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Hopes for Copenhagen, California Leads with TV Energy Efficiency Standards, Sigourney Weaver on "Acid Test," and Ohio Coal Plant Cancelled

Hopes for Copenhagen, California Leads with TV Energy Efficiency Standards, Sigourney Weaver on

Frances Beinecke commented on the differing commitments needed from developed and developing nations in a USA Today piece about the upcoming Copenhagen conference... Frances also discussed her expectations for Copenhagen and the United States' role on Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer ... In an Associated Press piece about Obama's announced visit to Copenhagen, Jake Schmidt explained the visit's significance and also cautioned readers from expecting a final agreement to come from it... Noah Horowitz discussed the facility of implementing energy efficiency regulations for television sets in a Washington Post piece about California's new regulations: the nation's first energy-consumption limits for TVs up to 58 inches wide ... Susan Casey-Lefkowitz commented on President Obama's planned visit and the lack of commitment Canada Prime Minister Harper has made to the issue of climate change, in a Canada.com article explaining the pressure Obama's attendance has put on Harper... Sigourney Weaver sat down with Mother Nature Network before the New York screening of Acid Test to explain some of the challenges to understanding ocean acidification's significance and what actions we can take to get the momentum going... Shannon Fisk commented to the (Cleveland) Plain Dealer on American Municipal Power's decision to cancel a controversial coal-fired power plant on the Ohio River after NRDC led opposition to the plans. The story was also covered by the Associated Press and outlets throughout Ohio.

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california, coal, copenhagen, energyefficiencystandards, globalwarming, ohio, powerplants, sigourneyweaver, tv

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