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</span>Presidential science advisor John Holdren testified to the Senate that drought in the US West is linked to climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Roger Pielke Jr. attacked him with some widely publicized claims which Holdren undertook to challenge in a careful response which presents a survey of scientific findings on the relationship between climate change and drought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://climatecrocks.com/2014/03/01/head-meet-platter-holdren-does-not-hold-back-on-anti-science-poser-pielke/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://climatecrocks.com/2014/03/01/head-meet-platter-holdren-does-not-hold-back-on-anti-science-poser-pielke/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><u><font color="#0000ff">
</font></u></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Joe Romm adds some details of the exchange and many harsh observations on Pielke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/03/3349411/john-holdren-roger-pielke-climate-drought/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/03/3349411/john-holdren-roger-pielke-climate-drought/</font></a>
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</span>A Harvard team has proposed earth’s infrared radiation as a new renewable energy source in a
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">PNAS</i> article: “. . .the power is modest but real.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140303154015.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140303154015.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily%29</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Sea water might be used to grow algae for biofuels in deserts; food (the author does not specify the edibles) might also be raised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/03/water-water-everywhere-green-deserts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-water-everywhere-green-deserts"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/03/water-water-everywhere-green-deserts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-water-everywhere-green-deserts</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Fracking both uses water liberally and endangers what is left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>David Suzuki observes that to trade water for fuel is crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/18/trading-water-for-fuel-fracking-crazy/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/18/trading-water-for-fuel-fracking-crazy/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Apple’s CEO invited a right wing group to sell its shares if it did not approve of the corporation’s plans to power itself renewably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Thanks to Tom Larson for the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/tim-cook-climate-change-sceptics-ditch-apple-shares"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/tim-cook-climate-change-sceptics-ditch-apple-shares</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Apple is one of 140 CA firms which signed a call for emissions cuts and clean tech investment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/03/03/apple-gap-intel-throw-weight-behind-climate-declaration?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRolsq3LZKXonjHpfsX56%2BskXK%2B1lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CScVkI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFSLHEMa5qw7gMXRQ%3D"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/03/03/apple-gap-intel-throw-weight-behind-climate-declaration?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRolsq3LZKXonjHpfsX56%2BskXK%2B1lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CScVkI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFSLHEMa5qw7gMXRQ%3D</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>80% of Europeans agree that fighting climate change and increasing energy efficiency will boost jobs and the economy; 90% consider climate change a serious problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.enn.com/climate/article/47114?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/47114?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>Land restoration programs can restore soil fertility and contribute significant carbon storage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Biochar and new discoveries in soil biology could play a part in the effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/feature/soil_as_carbon_storehouse_new_weapon_in_climate_fight/2744/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://e360.yale.edu/feature/soil_as_carbon_storehouse_new_weapon_in_climate_fight/2744/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>A study of the effects of a carbon tax on California’s economy indicates that the highest tax level, $200 per ton, produces more jobs than no tax at all—and more jobs than lower tax rates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The study also produced interesting comparisons between using the tax to cut other taxes and returning the revenue to the general population (“tax and dividend”).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/04/3356461/california-carbon-tax-200-ton/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/04/3356461/california-carbon-tax-200-ton/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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