residential-utility-services/residential-water-and-sanitation-services/make-water-saving-a-way-of-life">http://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/residential-utility-services/residential-water-and-sanitation-services/make-water-saving-a-way-of-life</a><br>
</font>[on Day Zero]<font size="-1"><br>
</font><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/Residential-utility-services/Residential-water-and-sanitation-services/critical-water-shortages-disaster-plan">Critical
Water Shortages Disaster Plan</a><br>
Day Zero is the day that almost all of the taps in the city will be
turned off and we will have to queue for water at approximately 200
sites across the peninsula.<font size="-1"><br>
</font>On Day Zero: About 20 000 people will be able to collect
water at each site per day.<br>
Each of us will be able to collect approximately 25 litres per
person per day in line with the World Health Organisation
recommendation.<br>
Law enforcement, police and intergovernmental resources will be
deployed to ensure safety.<br>
We will have about 200 water collection sites across the city.<br>
System rationing<br>
We have activated water rationing, through pressure reduction,
across Cape Town to forcibly lower water use.<br>
Instead of a complete shutdown of water, you might experience
irregular supply during peak usage hours. Some areas may experience
brief water outages, but service will be restored as soon as
possible. <br>
Ensure you store 5 - 10 litres of municipal drinking water for
essential use.<font size="-1"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/Residential-utility-services/Residential-water-and-sanitation-services/critical-water-shortages-disaster-plan">http://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/Residential-utility-services/Residential-water-and-sanitation-services/critical-water-shortages-disaster-plan</a><br>
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[Contests - Open for Proposals]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.climatecolab.org/contests">Climate CoLab is a
project of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence</a></b><br>
Work with people from all over the world to create proposals for how
to reach global climate change goals.<br>
Anyone can join Climate CoLab's community and participate. You can
submit proposals into open contests and workspaces; comment on other
members' proposals; and support, share, or vote for your favorite
proposals.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climatecolab.org/contests">https://www.climatecolab.org/contests</a></font><br>
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[University of Arizona]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/researchers-explore-psychological-effects-climate-change">Researchers
Explore Psychological Effects of Climate Change</a></b><br>
Those who worry about the Earth's animals and plants are more likely
than others to experience stress - and even depression - related to
climate change, UA researchers found.<br>
Alexis Blue, University Communications<br>
Jan. 17, 2018<br>
Wildfires, extreme storms and major weather events can seem like a
distant threat, but for those whose lives have been directly
impacted by these events, the threat hits much closer to home.<br>
As reports of such incidents continue to rise...they found that
while some people have little anxiety about the Earth's changing
climate, others are experiencing high levels of stress, and even
depression, based on their perception of the threat of global
climate change...<br>
Helm and her colleagues found that psychological responses to
climate change seem to vary based on what type of concern people
show for the environment, with those highly concerned about the
planet's animals and plants experiencing the most stress.<br>
The researchers outline...three distinct types of environmental
concern: Egoistic concern is concern about how what's happening in
the environment directly impacts the individual; for example, a
person might worry about how air pollution will affect their own
lungs and breathing. Altruistic concern refers to concern for
humanity in general, including future generations. Biospheric
concern refers to concern for nature, plants and animals.<br>
...those who reported high levels of biospheric concern also
reported feeling the most stressed about global climate change...<br>
In addition, those with high levels of biospheric concern were most
likely to report signs of depression, while no link to depression
was found for the other two groups.<br>
"People who worry about animals and nature tend to have a more
planetary outlook and think of bigger picture issues," Helm said.
"For them, the global phenomenon of climate change very clearly
affects these bigger picture environmental things, so they have the
most pronounced worry, because they already see it everywhere. We
already talk about extinction of species and know it's happening.
For people who are predominantly altruistically concerned or
egoistically concerned about their own health, or maybe their own
financial future, climate change does not hit home yet."<br>
Those with high levels of biospheric concern also were most likely
to engage in pro-environmental day-to-day behaviors, such as
recycling or energy savings measures, and were the most likely to
engage in coping mechanisms to deal with environmental stress,
ranging from denying one's individual role in climate change to
seeking more information on the issue and how to help mitigate it.<br>
Although not generally stressed about climate change, those with
high levels of altruistic concern, or concern for the well-being of
others, also engaged in some environmental coping strategies and
pro-environmental behaviors - more so than those whose environmental
concerns were mostly egoistic.<br>
"Climate change is a persistent global stressor, but the
consequences of it appear to be slowly evolving; they're fairly
certain to happen - we know that, now - but the impact on
individuals seems to be growing really slowly and needs to be taken
very seriously,"... <br>
"Climate change has evident physical and mental health effects if
you look at certain outcomes, such as the hurricanes we had last
year, but we also need to pay very close attention to the mental
health of people in everyday life, as we can see this, potentially,
as a creeping development," Helm said. "Understanding that there are
differences in how people are motivated is very important for
finding ways to address this, whether in the form of intervention or
prevention."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/researchers-explore-psychological-effects-climate-change">https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/researchers-explore-psychological-effects-climate-change</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Water Pakistan]<br>
<b><a
href="http://nationalinterest.org/feature/pakistans-water-crisis-ticking-time-bomb-24347">Pakistan's
Water Crisis Is a Ticking Time Bomb</a></b><br>
When it comes to Pakistan, President Trump's<span> </span><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/01/lies-and-deceit-trump-launches-attack-on-pakistan-tweet"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Twitter feud</a><span> </span>with
one of America's most important partners in the fight against
terrorism has dominated the news. But beneath the headlines, a
massive water crisis is unfolding that has profound implications for
the country's stability and security. Rapid urbanization and
conflict combined with corruption, crime and years of mismanagement
have left a massive proportion of the population without access to
clean water. And now, this long-festering crisis threatens to upend
Pakistan's politics.<br>
Perhaps the strangest thing about Pakistan's water crisis is that
until recently, the country had been doing well in connecting more
of its citizens to water supply and sanitation networks. From 1990
to 2015, the percentage of the country's population with<span> </span><a
href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.SAFE.ZS?locations=PK"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">access to clean water</a><span> </span>increased
from 86 percent to 91 percent. But in a reversal of what happens in
most countries, almost all of this improvement occurred in rural
areas-the percentage of urban residents with access to clean water
actually declined from 97 to 94 percent over the same period...<br>
And while the causes of Pakistan's water crisis are complex, the
country's political instability has played a key part. Pakistan is
urbanizing at a rapid rate of over 3 percent annually-the highest
rate in South Asia. Given this ever-quickening tide, Pakistan's
cities have had trouble providing basic services, including housing
and water, to new urban residents..<br>
Because Pakistan's cities can't keep up with<span> </span><a
href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/04/13/water-scarcity-puts-people-at-the-mercy-of-tankers-mafia/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">growing water demand</a><span> </span>from
new residents, many urban-dwellers are forced to buy water from
private tanker trucks. And because tankers often bring water<span> </span><a
href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/12/29/tanker-mafia-selling-rs-800-million-water-daily-to-gwadar-city/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">from far away</a>,
prices are high, and tanker "<a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/jun/28/karachi-pakistan-water-crisis"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">mafias</a>" raise
them still further by illegally siphoning off water from municipal
sources and reselling it at extortionate prices...But authorities
have<span> </span><a
href="https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/104287-SC-blames-corruption-for-citys-water-crisis"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">also been accused</a><span> </span>of
turning a blind eye to tanker mafias: no less an authority than the
Chief Justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court was<span> </span><a
href="https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2017/12/who-is-behind-tanker-mafia-in-karachi-asks-supreme-court/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">quoted as saying</a>,
"there is someone behind the scenes at work who is minting money
from [the tanker mafias]."<br>
The result of this corruption and mismanagement is a serious and
growing lack of clean water for many of Pakistan's cities. According
to figures presented to the Pakistani Supreme Court, 83 percent of<span> </span><a
href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/83-water-in-pakistan-s-sindh-unfit-to-drink-117073100573_1.html"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">water supplies</a><span> </span>in
Sindh, Pakistan's second-most-populous region, are contaminated with
sewage and industrial waste, with the percentage rising to<span> </span><a
href="https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/245476-91-per-cent-of-city-s-water-supply-unfit-for-human-consumption"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">over 90 percent</a><span> </span>in
Karachi, the country's largest city and financial center. Even
worse, up to<span> </span><a
href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/arsenic-drinking-water-threatens-60-million-pakistan"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">60 million people</a><span> </span>across
the country may have been exposed to deadly arsenic leaking into
Pakistan's groundwater supplies. Late last year, the issue exploded
into popular view when the Supreme Court<span> </span><a
href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/12/09/sc-orders-sindh-govt-to-redress-water-sewerage-problems/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ordered Sindh
officials</a><span> </span>to present a plan for resolving the
province's water crisis. The Court's Chief Justice minced no words,<span> </span><a
href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/12/09/sc-orders-sindh-govt-to-redress-water-sewerage-problems/"
target="_top" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">warning officials</a><span> </span>that
"The water crisis issue in Pakistan is turning into a bomb."...<br>
Unfortunately, Pakistan's water bomb has multiple triggers, and if
it explodes it may well send the country into an even greater
political crisis. In addition to its water quality woes, Pakistan is
at risk of growing water scarcity as a result of climate change,
which<span> </span><a
href="http://www.dw.com/en/why-water-scarcity-is-a-bigger-threat-to-pakistans-security-than-militancy/a-19293470"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">some observers</a><span> </span>have
warned could exacerbate existing insurgencies and make a military
coup more likely. Nor are the consequences of a water crisis
confined to Pakistan's domestic security. During a December
conference, a Chinese diplomat reportedly<span> </span><a
href="https://fp.brecorder.com/2017/12/20171219328379/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">complained</a><span> </span>that
the country's chronic water shortages were hindering Chinese
investment as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the
country's highest-profile development project.<br>
Pakistan's local authorities appear to be taking the risk of water
crisis seriously. Following the Supreme Court's order, Sindh's Chief
Minister<span> </span><a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1376004"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">pledged to act
quickly</a>, promising residents that "It is our prime duty to
take necessary measures so that people right from Kashmore to
Karachi drink safe water." But some national leaders have appeared
hesitant to acknowledge the implications of water crisis for the
country's security. During a November 2017 international water
conference, Sindh's governor, who serves a representative of the
central government,<span> </span><a
href="https://tribune.com.pk/story/1564404/1-sindh-governor-downplays-pakistans-water-woes-international-conference/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">bafflingly stated</a><span> </span>that
"Water is a very low priority" for the government. "Terrorism," he
went on to say, "is a way bigger issue than the water crisis."..<br>
If Pakistan is to tackle its water woes, attitudes like this will
have to change. For the United States, such reluctance is
concerning, and adds other set of risk factors to an already
difficult relationship with a volatile nuclear power. Unfortunately,
Washington's current spat with Islamabad leaves it with few good
options to make the case that providing basic services, especially
water, are essential to maintaining Pakistan's security and
stability. But it should try. The U.S. government's
recently-released<span> </span><a
href="https://www.state.gov/e/oes/rls/rpts/globalwaterstrategy/index.htm"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Global Water Strategy</a><span> </span>prioritizes
investment in water and sanitation as a tool to advance U.S.
national interests, and can be used as a framework to help Pakistan
address its water crisis. As President Trump himself<span> </span><a
href="https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2017/11/most-important-issue-face-u-s-global-strategy-water-emphasizes-health-security/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">acknowledged</a>,
"Water may be the most important issue we face for the next
generation."<br>
<em>Scott Moore is a political scientist and senior fellow at the
University of Pennsylvania Kleinman Center for Energy Policy,
where he studies climate change and water issues.</em><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://nationalinterest.org/feature/pakistans-water-crisis-ticking-time-bomb-24347">http://nationalinterest.org/feature/pakistans-water-crisis-ticking-time-bomb-24347</a></font><br>
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<br>
[1959 - my first radicalization - age 10]<br>
<b><a
href="http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2017/04/my-weekly-reader-oct-5-1959-weather-is.html">Weekly
Reader Article 1959 mentions climate change </a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2017/04/my-weekly-reader-oct-5-1959-weather-is.html">http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2017/04/my-weekly-reader-oct-5-1959-weather-is.html</a><br>
My sister and I read "My Weekly Reader" It's an ephemeral school
newspaper "brings back the "space race" many of us experienced."<br>
This article from late 1959 discusses how someday we might control
the weather with satellites.<br>
<blockquote> "Today the weather picture is changing faster. Man is
'helping' nature change the weather."<br>
"Carbon dioxide is a gas found in the air. Living things need a
little carbon dioxide. Soon, there may be too much...Carbon
dioxide acts like a heat trap. It is making the earth warmer."<br>
..."automobiles and smokestacks are changing our weather much
faster than H-bombs."<br>
</blockquote>
So the fact that climate change is occuring is not news, even in the
late 1950s even children's magazines reported that something was
changing.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2017/04/my-weekly-reader-oct-5-1959-weather-is.html">http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2017/04/my-weekly-reader-oct-5-1959-weather-is.html</a></font><br>
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</b><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://youtu.be/m-AXBbuDxRY">This Day in Climate History
February 12, 1958</a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
February 12, 1958: "The Unchained Goddess," part of the Bell<br>
Laboratory Science Series produced by Frank Capra, is broadcast.<br>
"Goddess" directly addresses human-caused climate change; the<br>
existence of the program would never be acknowledged by
climate-change<br>
deniers.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://youtu.be/m-AXBbuDxRY">http://youtu.be/m-AXBbuDxRY</a></font><br>
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