Retiring Guy's Digest

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Is not printing enough ballots considered a money-saving service?

Ballot shortages reported in Oakland County; voters told to wait. (Detroit Free Press, 8/7/2018)

Voters in numerous communities across Oakland County were shocked Tuesday afternoon and evening when they tried to vote and were told, "Sorry! We're out of ballots." The shortage was blamed on an unexpectedly big turnout for the primary election, typically ignored by many voters, as well as on some voters creating "spoiled ballots" when they tried to vote for candidates of more than one party — a practice not allowed in Michigan primary elections.

Climate change as a matter of fact: In Iowa, front-page news in the Des Moines Register

Screenshot from Des Moines Register Daily Top 5 email

Reported in Iowa is getting hotter, bringing more frequent and intense storms. (Des Moiens Register, 8/9/2018)

Previous climate change as a matter of fact posts:
Africa
Cape Town, South Africa. (1/31/2018)
Kenya. (7/23/2017)

Asia
Record heat in Japan raises concerns over 2020 Olympics. (7/23/2018)
Wet bulb temperatures in India. (7/21/2018)
Lebanon's cedar trees. (7/19/2018)
Rising seas + draining underground aquifers = Jakarta disaster. (12/22/2017)

Australia and the Pacific
Dying coral of the Great Barrier Reef. (4/22/2018)
Easter Island. (3/18/2018)
Green sea turtles of the Great Barrier Reef. (1/11/2018)
Kiribati. (7/6/2016)

Europe
Portugal. (6/19/2017)
The Netherlands. (6/19/2017)
Norway, Finland, and Sweden. (7/19/2018)

North America
Miami, again. (6/14/2018)
May 2018 record heat in U.S. (6/9/2018)
Miami. (5/4/2018)
Melting outdoor ice rinks in Canada. (3/21/2018)
Gulf of Maine. (3/8/2018)
Jean Lafitte, Louisiana. (2/26/2018)
Lodi, Wisconsin. (2/3/2018)
Maine shrimp season. (12/27/2017)
California fires. (12/8/2017)
Wisconsin. (11/16/2017)
Hampton Roads, Virginia. (11/4/2017)
Georgia peach orchards. (9/18/2017)
Northeast U.S. pine forests. (8/29/2017)
Tangier Island, Virginia.  (8/25/2017)
South of the Arctic Circle in Alaska. (8/25/2017)
New Orleans.  (8/12/2017)
Mexico City.  (2/19/2017)
Kansas. (1/29/2017)
Moose of Maine.  (1/21/2017)
Florida Keys.  (1/14/2017)
California wine country. (1/11/2017)
Kaktovik, Alaska. (12/20/2016)
Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. (7/7/2016)

Polar regions
Disappearing old ice in Arctic. (6/4/2018)
North Pole. (2/28/2018)
Beavers migrate to Arctic. (12/24 /2017)
Shrinking sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. (12/14/2017)
Emaciated polar bear. (12/9/2017)

South America
Peru. (11/26/2017)
Brazil. (6/8/2017)
Bolivia. (7/11/2016)
Peru, (5/21/2016)

U.S. Military
Military prepares for reality of climate change, rising seas. (8/11/2018)
U.S. military bases around the world. (1/8/2018)
U.S. Department of Defense. (12/16/2017)
U.S. military bases. (9/22/2017)

Worldwide
Not just a wake-up call anymore. (8/10/2018)

UPDATE. The case for optimism shrinks

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/10/2018)

Original 8/3/2018 post, "The Emperor of Coal is wearing no clothes", starts here.

@realDonaldTrump

From 4/9/2018 USA Today article:
Coal employment and production are up just slightly, coal consumption is down, and coal prices have fallen a little below where they were the day that Trump took office.

“I don’t think Trump has had any effect on coal so far,” said Noah Kaufman, a research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy.

The data may not show it, but coal leaders are adamant that Trump already has had a positive influence on their industry. For the first time in years, they say, miners are daring to feel optimistic about coal’s prospects.

Madison.com, 8/3/2018