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</span>A new study using the (low) IPCC estimate of sea level rise combined with population trends predicts that the impact of sea level rise has been greatly underestimated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>For example, 10 million people are expected to be displaced in South Florida through storm surges, inundation, and flooding by 2030.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The article is “Understanding the Demographic Implications of Climate Change” by Katherine Curtis and Annemarie Schneider of the U of WI-Madison, to be published in
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Population and Environment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>Further info on the article:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/uow-hio052711.php"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/uow-hio052711.php</font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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</span>American Electric Power and other US utilities are announcing plans to retire or modify much of their coal operation to comply with new EPA regulations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/09/us-utilities-operations-aep-idUSTRE75877620110609?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/09/us-utilities-operations-aep-idUSTRE75877620110609?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Industry pressure had led the EPA to delay implementation for two months, until September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/e-p-a-delays-rule-on-power-plant-emissions/?partner=rss&emc=rss"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/e-p-a-delays-rule-on-power-plant-emissions/?partner=rss&emc=rss</font></a></p>
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</span>The amount of tropical forest under sustainable management has increased 50% in the past five years to an area about the size of Thailand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>About 90% remains under poor or no management. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Still, the area under some type of management has increased by a third in the same period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.africanexecutive.com/modules/magazine/articles.php?article=5911&magazine=338"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.africanexecutive.com/modules/magazine/articles.php?article=5911&magazine=338</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Agriculture is a major reason for cutting down forests, and is unaddressed by REDD+.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/06/agriculture_omitted_from_defor_1.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/06/agriculture_omitted_from_defor_1.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Deforestation is increasingly the result of export-driven industries and not of the activities of small farmers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0613-ucs_drivers_deforestation.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0613-ucs_drivers_deforestation.html</font></a></p>
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</span>By mid-century the coolest summer temperatures will be hotter than the historically highest temperatures for the season in large parts of the world, according to a forthcoming Stanford study.
</font><a href="http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/06/10/152733.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/06/10/152733.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Currently, extreme weather events are increasing worldwide in patterns consistent with the projections of climate scientists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/13/extreme-weather-flooding-droughts-fires"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/13/extreme-weather-flooding-droughts-fires</font></a></p>
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</span>A new Yale public opinion survey shows that 71% of Americans believe that dealing with climate change should be at least a medium priority of our government, and that 91% believe developing renewable energy sources should be a similarly significant priority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>56% believe that dealing with the environment improves the economy and creates jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Large majorities want to see their communities take action to deal with climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>67% want to see national efforts to reduce global warming, even if the costs are large or moderate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://environment.yale.edu/climate/publications/PolicySupportMay2011/?utm_source=Yale+Project+on+Climate+Change+Communication&utm_campaign=1532310204-June_2011_Six_Americas_survey_report_26_14_2011&utm_medium=email"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://environment.yale.edu/climate/publications/PolicySupportMay2011/?utm_source=Yale+Project+on+Climate+Change+Communication&utm_campaign=1532310204-June_2011_Six_Americas_survey_report_26_14_2011&utm_medium=email</font></a></p>
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</span>The Department of Energy has offered $2 billion in loan guarantees for two CA plants which at 500 megawatts will double the US capacity for concentrating solar power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.energy.gov/news/10372.htm"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.energy.gov/news/10372.htm</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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</span>Belgium’s Ghent U has entered the E-Cube passive home in the DOE’s Solar Decathalon, where universities compete in home design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The E-Cube is a modular design for a family of four, intended to be erected economically by a community without specialized labor or financial help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://blog.energy.gov/blog/2011/06/09/belgium%E2%80%99s-ghent-university-prepares-their-e-cube-solar-decathlon-2011"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://blog.energy.gov/blog/2011/06/09/belgium%E2%80%99s-ghent-university-prepares-their-e-cube-solar-decathlon-2011</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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</span>Pendleton, OR, borrowed from the city’s sewer account to offer low interest $9,000 loans for the installation of solar panels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It secured $1 million dollars in new solar power for a cost to the city of $10 thousand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2011/06/oregon-town-gets-a-lot-of-solar-for-a-little-money??cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-June15-2011"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2011/06/oregon-town-gets-a-lot-of-solar-for-a-little-money??cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-June15-2011</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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