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<font size="+1"><i>September 12, 2018</i></font><br>
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[Pay no attention to that glowing 3-eyed fish]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/hurricane-florence-forecast-to-hit-near-brunswick-nuclear-power-plant-in-north-carolina_2657817.html">Hurricane
Florence Forecast to Hit Near Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant in
North Carolina</a></b><br>
BY JACK PHILLIPS - September 11, 2018<br>
Hurricane Florence is predicted to make landfall near the Brunswick
Nuclear Generating Station power plant located on the southern coast
of North Carolina.<br>
The U.S. National Hurricane Center, in its 11 a.m. update on Sept.
11, is forecasting that Florence, a Category 4 storm with 130 mph
winds, could make landfall north of the border of North Carolina and
South Carolina on Friday morning, Sept. 14.<br>
The power plant, located just south of Wilmington, is located right
along the coast of North Carolina, and it is located right in the
middle of where Florence is forecast to hit. The BBC reported: "The
Brunswick Nuclear Plant in Southport, North Carolina, is just a few
miles from where Florence is expected to make landfall."...<br>
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Earlier Hurricane Reports on Brunswick<br>
"Class I" buildings at the Brunswick Power Plant "are designed to
withstand 300-mph tornado winds," according to a 2004 report from
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (pdf). "The nominal plant
grade results in 2 feet of water depth surrounding the plant during
maximum surge conditions, and all of the safety-related structures
are waterproofed to an elevation of 22 feet," the report said...<br>
- - - -<br>
"All the nuclear power plants affected by Hurricane Matthew
weathered the storm well and were well-prepared for the high winds
and heavy rains," Joe Pollock, the U.S. Nuclear Energy Institute
vice president of nuclear operations, told World Nuclear News in
October 2016 after Matthews impact. "These facilities have proven
their ability to withstand hurricanes and provide electricity to
homes and businesses as soon as off-site power is restored and the
electricity grid can accommodate the power," he added.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/hurricane-florence-forecast-to-hit-near-brunswick-nuclear-power-plant-in-north-carolina_2657817.html">https://www.theepochtimes.com/hurricane-florence-forecast-to-hit-near-brunswick-nuclear-power-plant-in-north-carolina_2657817.html</a><br>
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[only 12 to 18 feet above sea level]<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://climatestate.com/2018/09/11/hurricane-florence-may-stress-test-brunswick-nuclear-power-plant/"><br>
Hurricane Florence to Stress Test Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant</a></b><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/are-coastal-nuclear-power-plants-ready-for-sea-level-rise/">"Are
Coastal Nuclear Power Plants Ready for Sea-Level Rise?"</a> <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/are-coastal-nuclear-power-plants-ready-for-sea-level-rise/">https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/are-coastal-nuclear-power-plants-ready-for-sea-level-rise/</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Nuclear_Generating_Station">Brunswick
Nuclear Generating Station</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Nuclear_Generating_Station">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Nuclear_Generating_Station</a><br>
- - - -<br>
[look at 33.955992 degrees -78.005509 degrees in Google Earth ]<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Brunswick_Nuclear_Generating_Station¶ms=33_57_30_N_78_0_37_W_region:US-NC_type:landmark">GeoHack
- Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Brunswick_Nuclear_Generating_Station¶ms=33_57_30_N_78_0_37_W_region:US-NC_type:landmark">https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Brunswick_Nuclear_Generating_Station¶ms=33_57_30_N_78_0_37_W_region:US-NC_type:landmark</a><br>
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<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://climatestate.com/2018/09/11/hurricane-florence-may-stress-test-brunswick-nuclear-power-plant/">http://climatestate.com/2018/09/11/hurricane-florence-may-stress-test-brunswick-nuclear-power-plant/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[BBC report]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45471410">'Climate
change moving faster than we are,' says UN Secretary General</a></b><br>
By Matt McGrath - Environment correspondent<br>
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that if the world
doesn't change course by 2020, we run the risk of runaway climate
change.<br>
Mr Guterres said he was alarmed by the paralysis of world leaders on
what he called the "defining issue" of our time.<br>
He wants heads of government to come to New York for a special
climate conference next September.<br>
The call comes amid growing concerns over the slow pace of UN
negotiations.<br>
Mr Guterres painted a grim picture of the impacts of climate change
that he says have been felt all over the world this year, with
heatwaves, wildfires, storms and floods leaving a trail of
destruction.<br>
Corals are dying, he said, the oceans are becoming more acidic, and
there are growing conflicts over dwindling resources.<br>
Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are at their
highest level in three million years.<br>
Despite the fact that the world agreed on a plan to tackle climate
change in Paris in 2015, Mr Guterres said the world is way off track
to achieve the modest goals of the pact...<br>
- - - -<br>
Many observers believe that the influence of US President Donald
Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement and his
general scepticism towards climate change and multilateralism has
soured the atmosphere in the UN talks.<br>
"The US attempts to slow down this process should come as no
surprise," said Jesse Bragg from the non-governmental organisation,
Corporate Accountability.<br>
"It has a long history of watering down and undermining multilateral
agreements. But, in leading the charge to block practically every
discussion on finance for the Paris guidelines, the US
administration is threatening the future of the agreement and
multilateralism itself."...<br>
"We are careering towards the edge of the abyss," Mr Guterres said.
"Our fate is in our own hands."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45471410">https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45471410</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/climate/united-nations-climate-change.html">U.N.
Chief Warns of a Dangerous Tipping Point on Climate Change</a></b><br>
"Break the Paralysis"<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/climate/united-nations-climate-change.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/climate/united-nations-climate-change.html</a><br>
<br>
<br>
[Wall Street Journal gathers up some predictions]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/debate-heats-up-over-when-era-of-oil-will-end-1536620460">Could
Oil Demand Peak in Just Five Years?</a></b><br>
Recent forecasts point to oil growth ending far earlier than many in
the industry expect<br>
By Sarah Kent - Sept. 10, 2018 <br>
LONDON--The Era of Oil is coming to a close but experts and
corporate analysts disagree about just when that will happen.<br>
The time left before global demand for crude peaks is increasingly
tightening, according to new projections from industry analysts. Two
reports published this week point to an end of oil’s growth within
the next five years, far earlier than many in the industry are
expecting.<br>
Though most forecasts of oil’s demise project a long tail, the
estimates put increased pressure on big oil companies to clarify how
they intend to confront a looming energy transition.<br>
Demand for fossil fuels will peak around 2023, as increasingly
cost-competitive solar and wind are buoyed by supportive government
policies to displace growth in oil, coal and natural gas, according
to an analysis by London-based think tank the Carbon Tracker
Initiative.<br>
“It’s not a scenario; it’s just obvious,” said Kingsmill Bond, new
energy strategist and author of the Carbon Tracker report.<br>
Norwegian risk-management company DNV GL takes a similar view in an
analysis released in London on Monday. It predicts oil demand will
max out in five years’ time, making way for renewables to dominate
an increasingly electrified and efficient energy system.<br>
“The transition is undeniable,” said DNV CEO Remi Eriksen...<br>
<b>PEAK PIQUE</b><br>
Within the oil industry, the amount of time left before demand peaks
is the subject of hot debate<br>
<blockquote><b>Carbon Tracker:</b> fossil fuel demand to peak in
2023<br>
<b>DNV:</b> 2023<br>
<b>IEA:</b> demand continues to grow out to 2040<br>
<b>Equinor:</b> around 2030<br>
<b>Shell:</b> as soon as 2025, as late as 2040<br>
<b>BP:</b> 2035-40<br>
<b>Exxon:</b> demand continues to grow out to 2040<br>
<b>Chevron:</b> no peak in the near or intermediate future<br>
<b>Wood Mackenzie</b>: mid-2030s<br>
Source: The Companies<br>
</blockquote>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/debate-heats-up-over-when-era-of-oil-will-end-1536620460">https://www.wsj.com/articles/debate-heats-up-over-when-era-of-oil-will-end-1536620460</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[United Nations Environment Programme]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/climate-change-hits-natures-delicate-interdependencies">Climate
change hits nature's delicate interdependencies</a></b><br>
Changing weather patterns are disrupting hard-wired animal and plant
reproduction systems with unpredictable consequences for
biodiversity.<br>
In the northern hemisphere, climate change is causing spring to
arrive earlier. We know this from reliable climate records dating
back to 1880 and in some cases earlier than that. Herbarium records
are turning out to be a huge source of important plant data.<br>
Plants and animals have adapted to relatively stable climate
conditions over hundreds of years, even millennia. If average
temperatures rise by half a degree Celsius in 100 years - the blink
of an eye in evolutionary terms - many species may struggle to adapt
in time.<br>
Several recent phenology studies - the study of how plant and animal
life cycles are influenced by seasonal variations in climate - have
been exploring this issue and their findings are casting a light on
the interlinkage between climate change and the animal world...<br>
- - - -<br>
Insects may fare worse in adapting<br>
Insects are the most diverse group of animals on Earth, but there is
little information about their fate in a changing climate. Some
research suggests they may fare worse than other species: a recent
study found that for vertebrates and plants, the number of species
losing more than half their geographic range by 2100 is halved when
warming is limited to 1.5C, compared with projected losses at 2C.
For insects, the number is reduced by two-thirds.<br>
Such evidence highlights that climate change affects the geographic
ranges of species and biodiversity in ways we don't yet understand.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/climate-change-hits-natures-delicate-interdependencies">https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/climate-change-hits-natures-delicate-interdependencies</a></font><br>
- - - <br>
[related research]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6390/791">The
projected effect on insects, vertebrates, and plants of limiting
global warming to 1.5C rather than 2C</a></b><br>
Abstract<br>
In the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the United Nations is
pursuing efforts to limit global warming to 1.5C, whereas earlier
aspirations focused on a 2C limit. With current pledges,
corresponding to ~3.2C warming, climatically determined geographic
range losses of >50% are projected in ~49% of insects, 44% of
plants, and 26% of vertebrates. At 2C, this falls to 18% of insects,
16% of plants, and 8% of vertebrates and at 1.5C, to 6% of insects,
8% of plants, and 4% of vertebrates. When warming is limited to 1.5C
as compared with 2C, numbers of species projected to lose >50% of
their range are reduced by about 66% in insects and about 50% in
plants and vertebrates.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6390/791">http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6390/791</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[villain declares]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/climate/methane-emissions-epa.html">Trump
Administration Wants to Make It Easier to Release Methane Into
Air</a></b><br>
By Coral Davenport<br>
Sept. 10, 2018<br>
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration, taking its third major step
this year to roll back federal efforts to fight climate change, is
preparing to make it significantly easier for energy companies to
release methane into the atmosphere.<br>
Methane, which is among the most powerful greenhouse gases,
routinely leaks from oil and gas wells, and energy companies have
long said that the rules requiring them to test for emissions were
costly and burdensome.<br>
The Environmental Protection Agency, perhaps as soon as this week,
plans to make public a proposal to weaken an Obama-era requirement
that companies monitor and repair methane leaks, according to
documents reviewed by The New York Times. In a related move, the
Interior Department is also expected in coming days to release its
final version of a draft rule, proposed in February, that
essentially repeals a restriction on the intentional venting and
"flaring," or burning, of methane from drilling operations.<br>
The new rules follow two regulatory rollbacks this year that, taken
together, represent the foundation of the United States' effort to
rein in global warming. In July, the E.P.A. proposed weakening a
rule on carbon dioxide pollution from vehicle tailpipes. And in
August, the agency proposed replacing the rule on carbon dioxide
pollution from coal-fired power plants with a weaker one that would
allow far more global-warming emissions to flow unchecked from the
nation's smokestacks...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/climate/methane-emissions-epa.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/climate/methane-emissions-epa.html</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Exxon asks for SCOTUS]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/09/11/exxon-massachusetts-climate-probe/">Exxon
Appeals to Supreme Court to Stop Massachusetts Climate Probe</a></b><br>
By Karen Savage<br>
ExxonMobil has filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in a
last-ditch effort to stop an investigation by Massachusetts Attorney
General Maura Healey into possible climate change fraud by the oil
giant.<br>
Exxon, headquartered in Texas, contends that it does not directly
sell gasoline in Massachusetts, so Healey should not have
jurisdiction to investigate. In appealing to the Supreme Court on
Monday, it said a Massachusetts court's decision to allow Healey's
investigation to continue involves a "breathtaking assertion of
personal jurisdiction of a nonresident defendant."<br>
<br>
In fighting the investigation, Exxon has argued that it does not
directly sell its products in Massachusetts because they are sold
through franchises. The company also says it does not control
advertisements aired by its franchisees, so the Massachusetts court
wrongly relied upon those ads to establish personal jurisdiction. It
further argues that because the advertisements don't discuss climate
change, they "could not provide the requisite connection to requests
for decades' worth of documents regarding climate change."<br>
<br>
Healey began her investigation in March 2016, issuing Exxon a
subpoena-like request for documents in order to help her determine
whether the company violated Massachusetts consumer protection laws
by misleading consumers on the impacts of its products on climate
change. She also wants to know if the corporation deceived
Massachusetts shareholders by failing to divulge potential climate
change-related risks to their investments.<br>
Exxon immediately pushed back, suing Healey in a Massachusetts
court, claiming she lacked jurisdiction and alleging that her
investigation was politically motivated.<br>
Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Heidi E. Brieger dismissed
Exxon's suit in January 2017, ruling that "zealously" pursuing
defendants does not make Healey's actions improper and ordering
Exxon to turn over the requested documents. Brieger's decision was
upheld earlier this year by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial
Court.<br>
<br>
In a separate suit, Exxon also sued Healey in Texas, alleging that
her investigation requests were an abuse of her political position
and a violation of the company's constitutional rights. That suit
also named then-New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who had
also launched an investigation into possible climate fraud by Exxon.
The case was eventually moved to New York, where it was dismissed
with prejudice in March by U.S. District Court Judge Valerie
Caproni, who called Exxon's allegations that investigations are
politically motivated a "wild stretch of logic."<br>
<br>
Healey is seeking transcripts of investor calls, evidence of
internal discussions regarding the filing of Securities and Exchange
Commission reports, documentation and research to back up public
statements by former Exxon chief executive Rex Tillerson, and
evidence to substantiate or refute claims made in several Exxon
reports.<br>
<br>
She is also asking Exxon to turn over internal scientific research,
information related to public relations and media communication
plans, as well as copies of communication with organizations such as
ALEC, the American Petroleum Institute, the Heartland Institute, the
George C. Marshall Institute, the Heritage Foundation and others.<br>
A spokesperson for Healey's office declined to comment on the
ongoing litigation, but said the investigation continues.<br>
Exxon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<br>
The Supreme Court is not obligated to accept the case. Generally,
the court reviews only between 100 and 150 of the more than 7,000
cases it is asked to review each year.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/09/11/exxon-massachusetts-climate-probe/">https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/09/11/exxon-massachusetts-climate-probe/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/12/AR2007091202391.htm">This
Day in Climate History - September 12, 2007</a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
September 12, 2007: US District Judge William Sessions III issues a
240-page decision upholding Vermont's right to regulate greenhouse
gas emissions from vehicles. <br>
<blockquote>The decision follows a Supreme Court ruling in April
that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air
Act by declining to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from
vehicles. It also comes as automakers are confronted with growing
public demand and governmental pressure to build more
fuel-efficient vehicles. This fall, Congress is to take up vehicle
fuel-efficiency legislation that could bring about the biggest
change in fuel-economy laws since the 1970s.<br>
<br>
General Motors of Detroit and DaimlerChrysler of Stuttgart,
Germany, along with the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and a
group of Vermont car dealers, had sued Vermont to block rules
calling for a 30 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
from vehicles by 2016. In his ruling, Sessions wrote that he
"remained unconvinced" about automakers' claims that they could
not make cars and trucks with cleaner emissions.<br>
<br>
Sessions pointed out automakers' "intensive efforts" in
innovations including hybrid technology, clean diesel engines and
alternative fuels such as ethanol, to increase fuel efficiency and
reduce emissions. "History suggests that the ingenuity of the
industry, once put in gear, responds admirably to most
technological challenges," he wrote...<br>
...<br>
David Doniger, senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense
Council, said yesterday that the auto industry should reevaluate
its legal strategy of fighting the global-warming rules, given
yesterday's setback.<br>
<br>
"This should finally be the wake-up call that car companies can't
ignore global warming," said Doniger, who helped argue the Vermont
case. "Up until now, there's been a lot of green talk at auto
shows. But they are fighting tooth and nail in the courts to block
any real standards, and today they lost."<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/12/AR2007091202391.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/12/AR2007091202391.html</a><br>
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