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</span>The Bay Conservation and Development Commission, a state planning agency for the San Francisco area, is in a battle with the business community over plans to limit building in areas threatened with sea level rise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/10/06/141102224/calif-agency-considers-climate-change-in-its-plans?ft=1&f=1025"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.npr.org/2011/10/06/141102224/calif-agency-considers-climate-change-in-its-plans?ft=1&f=1025</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Bay area is the first US region to respond to climate change in shaping development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2011/10/bcdc-sea-level-plan-passes.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2011/10/bcdc-sea-level-plan-passes.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The BCDC is working to both mitigate and adapt to climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/climate_change.shtml"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/climate_change.shtml</font></a></p>
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</span>Draining of the Everglades and sea level rise are contributing to the increasing salinity of South Florida’s water supply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It is “a looming catastrophe.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/as-sea-level-rises-everglades-become-more-vital-to-south-floridas-survival?utm-source=feedburner&utm-medium=feed&utm-campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.climatecentral.org/news/as-sea-level-rises-everglades-become-more-vital-to-south-floridas-survival?utm-source=feedburner&utm-medium=feed&utm-campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed</font></a></p>
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</span>89% of Europeans consider climate change either a fairly serious (21%) or very serious (68%) problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>78% consider it an opportunity for jobs and economic development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/10/07/international/i074025D84.DTL"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/10/07/international/i074025D84.DTL</font></a></p>
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</span>Deepwater Wind has submitted a plan to build a 1,000 megawatt offshore wind farm in Rhode Island Sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It would serve several states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/10/plans-submitted-for-1000-megawatt-offshore-wind-farm??cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-October12-2011"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/10/plans-submitted-for-1000-megawatt-offshore-wind-farm??cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-October12-2011</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The first offshore project was Danish, in 1991.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Since then they have grown in size and are generally further offshore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Over 14 nations are mounting projects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
The linked article details the risks and challenges. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/10/planning-for-the-challenges-of-offshore-wind?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-October12-2011"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/10/planning-for-the-challenges-of-offshore-wind?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-October12-2011</font></a></p>
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</span>Two companies are partnering to offer a hybrid wind-solar system for home use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A solar tracking mechanism delivers 35% more power than fixed solar panels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The 6 panels and the tracker are mounted on the wind turbine tower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/10/wind-solar-hybrid-system-set-for-release-this-month?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-October12-2011"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/10/wind-solar-hybrid-system-set-for-release-this-month?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-October12-2011</font></a></p>
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</span>Australia appears ready to pass an ambitious carbon trading and tax plan with the target of an 80% drop in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The tax will be rebated to consumers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
The Conservative party has vowed to repeal the plan if they return to power, and the issue has been heavily propagandized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/12/australian-carbon-tax-passed"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/12/australian-carbon-tax-passed</font></a></p>
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</span>58% of Republican voters oppose attempts to block EPA action on pollution from power plants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/12/us-usa-environment-poll-idUSTRE79B6ZN20111012?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/2011/10/12/us-usa-environment-poll-idUSTRE79B6ZN20111012?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>The EPA confirmed that it will finalize new power plant emissions standards by November 16 in spite of opposition from 25 states who joined in a law suit to delay the move to control mercury emissions (among others).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The global warming implications of the new regulations arise from the move to cancel some part of the externalization of the costs of fossil fuels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/11/us-usa-epa-mercury-idUSTRE79A6BW20111011?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/2011/10/11/us-usa-epa-mercury-idUSTRE79A6BW20111011?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">
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