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</span>San Francisco has adopted a checklist to be completed before developing with public funds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It rates the project’s vulnerability to sea level rise and asks for information on steps taken toward adaptation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It does not prescribe limits or conditions of development, though it does require that sea level rise be considered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>This mild but innovative step toward effective planning for sea level rise deserves imitation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/san-francisco-threat-of-sea-level-rise-18189"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.climatecentral.org/news/san-francisco-threat-of-sea-level-rise-18189</font></a>
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</span>Burlington, VT, now gets 100% of its power renewably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Over the past 24 years the municipal utility and the citizens have spent $44.7 million on efficiency measures which now save over $10 million yearly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The state has set a goal of 90% renewables by 2050. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/10/24/vermonts-largest-municipal-utility-goes-100-percent-renewable"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/10/24/vermonts-largest-municipal-utility-goes-100-percent-renewable</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>2.5 million years ago, a shift in the oceanic circulation altered the climate with no help from atmospheric CO2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We should be alert for similar changes prompted by the current climate disruption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141025152717.htm"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141025152717.htm</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Since 2000, rainfall has decreased by up to 25% in the southeastern Amazon, threatening to set off a feedback loop which would release significant amounts of carbon from the soil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/drying-amazon-carbon-concern-18241?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.climatecentral.org/news/drying-amazon-carbon-concern-18241?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>“The risk of severe winters in Europe and northern Asia has been doubled by global warming, according to new research.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>As the polar vortex is weakened by heating in the Arctic, dips in the jet stream become more stable, pulling chilled air south.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/26/global-warming-has-doubled-risk-harsh-winters-eurasia-research-finds"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/26/global-warming-has-doubled-risk-harsh-winters-eurasia-research-finds</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Poor nations installed renewable energy at almost twice the rate of rich nations from 2008 to 2013, with 143% growth rate compared to 84% among the better off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-28/cost-competitive-clean-energy-installs-surge-in-emerging-nations.html"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-28/cost-competitive-clean-energy-installs-surge-in-emerging-nations.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Fossil fuel power plants are subject to unpredictable shutdowns and to large fuel price variations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Wind is more reliable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/28/wind-power-cheaper-reliable-natural-gas/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=aabafec2d4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-aabafec2d4-331994013"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/28/wind-power-cheaper-reliable-natural-gas/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=aabafec2d4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-aabafec2d4-331994013</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The German firm Alevo is set to begin manufacturing GridBanks, innovative 2 megawatt batteries, next year at an old cigarette factory in North Carolina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>GridBanks are long-lived with no significant increases in internal resistance even after 40,000 recharges. They are meant to replace fossil fuel backup installations for utilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/10/from-ashes-to-energy-1-billion-alevo-battery-factory-surges-one-the-scene?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-October29-2014"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/10/from-ashes-to-energy-1-billion-alevo-battery-factory-surges-one-the-scene?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-October29-2014</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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