[GWSG] ALEC plot; forests; $0 fuel; Arctic heat; jumpy rockfish; more heat; Mandela; more firemen; rooftop + batteries

[Tilley, Al]

 1.  ALEC is on a campaign to legislate against clean energy.  When it did not succeed in repealing state renewable energy standards last year it devised less direct attacks.    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/04/alec-freerider-homeowners-assault-clean-energy
ALEC has lost about a third of its corporate funding since it became public that it is behind the stand your ground gun laws.  The campaign against environmental initiatives is part of a coordinated right wing package which includes attacks on public education, health care, and state pension systems, and goes beyond ALEC.  It is coordinated by the State Policy Network.  The Guardian has secured its general plans.  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/state-conservative-groups-assault-education-health-tax

2.  Doug Boucher of UCS answers questions about the forest agreement at Warsaw.  http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/12/qa-on-the-forest-agreement-in-warsaw.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+news/rss/newsblog+News+Blog+-+Blog+Posts

3.  How to structure an energy market when the fuel cost drops to zero?   With over 25% renewable energy, Germany is already dealing with the happy challenge.  http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/what-happens-when-the-energy-price-falls-to-zero-99309

4.  As the Arctic warms it fixes more carbon through increased open water and warmer summers, but may eventually end up the source a significant net increase because of winter heating.    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=will-arctic-meltdown-produce-more-greenhouse-gases-or-less

5.  Increasing ocean acidity is making rockfish (and perhaps others) more anxious and leads to behavioral changes.  http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-fish-anxiety-ocean-acidification-20131205,0,5400146.story#axzz2mlHx8dhY

6.  Arctic warming is likely contributing to heat waves and drought in the northern midlatitudes.  http://news.yahoo.com/shrinking-arctic-sea-ice-means-scorching-us-summers-205420601.html

7.  Nelson Mandela was a climate activist who organized pressure for economic justice regarding the effects of climate disruption.   http://grist.org/climate-energy/justice-giant-remembering-mandela-and-his-fight-for-climate-justice/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed

8.  An Australian study anticipates doubling the number of firefighters by 2030 to cope with the increased fires.  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/09/firefighter-numbers-will-need-to-double-by-2030-climate-council

9.  Solar City, which installs rooftop solar power and sells it to the homeowners, will use Tesla Motors to supply batteries intended to even out the power production.  Both companies are managed by Elon Musk.  The arrangement is expected to lower the cost of such batteries through economies of scale.  http://www.technologyreview.com/news/522226/solarcity-using-tesla-batteries-aims-to-bring-solar-power-to-the-masses/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_source=newsletter-weekly-energy&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20131209
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