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</span>The EESI has published a handy timeline of past and planned EPA actions on greenhouse gasses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="https://webaccess.unf.edu/owa/?ae=Item&a=Open&t=IPM.Note&id=RgAAAADNZjZhnefSEYPmACBIQBfrBwDPt7iSQ3%2fSEYPcACBIQBfrAAAAzUBFAABfZaOSZit4RZ9N09oFeAnvAPlFzCKtAAAJ"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">https://webaccess.unf.edu/owa/?ae=Item&a=Open&t=IPM.Note&id=RgAAAADNZjZhnefSEYPmACBIQBfrBwDPt7iSQ3%2fSEYPcACBIQBfrAAAAzUBFAABfZaOSZit4RZ9N09oFeAnvAPlFzCKtAAAJ</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
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</span>Excavated salt domes in Utah will provide compressed air power storage for a 2,100 megawatt wind project in Wyoming to supply power to California.</span><font size="3">
</font></font><a href="http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_26593057/wyoming-wind-farm-energy-would-go-l"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_26593057/wyoming-wind-farm-energy-would-go-l</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The salt domes will be excavated by flushing, a process already used by the fossil fuel industry.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(The stories differ on the number of domes planned—three or four.)
</font></span><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WIND_FARM_LOS_ANGELES_POWER?SITE=TXDAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WIND_FARM_LOS_ANGELES_POWER?SITE=TXDAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>These stories update one I ran on 8/19, emphasizing the fossil lobby’s efforts to prevent the power being used locally.<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>The US is releasing technological data and tools, including high resolution elevation measurements, to assist other nations in planning for climate disruption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140924-climate-change-mapping-data-resilience-environment-science/"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140924-climate-change-mapping-data-resilience-environment-science/</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>47% of the UK’s carbon emissions arise from construction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>That can be cut drastically by use of hemp-lime and wood construction, capable of producing lowrise buildings with near zero energy needs while having a small (even negative) carbon footprint themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(It is illegal to grow hemp in the US; ours is imported from Canada.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/sep/25/hemp-wood-fibre-construction-climate-change"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/sep/25/hemp-wood-fibre-construction-climate-change</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>South Australia has set a target of 50% renewable energy by 2025.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Their old target was 33%, which they have already met.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They are relying on the conversion to renewables to support employment and economic growth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/south-australia-sets-50-renewable-energy-target-for-2025-2020"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/south-australia-sets-50-renewable-energy-target-for-2025-2020</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>The New York Declaration on Forests, if carried out, would cut carbon emissions by an amount equal to the US total, or all the cars in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://grist.org/food/cargill-promises-to-stop-chopping-down-rainforests-this-is-huge/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520Sept%252025&utm_campaign=daily"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://grist.org/food/cargill-promises-to-stop-chopping-down-rainforests-this-is-huge/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520Sept%252025&utm_campaign=daily</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>A new report by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group outlines a plan for cutting carbon emissions by billions of tons with no national direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The reductions would be significant on the scale of the Declaration on Forests in the pervious item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/25/3571894/c40-cities-climate-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/2014/09/25/3571894/c40-cities-climate-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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</span>Kathy Jitnil-Kijner, of the most endangered nation on earth, brought the UN Climate Summit to tears with her poem for her daughter.
</font><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/poet-brings-world-leaders-to-tears-at-un-climate-summit-20140925-10lq5x.html"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/poet-brings-world-leaders-to-tears-at-un-climate-summit-20140925-10lq5x.html</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font face="Calibri">
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