[GWSG] Health tactic; Okrahoma; C ratings; abrupt change?; more heat; GOP echoes; 10 nice things; solar victory in MN

[Tilley, Al]

1.  Emphasizing the public health implications of climate change promises to secure more public action than emphasizing the environmental or national defense aspects.  http://www.natlawreview.com/article/law-school-waiting-author-pic-reframing-climate-change-public-health-based-climate-c

2.  Hotter, drier weather is leading Oklahoma farmers to plant crops such as okra, sorghum, and cotton.  http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/23/okra-homa-as-temperaturesrisesoutherncropsmigratenorth.html

3.  The EU is considering labeling fuels according to how much carbon is produced in their manufacture and use.  Oil companies hate the idea.  http://grist.org/news/scientists-call-for-labeling-tar-sands-oil/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed

4.  Events in the Arctic, particularly methane release and the imminent disappearance of summer sea ice with the consequent jump in heating, have led some informed researchers to the opinion that we are close to an abrupt and catastrophic climate change.  http://www.thenation.com/article/177614/coming-instant-planetary-emergency

5.  A study published in Nature used new techniques for projecting cloud cover in concluding that the heating will be about 4° C by 2100, higher than formerly expected.  Tom Larson called my attention to the story.  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/31/planet-will-warm-4c-2100-climate

6.  Peter Sinclair celebrated the New Year with a 10 minute video paralleling Republican congressional treatment of tobacco with their more recent climate denial.  (I also recommend the piece on Arctic emissions just below it.  And there is good browsing beyond that.)  http://climatecrocks.com/2013/12/29/2013-in-videos/

7.  Sarah van Gelder lists ten positive developments in 2013 that promise better things to come.  http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/31/10-hopeful-things-2013-climate-change

8.  In a trial-like bidding process solar power beat natural gas for a large group of projects in Minnesota.  It is the first time solar has won such a bid in a state without subsidies for renewable power.  http://www.startribune.com/business/238322571.html
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