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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">1. Citroen’s Ami, a tiny electric car with a range of 46 miles and a top speed of 28 mph, will get anyone 14 years old and up around Paris for about what it takes to buy a public transportation pass.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">2. “40% of the terrestrial planet is intact,” but only about 10% of the network is connected. To be preserved life forms must be able to<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>relocate to escape local problems such as fires and drought, and to find suitable microclimates as theirs is disrupted.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Conscientious conservation planners have always attended to the need for connecting preserved areas through greenways. The article points to the need for yet more attention to the issue, for both existing and planned reserves.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">3. A 5 minute video reflects a Berkeley study which concludes that the US could offer 90% clean energy by 2035 without increasing energy bills. The World Economic Forum identifies trends which support a global transition to renewable
energy now. </span><a href="https://climatecrocks.com/2020/09/11/new-video-90-percent-clean-energy-by-2035/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">https://climatecrocks.com/2020/09/11/new-video-90-percent-clean-energy-by-2035/</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">4. 100% of new power capacity added in the US in June came from renewables. 60% of the new power was solar.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">5. Charleston, SC, is the 21<sup>st</sup> US city, and the first in the South, to sue fossil fuel companies for the costs of dealing with increasing flooding and sea level rise. In the past 50 years Charleston has gone from 4
flood days a year to 89. </span><a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/charleston-climate-lawsuit-big-oil-2647571485.html?rebelltitem=5#rebelltitem5"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">https://www.ecowatch.com/charleston-climate-lawsuit-big-oil-2647571485.html?rebelltitem=5#rebelltitem5</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">6. A secret recording of a meeting of oil executives from last summer reveals their casual attitude toward methane leakage and their disregard for the good of society and the world.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">7. CA Governor Gavin Newsom: “We are in the midst of a climate emergency.”
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