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</span>CO2 provides maximum warming about ten years after release, much sooner than the forty-fifty years previously thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The finding will influence how the social cost of emissions is calculated, and could provide political momentum for mitigation.
</font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/co2-emissions-peak-heat-18394?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/co2-emissions-peak-heat-18394?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed</font></a>
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</span>Dan Barber’s book <u>Third Table</u> (2014) presents a model of eating based on the full range of crops necessary in rotation for sustainable farming—barley, buckwheat, and millet as well as wheat, meat, and dairy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/feature/interview_dan_barber_how_to_make_farm-to-table_a_truly_sustainable_movement/2803/?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/interview_dan_barber_how_to_make_farm-to-table_a_truly_sustainable_movement/2803/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The book on Amazon:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Third-Plate-Field-Notes-Future/dp/1594204071/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417691444&sr=1-1&keywords=third+table"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://smile.amazon.com/Third-Plate-Field-Notes-Future/dp/1594204071/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417691444&sr=1-1&keywords=third+table</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Livestock are estimated to account for 14.5% of global emissions—more than those from transport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Eating habits must be part of an effective mitigation strategy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/03/eating-less-meat-curb-climate-change"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/03/eating-less-meat-curb-climate-change</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>George Monbiot’s book <u>Feral</u> (2013) argues for a model of rewilding which does not restore habitats to some previous state so much as allow them to reform in health as current conditions allow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Both on land and at sea such an approach produces much richer results than traditional conservation practices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Feral-Rewilding-Land-Human-Life/dp/022620555X/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417691344&sr=1-1&keywords=feral+rewilding+the+land+the+sea+and+human+life"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://smile.amazon.com/Feral-Rewilding-Land-Human-Life/dp/022620555X/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417691344&sr=1-1&keywords=feral+rewilding+the+land+the+sea+and+human+life</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><u>Feral</u> suggests a new and exciting world on the other side of a transition to a sustainable way of living.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Monbiot has for years been one of the most informed voices on climate disruption at the Guardian.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
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</span>France has contracted for a pilot tidal energy program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/03/france-jumps-feet-first-tidal-energy-offshore-wind-come-2015/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/03/france-jumps-feet-first-tidal-energy-offshore-wind-come-2015/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Energy company NRG has declared its intention to cut its emissions 50% by 2030 and 90% by 2050 through CCS and renewable energy development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The targets are consistent with the necessary energy transition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Thanks to Samuel Klein for the item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
(Subs. req’d.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/business/energy-environment/nrg-sets-goals-to-cut-carbon-emissions.html?_r=4&utm_source=eloqua"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/business/energy-environment/nrg-sets-goals-to-cut-carbon-emissions.html?_r=4&utm_source=eloqua</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>“The Newsroom” ran a segment in which a fictitious EPA administrator states that it is too late to avoid catastrophic planetary failure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Peter Sinclair provides that clip, and some professional reaction, including 15 minutes of interview with Michael Mann.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://climatecrocks.com/2014/12/05/glum-and-glummer-or-is-there-a-glimmer-fact-checking-the-newsroom/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://climatecrocks.com/2014/12/05/glum-and-glummer-or-is-there-a-glimmer-fact-checking-the-newsroom/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>The Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral has already lost one road and is discussing plans to retreat inland from sea level rise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-kennedy-space-center-20141205-story.html"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-kennedy-space-center-20141205-story.html</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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