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<font size="+1"><i>October 19, 2018</i></font><br>
<br>
[Says Yale Climate Communications]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/even-americans-highly-concerned-about-climate-change-dramatically-underestimate-the-scientific-consensus/">Even
Americans highly concerned about climate change dramatically
underestimate the scientific consensus</a></b><br>
By Abel Gustafson and Matthew Goldberg<br>
- - <br>
In sum, even many people who understand climate change as the
serious threat that it is currently misperceive the extent of the
scientific consensus by a large margin. However, this presents an
opportunity for climate change communicators – because existing
pro-climate beliefs and attitudes can likely be strengthened and
solidified with simple messages about the scientific consensus.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/even-americans-highly-concerned-about-climate-change-dramatically-underestimate-the-scientific-consensus/">http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/even-americans-highly-concerned-about-climate-change-dramatically-underestimate-the-scientific-consensus/</a><br>
</font><br>
[best video summary of the IPCC report from PBS - 9 minutes]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/uUeOApeSuHU">World
needs to make near-revolutionary change to avoid imminent
climate disaster. Is there hope?</a></b><br>
PBS NewsHour<br>
Published on Oct 8, 2018<br>
Unless we immediately reduce the burning of coal and oil and gas
that drive up global temperatures, a new UN report warns the world
will suffer tremendous consequences as early as 2040. William
Brangham talks with Rafe Pomerance of the Woods Hole Research Center
and Gavin Schmidt from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/uUeOApeSuHU">https://youtu.be/uUeOApeSuHU</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[POTUS testing SCOTUS Blacked Robe Army with new filing]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/10/18/supreme-court-climate-case-trump-appeal/">Trump
Administration Again Asks Supreme Court to Stop Kids Climate
Case</a></b><br>
By Dana Drugmand<br>
The federal government is asking the Supreme Court once again to
intervene and halt proceedings in the youth climate change lawsuit
Juliana v. United States. The landmark case is set to go to trial at
the federal district court in Eugene, Ore., in less than two weeks.
<br>
<br>
In its latest effort to evade trial, the Department of Justice on
Thursday filed both a petition for a writ of mandamus and an
application for a stay in the Supreme Court. The stay asks the Court
to put the brakes on the proceedings--effectively stopping the
upcoming trial--while the court reviews the petition for mandamus.
That petition asks the court to overrule the U.S. District Court and
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which have paved the way for the
case to go to trial on Oct. 29. <br>
<br>
The government said the continued appeals--writs of mandamus are
rarely used and even more rarely granted because they usurp the
usual judicial process--are appropriate because the government seeks
to avoid what it calls an "unjustified trial that would 'threaten
the separation of powers.'"<br>
<br>
The case has so far survived multiple attempts by the government to
dismiss it and to delay and stop proceedings. The government
recently filed a motion with the District Court and a petition with
the Ninth Circuit seeking a stay of the trial. The federal
government indicated in its filings its intention to seek Supreme
Court review, making this the second time it has tried to stop the
case at all three levels of the federal court system.<br>
<br>
The Supreme Court has already denied a request for a stay. On July
30, the Court rejected the government's stay application, allowing
the case to proceed toward trial. The court order called the
government's request for relief "premature," though it also noted
that plaintiffs' claims were "striking" in their breadth and
presented grounds for differences of opinion. The denial was ordered
without prejudice, meaning that defendants could try again.<br>
<br>
With the Ninth Circuit Court twice rejecting the government's
petitions for mandamus and with District Court Judge Ann Aiken
repeatedly denying attempts to stop or delay proceedings--including
in a sweeping ruling on Monday--the government is turning once more
to the Supreme Court...<br>
<font size="-1">more at- <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/10/18/supreme-court-climate-case-trump-appeal/">https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/10/18/supreme-court-climate-case-trump-appeal/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[booming risks more booms]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/10/17/safety-rules-rollback-second-oil-train-boom-rail-industry">Oil-by-Rail
Rises Once Again as Safety Rules Disappear</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/10/17/safety-rules-rollback-second-oil-train-boom-rail-industry">https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/10/17/safety-rules-rollback-second-oil-train-boom-rail-industry</a><br>
<br>
<br>
[notice the breakfast table]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://fortune.com/2018/10/17/general-mills-fight-climate-change/">Why
General Mills Is Turning to 'Throwback' Farming to Fight Climate
Change</a></b><br>
To fight climate change, General Mills is looking to its past.<br>
The 152-year-old food company is turning to "a throwback of classic,
old farming practices" combined with new methods to contribute to a
more sustainable future for the food industry, according to Carla
Vernón, president of its natural and organic operating unit. That
means expanding its organic acreage and implementing regenerative
farming practices with perennial grains, cover crops, and pollinator
habitats.<br>
<br>
"If we mean to stay in the food business at General Mills, then this
problem that we're facing, that we have been a participant in we
realize now, we have to make positive contributions," Vernón said.<br>
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While General Mills--which owns natural food brands Annie's and
Cascadian Farm--is relying on parts of its history in concert with
new methods, other companies are more bullish on technological
innovation as the primary solution.<br>
<br>
"Farming in the old days was a disaster," Condon said. "No farmer
will go back to the way things used to be."<br>
<font size="-1">video spiel: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://fortune.com/2018/10/17/general-mills-fight-climate-change/">http://fortune.com/2018/10/17/general-mills-fight-climate-change/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://fortune.com/2018/10/17/general-mills-fight-climate-change/">http://fortune.com/2018/10/17/general-mills-fight-climate-change/</a></font><br>
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[we probably know this anyway]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.localnews8.com/health/the-ideal-diet-to-combat-climate-change/809238787">The
ideal diet to combat climate change</a></b><br>
(CNN) Plant-based diets better for planet, study says<br>
- - - <br>
The study, published last week in the journal Nature, found that as
a result of population growth and the continued consumption of
Western diets high in red meats and processed foods, the
environmental pressures of the food system could increase by up to
90% by 2050, "exceeding key planetary boundaries that define a safe
operating space for humanity beyond which Earth's vital ecosystems
could become unstable," according to study author Marco Springmann
of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food at the
University of Oxford.<br>
<br>
"It could lead to dangerous levels of climate change with higher
occurrences of extreme weather events, affect the regulatory
function of forest ecosystems and biodiversity ... and pollute water
bodies such that it would lead to more oxygen-depleted dead zones in
oceans," Springmann said....<br>
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Flexitarian: The healthy compromise for you and the planet<br>
Experts agree that if you are not ready to give up meat entirely, a
flexitarian diet, which is predominantly plant-based, can help. This
diet includes plenty of fruits, vegetables and plant-based protein
sources including legumes, soybeans and nuts, along with modest
amounts of poultry, fish, milk and eggs, and small amounts of red
meat...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.localnews8.com/health/the-ideal-diet-to-combat-climate-change/809238787">https://www.localnews8.com/health/the-ideal-diet-to-combat-climate-change/809238787</a></font><br>
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<br>
[failure to report]<br>
<b><a
href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/10/12/ipcc-accused-ignoring-research-fossil-fuel-funded-misinformation-campaign">'Vast
Blind Spot': IPCC Accused of Ignoring 'Decades Long' Fossil Fuel
Misinformation Campaign on Climate</a></b><br>
By Graham Readfearn - October 12, 2018<br>
- - -<br>
The United Nations (UN) climate science panel is being accused of
ignoring research into fossil fuel-funded misinformation campaigns
that have been key to holding back action on global warming.<br>
<br>
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) -- an assessment of more than 6,000 research papers -- found
global warming caused largely by fossil fuel burning would have
severe impacts even if limited to 1.5C (2.7F).<br>
<br>
Described by the IPCC as "one of the most important climate change
reports ever published," the report is designed to inform policy
makers and the public around the world.<br>
<br>
But several researchers are angry the report did not take account of
academic research into the "decades-long misinformation campaign"
funded and promoted by fossil fuel interests and so-called "free
market" conservative think tanks that has been a major brake on
progress.<br>
<br>
Several researchers say the lack of consideration of academic
research into misinformation campaigns was a vital but missed
opportunity to educate the public and policy makers. The groups that
have colluded with the fossil fuel industry have been credited with
pushing President Donald Trump to pledge to pull the U.S. from the
UN's Paris Agreement...<br>
- - -<br>
Professor Matthew Hornsey of the University of Queensland in
Australia has also researched climate science denial and said he did
not want to be critical of IPCC authors who were "doing a great job
in difficult circumstances."<br>
<br>
But he said the report was "relatively silent on the role of
political elites in supporting organized campaigns of misinformation
about climate change."<br>
<br>
He said: "This is something that most neutral observers would agree
is a big factor in stopping progress on climate change, particularly
in Australia and the U.S."<br>
<br>
"But I can also understand why the authors might want to steer clear
of making any explosive statements around this. One of the great
triumphs of the skeptic movement is that they've made it feel
'political' or 'biased' to talk frankly about political interference
in Australia and the U.S."<br>
<font size="-1">DeSmog contacted the two coordinating lead authors
of chapter four of the IPCC report, but had not received a
response at time of publishing.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/10/12/ipcc-accused-ignoring-research-fossil-fuel-funded-misinformation-campaign">https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/10/12/ipcc-accused-ignoring-research-fossil-fuel-funded-misinformation-campaign</a></font><br>
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[more analysis]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://physicsworld.com/a/ipccs-climate-report-the-futures-not-looking-good/">IPCC's
climate report: the future's not looking good</a></b><br>
17 Oct 2018 Dave Elliott<br>
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) SR15 special
report looks at how to keep global temperature rise to 1.5C. Even if
that was possible, impacts would be severe, but they'd be much worse
at 2C.<br>
<br>
The IPCC report puts it positively, highlighting a number of climate
change impacts that could be avoided by limiting global warming to
1.5C compared to 2 C, or more. For instance, by 2100 global sea
level rise would be 10 cm lower with global warming of 1.5 C
compared with 2 C. The likelihood of an Arctic Ocean free of sea ice
in summer would be once per century with global warming of 1.5C,
compared with at least once per decade with 2 C. Coral reefs would
decline by 70-90% with global warming of 1.5C, whereas virtually all
(> 99%) would be lost with 2 C. Even so, it's all a little
sobering, as was Carbon Brief's attempt to summarize likely impacts.<br>
Can these impacts be avoided? The UN's Paris Agreement aimed to help
us stay "well below" 2C, but the chance of the world doing that is
now "almost zero", PWC consultancy has said, given that the gap
between the current decarbonization rate and that needed to stay
under 2 C was widening. Among the G20 countries, China led with a
decarbonization rate of 5.2%, with Mexico, Argentina, the UK and
Brazil behind it. But, PWC said, "not one of the G20 countries
achieved the 6.4% rate required to limit warming to 2C this year".<br>
<br>
Balancing act<br>
So what happens next? SR15 presents some grim realities. It still
insists that it can be done, but "limiting global warming to 1.5 C
would require 'rapid and far-reaching' transitions in land, energy,
industry, buildings, transport, and cities. Global net human-caused
emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) would need to fall by about 45%
from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching 'net zero' around 2050. This
means that any remaining emissions would need to be balanced by
removing CO2 from the air."<br>
<br>
So SR15 backs negative carbon/carbon dioxide removal (CDR) as a last
ditch corrective: "Allowing the global temperature to temporarily
exceed or 'overshoot' 1.5C would mean a greater reliance on
techniques that remove CO2 from the air to return global temperature
to below 1.5C by 2100. The effectiveness of such techniques are
unproven at large scale and some may carry significant risks for
sustainable development."<br>
Nevertheless, the IPCC says "in pathways limiting global warming to
1.5C with limited or no overshoot, BECCS deployment is projected to
range from 0–1, 0–8, and 0–16 GtCO2/yr in 2030, 2050, and 2100,
respectively, while agriculture, forestry and land-use
(AFOLU)-related CDR measures are projected to remove 0–5, 1–11, and
1–5 GtCO2/yr in these years," but it adds "some pathways avoid BECCS
deployment completely through demand-side measures and greater
reliance on AFOLU-related CDR measures". In some scenarios there is
also some fossil fossil CCS, maybe as a sop to coal-intense
countries and the fossil fuel lobby.<br>
<br>
Renewed energy<br>
However, the main way ahead is evidently seen as via renewables. In
the IPCC's best scenario, with low energy demand and low or no
carbon overshoot, renewables supply 60% of global electricity by
2030, moving up to 81% by 2050. Though in that scenario the IPCC
sees nuclear power expanding by 59% (from its 2010 level) by 2020
and by 150% by 2050. Or much more in some higher demand scenarios.
Are either of these expansions possible? Nuclear is at 10.5% at
present globally, and mostly stalled. SR15 notes that, while in some
scenarios nuclear expands, in others (and in some countries) it
declines, or no longer plays a role. By contrast, renewables are at
26.5% and booming in most places, with costs falling. They seem a
better bet -- IPCC says, with "high confidence", that they should be
able to supply between 70–85% of global electricity in 2050.<br>
<br>
While that is good news, some issues emerged in the run-up to the
IPCC report that may need to be considered. For example, though
hydro is expanding, not everyone backs large hydro, given its large
local environmental and social impacts, and it is also becoming
clear that climate change is having a significant impact on water
supply for hydro projects.<br>
<br>
Blowing in the wind<br>
There are also some disputes about wind power impacts. A new Harvard
study says the mass deployment of wind turbines would alter local
thermal balances: "warming arises, in part, from turbines
redistributing heat by mixing the boundary layer". The researchers
add that "the warming effect is small compared with projections of
21st century warming, approximately equivalent to the reduced
warming achieved by decarbonizing global electricity generation, and
large compared with the reduced warming achieved by decarbonizing US
electricity with wind". They estimate that "generating today's US
electricity demand (0.5 TWe) with wind power would warm continental
US surface temperatures by 0.24C". So "for the same generation rate,
the climatic impacts from solar photovoltaic systems are about ten
times smaller than wind systems. Wind's overall environmental
impacts are surely less than fossil energy. Yet, as the energy
system is decarbonized, decisions between wind and solar should be
informed by estimates of their climate impacts". Sounds like an
anti-wind/pro-solar line, but that perspective conflicts with the
result from Stanford University work suggesting that, by reducing
water vapour in the air, wind turbines would cut warming. And a
Forbes correspondent also came to the defence of wind -- there were
no net temperature changes, just a transfer of heat.<br>
<br>
Even so, with issues like that around, it's understandable that some
see carbon negative options as important. However, as I have noted
in earlier posts, some say BECCS, Biomass with CCS, will undermine
carbon sinks and biodiversity and some think that protecting forests
would be a better bet. Indeed, the IPCC warns that "most current and
potential CDR measures could have significant impacts on land,
energy, water, or nutrients if deployed at large scale". It's not
easy being green.<br>
<br>
Certainly the task ahead is daunting. The IPCC says: "Climate change
impacts and responses are closely linked to sustainable development
which balances social well-being, economic prosperity and
environmental protection. The United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015, provide an established framework for
assessing the links between global warming of 1.5C or 2C and
development goals that include poverty eradication, reducing
inequalities, and climate action". And it claims that "the avoided
climate change impacts on sustainable development, eradication of
poverty and reducing inequalities would be greater if global warming
were limited to 1.5C rather than 2C, if mitigation and adaptation
synergies are maximized while trade-offs are minimized". That seems
obvious enough, but can it be done? Not least given the fact that
not everyone is convinced that the IPCC report says much that is new
and some remain convinced that the whole thing is a scam.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://physicsworld.com/a/ipccs-climate-report-the-futures-not-looking-good/">https://physicsworld.com/a/ipccs-climate-report-the-futures-not-looking-good/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[how much?]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900037341/firefighting-bill-hits-dollar110-million-for-historically-bad-utah-fire-season.html">Firefighting
bill hits $110 million for 'historically bad' Utah fire season</a></b><br>
By Jed Boal, KSL TV<br>
FRUITLAND, Duchesne County -- Just how bad was the wildfire season
this summer in Utah?<br>
<br>
The acreage burned, homes lost and firefighting costs all registered
at historic levels this wildfire season.<br>
- - - - -<br>
"By almost any measurement, it's historic -- and it's historically
bad," Cottam said.<br>
<br>
Utah will pay $35 million for fire suppression costs this year --
the biggest wildfire bill ever in the state. The federal government
is picking up $75 million in fire suppression costs for a total of
$110 million in firefighting costs in the state this year.<br>
<br>
Over the past seven years, Utah averaged 135,000 acres burned each
wildfire season, Cottam said. This year nearly 500,000 acres burned
-- three times the average -- to become one of the most devastating
wildfire seasons for acreage ever in Utah...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900037341/firefighting-bill-hits-dollar110-million-for-historically-bad-utah-fire-season.html">https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900037341/firefighting-bill-hits-dollar110-million-for-historically-bad-utah-fire-season.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cbs8.com/story/39284100/red-flag-warning-san-diego-agencies-prepare-for-fire-conditions">Red
Flag Warning: San Diego agencies prepare for fire conditions</a></b><br>
By Brandon Lewis, Reporter<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.cbs8.com/story/39284100/red-flag-warning-san-diego-agencies-prepare-for-fire-conditions">http://www.cbs8.com/story/39284100/red-flag-warning-san-diego-agencies-prepare-for-fire-conditions</a></font><br>
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[new burn reveals old]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/wildfire-destruction-reveals-ancient-indigenous-sites-in-bc/115092">Wildfire
destruction reveals ancient Indigenous sites in BC</a></b><br>
Monday, October 15, 2018, 3:25 PM - One of the most notorious,
destructive wildfires of 2017 has led to a unique opportunity for
archeological research.<br>
The Elephant Hill Wildfire burned up 192,000 hectares of B.C.'s
Interior which one archeologist says has made it easier to comb the
forest floor for previously hidden Indigenous archeological sites.<br>
<br>
"It provided an opportunity that couldn't be overlooked," said
Joanne Hammond, an independent archeologist. "We're finding lots and
lots of sites all over the landscape."<br>
Hammond is working for the Skeetchestn Indian Band, a First Nation
whose traditional territory is located west of Kamloops. Parts of
that territory near Cache Creek burned in the massive fire and
Hammond is leading one of several teams combing the blackened
landscape.<br>
<br>
Since the survey began in the spring, Hammond's Skeetchestn team
alone has found around 100 archeological sites. Normally they might
find only 20 to 25 sites in a full year.<br>
The search has yielded artifacts conclusively dated to 6,500 to
7,000 years ago and some might be as old as 10,000 years old which
Hammond says are a valuable part of Skeetchestn's cultural
heritage...<br>
<font size="-1"><span class="moz-txt-link-freetext"><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/wildfire-destruction-reveals-ancient-indigenous-sites-in-bc/115092">https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/wildfire-destruction-reveals-ancient-indigenous-sites-in-bc/115092</a></span></font><br>
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[Coos Bay area]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://theworldlink.com/bandon/news/klondike-fire-exploded-suddenly-increased-by-acres/article_cd404815-0e4a-5ba9-811e-84c653186f4b.html">Klondike
Fire 'exploded' suddenly; increased by 5,544 acres</a></b><br>
<font size="-1"><span class="moz-txt-link-freetext"><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://theworldlink.com/bandon/news/klondike-fire-exploded-suddenly-increased-by-acres/article_cd404815-0e4a-5ba9-811e-84c653186f4b.html">https://theworldlink.com/bandon/news/klondike-fire-exploded-suddenly-increased-by-acres/article_cd404815-0e4a-5ba9-811e-84c653186f4b.html</a></span></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Europe]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.scitecheuropa.eu/drought-management-strategies-europes-climate-changes/90036/">Adapting
to Europe's climate changes: drought management strategies</a></b><br>
In a new research paper, scientists have assessed the effects of the
heat and drought from Europe's climate changes on crops. There will
be a need for heat and drought management strategies in the future.<br>
Heat and drought as a result of Europe's climate changes are
expected to cause problems for crops such as maize and wheat. The
new research identifies that adapting to the climatic changes will
be necessary for food production. It is clear that heat and drought
management strategies will be needed to achieve this.<br>
The paper, titled "Diverging importance of drought stress for maize
and winter wheat in Europe", has been published in Nature
Communications (2018).<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.scitecheuropa.eu/drought-management-strategies-europes-climate-changes/90036/">https://www.scitecheuropa.eu/drought-management-strategies-europes-climate-changes/90036/</a></font><br>
<br>
[Boston Globe]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/10/17/walsh-calls-for-major-investment-guard-city-against-flooding/efqLesvRlBodc9K3aRsgTL/story.html">Walsh
calls for major investment to guard city against flooding</a></b><br>
By Tim Logan and Jon Chesto - OCTOBER 17, 2018<br>
In a bid to prepare Boston for the threat of rising sea levels,
Mayor Martin J. Walsh is betting big on waterfront parks as a
defense against damaging floods.<br>
<br>
Walsh on Wednesday rolled out a citywide plan that centers around
creating new parks -- and making improvements to existing ones -- to
help plug low-lying spots along Boston's 47 miles of coastline and
to act as a buffer for residential neighborhoods.<br>
<br>
The ambitious proposal includes parks from Belle Isle Marsh in East
Boston to Sargent's Wharf downtown to Tenean Beach in Dorchester. It
would add 67 acres of public open space in all, and it calls for
building sea walls along privately owned sections of the Harborwalk,
as well as raising low-lying streets such as Morrissey Boulevard in
Dorchester and Main Street in Charlestown. In addition to offering
protection from storms, Walsh said, the plan would make more of the
waterfront accessible to the public.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/10/17/walsh-calls-for-major-investment-guard-city-against-flooding/efqLesvRlBodc9K3aRsgTL/story.html">https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/10/17/walsh-calls-for-major-investment-guard-city-against-flooding/efqLesvRlBodc9K3aRsgTL/story.html</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Atomic Scientists meets -SNL]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://thebulletin.org/2018/10/live-from-new-york-its-the-end-of-the-world/">Live
from New York, it's the end of the world!</a></b><br>
By Thomas Gaulkin, October 17, 2018<br>
"Saturday Night Live" cast members Colin Jost and Michael Che got
some notice for taking up the recent IPCC report on climate change
during their regular "Weekend Update" segment this week.<br>
Excerpts from the YouTube clip:<br>
<b>Colin Jost:</b> "We don't really worry about climate change
because it's too overwhelming, and we're already in too deep. It's
like if you owe your bookie $1,000, you're like, 'oh yeah, I gotta
pay this dude back.' But if you owe your bookie $1 million, you're
like, 'I guess I'm just gonna die.'"<br>
<br>
<b>Michael Che: </b>"I keep asking myself why don't I care about
this? Don't get me wrong, I 100 percent believe in climate change,
yet I'm willing to do absolutely nothing about it… I think it's
because they keep telling us we're gonna lose everything, and nobody
cares about everything, people only care about some things. Like, if
Fox News reported that in 2030 climate change was going to take away
all the Confederate statues, there'd be recycling bins outside every
Cracker Barrel and Dick's Sporting Goods. … You want white women to
care about the environment? Tell them if they don't do something
about climate change, we're going lose all the yarn. White women
love yarn. No more hats, no more scarves, no more of those
ridiculous socks you knit for your dog."<br>
Video <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/07oe1m67eik">https://youtu.be/07oe1m67eik</a><br>
The SNL bit got plenty of laughs. But what if we took this seriously
for a minute? How realistic are Che's examples? Let's consider a
couple:<br>
<br>
With conditions getting hotter and drier, long-term damage from
climate change around the southeastern United States will exacerbate
the already undeniable impacts of hurricanes and flooding. Here's a
quick GIF cycling between an ABC map of confederate monuments and a
New York Times map of predicted climate damage through the year
2100:<br>
<br>
Wool, cotton, and other natural textile fibers are also all
vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Cotton needs a lot of
water to grow, which makes drought a real threat. Wool requires
keeping sheep happy on pastures that may not be sustainable with
rising temperatures. (Some clothing companies are beginning to use
"climate beneficial" wool.)<br>
<br>
So maybe SNL's Che is on to something. Global warming will affect
lots of other comforts Americans take for granted too. Coffee is
already known to be at risk from drought, diseases and the death of
insect pollinators. And a study published this week in Nature Plants
forecasts barley shortages will likely leave US beer lovers drinking
four billion fewer pints over the next 100 years if current
emissions trends continue.<br>
<br>
That's definitely worth thinking about over a cold one.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://thebulletin.org/2018/10/live-from-new-york-its-the-end-of-the-world/">https://thebulletin.org/2018/10/live-from-new-york-its-the-end-of-the-world/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Late Nite TV scolding]<br>
<b><a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/arts/television/stephen-colbert-trump-climate-change.html">Stephen
Colbert Pillories Trump for Rejecting Climate Change Science</a></b><br>
Video <a href="https://youtu.be/dQeylLZNblE">Trump Brags About His
'Natural Instinct For Science' </a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/arts/television/stephen-colbert-trump-climate-change.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/arts/television/stephen-colbert-trump-climate-change.html</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/dQeylLZNblE">https://youtu.be/dQeylLZNblE</a></font><br>
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<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/10/18/missing-from-debates-climate-change/koOssL92tHHCofwXeCcMsN/story.html">This
Day in Climate History - October 19, 2016</a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
October 19, 2016:<br>
Boston Globe columnist Derrick Z. Jackson observes:<br>
<blockquote>"Unless Wednesday’s presidential debate moderator Chris
Wallace changes his mind, the three presidential debates will add
up to four-and-a-half hours without one question from the
moderators about climate change. That would be an utter
embarrassment to the American political process, a fitting final
demonstration of how gutter politics have ignored an issue that
affects every person in the United States, and the world."<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/10/18/missing-from-debates-climate-change/koOssL92tHHCofwXeCcMsN/story.html">https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/10/18/missing-from-debates-climate-change/koOssL92tHHCofwXeCcMsN/story.html</a><br>
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At the third 2016 presidential debate, Hillary Clinton notes the
importance of clean energy in combating climate change.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/yalee360/status/788917735006801920">https://twitter.com/yalee360/status/788917735006801920</a><br>
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