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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>In Florida, Progress Energy and Gulf Power both plan to offer a $2 a watt rebate toward solar panels, along with other clean energy incentives.
</font><a href="http://www.panhandleparade.com/index.php/mbb/article/public_service_commission_approves_gulf_powers_new_renewable_energy_pr/mbb7727881/#ixzz1BzR3qzpU"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.panhandleparade.com/index.php/mbb/article/public_service_commission_approves_gulf_powers_new_renewable_energy_pr/mbb7727881/#ixzz1BzR3qzpU</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.wakulla.com/Announcements/Community/Progress_Energy_Florida_to_Launch_Expanded_Solar_Energy_Program_in_March_2011020211462/"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.wakulla.com/Announcements/Community/Progress_Energy_Florida_to_Launch_Expanded_Solar_Energy_Program_in_March_2011020211462/</font></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The US Department of Energy runs an Energy Savers page with tools and tips for homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.energysavers.gov/"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.energysavers.gov/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The DSIRE site is the best comprehensive listing of energy incentives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.dsireusa.org/"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.dsireusa.org/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Here is the USGBC’s Green Home Guide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://greenhomeguide.com/"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://greenhomeguide.com/</font></a></p>
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</span>Combined heat and drought have a marked impact on corn yields.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The article focuses on Africa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-14/corn-may-be-more-vulnerable-to-warming-stanford-study-shows.html"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-14/corn-may-be-more-vulnerable-to-warming-stanford-study-shows.html</font></a></p>
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</span>Thawing peat was not behind the temperature rise 10,000 years ago—the peat had not yet formed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110315130108.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110315130108.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29</font></a></p>
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</span>Meeting a court deadline, the EPA has proposed guidelines for emissions from coal plants which, if enforced, will probably lead to the early decommissioning of some older plants by 2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110316/us_nm/us_usa_epa_power"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110316/us_nm/us_usa_epa_power</font></a></p>
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</span>Scottish Power Renewables announced that it will install the world’s first tidal array of turbines in the Sound of Islay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The 10 megawatt project will begin producing power in 2013-15 and could be followed by a proposed 1600 megawatt installation in Scottish waters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12767211"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12767211</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(Further details are given in the linked 5 minute radio story.)</font></font></p>
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</span>Ignorant votes by US House Republicans have drawn a response from scientists in
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Nature</i>: “. . .the US Congress has entered the intellectual wilderness. . ..”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0317-hance_us_climate.html"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0317-hance_us_climate.html</font></a></p>
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</span>The European Union climate change commissioner has said that it would be cheaper to generate power from offshore wind turbines than from new nuclear plants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/17/wind-cheaper-nuclear-eu-climate"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/17/wind-cheaper-nuclear-eu-climate</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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</span>From 50 to 40 million years ago, the earth experienced hyperthermal periods of warming similar to that expected this century, lasting about 40,000 years per event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The cause is thought to have been CO2 from the oceans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The new study from Scripps can provide a base for the estimation of how long the earth might take to recover from our current greed, ignorance, and folly.
</font><a href="http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11031715-ancient-hyperthermals-guide-anticipated-climate-changes.html"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/11031715-ancient-hyperthermals-guide-anticipated-climate-changes.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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