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</font></span><font size="3">The National Catholic Reporter called climate disruption the “number one pro-life issue.”</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">Evangelicals, perhaps influenced by evangelical climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe, have also begun to waken to the urgency of the issue.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span></font><a href="http://climatecrocks.com/2014/05/21/climate-change-the-number-one-pro-life-issue/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://climatecrocks.com/2014/05/21/climate-change-the-number-one-pro-life-issue/</font></a><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">Some Florida evangelicals are calling for Governor Scott and Senator Rubio to take action on climate mitigation.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span></font><a href="http://grist.org/news/evangelical-christians-call-on-florida-politicians-to-take-climate-action/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520May%252021&utm_campaign=daily"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://grist.org/news/evangelical-christians-call-on-florida-politicians-to-take-climate-action/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520May%252021&utm_campaign=daily</font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">2.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">Fukushima Prefecture has adopted a goal of 100% renewable energy by 2040.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/05/fukushima-japan-rebuilding-communities-with-solar-commits-to-a-100-percent-renewable-energy-by-2040?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-May21-2014"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/05/fukushima-japan-rebuilding-communities-with-solar-commits-to-a-100-percent-renewable-energy-by-2040?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-May21-2014</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">3.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">The Army is building three 30-megawatt solar installations in Georgia at or below the avoided cost of fossil fuels.
</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3"> </font></span></font><a href="http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/georgia-power-to-build-solar-for-the-u.s.-army-at-below-the-cost-of-other-s?utm_source=Solar&utm_medium=Picture&utm_campaign=GTMDaily"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/georgia-power-to-build-solar-for-the-u.s.-army-at-below-the-cost-of-other-s?utm_source=Solar&utm_medium=Picture&utm_campaign=GTMDaily</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</font></span><font size="3">The UN has called a climate summit in New York in late September.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">Bill McKibben would like us all to be there on September 20-21.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span></font><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/a-call-to-arms-an-invitation-to-demand-action-on-climate-change-20140521"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/a-call-to-arms-an-invitation-to-demand-action-on-climate-change-20140521</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">5.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">On June 2 the EPA will release emission rules for existing power plants.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">Grist’s Ben Adler explains how the rules are likely to work (state targets) but the agency is being tight-lipped about the target.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">The rules will not become final for a year.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span></font><a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/heres-what-to-expect-from-obamas-big-new-climate-rules/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520May%252022&utm_campaign=daily"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://grist.org/climate-energy/heres-what-to-expect-from-obamas-big-new-climate-rules/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520May%252022&utm_campaign=daily</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</font></span><font size="3">Florida is in for a rough time from sea level rise.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">The southeast is doing better than the rest of the state in facing that, but will suffer the worst effects.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3"> </font></span></font><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/21/3432588/south-florida-fighting-sea-level-rise/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/21/3432588/south-florida-fighting-sea-level-rise/</font></a><u><font size="3"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Calibri"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">I believe the story is mistaken in saying that the East Coast differential in sea level rise stretches as far south as Florida.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">Their own reference link states that the effect ends at Cape Hatteras, NC.
</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3"> </font></span></font><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/25/east-coast-sea-level-rise_n_1624134.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/25/east-coast-sea-level-rise_n_1624134.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</font></span><font size="3">The Energy and Policy Institute has released a 35 page report, “Attacks on Renewable Energy Policy by Fossil Fuel Interests 2013-2014.”</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span></font><a href="http://www.energyandpolicy.org/renewable-energy-state-policy-attacks-report"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.energyandpolicy.org/renewable-energy-state-policy-attacks-report</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</font></span><font size="3">Solar roadways, as durable as asphalt or concrete, not only go to solve the space problem for locating pv but could provide illuminated guidelines at night and self-clean ice and snow in winter (among other benefits).</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">They are said to be ready for commercial deployment.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3">
</font></span></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2014/05/visualize-solar-powered-roads?cmpid=WNL-Friday-May23-2014"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2014/05/visualize-solar-powered-roads?cmpid=WNL-Friday-May23-2014</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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