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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">1. The recent climate conference at Bonn was something of a preparation for COP 28 this December. In theater, a sorry dress rehearsal is often shrugged off as promise
of a good opening night. If that holds true for Bonn, COP 28 is going to be a monstrous success. Or, perhaps, the current mix of attendees, including fossil fuel interests, and a consensus process which gives veto power to oil states is not serving us well.
</span><a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/bonn-climate-talks-key-outcomes-from-the-june-2023-un-climate-conference/?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2023-06-19&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+19+06+2023" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">https://www.carbonbrief.org/bonn-climate-talks-key-outcomes-from-the-june-2023-un-climate-conference/?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2023-06-19&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+19+06+2023</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">2. Fourteen world leaders of countries from Senegal to the US have written a letter of economic solidarity in the face of the climate crisis. It is an opening move toward
the economic summit in Paris June 22-23.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0">
</span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/21/a-green-transition-that-leaves-no-one-behind-world-leaders-release-open-letter" class="ContentPasted0">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/21/a-green-transition-that-leaves-no-one-behind-world-leaders-release-open-letter</a><o:p class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">3. The Texas legislature has stripped local authorities of their attempts to protect workers from extreme heat by measures such as required breaks and water.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>States such as California, Washington, Oregon, and Minnesota have provided protection; attempts have failed in others such as New York and Florida. Thanks to Steve Crowley for the article.
</span><a href="https://stateline.org/2023/06/20/many-states-decline-to-require-water-breaks-for-outdoor-workers-in-extreme-heat/" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">https://stateline.org/2023/06/20/many-states-decline-to-require-water-breaks-for-outdoor-workers-in-extreme-heat/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">4. The head of Australia’s utility Synergy remarked what a good replacement for coal batteries are as he revealed yet another 2000MWh battery. Not just batteries. “Coal
is being displaced on a daily basis by rooftop solar,” Fyfe said on Wednesday at the Australian Energy Week conference in Melbourne. “That’s the equivalent of a fairly decent sized power station.”
<a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/batteries-are-a-good-replacement-for-coal-utility-unveils-another-2000mwh-big-battery/" class="ContentPasted0">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">5. Thanks to careful treatment, 98% of Murcia’s wastewater is reused, and meets 15% of the region’s irrigation needs.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">6. The UN has successfully passed a treaty to extend environmental protection to international waters. To enter into force it must be ratified by at least 60 nations.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-06-historic-high-seas-treaty.html" class="ContentPasted0">https://phys.org/news/2023-06-historic-high-seas-treaty.html</a> I am attending a National Academy of
Sciences workshop on geoengineering. One challenge is to develop a model for international action. This treaty, which took 15 years of discussion to develop, provides a model. That time schedule about fits the 20 years it will take us to develop a plane able
to deliver aerosols to the atmosphere to give temporary respite from the heat while we draw down carbon; it might also provide a model for negotiating a global program to build and deploy the SeaChange electrolysis floats to fix the carbon into limestone.
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