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</span>US CO2 emissions are back to 1992 levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Methane released in the capture and use of natural gas may be cancelling out the drop in CO2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/a-20-year-low-in-u-s-carbon-emissions/?partner=rss&emc=rss"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/a-20-year-low-in-u-s-carbon-emissions/?partner=rss&emc=rss</font></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A solar garden is a solar array designed to supply power to several homes—that is, community supported energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Colorado recently legalized solar gardens; the allowed 4.5 megawatts sold out in 30 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(The linked site has copious pop-ups.)</font></p>
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</font></span><a href="http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_21340100/xcel-flooded-solar-garden-applications"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_21340100/xcel-flooded-solar-garden-applications</font></a></p>
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</span>Australia’s Tim Flannery observes that by next year 33 nations and 18 sub-national jurisdictions will have a carbon price in place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>20% of world carbon emissions will be under the regulations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.skynews.com.au/national/article.aspx?id=786023"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.skynews.com.au/national/article.aspx?id=786023</font></a></p>
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</span>Next year, 6 New England states plan to secure new power purchase agreements for a large amount of renewable power, requiring new transmission capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2012/08/new-england-governors-plan-massive-renewable-energy-procurement-for-end-of-2013?cmpid=WNL-2012-08-22"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2012/08/new-england-governors-plan-massive-renewable-energy-procurement-for-end-of-2013?cmpid=WNL-2012-08-22</font></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Arctic is headed towards a new low in sea ice this year, and should inspire a further shortening of the estimate of years until the Arctic is ice-free in summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19330307"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19330307#</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The loss of sea ice makes extreme weather events more likely—droughts, heat waves, and other effects of alterations in the jet stream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/22/727501/arctic-death-spiral-how-it-favors-extreme-prolonged-weather-events-such-as-drought-flooding-cold-spells-and-heat-waves/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/22/727501/arctic-death-spiral-how-it-favors-extreme-prolonged-weather-events-such-as-drought-flooding-cold-spells-and-heat-waves/</font></a></p>
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</span>Antarctic ice cores reveal that melting similar to today’s occurred in the past, and that the current warming began about 600 years ago (but has accelerated lately).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19348427#"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19348427#</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Humans are almost certainly behind present Antarctic warming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/new-report-most-warming-in-antarctic-human-caused-14854/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.climatecentral.org/news/new-report-most-warming-in-antarctic-human-caused-14854/</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>The Energy Department and the Passive House Institute have developed a certification program, PHIUS+, for Net Zero Energy Ready homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/progress_alerts.cfm/pa_id=787"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/progress_alerts.cfm/pa_id=787</font></a></p>
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</span>The first wave power station has been licensed off the coast of Oregon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The 1.5 megawatt station uses waves to drive a piston which forces sea water through a turbine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=155437&p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=1726810"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=155437&p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=1726810</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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