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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">My error sent this thing out to an old list, with everyone's address. My sincere apologies.</font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Lamb produces over 40 times more greenhouse gas emissions per serving than does lentils.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A small cheeseburger is about the ghg equivalent to driving ten miles in a car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Eating meat accounts for about 4.5% of our national ghg emissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/a-climate-hazard-medium-rare/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/a-climate-hazard-medium-rare/</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>A study using Canadian undergraduates found that they were swayed by Astroturf websites disputing climate change science even though they recognized that the arguments on the site were weak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The identified funding source had no impact on their opinions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/07/astroturfing-a-major-challenge-to-climate-change.ars"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/07/astroturfing-a-major-challenge-to-climate-change.ars</font></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A Woods Hole study finds that harvesting of shellfish for food will be severely impacted by ocean acidification within the next 10-50 years, with poorer areas suffering most from the loss of a food source.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Then, as with Somalian piracy, the misery is likely to be shared with the rest of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/17/ocean.acidification/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/17/ocean.acidification/</font></a></p>
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</span>Energy Star has commenced a “most efficient” list of products in the top 5% of their field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=most_efficient.me_index"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=most_efficient.me_index</font></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Team Massachusetts submission for the Solar Decathalon of home design is a 996 square feet design which incorporates sliding panels to allow for adaptation of the home to new family configurations and temporary needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(Nice video.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://blog.energy.gov/blog/2011/07/14/team-massachusetts-brings-fourth-dimension-solar-decathlon"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://blog.energy.gov/blog/2011/07/14/team-massachusetts-brings-fourth-dimension-solar-decathlon</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The site links to Team Florida’s modular house.</font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The average annual temperatures in the US have gone up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Heidi Cullen comments on the implications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/opinion/20cullen.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/opinion/20cullen.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212</font></a></p>
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</span>When a San Antonio TX municipal utility began taking bids for a 50 mw solar plant, they found the prices so low that they upped the plant to 400 mw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The company will mothball a coal plant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/07/50-mw-of-solar-make-that-400?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-July20-2011"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/07/50-mw-of-solar-make-that-400?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-July20-2011</font></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">8.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The US clean energy economy, with 2.7 million jobs, expanded 8.3% last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The median wage is $44,000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2011/07/where-to-find-jobs-in-energy-efficiency?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-July20-2011"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2011/07/where-to-find-jobs-in-energy-efficiency?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-July20-2011</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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</span>Banks have been inflating the value of solar leasing projects to gain larger tax writeoffs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Home installations of pv cost about $4.50/watt; the banks have been claiming $8/watt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2011/07/big-banks-inflate-solar-project-value-to-boost-tax-credits?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-July20-2011"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2011/07/big-banks-inflate-solar-project-value-to-boost-tax-credits?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-July20-2011</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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