[GWSG] Building emissions control; sovereign wealth investments; sea butterflies; sea heatwaves; GND feasibility; C farming

[Tilley, Al]

1. California’s Building Decarbonization Coalition has released a plan to bring carbon emissions from the sector to zero by 2045. Buildings now account for 26% of the state’s emissions. This is a model approach to a problem area in emissions control.  https://archpaper.com/2019/02/california-building-decarbonization-coalition/?trk_msg=7TNQADC26JAKTCP6E23DKTC40C&trk_contact=PRLDMSQ3ARR6JO25O7L872SE7G&trk_module=new&trk_sid=J5G8TC6OTTMVKUKKLUTNVR7AJO&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=California%E2%80%99s+Building+Decarbonization+Coalition+plans+to+green+building+operationsAs+D.C.+shuffles+it+feet%2c+Californians+are+banding+together+to+help+the+state+meet+agressive+emission+reduction+numbers.&utm_campaign=Californians+fight+climate+change%2c+the+five-star+treatment+goes+underwater%2c+New+Delhi+gets+a+new+U.S
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California’s Building Decarbonization Coalition plans to green building operations<https://archpaper.com/2019/02/california-building-decarbonization-coalition/?trk_msg=7TNQADC26JAKTCP6E23DKTC40C&trk_contact=PRLDMSQ3ARR6JO25O7L872SE7G&trk_module=new&trk_sid=J5G8TC6OTTMVKUKKLUTNVR7AJO&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=California%E2%80%99s+Building+Decarbonization+Coalition+plans+to+green+building+operationsAs+D.C.+shuffles+it+feet%2c+Californians+are+banding+together+to+help+the+state+meet+agressive+emission+reduction+numbers.&utm_campaign=Californians+fight+climate+change%2c+the+five-star+treatment+goes+underwater%2c+New+Delhi+gets+a+new+U.S>
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California’s Building Decarbonization Coalition has laid out a plan to eliminate carbon emissions from the state's building operations.



2. Sovereign wealth funds have invested only .2% of their assets in renewable energy. They have been reluctant to move investments from fossil fuels. Over 70 such funds, which derive the majority of their wealth from fossil fuels, control about $8 trillion in assets. The World Economic Forum observes that they are better equipped to invest in the energy transition than are private funds. Their impact could be great, and fossil fuels are increasingly a losing bet anyway.  https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/03/isnt-it-time-to-devote-sovereign-wealth-funds-to-tackle-climate-change/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=0f84ca68a5-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-0f84ca68a5-331994013
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Isn't It Time To Devote Sovereign Wealth Funds To Tackle Climate Change? | CleanTechnica<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/03/isnt-it-time-to-devote-sovereign-wealth-funds-to-tackle-climate-change/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=0f84ca68a5-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-0f84ca68a5-331994013>
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Carolyn Fortuna Carolyn Fortuna, Ph.D. is a writer, researcher, and educator with a lifelong dedication to ecojustice. She's won awards from the Anti-Defamation League, The International Literacy ...



3.   Wild sea butterflies, tiny sea snails, are already losing their shells to ocean acidification. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/the-shells-of-wild-sea-butterflies-are-already-dissolving/
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The Shells of Wild Sea Butterflies Are Already Dissolving | Hakai Magazine<https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/the-shells-of-wild-sea-butterflies-are-already-dissolving/>
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The canaries foretelling ocean acidification fly through the water on winglike feet, lofting their tiny curl of a shell behind them. And those shells are dissolving. For more than a decade, laboratory studies and models have warned of the vulnerability of pteropods—tiny sea snails also known as ...



4. Regional ocean heatwaves are like wildfires on land, wiping out whole areas of kelp, coral, and organisms from plankton to sea mammals. The heatwaves have tripled in the last few years. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/04/heatwaves-sweeping-oceans-like-wildfires-scientists-reveal
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Heatwaves sweeping oceans ‘like wildfires’, scientists reveal | Environment | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/04/heatwaves-sweeping-oceans-like-wildfires-scientists-reveal>
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Extreme temperatures destroy kelp, seagrass and corals – with alarming impacts for humanity



5. The New Yorker’s John Cassidy takes a hard look at the possibility of carrying out the Green New Deal, and the prospect is encouraging. https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-good-news-about-a-green-new-deal
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The Good News About a Green New Deal | The New Yorker<https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-good-news-about-a-green-new-deal>
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Underlying a lot of the optimism is a steep fall in the cost of generating electricity from renewable sources. With the development of bigger wind turbines, the cost reductions associated with ...



6. In combination with other emissions control strategies, agricultural practices have the potential to sequester enough carbon to take us back to safe levels of atmospheric carbon. A third of the carbon in in air now used to be in the soil. Carbon farming can return it there.  https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/05/back-to-the-earth-carbon-farming-the-green-new-deal/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=e8376d4cb4-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-e8376d4cb4-331994013
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Back To The Earth: Carbon Farming & The Green New Deal | CleanTechnica<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/05/back-to-the-earth-carbon-farming-the-green-new-deal/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=e8376d4cb4-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-e8376d4cb4-331994013>
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Carolyn Fortuna Carolyn Fortuna, Ph.D. is a writer, researcher, and educator with a lifelong dedication to ecojustice. She's won awards from the Anti-Defamation League, The International Literacy ...



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