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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">1. The major oil and gas companies are investing heavily in projects which would make it impossible to avoid a great risk of uncontrollable global heat in spite of a near-quadrupling of renewable power to 12.9% of total electricity
over the past decade. </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/06/oil-and-gas-companies-undermining-climate-goals-says-report"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/06/oil-and-gas-companies-undermining-climate-goals-says-report</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">2. The ten Democratic candidates who participated in CNN’s seven-hour series of town halls gave us a chance to experience their degree of climate literacy and to glimpse what their presidencies would mean to us. A debate could
not have been nearly so valuable. Grist provides some capsule reactions. </span>
<a href="https://grist.org/article/how-did-democrats-fare-at-cnns-climate-town-hall-we-asked-the-experts/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://grist.org/article/how-did-democrats-fare-at-cnns-climate-town-hall-we-asked-the-experts/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">CNN provides highlights. </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/09/05/climate-crisis-town-halls-best-moments-llr-orig.cnn"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/09/05/climate-crisis-town-halls-best-moments-llr-orig.cnn</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">3. Variations in residential water use are largely explained by only five factors in the built environment: “housing density, tax assessed value, lot size, vegetative cover and the age of housing.” The usage associated with these
factors can vary among cities. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><a href="https://phys.org/news/2019-09-water-efficient-cities.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://phys.org/news/2019-09-water-efficient-cities.html</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">4. Every year until 2040 Ireland will be planting 22 million trees on almost 20,000 acres of repurposed agricultural land as a part of their climate program. “The ambitious plan would mean a significant shift in the use of farming
land in Ireland.” Thanks to Ed Brock for the news. </span><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/climate-change-ireland-plans-to-plant-440m-trees-by-2040-1.4003940"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/climate-change-ireland-plans-to-plant-440m-trees-by-2040-1.4003940</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">To repurpose significant agricultural land for forests means cutting down on meat and dairy consumption, as we must if we are to avoid uncontrollable heating. We are risking that now; at 2C the chances will be 50-50.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">5. A private online poll in Argentina found that 60% of the respondents are “disposed to stop eating beef.”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/09/04/world/americas/ap-lt-argentina-vegetarians-vs-meat-eaters.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/09/04/world/americas/ap-lt-argentina-vegetarians-vs-meat-eaters.html</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">6. A third to a half of people in the US are interested in cutting down on meat consumption. It is something a lot of us wrestle with.
<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eat-less-meat-environmental-effect_l_5d39d84fe4b020cd99501f2d">
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eat-less-meat-environmental-effect_l_5d39d84fe4b020cd99501f2d</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">7. First Dog on the Moon faces projections on vegans. Why won’t they leave us alone to consume the flesh of tortured animals in peace?
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/06/vegans-why-wont-they-leave-us-alone-to-consume-the-flesh-of-tortured-animals-in-peace">
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/06/vegans-why-wont-they-leave-us-alone-to-consume-the-flesh-of-tortured-animals-in-peace</a></span></p>
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