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</span>The California legislature has passed provisions for stricter management of groundwater at the local and state levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Groundwater loss is a problem common to many states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.enn.com/climate/article/47786?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ClimateChangeNews-Enn+%28Climate+Change+News+-+ENN%29"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.enn.com/climate/article/47786?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ClimateChangeNews-Enn+%28Climate+Change+News+-+ENN%29</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Bill McKibben recapitulates the sorry history of the place of natural gas in public policy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>“It’s time to stop looking for a bridge and simply take the leap.” </font>
</span><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/methane-fracking-obama-climate-change-bill-mckibben"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/methane-fracking-obama-climate-change-bill-mckibben</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Climate disruption threatens the continued presence of half the bird species in North America, and many could go extinct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Included in the Audubon Society study’s list of threatened birds are the bald eagle and ten state birds (plus Washington, D.C.’s).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/09/north-america-birds-extinction-study-climate-change"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/09/north-america-birds-extinction-study-climate-change</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Pictures of some of the threatened species:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/sep/09/birds-of-north-america-under-threat-from-climate-change-in-pictures"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/sep/09/birds-of-north-america-under-threat-from-climate-change-in-pictures</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Atmospheric CO2 increased last year at the fastest rate since 1984.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Part of the problem is that the biosphere is absorbing less CO2 than usual and may have reached a limit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The cause is not known.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></span><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29115845"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29115845</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Climate Progress puts the CO2 rise together with the rises in methane emissions and acidification; we should indeed take the leap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/09/3564900/wmo-climate-change-co2-report/?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/2014/09/09/3564900/wmo-climate-change-co2-report/?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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>At least 570 methane seeps have appeared on the margin of the US continental shelf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The origin appears to be melting clathrates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Previous surveys showed only three seeps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The seeps appear to be oxidizing to CO2 and dissolving in the water instead of entering the atmosphere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(The contribution to ocean acidification is not addressed.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>30,000 of these seeps are estimated worldwide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28898223"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28898223</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Much local planning and even public education about climate disruption focusses on the effects (here in NE Florida, sea level rise) and sidesteps the cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>That approach makes working with the public and local governments much easier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It is difficult for people to argue that we should not manage risks; it is easier to claim the right not to believe in scientific analysis, leading to much emotionally charged and unproductive discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Propaganda has prepared many to assert their right to disbelieve in climate science.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(No one should; belief only gets in the way of understanding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Either you have evidence or you don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
Statements of belief or disbelief can amount to covert assertions of ignorance.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>When people realize that they should prepare for, say, about eight inches of sea level rise by 2030 they will probably wonder about the causes on their own and be ready to do something to avoid even worse problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font><a href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_26490212/cities-prepare-warm-climate-without-saying-so"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_26490212/cities-prepare-warm-climate-without-saying-so</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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