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<font size="+1"><i>April 5, 2018</i></font><br>
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[Latest of many lawsuits]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/04/04/exxon-climate-risk-erisa-attia/">Judge
Stalls Employee Suit Against Exxon for Mismanaging Climate Risk</a></b><br>
By Amy Westervelt<br>
A U.S. District Court judge in Texas dismissed a case filed by a
group of former employees against ExxonMobil last year claiming the
company mismanaged their retirement plan because of climate risks.
But the judge gave the plaintiffs until the end of April to file an
amended complaint...<br>
<br>
The plaintiffs-all former Exxon employees-filed the complaint Attia
v. Exxon under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
They alleged that the fossil fuel company's retirement fund managers
should have used information at their disposal about climate change
and its impacts on Exxon oil reserves to hedge their bets rather
than going all in on the company's own stock...<br>
<br>
In its motion for dismissal, Exxon argued that climate science was
"uncertain" until recently, so its fiduciaries had no reason to
avoid Exxon stock. In a statement, Exxon spokesperson Alan Jeffers
said, "This lawsuit misstates our financial reporting and repeats
the same tired allegations pushed by activists and inaccurate media
reports that claim we reached definitive conclusions about climate
change decades before the world's experts and while climate science
was in an early stage of development."<br>
<font size="-1">more at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/04/04/exxon-climate-risk-erisa-attia/">https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/04/04/exxon-climate-risk-erisa-attia/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[The Guardian]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/04/friends-of-the-earth-threatens-to-sue-shell-over-climate-change-contributions">Shell
threatened with legal action over climate change contributions</a></b><br>
"This is the first case we know of in the world that seeks
preventive action from a company over climate change,"... <br>
"We are not asking for damages. We want Shell to steer away from its
current course and to get in line with the Paris agreement."...<br>
Given the vast discrepancy in financial resources, any legal battle
between Friends of the Earth and Shell would be a challenge of David
and Goliath proportions.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/04/friends-of-the-earth-threatens-to-sue-shell-over-climate-change-contributions">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/04/friends-of-the-earth-threatens-to-sue-shell-over-climate-change-contributions</a></font><br>
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[Climate Liability News]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/04/04/royal-dutch-shell-milieudefensie-climate-change/">Netherlands
Group to Shell: Stop Wrecking the Climate, Or We Will Sue</a></b><br>
By Karen Savage<br>
Royal Dutch Shell received an ultimatum from a climate activist
group on Wednesday, demanding the company help address climate
change or face legal consequences.<br>
Friends of the Earth Netherlands / Milieudefensie, a national
organization with 65 local chapters, delivered a liability letter to
the Dutch oil giant demanding it cut back on its oil and gas
production to align with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement.<br>
"Many of us are doing [our] best to put an end to the climate
problem. In the meantime, Shell continues to invest in new oil and
gas sources. Shell, just like the rest of us, should take its
responsibility to stop wrecking the climate," said Milieudefensie
director Donald Pols.<br>
Under Dutch law, Shell, which is headquartered in the Netherlands
and is one of the largest oil companies in the world, has eight
weeks to comply with the demands or face a lawsuit by the
organization...<br>
The organization is not seeking financial compensation from Shell,
which is the model used in climate suits filed against fossil fuel
companies by New York City and several California municipalities.<br>
Shell did not immediately respond to requests for comment. <br>
More info at:<font size="-1"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/04/04/royal-dutch-shell-milieudefensie-climate-change/">https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/04/04/royal-dutch-shell-milieudefensie-climate-change/</a></font><br>
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[Shell knew decades ago-ew]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/04/05/shell-knew-climate-change-liability/">Documents
Detail What Shell Knew About Climate Change Decades Ago</a></b><br>
By Karen Savage<br>
Newly revealed documents indicate oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has
not only known about the risks of climate change for decades, but
has also realized for more than 20 years that it, along with the
rest of the fossil fuel industry and perhaps the U.S. government,
could be held liable for not acting to prevent further climate
damage.<br>
One of the documents, written in 1998, models an eerily accurate
scenario of violent and damaging storms hitting the East Coast of
the U.S. in 2010.<br>
"Following the storms, a coalition of environmental NGOs brings a
class-action suit against the U.S. government and fossil-fuel
companies on the grounds of neglecting what scientists (including
their own) have been saying for years: that something must be done,"
the report projects.<br>
The document is one of a trove of 38 discovered and released to the
public Thursday by <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://decorrespondent.nl/jelmermommers">Jelmer Mommers,</a>
a climate and energy journalist for the Dutch news organization <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://decorrespondent.nl/">De
Correspondent</a>. The documents are being released on the <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.climatefiles.com/">Climate
Files website.</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/04/05/shell-knew-climate-change-liability/">https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/04/05/shell-knew-climate-change-liability/</a></font><br>
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[find the documents]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.climatefiles.com/">ABOUT
CLIMATE FILES</a></b><br>
Climate files is an archival database of news, information and
documents. The information compiled here is collected from various
sources and is based on more more than 20 years of research and data
collection.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.climatefiles.com/">http://www.climatefiles.com/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
[Lawsuits a'plenty]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04042018/climate-change-fossil-fuel-company-lawsuits-timeline-exxon-children-california-cities-attorney-general">Fossil
Fuels on Trial: Where the Major Climate Change Lawsuits Stand
Today</a></b><br>
Some of the biggest oil and gas companies are embroiled in legal
disputes with cities, states and children over the industry's role
in global warming.<br>
by David Hasemyer<br>
Over the past few years: Two states have launched fraud
investigations into Exxon over climate change. Nine cities and
counties, from New York to San Francisco, have sued major fossil
fuel companies, seeking compensation for climate change damages. And
determined children have filed lawsuits against the federal
government and various state governments, claiming the governments
have an obligation to safeguard the environment.<br>
The litigation, reinforced by science, has the potential to reshape
the way the world thinks about energy production and the
consequences of global warming. It advocates a shift from fossil
fuels to sustainable energy and draws attention to the vulnerability
of coastal communities and infrastructure to extreme weather and sea
level rise.<br>
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The storm of litigation could have a broad impact if it succeeds in
holding fossil fuel companies accountable for the kinds of damages
they foresaw decades ago, said Harold Koh, a professor of
international law at Yale Law School who served as senior legal
adviser to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<br>
"The industry has profited from the manufacture of fossil fuels but
has not had to absorb the economic costs of the consequences," Koh
said. "The industry had the science 30 years ago and knew what was
going to happen but made no warning so that preemptive steps could
have been taken. <br>
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<b><span
id="docs-internal-guid-e2b2a4a4-8d2a-dc00-cbdd-0f58abdfe64f"
style="box-sizing: inherit;">State Attorneys General Investigate
Exxon</span></b><br>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-e2b2a4a4-8d2a-dc00-cbdd-0f58abdfe64f"
style="box-sizing: inherit;">The attorneys general of New York,
Massachusetts and the U.S. Virgin Islands launched investigations
of Exxon in 2015 and 2016. Prosecutors want to see if the company
lied to the public about the risks of climate change or to
investors about how such risks might hurt the oil business.</span><br>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-e2b2a4a4-8d2a-dc00-cbdd-0f58abdfe64f"
style="box-sizing: inherit;">The investigations drew a quick,
fierce response from Exxon.<span> </span></span><a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17102016/exxonmobil-climate-change-research-seeks-block-new-york-attorney-general-investigation-subpeona-eric-schneiderman"
style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(131, 190, 68); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">The
company went on the legal offensive</a><span> </span>to try to
shut down the probes, employing an army of aggressive, high-priced
lawyers and a<span> </span><a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05062017/exxon-climate-change-fraud-investigation-eric-schneiderman-rex-tillerson-exxonmobil"
style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(131, 190, 68); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">strategy
of massive resistance</a>. The attorney general of the Virgin
Islands capitulated and<span> </span><a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06072016/virgin-islands-exxon-agree-climate-probe-subpoena-claude-walker-schneiderman-healey"
style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(131, 190, 68); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">ended
his investigation</a> just three months after issuing subpoenas.<br>
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<blockquote>[1982 research paper]<br>
<b><a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092015/Exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming">Exxon's
Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels' Role in Global Warming
Decades Ago</a></b><br>
Top executives were warned of possible catastrophe from greenhouse
effect, then led efforts to block solutions.<br>
BY NEELA BANERJEE, LISA SONG AND DAVID HASEMYER<br>
Exxon's research laid the groundwork for a 1982 corporate primer
on carbon dioxide and climate change prepared by its environmental
affairs office. Marked <a
href="http://insideclimatenews.org/sites/default/files/documents/1982%20Exxon%20Primer%20on%20CO2%20Greenhouse%20Effect.pdf">"not
to be distributed externally,"</a> it contained information that
"has been given wide circulation to Exxon management." In it, the
company recognized, despite the many lingering unknowns, that
heading off global warming "would require major reductions in
fossil fuel combustion."<br>
<b><a
href="http://insideclimatenews.org/sites/default/files/documents/1982%20Exxon%20Primer%20on%20CO2%20Greenhouse%20Effect.pdf">The
1982 Exxon Research memo (PDF)</a></b> <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://insideclimatenews.org/sites/default/files/documents/1982%20Exxon%20Primer%20on%20CO2%20Greenhouse%20Effect.pdf">http://insideclimatenews.org/sites/default/files/documents/1982%20Exxon%20Primer%20on%20CO2%20Greenhouse%20Effect.pdf</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092015/Exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092015/Exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming</a></font><br>
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[from the archives: 2015 report]<br>
Exxon: The Road Not Taken<br>
<b><a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22102015/Exxon-Sowed-Doubt-about-Climate-Science-for-Decades-by-Stressing-Uncertainty">Exxon
Sowed Doubt About Climate Science for Decades by Stressing
Uncertainty</a></b><br>
Collaborating with the Bush-Cheney White House, Exxon turned
ordinary scientific uncertainties into weapons of mass confusion.<br>
Click <a
href="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092015/Exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming">here
for Part 1</a>, an overview of Exxon's history with climate
change; <a
href="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/16092015/exxon-believed-deep-dive-into-climate-research-would-protect-its-business">Part
II</a>, an accounting of Exxon's early climate research; <a
href="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/18092015/exxon-confirmed-global-warming-consensus-in-1982-with-in-house-climate-models">Part
III</a><a
href="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/18092015/exxon-confirmed-global-warming-consensus-in-1982-with-in-house-climate-models">,</a>
a review of Exxon's climate modeling efforts; <a
href="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/08102015/Exxons-Business-Ambition-Collided-with-Climate-Change-Under-a-Distant-Sea">Part
IV,</a> a dive into Exxon's Natuna gas field project; <a
href="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/08102015/highlighting-allure-synfuels-exxon-played-down-climate-risks">Part
V</a>, a look at Exxon's push for synfuels.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22102015/Exxon-Sowed-Doubt-about-Climate-Science-for-Decades-by-Stressing-Uncertainty">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22102015/Exxon-Sowed-Doubt-about-Climate-Science-for-Decades-by-Stressing-Uncertainty</a></font><font
size="-1"><br>
</font></blockquote>
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<b><span
id="docs-internal-guid-e2b2a4a4-8d2a-dc00-cbdd-0f58abdfe64f"
style="box-sizing: inherit;">Cities Sue Over Sea Level Rise</span></b><br>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-e2b2a4a4-8d2a-dc00-cbdd-0f58abdfe64f"
style="box-sizing: inherit;">Faced with the possibility of
devastating consequences brought by rising sea levels, six cities
and three counties in California, along with New York City, filed
civil lawsuits against several oil and gas companies.</span><br>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-e2b2a4a4-8d2a-dc00-cbdd-0f58abdfe64f"
style="box-sizing: inherit;">The<span> </span></span><a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18072017/oil-gas-coal-companies-exxon-shell-sued-coastal-california-city-counties-sea-level-rise"
style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(131, 190, 68); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">lawsuits
make a public nuisance claim</a><span> </span>and, in some cases,
allege negligence. Essentially the lawsuits say the oil and gas
companies have known for decades that burning fossil fuels is one of
the biggest contributors to global warming. Instead of acting to
reduce harm, the cities charge, companies attempted to undermine
climate science and mislead the public by downplaying the risk posed
by fossil fuels.<br>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-e2b2a4a4-8d2a-dc00-cbdd-0f58abdfe64f"
style="box-sizing: inherit;">The lawsuits seek billions of dollars
to pay for mitigation measures such as sea walls to protect
coastal property. The oil and gas companies responded by seeking
to move the cases to federal courts, where nuisance claims are
less likely to succeed.<span> </span></span><a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19032018/california-climate-change-cities-lawsuits-sea-level-rise-exxon-chevron-shell-chhabria-alsup-rulings"
style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(131, 190, 68); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">That
jurisdictional battle rages on</a>, with the cases divided between
state and federal courts.<br>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-e2b2a4a4-8d2a-dc00-cbdd-0f58abdfe64f"
style="box-sizing: inherit;"><b>The Children's Climate Lawsuits </b> </span><br>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-e2b2a4a4-8d2a-dc00-cbdd-0f58abdfe64f"
style="box-sizing: inherit;">The next generation will likely have
to manage the physical, ecological and economic fallout of climate
change. And some of those<span> </span></span><a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13062017/kids-climate-change-lawsuit-childrens-trust-jayden-foytlin-louisiana"
style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(131, 190, 68); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">young
people</a><span> </span>are at the forefront of lawsuits that
claim the federal government, and several state governments, are
responsible for preventing and addressing the consequences of
climate change.<br>
The litigation, ignited by Our Children's Trust in 2015, relies on
the public trust doctrine-a legal canon that stresses the
government's hold on resources such as land, water or fisheries as
treasure for the people. The children's lawsuits extend that
principle by asserting the government also is a trustee of the
atmosphere.<br>
<a href="https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/pending-state-actions/"
style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(131, 190, 68); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">Eight
similar children's lawsuits</a> supported by Our Children's Trust
have been filed in state courts from Alaska to Pennsylvania.<br>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-e2b2a4a4-8d2a-dc00-cbdd-0f58abdfe64f"
style="box-sizing: inherit;">The federal case demands sweeping
changes in federal climate efforts and in government programs that
subsidize or foster development of fossil fuels. Both the Obama
and Trump administrations, and the fossil fuel industry,
repeatedly sought to have the case dismissed. But the children's
case persists and could put the government's climate policies on
trial in federal court...more at:</span><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04042018/climate-change-fossil-fuel-company-lawsuits-timeline-exxon-children-california-cities-attorney-general">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04042018/climate-change-fossil-fuel-company-lawsuits-timeline-exxon-children-california-cities-attorney-general</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Necessity is the Mother of the Activism]<br>
<b><a
href="https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/sometimes-fighting-climate-change-means-breaking-the-law">Sometimes
Fighting Climate Change Means Breaking the Law</a></b><br>
By Carolyn Kormann - April 3, 2018<br>
<blockquote>"A woman sees a child fall down a well, so she climbs a
fence onto private property to save the child's life. In the
unlikely event that the woman were charged with criminal
trespassing, her attorney would use a choice-of-evils defense,
also known as a necessity defense, to get her acquitted. He would
argue that the child faced an immediate physical threat, and that
it was necessary for his client to break the law in order to
prevent the child from dying. But what if the threat were
something less discrete than a well-the air, the water, the very
ground beneath our feet? What if it imperilled every child in a
neighborhood, or on the planet? Would the necessity defense still
hold?"...<br>
</blockquote>
When it became clear that legal means of protest weren't
working-petitions, public comments, an ongoing challenge against the
F.E.R.C. permit in federal court-an organization called the Climate
Disobedience Center started training hundreds of protesters.
Veterans of the antiwar and anti-nuclear demonstrations of the
nineteen-seventies joined in.<br>
<br>
Over the course of about thirty actions, the protesters sat down in
front of backhoes, chained themselves to fences, and dropped into
the pipeline's construction trench, decorating it with flowers. They
prayed, sang songs, and chanted, "No gasification without
representation!" On June 29, 2016, twenty-three of the boldest
activists lay down in the trench and refused to move. In Pakistan
that summer, people had dug mass graves in advance of a predicted
heat wave. "We recognized that trenches like the ones being dug in
Pakistan were caused by trenches like the one we were resisting in
West Roxbury," Marla Marcum, a Methodist pastor and a co-founder of
the Climate Disobedience Center, told me. The Boston Fire
Department's technical-rescue squad had to lift or roll the
protesters onto stretchers and haul them out of the trench with
ropes. By September 29th, the day of the final action, a hundred and
ninety-eight people had been arrested. Many pleaded guilty to
trespassing or disturbing the peace and were put on a six-month
pretrial probation, after which the charges were dropped...<br>
More at: <font size="-1"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/sometimes-fighting-climate-change-means-breaking-the-law">https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/sometimes-fighting-climate-change-means-breaking-the-law</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Activism: April 14 - Science Marches on]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="Be%20a%20catalyst%20for%20change.,The%20March%20for%20Science%20is%20a%20diverse,%20global%20movement%20that%20advocates%20for%20equitable,%20evidence-based%20policy%20that%20serves%20all%20communities.%20%20Join%20us%20and%20become%20an%20advocate%20for%20change.%20%20Hold%20your%20representatives%20accountable.%20%20Use%20your%20voice%20to%20make%20science%20heard.">Be
a catalyst for change March for Science 2018</a></b><br>
The March for Science is a diverse, global movement that advocates
for equitable, evidence-based policy that serves all communities.
Join us and become an advocate for change. Hold your
representatives accountable. Use your voice to make science heard.<br>
In 2017, more than one million people around the world gathered
together in the largest event for science advocacy in history. Over
the last year, thousands of advocates have taken action with March
for Science to support evidence-based policy. In 2018, we unite
again to hold our elected and appointed officials responsible for
enacting equitable evidence-based policies that serve all
communities and science for the common good.<br>
<font size="-1">more at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.marchforscience.com/">https://www.marchforscience.com/</a></font><br>
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[Climate Science Legal Defense Fund]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.csldf.org/march/">MARCH
FOR SCIENCE: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS</a></b><br>
It's important for researchers to use their voice, but they should
be mindful of how and where it's used. If you're a scientist
planning to take to the streets for the March for Science-or
participate in other activism-be sure to read our free guide, "<a
href="https://csldf.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=635c98e780ac7191328d30eeb&id=f7765feee4&e=d1c47ff379"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #e76e1e;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">Know Your Rights: Science
Activism and Protests</a>." We created it with the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU) to help scientists safely organize and show
their support for science. You can also check out the main takeaways
in <a
href="https://csldf.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=635c98e780ac7191328d30eeb&id=33d166ba64&e=d1c47ff379"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #e76e1e;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;">a post we wrote for the American Geophysical Union
(AGU)</a>.<br>
As many of you know, <a
href="https://csldf.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=635c98e780ac7191328d30eeb&id=4da7c450e3&e=d1c47ff379"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #e76e1e;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">we've had a supporting role in
an ongoing case</a> that began in 2011 with an intrusive open
record requests asking for thousands of emails belonging to two
University of Arizona climate scientists. The University was
initially victorious, with the trial court finding that the
University had acted reasonably in choosing to protect some of the
scientists' communications. But the case has now gone before the
Arizona Court of Appeals twice, becoming more muddied and confused
each time.<br>
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Most recently, on February 26, the trial court ordered the release
of the scientists' previously protected emails. At the end of March,
the Arizona Board of Regents filed a notice that it will appeal this
ruling. <a
href="https://csldf.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=635c98e780ac7191328d30eeb&id=0cc38fcf69&e=d1c47ff379"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #e76e1e;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">You'll find more information
about the case in this post</a> and we'll continue to provide
updates as the case moves forward.<br>
We're still seeking law professors, adjuncts, and fellows to join
our Campus Reps Program and help scientists on their campus
understand their rights. The next program training is April 27-<a
href="https://csldf.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=635c98e780ac7191328d30eeb&id=0b8926abc7&e=d1c47ff379"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #e76e1e;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">apply here</a>. <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.csldf.org/march/">https://www.csldf.org/march/</a></font><br>
- - - - - - - -<br>
[civil advice to academic science demonstrators - all demonstrators]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://thebridge.agu.org/2018/04/02/marching-for-science-know-your-rights/">Marching
for Science? Know your Rights</a></b><br>
Many scientists in the United States have been moved to action as a
result of the current political climate. If you're one of them and
you're planning to join the<span> </span><a
href="https://www.marchforscience.com/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;
padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 101,
164); text-decoration: underline;">March for Science on April 14</a><span>
</span>- or participate in other activism - it's crucial that you
know your rights.<br>
Although the chances of running into trouble when you stand up for
science are small, political activism as a scientist can be
slippery. At the<span> </span><a href="https://www.csldf.org/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(0, 101, 164); text-decoration: underline;">Climate Science
Legal Defense Fund</a>, we've assisted well-meaning researchers
who inadvertently put themselves at risk and encountered problems
when they forayed into activism.<br>
To help you safely organize and speak out, together with the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), we created a free guide, "<a
href="https://www.csldf.org/march/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 101, 164);
text-decoration: underline;">Know Your Rights: Science Activism
and Protests.</a>" It outlines concrete things you can do to
protect yourself, what to do if you feel your rights have been
violated, and where to find additional resources on advocacy and
activism.<br>
So, direct from our guide, here are a few key things you should do
when planning to take to the streets.<br>
<b>First and foremost: Separate your work and activism.</b><br>
<blockquote>- Always maintain separate personal and professional
email accounts, and use the personal account for your activism
activities. This will protect against your personal emails being
made public pursuant to open records laws.<br>
- Don't organize or discuss activism at work; these activities
should always be done outside of your workplace and work hours.<br>
- Don't use work or government-funded supplies for your activism
activities. Always use your personal computer, printer, etc.<br>
- When demonstrating, don't wear work paraphernalia, such as a hat
with your university logo or a work-issued lab coat.<br>
- Don't provide your work affiliation when publicizing your
involvement in advocacy. If you must do so for identification
purposes, always clarify that you are not speaking on behalf of
your institution.<br>
</blockquote>
<b>Know how to demonstrate</b><br>
<blockquote>- Peaceful and non-obstructive demonstration is
constitutionally protected even without a permit.<br>
- Obey traffic signals and keep space open for non-demonstration
pedestrian traffic. Do not maliciously obstruct or detain
passersby.<br>
- Use cardboard tubes for posters; don't use sticks, which may be
considered weapons.<br>
- If you are organizing a protest or demonstration, get a permit
to notify police about your activities and reserve your location.
Rules and procedures vary; review your city's official website.<br>
</blockquote>
These are just the basics. For more detailed information and tips,<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.csldf.org/march/"> read
our complete guide to science activism and protests</a> - and
please share it with your marching colleagues.The information
contained in the guide concerns U.S. laws only and does not
constitute specific legal advice. If you have questions regarding a
particular circumstance, please call your lawyer or seek free advice
from a Climate Science Legal Defense Fund attorney by emailing <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lawyer@csldf.org">lawyer@csldf.org</a>.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://thebridge.agu.org/2018/04/02/marching-for-science-know-your-rights/">https://thebridge.agu.org/2018/04/02/marching-for-science-know-your-rights/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://toolkit.climate.gov/topics/food-resilience/food-safety-and-nutrition">Food
Safety and Nutrition</a></b><br>
Increased carbon dioxide levels, climate change, and climate
variability all have the potential to increase the prevalence of
some food-borne illnesses and affect the availability of nutritious
foods.<br>
Climate change and atmospheric carbon dioxide will affect nutrition
directly through the micronutrient content of plants. Experiments in
the United States and China have shown that, in non-leguminous grain
crops, protein and mineral content such as iron and zinc are
substantially reduced when carbon dioxide concentrations reach
levels that are likely to occur by mid-century.5<br>
<br>
Climate change will affect nutrition indirectly through its effects
on the production and distribution of food which, in turn, will
affect food prices and food security. See I<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://toolkit.climate.gov/topics/food-resilience/international-food-security">nternational
Food Security</a> for a longer discussion.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://toolkit.climate.gov/topics/food-resilience/food-safety-and-nutrition">https://toolkit.climate.gov/topics/food-resilience/food-safety-and-nutrition</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[must-see video of techno-innovations viewing Western wildfires]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/L3qlea8H12Q">California's
Wildfires and the HPWREN Camera Network</a></b><br>
University of California Television (UCTV)<br>
"Fires are the new normal"<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/L3qlea8H12Q">https://youtu.be/L3qlea8H12Q</a></font><br>
- - - - - -<br>
[see live videos directly from your computer or smartphone]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.alertwildfire.org/">ALERT
Wildfire Networks</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.alertwildfire.org/">www.alertwildfire.org/</a><br>
ALERT Fire Cameras. <br>
This is a placeholder page for the fire camera portion of the ALERT
network. The following regions have fire monitoring networks: <br>
<ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">
<li><a href="http://www.alertwildfire.org/blmnv">AlertNevada</a><span> </span>-
Nevada BLM Wildland</li>
<li><a href="http://www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe">AlertTahoe</a><span> </span>-
Reno-Tahoe/Truckee Meadows</li>
<li><a href="http://www.alertwildfire.org/socal">AlertSoCal</a><span> </span>-
Southern California</li>
<li><a href="http://www.alertwildfire.org/sdge">AlertSDGE</a><span> </span>-
San Diego Gas & Electric Regional network</li>
<li><a href="http://www.alertwildfire.org/oregon">AlertOregon</a><span> </span>-
University of Oregon Regional network</li>
</ul>
<font size="-1">See images at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.alertwildfire.org/">www.alertwildfire.org/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Education hour]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/2dw3S8Uce84">Interactive
Visioning part 1 - Figuring Sea Level Rise</a></b><br>
University of California Television (UCTV)<br>
Published on Apr 4, 2018<br>
(Visit: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.uctv.tv">http://www.uctv.tv</a>)
How much will the seas rise in any given spot? When? What impacts
will be felt? Who will be obliged to move out of harm's way? What
can be done to mitigate or adapt to these circumstances? To begin to
address these questions this program concentrates on issues of
mediation and remediation: What does it mean that interactive
visioning tools are proliferating in research labs, government
agencies such as NOAA and the USGS, and activist organizations? Doug
Marcy, a Coastal Hazards Specialist at the NOAA National Ocean
Service / Coastal Services Center (CSC) in Charleston, South
Carolina, explores visualizing sea level rise and coastal flooding
impacts. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [9/2013] [Science] [Show ID:
24899]<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/2dw3S8Uce84">https://youtu.be/2dw3S8Uce84</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<font size="+1"><b>This Day in Climate History - April 5, 2002 -
from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
April 5, 2002: New York Times columnist Paul Krugman denounces White
House press secretary Ari Fleischer's "...use of a press conference
on the crisis in the Middle East to shill, once again, for the Bush
energy plan," observing:<br>
<blockquote>"Even if the United States weren't dependent on imported
oil, the Middle East would still be a strategically crucial
region, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would still be a
world nightmare.<br>
<br>
"But to the extent that oil independence would help -- and it
would, a bit, by reducing the leverage of Persian Gulf producers
-- the Bush administration has long since forfeited the moral high
ground. It has done so by vigorously opposing any serious efforts
at conservation, which would have to be the centerpiece of any
real plan to reduce oil imports.<br>
<br>
"There are many ways to make this case; here are two more. Even at
its peak, a decade or so after drilling began, oil production from
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would reduce imports by no
more than would a 3-mile-per-gallon increase in fuel efficiency --
something easily achievable, were it not for opposition from
special interest groups. Indeed, the Kerry-McCain fuel efficiency
standards, which the administration opposed, would have saved
three times as much oil as ANWR might produce. Or put it this way:
Total world oil production is about 75 million barrels per day, of
which the United States consumes almost 20; ANWR would produce, at
maximum, a bit more than 1 million.<br>
<br>
"Yet a few months ago, Republican activists ran ads with
side-by-side photos of Tom Daschle and Saddam Hussein, declaring
that both men oppose drilling in ANWR -- and Dick Cheney, when
asked, stood behind those ads. Administration critics could, with
rather more justification, run ads with side-by-side photos of
George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein, declaring that both men oppose
increased fuel efficiency standards. (Actually, I'm not aware that
Iraq's ruler has expressed an opinion on either issue.) Of course,
if such ads did run, there would be enormous outrage. After all,
turnabout wouldn't be fair play because, well, just because."<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/05/opinion/at-long-last.html?pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/05/opinion/at-long-last.html?pagewanted=print</a><br>
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