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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>James Hansen and his coauthors answer questions raised by news media about their recent “Climate Dice” article in
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">PNAS</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Including the 1930s does not change the picture—we are experiencing extreme heat waves, and the bell curve is on the move.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2012/20120811_DiceDataDiscussion.pdf"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2012/20120811_DiceDataDiscussion.pdf</font></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>For 350 years the Vatican has asked for prayers to push back the glaciers for the benefit of Alpine pilgrims.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The prayers may have worked too well and they are being altered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120810-glaciers-vatican-prayer-alps-science-gobal-warming/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120810-glaciers-vatican-prayer-alps-science-gobal-warming/</font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>In the last 5 years leased residential solar arrays have become the majority installation in (at least) Oregon and California.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The linked article sketches the development of the residential solar industry in the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Jigar Shah:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“. . . we can’t physically grow any faster.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/magazine/the-secret-to-solar-power.html?_r=2&ref=magazine&pagewanted=all"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/magazine/the-secret-to-solar-power.html?_r=2&ref=magazine&pagewanted=all</font></a></p>
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</span>The Army is soliciting $7 billion of power purchase agreements for renewable energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Army does not propose to own the assets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.army.mil/article/85114/USACE_Announces_New_Action_to_Support_Deployment_of_Renewable_Energy_on_U_S__Military_Installations/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.army.mil/article/85114/USACE_Announces_New_Action_to_Support_Deployment_of_Renewable_Energy_on_U_S__Military_Installations/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>130 companies have shown interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=397&sid=2983683"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=397&sid=2983683</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Army has a target of 25% renewable energy by 2025.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20090795-54/army-targets-big-renewable-energy-projects/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20090795-54/army-targets-big-renewable-energy-projects/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Renewable energy development by the armed forces constitutes major support for the new industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/1010_energy/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/1010_energy/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Some in congress are trying to obstruct the program (particularly its biofuel initiatives), but so far unsuccessfully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/12/651081/on-clean-energy-the-militarys-biggest-fight-is-with-congress/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/12/651081/on-clean-energy-the-militarys-biggest-fight-is-with-congress/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The military initiative is part of a larger program of renewable energy development by the administration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://ens-newswire.com/2012/08/09/obama-fast-tracks-renewables-on-military-bases-public-lands/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://ens-newswire.com/2012/08/09/obama-fast-tracks-renewables-on-military-bases-public-lands/</font></a></p>
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</span>In 1951 the UN defined a refugee as someone under political threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Environmental refugees escape the definition and have not been well recorded, but they far outnumber political refugees already.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Many who flee environmental disasters will be able to return home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Victims of desertification and sea level rise are not among them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://newamericamedia.org/2012/08/the-rising-tide----environmental-refugees.php"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://newamericamedia.org/2012/08/the-rising-tide----environmental-refugees.php</font></a></p>
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</span>68% of MSNBC stories covering the US heat wave mentioned climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>4% did on CNN, and on ABC, 2%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In 2011 and the first half of 2012, CNN covered the Kardashians more than 250 times and ocean acidification once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/08/15/study-shows-bill-nye-was-right-about-cnns-clima/189373"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/08/15/study-shows-bill-nye-was-right-about-cnns-clima/189373</font></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Climate Progress has a useful overview of the uselessness of natural gas as part of a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The focus is on plans to export LNG.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/16/699601/exporting-liquefied-natural-gas-lng-bad-for-climate-poor-long-term-investment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/16/699601/exporting-liquefied-natural-gas-lng-bad-for-climate-poor-long-term-investment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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