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</span>Four of the leading climate scientists have signed an open letter asking that we not dismiss newer nuclear technologies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They consider that renewables cannot be scaled in time to take effective action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Negative reaction to the letter has pointed to Fukushima and other disasters of currently deployed nuclear technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/03/world/nuclear-energy-climate-change-scientists-letter/index.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/03/world/nuclear-energy-climate-change-scientists-letter/index.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>My understanding is that we must take decisive action as soon as may be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Could nuclear power be brought on line quickly?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>If emergency manufacturing programs were to be implemented, would it not be faster, safer, and cheaper to deploy renewable power? Nuclear power is inherently steadier, but<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> r</span>olling brownouts and scheduled and unscheduled
blackouts are far preferable to the climatic alternatives until grid, storage, and production problems are worked out no matter what technologies we use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>I am impatient with assumptions that we must continue current power usage trends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Electricity is a convenience but we depend on a livable climate.
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</span>The UN Environment Program’s Gap Report describes how we might yet keep warming below 2° C by achieving peak emissions in 2020 and a vigorous rate of decline after that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The report comes as leaders prepare for a UN climate summit in Poland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Current mitigation programs would need to be strengthened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/05/carbon-emissions-must-be-cut-significantly-by-2020-says-un-report"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/05/carbon-emissions-must-be-cut-significantly-by-2020-says-un-report</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Around 80% of a typical commercial building’s water goes to non-potable uses—flushing toilets, irrigating landscapes, and cooling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>That 80% could and increasingly does come from rainwater harvesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(Water supply is often a problem in planning adaptation to climate disruption.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/rainwater-harvesting-texas-proposition-6"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/rainwater-harvesting-texas-proposition-6</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>A study of four poorer regions finds that they are often unsuccessful in adapting to such current climate pressures as drought and calls for preparatory planning as well as material support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.irinnews.org/report/99081/new-climate-change-findings-up-pressure-on-warsaw-talks"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.irinnews.org/report/99081/new-climate-change-findings-up-pressure-on-warsaw-talks</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Super Typhoon Haiyan which hit the Philippines was abetted by unusually warm water and warm, moist air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-henn/super-typhoon-haiyan-is-a_b_4239206.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-henn/super-typhoon-haiyan-is-a_b_4239206.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Deforestation in the Amazon reduces precipitation in the Sierra Nevada and the Pacific Northwest, among other effects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1108-amazon-deforestation-california.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1108-amazon-deforestation-california.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The four county Southeast Florida Climate Compact met recently while king tides topped sea walls and covered roads in Fort Lauderdale and Miami.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://blog.ucsusa.org/florida-sea-level-rise-a-states-race-against-the-sea-294"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://blog.ucsusa.org/florida-sea-level-rise-a-states-race-against-the-sea-294</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The board of the Northeast Florida Regional Council unanimously approved a sea level rise action plan which will establish a central information source for the area as part of a program to promote regional planning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Several list members participated in developing the project, led by Margo Moehring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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