[GWSG] Munis at risk; nuke blown away; BBC redeemed; Russian climate wedges; sensitivity >5C; GND video; to 30% wild; St. Pete's action plan

[Tilley, Al]

1. BlackRock, the world’s largest investor, warns that failure to take climate change into account is endangering the municipal bond market, particularly in coastal Florida, the Gulf Coast, and Arizona. One implication is that regions which face the greatest need for funding to adapt to change are likely to find it difficult to finance necessary measures. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/climate-change-risk-to-38-trillion-municipal-bond-market-blackrock-2019-4-1028123832
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The world's largest investor says a $3.8 trillion market faces growing climate-change risk | Markets Insider - markets.businessinsider.com<https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/climate-change-risk-to-38-trillion-municipal-bond-market-blackrock-2019-4-1028123832>
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Climate change threatens an increasingly large part of the $3.8 trillion US municipal bond market, the asset manager BlackRock warned. The firm analyzed the economic impact that climate-change ...



2. On June 1 the Pilgrim nuclear plant in Massachusetts will close to be replaced by 800 megawatts of offshore wind—safer, cheaper, and cleaner. https://climatecrocks.com/2019/04/19/offshore-winds-time-has-come/
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Offshore Wind’s Time has Come | Climate Denial Crock of the Week<https://climatecrocks.com/2019/04/19/offshore-winds-time-has-come/>
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Wired: ON JUNE 1, the Pilgrim nuclear plant in Massachusetts will shut down, a victim of rising costs and a technology that is struggling to remain economically viable in the United States. But the electricity generated by the aging nuclear station soon will be replaced by another carbon-free source: a fleet of 84 offshore wind turbines rising nearly 650 feet…



3. The BBC has released Climate Change—the Facts, a 57-minute David Attenborough special which is forthright about the risks. Perhaps the BBC is sorry they lost Our Planet to Netflix and has resolved to cover climate responsibly again. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/apr/18/climate-change-the-facts-review-our-greatest-threat-laid-bare-david-attenborough
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Climate Change: The Facts review – our greatest threat, laid bare | Television & radio | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/apr/18/climate-change-the-facts-review-our-greatest-threat-laid-bare-david-attenborough>
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O nce, a night in with David Attenborough promised the TV equivalent of a warm blanket. It was a chance to watch spectacular creatures revelling in the beauty of their natural habitats, as the man ...


A link to the show itself. https://climatecrocks.com/2019/04/19/the-weekend-wonk-attenborough-in-bbcs-climate-change-the-facts/
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The Weekend Wonk: Attenborough in BBC’s “Climate Change – The Facts”<https://climatecrocks.com/2019/04/19/the-weekend-wonk-attenborough-in-bbcs-climate-change-the-facts/>
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4. According to the Mueller Report, the Russians used climate, coal, fracking, and pipelines as wedge issues to divide the American public in 2016, going so far as to organize rallies for Trump on the issues. The Russians set out to disrupt American society in 2014, and Trump became their instrument. https://grist.org/article/russians-used-coal-to-sow-discord-among-americans-says-mueller-report/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily
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Russians used coal to sow discord among Americans, says Mueller report | Grist<https://grist.org/article/russians-used-coal-to-sow-discord-among-americans-says-mueller-report/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily>
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About a third of Mueller’s long-awaited report, released on Thursday, has been redacted. But enough is left to determine that Russia tried to exacerbate America’s mixed feelings about coal in ...



5. Climate sensitivity, the amount of warming to be expected from a doubling of CO2 in the atmosphere, has been estimated to lie between 2C and 4.5C. New modeling has it at 5C or warmer, implying that we should expect a surge in warming as the CO2 climbs. The finding is mysterious and may be spurious—we don’t know why the models are working that way. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/new-climate-models-predict-warming-surge
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New climate models predict a warming surge | Science | AAAS<https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/new-climate-models-predict-warming-surge>
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New climate models predict a warming surge. By Paul Voosen Apr. 16, 2019 , 3:55 PM. For nearly 40 years, the massive computer models used to simulate global climate have delivered a fairly ...



6. “The Green New Deal is consistent with the ideals America was founded upon. To attack it is to deny the very essence of our American heritage.” Steve Hanley of CleanTechnica introduces a 7-minute video from Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. https://cleantechnica.com/2019/04/18/the-green-new-deal-socialism-the-american-dream/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=801d999017-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-801d999017-331994013
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The Green New Deal, Socialism, & The American Dream | CleanTechnica<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/04/18/the-green-new-deal-socialism-the-american-dream/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=801d999017-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-801d999017-331994013>
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Opponents argue the Green New Deal is socialism. Historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author Joseph Ellis argues it is an expression of the highest and best principles enshrined in the Constitution.



7. If half the earth were to be rewilded we could build forests to sequester carbon and provide habitats to preserve at least some of the earth’s diversity. The Wyss Foundation is undertaking to double the amount of earth and ocean now conserved. That would take us to 30% and a big step toward E. O Wilson’s 50% target.  https://www.livekindly.co/83-year-old-swiss-entrepreneur-hansjorg-wyss-donates-1-billion-protect-planet/?fbclid=IwAR0mo1uLHCdmMdyZu1p2dTZfahcZOFzNTcrEM3sZOkKPuQWNhF1ZAYCynmI
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83-Year-Old Swiss Entrepreneur Donates $1 Billion to Protect the Planet<https://www.livekindly.co/83-year-old-swiss-entrepreneur-hansjorg-wyss-donates-1-billion-protect-planet/?fbclid=IwAR0mo1uLHCdmMdyZu1p2dTZfahcZOFzNTcrEM3sZOkKPuQWNhF1ZAYCynmI>
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Swiss investor and environmentalist Hansjörg Wyss has donated $1 billion to protect 30% of the planet's lands and oceans and help fight climate change.



8. St. Petersburg, FL, claims to have approved the nation’s first Integrated Sustainability Action Plan, addressing emissions control, infrastructure, and regional action. https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2019/04/19/st-pete-adopts-first-integrated-sustainability.html
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St. Pete adopts first integrated sustainability action plan in an effort to be more eco-friendly - Tampa Bay Business Journal - bizjournals.com<https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2019/04/19/st-pete-adopts-first-integrated-sustainability.html>
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The plan is considered a milestone for the city, which will allow for more community outreach and the continued development of the steps and work needed to reach many of its environmental goals.



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