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</span>A review of research published in the Public Library of Science shows five emerging trends in studies of climate change ecology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://blogs.plos.org/blog/2014/08/12/ecologists-worried-right-now-5-emerging-trends-climate-change-ecology/"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://blogs.plos.org/blog/2014/08/12/ecologists-worried-right-now-5-emerging-trends-climate-change-ecology/</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
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</span>A new polymer absorbs CO2 under the conditions for producing hydrogen in an IGCC and then releases it, perhaps for sequestration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It has the potential to render hydrogen a sustainable power source, assuming that satisfactory storage can be devised for the CO2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140810124200.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily%29"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140810124200.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily%29</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>A 3,000 megawatt wind farm in Wyoming awaits federal environmental approval.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>None of the power will remain in Wyoming, which uses primarily coal, unless the EPA rules can overcome ALEC and other fossil fuel interests in the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/11/3469826/wind-farm-wyoming-carbon-county/?elq=~~eloqua..type--emailfield..syntax--recipientid~~&elqCampaignId=~~eloqua..type--campaign..campaignid--0..fieldname--id~~"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/11/3469826/wind-farm-wyoming-carbon-county/?elq=~~eloqua..type--emailfield..syntax--recipientid~~&elqCampaignId=~~eloqua..type--campaign..campaignid--0..fieldname--id~~</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>22% of the world’s power came from renewable sources in 2013, an increase of 8% over 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Over 144 countries have renewable energy targets, and 138 have support policies for that energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/08/global-renewable-energy-status-uncovered?cmpid=WNL-Friday-August15-2014"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/08/global-renewable-energy-status-uncovered?cmpid=WNL-Friday-August15-2014</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">Wave and tidal power are proving more expensive than forecast and are growing slowly than other renewable sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-14/wave-and-tidal-power-costing-more-than-forecast.html"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-14/wave-and-tidal-power-costing-more-than-forecast.html</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>A booming market in solar panels has reversed the glut of recent years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Production may lag demand for the first time in eight years, though new production is planned and may pace demand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Prices are not expected to rise since the increasing demand is based partly on the declining cost of solar power.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-18/solar-boom-driving-first-global-panel-shortage-since-2006.html"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-18/solar-boom-driving-first-global-panel-shortage-since-2006.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 1000 requires regional grid planning which takes renewable portfolio standards into account and otherwise paves the way for a transition to renewable power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It has been fought in the courts by utilities and other interests but has now been affirmed by the US Court of Appeals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The next step for the enemies would be the Supreme Court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Southeast and West are the regions most likely to see changes from Order 1000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font><a href="http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/25870"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/25870</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>A report by the Department of Energy and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab calculates the current cost of wind energy at $.25/kilowatt hour, an all-time low more remarkable because recent projects have often been in less favorable areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><a href="http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Price-of-US-Wind-Power-at-All-Time-Low-of-2.5-Cents-Per-Kilowatt-Hour?utm_source=Daily&utm_medium=Headline&utm_campaign=GTMDaily"><font color="#0563c1">http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Price-of-US-Wind-Power-at-All-Time-Low-of-2.5-Cents-Per-Kilowatt-Hour?utm_source=Daily&utm_medium=Headline&utm_campaign=GTMDaily</font></a></span></font></div>
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