[GWSG] No long-term views; renewables by state; states of hope; Trump's trolls; Pruitt's trollery; Tillerson the Troll King

[Tilley, Al]

1.  John Krebs, the British government's chief advisor on adaptation to climate change, observes that they have developed no coherent long-term view of the problem. "Almost every year there has been some more or less major flooding event and that is a key message," he said. "We have to now get it embedded that this is something that will happen somewhere most years."   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/26/major-flooding-in-uk-now-likely-every-year-warns-lead-climate-adviser-storm-desmond

Krebs's comments apply to my state of Florida, and to other governments with no long-term vision.



2.  An interactive map shows where large buyers of power can choose renewable energy.  They are able to do that in most of the populous states.  https://cleantechnica.com/2016/12/25/us-states-large-energy-buyers-can-buy-renewable-energy-grid-interactive-map/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IM-cleantechnica+%28CleanTechnica%29



3.  In this century to 2014, 33 states and the District of Columbia have cut emissions while expanding their economies.  The NY Times observes that much of the US action on climate must depend on states and cities during the Trump presidency.  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/opinion/states-will-lead-on-climate-change-in-the-trump-era.html?emc=edit_tnt_20161226&nlid=43628374&tntemail0=y&_r=0



4.  Dana Nuccitelli's analysis of the stages of climate denial among Trump's appointees indicates why the US will need to look to non-federal levels of government for climate guidance and action (though I hope that such agencies as NOAA, the EPA, and NASA will continue to function, even if hampered).  A brief video contrasts the performance of the climate models to the projections of the contrarians.   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/dec/27/facts-matter-and-on-climate-change-trumps-picks-get-them-wrong



5.  Scot Pruitt, Trump's choice to head the EPA, has acted as a representative of the fossil fuel industry.  http://www.ecowatch.com/pruitt-koch-brothers-2168374155.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=ba22c7180c-MailChimp+Email+Blast&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-ba22c7180c-85965093



6.  Prospective Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has already established his foreign policy regime as CEO of Exxon Mobil (a Private Enterprise Council member of ALEC).  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/18/leak-rex-tillerson-director-bahamas-based-us-russian-oil-company   Tillerson has a long record of obstructing climate action with disinformation campaigns.   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rex-tillerson-exxon-mobil-climate_us_585d6ca1e4b0eb5864863a13    ?

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