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</span>EnergySage allows people interested in rooftop solar pv to get online quotes from vetted installers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The service is presently limited to states in the Northeast but hopes to expand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It has support from the DOE Sunshot initiative to drive down the cost of solar power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/02/energysage-offering-one-stop-shopping-for-solar-pv?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-February20-2013"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/02/energysage-offering-one-stop-shopping-for-solar-pv?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-February20-2013</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>If you need to cut some trees or even replace your roof as a part of a solar power installation, the 30% federal subsidy applies to those costs as well as the direct system costs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Thanks to Will Richards for the info.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
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</span>No till agriculture handles both heavy rain and drought more readily than standard farming methods, and could enable the Caribbean to feed itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/02/no-till-farming-holds-the-key-to-food-security/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/02/no-till-farming-holds-the-key-to-food-security/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Through the Partnership on Action for Green Economy the UN Environmental Program will support sustainable agriculture and renewable energy, especially in developing countries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The International Labor Organization estimates that half the world’s labor force will be involved in the transition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://ecowatch.org/2013/energy-policies-ignite-green-economy/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://ecowatch.org/2013/energy-policies-ignite-green-economy/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>When all aspects are considered tar sands oil can take almost as much energy to produce as it produces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130219/oil-sands-mining-tar-sands-alberta-canada-energy-return-on-investment-eroi-natural-gas-in-situ-dilbit-bitumen?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+solveclimate%2Fblog+%28InsideClimate+News%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130219/oil-sands-mining-tar-sands-alberta-canada-energy-return-on-investment-eroi-natural-gas-in-situ-dilbit-bitumen?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+solveclimate%2Fblog+%28InsideClimate+News%29</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>China is implementing a carbon tax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
Details are sketchy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-02/19/c_132178898.htm"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-02/19/c_132178898.htm</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#0000ff"><u><span class="MsoHyperlink">
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></span></u></font><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">The
Washington Post provides some rumination, rumors and speculation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/21/china-may-soon-get-a-carbon-tax-but-will-it-make-any-difference/"><font color="#0000ff">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/21/china-may-soon-get-a-carbon-tax-but-will-it-make-any-difference/</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></font></p>
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</span>Ceratech in Alexandria, VA, produces cement using fly ash, the waste from burning coal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It is stronger than conventional portland cement and it is carbon neutral.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(5% of atmospheric carbon comes from cement production.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Market acceptance is its biggest hurdle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/green-cement-concrete-solutions-1.12460"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nature.com/news/green-cement-concrete-solutions-1.12460</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Historical study indicates that a large part of the Siberian permafrost is likely to melt when the temperature increases about half a degree. The results will not necessarily be catastrophic. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23205-major-methane-release-is-almost-inevitable.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23205-major-methane-release-is-almost-inevitable.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>More info from the research team:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/nearing-a-tipping-point-on-melting-permafrost-15636?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/nearing-a-tipping-point-on-melting-permafrost-15636?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">
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</span>Subsidence coupled with sea level rise expectations give southern Louisiana the gravest sea level rise risk in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Some current adaptation projects will be swamped before they are completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://theadvocate.com/news/5247778-123/la-coast-facing-grim-reality"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://theadvocate.com/news/5247778-123/la-coast-facing-grim-reality</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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