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</span>Rising CO2 causes fish to become more adventurous and susceptible to predators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It even seems to cause them to reverse their sense of danger from the smell of predators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The effect does not lessen with habituation to the new CO2 levels, and could endanger the entire food chain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/14/entire-marine-food-chain-at-risk-from-rising-co2-levels-in-water"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/14/entire-marine-food-chain-at-risk-from-rising-co2-levels-in-water</font></a>
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</span>Climate contrarians have managed to get papers published, but the journals are often the worse for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/apr/14/climate-contrarian-backlash-journal-difficult-lesson"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/apr/14/climate-contrarian-backlash-journal-difficult-lesson</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Business Insider reports that solar energy is becoming so cheap that it will dominate energy supply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/solar-price-terrordome-chart-2014-4"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.businessinsider.com/solar-price-terrordome-chart-2014-4</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>CleanTechnica provides further comments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Thanks to Tom Larson for the news.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/14/low-cost-solar-poised-for-global-domination/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/14/low-cost-solar-poised-for-global-domination/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The 2° threshold will mean significant changes for Europe, with high temperatures and significantly increased precipitation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140415084425.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fscience_society%2Fresource_shortage+%28Resource+Shortage+News+--+ScienceDaily%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140415084425.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fscience_society%2Fresource_shortage+%28Resource+Shortage+News+--+ScienceDaily%29</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Direct measurement of methane releases by newly drilled wells in PA showed methane levels 100-1,000 times EPA estimates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2340130/fracking-methane-leaks-at-least-100-times-larger-than-epa-estimated-say-researchers"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2340130/fracking-methane-leaks-at-least-100-times-larger-than-epa-estimated-say-researchers</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">The PNAS study has implications for the use of natural gas as a bridge from coal to renewables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://climatecrocks.com/2014/04/16/are-natural-gas-wells-huge-methane-sources/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://climatecrocks.com/2014/04/16/are-natural-gas-wells-huge-methane-sources/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The XL Keystone pipeline would be a major setback to climate mitigation efforts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/apr/16/keystone-xl-cops-incompetent"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/apr/16/keystone-xl-cops-incompetent</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Japan might replace its nuclear power with coal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>But it need not do that; increased efficiency has already replaced much of the nuclear capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/how-japan-replaced-half-its-nuclear-capacity-with-efficiency?utm_source=Efficiency&utm_medium=Headline&utm_campaign=GTMDaily"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/how-japan-replaced-half-its-nuclear-capacity-with-efficiency?utm_source=Efficiency&utm_medium=Headline&utm_campaign=GTMDaily</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">The negawatt—a watt you don’t have to produce because you are using energy more efficiently—is hands down the cheapest energy available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Costs vary by region; generally, a negawatt is more expensive in those areas which have already undertaken energetic efficiency programs, but even there it beats all other sources of energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/studies-efficiency-still-the-cheapest-energy-resource?utm_source=Efficiency&utm_medium=Headline&utm_campaign=GTMDaily"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/studies-efficiency-still-the-cheapest-energy-resource?utm_source=Efficiency&utm_medium=Headline&utm_campaign=GTMDaily</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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