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</span>Yvo de Boer, past head of UN climate negotiations, has been in conversation with scientists working on the IPCC climate report due to begin release next fall, and expects it to be disconcerting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>He believes the report will spur action, but worries that anything we will do will be like quitting smoking after a terminal cancer diagnosis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>I hope it is an exaggerated analogy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
I expect that at the least we are in for accelerating sea level rise, storms, and heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/former-un-official-says-climate-report-will-shock-nations-into-action-20121106-28w5c.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/former-un-official-says-climate-report-will-shock-nations-into-action-20121106-28w5c.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>In any case I am heartily glad that President Obama will be on hand to help guide us through what is ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The current stream of speculations and suggestions about what he might do now about the climate strikes me generally as ill-informed about the new situation in process of discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>I expect a challenging and exciting program of action.
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</span>The Obama administration has a number of regulatory options to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A carbon tax may well be discussed as a source of new revenue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bna.com/reelection-greenlights-host-n17179870805/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bna.com/reelection-greenlights-host-n17179870805/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Humidity correlates with cloud cover, and cloud cover correlates with the amount of sunlight heating the surface.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>By using humidity records from the subtropics two scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research found that the higher end of estimates for heating this century are more likely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/warmer-still-extreme-climate-predictions-appear-most-accurate-study-says/2012/11/08/ebd075c6-29c7-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_story.html?hpid=z4"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/warmer-still-extreme-climate-predictions-appear-most-accurate-study-says/2012/11/08/ebd075c6-29c7-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_story.html?hpid=z4</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A current <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Science</i> story adds that other factors are involved, and that the correlation between humidity and heating is not perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>Unity College, led by Prsident Stephen<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
Mulkey, is cooperating with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the 350.org program to divest holdings in fossil fuel companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/11/09/1167531/unity-college-board-of-trustees-votes-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/11/09/1167531/unity-college-board-of-trustees-votes-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>California’s cap and trade system is set to hold its first auction of emission permits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>In two years the system will begin reducing emissions 3% a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The program is geared to achieve 1990 levels of emissions by 2020.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Overview:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/10/25/inside-look-at-california-cap-and-trade-program"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/10/25/inside-look-at-california-cap-and-trade-program</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Schematic of the program:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/green/article/Cap-and-trade-how-it-works-4027020.php"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sfgate.com/green/article/Cap-and-trade-how-it-works-4027020.php</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>A report from the US National Academy of Sciences warns the military that it needs to plan for effects of climate change destabilizing the national security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/u.s.-military-warned-to-prepare-for-consequences-of-climate-change-15231?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.climatecentral.org/news/u.s.-military-warned-to-prepare-for-consequences-of-climate-change-15231?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Antarctic sea ice is growing in area because ice drifting away from the continent melts, and the meltwater easily freezes on the sea surface.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/11/poles-scientists-antarctic-sea-ice"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/11/poles-scientists-antarctic-sea-ice</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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