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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">1. David Roberts interviews Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin about their new book, Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">2. Tesla’s battery day announcements: 54% range increase, 56% battery cell cost reduction, 69% cut in production costs per kWh. All promised to take effect over the next three years. And a new $25,000 sedan. The energy transition,
and the electrification of transportation, just got a giant boost. </span><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/23/the-secret-of-tesla-battery-day/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/23/the-secret-of-tesla-battery-day/</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Another take on the momentous battery day. Morgan Stanley estimates that the news will trigger $22tn in investments in the “EV ecosystem.”
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/the-end-of-fossil-fuel-cars-tesla-battery-gains-to-trigger-30-trillion-ev-boom-96328/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">https://reneweconomy.com.au/the-end-of-fossil-fuel-cars-tesla-battery-gains-to-trigger-30-trillion-ev-boom-96328/</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">3. In Kentucky a majority deny that the climate is changing. Still, it changes, and Kentucky now supports growing climate activism.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">4. A study has found that natural regeneration of forests can capture more carbon that planned regeneration and hold it more securely.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">5. Gavin Newsome, CA’s Governor, has ordered an end to the sale of gas-only cars by 2035. “At least 15 other countries including the United Kingdom, France and Germany, have made similar pledges.”
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">6. Twice as many homes are subject to flooding than are indicated by FEMA’s 100-year flood zone maps.
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