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<font size="+1"><i>May 4, 2018</i></font><br>
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[Rain AND dust together! Plus 41,000 lightning strikes]<br>
<a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/freak-dust-storms-in-northern-india-kill-at-least-100-people">'Freak'
dust storms in northern India kill more than 100 people</a><br>
Most of the deaths occurred as people slept in houses that collapsed
overnight<br>
Severe dust storms across northern India have killed more than 100
people, destroyed homes and left hundreds without electricity.<br>
Billowing clouds of thick dust and sand frequently blow across the
region during the dry season, but the death toll from this week's
storms has been unusually high.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/freak-dust-storms-in-northern-india-kill-at-least-100-people">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/freak-dust-storms-in-northern-india-kill-at-least-100-people</a></font><br>
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<br>
[UN talks in Bonn]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03052018/un-climate-talks-trump-negotiators-bonn-pompeo-bolton-kudlow-foreign-policy">In
Shadow of Trump's New Foreign Policy Team, U.S. Climate
Negotiators Walk a Fine Line</a></b><br>
Staunch opponents of climate policy are now advising Trump on
foreign affairs, leaving career U.S. diplomats in an awkward spot at
the UN climate talks in Bonn.<br>
Marianne Lavelle<br>
As international climate negotiators meet in Bonn this week to draft
rules for carrying out the Paris Agreement on climate change, the
United States delegation presents a wraithlike enigma.<br>
Even though the Trump administration has renounced the treaty, the
United States has not yet withdrawn, and Washington would like to
influence the discussions. But the Trump foreign policy team, now
more than ever, is a tight cabal of hard-line foes of climate
action....<br>
- - - - -<br>
It has been jarring that the United States, historically the largest
contributor to the world's carbon dioxide buildup and until recently
a driving force behind the Paris Agreement, to be at the table but
not ante up. Now, other players worry that President Donald Trump's
new team will overturn the card table.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03052018/un-climate-talks-trump-negotiators-bonn-pompeo-bolton-kudlow-foreign-policy">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03052018/un-climate-talks-trump-negotiators-bonn-pompeo-bolton-kudlow-foreign-policy</a></font><br>
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<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.utilitydive.com/news/another-blow-for-california-gas-judge-rejects-proposed-pipeline/522752/">Another
blow for California gas - judge rejects proposed pipeline</a></b><br>
California regulators will vote this summer on a proposal to reject
a 47 mile, $639 million pipeline that San Diego Gas and Electric
(SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGa) want to
construct.<br>
A proposed decision issued by an administrative law judge at the
California Public Utilities Commission concludes the utilities have
not demonstrated a need for the pipeline, and orders the companies
to consider more modest supply options.<br>
If commissioners reject the project, it would be the latest in a
string of losses for natural gas resources in the state. In March,
Calpine withdrew an application for a new gas plant in the state,
and a municipal utility in Glendale, Calif., recently scrapped plans
for a gas generation project.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.utilitydive.com/news/another-blow-for-california-gas-judge-rejects-proposed-pipeline/522752/">https://www.utilitydive.com/news/another-blow-for-california-gas-judge-rejects-proposed-pipeline/522752/</a>
</font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180427100250.htm"><br>
Bright future for solar cell technology</a></b><br>
Source: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate
University<br>
Summary:<br>
New all-inorganic perovskite solar cells tackle three key challenges
in solar cell technology: efficiency, stability, and cost.<br>
This material has several key features. First, it is completely
inorganic - an important shift, because organic components are
usually not thermostable and degrade under heat. Since solar cells
can get very hot in the sun, heat stability is crucial. By replacing
the organic parts with inorganic materials, the researchers made the
perovskite solar cells much more stable.<br>
"The solar cells are almost unchanged after exposure to light for
300 hours," says Dr. Zonghao Liu, an author on the paper.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180427100250.htm">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180427100250.htm</a></font><br>
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<br>
[NPR audio]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/02/607800921/a-temperature-roller-coaster-could-be-coming">A
Temperature Roller Coaster Could Be Coming</a></b><br>
May 2, 2018 Heard on Morning Edition<br>
Christopher Joyce <br>
...if the planet continues to warm, temperature variability will be
especially pronounced in the Amazon Basin and parts of Africa and
Southeast Asia - wet places where a warming climate is drying things
out...<br>
Summertime in the U.S. could see more temperature extremes.<br>
Extremes, in fact, seem to be part of what a warmer world will
bring. Another new study found that California will see more extreme
wet and dry periods this century. They're calling that the
"whiplash" effect of global warming.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/02/607800921/a-temperature-roller-coaster-could-be-coming">https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/02/607800921/a-temperature-roller-coaster-could-be-coming</a></font><br>
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<br>
[coal soot in soil pollutes rice]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://theconversation.com/another-problem-with-chinas-coal-mercury-in-rice-92974">Another
problem with China's coal: Mercury in rice</a></b><br>
Noelle Eckley Selin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sae Yun
Kwon, Pohang University of Science and Technology<br>
Study finds that coal pollution in China is leading to people
getting significant levels of mercury poisoning from rice.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://theconversation.com/another-problem-with-chinas-coal-mercury-in-rice-92974">https://theconversation.com/another-problem-with-chinas-coal-mercury-in-rice-92974</a></font><br>
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<br>
[long duration video, deep and insightful]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="YouTube%20video%20%20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2z7AiLVwE4&t=">Paul
Gilding discusses "The Big Picture" with Margaret Klein Salamon</a></b><br>
The Climate Mobilization<br>
Published on Apr 27, 2018<br>
Paul Gilding's book, The Great Disruption (2011) <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://paulgilding.com/the-great-disruption/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://paulgilding.com/the-great-disruption/</a><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://paulgilding.com/the-great-disruption/"
moz-do-not-send="true">
</a> and Ted Talk The Earth is Full (2012)<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_gilding_the_earth_is_full">
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_gilding_the_earth_is_full</a> laid
the foundation for the climate emergency movement, and for The
Climate Mobilization organization. Margaret Klein Salamon, the
founder and director of The Climate Mobilization checks in with Paul
on whether he is still feeling confident about his predictions, and
they discuss when and how the emergency mobilization will commence.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2z7AiLVwE4&t=">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2z7AiLVwE4&t=</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[classic documentary]<br>
<b><a
href="http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/why_the_movie_downsizing_should_be_seen_by_everyone_who_cares_for_the_environment">Why
the Movie Downsizing Should be Seen by Everyone Who Cares About
the Environment?</a></b><br>
POSTED BY LAWRENCE WOLLERSHEIM<br>
Every environmentalist and sustainability advocate should see this
film! What may be the single greatest truth of this film is that it
has cleverly brought one of the<span> </span><a
href="http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/climate_tipping_points"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(68, 186, 210);
text-decoration: none; outline: none;">11 key tipping points of
global warming</a><span> </span>to the forefront of the world's
consciousness. That tipping point is methane release from the
melting permafrost and tundra.<br>
While this is not the most dangerous<span> </span><a
href="http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/climate_tipping_points"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(68, 186, 210);
text-decoration: none; outline: none;">of the 11 key global
warming tipping points</a>, it is among the<span> </span><em
style="box-sizing: border-box;">most likely</em><span> </span>that
will throw humanity into an extinction cycle within the next 30 to
50 years. (See the new book<span> </span><a
href="https://www.amazon.com/Climageddon-Global-Warming-Emergency-Survive/dp/0997135328/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525195606&sr=8-1&keywords=climageddon"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(68, 186, 210);
text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Climageddon at Amazon</a><span> </span>for
more details about the real dangers of<span> </span><a
href="http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/climate_tipping_points"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(68, 186, 210);
text-decoration: none; outline: none;">global warming tipping
points</a>.)<br>
In this movie, there are many clever plays on the downsizing of
human beings to downsize their consumption and<span> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overshoot_%28population%29"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(68, 186, 210);
text-decoration: none; outline: none;">resource overshoot</a>.
While it was not an initial box office hit, we at Job One for
Humanity believe that over the years this movie will do<span> </span><em
style="box-sizing: border-box;">very well</em><span> </span>in the
streaming services and at other video rental outlets. Downsizing was
chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films
of 2017, while Hong Chau a co-star earned a nomination for Best
Supporting Actress at the 75th Golden Globe Awards....<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/why_the_movie_downsizing_should_be_seen_by_everyone_who_cares_for_the_environment">http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/why_the_movie_downsizing_should_be_seen_by_everyone_who_cares_for_the_environment</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[now pay the fine]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03052018/enbridge-fined-tar-sands-oil-pipeline-inspections-kalamazoo-michigan-dilbit-spill">Enbridge
Fined for Failing to Fully Inspect Pipelines After Kalamazoo Oil
Spill</a></b><br>
The Kalamazoo disaster was one of the biggest inland oil spills on
record, and it raised questions about the safety of Enbridge's tar
sands oil pipeline system.<br>
BY DAVID HASEMYER<br>
More than 1 million gallons of<span> </span><a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20120626/dilbit-primer-diluted-bitumen-conventional-oil-tar-sands-Alberta-Kalamazoo-Keystone-XL-Enbridge"
style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(131, 190, 68); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">tar
sands oil</a><span> </span>spilled into the Kalamazoo River near
the town of Marshall when<a
href="http://insideclimatenews.org/content/dilbit-disaster-inside-biggest-oil-spill-youve-never-heard"
style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(131, 190, 68); text-decoration: none; outline: 0px;
font-weight: bold;"><span> </span>a 6-foot rupture opened in
Enbridge pipeline 6B</a>. Despite warnings of trouble, oil flowed
for 17 hours before Enbridge shut down the pipeline. Ultimately, the
oil pushed nearly 40 miles downriver, fouling 4,435 acres of land
near the river's banks. It triggered a massive cleanup effort that
cost the company $1.2 billion and kept the river closed for nearly
two years.<br>
As part of a<a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20072016/enbridge-saga-end-department-justice-fine-epa-kalamazoo-river-michigan-dilbit-spill"
style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(131, 190, 68); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;"><span> </span>sweeping,
$177 million settlement,</a><span> </span>Enbridge promised to
look for cracks and corrosion on its<a
href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-06/documents/public_copy_lakehead_system_map.pdf"
style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(131, 190, 68); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;"><span> </span>Lakehead
pipeline system</a>, a nearly 2,000-mile grid of pipelines that
brings oil from Canada into the United States.<br>
In a<a
href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4451281-Enbridge-May-2018.html"
style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(131, 190, 68); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;"><span> </span>document</a><span> </span>filed
in a Michigan federal court on Tuesday, the government alleges that
Enbridge failed to properly conduct six inspections.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03052018/enbridge-fined-tar-sands-oil-pipeline-inspections-kalamazoo-michigan-dilbit-spill">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03052018/enbridge-fined-tar-sands-oil-pipeline-inspections-kalamazoo-michigan-dilbit-spill</a><br>
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<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/June-2012/Chicagos-Heartland-Institute-and-its-Unabomber-Billboards/">This
Day in Climate History - May 4, 2012</a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
The Chicago-based clImate-change-denial outfit known as the
Heartland Institute puts up, and quickly pulls down, a digital
billboard with an image of killer Ted Kaczynski next to the words:
"I still believe in global warming. Do you?" The controversy
surrounding the ad campaign prompts several major corporations to
wash their hands of Heartland, and also prompts several Heartland
employees to resign.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V5Sx3A1Mxk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V5Sx3A1Mxk</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://grist.org/list/heartland-institute-going-broke-due-to-dickish-billboard-campaign/">http://grist.org/list/heartland-institute-going-broke-due-to-dickish-billboard-campaign/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/June-2012/Chicagos-Heartland-Institute-and-its-Unabomber-Billboards/">http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/June-2012/Chicagos-Heartland-Institute-and-its-Unabomber-Billboards/</a><br>
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