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</span>Shrimp raised in increasingly acidic water taste worse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-badtasting-shrimp-20141222-column.html"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-badtasting-shrimp-20141222-column.html</font></a>
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</span>A new study finds that wheat production will fall 6% for every 1°C of warming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/23/global-warming-cut-wheat-yields-research-shows"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/23/global-warming-cut-wheat-yields-research-shows</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Peter Sinclair has put together some stories and tapes on sea level rise, especially in South Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font><a href="http://climatecrocks.com/2014/12/23/miamis-real-estate-catch-22/"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://climatecrocks.com/2014/12/23/miamis-real-estate-catch-22/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>James Hansen assesses the climate situation and the solutions on the horizon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font><a href="http://csas.ei.columbia.edu/2014/12/23/assuring-real-progress-on-climate/"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://csas.ei.columbia.edu/2014/12/23/assuring-real-progress-on-climate/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>144 countries now have renewable energy targets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>50 support zero carbon emissions by 2050.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Undertaking to double renewable energy to 36% by 2030 would be cheaper than not doing so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/24/the-switch-to-renewable-power-is-a-battle-we-cannot-afford-to-lose"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/24/the-switch-to-renewable-power-is-a-battle-we-cannot-afford-to-lose</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>72% of new US generating capacity last month was from renewables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/12/solar-and-wind-provide-70-percent-of-new-us-generating-capacity-in-november-2014?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-December24-2014"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/12/solar-and-wind-provide-70-percent-of-new-us-generating-capacity-in-november-2014?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-December24-2014</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>In major reforestation efforts, Costa Rica is now over half forested, Brazil has slowed the loss of the Amazonian rain forest by 83% in the last decade, and Indonesia is halting the cutting of its forests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Against a great deal of economic pressure, governments are making bold moves to restore their forests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(Subscription required.) </font><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/science/earth/restored-forests-are-making-inroads-against-climate-change-.html?emc=edit_th_20141224&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=43628374&_r=0"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/science/earth/restored-forests-are-making-inroads-against-climate-change-.html?emc=edit_th_20141224&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=43628374&_r=0</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Local event: Dennis Bushnell, Chief Scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, will present Climate, Energy, Sea Level Rise—Problem and Solution Spaces 11:30-1 Friday, Jan. 23, at the UNF University Center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>$25 including lunch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Organized by the USGBC, North Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Register early.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font><a href="http://www.usgbcnf.org/Resources/Documents/January%20Flyer.pdf"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.usgbcnf.org/Resources/Documents/January%20Flyer.pdf</font></a><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Because we have far-flung list members I have resisted carrying news local to NE FL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>However, I’m going to begin listing significant events as a last item to inform our nearby members. If you’re recirculating it elsewhere you should be able to lop that off easily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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