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Posted May 20, 2013 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- cleaneconomy, cleanenergy, cleanjobs, climatechange, Colorado, energy, renewableenergy, res, rps
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s signature on SB 252 to improve and expand the amount of renewable energy that utilities must provide will propel him into national leadership on clean energy by expanding and strengthening Colorado’s clean energy law, and...continued→
Posted May 20, 2013 by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
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- carbon, carbonpollution, carbonpollutionstandard, extremeheat, extremeweather, hurricanesandy, keystone, tarsands
Scientists recently reported that the level of carbon in the atmosphere has passed 400 parts per million. Carbon pollution causes climate change, and many experts believe we need to bring this level down to 350 ppm in order to hold...continued→
Posted May 20, 2013 by Pierre Delforge in Solving Global Warming
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- appliances, CEC, climatechange, commercialwasheranddryers, computerefficiency, consumerelectronics, consumerproducts, energy, energyefficiency, energysavings, gameconsoles, lighting, settopbox, smallnetworkequipment, water-usingproducts, wifirouterefficiency
Making 15 products that touch every portion of our lives more energy-efficient could save Californians a whopping $1.2 billion off their utility bills annually by slashing enough electricity to power every household in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Skyline, courtesy of...continued→
Posted May 20, 2013 by Kimi Narita in Solving Global Warming
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- alec, cleanenergy, hb44, missouri, renewableenergy, renewableenergystandard, renewmo, rps, solar, windenergy
As Missouri’s legislative session was coming to an end on Friday, supporters of the Renewable Energy Standard (RES) waited with bated breath to see if any last minute amendments would sneak through and potentially repeal or weaken the Standard. As...continued→
Posted May 19, 2013 by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
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- carbondioxide, carbonpollution, cleanairact, climatechange, climatedisruption, kyoto, unfccc, waxmanmarkey
On Friday I had the honor of being the commencement speaker for Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group, where I obtained my Ph.D. 26 years ago. Here is a lightly edited version of my speech (some inside jokes removed). Thank you...continued→
Posted May 16, 2013 by Stefanie Tanenhaus in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming
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- ab32, airquality, california, cleanenergy, global warming pollution
In the face of daunting challenges, California stands strong as a national leader on climate action, according to experts who testified today at a state Senate committee hearing on climate change and implementation of the state’s clean energy law, AB...continued→
Posted May 16, 2013 by Frances Beinecke in Reviving the World's Oceans, Solving Global Warming
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- arctic, arcticdrilling, arcticocean, arcticouncil, BP, kerry, offshoredrilling, oil, oilspills, shell, sweden
As Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Arctic Council meetings in Kiruna, Sweden this week, he described the way melting ice is altering life in the Arctic. “Our warming planet means the Arctic's ecosystem is experiencing significant, rapid...continued→
Posted May 15, 2013 by John Romano in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
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- climatechange, earthsummit, rio+20, sustainability, sustainabledevelopment, unitednations
NRDC has joined hundreds of other civil society organizations in support of a proposal for the establishment of a UN “High Commissioner for Future Generations.” While the top national leaders at the Rio+20 Earth Summit last year reaffirmed their concern...continued→
Posted May 15, 2013 by Kristina Johnson in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- energy, energyefficiency, indiainitiative, IndiaNews, International, nrdcindia, renewableenergy, solar
May 7th – May 14th, 2013 India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India Climate Change Mumbaikars see red on climate change MUMBAI: Climate change is no longer an environmentalist's concern. Erratic...continued→
Posted May 14, 2013 by Alex Jackson in Solving Global Warming
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- ab32, california, cleanenergy, global warming pollution
The federal government’s energy statistics agency issued its latest state energy-related greenhouse gas emissions report card on Monday, which compares how states’ energy systems stack up relative to a few performance indicators, such as per capita emissions and carbon intensity (which...continued→
