Climate Letter #413

Big oil (or part of it) joins the battle against climate change.  This is a stunning piece of news, the motivation of which has yet to be completely figured out.  I think Giles Parkinson may have gotten it right in this post.   Actually putting a price on carbon still has a long way to go, but proponents have now been given an important ally.  How will Mitch McConnell and other coal state politicians handle this development, along with a long list of other deniers?

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Here is another story with some added perspective on this important news:
Is natural gas really an ideal decarbonization bridge?  There are plenty of reasons for doubt, as discussed herein.
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Totten Glacier update.  The author is a senior research scientist involved in the evaluation work, which is most interested in the full story of what is going on at the glacier’s underside.  There has been an ongoing series of surprises.  This is the largest glacier on the continent, known for certain to be losing ice mass at an accelerating rate.  “In the case of Totten Glacier, a retreat all the way into the deep Aurora Basin would release enough melted ice over the coming centuries to raise sea levels by at least 3.5 m – similar to the potential contribution from the whole of West Antarctica.”  There is still much work to be done, but what has already been learned is “deeply concerning,” with ramifications extending to other glaciers on the continent.

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Future trends for world population analyzed.  Projections out to the year 2100 are displayed on nine different charts, all very interesting.
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The continuing evolution of structures that generate wind power.  The technology is far from mature.  This story will give you a glimpse of what is coming, with many fascinating details.  Some of the new turbines are unbelievably large.
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Lindsey Graham is in the race.  He accepts climate science, but how hard will he fight to achieve the needed goals?  I think doing so would provide his best chance of moving up, but we’ll have to wait and see if he has such an effort in mind.  (It’s possible that some big donors will show up and help him decide.)  Someone has to turn climate into a campaign issue, just to get the American voters involved.  Both Bernie Sanders and the new O’Malley entrance could also give it a boost.
Carl

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