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</span>Totten Glacier, largest in the East Antarctic, is melting almost as fast as Pine Island in the West Antarctic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Like Pine Island, Totten is grounded below sea level and is melting from the bottom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It holds enough water to raise sea levels six meters. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/giant-east-antarctic-glacier-melting-with-warmer-oceans-20150127-12ypy4.html"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/giant-east-antarctic-glacier-melting-with-warmer-oceans-20150127-12ypy4.html</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 Koch brothers are spending $889 million to influence the elections next year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They are trading in futures—the indefinite one of of the world at large, and theirs alone, so long as their lives and oil holdings last.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/27/3615930/koch-brothers-climate-delay-889-million-2016-election/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/27/3615930/koch-brothers-climate-delay-889-million-2016-election/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The Koch money is buying voices which by being noncommittal on climate defer action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/01/30/republicans-and-climate-non-committalism/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/01/30/republicans-and-climate-non-committalism/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>South Florida is being haunted by the prospect of rising insurance rates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Meanwhile, some are planning floating villages for the wealthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Thanks to Lad Hawkins for the lead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/climate-change-economics/parker-text"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/climate-change-economics/parker-text</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">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A British study concludes that the world can make the transition to a sustainable economy and keep shy of a 2C warming limit without diminishing the current quality of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/28/yes-we-can-live-well-avoid-climate-change-disaster-says-uk-government"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/28/yes-we-can-live-well-avoid-climate-change-disaster-says-uk-government</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>A study published in Nature finds that climate models accurately predict warming over 15 and 62 year intervals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The propaganda talking point of the absence of atmospheric warming recently depends on cherry picking a 15 year interval beginning in 1998, an unusually warm year, and ignoring oceanic heating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-models-predict-warming-20150128-story.html"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-models-predict-warming-20150128-story.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>A Deutsche Bank study shows the average cost of rooftop solar in the US to have been $2.90 per watt last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The price is predicted to fall 40% in the next two years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://cleantechnica.com/2015/01/29/solar-costs-will-fall-40-next-2-years-heres/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=15250d314d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-15250d314d-331994013"><font color="#0563c1" size="3" face="Calibri">http://cleantechnica.com/2015/01/29/solar-costs-will-fall-40-next-2-years-heres/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=15250d314d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-15250d314d-331994013</font></a><u><font color="#0563c1"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">If the prediction holds, rooftop solar will still be 10% cheaper than at present after the current federal subsidy of 30% expires at the end of 2016.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
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</span>Any new construction using federal money, including infrastructure as well as buildings, must take into account flooding anticipated from climate disruption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The new policy is open for public comment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><a href="http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/us-plans-for-sea-level-rise"><font color="#0563c1">http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/us-plans-for-sea-level-rise</font></a></span></font></div>
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