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Waxman Markey Bill Shows Strong Support for Exporting Clean Technology and Building Resilience in Developing Countries

April 3, 2009

Posted by Melanie Nakagawa in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:: adaptation, climatechangenegotiations, copenhagen, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, technologytransfer, waxmanmarkey

The recently released draft of the Waxman Markey draft climate bill sets the 111th Congress off to a great start, but more importantly, has put together a set of tools that will help our climate negotiators on their way to...

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Investing in Clean Water Brings Economic Benefits and So Much More

March 18, 2009

Posted by Melanie Nakagawa in Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:: drinkingwater, simplesteps, worldwaterday, worldwaterforum

In the midst of this financial crisis, governments are trying to spend its resources to stimulate the economy. To many people this has led to questions over how realistic it is to augment a budget for issues such as clean water. ...