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[eds]

1. CLIMATE ACCORD REACHED
2. U.S GETS ITS FIRST-EVER CLEAN POWER PLAN
3. KEYSTONE PIPELINE GETS NIXED
4. CORPORATIONS SET RENEWABLE ENERGY RECORD
5. RENEWABLES KEEP GETTING CHEAPER
6. BATTERIES HIT THE MARKET
7. RENEWABLES SET RECORD CONTRIBUTIONS
8. CITIES ARE AIMING FOR 100% RENEWABLE
9. THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY GETS GREENER
10. HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY BECOMES EASIER
11. ELECTRIC AND AUTONOMOUS CARS ON THE RISE
12. THE CARIBBEAN COMMITS TO RENEWABLES

1-6-2015 Source:  What happened in 2015?

[Val]

One thing I read is that 2015 was the warmest year by 1/4 *F,  2014!  That shows the take off from the bottom of an exponential curve.   People are calling it COP OUT 21, and it is a race of civilization to go green that should have happened last century.  2015 saw the lowest amount of icecap, and the highest acreage of fires ever.  
It looks like more progress is needed in CO2 and other HGHG absorption, in addition to all green power and green agriculture.
So far, Jan2016 saw Arctic and polar temperatures up 36*F and 1/6th open that should have been frozen solid, and eye storms in the Atlantic and Pacific at the same time.  So, time is of the essence.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

With oil going down in price; the urgent call for renewables is quiet.
Check this out via NPR news-
http://www.npr.org/2...ign=environment

And WELCOME Val!!

[Krystof Huang]

For 2016--just add "not" to everything for 2015. Plus:

• Climate change denier elected US President.
  
• Primary climate change denier (Rupert Murdoch) took over primary climate change educator (National Geographic).