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<font size="+1"><i>November 3, 2018</i></font><br>
<br>
[Climate Liability News]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/11/02/supreme-court-stay-juliana-climate-case/">Supreme
Court Lifts Stay, Allows Kids Climate Case to Proceed</a></b><br>
By Karen Savage - Nov 2, 2018<br>
The landmark youth-led climate lawsuit, Juliana v. United States,
overcame what could be the final two hurdles before trial when both
the Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused Trump
administration appeals on Friday to halt the case.<br>
<br>
The Supreme Court vacated a stay issued two weeks ago by Chief
Justice John Roberts and ruled that the trial should proceed. In
separate ruling, the Ninth Circuit denied the Trump administration's
third writ of mandamus petition to that court.<br>
<br>
The trial had been scheduled to begin Oct. 29 in U.S. District Court
in Eugene, Ore., until the Supreme Court issued its delay.<b> Now,
Julia Olson, co-counsel for the youth plaintiffs, said they have
asked the district court for an immediate status conference and
hope to get the trial rescheduled in the next week</b>.<br>
<br>
"The youth of our nation won an important decision today from the
Supreme Court that shows even the most powerful government in the
world must follow the rules and process of litigation in our
democracy," Olson said.<br>
<br>
Roberts granted a request two weeks ago by the Trump administration
to stay discovery and trial pending review of its latest petition to
the Supreme Court for writ of mandamus--a rarely used extraordinary
appeal that asks a higher court to overrule a lower court before a
trial has concluded.<br>
<br>
After the plaintiffs filed their response, Roberts referred the
matter to the full court, which issued Friday's ruling. Only
justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch would have granted the
government's request to stop the trial, far short of the majority
needed.<br>
<br>
In the ruling, the court vacated Roberts' order, writing that the
government's petition does not have a "fair prospect of success."
The court also said "adequate relief may be available in the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth District."<br>
<br>
The Ninth Circuit issued its ruling shortly thereafter.<br>
<br>
The Trump administration has repeatedly asked both the Supreme Court
and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the trial via writ of
mandamus. The Ninth Circuit turned down three requests for mandamus
and the Supreme Court has turned down one. <br>
<br>
The suit has survived numerous attempts by the government to dismiss
the case since it was originally filed in 2015. The 21 young
plaintiffs from around the country argue that the federal government
is violating their Constitutional rights to life, liberty and
property by promoting an energy system that exacerbates climate
change. They are asking for a science-based program to reduce carbon
emissions and protect the climate for future generations.<br>
<br>
Kelsey Juliana, a 22-year-old plaintiff from Eugene, Ore., said
while the Trump administration's attempts to deny her and her
co-plaintiffs their day in court have been exhausting, they are
ready for a trial.<br>
<br>
"Today we move forward. I want to trust that we are truly on track
for trial without having further delays, but these defendants are
treating this case, our democracy, and the security of mine and
future generations like it's a game," Juliana said.<br>
<br>
"I'm tired of playing this game."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/11/02/supreme-court-stay-juliana-climate-case/">https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/11/02/supreme-court-stay-juliana-climate-case/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Dems optimism too much perhaps]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/31/climate-change-democrats-house-midterms-pollution-plan">'Precious
little': Democrats lack robust climate change plan despite
global crisis</a></b><br>
Party wary of wading into tough political fight on environment even
though Democrats could retake House in midterms<br>
Democrats don't have a plan to address climate change
comprehensively - or even to a significant degree - if they regain
control of the US government in the near future, despite criticizing
Republicans as the party of pollution.<br>
After failing to get conservatives on board to limit planet-warming
gases through legislation or regulation, Democratic leaders in
Washington are now wary of wading into another tough political
fight, despite an intensifying environmental crisis...<br>
- - - -<br>
Elan Strait, the World Wildlife Fund's US climate campaigns
director, argued the action just isn't in Washington.<br>
"There's no cigar back room where people are hammering out a climate
deal because that's not where the movement is right now…the movement
really is at the city and state level," he said, despite reports
that local action isn't enough.<br>
The carbon tax method, to charge businesses and their customers for
greenhouse gas pollution, recently won a Nobel prize but currently
has limited support in Washington, despite multiple proposals from
some Democrats and Republicans.<br>
For now, the US policies under discussion do not come close to
matching what science requires.<br>
Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist at Texas Tech University, said
she is "not aware of any comprehensive plan that would accomplish
what the US needs to do" to meet the commitments it made to other
countries in the Paris climate agreement, which is meant to keep
warming to 2C but is not on track to succeed.<br>
"I want to see action, and so far there has been precious little of
it," Hayhoe said.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/31/climate-change-democrats-house-midterms-pollution-plan">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/31/climate-change-democrats-house-midterms-pollution-plan</a></font><br>
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<br>
[activism]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS3kNkq64d8">How the
Extinction Rebellion system works</a></b><br>
RisingUp!<br>
Published on Oct 3, 2018<br>
Roger describes how the Extinction Rebellion system works and
explains some of the basic principles. <br>
For more information on this system check out our rebellion overview
document- <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://goo.gl/91cFn4">https://goo.gl/91cFn4</a><br>
This is a first draft of an explanation video- if you can make a
better video with the same info, please reach out to <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:extinctionrebellion@risingup.org.uk">extinctionrebellion@risingup.org.uk</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS3kNkq64d8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS3kNkq64d8</a></font><br>
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[see also]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU_r-Q6OfAo">Rising Up!
How Things Change: The Duty to Disobey</a></b><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU_r-Q6OfAo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU_r-Q6OfAo</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Check the map]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01112018/fema-flood-map-climate-change-hurricane-mexico-beach-florida-sea-level-rise">FEMA
Flood Maps Ignore Climate Change, and Homeowners Are Paying the
Price</a></b><br>
The flood maps don't factor in sea level rise or changes in extreme
weather, and many are years out of date. In Mexico Beach,
'minimal-risk' homes were swept away.<br>
By James Bruggers - NOV 1, 2018<br>
The official map laid it out for more than 200 homes within the
community of Mexico Beach, Florida: the federal government had
characterized their flooding risks as minimal, despite their
near-beachfront locations.<br>
<br>
That meant for them there were no requirements to buy flood
insurance, and local residents say many did not.<br>
<br>
When Hurricane Michael and its 155-mile-per-hour winds slammed into
the town on Oct. 10, with a storm surge of perhaps 19 feet, the
result was devastation. An analysis by coastal geologists from
Western Carolina University has found that 70 percent of the homes
were demolished. Another 10 percent were severely damaged.<br>
<br>
Mexico Beach turns out to be a vivid example of how FEMA's flood
maps--part of the troubled National Flood Insurance Program--are
failing millions of Americans who own property in low-lying areas
along coastal zones, rivers or streams. The problems are made worse
as more people build in risky areas and as FEMA fails to factor in
how global warming is changing the climate.<br>
<br>
"There is tremendous uncertainty in the accuracy of the mapping of
these areas," said Andy Coburn, the associate director of the
Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Western Carolina
University. "It almost provides a false sense of security in terms
of allowing people to understand what their flood vulnerability
is."...<br>
- - -<br>
FEMA did not answer why it fails to consider climate change in
developing its flood maps.<br>
<br>
Instead, the agency said people can find information on how "flood
risks may change in the future" from local and regional planners,
state agencies and other federal agencies.<br>
<br>
But by ignoring climate change, Larson said, "the day you issue the
maps, they're obsolete."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01112018/fema-flood-map-climate-change-hurricane-mexico-beach-florida-sea-level-rise">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01112018/fema-flood-map-climate-change-hurricane-mexico-beach-florida-sea-level-rise</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Hot longer]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/02/uk-heatwaves-lasting-twice-as-long-as-50-years-ago-met-office">UK
heatwaves lasting twice as long as 50 years ago - Met Office</a></b><br>
Tropical nights starting to be recorded and ice days becoming less
frequent<br>
Heatwaves in the UK are lasting twice as long as they did 50 years
ago, ice days are disappearing and tropical nights are starting to
occur as far north as Middlesbrough, according to a Met Office
report.<br>
The first study of climate extremes in the UK by the government
agency shows the longer-term trend behind this summer's prolonged
spell of high temperatures and the weakening of winter frosts.<br>
In line with numerous other research papers on the rise in global
temperatures, it also highlights how weather patterns are being
pushed off a normal path as a result of human emissions of carbon
dioxide and other greenhouse gases...<br>
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which is not included in these statistics, was even longer at 17
days.<br>
<br>
The south-east has seen an especially striking increase over the
same period, up from an average of 6.1 days to 18.3 days.<br>
<br>
Tropical nights - when minimum nighttime temperatures remain above
20C - are being measured for the first time. They were almost
unheard of until a couple of decades ago. Even the famous hot summer
of 1976 never saw any of these nights, which are particularly
gruelling for the elderly and infirm because they provide no respite
from the heat. Since 1995 they have started to be recorded in
London, Kent, the Isle of Wight and even occasionally in Wales and
the north-east.<br>
<br>
McCarthy said tropical nights were still very rare but he expected
them to occur more frequently in the future. "With projections in
climate suggesting warmer temperatures, it is useful to have this
metric in place so that future changes can be monitored."...<br>
- - -<br>
The weather is becoming a little wetter and more dreary. The maximum
daily deluge each year has risen by 17% from 64mm to 75mm, while the
longest wet spell has increased from an average of 12.4 days to 12.9
days.<br>
<br>
The longest dry spell has become shorter, falling from 20.5 days
with less than 1mm of rain to 18 days, though this year has brought
such severe droughts that many farmers have had poor harvests. Many
have already had to feed their winter food stocks to their animals
and face increased costs as a result. In August the government was
forced to relax rules on how much groundwater farmers were allowed
to use after agriculture bodies warned continued dry weather could
lead to food shortages and increased prices.<br>
<br>
Last month the UN's top climate body warned that unless global
temperature rises are held to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, the
world is likely to face catastrophic impacts from climate change,
with flooding, droughts and extreme heat all more prevalent.
Governments will meet in Poland in December for the latest round of
negotiations over how to implement and strengthen the
recommendations of the 2015 Paris agreement.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/02/uk-heatwaves-lasting-twice-as-long-as-50-years-ago-met-office">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/02/uk-heatwaves-lasting-twice-as-long-as-50-years-ago-met-office</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Commentary / WritePeace blog]<br>
STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.sipri.org/commentary/blog/2018/towards-climate-resilient-peacebuilding-understanding-complexities">Towards
climate resilient peacebuilding: Understanding the complexities</a></b><br>
Karolina Eklöw and Dr Florian Krampe - 18 October 2018<br>
In 2017 there were 63 peace operations active--of which 13 were UN
Peacekeeping operations. Many of these have been in place for
decades, some even half a century, like those missions in Israel and
Palestine or in Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Of course, the
challenge of such peacebuilding missions is not only to stop
violence and prevent a rekindling of conflict, but moreover to help
societies and governments reset their internal relations on a
peaceful path towards sustaining peace.<br>
<br>
In the short run, considering many interacting processes seems
exhausting and admittedly complicated. It might be tempting to
dismiss environmental issues when considering the seemingly
insurmountable task of building peace after armed conflict. Yet, it
is increasingly clear that the interaction between social, political
and ecological processes decisively shape the post-conflict
landscape. Often, the capacity of peace operations and post-conflict
states to navigate the impacts of war and simultaneously govern
natural resources is limited. But, an increasing body of research
and policy experiences shows that in the long run it can be
rewarding. Actually, there appear to be ecological foundations for a
socially, economically, and politically resilient peace, although
too often this potential remains unrealized in most peacebuilding
processes...<br>
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<b>Water supply in post-conflict transitions</b><br>
While land issues often receive some attention, few people are aware
that peacebuilding missions are often directly involved in the
management of water and sanitation. Recent research of water supply
issues in Kosovo and East Timor shows that in fact, many
peacebuilding missions have dedicated units dealing with water
supply as well as with foul and waste water.<br>
- - -<br>
Now if managing natural resources in peacebuilding is complicated,
just imagine how the impacts of climate change impede efforts to
sustain peace...<br>
- - -<br>
<b>Towards climate resilient peacebuilding</b><br>
Colombia, East Timor, Iraq--building peace is rarely, if ever,
straight forward. International efforts to build peace underwent
substantial changes since the first missions following World War II.
The UN Secretary General's emphasis on conflict prevention and
institutional reform of the peacebuilding infrastructure is an
important pathway to learn from past failures and refocus and
reinvigorate international peacebuilding efforts. Still, the
management of natural resources is a critical challenge that remains
overlooked--and, things will get even more complicated with the
increasing impacts of climate change. Recovery plans to sustain
peace can no longer exclude the management of the environment,
natural resources, and strengthening societies' resilience to
climate impacts. What is necessary is recognizing that bolstering
environmental matters and sustaining ecosystems is a matter of
conflict prevention. With the right support, it may even be an
opportunity to build a socially, economically, and politically
resilient peace.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.sipri.org/commentary/blog/2018/towards-climate-resilient-peacebuilding-understanding-complexities">https://www.sipri.org/commentary/blog/2018/towards-climate-resilient-peacebuilding-understanding-complexities</a><br>
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</font><br>
[video 110 mins]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8S7T6bBZlI">Could
Permafrost Unleash a Neanderthal Killer Virus?</a></b><br>
Climate State<br>
Published on Oct 24, 2018<br>
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Teaser image </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" spellcheck="false" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&v=r8S7T6bBZlI&q=http%3A%2F%2Fhumanorigins.si.edu%2Fevidence%2Fhuman-fossils%2Fspecies%2Fhomo-neanderthalensis&redir_token=E5_PbJ880QHeuxtJxclulTehfNN8MTU0MTE2NjEzNUAxNTQxMDc5NzM1" rel="nofollow" style="display: inline-block; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: var(--yt-endpoint-visited-color, var(--yt-spec-icon-active-button-link)); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/h...</a><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline ! important; float: none;">
Further reading
Neanderthals Could Have Been Killed Off By Diseases Carried By Migrating Humans </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" spellcheck="false" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&v=r8S7T6bBZlI&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iflscience.com%2Fhealth-and-medicine%2Fneanderthals-could-have-been-killed-diseases-carried-migrating-humans%2F&redir_token=E5_PbJ880QHeuxtJxclulTehfNN8MTU0MTE2NjEzNUAxNTQxMDc5NzM1" rel="nofollow" style="display: inline-block; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: var(--yt-endpoint-visited-color, var(--yt-spec-icon-active-button-link)); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.iflscience.com/health-and...</a><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline ! important; float: none;">
Tipping Elements - the Achilles Heels of the Earth System </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" spellcheck="false" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&v=r8S7T6bBZlI&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pik-potsdam.de%2Fservices%2Finfodesk%2Ftipping-elements%2Fkippelemente&redir_token=E5_PbJ880QHeuxtJxclulTehfNN8MTU0MTE2NjEzNUAxNTQxMDc5NzM1" rel="nofollow" style="display: inline-block; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: var(--yt-endpoint-visited-color, var(--yt-spec-icon-active-button-link)); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.pik-potsdam.de/services/i...</a><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline ! important; float: none;">
The Viruses That Neanderthals Spread to Humans </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" spellcheck="false" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&v=r8S7T6bBZlI&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fscience%2Farchive%2F2018%2F10%2Fneanderthal-viruses%2F572056&redir_token=E5_PbJ880QHeuxtJxclulTehfNN8MTU0MTE2NjEzNUAxNTQxMDc5NzM1" rel="nofollow" style="display: inline-block; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: var(--yt-endpoint-visited-color, var(--yt-spec-icon-active-button-link)); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.theatlantic.com/science/a...</a></font><br>
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<font size="+1"> </font><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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size="+1"><br>
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<br>
[Africa drought]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://fews.net/global/global-weather-hazards/november-2-2018">Dryness
strengthens in the Greater Horn of Africa, and early season
dryness develops in South Africa</a></b><br>
November 2, 2018 to November 8, 2018<br>
About Weather Hazards<br>
The Global Weather Hazards report anticipates severe weather or
climate events in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and
Central Asia. This product provides maps with current weather and
climate information; short and medium range weather forecasts (up to
one week); and the potential impact on crop and pasture conditions.
It does not reflect long range forecasts or food security
conditions.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://fews.net/global/global-weather-hazards/november-2-2018">http://fews.net/global/global-weather-hazards/november-2-2018</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Erase key=purge key]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/01/epa-website-climate-change-trump-administration">'It's
a ghost page': EPA site's climate change section may be gone for
good</a></b><br>
Material that said humans were warming the planet was taken down
last year for an 'update'<br>
More than a year after the US Environmental Protection Agency took
down information on climate change from its website for an "update",
it now seems uncertain whether it will ever reappear.<br>
<br>
In April last year, the EPA replaced its online climate change
section with a holding page that said the content was being updated
to "reflect the agency's new direction under President Donald
Trump".<br>
<br>
Information previously found at epa.gov/climatechange made it clear
that human activity was warming the planet, resulting in harm to
Americans' health as well as crucial ecosystems on which humans
depend.<br>
<br>
The "update" page has now given way to a page that simply states:
"We want to help you find what you are looking for." Below, there
are links to search other areas of the EPA website, as well as to an
archived "snapshot" of the site from the day before Trump became
president in January 2017. The switch was observed by the
Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, which tracks changes
in government websites.<br>
"It's an embarrassment. It is a ghost page," said Judith Enck, who
was EPA regional administrator during Barack Obama's presidency.
"It's a bit like Amazon not allowing the public to order books via
its website - it's that fundamental. There's no other issue at the
EPA more important than climate change; it affects air, water,
health and whether large parts of the world will survive."<br>
<br>
Scott Pruitt, a climate change skeptic who was Trump's pick as EPA
administrator until he resigned in July amid a long-running ethics
scandal, repeatedly questioned basic scientific understanding of
climate change while he headed the agency, such as whether carbon
dioxide is a primary driver of planetary warming.<br>
<br>
The EPA under the Trump administration has attempted to roll back
all key measures designed to address climate change, such as limits
on pollution from coal plants, rules to prevent methane emissions
from oil and gas drilling and tighter fuel efficiency standards for
cars. Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist who is now acting EPA
administrator, has said "federal regulations are not necessary to
drive greenhouse gas reductions".<br>
<br>
A senior EPA official, who asked not to be named, said: "Wheeler has
been somewhat meticulously going through the mess Pruitt left behind
and I think is finally getting to the place of making some decisions
on stuff." The official added: "I've been surprised that we are
still even talking about climate change and that there are still
people nominally assigned to that beat in the air office."<br>
<br>
Enck said that EPA career staff are "frustrated" and "ashamed" about
the new stance on climate change and urged her former colleagues to
speak out.<br>
<br>
The administration also began taking the ax to climate change
language across other government websites in the spring of 2017.<br>
<br>
"The EPA website is used by decision and policy makers, not just for
high school student assignments," she said. "The lack of timely,
accurate information is part of a much deeper problem that the
agency is on the sidelines of the most urgent environment issue of
our time."<br>
<br>
The EPA was contacted for comment.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/01/epa-website-climate-change-trump-administration">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/01/epa-website-climate-change-trump-administration</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Buy a house]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.hcn.org/articles/wildfire-wildfires-dont-hurt-hot-real-estate-markets">Wildfires
don't hurt hot real estate markets</a></b><br>
Our love for nature causes more homes to be built in the path of
destructive wildfires and leads to more blazes.<br>
Paige Blankenbuehler NEWS Oct. 4, 2018 <br>
More people than ever want to live on the wild edges of Western
cities, despite the risk wildfires pose to their homes. A recent
study by researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, found
that wildfires drive down real estate prices only in the immediate
aftermath of a disaster. Home prices in burned areas typically
rebound to pre-fire levels within one to two years...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.hcn.org/articles/wildfire-wildfires-dont-hurt-hot-real-estate-markets">https://www.hcn.org/articles/wildfire-wildfires-dont-hurt-hot-real-estate-markets</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[observation]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://slate.com/business/2018/11/venice-floods-climate-change-mose-surge-barrier.html">Eating
Pizza While Venice Sinks</a></b><br>
By HENRY GRABAR - NOV 01, 2018<br>
A powerful storm and high tides sent the Adriatic Sea surging into
Venice this week, yielding the city's fourth-highest water level on
record. The lagoon rose more than five feet above sea level and
three-quarters of the city flooded; police even had to briefly close
the Piazza San Marco, the iconic, pigeon-flocked central square.
Saint Mark's Basilica took on nearly three feet of water, inundating
its mosaic floor for just the fifth time since the church was
consecrated 10 centuries ago. "The basilica has aged 20 years in
just one day, and perhaps I am being overly optimistic about that,"
Carlo Tesserin, the church's chief administrator, told the Italian
media. When salt water from the lagoon creeps into the buildings
bricks, it weakens the lower stretches of the church's 91,000 square
feet of tiny tiles, church officials said.<br>
<br>
With its famous network of canals, Venice is sometimes invoked as a
one-word warning for cities in the age of climate change--a future
to avoid. But seasonal floods known as acqua alta have been a
regular feature of the city's off-seasons for decades, and flooding
has been common since its days as a powerful city-state. The
flooding didn't even dissuade many tourists, who donned brightly
colored plastic booties to shuffle through knee-deep water on
sidewalks as merchants threw up barricades to keep their shops
dry...<br>
- - -<br>
As Jeff Goodell observes in his climate-change book The Water Will
Come, MOSE--which spans more than 50 years from precipitating event
to operation--may be yet another mega-project planned for a world
that no longer exists. Once running, the project is supposed to
close less than a dozen times a year, for just a few hours at the
time, an important constraint for both the health of the lagoon and
the wear and tear of the mechanical system. But throw in 1.5 feet of
sea level rise, and the barrier might have to close once a day. A
little more sea level rise and it might have to closed more than
it's open. Perhaps the city should have just built a wall.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://slate.com/business/2018/11/venice-floods-climate-change-mose-surge-barrier.html">https://slate.com/business/2018/11/venice-floods-climate-change-mose-surge-barrier.html</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[gentle sarcasm and video humor]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOy95AifK3U">WARNING:
We're Saving Small Talk | The Weather Channel</a></b><br>
The Weather Channel<br>
Published on Apr 24, 2017<br>
Small Talk is in DANGER! We can save it. <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOy95AifK3U">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOy95AifK3U</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Some history heard - video ]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdALFnlwV_o">Climate
Science 1956: A Blast from the Past</a></b><br>
greenman3610<br>
Published on Nov 7, 2010<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdALFnlwV_o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdALFnlwV_o</a><br>
<br>
</font><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://climatechangepsychology.blogspot.com/2012/11/chris-hayes-whats-at-stake-with-climate.html">This
Day in Climate History - November 3, 2012</a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
On MSNBC's "Up," Chris Hayes lays out the moral case for action on
climate change.<br>
- - - -<br>
The state cannot eliminate senseless death, but it is its duty to
reduce its likelihood. It's a conservative insight, really, the idea
that government's job before all else is to keep its citizens
secure, to protect them. Everything else comes after. Lefty that I
am, I'm reminded in this moment that it contains an undeniable core
truth.<br>
And yet here we sit with a political system that can barely bring
itself to acknowledge or discuss the tangible danger climate change
poses to us, never mind undertake the massive, sustained effort
necessary to combat and adapt to it.<br>
Andrew Cuomo, as careful a politician as you'll see, tried to note
the elephant in the room without ever naming it.<br>
<blockquote>"There has been a series of extreme weather incidents,
anyone, that's not a political statement, that is a factual
statement. Anyone who says there's not a dramatic change in
weather patterns I think is denying reality."<br>
</blockquote>
In his endorsement of President Obama this week, New York Mayor
Michael Bloomberg wrote,<br>
<blockquote>"In just 14 months, two hurricanes have forced us to
evacuate neighborhoods – something our city government had never
done before. If this is a trend, it is simply not sustainable."<br>
</blockquote>
No, it's not sustainable. Things that can't go on, don't. It's true
that Sandy was a freak storm, a bad-luck confluence of a number of
low probability events that could conceivably have happened in some
alternate climate that wasn't warming. But this climate, our
climate, is warming, and as it does, low probability events like
this will become more probable, and more intense.<br>
Carbon emissions are trapping extra energy in our atmosphere, and
with extra energy come more extremes: higher sea levels, dryer
droughts, hotter heat waves, and heavier, wetter storms.<br>
We need a crash program in this country right now to re-engineer the
nation's infrastructure to cope with and prepare for the climate
disruptions that we have already ensured with the carbon we've
already put into the atmosphere, as well as an immediate, aggressive
transformation of our energy production, economy and society to
reduce the amount of carbon we'll put into the atmosphere in the
future.<br>
This is as fundamental, as elemental as human endeavors get. The
story of civilization is the long tale of crusaders for order
battling the unceasing reality of chaos. And it is a kind of miracle
that we have succeeded as much as we have, that airplanes fly
through the air, and roads plunge beneath the water and the entire
teeming latticework of human life exists in the manifold improbable
places it does. But it is the grand irony that in imposing this
improbable order on the world, we've released millions of years of
stored up carbon into the atmosphere, which is now altering the
climate and threatening the very monuments of civilization that we
so cherish.<br>
We absolutely have it within us, collectively, to beat back the
forces of chaos once again. But we must choose to do so. And the
time for choosing is now. You are either on the side of your fellow
citizens and residents of this planet, or you are on the side of the
storms as yet unnamed.<br>
You cannot be neutral.<br>
Which side are you on?<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/11/03/whats-at-stake-with-climate-change/">http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/11/03/whats-at-stake-with-climate-change/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://climatechangepsychology.blogspot.com/2012/11/chris-hayes-whats-at-stake-with-climate.html">http://climatechangepsychology.blogspot.com/2012/11/chris-hayes-whats-at-stake-with-climate.html</a><br>
Posted by Tenney Naumer at Sunday, November 11, 2012 <br>
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