[GWSG] Children's trust setback; oceans warming faster; fossil propaganda; green new deal optimism; Rep Ro Khanna interview

[Tilley, Al]

1. Following a two-year delay, the Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled in the Children’s Trust case that—essentially, with the understanding that I am no lawyer and may oversimplify—the state has no public trust preserving a livable environment. The children plan to appeal. https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2019/01/10/oregon-state-youth-climate-juliana/
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Oregon court dismisses state-level youth climate case<https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2019/01/10/oregon-state-youth-climate-juliana/>
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By Karen Savage. An Oregon court has ruled that the state is not required to protect public trust resources from the effects of climate change, a defeat for two young plaintiffs who had sued the state under the common law public trust doctrine.



2. Recent studies, particularly one in Nature last November which had to be revised to allow for more uncertainty, have found that more heat is being added to the oceans than we had supposed. A new study in Science reports that based on four different measures the ocean is indeed heating 40% faster than the UN had estimated five years ago. The finding adds urgency to both our mitigation and our adaptation efforts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/01/11/oceans-are-warming-faster-than-we-thought-scientists-suggest-we-brace-impact/?utm_term=.f33d0c46efc4
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The oceans are warming faster than we thought, and scientists suggest we brace for impact - The Washington Post<https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/01/11/oceans-are-warming-faster-than-we-thought-scientists-suggest-we-brace-impact/?utm_term=.f33d0c46efc4>
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Angela Fritz Angela Fritz is an atmospheric scientist and The Washington Post's deputy weather editor. Before joining The Post, Fritz worked as a meteorologist at CNN in Atlanta and Weather ...



3. The fossil fuel industry has been remarkably successful in using US media to perpetuate the idea that climate science is debatable. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/10/how-fossil-fuel-industry-got-media-think-climate-change-was-debatable/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f447f7cb0ff5
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How the fossil fuel industry got the media to think climate change was debatable - The Washington Post<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/10/how-fossil-fuel-industry-got-media-think-climate-change-was-debatable/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f447f7cb0ff5>
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Amy Westervelt is an audio and print reporter who covers climate and gender, and sometimes the intersection of the two. Her podcast Drilled is about the creation and spread of climate denial and ...



4. The support for a green new deal may indicate that the fossil fuel industry’s usual propaganda is losing its grip on our attitudes. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-2020-democrats-climate-change_us_5c378db0e4b0c469d76c3538
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The Green New Deal's Sudden Popularity Is A Reason For Climate Change Optimism | HuffPost<https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-2020-democrats-climate-change_us_5c378db0e4b0c469d76c3538>
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Democrats have a pathway to run, and win, on climate change in 2020.



5. Chris Hayes interviewed Rep. Ro Khanna (D, CA) Jan. 11 on All In, MSNBC, in a six-minute segment on the legislative support for a green new deal. The segment is “Republicans ignore looming climate catastrophe.” https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/republicans-ignore-looming-climate-catastrophe-1424589891726
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVF.kZAK9uqi8oO8XHJKM6IFDA&pid=Api]<https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/republicans-ignore-looming-climate-catastrophe-1424589891726>

Republicans ignore looming climate catastrophe<https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/republicans-ignore-looming-climate-catastrophe-1424589891726>
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"This is a far bigger crisis than anything happening at the border," says Chris Hayes.




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