Archive for the ‘Policy’ category
July 6, 2011
Roger Stephenson, APR Vice President for Programs Clean Air-Cool Planet agrees with Governor Lynch’s veto of SB154, the Shoreland Protection Act, which had been amended by the House as part of the House leadership’s repeated attempts to repeal the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in New Hampshire. The Governor’s [...]
Categories: Climate, climate change, Energy Efficiency, fossil fuels, Global Warming, Green House Gas Emissions, New Hampshire, Policy, RGGI
Tags: Carbon Management, climate change solutions, Energy Efficiency, RGGI
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April 28, 2011
Roger Stephenson, APR Vice President for Programs I decided to live tweet the proceedings of last week’s NH Senate Hearing on HB 519 – the repeal of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Granite State. My reactions: outside the hearing, as evidenced from the Twitterverse, there is a [...]
Categories: Policy, local energy, Energy Efficiency, green jobs, climate education, Green House Gas Emissions, RGGI, New Hampshire, Americans for Prosperity
Tags: global warming, clean air-cool planet, Local Energy Committees, Energy Efficiency, NH, RGGI, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiaitive, New Hampshire RGGI, RGGI Repeal, Portsmouth Herald RGGI
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April 8, 2011
Roger Stephenson, APR Vice President for Programs So the Washington-based Americans for Prosperity is now running radio ads to repeal RGGI in New Hampshire. Lets review the facts: RGGI proceeds now benefit NH towns, businesses and schools. If repealed, NH people and businesses still pay in, but all the money goes to Connecticut, [...]
Categories: Climate Change Skeptics, New Hampshire, Policy, RGGI, Uncategorized
Tags: clean air-cool planet, climate change solutions, global warming skeptics
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March 28, 2011
Roger Stephenson, APR Vice President for Programs The list of NH businesses supporting RGGI in New Hampshire is growing and this morning stands at 92. Not bad for hardly trying. Its common sense - ask a business owner if s/he’d like to pay for RGGI, only to see the [...]
Categories: business, Climate, climate change, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, Green House Gas Emissions, New Hampshire, Policy, RGGI
Tags: clean air-cool planet, climate change solutions, global warming, New Hampshire, NH, RGGI
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March 23, 2011
By Brooks Yeager, Executive Vice President for Policy, CA-CP The Aspen Institute’s Commission on Arctic Climate Change publicly launched its final report, “The Shared Future,” at a March 16 Washington, D.C. event headlined by the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Dr. Jane Lubchenco. The eight Arctic nations – Canada, Denmark [...]
Categories: Arctic, Carbon Management, Climate, climate change, Climate Science, environment, Global Warming, government planning, international relations, Policy
Tags: Arctic, arctic policy, arctic warming, Carbon Management, climate change, global warming, international agreement
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February 24, 2011
Barbara Elkus Senior Advisor, Clean Air-Cool Planet I recently had the pleasure of working with the Norwegian Ambassador, Wegger Christian Strommen, on several climate events in New Mexico. “Why do I do these events?” asked the Ambassador at a luncheon for 130 business leaders. “Because Norway is close to where the action is, the ice is [...]
Categories: Arctic, climate change, Climate Change Skeptics, Climate Science, environment, Global Warming, government planning, international relations, Planning, Policy, sea ice, surface temperature, Uncategorized
Tags: Arctic, arctic policy, arctic warming, clean air-cool planet, climate change, climate negotiations, global warming, global warming skeptics, international agreement
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November 18, 2010
By Bob Sheppard, CFO and Vice President, Corporate Program One of the things that first attracted me to Clean Air-Cool Planet a decade ago when there were but two employees on the payroll, was the opportunity to work collaboratively with corporate leaders, helping CEOs manage risk. This was an organization whose sole focus is climate [...]
Categories: business, Carbon Management, Climate, climate change, Community Action, corporate sustainability, Energy Efficiency, environment, EPA CAA, fossil fuels, Fuel Efficiency, Global Warming, government planning, Green House Gas Emissions, green jobs, local energy, Policy, Renewable energy, Research and Development, Solutions, sustainability, transportation, Uncategorized
Tags: carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change, climate change solutions, climate policy, CO2, corporate carbon emissions, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, Fuel Efficiency, global warming, green business, green jobs, sustainability, transportation
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November 17, 2010
Jennifer Andrews, Director of Program Planning and Coordination Clean Air-Cool Planet ® A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of hosting a visit to Clean Air-Cool Planet from seven fascinating gentleman from the Middle East. These visitors—professors, journalists, environmental ministers and local officials from Morocco, Jordan, Palestine and Iraq—were on a whirlwind [...]
Categories: Climate, climate change, Climate Science, Energy Efficiency, environment, fossil fuels, Fuel Efficiency, government planning, international relations, Mideast, Policy, Renewable energy, Solutions, sustainability
Tags: Bagdad, CA-CP, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change, climate change solutions, climate negotiations, climate policy, CO2, desertification, Energy Efficiency, environmental ministers, environmentalism, Fuel Efficiency, global warming, international agreement, International Visitor Leadership Program, Iraq, Jordan, journalists, local officials, Middle East, Morocco, natural resources, Palestine, professors, sustainability, Tim Horgan, World Affairs Council International, World Affairs Council of NH
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November 15, 2010
Regardless of one’s ideological framing, the way we mindlessly expend energy is senseless. Pick your button issue – energy independence, climate change, foreign (or domestic) fossil fuel markets, environmental impacts of fossil fuel extraction or burning (think Gulf spill), green jobs, peak oil, resource conservation, rising energy costs (we can be sure they will) – they all point to the absurdity of our profligate addition to all things energy.
Categories: Carbon Management, Community Action, Policy, Fuel Efficiency, Advocacy, Research and Development, local energy, Energy Efficiency, green jobs, oil, oil spill, fossil fuels, climate education, sustainability, Global Warming, Green House Gas Emissions, climate change, Renewable energy
Tags: global warming, climate change solutions, clean air-cool planet, sustainability, Local Energy Committees, green jobs, Carbon Management, Climate action, weatherization, Energy Efficiency, Button Up NH, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, UNH, Julia Dundorf, Stern Report, New Hampshire's Green Economy and Industries: Current Employment and Future Opportunities, New England Carbon Challenge, Housing Conference, NH Housing Finance Authority, Build Green NH, Building NH Trade Show, Home Builders and Remodelers Association of NH, peak oil, resource conservation, rising energy costs, US Energy Information Administration, heating fuels, fuel pil, kerosene, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, RGGI, My Energy Plan
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November 3, 2010
By Nancy Welch, Hamilton County Cornell Cooperative Extension Even though Hamilton County is the third largest in New York State, it is the least populated. Having only 5,021 year-round residents, the county is rural with no fast food restaurants, chain hotels, stoplights, or shopping malls. People depend on locally owned and operated stores for food, [...]
Categories: Forests, Community Action, Fundraising, Policy, Advocacy, Research and Development, local energy, Energy Efficiency, Planning, Climate Science, environment, climate education, Global Warming, climate change
Tags: clean air-cool planet, sustainability, Local Energy Committees, Climate action, Community Planning, New york, Community Catalyst Fund, Hamilton County, Hamilton County Cornell Cooperative Extension, Nancy Welsh, Forest Preserve, Adirondack Ecofest, Byron Park, Indian Lake, Diane Perley, Rural Community Assistance Partnership Solutions, Bill Weaver, Lake Pleasant Transfer Station, Caitlin Stewart, HCSWCD, Tom Colarusso, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Jerry Loch, Jefferson County Cornell Cooperative Extension, NYDEC, Emily DeBolt, Kristen Rohne, Lake George Association, Beth Gilles, Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board, Dorean Page, Rebecca Manwaring, Project Action Tobacco-Free Coalition, Nancy Berkowitz, Indian Lake Public Library, the water cycle
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