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</span>Open Neighborhoods in Los Angeles is using community supported solar power to lower costs to $2 per constructed watt, about $.06/kwh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>By 2015 that will beat the grid price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
Thanks to Brian Paradise for the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/solar-power-prices-falling-cheaper-than-grid-2015.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/solar-power-prices-falling-cheaper-than-grid-2015.html</font></a></p>
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</span>A study published in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Nature</i> indicates that models have been underestimating the contribution of melting permafrost to warming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The actual warming may be greater by as much as a factor of 2.5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The lead author is UF’s Edward Schuur. </font><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111130215740.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111130215740.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The additional emissions will mean that we will warm 20-30% faster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The 2007 IPCC report did not factor in melting permafrost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111130/ap_on_sc/us_sci_warming_permafrost"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111130/ap_on_sc/us_sci_warming_permafrost</font></a></p>
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</span>Two large coalitions of US environmental groups (including the Sierra Club and the Union of Concerned Scientists) and elected officials (including Senator Barbara Boxer) have urged President Obama to avoid obstructing progress in the Durban climate talks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/30/barack-obama-us-stance-climate-summit"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/30/barack-obama-us-stance-climate-summit</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Huffington Post</i> provides more detail on the two major issues at Durban and the obstructive American positions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-zeller-jr/climate-conference-2011-u_b_1121328.html?ref=green"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-zeller-jr/climate-conference-2011-u_b_1121328.html?ref=green</font></a></p>
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</span>Major global banks are countering mitigation efforts by financing coal power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Between 2005 and 2010 financing for coal doubled, growing especially in India and China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>American banks involved include Citibank, Bank of America, and JP Morgan Chase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/1130/Are-banks-to-blame-for-climate-change"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/1130/Are-banks-to-blame-for-climate-change</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>More detail on the difficulty of determining the financial arrangements, including what seems to be the banks’ own ignorance:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/30/coal-banks"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/30/coal-banks</font></a></p>
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</span>Research at the Max Planck Institute finds that the jet stream cannot be a major source of power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Significant extraction of energy would relocate the streams, causing major disruptions to climate, and the available power is much less than has been claimed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111130100013.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111130100013.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>Walnut trees appear to be especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111129103312.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111129103312.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29</font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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</span>The IPCC has softened considerably its stance on the effects of climate change on hurricanes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/30/2525557/when-it-comes-to-hurricanes-climate.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/30/2525557/when-it-comes-to-hurricanes-climate.html</font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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