Trump not in charge of world's climate future
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Trump not in charge of world's climate future
What does the election of Donald Trump really mean for global progress on carbon emissions? This past week saw plenty of justifiable worry聽and hypothesizing about that question, but also a determination that no single individual 鈥� not even a president-elect who has promised to "cancel" US climate efforts 鈥� can stop a global trend toward action. In a stories filed from the UN climate conference in Marrakech, Zack Colman reports on how other nations are聽picking up聽a leadership role, how a聽"carbon club" strategy聽of carrots not sticks might ultimately be used to promote global solidarity, and how Secretary of State聽John Kerry sees a business case聽for Trump to stay the course toward renewables. Josh Kenworthy reports how the Morocco聽conference ended with a remarkable commitment聽by dozens of poor nations to push toward聽100-percent renewable聽energy supplies. But a big worry remains: How those nations and others聽will finance the energy transition, with聽climate aid聽from rich nations聽in doubt.聽聽// Stories by聽Zack Colman聽聽(photo from Marrakech by David Keyton/AP
For native Americans, pipeline sparks climate awakening
Opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline has unified tribes from across America. Some聽believe this protest is becoming something bigger 鈥撀燼 turning point for both native Americans and the climate movement. //聽Henry Gass
Global carbon emissions flat for three years in a row
An annual scientific report projects global carbon dioxide emissions will continue to have slowed in 2016. But holding emissions steady, while welcome, is not seen as聽enough to curb rising global temperatures.聽//聽
Environmental policy: Trump not the only driver
Barack Obama showed how a president can wield broad power over environmental policy. But with a majority of Americans concerned about ciimate change, other forces are also influential. Along with this story by Amanda Paulson, the Monitor's Christina Beck reports how an open letter from 365 corporations symbolizes the聽role that businesses are claiming聽as a face of climate action.聽//聽Amanda Paulson
What we're reading
In the case of Burlington, Vt., some of the renewables for now are wood chips.聽// Politico
Former top military commanders send the president-elect a briefing book on the risks.聽// ClimateWire
A scholar in Australia differs with proponents of big nuclear power systems and nuclear-based hydrogen.聽// Energy Collective
The AME Church calls on its congregations to make climate change聽part of its聽conversation.聽// Yale Climate Connections
What's trending
[It's an ambitious plan, but subject to politics.] "The far-right AfD party, which made huge gains in recent regional elections, questions the validity of global warming science in its official platform and also opposes Germany's climate protection policy." // Writer Bob Berwyn in InsideClimate News
"We have clients who don't allow their children to go upstairs because they're afraid the roof will fall in on them. There's a lot of fear; when is the next big one?"聽// Attorney Curt Marshall, referring to lawsuit over injection wells
"[The Interior Department] also dropped plans to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in the Atlantic Ocean off of four southeastern states, including Virginia." // Writers Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson in The Washington Post
