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Real journalists seek the truth with no preconcieved notions and report facts without personal opinion.<BR>
Considering that Mark Hertsgaard attempted this "interview" with members of the Sierra Club and Generation Hot in tow, it is only obvious that Hertsgaard had intention of reporting, only inflaming.<BR>
At best, Hertsgaard engages in editorializing. In practice, he does nothing than generate propaganda for a cause he believes in.<BR>
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> From: vision2020-request@moscow.com<BR>> Subject: Vision2020 Digest, Vol 56, Issue 192<BR>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:10:13 -0800<BR>> <BR>> Send Vision2020 mailing list submissions to<BR>> vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> <BR>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>> http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/vision2020<BR>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>> vision2020-request@moscow.com<BR>> <BR>> You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>> vision2020-owner@moscow.com<BR>> <BR>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>> than "Re: Contents of Vision2020 digest..."<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Today's Topics:<BR>> <BR>> 1. The Human Toll (Tom Hansen)<BR>> 2. "The Swift Demise of Rep. Christopher Lee" by Calvin Trillin<BR>> (Tom Hansen)<BR>> 3. Video of Journalist Hertsgaard Confronting Senator Inhofe<BR>> (2-15-11) on Climate Change Science (Ted Moffett)<BR>> 4. The Presidents' Day Education Rally (Moscow Cares)<BR>> 5. The Presidents' Day Education Rally (Moscow Cares)<BR>> 6. U of I: 20 Million Climate Science Grant: U of I Scientist<BR>> Von Walden: Regional Ave. Temp. Expected Increase 2 Celsius by<BR>> 2050. (Ted Moffett)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 1<BR>> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:20:20 -0800 (PST)<BR>> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] The Human Toll<BR>> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Message-ID: <2a8e046b2d17da91bff9d8eebf4ad932.squirrel@secure.fsr.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1<BR>> <BR>> Courtesy of the February 28, 2011 edition of the Army Times ?<BR>> <BR>> ---------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> The following U.S. service members died while supporting Operation New<BR>> Dawn in Iraq, confirmed by the Defense Department from February 11, 2011<BR>> through February 17, 2011:<BR>> <BR>> Army Sgt. Lashawn D. Evans, 24, of Columbia, South Carolina; assigned to<BR>> the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, Combat<BR>> Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.<BR>> <BR>> Air Force Airman 1st Class Christoffer P. Johnson, 20, of Clarksville,<BR>> Tennessee; assigned to the 423rd Security Forces Squadron, Royal Air Force<BR>> Alconbury, England.<BR>> <BR>> Air Force Airman 1st Class Corey C. Owens, 26, of San Antonio, Texas;<BR>> assigned to the 47th Security Forces Squadron, Laughlin Air Force Base,<BR>> Texas.<BR>> <BR>> February 11, 2011 ? February 17, 2011<BR>> Killed: 3; Wounded in action: 1<BR>> <BR>> March 19, 2003 ? February 17, 2011<BR>> Killed: 4,429; wounded in action: 32,039<BR>> <BR>> -------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> The following U.S. service members died while supporting Operation<BR>> Enduring Freedom combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the<BR>> Defense Department from February 11, 2011 through February 17, 2011:<BR>> <BR>> Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew P. Carpenter, 27, of Columbia, Tennessee;<BR>> assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division,<BR>> II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.<BR>> <BR>> Marine Sgt. Matthew J. Deyoung, 26, of Talent, Oregon; assigned to the 2nd<BR>> Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary<BR>> Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.<BR>> <BR>> Army Staff Sgt. Bradley C. Hart, 25, of Perrysburg, Ohio; assigned to the<BR>> U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.<BR>> <BR>> Army Spc. Jonathan A. Pilgeram, 22, of Great Falls, Montana; assigned to<BR>> the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st<BR>> Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.<BR>> <BR>> February 11, 2011 ? February 17, 2011<BR>> Killed: 4; Wounded in action: 34<BR>> <BR>> October 10, 2001 ? February 17, 2011<BR>> Killed: 1,465; Wounded in action: 10,342<BR>> <BR>> -------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated<BR>> (as of February 15, 2011)<BR>> <BR>> http://www.defense.gov/news/d20110215ngr.pdf<BR>> <BR>> ---------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> And the beat goes on . . .<BR>> <BR>> ?Bring 'em Home"<BR>> <BR>> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3<BR>> <BR>> "If you love this land of the free<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> Bring them back from overseas<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> <BR>> It will make the politicians sad, I know<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> They wanna tangle with their foe<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> <BR>> They wanna test their grand theories<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> With the blood of you and me<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> <BR>> Now we'll give no more brave young lives<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> For the gleam in someone else's eyes<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> <BR>> The men will cheer and the boys will shout<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> Yeah and we will all turn out<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> <BR>> The church bells will ring with joy<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> To welcome our darlin' girls and boys<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> <BR>> We will lift our voice and sound<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home<BR>> Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home<BR>> Bring 'em home, bring 'em home."<BR>> <BR>> ---------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Pro patria,<BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> SFC, US Army (Retired)<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the<BR>> tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."<BR>> <BR>> -- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 2<BR>> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:04:16 -0800 (PST)<BR>> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] "The Swift Demise of Rep. Christopher Lee" by<BR>> Calvin Trillin<BR>> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Message-ID: <acc00d33e489b51904b278848d749daf.squirrel@secure.fsr.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1<BR>> <BR>> I'm sure glad y'all like poetry.<BR>> <BR>> I got loads more like this one.<BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> "The Swift Demise of Rep. Christopher Lee"<BR>> By Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet<BR>> <BR>> A member of Congress named Christopher Lee?<BR>> A buff enough member, we all would agree?<BR>> Was hoping on Craigslist to go on a spree.<BR>> So, shirtless, he posted a ?How about me???<BR>> Not knowing that someone with Google could see<BR>> He wasn't the guy he?d pretended to be,<BR>> And, yes, he was married and thus hardly free.<BR>> Now Christopher Lee is naught but debris.<BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<BR>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR>> <BR>> - Unknown<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 3<BR>> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:25:37 -0800<BR>> From: Ted Moffett <starbliss@gmail.com><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] Video of Journalist Hertsgaard Confronting<BR>> Senator Inhofe (2-15-11) on Climate Change Science<BR>> To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <AANLkTikNiev3PeOfZrENggSeHGvntw6aEw2_kHd5G8kO@mail.gmail.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<BR>> <BR>> Video and audio of confrontation with Inhofe can be experienced at<BR>> website below. The fallout from this confrontation in the<BR>> political/media arena is described below:<BR>> <BR>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-hertsgaard/climate-cranks-gin-up-the_b_825995.html<BR>> <BR>> Mark Hertsgaard.Author, 'Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth'<BR>> Posted: February 21, 2011 11:33 AM<BR>> <BR>> Climate Cranks Gin Up the Right Wing Noise Machine<BR>> <BR>> The right-wing media machine is a large part of the reason why denial<BR>> of climate change persists in the United States long after the rest of<BR>> the world has acknowledged the problem. Over the past few days, I've<BR>> gotten a close-up look at how the machine works, because I've been its<BR>> target.<BR>> <BR>> Last Tuesday, February 15, I went to Capitol Hill on a mission: to<BR>> confront the climate cranks who still refuse to accept what virtually<BR>> every major scientific organization in the world, starting with our<BR>> own National Academy of Sciences, has concluded: man-made climate<BR>> change is real, happening now and extremely dangerous.<BR>> <BR>> I also wanted to highlight a fact I have often marveled at during my<BR>> twenty years of writing about climate change in books and for leading<BR>> publications around the world, including Vanity Fair, Time, The Nation<BR>> and most recently Politico. That fact is: virtually every major<BR>> political party in the world -- except for the Republicans in this<BR>> country -- accepts this mainstream scientific conclusion.<BR>> <BR>> Yet the average American would not know this is the case. Why not?<BR>> Because discussion about climate change in the U.S. is dominated by<BR>> how the issue is framed by politicians and the media in Washington.<BR>> And inside the Beltway, denial of mainstream climate science is<BR>> regarded as a legitimate opinion rather than as an unfounded oddity.<BR>> <BR>> As I wrote in an opinion article for Politico that appeared the<BR>> morning I visited Capitol Hill and that seems to have enraged the<BR>> right-wing, "If one judged solely by recent [U.S.] media coverage, one<BR>> would think that the deniers have a point. In an embarrassing display<BR>> of political gullibility and scientific illiteracy, news organizations<BR>> have repeatedly played into the deniers' hands: by implicitly<BR>> endorsing the deniers' unfounded accusations of fraud against<BR>> scientists whose emails were stolen, by portraying a single error<BR>> within a thousand page report by the Intergovernmental Panel on<BR>> Climate Change as reason to question the entirety of mainstream<BR>> climate science, and then by abandoning the climate story over the<BR>> past twelve months, even as mainstream scientists were turning out one<BR>> landmark study after another clarifying the extreme peril facing<BR>> civilization."<BR>> <BR>> And here's why this journalistic failure matters so much:<BR>> <BR>> "Despite having no more scientific credibility than the Flat Earth<BR>> Society, the climate cranks have held our nation's climate policy<BR>> hostage for decades now. One reason the United States has done so<BR>> little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the past twenty years<BR>> is that our government and media have listened as much to climate<BR>> cranks as to real scientists."<BR>> <BR>> So, accompanied by members of the Sierra Club and Generation Hot --<BR>> the two billion young people around the world who have been condemned<BR>> to spend the rest of their lives coping with the hottest climate our<BR>> civilization has ever known -- I went to Capitol Hill to call the<BR>> cranks to account and urge my colleagues in the rest of the media to<BR>> do a better job of presenting the scientific truth about climate<BR>> change.<BR>> <BR>> We spoke with a number of leading deniers, most notably Republican<BR>> Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma. Inhofe had no response when asked<BR>> why his Republicans are the only major political party in the world<BR>> that still denies the science behind climate change. Instead, he said<BR>> his scientists knew better than the overwhelming majority of<BR>> scientists who say climate change is real and dangerous. Later, a<BR>> leading public relations official for energy companies told us "the<BR>> science doesn't matter."<BR>> <BR>> You can watch our video of the event here:<BR>> <BR>> It didn't take long for the right-wing media machine to start its<BR>> attack. Inhofe's office posted its own video of our encounter a few<BR>> hours later, spinning it as "an ambush" of the Senator, a charge that<BR>> was repeated when the video later appeared online on the Fox network.<BR>> (I don't call it Fox News for the simple reason that it's not a news<BR>> outfit; it's a propaganda operation.)<BR>> <BR>> It's hilarious to hear the right wing describe our questioning of<BR>> Inhofe as "an ambush," thereby portraying the Senator as a victim.<BR>> Here's what actually happened.<BR>> <BR>> Inhofe was in a committee hearing room in a Senate office building,<BR>> along with other senators. Like countless reporters have done for<BR>> countless years, I waited outside in the corridor, as did a reporter<BR>> from a trade journal, hoping to buttonhole one or more of the Senators<BR>> when they emerged. When Inhofe came out, I walked up to him,<BR>> accompanied by the Sierra Club and Generation Hot representatives, and<BR>> asked if I could ask some questions about climate science. To his<BR>> credit, Inhofe agreed and spent about six minutes debating with us.<BR>> <BR>> Memo to the right-wing media machine: that is not "an ambush." It's<BR>> called journalism, though I'm hardly surprised the Fox TV crowd<BR>> doesn't recognize the distinction.<BR>> <BR>> Instead of engaging on the substance -- most especially, the grievous<BR>> wrong being done to the young people of Generation Hot by the deniers<BR>> of climate change -- the right wing machine has tried to shift the<BR>> focus to my journalistic tactics. They complain that I ambushed and<BR>> took advantage of Senator Inhofe -- as if the Senator is an innocent<BR>> child rather than a veteran politician who is used to being asked<BR>> tough questions by journalists.<BR>> <BR>> They allege that I must have something to hide because I released an<BR>> edited rather than unedited version of my encounter with Inhofe.<BR>> Excuse me? Editing is a basic journalistic tool, used in virtually<BR>> every news story ever published, and I'm happy to share the unedited<BR>> video with anyone who asks. What's more, I have tweeted links to<BR>> Inhofe's own video -- that's how little I have something to hide.<BR>> <BR>> I did make one mistake. In the haste of introducing myself to Inhofe,<BR>> I misspoke by saying I was "with Politico." I had intended to say I<BR>> "write for Politico," which I had done just that morning in the form<BR>> of the above-mentioned opinion article. My words came out wrong, which<BR>> I regret. But I refuse to allow this small slip of the tongue to<BR>> distract from the larger issue I was pursuing with the Senator: the<BR>> terrible price our children will pay for Republicans' unfounded denial<BR>> of mainstream climate science.<BR>> <BR>> I take the right wing media machine's attacks as a badge of honor and<BR>> a sign that we drew blood. I suspect they're trying to shut down the<BR>> discussion about climate science and the impacts on our kids because<BR>> they know it's a losing conversation for them. So they try to distract<BR>> by talking about everything else.<BR>> <BR>> Nice try, guys, but it won't work. No matter how nasty and deceptive<BR>> you are, we're going to stay at this and stay at it until Americans<BR>> are no longer being taken in by your disinformation campaign.<BR>> <BR>> Meanwhile, it would be helpful if more folks who do care about<BR>> fighting climate change would speak out as well, including by<BR>> circulating our video of the confrontations. We need to keep the focus<BR>> on the science and our kids; that seems to scare the hell out of the<BR>> cranks. These people are bullies, and the only way to deal with<BR>> bullies is to stand up to them.<BR>> <BR>> Mark Hertsgaard is the author of six books that have been translated<BR>> into sixteen languages, including HOT: Living Through the Next Fifty<BR>> Years on Earth.<BR>> ------------------------------------------<BR>> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 4<BR>> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:46:57 -0800 (PST)<BR>> From: "Moscow Cares" <MoscowCares@moscow.com><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] The Presidents' Day Education Rally<BR>> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <Vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Cc: Penni Cyr <cpenni@gmail.com><BR>> Message-ID: <2fbae44573127d5df84d8f4d05503abf.squirrel@secure.fsr.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1<BR>> <BR>> Greetings Visionaires -<BR>> <BR>> The "For The People" portion of the "Moscow Cares" website has been<BR>> updated to include videos and photos of . . .<BR>> <BR>> -----------------------------<BR>> <BR>> The Presidents' Day Education Rally conducted in Friendship Square on<BR>> Monday (February 21, 2011)<BR>> <BR>> http://www.MoscowCares.com/ForThePeople/EducRally_022111.htm<BR>> <BR>> Be advised that not all videos have yet been installed to this site and<BR>> that more photos, as well, wait to be added.<BR>> <BR>> Footnote for Ms. Cyr: If you are interested in a CD of these videos and<BR>> photos (no charge, as usual), send me a mailing address and I will have it<BR>> headed your way soonest.<BR>> <BR>> -----------------------------<BR>> <BR>> You can access additional non-legislative "For The People" stuff at:<BR>> <BR>> "For The People"<BR>> http://www.MoscowCares.com/ForThePeople<BR>> <BR>> The 2011 legislative stuff is accessible at:<BR>> <BR>> "The 2011 Idaho State Legislature"<BR>> http://www.moscowcares.com/idaho/2011<BR>> <BR>> Stay tuned, and . . .<BR>> <BR>> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .<BR>> <BR>> "Moscow Cares"<BR>> http://www.MoscowCares.com<BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 5<BR>> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:54:18 -0800 (PST)<BR>> From: "Moscow Cares" <MoscowCares@moscow.com><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] The Presidents' Day Education Rally<BR>> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <Vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Cc: Penni Cyr <cpenni@gmail.com><BR>> Message-ID: <ba27b85ceea77a73a2f59215d387aea6.squirrel@secure.fsr.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1<BR>> <BR>> Greetings Visionaires -<BR>> <BR>> The "For The People" portion of the "Moscow Cares" website has been<BR>> updated to include videos and photos of . . .<BR>> <BR>> -----------------------------<BR>> <BR>> The Presidents' Day Education Rally conducted in Friendship Square on<BR>> Monday (February 21, 2011)<BR>> <BR>> http://www.MoscowCares.com/ForThePeople/EducRally_022111.htm<BR>> <BR>> Be advised that not all videos have yet been installed to this site and<BR>> that more photos, as well, wait to be added.<BR>> <BR>> Footnote for Ms. Cyr: If you are interested in a CD of these videos and<BR>> photos (no charge, as usual), send me a mailing address and I will have it<BR>> headed your way soonest.<BR>> <BR>> -----------------------------<BR>> <BR>> You can access additional non-legislative "For The People" stuff at:<BR>> <BR>> "For The People"<BR>> http://www.MoscowCares.com/ForThePeople<BR>> <BR>> The 2011 legislative stuff is accessible at:<BR>> <BR>> "The 2011 Idaho State Legislature"<BR>> http://www.moscowcares.com/idaho/2011<BR>> <BR>> Stay tuned, and . . .<BR>> <BR>> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .<BR>> <BR>> "Moscow Cares"<BR>> http://www.MoscowCares.com<BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 6<BR>> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:10:15 -0800<BR>> From: Ted Moffett <starbliss@gmail.com><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] U of I: 20 Million Climate Science Grant: U of I<BR>> Scientist Von Walden: Regional Ave. Temp. Expected Increase 2 Celsius<BR>> by 2050.<BR>> To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Cc: Letters Mail <letters@lmtribune.com><BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <AANLkTimNx=LNE05E4HXaGNnvYVLHCXhw605PcV_LssX9@mail.gmail.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>> <BR>> Editor, Lewiston Morning Tribune:<BR>> <BR>> The February 19, 2011 Joel Mills article on the U of I climate change grant<BR>> implies that adaptation, rather than mitigation, to climate change is a<BR>> rational approach to addressing the problem, given no emphasis is placed on<BR>> the necessity for substantial mitigation efforts as soon as possible.<BR>> <BR>> This is irresponsible journalism.<BR>> <BR>> I am not saying that studying the impacts and preparing to adapt to climate<BR>> change is not needed. It is needed very much, given that the scientific<BR>> evidence is compelling that significant anthropogenic impacts on Earth's<BR>> climate system are at this point unavoidable. What I am saying, is that<BR>> every discussion of adaptation should emphasize that mitigation of<BR>> continuing anthropogenic impacts that can cause continuing and more severe<BR>> climate change (CO2 emissions), is necessary.<BR>> <BR>> Mills' article below could easily lead a reader to assume that the problem<BR>> of anthropogenic climate change is being responsibly addressed via<BR>> adaptation studies. For example, the claim that regional temperatures are<BR>> expected to increase by 2 degrees Celsius by 2050, is not accompanied by the<BR>> competent science demonstrating that by 2100 much greater temperature<BR>> increases are likely.<BR>> <BR>> Consider the findings of peer reviewed published science from MIT in 2009,<BR>> regarding potential temperature increases by 2100: "Probabilistic Forecast<BR>> for 21st Century Climate Based on Uncertainties in Emissions (without<BR>> Policy) and Climate<BR>> Parameters"<http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F2009JCLI2863.1&ct=1><BR>> The new projections, published in the American Meteorological Society's<BR>> Journal of Climate, indicate a median probability of surface warming of 5.2<BR>> degrees Celsius by 2100, with a 90% probability range of 3.5 to 7.4 degrees.<BR>> <BR>> The adaptations taken to adjust to a regional temperature increase of 2<BR>> degrees Celsius by 2050 could be rendered inadequate considering the<BR>> temperature increases predicted by this MIT study for 2100. To not address<BR>> this point is to not inform the reader of the substantial risks posed by not<BR>> immediately implementing substantial reductions in CO2 emissions, as the MIT<BR>> paper referenced here indicates.<BR>> <BR>> Ted Moffett<BR>> 1097 Canyon Rd.<BR>> Moscow, Idaho 83843<BR>> 208-882-8643<BR>> email: starbliss@gmail.com<BR>> <BR>> News article below from the Lewiston Morning Tribune<BR>> http://www.techzone360.com/news/2011/02/19/5324934.htm<BR>> <BR>> *February 19, 2011*<BR>> <BR>> UI gets grant to study climate change<BR>> <BR>> MOSCOW, Feb 19, 2011 (The Lewiston Morning Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune<BR>> Information Services via COMTEX) -- The University of Idaho announced the<BR>> largest single grant in its history Friday, a $20 million award to study and<BR>> plan for how climate change will affect cereal grain production in the<BR>> Pacific Northwest.<BR>> <BR>> The five-year U.S. Department of Agriculture grant will be administered by<BR>> the UI and shared with Washington State University and the University of<BR>> Oregon.<BR>> <BR>> "Warmer weather and more variable precipitation are coming," said UI<BR>> entomologist Sanford Eigenbrode by phone from Washington, D.C.<BR>> <BR>> That change in climate will require a change in how Northwest farmers<BR>> operate so crop yields and agricultural jobs can be protected, Eigenbrode<BR>> said.<BR>> <BR>> He and a multidisciplinary team from the three land-grant universities will<BR>> focus on the cereal production systems of the Columbia River basin and<BR>> plateau and the Palouse to adjust management strategies under the projected<BR>> climate change scenarios for the region.<BR>> <BR>> Cereal grains are a large portion of the regional economy, with sales of<BR>> $1.5 billion in 2009. That year, the Northwest grew 13 percent of the<BR>> nation's wheat and 80 percent of its soft white wheat exports, according to<BR>> the UI.<BR>> <BR>> UI geography professors Von P. Walden and John Abatzoglou said regional<BR>> average temperatures are expected to rise by 2 degrees Celsius by 2050.<BR>> <BR>> "It shifts the distribution of temperatures so that you might realize more<BR>> extreme events," Walden said.<BR>> <BR>> That could mean decreased snowpacks due to more rain than snowfall, he said.<BR>> <BR>> To put a 2 degree Celsius increase in temperature in perspective, Walden<BR>> said that during the last ice age, the planet was only 8-10 degrees Celsius<BR>> colder than today. "So a 2 degree Celsius change in the other direction is a<BR>> pretty big difference." The grant announcement brought together<BR>> administrators, faculty members, students and the media -- both in person<BR>> and via teleconference -- in the UI agricultural science and biotechnology<BR>> buildings.<BR>> <BR>> Deans spoke about the importance of the research for the future of crop<BR>> production, education and team building within and between their respective<BR>> institutions. Vice presidents spoke of the importance of federal funding to<BR>> supplement ever-shrinking state support for research.<BR>> <BR>> But the future of the entire $20 million grant is uncertain. With<BR>> Republicans in Congress pushing for deep budget cuts, especially in the<BR>> areas of earmarks and special projects, some worried the celebration could<BR>> be short-lived.<BR>> <BR>> "All of the funding agencies are in the crosshairs right now," UI Vice<BR>> President for Research and Economic Development Jack McIver said.<BR>> <BR>> The first year of funding for the project is committed, "as far as I know,"<BR>> McIver said. But funding for the remaining years will be up to Congress.<BR>> <BR>> Without federal funding, this type of work will be impossible, said John<BR>> Hammel, dean of the UI College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.<BR>> <BR>> "These competitive grants are going to be more and more important to getting<BR>> these projects done," Hammel said.<BR>> <BR>> Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Sonny<BR>> Ramasway, speaking by phone, said projects like the climate change study are<BR>> already being hit hard in current budget proposals in the U.S. House of<BR>> Representatives. Defunding them will harm American competitiveness in global<BR>> markets, he said.<BR>> <BR>> And McIver said the funding will save faculty and staff jobs at the<BR>> universities, and keep some faculty members from leaving for better-paying<BR>> jobs by supplementing their salaries. It will also fund more than a dozen<BR>> new graduate students.<BR>> <BR>> The educational aspect of the project will also reach into K-12 classrooms,<BR>> Eigenbrode said. The universities have already conducted a survey of 1,000<BR>> teachers to see what kinds of materials and knowledge they need to<BR>> incorporate climate change lessons in their classrooms.<BR>> <BR>> Eventually, summer training sessions for teachers will be conducted, he<BR>> said.<BR>> <BR>> In all, 22 principal investigators, 14 graduate students, three<BR>> post-graduate researchers and several technical and administrative staffers<BR>> will work on the project. Their areas of expertise include agronomy, climate<BR>> and atmospheric science, entomology, plant science, weed science, sociology,<BR>> soil science, ecology, agricultural economics, education and extension and<BR>> information science.<BR>> <BR>> Mills may be contacted at jmills@lmtribune.com or (208) 883-0564.<BR>> <BR>> To see more of The Lewiston Morning Tribune or to subscribe to the<BR>> newspaper, go to http://www.lmtribune.com. Copyright (c) 2011, The Lewiston<BR>> Morning Tribune, Idaho Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information<BR>> Services. 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