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This #SundayMorning let's take a walk through the National Climate Assessment, released on a holiday weekend by an administration eager to obscure the conclusions of the report from the public.

What was the White House so scared of?

Here are a few of the main takeaways
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(2) First, climate change has a steep cost. And we're already paying it.

“The impacts & costs of climate change are being felt in the US & changes in the severity of recent extreme weather can be attributed with higher confidence to human-caused warming"

(3) How expensive is climate change? By the end of the century on our current trajectory, it would cost the US more than $500 billion EVERY YEAR in crop damage, lost labor & extreme weather damages. That's nearly 2x the economic blow of the Great Recession
vox.com/2018/11/24/181…
(4) The 2nd conclusion of the report is that climate change is going to have a cost that we can't put a price on. Human lives.

Deaths related to extreme heat, poor air quality & diseases that thrive in warmer temperatures are already increasing steadily.

(5) Premature deaths in US cities are already linked to complications from air quality, including asthma-related deaths, increased rates of miscarriage, and shortened lifespans.

The EPA's rollback of clean air standards will quickly worsen the problem.

rantt.com/what-its-like-…
(6) Flooding & intense, devastating hurricanes will be the new normal. Every part of the United States will face warming from climate change, but some areas, like Alaska, will be harder hit. Droughts in the West will also lengthen, affecting food supply.

ajc.com/news/national/…
(7) The report also highlights HUMAN responsibility.

"The unambiguous warming trend in global average temperature over the last century can't be explained by natural factors. Greenhouse-gas emissions from human activities are the only factors that can account for the warming."
(8) And last but not least, the report emphasizes that there is still time to do something to help lessen the effects of climate change. The world is warming. Sea levels will rise. But we can do some things to mitigate the most severe risks & save lives.

businessinsider.com/climate-report…
(9) The full report is below.
The main takeaways?

1: Climate change is expensive
2: Climate change is deadly
3: It's too late to stop global warming
4: Humans did this to the planet
5: We can still help lessen the effects but we have to act NOW

nca2018.globalchange.gov
(10) Thanks to @TurtleRaiser for the #SundayMorning thread suggestion on climate change. Come back next week and we'll dissect more details from the headlines.

And hey- do something nice for the planet today, okay?
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This #SundayMorning Trump has reiterated his threats to declare a national emergency and bypass Congress to build his border wall.

Can Trump abuse his executive powers in this way and what, if anything, can be done to stop him?

#SundayThoughts #SundayMotivation
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(2) First off, there are not a lot of rules about declaring national emergencies. And sadly, even in America, this executive power is rarely checked by Congress.

It's a tactic that has been used by both authoritarians and democracies around the world.
washingtonpost.com/world/2019/01/…
(3) While Trump can declare a national emergency at his discretion, he can't invoke one indefinitely without Congressional approval. And there are some limits to how this authority can be used to deploy troops & use funding.

nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opi…
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I was out for a walk this afternoon in my neighborhood, tromping through half ploughed icy sidewalks when something happened that happens way way too often.

A red pickup truck with a big engine pulled up alongside of me.

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(2) At first I didn’t think much of it, but I did look up and glare at the driver. As a woman walking alone, even in the middle of the day, I am hyper aware of my surroundings.

I feel uncomfortable wearing headphones to listen to music when in public for exactly this reason.
(3) The driver was a young to middle aged white male and his truck was loud. He coasted along beside me for nearly half a block before stopping.

I was annoyed but shrugged it off. Maybe he wasn’t sure where he was going and was trying to get a closer look at the house numbers.
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#NewYearsDay is when I used to resolve to lose weight by eating healthier & going to the gym.

But I'd get overwhelmed with guilt when I skipped a workout or ate dessert & eventually get discouraged.

A few years ago, I started a new ritual & its made a HUGE difference.
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(2) I use #NewYearsDay as a time to take inventory of my body.

I know- that sounds like it could get awfully problematic. But this is NOT a time to catalog every fault. This is about gratitude.

And changing that one tiny thing about your mindset can change how you see yourself
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And while I was scrubbing off dead skin, trimming nails & moisturizing my feet, I'd say thanks.
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I read through the National Climate Assessment and pulled out some factoids that probably got missed over the past week. There's a lot in there, here are 10 of them. A thread...
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2. Allergies will increase. This is because growing seasons are getting longer, and ragweed will produce more pollen with warmer temperatures. Oak pollen could also send people to the emergency room due to increased asthma.
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5:26 pm: 'Trump slams Fed chair, questions climate change and threatens to cancel Putin meeting in wide-ranging interview with The Post' #TuesdayThoughts
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2/"President Trump placed responsibility for recent stock market declines and this week’s General Motors plant closures and layoffs on the Federal Reserve during an interview Tuesday, shirking any personal responsibility for cracks in the economy and declaring that he is
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 Water Thread from the new National Climate Assessment (#NCA4).

Explicit changes in water quantity & quality from human-caused climate change are already evident in the US.

Source: #NCA4, Chapter 3: Water. nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/3/
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 Changes in the frequency & intensity of climate extremes are already underway. Climate change is already leading to changes in the frequency, duration, & geographic distribution of severe storms, floods, & droughts. #water #climate #NCA4
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 Variable precipitation & rising temperature are intensifying droughts, increasing heavy downpours, & reducing snowpack.
Reduced snow-to-rain ratios are affecting the timing of both water supply & demand.
#water #climate #NCA4
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"Climate models for three decades have predicted exactly what the world is seeing this summer.... The old records belong to a world that no longer exists,”

Temps hit 90 degrees 59 miles north of the Arctic Circle on July 17.
Japan recorded its highest temperature in history, 106 degrees, in a heat wave that killed 65 people.

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It’s Britain’s driest summer since modern records began in 1961.
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