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</span>A report from the British Parliament urges the government to take the carbon bubble into account in estimations of financial stability and in the reports required of companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/06/carbon-bubble-threat-uk-economy-fossil-fuels-mps"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/06/carbon-bubble-threat-uk-economy-fossil-fuels-mps</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>More discussion of the carbon bubble from the
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Guardian</i>: “Will fossil fuels melt the global economy?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/06/could-fossil-fuels-melt-the-global-economy-carbon-bubble"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/06/could-fossil-fuels-melt-the-global-economy-carbon-bubble</font></a>
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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>Implementation of the Montreal Protocol for synthetic greenhouse gasses could cut their warming effect 26% by 2050.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>That’s about 5% of total warming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6175/1059.2.short"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6175/1059.2.short</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>A pair of US government reports warn of “cascading system failures” in energy supply and infrastructure from climate change in the next few decades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The general Climate Assessment is due out next month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/new-report-warns-of-cascading-system-failure-caused-by-climate-change/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://grist.org/climate-energy/new-report-warns-of-cascading-system-failure-caused-by-climate-change/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Historical indications are that the earth’s sensitivity to carbon heating is at the high end of earlier estimates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>NewScientist supplies a patient (and general) explanation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25187-how-much-hotter-is-the-planet-going-to-get.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Cclimate-change#.Ux3NjE2Ya70"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25187-how-much-hotter-is-the-planet-going-to-get.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Cclimate-change#.Ux3NjE2Ya70</font></a><u><font color="#0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">A study in Nature finds that aerosol forcing slightly offsets carbon warming, but the effect disappears by midcentury.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/mar/11/climate-change-sensitivity-shindell"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/mar/11/climate-change-sensitivity-shindell</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Austin, TX, is in the process of signing a power purchase agreement with SunEdison for 150 mw of solar supply for under $.05 a kilowatt-hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/austin-energy-close-to-signing-cheapest-solar-powe/nd8BF/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/austin-energy-close-to-signing-cheapest-solar-powe/nd8BF/</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>The article naively assumes that industrial batteries to bridge supply and usage fluctuations are not yet invented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>AES claims to be underselling natural gas as a bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/03/11/aes-sells-batteries-replace-peak-power-plants?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRolsqTLZKXonjHpfsX56%2BskXK%2B1lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CS8JgI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFSLHEMa5qw7gMXRQ%3D"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/03/11/aes-sells-batteries-replace-peak-power-plants?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRolsqTLZKXonjHpfsX56%2BskXK%2B1lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CS8JgI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFSLHEMa5qw7gMXRQ%3D</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Tesla and SolarCity are combining to offer rooftop solar which is equipped to integrate into a smart grid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/SolarCitys-Networked-Grid-Ready-Energy-Storage-Fleet?utm_source=Solar&utm_medium=Picture&utm_campaign=GTMDaily"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/SolarCitys-Networked-Grid-Ready-Energy-Storage-Fleet?utm_source=Solar&utm_medium=Picture&utm_campaign=GTMDaily</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>Four major German utilities are ceasing to resist decentralized, integrated solar power and are committing to the new shape of the energy market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/SolarCitys-Networked-Grid-Ready-Energy-Storage-Fleet?utm_source=Solar&utm_medium=Picture&utm_campaign=GTMDaily"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/SolarCitys-Networked-Grid-Ready-Energy-Storage-Fleet?utm_source=Solar&utm_medium=Picture&utm_campaign=GTMDaily</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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