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<font size="+1"><i>September 7, 2018</i></font><br>
<br>
[BBC awakes]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/exclusive-bbc-issues-internal-guidance-on-how-to-report-climate-change">Exclusive:
BBC issues internal guidance on how to report climate change</a></b><br>
7 September 2018 <br>
The BBC, one of the world's largest and most respected news
organisations, has issued formal guidance to its journalists on how
to report climate change.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/exclusive-bbc-issues-internal-guidance-on-how-to-report-climate-change">https://www.carbonbrief.org/exclusive-bbc-issues-internal-guidance-on-how-to-report-climate-change</a><br>
- - - -<br>
[strong criticism]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://theecologist.org/2018/sep/06/bbc-political-bias-unmissable-risible-almost-stuff-satire-and-thats-dangerous">BBC
'political bias is unmissable, risible, almost the stuff of
satire - and that's dangerous'</a></b><br>
Sue Hampton | 6th September 2018<br>
The BBC needs to better educate and inform its audience about the
severities of climate change. Children's author SUE HAMPTON sets out
five ways in which it can clean up its act... <br>
- - - - -<br>
It is with sadness, anxiety and growing anger that I ask why values
so embedded in the BBC's raison d'être have been compromised and
abandoned.<br>
The political bias is unmissable, risible, almost the stuff of
satire - and that's dangerous. It threatens democracy.<br>
The rise of the Far Right began with the BBC platform that made
Nigel Farage ubiquitous (see Question Time panel statistics). News
often constitutes misinformation as the BBC takes its agenda and
even its vocabulary from the predominantly right wing press.<br>
Climate chaos<br>
But I am writing about something even more serious, so dangerous as
to threaten the future of life on earth.<br>
Our most prestigious national broadcaster fails to acknowledge the
overwhelming consensus of climate scientists. It almost never finds
it necessary to share the causes, nature and potential outcomes of
climate change these experts identify.<br>
Calls for change to mitigate climate chaos are apparently banned.
Instead, I observe a persistent and perverse determination to give a
voice to climate deniers in spite of their statistical isolation,
and a blithe or strategic head-in-sand approach to programming.<br>
Weather presenters have smiled about sunshine through this summer,
while new temperature records have been set in Africa and Australian
cities, Taiwan, Georgia and the west coast of US, heat stroke or
forest fires have killed (at least 119 in Japan).<br>
We have seen freak blazes in Lapland and elsewhere in the Arctic
Circle.<br>
- - - - -<br>
I therefore suggest that in order to fulfil its responsibility at
this crucial time in human history, the BBC needs to:<br>
<blockquote>- Stop crediting climate deniers with a reasonable
position when climate scientists are virtually unanimous in the
expert conviction that climate change is real, dangerous and
exacerbated by human activity;<br>
- Stop referring to climate change as though it's no more
important than football, if somewhat inconvenient for gardeners,
and as if nothing can be done to address it;<br>
- Look into the political allegiances of key figures behind and on
screen and ensure that there is no unrepresentative imbalance of
opinion. While I'm tempted to ask that climate deniers make up no
more than three percent of BBC staff, I would happily settle for
minimum science qualifications for all those representing or
presenting scientific data, news, weather or political debate. <br>
- Challenge government policies that endanger future generations
with the same unshifting focus currently applied to Labour's
difficulties.<br>
Invite David Attenborough, Brian Cox and Chris Packham, all of
whom agree on the vital need for action, to present the truth and
inspire change.<br>
</blockquote>
Nothing has ever mattered more.<br>
This Author - totally appropriate to hear from a dissenting voice.
The BBC is committed to reporting the facts and most recently has
covered a range of climate change based [stories] such as the
'Hothouse Earth' scenario, pioneering climate change resistant
farming and a study from the Nature Communications journal about
rising temperatures."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://theecologist.org/2018/sep/06/bbc-political-bias-unmissable-risible-almost-stuff-satire-and-thats-dangerous">https://theecologist.org/2018/sep/06/bbc-political-bias-unmissable-risible-almost-stuff-satire-and-thats-dangerous</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[US Tin-Foil-Hat-Loony-Toons]<br>
<b><a
href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/trump-adds-physicist-will-happer-climate-science-opponent-white-house-staff">Trump
adds physicist Will Happer, climate science critic, to White
House staff</a></b><br>
William Happer, a physics professor and vocal critic of mainstream
climate science, has joined the White House as a top adviser.<br>
Happer, 79, told E&E News in email that he began serving
yesterday on the National Security Council as the senior director
for emerging technologies. NSC officials confirmed Happer's new role
but declined to provide further detail about the appointment, which
CNN first reported.<br>
<blockquote>"The public, in general, doesn't realize that from the
point of view of geological history, we are in a CO2 famine," he
told E&E News during the interview in January.<br>
</blockquote>
When asked about his new NSC role, Happer said he would do his best
to ensure that federal policy decisions "are based on sound science
and technology."<br>
- - - -<br>
Happer told E&E News in January that he supported Trump's
decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord
but said he wished the president had focused on how the agreement
"did not make scientific sense." Trump had cast the pact as
detrimental to the U.S. economy.<br>
"There is no problem from CO2," Happer said. "The world has lots and
lots of problems, but increasing CO2 is not one of the problems. So
[the accord] dignifies it by getting all these yahoos who don't know
a damn thing about climate saying, 'This is a problem, and we're
going to solve it.' All this virtue signaling. You can read about it
in the Bible: Pharisees and hypocrites and phonies."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/trump-adds-physicist-will-happer-climate-science-opponent-white-house-staff">http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/trump-adds-physicist-will-happer-climate-science-opponent-white-house-staff</a><br>
<br>
<br>
[turbulent time action]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2018.1516957">The
global climate action summit: increasing ambition during
turbulent times</a></b><br>
Vicki Arroyo<br>
ABSTRACT<br>
<blockquote>In September 2018, leaders in climate action within and
outside the U.S. will convene in San Francisco for the Global
Climate Action Summit. They plan to demonstrate strong ongoing
commitment to exceeding the goals set out in the Paris Agreement,
despite U.S. federal opposition under President Trump, and to spur
greater ambition among subnational governments and the private
sector. Now that the Trump Administration is working to undo the
progress made under President Obama, it is more important than
ever that states and cities, as well as the private sector,
redouble their efforts. Since the 2016 election, many U.S. states
have demonstrated leadership by establishing ever-more ambitious
clean energy and electric vehicle targets through legislation and
executive action; by pushing back on the Trump Administration in
public forums and in the courts; and by banding together to
realise greater effectiveness through collective action. The
commitment of leading states, cities, and businesses alone will
not be enough to achieve the rapid reductions needed to keep
planetary warming to 1.5 degrees C in the absence of U.S. federal
efforts. But coming after a summer of extreme weather events, the
Summit represents a critical opportunity to re-energise
constituencies, highlight the need for urgent and ambitious
action, and bring climate change to the forefront of policy
conversations across the U.S. and beyond.<br>
</blockquote>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2018.1516957">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2018.1516957</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Washington Post]<br>
<b>Hot nights: Summer low temperatures were warmest on record in
Lower 48</b><br>
Americans seeking to cool off after long, hot days this summer found
little relief in the dark of night.<br>
<br>
<br>
[Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://globalclimateactionsummit.org/">"Global Climate
Action Summit"</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://livingthechange.net/interfaith-service">https://livingthechange.net/interfaith-service</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://diocal.org/global-climate-action-summit-faith-rooted-affiliated-workshops">http://diocal.org/global-climate-action-summit-faith-rooted-affiliated-workshops</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://globalclimateactionsummit.org/">https://globalclimateactionsummit.org/</a><br>
September 12-14, 2018<br>
Grace Cathedral<br>
1100 California St.<br>
San Francisco, CA, USA<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://livingthechange.net/interfaith-service">https://livingthechange.net/interfaith-service</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
<font size="+2"> </font>[stepping across the chasm]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.cleanenergytransition.org/">Launching the
Clean Energy Transition Institute</a></b><br>
The Clean Energy Transition Institute focuses on accelerating
low-carbon pathways, advancing urban clean energy, and creating a
clean energy workforce.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.cleanenergytransition.org/">https://www.cleanenergytransition.org/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[AU newspaper publishes what scientists say]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/the-divisive-issue-australia-can-no-longer-ignore/news-story/1915f694320e540444c03aff3ccd3a41">The
divisive issue Australia can no longer ignore</a></b><br>
IT'S the life-and-death issue on which Australia is "irresponsible
to the extreme". And 30 leading experts in the field are furious.<br>
Stephanie Bedo<br>
AUSTRALIA, you're being "irresponsible to the extreme".<br>
That's the harsh message from leading scientists across the country,
not just for our "confused, divided and backwards" government but
for the everyday Aussies who believe climate change scepticism and
refuse to acknowledge the state of "emergency" we face.<br>
Climate policy was one of the catalysts for the Liberal Party
rolling Malcolm Turnbull last month. In his final speech as prime
minister, Mr Turnbull acknowledged the Coalition found it "very
hard" to take action on climate change.<br>
Last month Mr Turnbull was brought down for the second time over
energy/climate change policy. The first time he was rolled by Tony
Abbott as opposition leader. This time it cost him his job as prime
minister.<br>
Scientists have slammed the federal government for its "deliberate
negligent failure" to take action to reduce Australia's greenhouse
gas emissions over the last few years.<br>
Climate and Health Alliance president Peter Sainsbury said the
Australian Government was, remarkably, still projecting an increase
in carbon emissions to 2030.<br>
"Australia is being held back by the self-interest of a few
right-wing politicians and a network of highly influential
companies, particularly in the fossil fuel industry, who are
prepared to sacrifice other people's health and wellbeing for their
own short-term economic gain," he said.<br>
"The immediate impacts of a government divided on climate change
means they can't agree on what is and isn't a priority - one big
example will be lack of preparedness for the global heatwave
predicted to 2022 and that trickles down to everything from public
health and farming to massive bushfires.<br>
"We will lose our food security for one. If they can't agree on
science, they can't prepare for reality. They will leave us in the
headlights of a semi-trailer getting faster and more unpredictable."<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style: inherit;
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<blockquote><b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px;
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baseline;">John Quiggin, University of Queensland:</b><span> </span>The
toxicity of the issue is not due, primarily, to conflicts of
interest, which could be resolved through ordinary political
processes. Rather the problem is that the issue has become bound
up in right-wing culture wars.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Peter
Sainsbury, Climate and Health Alliance:</b><span> </span>Climate
change is occurring at a rate that is far faster than anything
seen in Earth's recent history, and that it is principally due to
human activity. If co-ordinated global action is not taken in the
next few years to rapidly slow the release of greenhouse gases
into the atmosphere and reach zero net carbon emissions by 2050,
there will be catastrophic consequences.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Liz Hanna,
Australian National University:</b><span> </span>The evidence
supporting climate change exists in all areas of science, and it
comes from all countries, and from all meteorological
organisations. Collectively, humanity is causing the warming, so
all of humanity has a responsibility to stop it, and stop it as
fast as we can.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Greg
Skilbeck, University of Technology, Sydney</b>: Scaremongering
on energy prices and anything that will affect these, is seen as a
very effective (political) campaigning tool, even though it has
been consistently shown that rising energy prices are only about
the greed of the energy companies and poor management of the
infrastructure, and really nothing else.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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Brown, Griffith University:</b><span> </span>Time spent debating
the science on climate change delays decisions on acting to
address climate change and its impacts. It is time wasted that our
natural ecosystems and our economy cannot afford.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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Washington, UNSW Australia:<span> </span></b>They (the
government) are betraying the future of future Australians and
risking large parts of Australia becoming uninhabitable. This is
irresponsible in the extreme.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dietmar
Dommenget, Monash University:</b><span> </span>For the rest of
the world, Australia used to be an environmental friendly place
with no nuclear energy and an environment that is still beautiful
and natural. But a country that is destroying its own natural
wonder and does next to nothing to prevent global warming will not
be popular for much longer.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Olaf
Meynecke, Griffith University:</b><span> </span>We are no longer
in the position to wait or hope that the problem will solve
itself. We are faced with mass extinctions, severe weather and the
long-term loss of stability of our economy if climate action is
delayed.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tom
Worthington, Australian National University:<span> </span></b>There
is plenty of hard science to say climate change is real. What we
have to do now is help the community with what to do about it. We
need to be putting in place actions now, such as investing in
renewable energy, to save high costs to the community and the
economy later.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Linda
Selvey, University of Queensland:<span> </span></b>This is an
emergency. That is not an exaggeration, but an assertion that is
backed by scientific evidence. We need to take more action than
less and a divided government means that we do very little.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ian Lowe,<span> </span></b><b
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padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Griffith University:<span> </span></b>The
immediate impact of the current government policy paralysis (and
mindless encouragement of new fossil fuel projects) is to
accelerate the changes we are seeing - altered rainfall patterns,
more extreme events, worse bushfires - as well as risking
international sanctions for failing to meet our treaty
obligations.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stephen
Williams, James Cook University:</b><span> </span>Stop
pretending there is any serious debate and start getting on with
doing something rather than political grandstanding and using
climate change as a scary topic to play political games. Climate
change is the most serious challenge facing the world.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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Rayner, University of Melbourne:</b><span> </span>It's much
better to squeeze the brakes gently than jam them on at the last
minute, especially when we can see the brick wall a mile off.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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Laurance, James Cook University:<span> </span></b>Australia's
political conservatives have shifted so far to the right that
they've fallen off a cliff - and they're dragging the rest of the
country with them, consequences be damned.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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Church, UNSW:</b><span> </span>Saying we do not want to discuss
climate change and the drought is like arguing we do not care how
much more Australian farmers and regional areas suffer in the
future.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Samantha
Hepburn, Deakin University:<span> </span></b>As the Earth gets
hotter, governments will increasingly confront tragic choices.
Global climate change will cause severe food and water scarcity,
resource conflict and a sea-level rise that will threaten major
cities. Warming at the higher levels (5-6C) will be
civilisation-altering.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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Blakers, Australian National University:</b><span> </span>Climate
change is likely to become an ever more prominent political,
engineering, environmental and business issue. The fact that solar
and wind are both cheaper and have zero emissions virtually
guarantees continued rapid growth throughout the first half of the
21st century.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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Sherwood, UNSW:</b><span> </span>Division means uncertainty,
which means lack of investment in new electricity hence higher
electricity prices. The impact of such uncertainty on electricity
prices has been vastly greater than the impact of whether we use
coal, solar or wind or whatever. Eventually we will agree on
climate change but it may be too late then to do very much.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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Matthews, Griffith University:</b><span> </span>Australia is
underperforming in its response to climate change overall. The
country continues to fall behind expectations in terms of
emissions reductions, relative to many other developed economies.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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Tangney, Flinders University:</b><span> </span>There is
unequivocal evidence that the climate is changing. There is also
unequivocal evidence that the climate is changing due to human
interference.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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Butler, Flinders University:</b><span> </span>Climate change
represents an existential threat to civilisation. Catastrophe may
yet be avoided, but is increasingly likely, with early signs
already evident.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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McMichael, University of Melbourne:<span> </span></b>Australia
should be doing much more to shift to a clean economy and to
urgently meet - or exceed - greenhouse gas emission reduction
targets.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tullio
Rossi, Animate Your Science</b>: Let's take the Great Barrier
Reef situation as an example. Given the inestimable value of this
wonder of the world, and the fact that we are seriously risking
losing it because of climate change. Australia should be at the
forefront of climate change action globally.<br>
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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Scott
Kelly,<span> </span><b style="box-sizing: border-box; border:
0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight:
bold; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;
font-family: LiberationSerif, "Times New Roman",
Times, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline;">University of Technology Sydney</b>:<span> </span></b>While
Australian politicians continue to argue between themselves, the
rest of the world is going to move on and Australia will be left
behind. If Australia is going to lead the way in renewable
technology and build a society of the future, it can't continue to
support vested interests in old expensive technology such as coal.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-stretch:
inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: LiberationSerif,
"Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 19px;
margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ying
Zhang, University of Sydney:<span> </span></b>We need better
public engagement to increase the awareness of both risks and
opportunities in responding to climate change. For example, better
urban planning to accommodate more public and active
transportation that could bring co-benefits of improved air
quality and health status.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-stretch:
inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: LiberationSerif,
"Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 19px;
margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elizabeth
Haworth, University of Tasmania:</b><span> </span>It is hard to
explain Australia's lack of action, considering the vulnerability
of the population and business to climate change - perhaps due to
lack of understanding of the scientific base, apathy due to
ideology and/or being in thrall to big business rather than
science.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-stretch:
inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: LiberationSerif,
"Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 19px;
margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jason
Evans, UNSW:<span> </span></b>Australia has been increasing
emissions in recent years but we need to decrease them to reach
our Paris Agreement commitment. Then we need to continue
decreasing them beyond that to limit the worst impacts of climate
change.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-stretch:
inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: LiberationSerif,
"Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 19px;
margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Paul Read,
Monash University:<span> </span></b>We've lost decades of action
and squandered opportunities for an economic adaptation that would
have preserved a decent quality of life for future Australians.<br>
<br>
<b style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style:
inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-stretch:
inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: LiberationSerif,
"Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 19px;
margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anonymous:</b><span> </span>The
absence of effective greenhouse gas emission reduction policies is
a decision to continue high emissions from Australia. That is a
decision to make climate change worse; more intense and more
frequent heatwaves, greater sea level rise, reduced rainfall in
southern Australia and more intense bushfires.<br>
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<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/the-divisive-issue-australia-can-no-longer-ignore/news-story/1915f694320e540444c03aff3ccd3a41">https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/the-divisive-issue-australia-can-no-longer-ignore/news-story/1915f694320e540444c03aff3ccd3a41</a></font><br>
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<br>
[See if it floats]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092018/icebreaker-coast-guard-ship-gao-review-polar-security-science-construction-risks-costs-congress">Coast
Guard Plan to Build New Icebreakers May Be in Trouble</a></b><br>
Congress' investigative arm says the polar ships may take longer to
build and cost more than expected. But pushing the project off could
be a bigger problem.<br>
BY SABRINA SHANKMAN<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092018/icebreaker-coast-guard-ship-gao-review-polar-security-science-construction-risks-costs-congress">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092018/icebreaker-coast-guard-ship-gao-review-polar-security-science-construction-risks-costs-congress</a>...<br>
- - - - -<br>
The Coast Guard's estimated schedule for delivering the icebreakers
has the first one being completed in 2023, the next in 2025 and the
third in 2026, allowing for three years to construct each ship.<br>
<br>
"When we looked at 10 recent ship-building programs, only three were
constructed in three years or less, and those three were more basic
ships," Mak said. "They were either based on commercial designs or
had commercial specifications. Given that we haven't built a heavy
polar icebreaker in 40 years, it screams optimism."<br>
<br>
Though the report cautions that these issues should be rectified
prior to committing funds to build the ships, the GAO was not
weighing in on what Congress should do. But it could offer an excuse
to those in Congress who would rather push off funding the program.<br>
<br>
"We have perfected the art of study to avoid taking difficult, high
cost decisions," said Conley, of CSIS. "If we fall back into that
trap again, we are not going to be able to maintain access to the
poles. That's the bottom line here."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092018/icebreaker-coast-guard-ship-gao-review-polar-security-science-construction-risks-costs-congress">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092018/icebreaker-coast-guard-ship-gao-review-polar-security-science-construction-risks-costs-congress</a></font><br>
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<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/09/audio-chris-christie-koch-brothers-seminar/">This
Day in Climate History - September 7, 2011</a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
September 7, 2011:<br>
On MotherJones.com, investigative journalist Brad Friedman, in part
two of his report on a secretive June 2011 meeting in Colorado held
by billionaire climate-change deniers Charles and David Koch, notes
that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spoke at the meeting--and that
David Koch called him "my kind of guy."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/09/audio-chris-christie-koch-brothers-seminar/">http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/09/audio-chris-christie-koch-brothers-seminar/</a>
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