global warming
Tell the EPA to Act to Cut Global Warming Pollution
For eight years the Bush administration resisted action on global warming, claiming that emissions of heat trapping gases were not pollution. But the administration was wrong, and now you can make sure we take action to curb global warming pollution.
Texas Sustainer Letter, Summer 2008
Stories include:
- Pedernales Co-op urged to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy
- Shifting the focus to efficiency and renewable energy: Texas Clean Energy Future
- Losing barrier island protection for a little bit of oil: Little to gain and much to lose in offshore drilling
- Profile: Amanda Rodriguez, Texas Canvass Director
- Shade needed to cool heat island: Trees help cool the city
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Clean Water Action Campaign Victories in Connecticut
Since 1998, Clean Water Action has won a number of legislative and regulatory victories.
2008
Lead Levels in Children's Products Restricted
Clean Water Action and allies in the Coalition for a Safe & Healthy Connecticut turned back intense opposition from big chemical companies, the toy industry, and dozens of in-state retailers and recently won new legislation to phase out toxic lead and asbestos in children's products.
Commission Delays Decision on Power Lines for Dirty Coal, Concerns Over Costs of the Big Stone II Plant
St. Paul, MN — The Minnesota Public Utility Commission decided today to delay a decision on the Certificate of Need for power lines leading to the proposed Big Stone II coal-burning power plant in South Dakota. Commissioners found that information currently available is insufficient as to the costs of implementing the project. Commissioners expressed concerns about the likely impact on rate payers in Minnesota should the plant go forward.
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06/05/2008 - 09:40
Tell Gov. Jennifer Granholm: Declare CO2 emissions a global warming pollutant!
We are urging Governor Granholm to sign an executive order that would prevent coal plants from being built until we have measures that will protect the public health and prevent carbon dioxide pollution. Carbon dioxide pollution from coal plants is one of the biggest contributors to global warming in the United States, producing almost 40 percent of the nation's global warming pollution.
Chesapeake Newsletter, January-February 2008
In this issue:
- A Flawed Energy Bill Passes
- Virginia: Protect Citizen Review
- Maryland: Annapolis Session Kicks Off
- Chesapeake Bay 2010 Trust Fund
- Global Warming Solutions Act
- Put the Brakes On The Inter-County Connector
- Delaware: Another Recycling Battle In Dover
- District of Columbia: Phosphate Ban Proposed In The District of Columbia
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Swamped By Global Warming
David Phelps, Clean Water Action's National Political Director returns to We All Live Downstream to discuss how climate change could impact his community.
It's not the kind of headline you ever want to see in your local daily newspaper. Particularly at 6:30 am - and before a first cup of coffee!
But there it was: large type, bold and spread across the front page of my hometown newspaper, impossible to miss: "Warming could cause Bay to rise one foot."
Energy Series, Part VI: Have More Energy, by Using Less of It
I'll tell you a little secret about energy. The best way to have more energy isn't by rubbing another two atoms together. Nor is it burning more lumps of fossilized plants or drilling for more polluting oil. No. The best way to have more energy is to use less of it.
East Coast States Lead The Way On Global Warming
For too long, American power plants have been freely polluting our atmosphere with climate-changing carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution. This is about to change. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a coalition of 10 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states who are working together to put a price on pollution.
