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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">1. In its annual climate report the UN documents the effects of rising heat in a warning that we have little time left to avoid the worst consequences of our use of fossil fuels. CBS and other mass outlets are covering the story.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climate-report-warns-time-is-fast-running-out-to-avoid-worst/ar-BB110jJA?ocid=spartandhp"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climate-report-warns-time-is-fast-running-out-to-avoid-worst/ar-BB110jJA?ocid=spartandhp</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">2. A study of 42 past ecosystem disruptions reveals that large biomes such as the Amazonian rain forest fail more quickly than smaller and simple systems. Quick remedial action is indicated.
</span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/10/ecosystems-size-of-amazon-rainforest-can-collapse-within-decades"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/10/ecosystems-size-of-amazon-rainforest-can-collapse-within-decades</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">3. It is a mistake to believe that we have 8, or 10, or 12 years, or until 2050, to address the climate crisis. Still, “deadlines can focus efforts.” We need to couch our actions now in terms of their effect on the environment.
</span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/10/deadline-save-world-climate-test-crisis-governments?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/10/deadline-save-world-climate-test-crisis-governments?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">4. The effects of the currently dropping price of oil on the climate crisis are mixed, but in the end “the transition to low carbon energy is not dependent on the price or availability of fossil fuels.” We are being driven by
our growing knowledge of the effects of the climate crisis, including economic disruption.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><a href="https://phys.org/news/2020-03-oil-price-affect-green-energy.html"><span lang="SV" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:SV">https://phys.org/news/2020-03-oil-price-affect-green-energy.html</span></a><span lang="SV" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:SV"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">5. Honolulu is suing eight oil companies for the catastrophic effects of their business, though they knew “that their products were defective and dangerous and were and are causing and contributing to the nuisance complained of,
and acted with conscious disregard for the probable dangerous consequences of their conduct’s and products’ foreseeable impact upon the rights of others, including the City and its residents.” Sea level rise is prominent among the noxious effects. 14 such
cases by cities, counties, and the State of Rhode Island have been filed in the past two and a half years.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09032020/honolulu-flooding-climate-change-climate-lawsuits-oahu?ct=t(RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN)">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09032020/honolulu-flooding-climate-change-climate-lawsuits-oahu?ct=t(RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN)</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">6. Oregon Republican legislators have been hiding from climate action. They were preempted by the Governor, who issued a sweeping executive order which uses existing law to mandate emissions cuts, support for clean fuels, infrastructure
for electric vehicles, and actions by utilities. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a href="https://www.nrdc.org/experts/alex-jackson/oregon-gov-brown-issues-sweeping-climate-executive-orderh">https://www.nrdc.org/experts/alex-jackson/oregon-gov-brown-issues-sweeping-climate-executive-orderh</a></span></p>
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