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</span>George Monbiot quotes another writer’s observation that libertarians must deny climate change because it leads them to a contradiction in their primary aim, which is to any avoid any infringement on private property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Climate change damages the property of unconsenting people, but to correct it means regulating resources, including private property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Therefore libertarians must deny climate change or give up their (childish) ideology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2012/jan/06/why-libertarians-must-deny-climage-change"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2012/jan/06/why-libertarians-must-deny-climage-change</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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</span>As I reported on Dec. 16 the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact of four counties has released a draft climate action plan with 100 action items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>I would like to give further detail to indicate the challenges posed to libertarians by climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The recommendations include relocating wells inland, raising roadbeds, and controlling development and infrastructure improvements in threatened areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Public money (deriving from taxes on private property) will necessarily be involved as will limitations on what private individuals may build where, and even what private property may be improved and what may not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Following a 60 day comment period the Compact will construct an implementation matrix and deliver the plan to the four county governments for action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org/index_files/Page648.htm"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org/index_files/Page648.htm</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Cities in South Florida are reacting to the threats posed by climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(A few years ago some Florida state employees told me that they were forbidden to talk about sea level rise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We’re improving.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.eenews.net/public/climatewire/2012/01/10/1"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.eenews.net/public/climatewire/2012/01/10/1</font></a></p>
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</span>Current CO2 emissions ensure that any ice age will be deferred.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>In itself that’s good, but we are overdoing the warming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16439807"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16439807</font></a></p>
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</span>A piece condensed from RealClimate maintains that CO2, and not Arctic methane, is where our concern properly belongs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2012/01/opinion-methane-release"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2012/01/opinion-methane-release</font></a></p>
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</span>Tom Larson shares word of a blog from the Southern Association for Clean Energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The current entry is on the impact of sea level rise on the East Coast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2012/01/10/letter-to-coastal-citizens/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2012/01/10/letter-to-coastal-citizens/</font></a></p>
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</span>Through energy efficiency improvements the US saved enough energy to power almost 10 million homes, a 21% increase over the previous year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We may well have done even better in 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2012/01/us-beats-expectations-saving-energy?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-January11-2012"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2012/01/us-beats-expectations-saving-energy?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-January11-2012</font></a></p>
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</span>The EPA has released an interactive map with data for large emitters of greenhouse gasses in 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgdata/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgdata/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Power plants released 70% of the reported greenhouse gasses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The newly public data will form the base for regulation of greenhouse gasses due May 26 but expected as early as next month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2012/01/11/epa_power_plants_main_global_warming_culprits/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2012/01/11/epa_power_plants_main_global_warming_culprits/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The NRDC has indexed emissions by utility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.nrdc.org/air/pollution/benchmarking/default.asp"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nrdc.org/air/pollution/benchmarking/default.asp</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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</span>The State of Washington has declared Puget Sound a “water of concern” because of acidification due to climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/01/11/global-warming-puget-sound-faces-acidification-threat/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/01/11/global-warming-puget-sound-faces-acidification-threat/</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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