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</span>Loss of tropical forests is now more often tied to corporate exploitation than to slash and burn agriculture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The founder of Mongabay (“the single most depressing site on the Internet”) sees reason for hope in that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>More and more corporations, under pressure from consumers and governments, are adopting policies to limit or eliminate deforestation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Satellites, drones, and other devices can monitor their performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Countries are adopting effective control policies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_conservationist_sees_signs_of_hope_for_the_worlds_rainforests/2822/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_conservationist_sees_signs_of_hope_for_the_worlds_rainforests/2822/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29</font></a>
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</span>A controversial study maintains that demand management is more important than power storage to German’s transition to renewables, at least until they hit 60% renewable energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/10/german-experts-lock-horns-over-storage?cmpid=WNL-Friday-October31-2014"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/10/german-experts-lock-horns-over-storage?cmpid=WNL-Friday-October31-2014</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Brazil has initiated solar power by granting contracts for 31 solar parks producing a total of 1,048 megawatts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Solar parks are essentially neighborhood-sized power stations, a mode of distributed power generation half-way between rooftop solar and large scale plants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The approach simplifies transmission arrangements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/31/us-brazil-solar-auction-idUSKBN0IK2FB20141031?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/31/us-brazil-solar-auction-idUSKBN0IK2FB20141031?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Part of the impetus for Brazil’s solar push is the current drought there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Amazon has lost so much tree cover that it is losing the capacity to influence climate as it has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/31/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-weather-droughts-report"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/31/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-weather-droughts-report</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The EPA has released a report warning that the consequences of burning fossil fuel are now upon us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2014/10/31/epa-climate-change-cant-be-stopped-prepare-for-wildfires-hurricanes-rising-seas/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2014/10/31/epa-climate-change-cant-be-stopped-prepare-for-wildfires-hurricanes-rising-seas/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is set to release a Synthesis Report which warns of “severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems” but concludes that we can still avoid the worst prospects through
effective action to control emissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The report is still being edited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.dw.de/un-warns-of-irreversible-climate-change/a-18027685?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.dw.de/un-warns-of-irreversible-climate-change/a-18027685?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The US government has published a report of the vulnerability of 38 agencies to climate change and their plans to cope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The report also details new plans for reducing emissions from federal sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/31/38-federal-agencies-reveal-their-vulnerabilities-to-climate-change-and-what-theyre-doing-about-it/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/31/38-federal-agencies-reveal-their-vulnerabilities-to-climate-change-and-what-theyre-doing-about-it/</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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