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</span>France is set to introduce a carbon tax beginning next year which will result in significant revenues for development of renewable energy and a 30% cut in fossil fuel use by 2030.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It is not clear whether the tax will be imposed on imports as well as domestically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A new tax on nuclear power will help move toward a 1/3 reduction to 50% dependency by 2025.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2296139/french-carbon-tax-to-raise-eur4bn-for-green-energy-by-2016"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2296139/french-carbon-tax-to-raise-eur4bn-for-green-energy-by-2016</font></a>
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</span>India is beginning a 4,000 megawatt solar project, the world’s largest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.smetimes.in/smetimes/news/indian-economy-news/2013/Sep/23/world-s-largest-solar-power-plant-to-come-up-in-rajasthan.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.smetimes.in/smetimes/news/indian-economy-news/2013/Sep/23/world-s-largest-solar-power-plant-to-come-up-in-rajasthan.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Massachusetts has signed a power purchase agreement for 565 megawatts of wind power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>At $.08/kilowatt hour wind edged out coal, nuclear, hydro, and solar power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/09/massachusetts-utilities-pool-for-cheaper-wind-energy-supply?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-September25-2013"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/09/massachusetts-utilities-pool-for-cheaper-wind-energy-supply?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-September25-2013</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Some biologists propose that we consider “facilitated adaptation”—through hybridization or genetic engineering—to help species survive climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>15-40% of species will be effectively extinct by 2050.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/26/biologists-genetic-modification-endangered-species"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/26/biologists-genetic-modification-endangered-species</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The Greenland Sea is warming at 10 times the global average.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/4159/20130925/warming-greenland-sea-outpaces-global-ocean.htm"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/4159/20130925/warming-greenland-sea-outpaces-global-ocean.htm</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Britain’s Ecotricity is offering green power at below the standard utility cost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>And take a look at the falling cooling towers video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Thanks to Brian Paradise for the link.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/green-electricity-now-undercuts-major-utilities-britain.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/green-electricity-now-undercuts-major-utilities-britain.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The IPCC has released the Summary of the APR 5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Guardian supplies a recap of the significant numbers. .. .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2013/sep/27/ipcc-report-climate-change-numbers"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2013/sep/27/ipcc-report-climate-change-numbers</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>and reactions to the report as a call to action, along with other information and reflections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/27/ipcc-climate-report-un-secretary-general"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/27/ipcc-climate-report-un-secretary-general</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>My reaction: the consensus process and a remote cutoff point for data have again yielded a lowest common denominator on such matters as sea level rise projections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We will again be treated to a series of “it’s worse than we thought” reports, when in fact the most informed sources are already in disagreement with the IPCC report on at least some matters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>I don’t see an area in which current informed opinion is more favorable than represented in the report.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Again, the report will be useful as an authoritative representation of the most cautious informed view, somewhat out of date.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
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</span>The film Greedy Lying Bastards portrays the propagandists working to stall or prevent action on climate disruption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/26/greedy-lying-bastards-review"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/26/greedy-lying-bastards-review</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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