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</span>The <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
NE Florida Environmental Summit will be held at the Florida Coastal School of Law on Nov. 3, 9-5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Panels will address dredging in the St. Johns River, protection of the Timucuan Preserve, air quality, climate change, and protecting natural resources. Free to the public. Thanks to Rod Sullivan for the notice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>More Information at </span></font></font><a href="http://www.fcsl.edu/content/northeast-florida-environmental-summit"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.fcsl.edu/content/northeast-florida-environmental-summit</font></span></a><u><span style="COLOR: blue; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The US Army Corps of Engineers in June released the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
USACE Climate Change Adaptation Plan and Report for 2011</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They are in the process of mainstreaming climate change adaptation—including it in all their projects at every stage (Policy Statement, p. 7).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>This report concerns primarily their relationship with other agencies on the issue, and with describing the many efforts in progress (but not the substance of their findings or proposals).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It is useful as a guide to forthcoming reports of interest, and as an indication of the how the Corps is reforming itself to take climate change fully into account.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font></span><a href="http://www.corpsclimate.us/docs/usace_climate_change_adaptation_report_03_june_2011.pdf"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.corpsclimate.us/docs/usace_climate_change_adaptation_report_03_june_2011.pdf</font></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Richard Branson has organized a consortium to invest up to $650 million in a PACE program for commercial real estate in Miami and Sacramento.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The intent is to jump-start energy upgrades nationally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The work would be financed through loans which are bundled into bonds, with the cost offset by expected decreases in utility bills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(Approval of a residential PACE program will surely be eased by the new initiative.)
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font></span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/business/energy-environment/tax-plan-to-turn-old-buildings-green-finds-favor.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha25"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/business/energy-environment/tax-plan-to-turn-old-buildings-green-finds-favor.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha25</font></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>The EPA has opened a new site to help individuals and business select green products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font></span><a href="http://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/</font></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The CIA two years ago organized the Center for Climate Change and National Security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Its work is classified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Some Republican legislators are trying to kill it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/09/cia-keeps-its-climate-work-under-wraps"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/09/cia-keeps-its-climate-work-under-wraps</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>Global carbon emissions increased 45% between 1990 and 2010, according to a European Commission report.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The increase between 2009 and 2010 was 5.8%, a record.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/digest/co2_emissions_soared_45_percent_from_1990_to_2010_report_says/3134/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://e360.yale.edu/digest/co2_emissions_soared_45_percent_from_1990_to_2010_report_says/3134/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A European supergrid connecting England to the mainland could cut offshore wind power costs by 25% and create 775,000 jobs by 2020.</span>
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-21/european-supergrid-to-cut-offshore-wind-cost-by-25-panel-says.html"><font color="#0000ff">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-21/european-supergrid-to-cut-offshore-wind-cost-by-25-panel-says.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p>
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</span>Australia’s carbon tax of $23 a ton is expected to lower incomes by .1% a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>“Jobs grow strongly under a carbon price.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2111181/aussie-carbon-tax-little-impact-incomes?WT.rss_f=Home&WT.rss_a=Aussie+carbon+tax+to+have+little+impact+on+incomes"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2111181/aussie-carbon-tax-little-impact-incomes?WT.rss_f=Home&WT.rss_a=Aussie+carbon+tax+to+have+little+impact+on+incomes</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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