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</span>California is moving toward a database of all sea level rise planning in the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Currently, as in Florida and all other states, planning is going on in relative isolation and the state has no systematic way to track and coordinate activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Republicans voted against the measure on the grounds that less than an inch of sea level rise is likely this century but failed to block the legislation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(The current rate is about an inch a decade and headed up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The CA Republican Party wins the Cap and Bells for foolish sea level rise projections, though the competition is stiff.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/california-gets-serious-about-rising-seas-18010"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.climatecentral.org/news/california-gets-serious-about-rising-seas-18010</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>Naomi Klein measures the hypothesis that capitalism can pull us back from the climate disaster it has created as she considers the actions of Richard Branson, Bill Gates, and Michael Bloomberg, billionaires who have declared their willingness to take
on the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Hypothesis disconfirmed, at least for climate activism among the very wealthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Klein tells the story of her own growing involvement with climate issues and how they became part of her struggles to have a child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>She has a new book out, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate; I am waiting for the Kindle release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The article is a sample of the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/13/greenwashing-sticky-business-naomi-klein"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/13/greenwashing-sticky-business-naomi-klein</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>Atmospheric scientist Katherine Hayhoe explains to Bill Moyers why she has moved from the natural sciences to the political science department at Texas Tech.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(She continues to direct the Climate Science Center.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://climatecrocks.com/2014/09/13/dr-katharine-hayhoe-interviewed-by-bill-moyers/"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://climatecrocks.com/2014/09/13/dr-katharine-hayhoe-interviewed-by-bill-moyers/</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A brief bio of Hayhoe:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></span><a href="http://katharinehayhoe.com/?page_id=5"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://katharinehayhoe.com/?page_id=5</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>Living shorelines use native grasses, oyster beds, and other natural features to manage modest sea level rise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The features trap sand and keep pace with the rise, while providing a habitat for marine life to survive the changing environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Along the southern US East Coast the Corps of Engineers and state authorities are quietly making it easier to create such shorelines as an alternative to bulkheads, which generally increase the damage of sea level rise and are more expensive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>“It’s either do this or lose our property altogether,” said a Pensacola property owner.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font><a href="http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060005636"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060005636</font></a><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><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The forthcoming Green Growth: A Program for Controlling Climate Change and Expanding Job Opportunities from the U of MA and the Center for American Progress proposes a kick start for a transition to renewable energy
which combines 30% efficiency savings and support for new renewable energy sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The cost would be 40% less than the government invested in the oil and gas industry last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The plan would create 2.7 million green jobs, lowering unemployment by 1.5%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It would also reduce our fossil fuel emissions by 40%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font><a href="http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/12/clean-energy-economy-2-7-million-green-jobs-40-less-emissions/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=94e1134af7-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-94e1134af7-331994013"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/12/clean-energy-economy-2-7-million-green-jobs-40-less-emissions/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=94e1134af7-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-94e1134af7-331994013</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>Germany is now running on 30% renewable energy and has become a model for other nations, as well as a test case for how to integrate utilities into the new energy economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Energiewende is so popular that the country is experiencing demonstrations against any attempt by the government to slow down the transformation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/science/earth/sun-and-wind-alter-german-landscape-leaving-utilities-behind.html?emc=edit_th_20140914&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=43628374&_r=0"><font color="#0563c1">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/science/earth/sun-and-wind-alter-german-landscape-leaving-utilities-behind.html?emc=edit_th_20140914&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=43628374&_r=0</font></a></span></font></div>
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