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</span>Michael Oppenheimer discusses why he believes the US-China climate agreement is significant and doable, and why it will be difficult to derail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/u-s-china-agreed-climate-change-action/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/u-s-china-agreed-climate-change-action/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Seth Borenstein assembles informed opinion that the agreement needs to lead to further actions by other nations before it can have a decisive impact on climate disruption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-china-climate-deal-aims-prod-others-act-091201821--politics.html"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.yahoo.com/us-china-climate-deal-aims-prod-others-act-091201821--politics.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Groundwork for the agreement began in the late 1990s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Specific initiatives toward the bilateral agreement began in 2007 during the Bush administration and advanced through a series of trust-building exercises, proofs of good faith, and preliminary agreements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Credit in the US goes to a team of diplomats and scientists, lately under the leadership of President Obama and Secretary Kerry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-china-climate-deal-aims-prod-others-act-091201821--politics.html"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.yahoo.com/us-china-climate-deal-aims-prod-others-act-091201821--politics.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>BusinessGreen notices that the US-China agreement signals a major shift toward a sustainable economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/article/7-things-know-about-us-china-climate-deal?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoguq7BZKXonjHpfsX56%2BskXK%2B1lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ESsFgI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFSLHEMa5qw7gMXRQ%3D"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.greenbiz.com/article/7-things-know-about-us-china-climate-deal?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoguq7BZKXonjHpfsX56%2BskXK%2B1lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ESsFgI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFSLHEMa5qw7gMXRQ%3D</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>China expects to increase new rooftop solar installations tenfold this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-12/china-hunger-for-clean-energy-to-leave-no-rooftop-behind.html"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-12/china-hunger-for-clean-energy-to-leave-no-rooftop-behind.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>The Department of Energy’s loan program for risky and innovative companies (such as Solyndra—and Tesla) is now in the black and expects over $5 billion in profits on loans totaling $34.2 billion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The program was devised to support enterprises which were too risky to attract private capital and was set up with $10 billion in reserve to cover expected losses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://climatecrocks.com/2014/11/13/federal-renewable-innovation-spending-pays-off-big-go-figure/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://climatecrocks.com/2014/11/13/federal-renewable-innovation-spending-pays-off-big-go-figure/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">
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</span>Lightning strikes increase globally about 12% for every 1°C rise in temperature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/13/lightning-strikes-will-increase-due-to-climate-change"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/13/lightning-strikes-will-increase-due-to-climate-change</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Scores of major corporations, including ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Walmart, General Electric, Duke, Deutsche Bank, Delta Airlines, BMW, and Google, include an internally estimated carbon price in their planning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://climatecrocks.com/2014/11/14/big-business-gears-ready-for-carbon-pricing/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://climatecrocks.com/2014/11/14/big-business-gears-ready-for-carbon-pricing/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Denmark has announced a goal of 100% renewable energy by 2050.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They have included transportation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/denmark-announces100-renewable-goal"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/denmark-announces100-renewable-goal</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>President Obama has pledged $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund, set up to help poor countries in climate efforts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It may be enough to ease the tensions between developed and undeveloped nations which have blocked agreements for twenty years.
</font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/14/obamas-3bn-climate-fund-could-kickstart-action-global-warming"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/14/obamas-3bn-climate-fund-could-kickstart-action-global-warming</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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