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</span>A new report indicates that Arctic permafrost holds more carbon than we had supposed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It also appears to be more readily released.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/12/ticking-arctic-carbon-bomb-may-b.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/12/ticking-arctic-carbon-bomb-may-b.html</font></a>
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</span>The Doha conference produced no major agreements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/09/us-climate-talks-process-idUSBRE8B808N20121209"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/09/us-climate-talks-process-idUSBRE8B808N20121209</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The US is moving to list 66 species of coral as endangered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1201-endangered-corals-20121201,0,6170665.story"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1201-endangered-corals-20121201,0,6170665.story</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>“The State of the Industry: 2013” on page 6 in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
Solar Today</i> provides such info as the average cost of installed pv in the US after incentives ($3/watt) and comparative figures for non-renewable energy sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.omagdigital.com/publication/?i=136002&page=1"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.omagdigital.com/publication/?i=136002&page=1</font></a><o:p></o:p></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>A U of Delaware study of power use history in a grid representing 1/5 of the US energy supply finds that a combination of solar and wind power, with power storage through batteries and fuel cells, could supply power at today’s levels and today’s prices
99.9% of the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112746128/wind-solar-cost-effective-energy-121112/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112746128/wind-solar-cost-effective-energy-121112/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Sewage is about 60° F (because it contains a lot of heated water from showers, dishwashers, and such).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>That can be used to heat incoming water in the winter and cool buildings in the summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The energy savings are significant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2012/12/121211-sewage-heat-recovery/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2012/12/121211-sewage-heat-recovery/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The IPCC has underestimated emissions growth, Arctic melting, sea level rise, and global heat increases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It has ignored melting permafrost and tipping points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Climate Central</i> article summarizes the failures and provides explanations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/ipcc-predictions-then-versus-now-15340?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/ipcc-predictions-then-versus-now-15340?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>The odds that you know someone who believes that aliens walk among us are 20 times your chances of finding a climate scientist who does not consider that humans are altering the climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neil-wagner/climate-change-consensus-_b_2273715.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neil-wagner/climate-change-consensus-_b_2273715.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Even without congressional action the Obama administration has a good chance of meeting or even exceeding the Copenhagen target of a 17% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 (on a 2005 base).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>After that a carbon tax is our best bet for a speedy transition to a renewable energy base.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/feature/without_congress_theres_still_a_path_to_us_progress_on_climate/2600/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://e360.yale.edu/feature/without_congress_theres_still_a_path_to_us_progress_on_climate/2600/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">
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