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<font size="+1"><i>September 13, 2018</i></font><br>
<br>
[in case you didn't already know]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2179377-global-warming-is-amplifying-hurricane-florences-destructive-power/">Global
warming is amplifying Hurricane Florence's destructive power</a></b><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2179377-global-warming-is-amplifying-hurricane-florences-destructive-power/">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2179377-global-warming-is-amplifying-hurricane-florences-destructive-power/</a></font><br>
<br>
[serious] <br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OuVTEfBatY">Climate
Change Supercharges Hurricane Florence as 1.5 Million Evacuate
in Carolinas & Virginia</a></b><br>
Democracy Now!<br>
Published on Sep 11, 2018<br>
More than 1.5 million people have been ordered to evacuate the
coasts of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina as Hurricane
Florence continues to gain strength as it barrels toward the East
Coast. The enormous Category 4 storm is projected to make landfall
on Thursday or Friday, bringing with it heavy rains and high winds
that could linger for days after hitting land. People up and down
the coast are preparing for extreme flooding and what the National
Hurricane Center is calling a "life-threatening storm surge."
Experts are warning the damage could be catastrophic.<br>
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays
on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch
our livestream 8-9AM ET: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://democracynow.org">https://democracynow.org</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OuVTEfBatY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OuVTEfBatY</a></font><br>
<br>
[sea wall of paper legislation]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/north-carolina-didnt-like-science-on-sea-levels-so-passed-a-law-against-it">North
Carolina didn't like science on sea levels … so passed a law
against it</a></b><br>
In 2012, the state whose low-lying coast lies in the path of
Hurricane Florence reacted to a prediction of catastrophically
rising seas by banning policies based on such forecasts<br>
When North Carolina got bad news about what its coast could look
like thanks to climate change, it chose to ignore it.<br>
Hurricane Florence: over 1m ordered to evacuate in Virginia and
Carolinas<br>
In 2012, the state now in the path of Hurricane Florence reacted to
a prediction by its Coastal Resources Commission that sea levels
could rise by 39in over the next century by passing a law that
banned policies based on such forecasts.<br>
The legislation drew ridicule, including a mocking segment by
comedian Stephen Colbert, who said: "If your science gives you a
result you don't like, pass a law saying the result is illegal.
Problem solved."<br>
North Carolina has a long, low-lying coastline and is considered one
of the US areas most vulnerable to rising sea levels.<br>
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But dire predictions alarmed coastal developers and their allies,
who said they did not believe the rise in sea level would be as bad
as the worst models predicted and said such forecasts could
unnecessarily hurt property values and drive up insurance costs.<br>
As a result, the state's official policy, rather than adapting to
the worst potential effects of climate change, has been to assume it
simply won't be that bad. Instead of forecasts, it has mandated
predictions based on historical data on sea level rise... (more)<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/north-carolina-didnt-like-science-on-sea-levels-so-passed-a-law-against-it">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/north-carolina-didnt-like-science-on-sea-levels-so-passed-a-law-against-it</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Voice of America]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.voanews.com/a/cali-wildfires-climate-change/4568141.html">Climate
Change Fuels California Fires</a></b><br>
LOS ANGELES - <br>
California has experienced record heat waves and catastrophic fires
in recent years, and climate experts say it is likely to get worse.<br>
A report released Aug. 27 by the state of California, the fourth in
a series of assessments, puts the blame squarely on climate change.<br>
California Gov. Jerry Brown is hosting an international summit,
beginning Wednesday, in San Francisco to search for solutions.<br>
The worst fires in California's history came this year and last,
with the 2018 Mendocino Complex Fire scorching 186,000 hectares.
Parts of northern California are still burning. The largest of the
fires, in Shasta County, has burned more than 20,000 hectares and is
only 5 percent contained...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.voanews.com/a/cali-wildfires-climate-change/4568141.html">https://www.voanews.com/a/cali-wildfires-climate-change/4568141.html</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[accounting counts]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/12/eu-climate-law-could-cause-catastrophic-deforestation">EU
climate law could cause 'catastrophic' deforestation</a></b><br>
World's carbon sinks are at risk because the law will count energy
from burning trees as carbon neutral, say climate scientists<br>
Senior climate scientists say that the world's carbon sinks could be
facing a grave threat from a wholly unexpected source: the EU's
renewable energy directive.<br>
The climate law could suck in as much imported wood as Europe
harvests each year because it will count energy created from the
burning of whole trees as "carbon neutral", according to several
academics including a former vice-chair of the UN IPCC.<br>
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, who is now a climate sciences professor at
Université Catholique de Louvain, said the risk of the directive
encouraging tree clearances and the destruction of global carbon
sinks was now "extremely high".<br>
"This amounts to sawing off the branch on which humanity sits," he
told the Guardian...<br>
- - - - -<br>
An EU official confirmed that the new analysis was accurate - and
said that if anything, it underestimated the scale of the problem.<br>
The directive "really will [spark] a race to the bottom because
there is no inherent limit to the potential over-harvesting," the
source said. "There is a high risk that it will involve the
possibility of increasing emissions with no possibility of any
greenhouse gas savings at all."<br>
The magnitude of the problem - which eminent academics last year
described as "a critical flaw" in EU climate policy - was not
understood within the EU, the source claimed.<br>
"Partly that is because of wishful thinking," the official said.
"Partly it is so fundamentally wrong that most people would not
believe it could be as wrong as it is."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/12/eu-climate-law-could-cause-catastrophic-deforestation">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/12/eu-climate-law-could-cause-catastrophic-deforestation</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Polling]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/walking_talk/sustainable_brands/survey_americans_doubt_ability_impact_climate_change_">Survey:
Americans Doubt Their Ability to Impact Climate Change, Look to
Companies to Lead</a></b><br>
September 12, 2018<br>
by Sustainable Brands<br>
The majority of US citizens (62 percent) say they believe climate
change is a problem but feel unempowered to address it, according to
the 2018 Cone/Porter Novelli Climate Change Snapshot -- instead,
they are looking to companies to take the lead.<br>
Yet, even as individuals may feel personally powerless -- less than
four-in-10 (38 percent) feel their actions can make a real
difference -- they do see companies as critical players in progress
against climate change. 58 percent say that in the absence of
government progress, companies should take the lead.<br>
<br>
When it comes to how companies should address climate change, many
Americans believe companies should first look within -- by reducing
energy usage and developing new products -- then look to engage
partners in the corporate, government and nonprofit sectors:<br>
<ul>
<li>Reduce energy use or emissions (64 percent)</li>
<li>Create new products that are better for the environment (57
percent)</li>
<li>Work with other companies that are also committed to the issue
(44 percent)</li>
<li>Lobby for government policies that address climate change (33
percent)</li>
<li>Donate to nonprofits that address climate change (27 percent)</li>
<li>Provide consumers with information about how climate change
impacts individuals (17 percent)</li>
<li>Provide consumers with tools to take action (16 percent)</li>
</ul>
"Although the United States is currently the only country globally
that is not committed to the Paris Climate Accord, U.S. citizens are
not turning their attention away from the effects of climate
change," says Alison DaSilva, EVP of CSR and Purpose at Cone.
"Americans are looking to companies to make large-scale change in
addressing climate change and feel business has the size, acumen and
resources to make a meaningful impact."<br>
<br>
Political affiliation, gender play a role in climate change opinions<br>
<br>
The study confirmed that differences exist when it comes to
viewpoints on climate change. Political affiliation and gender are
two of the strongest indicators of climate change stances.<br>
Democrats are the most likely group to say climate change is a
problem (84 percent), followed by Independents (62 percent) and
finally Republicans (37 percent). More than three-quarters (76
percent) of Democrats also see companies as the leading stakeholder
to addressing climate change in the absence of government progress
(vs 57 percent Independent; 38 percent Republican).<br>
<br>
Differences exist among gender as well. Women are more likely than
men to believe climate change is a problem (66 percent vs 59 percent
of men). And while men and women are roughly equal in believing
companies should lead (59 percent female vs 58 percent male), their
perspectives on how companies should address climate change differ:
Although both genders agree reducing energy or emissions is a
primary method (63 percent women vs 64 percent men), women are more
likely to believe companies should innovate products to be better
for the environment (60 percent female vs 55 percent male), and that
donations can be an important way to drive change (31 percent female
vs 23 percent male).<br>
<br>
"With the midterm elections less than two months away, topics like
climate change will be foremost in the minds of many American
constituents - not just in terms of the candidates they vote for,
but also the businesses they support," says Aaron Pickering, SVP of
CSR and Purpose at Cone. "Today more than ever, it's critical for
companies to proactively communicate with stakeholders the ways in
which they are working to address climate change.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/walking_talk/sustainable_brands/survey_americans_doubt_ability_impact_climate_change_">https://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/walking_talk/sustainable_brands/survey_americans_doubt_ability_impact_climate_change_</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Rachael Maddow]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.politicususa.com/2018/09/12/maddow-coast-guard-trump-hurricane.html">Maddow
Drops Another Bomb: Trump Took $29M From The Coast Guard Ahead
Of Hurricane Season</a></b><br>
The Trump administration diverted nearly $10 million from
the Federal Emergency Management Agency's t was bad enough that the
Trump administration took $10 million from FEMA to fund migrant
detention camps - especially as climate change generates stronger
storms like the one we're seeing barrel toward the Carolinas.<br>
But Rachel Maddow revealed on Wednesday that it's actually much
worse than that. The administration didn't just take money from
FEMA; they took nearly three times more - $29 million - out of the
U.S. Coast Guard to fund increased ICE detention operations.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.politicususa.com/2018/09/12/maddow-coast-guard-trump-hurricane.html">https://www.politicususa.com/2018/09/12/maddow-coast-guard-trump-hurricane.html</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Of course]<br>
<b><a
href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/cape-south-south-africa-water-crisis/569317/">Cape
Town Is an Omen</a></b><br>
Climate change is going to revolutionize politics in cities across
the world.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/cape-south-south-africa-water-crisis/569317/">https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/cape-south-south-africa-water-crisis/569317/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Dream Out Loud]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0waolDMWVK4">#LetsTalkClimate
- Mystic of the Hip Hop Caucus</a></b><br>
Climate One Published on Sep 12, 2018<br>
"I talk about #climatechange all the time," says legendary artist
and organizer for the Hip Hop Caucus.<br>
"We dream out loud through language. I believe that language is a
powerful component of shifting from one paradigm which is
unjust...to a paradigm where there is justice."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0waolDMWVK4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0waolDMWVK4</a></font><br>
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<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2010/09/13/174788/gop-senate-deniers/">This
Day in Climate History - September 13, 2010</a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
September 13, 2010: Brad Johnson of Think Progress reports on the
legion of climate-change deniers running for US Senate seats.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2010/09/13/174788/gop-senate-deniers/">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2010/09/13/174788/gop-senate-deniers/</a><br>
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