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</span>Part of a carbon tax should be used internationally to underwrite climate disasters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-pay-the-costs-_b_2412058.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-pay-the-costs-_b_2412058.html</font></a>
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</span>2012 set a heat record for the US, with all states above average temperatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/08/hottest-on-record-2012-america"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/08/hottest-on-record-2012-america</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>42% of the contiguous 48 states was under drought conditions in 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/09/us-usda-drought-idUSBRE90812X20130109?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/09/us-usda-drought-idUSBRE90812X20130109?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The drought threatens to render the Mississippi River unnavigable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-guzman/climate-change-and-the-sh_b_2412743.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-guzman/climate-change-and-the-sh_b_2412743.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>An article in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Nature</i> calls into question the usual argument for the association of climate change and drought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.enn.com/climate/article/45426?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ClimateChangeNews-Enn+%28Climate+Change+News+-+ENN%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.enn.com/climate/article/45426?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ClimateChangeNews-Enn+%28Climate+Change+News+-+ENN%29</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Economist Joseph Stiglitz has stated that climate change is the most important issue facing the US economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/joe-stiglitz-climate-change-economy_n_2432744.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/joe-stiglitz-climate-change-economy_n_2432744.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The current heat wave in Australia has led their meteorology office to add a new color to heat maps, purple for temperatures over 52° C, 125.6° F.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Both the heat wave and the widespread fires <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>are drawing political comment in the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/epic-heat-and-wildfires-torch-australia-15444?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/epic-heat-and-wildfires-torch-australia-15444?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>President Obama is considering a national climate summit to develop a national strategy (which will probably not depend on congressional action).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/09/barack-obama-climate-summit"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/09/barack-obama-climate-summit</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>A utility operating with at least 34% renewable energy can add $35.80 per megawatt hour to their capacity and operational value by using concentrating solar with 6 hours of heat storage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The savings comes from lessened use of natural gas, which has emissions benefits as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130108123036.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130108123036.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Melting polar ice sheets could cool the earth’s surface significantly after midcentury, according to an unpublished paper by James Hansen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(The added heat continues to accrue in the oceans.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21728995.200-sea-level-rise-could-lead-to-cooler-stormier-planet.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Cmagcontents"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21728995.200-sea-level-rise-could-lead-to-cooler-stormier-planet.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Cmagcontents</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The current <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">New Yorker</i> has a good article on adapting cities to climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>If you don’t subscribe, here is a snapshot of the article from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
Grist</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/climate-proofing-cities-not-something-conservatives-are-going-to-be-good-at/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://grist.org/climate-energy/climate-proofing-cities-not-something-conservatives-are-going-to-be-good-at/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>The UK’s Met office has lowered its global heating predictions for the next few years, with some of the excess heat going into the oceans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The heat is expected to flow back into the atmosphere from the oceans beginning in 2020.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23060-has-global-warming-ground-to-a-halt.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Cclimate-change"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23060-has-global-warming-ground-to-a-halt.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Cclimate-change</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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