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</span>The American Wind Energy Association has suggested to congress that their production tax credit be phased out over the next 5 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>By that time they anticipate that the industry will be independently viable and require no further direct subsidies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.awea.org/issues/federal_policy/upload/AWEA-PTC-Letter-to-Committee-Leadership.pdf"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.awea.org/issues/federal_policy/upload/AWEA-PTC-Letter-to-Committee-Leadership.pdf</font></a>
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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>100,000 covered electric tricycles are being manufactured for urban use in the Philippines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They cost about $1.20 a day to run, less than half the fuel costs of their gasoline counterparts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/philippines-gives-green-light-to-electric-tricycles-1.1439939#.UMm6tZPjk7V"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/philippines-gives-green-light-to-electric-tricycles-1.1439939#.UMm6tZPjk7V</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">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Jim Hansen, a life-long conservative, argues that an escalating fee on carbon, collected at the point of origin and returned to the general population per capita as a dividend, with no money returning to the government or to corporations, is the best
way to keep fossil fuels in the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2012/20121213_StormsOfOpa.pdf"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2012/20121213_StormsOfOpa.pdf</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A recent article supports Hansen’s general position by observing that capping emissions can hamper innovations in energy use efficiency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6113/1398.2.short"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6113/1398.2.short</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">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>While the Doha conference produced no major agreements, it did accomplish what it set out to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>For example, the distinction between developing and developed nations no longer controls negotiations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/14/doha-climate-conference-success"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/14/doha-climate-conference-success</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 study by the U of Tennessee indicates that by mid-century the eastern US will be hotter and 35% wetter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2012/12/17/ut-study-predicts-extreme-climate-eastern/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2012/12/17/ut-study-predicts-extreme-climate-eastern/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The National Intelligence Council has released “Global Trends 2030.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Climate change is likely to drive increasing migrations, further constrain natural resources, and exacerbate international tensions in the near future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/115962650/Global-Trends-2030-Alternative-Worlds"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.scribd.com/doc/115962650/Global-Trends-2030-Alternative-Worlds</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>November was the 333<sup>rd</sup> straight month with global temperatures above the 20<sup>th</sup> Century average.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/november-was-333rd-straight-month-with-above-average-temps-15361?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/november-was-333rd-straight-month-with-above-average-temps-15361?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>Arctic storms should move north as the climate warms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>That would have the effect of slowing the thermohaline circulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/arctic-storms-the-climate-danger-nobodys-talking-about-15363?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/arctic-storms-the-climate-danger-nobodys-talking-about-15363?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The thermohaline circulation influences the health of the oceans generally and plays a role in global climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermohaline_circulation"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermohaline_circulation</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">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Community solar projects allow individuals to invest in a solar farm and profit from the sale of energy to a utility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>If their investment returns the amount of power they use, they are at net zero energy use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The investment also makes financial sense—even in a low solar resource state such as Minnesota.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>You might think of it as a long term bond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2012/12/minnesotas-first-community-solar-project-doubles-down-on-local?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-December19-2012"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2012/12/minnesotas-first-community-solar-project-doubles-down-on-local?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-December19-2012</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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