Media, Political Leaders React to U.S. Paris Climate Exit

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A compilation of recent responses to Donald Trump’s announcement from June 1, 2017, to exit the Paris Agreement, signed by 195 nations. Woodrow Wilson Center FOX and CNN via Emmanuel Macron Secular Talk ABC News Aljazeera http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/eu-and-china-agree-on-joint-climate-change-action/5458479676001 Related Globe heaps scorn on Trump for Paris exit http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/336176-globe-heaps-scorn-on-trump-for-paris-exit

Larsen C likely to create largest Iceberg ever recorded

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Antarctic ice rift close to calving, after growing 17km in 6 days References Content: Antarctic ice rift close to calving, after growing 17km in 6 days http://www.swansea.ac.uk/media-centre/latest-research/antarcticiceriftclosetocalvingaftergrowing17kmin6days.php Larsen C video by British Antarctic Survey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAM0tZB0aIc Music by Stephen Lu http://chibola.com Additional video footage via http://pixabay.com Related Larsen Ice Shelf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larsen_Ice_Shelf Larsen Ice Shelf Meets Open…

Global Average Temperature vs Temperature Extremes

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In his March 2017 talk “The Brutal Logic of Climate Change”, at the University of Sheffield, Aaron Thierry outlined many of the aspects of climate change.This video here is the excerpt on temperature anomalies. Watch the full lecture at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7TL_BbAd-s The emissions pledge pathway negotiated at the Paris conference has a probability of over 90%…

Konrad Steffen: The Melting of Greenland (March 2017)

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Konrad Steffen director of the Swiss Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, gave this talk at the event Artico. Ultima Frontiera Summit On Climate Change, Venice (Italy), March 6, 2017, hosted by the University Ca’ Foscari.] Event info page https://www.unive.it/pag/14024/?tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=2586&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=120539712ba6b06aa1dab94426b5b261 Konrad Steffen’s homepage at Colorado University http://cires.colorado.edu/emeritus/konrad-steffen Teaser image mockup, via latest NASA Grace…

Trump motivated by Bannon to exit Paris Deal? And what about the Jobs?

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The announcement by the Trump Administration to exit the Paris Climate Agreement, has been attributed to people like Steve Bannon, influencing Trump. And what about jobs and clean energy? References China to invest £292bn in renewable power by 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/05/china-invest-renewable-fuel-2020-energy China cementing global dominance of renewable energy and technology https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/06/china-cementing-global-dominance-of-renewable-energy-and-technology Related The Strange History of…

Trump’s Speech to pull U.S. out of Paris Agreement 6/1/17 ✯Uncut White House version✯

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In this speech on June 1st 2017, at The White House rose garden President Donald Trump announced to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement, signed by 194 nations to address climate change. Protests outside the White House https://www.facebook.com/peoplesclimate/videos/1865902323660742/?pnref=story Subscribe to Climate State for more from Trump and the U.S. on climate For…

The Crux of Climate Change

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References Aaron Thierry: The Brutal Logic of Climate Change (March 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7TL_BbAd-s&feature=youtu.be&t=13m15s Climate Documentary: The Cross of the Moment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UuSxiCJ0co Climate Change in the Arctic and Model Projections (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqxbU9zOKgE Additional video footage via DistillVideos https://pixabay.com/en/users/DistillVideos-1280814/?tab=videos Additional video footage via http://pixabay.com Poem by Gary Snyder Music by EdRecords Icicle Melting by Jeffrey Beach (Beachfront Productions)…

NOAA Forecasts a 2017 Above Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season

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Gerry Bell of NOAA gives an update on the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook (typically lasting from June 1 to November 30), and how to prepare for the hurricane season. More info from NOAA available at: Preparation http://www.nws.noaa.gov/com/weatherreadynation/hurricane_preparedness.html Hurricane Safety Tips and Resources http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hurricane Active storm map http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

NASA Discovers a New Mode of Ice Loss in Greenland (Solitary Wave)

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A new NASA study finds that during Greenland’s hottest summers on record, 2010 and 2012, the ice in Rink Glacier on the island’s west coast didn’t just melt faster than usual, it slid through the glacier’s interior in a gigantic wave, like a warmed freezer pop sliding out of its plastic casing. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6857 “You could…

The Global Movement to Stop Fossil Fuel Burning

2017, Climate Change, Coal, Communication, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Global, Natural Gas, Oil, Policy, Project, Protest, Solutions, Tar SandsLeave a comment

Fossil fuel divestment funds double to $5tn in a year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/12/fossil-fuel-divestment-funds-double-5tn-in-a-year Climate teach-in #2: Solutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPV_coPAkCE Divest LA https://www.facebook.com/InsurgencyNow/videos/1864190287182619 TRAILER Raise A Paddle: A Journey from the Pacific to the tar sands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-OFpXbbxo Global divestment Mobilisation South Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSrFoGErRvs Additional video footage via http://pixabay.com A beginner’s guide to fossil fuel divestment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/23/a-beginners-guide-to-fossil-fuel-divestment Go Fossil Free…

Pope Francis and Vatican urge Trump to stay in Paris Agreement

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Pope Francis put climate change on the agenda of his first meeting with President Trump (May 24, 2017) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/world/europe/pope-trump-vatican-meet.html Address by His Holiness Pope Francis to the United Nations General Assembly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtPu1-CxhHA President Trump meets pope at the Vatican https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SpmUQn4jWs 10 key excerpts from Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/06/18/10-key-excerpts-from-pope-franciss-encyclical-on-the-environment/ Related ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO…