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</span>At the meeting of the American Geophysical Union Russian researchers reported a rapidly growing release of methane from Arctic clathrates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Methane clathrates (also called methane hydrates), methane in cages of ice, lie under and on the floor of the Arctic ocean in vast quantities and are stable until the water warms sufficiently to melt the cage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/shock-as-retreat-of-arctic-sea-ice-releases-deadly-greenhouse-gas-6276134.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/shock-as-retreat-of-arctic-sea-ice-releases-deadly-greenhouse-gas-6276134.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>When methane release causes enough warming to release yet more methane, the resulting positive feedback has the potential to make it difficult or impossible for us to intervene in climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We may expect studies of how close we are to that point of irreversible positive feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/digest/huge_methane_plumes_are_discovered_in_arctic_ocean/3248/?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/huge_methane_plumes_are_discovered_in_arctic_ocean/3248/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29</font></a></p>
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</span>Biochar not only sequesters carbon, it can reduce soil emissions of CO2 and N20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111213114711.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/2011/12/111213114711.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>Million Solar Rooftops is attempting to map all solar installations in Florida, and to say who did the work at what cost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://millionsolarrooftops.com/florida_solar_search"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://millionsolarrooftops.com/florida_solar_search</font></a></p>
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</span>Cycling can play a significant role in carbon reductions—Denmark is an example of success.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Cycling in New York has doubled in the past year, partly due to new bike lanes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/digest/increased_bicycling_will_help_eu_meet_climate_targets_report_says/3247/?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/increased_bicycling_will_help_eu_meet_climate_targets_report_says/3247/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29</font></a></p>
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</span>Smaller (600 mw) nuclear reactors are recommended by a government report as the most desirable direction for new nuclear development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They can be mass produced and answer many of the safety concerns with conventional design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/digest/smaller_nuclear_reactors_recommended_as_good_option_for_us/3252/?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/smaller_nuclear_reactors_recommended_as_good_option_for_us/3252/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Cost and waste remain concerns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2010/12/24/small-modular-reactors/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2010/12/24/small-modular-reactors/</font></a></p>
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</span>Quebec has announced a cap and trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20% on a 1990 base by 2020, comparable to the European target.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The provincial authorities are critical of Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto accords.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-goes-it-alone-with-cap-and-trade-climate-plan/article2273374/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-goes-it-alone-with-cap-and-trade-climate-plan/article2273374/</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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