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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">1. BP may be serious about a transition to renewable energy. It intends to cut oil and gas production 40% by 2030 and increase renewable energy production to 50 gigawatts.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> To indicate</span> the
dwindling worth of fossil fuels, ExxonMobil has a market value less than two-thirds of Tesla’s.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">2. Offshore wind power is projected to grow rapidly in the next decade, driven especially by planned installations in China and other countries in the Asian-Pacific region.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">3. Mona Dajani, “one of the leading deal-makers in the renewable energy industry,” describes in an interview the movement toward renewables she sees in the energy industry. </span><a href="https://climatecrocks.com/2020/08/04/pandemic-pushes-prodigious-pivot-past-petroleum/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://climatecrocks.com/2020/08/04/pandemic-pushes-prodigious-pivot-past-petroleum/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">4. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The value of rooftop solar may be much more than the average cost of power because solar power is typically generated primarily in the afternoon at a time of heavy power use when the costs
of production are greatest. A solar industry analysis indicates a value of 24 cents a kilowatt hour in Michigan.
<a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/08/the-value-of-rooftop-solar-power-in-michigan-24-cents-per-kwh/">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">5. An Ohio farmer looks at the agricultural climate plan drafted by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and finds much to admire.
</span><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/510679-house-committee-embraces-agriculture-as-a-solution-to-climate"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/510679-house-committee-embraces-agriculture-as-a-solution-to-climate</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">6. While global lockdowns to control the spread of covid-19 have produced emissions drops, that alone will have little impact on the progress of the climate crisis as we return to work.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>An analysis in Nature Climate Change indicates that only a green recovery has the potential to halt the heating at levels which give us a decent chance of persisting.
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