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</span>The US and China have reached an agreement on emissions cuts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>China will produce 20% of its power renewably by 2030 in order to begin reducing overall emissions by 2030, and the US will cut emissions by 26-28% by 2025, on a 2005 base.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(The former US goal had been 17%.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
The agreement should lead to a productive round of talks at the UN climate conference in Paris next year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-and-china-reach-deal-on-climate-change-in-secret-talks/ar-AA7GkjC?ocid=AARDHP"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-and-china-reach-deal-on-climate-change-in-secret-talks/ar-AA7GkjC?ocid=AARDHP</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Boy does this make my morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>An associated agreement on information technology tariffs should help the transition economically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Guardian provides reactions to the agreement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2014/nov/12/united-states-and-china-reach-landmark-carbon-emissions-deal-live#block-54631e0ae4b04484e857936b"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2014/nov/12/united-states-and-china-reach-landmark-carbon-emissions-deal-live#block-54631e0ae4b04484e857936b</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The NY Times lists further reactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/politicians-and-climate-experts-react-to-u-s-china-emissions-deal/?emc=edit_tnt_20141112&nlid=43628374&tntemail0=y"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/politicians-and-climate-experts-react-to-u-s-china-emissions-deal/?emc=edit_tnt_20141112&nlid=43628374&tntemail0=y</font></a>
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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>The White House announcement of the agreement makes explicit the goal of limiting warming to 2°C and the intent to move toward that goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/11/11/us-china-joint-announcement-climate-change"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/11/11/us-china-joint-announcement-climate-change</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Secretary of State John Kerry takes a well-earned victory lap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/opinion/john-kerry-our-historic-agreement-with-china-on-climate-change.html?emc=edit_tnt_20141111&nlid=43628374&tntemail0=y"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/opinion/john-kerry-our-historic-agreement-with-china-on-climate-change.html?emc=edit_tnt_20141111&nlid=43628374&tntemail0=y</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The amount wealthy countries spend on exploration for new sources of fossil fuels continues to grow year by year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It now equals about four times the amount spent supporting development of renewable energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The freshly discovered fossil fuels must be left in the ground if we are to avoid disastrous climate disruption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/11/rich-countries-subsidising-oil-gas-and-coal-companies-by-88bn-a-year"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/11/rich-countries-subsidising-oil-gas-and-coal-companies-by-88bn-a-year</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The total of all subsides for fossil fuels looks to be about ten times the subsidies for explorations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>If negative externalities such as impacts of burning fossil fuels on health and climate are included the figure doubles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://priceofoil.org/fossil-fuel-subsidies/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://priceofoil.org/fossil-fuel-subsidies/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>One implication is that we have resources to apply to the robust transition to renewable energy promised in the new agreement with China if we can break them free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>Ground water is being depleted worldwide, most alarmingly in agricultural areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>90% of violent conflicts occur in regions of water scarcity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://climatecrocks.com/2014/11/10/groundwater-rapidly-depleting-world-wide/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://climatecrocks.com/2014/11/10/groundwater-rapidly-depleting-world-wide/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>A doubling of CO2 would mean a 200% increase in pollen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://ecowatch.com/2014/11/09/climate-change-increase-pollen-levels/?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=aaf481d334-Top_News_11_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-aaf481d334-85965093"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://ecowatch.com/2014/11/09/climate-change-increase-pollen-levels/?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=aaf481d334-Top_News_11_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-aaf481d334-85965093</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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