Climate Letter #667

Donald Trump’s first major energy speech.  Here is an unbiased summary, were the speech is well-described as no-holds-barred.  By being so candid and open I believe Trump has done a great service to the public, making climate change and environmental protection into issues that will get intense scrutiny during the election runup.  We can have doubts about his motives in all this, but not his intentions.  If he is soundly rejected the US would become a stronger partner than heretofore in the world’s climate action movement.  Should he win, all other countries would be faced with a stark decision, either to support him or to band together more tightly than before to stay the course, leaving the US and its partners isolated.  The reduction in world trade and economic disruption likely to result would at least help to depress global energy demand and CO2 emissions.  For the immediate future there is more pressure than ever on the Republican Party, where individual candidates and voters cannot avoid making the same kind of choice, to support him or not for this one very big reason.  I can visualize a rapidly deepening split, and the possible emergence of an entirely new party that is both politically central and friendly to the environment, thus appealing to a large fraction of today’s independents.

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How plants adapt to extreme weather conditions.  An altogether new reason has been found for not allowing those extremities to happen.  This study should mark the beginning of a whole new field of science, one that should quickly gain many participants.  The claims are shocking, and the evidence, while intriguing, will probably need considerable bolstering before there is widespread acceptance.  (The story’s reporter is a BBC journalist.)
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New findings about damage from aerosols created by tar-sands oil production.  Emissions include secondary organic materials that have much greater environmental impact than previously recognized, affecting regional weather patterns, cloud formation and public health.
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How climate change threatens many World Heritage sites.  Researchers who studied 31 prominent sites in 29 countries found every one of them experiencing some impact from climate change.
Carl

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