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</span>A Living on Earth interview describes why the drop in crude oil prices is causing the cancellation of new tar sands projects and may halt the development of the Koch brothers’ Alberta Tar Sands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The less we use, the cheaper it gets, and the less profitable it becomes to use extreme extraction methods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Thanks to Brian Paradise for the link.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00042&segmentID=1"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00042&segmentID=1</font></a><u><font color="#0563c1"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Luckily, wind and solar power are becoming so cheap that they might run oil off the cliff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>An electric car would make an appropriate vehicle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>You could pick one of the fifteen now available in California. </font><a href="http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/23/kia-soul-ev-2015-hits-californian-market-rated-93-miles-range-105-mpge/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=008969e87a-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-008969e87a-331994013"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/23/kia-soul-ev-2015-hits-californian-market-rated-93-miles-range-105-mpge/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=008969e87a-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-008969e87a-331994013</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But beware of lifting the restrictions on US crude exports, which would increase production pressures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20141020/us-oil-exports-would-worsen-global-warming-government-auditors-say"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20141020/us-oil-exports-would-worsen-global-warming-government-auditors-say</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Finally, the market, which got us into this mess, cannot be trusted to get us out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We must put a direct price on carbon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
If you have not read Naomi Oreskes’ fine book <u>This Changes Everything</u> now would be a good time.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>This September was the hottest one on record.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>So were May, June, and August.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/20/3581850/hottest-september-on-record/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/20/3581850/hottest-september-on-record/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>US carbon emissions rose 2.5% last year, according to the US Energy Information Administration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/21/us-fossil-fuel-obama-climate-change-energy-heat"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/21/us-fossil-fuel-obama-climate-change-energy-heat</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The rise estimate is unlikely to include realistic figures on methane emissions, which have been ignored by the EPA.
</font></font><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/10/22/how-much-methaneisleakingfromfrackinginfrastructure.html"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/10/22/how-much-methaneisleakingfromfrackinginfrastructure.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>So where are the methane regulations we were promised for this fall?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/we-were-promised-methane-regulations-where-are-our-methane-regulations/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520Oct%252022&utm_campaign=daily"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://grist.org/climate-energy/we-were-promised-methane-regulations-where-are-our-methane-regulations/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520Oct%252022&utm_campaign=daily</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Grist’s David Roberts argues that “Our power utilities are structured to oppose our social and environmental goals.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Since those goals will become only more persistent, the utilities will have to transform their business model by creating value for their customers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/rooftop-solar-is-just-the-beginning-utilities-must-innovate-or-go-extinct/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520Oct%252022&utm_campaign=daily"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://grist.org/climate-energy/rooftop-solar-is-just-the-beginning-utilities-must-innovate-or-go-extinct/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520Oct%252022&utm_campaign=daily</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The city commission of South Miami, FL, has voted to split South Florida off to form a separate state so that it could fully engage the prospect of sea level rise, as the current state government has failed to do.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Tom Larson suggested the topic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/22/3582766/florida-city-secession-sea-level-rise/?elq=~~eloqua..type--emailfield..syntax--recipientid~~&elqCampaignId=~~eloqua..type--campaign..campaignid--0..fieldname--id~~"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/22/3582766/florida-city-secession-sea-level-rise/?elq=~~eloqua..type--emailfield..syntax--recipientid~~&elqCampaignId=~~eloqua..type--campaign..campaignid--0..fieldname--id~~</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The EU has adopted a target of cutting emissions 40% on a 1990 base by 2030, with 27% renewable energy and a 27% increase in energy efficiency improvement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/24/eu-leaders-agree-to-cut-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-40-by-2030"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/24/eu-leaders-agree-to-cut-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-40-by-2030</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">
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