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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>ALEC is on a campaign to legislate against clean energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>When it did not succeed in repealing state renewable energy standards last year it devised less direct attacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/04/alec-freerider-homeowners-assault-clean-energy"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/04/alec-freerider-homeowners-assault-clean-energy</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">ALEC has lost about a third of its corporate funding since it became public that it is behind the stand your ground gun laws.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The campaign against environmental initiatives is part of a coordinated right wing package which includes attacks on public education, health care, and state pension systems, and goes beyond ALEC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It is coordinated by the State Policy Network.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Guardian has secured its general plans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/state-conservative-groups-assault-education-health-tax"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/state-conservative-groups-assault-education-health-tax</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Doug Boucher of UCS answers questions about the forest agreement at Warsaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/12/qa-on-the-forest-agreement-in-warsaw.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+news/rss/newsblog+News+Blog+-+Blog+Posts"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/12/qa-on-the-forest-agreement-in-warsaw.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+news/rss/newsblog+News+Blog+-+Blog+Posts</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>How to structure an energy market when the fuel cost drops to zero?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>With over 25% renewable energy, Germany is already dealing with the happy challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/what-happens-when-the-energy-price-falls-to-zero-99309"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/what-happens-when-the-energy-price-falls-to-zero-99309</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>As the Arctic warms it fixes more carbon through increased open water and warmer summers, but may eventually end up the source a significant net increase because of winter heating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=will-arctic-meltdown-produce-more-greenhouse-gases-or-less"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=will-arctic-meltdown-produce-more-greenhouse-gases-or-less</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Increasing ocean acidity is making rockfish (and perhaps others) more anxious and leads to behavioral changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-fish-anxiety-ocean-acidification-20131205,0,5400146.story#axzz2mlHx8dhY"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-fish-anxiety-ocean-acidification-20131205,0,5400146.story#axzz2mlHx8dhY</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Arctic warming is likely contributing to heat waves and drought in the northern midlatitudes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/shrinking-arctic-sea-ice-means-scorching-us-summers-205420601.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.yahoo.com/shrinking-arctic-sea-ice-means-scorching-us-summers-205420601.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Nelson Mandela was a climate activist who organized pressure for economic justice regarding the effects of climate disruption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/justice-giant-remembering-mandela-and-his-fight-for-climate-justice/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://grist.org/climate-energy/justice-giant-remembering-mandela-and-his-fight-for-climate-justice/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>An Australian study anticipates doubling the number of firefighters by 2030 to cope with the increased fires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/09/firefighter-numbers-will-need-to-double-by-2030-climate-council"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/09/firefighter-numbers-will-need-to-double-by-2030-climate-council</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Solar City, which installs rooftop solar power and sells it to the homeowners, will use Tesla Motors to supply batteries intended to even out the power production.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Both companies are managed by Elon Musk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
The arrangement is expected to lower the cost of such batteries through economies of scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/news/522226/solarcity-using-tesla-batteries-aims-to-bring-solar-power-to-the-masses/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_source=newsletter-weekly-energy&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20131209"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.technologyreview.com/news/522226/solarcity-using-tesla-batteries-aims-to-bring-solar-power-to-the-masses/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_source=newsletter-weekly-energy&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20131209</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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