for deceiving the public about the role fossil fuels have played in causing climate change and holding them responsible for the potentially catastrophic consequences global warming could have on the state's communities and fishing and tourism industries.”

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/maine-sues-oil-companies-over-impact-fossil-fuels- climate-2024-11-26/

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"The Hyperactive 2020 Hurricane Season

was driven by warmer sea temperatures."

"Sea temperatures have been steadily rising since the late19th century", intensifying storms such as Super Typhoon Goni which hit the Philippines

with"140 mph sustained winds & 190 mph gusts!".

https://www.google.com/search?natuional+geographic+on+sea+warming+caused+by+climate+change&oq=natuional+geographic+on+sea+warming+caused+by+climate+change&aqs=%E2%80%8Bhttps://www.cnn.com/2020/11/01/asiaphilippines-super-typhoon-goni-landfall-intl-hnk/index.htmlutm_term=16042381236104a9e238435fc&utm_source_Five+Things+for+Sunday

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AND

"Earth's Fresh Water

is rapidly losing oxygen --

a huge danger for the world's food and economies."

Earth's Water Is Rapidly Losing Oxygen, And The Danger Is Huge : ScienceAlert

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Financial Costs of Climate Change

"Staying with the status quo can be overwhelming.'

2020 - "22 climate driven billion-dollar disasters"

2021 - "20 climate driven billion-dollar disasters"

2022 - "18 climate driven billion-dollar disasters"

2023 - "28 climate driven billion-dollar disasters"

2024 - "Damages and economic losses from Hurricanes"

Debby, Helene & Milton will be at historic levels. Helene's

cost is estimated between $34 & $100 billion and Milton's

is "$245 billion - the most expensive storm in US history".

www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions

Hurricane Helene damages could reach $35 billion (axios.com)

www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/billion-dollar-disasters-in 2022$95 billion

and $110 billion ,

www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/milton-could-cause-245b-in-damages-…

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"The System That Moves Water Around the Earth

Is Off Balance

For the First Time in Human History"

"Precipitation, the source of all freshwater, can no longer be relied upon."

"It is fueling a growing water disaster that will wreak havoc

on economies, food production and lives"

"Water mismanagement and the climate crisis"

are "already causing water scarcity for nearly 3 billion people,

shriveling crops & sinking cities as the groundwater dries out."

From a new report by the

Global Commission on the Economics of Water.

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"Once Upon a Time

Life Almost Ended on Earth."

"The 'Great Dying'

was the largest mass-extinction in history --

caused by temperatures rising so fast, it wiped out 90% of all life.

BUT TODAY. . .

EARTH IS HEATING EVEN FASTER,

and we're losing species at a much higher rate."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/great-dying-permian-triassic-extinction-event-warning-humanity/

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Catastrophic Hurricane Helene

"Laid waste to an 800-mile path of destruction

through the US Southeast:"

A storm of "Biblical proportions" through 6 states,

with 140 mph winds, tornados, historic flooding & mudslides,

it left 1.3 million without power,

and killed at least 235 people.

Why Hurricane Helene was so devastating (sciencenews.org)

Helene leaves a path of death and destruction across six states | Watch (msn.com)

Hurricane Helene live updates: Death toll surpasses 230 as rescue efforts continue - ABC News (go.com)

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Just Two Weeks Later

Another Catastrophic Hurricane, "Milton",

"Plowed Through Florida

With 100+ MPH Sustained Winds," "Never-before-seen Rainfall,

Record-breaking Tornado Outbreaks," and Wild Wind Acceleration".

Its winds and extensive flooding left 3 million without power

and an "estimated cost of $245 billion dollars,"

due to the heavily populated areas it impacted.

Hurricane Milton leaves path of destruction across Florida, at least 17 dead (cbsnews.com)

Hurricane Milton’s Rain and Tornadoes in Florida Broke Records | Scientific American

www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/milton-could-cause-245b-in-damages-…

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In 2024, With Temperatures In Antarctica

50 Degrees Above Normal,

the already "rapid melting of the massive Thwaites Glacier

was intensified" - (the so-called, 'Doomsday Glacier'.

Massive Thwaites glaciers rapid melt | Watch (msn.com)

2 years earlier . . .

"The Enormous Conger Ice Shelf Collapsed

Off Eastern Antarctica -

when temperatures hit 40 degrees above normal,

shocking scientists, convinced that Eastern Antarctica was stable.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1088840912/antarctica-ice-shelf-collapses

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Sustaining Civilization as We've Known It,

For The Last 10,000 Years
Looks Less Realistic Year by Year . . .

In 2021, the amount of C02 in the atmosphere reached

"A Level Not Seen In

4 MILLION YEARS,"
("when sea levels were 78 feet higher.")

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/07/1004097672/atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-fueling-climate-change-

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"Dangerous Heat Waves" in 2022

Engulfed Europe, England, China, Asia, Middle East, N. Africa & the US - endangering public health, increasing drought, drying up grain fields,

and igniting catastrophic wildfires.

ttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/12/dangerous-hearts-china-us-europe

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150083/heatwaves-and-fires-scorch-europe-africa

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Hurricane Ida

Slammed into the Louisiana Coast in 2021,

with 150 mph sustained winds and 172 mph gusts!

It broke hundreds of abandoned underwater pipelines and platforms

in the Gulf of Mexico, causing 300+ toxic leaks & oil spills.

The furocious Category 4 storm's tornados and historic flooding caused deaths and destruction all the way into the northeast.

August 29, 2021 Hurricane Ida landfall news | CNN

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"Alaskan Glaciers Are Melting 100 Times Faster

Than Peviously Thought."

"From the Polar Caps

to the glaciers of Europe, Asia and South America,

global warming is melting the planet’s ice faster than ever,

and speeding the inundation of the world’s coastlines".

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/07/alaskan-glaciers-

melting-faster-than-previously-thought/

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"The Highest Temperature Ever Recorded

Above the ARCTIC CIRCLE -

100.4 degrees Fahrenheit,

occurred in Siberia on June 20, 2020"

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/un-confirms-hottest-temperature-

ever-recorded-in-the-arctic-in-2020-18097

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And in 2019

During Alaska's Hottest Summer Ever (before 2020),

"The sea ice completely melted away."

"There was NO sea ice

within 150 miles from the shoreline. None."

Reported by the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy

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"WHEN RISING SEAS HIT HOME"

- a downloadable book

http://www.ucsusa.org/global-warming/global-warming-impacts/when-rising-seas-hit-home

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"NH Faces Chronic Inundation"

-- according to the Union of Concerned Scientists

http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2017/07/when-rising-seas-hit-home-

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"The Era of Global Warming Has Ended.

The Era of

Global Boiling Has Arrived."

- UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1139162

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"Two Thirds of North American Birds

Are at An Increasing Risk of Extinction

Due to Climate Change and Higher Temperatures."

"389 Bird Species Are On the Brink"

And 80 species of NH's bird populations are diminishing.

https://www.audubon.org/climate/survivalbydegrees

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"Historic New England Fishing Industry

Faces Warming World"

"As the waters off our coast warm because of climate change,

the industry will face continuing challenges."

Cod and lobsters are moving to colder waters.

Many other species are diminishing due to ocean acidification

and loss of oxygen - caused by the ocean's absorption of C02.

Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aac9819

Historic New England fishing industry faces warming world - CBS

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"There Is a Biodiversity Crisis in NH"

"The Rapid Rate of Change in Our Climate

Is Already Affecting Plants and Wildlife in New Hampshire".

"Some species are already struggling to adapt."

Some are threatened", "endangered," or even undergoing "die-offs", including

Moose, Brook Trout, Common Loons, Canada Lynx, N.E. Cottontails, Blanding's Turtles, Karner Blue Butterflies, N. Atlantic Right Whales and 80 species of birds in NH, plus Ash trees, White Pines, Hemlocks and Maples.

The animals at risk due to N.H's biodiversity crisis | New Hampshire Public Radio (nhpr.org)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/climate/new-england-trees-forests

.https://lNew England’s Forests Are Sick. They Need More Tree Doctors. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=E210US1485G0&p=NH+trees+struggling+with+climate+change

+Hemlocks%2C+Maples+and+Ash

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"Today the Planet is Warming 10 Times Faster

Than Any Time in the Last

65 Million Years."

"We are living through the sixth mass extinction of life."

"T he 6th Mass Extinction Really Has Begun, Scientists Warn in Newly Published Study : Science

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Scientists Are Freaking Out"

"The heat we're seeing shouldn't be happening

for 20 YEARS !"

And the heat in the oceans may be impacting

the Atlantic current (AMOC) -- critical for climate stability.

Scientists are freaking out about surging temperatures. POLITICO

Gulf Stream current could collapse in 2025, plunging Earth into climate chaos: 'We were actually bewildered' | Live

Science The Ocean Apocalypse Is Upon Us, Maybe - Nautilus

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"The Arctic is on fire. . .

surpassing volcanoes as major climate transformers on Earth."

"Alaska's tundra has been virtually fire-free for the last 11,000 years,"

"and has stored carbon for millennia."

But now, it is emitting more carbon than it stores

due to wildfires and permafrost thaw."

It is "shifting the Arctic from storing carbon to being a carbon emitter".

www.bbc.com › 20190822-why-is-the-arctic-on-fireWhy the Arctic is smoldering - BBC https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/11/24318690/fire-arctic-report-card-carbon-climate-change

www.nytimes.com › worrying-signs-arctic

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"Melting Faster Than Ever:

Greenland Loses 610 Gigatons of Ice in One Summer" - University of Barcelona September 29, 2024

"Greenland’s ice melt has doubled in frequency since the mid-20th century, leading to significant global and regional climate implications, including risks to Europe’s weather patterns"

Melting Faster Than Ever: Greenland Loses 610 Gigatons of Ice in One Summer (scitechdaily.com)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/global-catastrophe-warning-in-2025-as-1-600-year-old-cycle- collapses/ar-AA1rKk6y

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"The Overshoot Myth: A Strategic Threat to Global Stability"

"Leading scientists say the belief

that humanity can overshoot the global warming targets

and then fix the situation later with advanced technologies

is a very dangerous myth. It is deemed

to be one of the biggest threats facing global stability and security."

The Overshoot Myth: A Strategic Threat to Global Stability (msn.com)

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Support for Renewable Energy Grows

As Battery Storage Gets a Boost

The utility Southern California Edison to build seven lithium-ion

battery storage projects that add up to enough to power a small city.

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"Methane Drives Sea Level Rise for Centuries"

Washington Post, 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/201/

7/01/09/methane-may-not-last-long-in-the-atmosphere-but-it-drives-rising-seas-

for-hundreds-of-years/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3dd34950d544

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"Climate Disruptions are Public Health Threats

Physicians for Social Responsibility

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"Urgent and Unprecedented Changes

Are Needed."

"We only have 10 more years to significantly

mitigate catastrophic climate change."

Warning from the UN IPCC in 2018 - in other words, by 2028

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"To Preserve a Livable Climate,

greenhouse-gas emissions must be reduced to net 0 by 2050."

https://www.un.org/climate-change

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New Federal Campaign to Help Combat Climate Change -

Cutting Nitrous Oxide Pollution

"It's lesser known but is a dirty gas that drives rising global temperatures,"

Reducing industrial and other sources of nitrous oxide emissions

"can be a quick and cost-effective way to pump the brakes

on atmospheric damage, and lead to cleaner air and water in our communities."

www.whitehouse.gov › briefing-room › statements

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"How the Climate Crisis

Became an Insurance Crisis"

"Insurers are abandoning homeowners as climate crisis worsens"

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/climate/how-the-climate-crisis-became-an-insurance-crisis.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20241222&instance_id=142947&nl=climate

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"The people cannot be safe without information.”

- Thomas Jefferson

Legal Challenges From Youth

"Hawaii agreed to take action

to decarbonize its transportation system by 2045

to settle a lawsuit by 13 young people --

alleging the state was violating their rights under its constitution

with infrastructure that contributes to GHG emissions

and climate change."

And

Another Legal Case Was Won By Montana Youth --

"challenging the state's use of and support for fossil fuels,

contrary to its Constitution's commitment

to protect the health and wellbeing of its youth."

Hawaii agrees to 'groundbreaking' settlement of youth climate by case | Reuters

Judge Rules in Favor of Montana Youths in a Landmark Climate Case - The New York Times (nytimes)

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Small-Scale Solar Reduces Pollution

"It also avoids the release of health-harming sulfur dioxide,

nitrogen oxides (super potent GHG) and particulate matter,

yielding public health savings in the $ millions."

- From a 2020 economic report from Clean Energy NH.

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Plankton Decline Across Oceans as The Waters Warm

"Phytoplankton is the fuel on which marine ecosystems run.

So a decline of phytoplankton

affects everything up the food chain."

(Science Daily, 7/28/10).

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"The Arctic has Entered an Unprecedented State

that Threatens the Entire Planet"

- Report from a 50 year long study- 4/9/19

https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/04/09/new-study-shows-the-arctic

-has-entered-an-unprecedented-state-that-threatens-the-entire-planet/

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In 2023, "Earth Had Its Hottest Day, Week and Month

in 120,000 YEARS."

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4086841-were-experiencing-earths

hottestweather-in-120000-years-and-its-just-getting-started/

And

"July 4, 2023 Was the Hottest Day on Earth

in 125,000 years!" (until 7/24)

://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/07/05/july-4-was-earths-hottest-day-in-over-100000-years-breaing-record-for-2nd-day-in-a-row/?sh=1b31283167dd.T

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These Are the Hottest Temperatures in Recorded History

Headlines and Clips

Greenland Loses 610 Gigatons of Ice in One Summer" - University of Barcelona September 29, 2024

www.whitehouse.gov › briefing-room › statements

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"How the Climate Crisis

Became an Insurance Crisis"

"Insurers are abandoning homeowners as climate crisis worsens"

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/climate/how-the-climate-crisis-became-an-insurance-crisis.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20241222&instance_id=142947&nl=climate

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