Archive for June 2010
June 29, 2010
By Claire Roby Carbon Accounting Coordinator, Clean Air-Cool Planet I recently had the privilege of presenting at the third Green Building Learning Institute of UNCF’s Institute for Capacity Building. The three day workshop in San Antonio, Texas, brought together representatives from historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, and tribal colleges. It was all [...]
Categories: Campus Climate Action, Carbon Management, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, False Solutions to Climate Change, Planning, Research and Development, Solutions, sustainability
Tags: Carbon Management, Cimate Corps, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, Energy Efficiency, False Solutions to Climate Change, FedEx, Green Building Learning Institute, Responsible Endowments Coalition, San Antonio, Southface, sustainability, Texas, UNCF
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June 28, 2010
By Bob Sheppard CFO and Vice President of the Corporate Program, Clean Air-Cool Planet Forward-looking businesses understand that the world is changing and they need to work hard to stay ahead of the curve embracing innovative solutions and tapping into exciting opportunities as they develop. That was the take-away from the recent Corporate Citizenship [...]
Categories: Carbon Management, climate education, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, environment, Fuel Efficiency, Global Warming, Gulf Coast, oil spill, Planning, Research and Development, Solutions, sustainability
Tags: BP, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, corporate carbon emissions, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, Fuel Efficiency, global warming, green business, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Local Energy Committees, Poland Springs, Staples, sustainability
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June 25, 2010
Welcome to COOL PLANET, the climate blog with a difference: The authors here have been providing solutions to climate change for years. There have been a lot of lessons learned. We look forward to sharing them – ours, and yours – here, as another step toward a COOL PLANET. Send email to: bburtis@cleanair-coolplanet.org Clean Air-Cool [...]
Categories: business, Campus Climate Action, Carbon Management, Climate, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, environment, Fuel Efficiency, green jobs, local energy, Media, Planning, Policy, Recycling, Research and Development, sustainability
Tags: carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change, climate change solutions, climate policy, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, global warming, green jobs, Local Energy Committees, sustainability
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June 25, 2010
By Harry Alper Climate Fellow, Clean Air-Cool Planet Harry Alper is earning an undergraduate degree in anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, where he is involved in environmental justice efforts and “grateful for every chance to ride bikes with friends and to serve dinner on my front porch.” He will be working this summer [...]
Categories: Carbon Management, Climate, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, environment, Food, Forests, Gardening/horticulture, local energy, New Generation, Planning, Recycling, Research and Development, sustainability
Tags: Arundhati Roy, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change, climate change solutions, climate education, climate fellows, Climate Science, Community Planning, community supported agriculture, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, farming, food and climate, garden, Local Energy Committees, sustainability, transportation, vegetable garden
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June 23, 2010
By Corey Johnson Climate Fellow, Clean Air-Cool Planet Corey Johnson is going into his senior year at UNH as a business administration major with a minor in sustainable living. He has collaborated with CA-CP in the past on the development and implementation of the Small Town Carbon Calculator (STOCC). Most recently, he has been involved [...]
Categories: Campus Climate Action, Carbon Management, Climate, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, environment, Fuel Efficiency, local energy
Tags: Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate fellows, Community Planning, Fuel Efficiency, global warming, Local Energy Committees, NH, Portsmouth, sustainability, SUV, transportation
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June 21, 2010
By Leah Bamberger, Climate Fellow Clean Air – Cool Planet Leah Bamberger did her undergraduate studies in political science and environmental studies at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC and is now at UMass Amherst pursing a master’s degree in regional planning, where her primary research area of interest is planning [...]
Categories: BP, Campus Climate Action, Climate Science, Energy Efficiency, environment, False Solutions to Climate Change, fossil fuels, Fuel Efficiency, Geoengineering, government planning, green jobs, Gulf Coast, Obama, oil, oil spill, Planning, Policy, Research and Development, Solutions, Wildlife
Tags: biofuels, BP, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, climate fellows, climate policy, Energy Efficiency, environment, environmentalism, False Solutions to Climate Change, fossil fuels, global warming, green jobs, Gulf Coast, international agreement, Obama, Offshore Drilling, oil, oil dependence, oil spill, sustainability
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June 16, 2010
By David Borden, Guest Blogger NH State Representative David Borden is a NH State Representative from New Castle. He serves as clerk of the House Science, Technology, and Energy committee; as a state legislator, he sponsored legislation to promote the use of biodiesel in New Hampshire, authored and sponsored bills to allow towns [...]
Categories: Carbon Management, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, Fuel Efficiency, green jobs, local energy, Policy, Research and Development, Uncategorized
Tags: Bio Heat, biofuels, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, Energy Efficiency, energy reduction, Grappone Center, green jobs, Local Energy Committees, Local Energy Solutions Conference, renewable energy, sustainability, weatherization
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June 14, 2010
By Steve Erario, Climate Fellow Clean Air-Cool Planet Steve Erario, is a Clean Air-Cool Planet Climate Fellow working with Greater Portland Council of Governments and CA-CP staff and to help produce a Maine Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Handbook for communities.. A senior Environmental Policy major at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, he has worked to study [...]
Categories: Carbon Management, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, local energy, Planning, Policy, Research and Development, Uncategorized
Tags: carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, climate fellows, climate policy, Community Planning, cool maine, Energy Efficiency, Fundraising, GPCOG, Local Energy Committees, Maine business, sustainability
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June 11, 2010
By Ben Lake, Climate Fellow Clean Air-Cool Planet Ben Lake, a recent graduate of Bowdoin College and a resident of Portland, Maine, is a Clean Air-Cool Planet Climate Fellow this summer. He is working on Municipal Energy Efficiency and Cooperative Purchasing Planning with municipalities in the Greater Portland Council of Governments to help them [...]
Categories: Carbon Management, Energy Efficiency, local energy, Recycling
Tags: aluminum, fossil fuels, Lovins, low-carbon, negawatt, power plants, Recycling, renewable energy, sustainability, Watts
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