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November 22, 2010
UNH’s Cameron Wake evolves from researcher to translator of sustainability science By David Sims, Science Writer UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space SEARCHING FOR RELEVANCE and effectiveness in his scientific career, Cameron Wake zigzagged from big-scale, climate system science down to regional air quality issues and then back [...]
Categories: Arctic, Campus Climate Action, Carbon Management, climate change, climate education, environment, fossil fuels, Global Warming, government planning, Research and Development, sea ice, Sea-level Rise, student climate action, surface temperature, sustainability, weather
Tags: air quality, AIRMAP project, and Space, Arctic, Cameron Wake, Campus Carbon Calculator, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, Carbon Solutions New England, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, Climate Action Plan, Climate Change Policy Task Force, Climate Change Research Center, climate change solutions, climate system science, David sims, Fundraising, glaciers, glaciologist, global warming, Indicators of Climate Change in the Northeast, John Lynch, Local Energy Committees, Oceans, snow, Sound Science Initiative, sustainability, Sustainable Scientist, the UNH Faculty Excellence in Public Service Award, the UNH Sustainability Academy, Tibetan Plateau, UNH EOS, UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Union of Concerned Scientists, weather and climate
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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: Advocacy, Carbon Management, climate change, climate education, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, fossil fuels, Fuel Efficiency, Global Warming, Green House Gas Emissions, green jobs, local energy, oil, oil spill, Policy, Renewable energy, Research and Development, sustainability
Tags: Build Green NH, Building NH Trade Show, Button Up NH, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, Energy Efficiency, fuel pil, global warming, green jobs, heating fuels, Home Builders and Remodelers Association of NH, Housing Conference, Julia Dundorf, kerosene, Local Energy Committees, My Energy Plan, New England Carbon Challenge, New Hampshire's Green Economy and Industries: Current Employment and Future Opportunities, NH Housing Finance Authority, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, peak oil, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, resource conservation, RGGI, rising energy costs, Stern Report, sustainability, UNH, US Energy Information Administration, weatherization
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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: Advocacy, climate change, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, environment, Forests, Fundraising, Global Warming, local energy, Planning, Policy, Research and Development
Tags: Adirondack Ecofest, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Beth Gilles, Bill Weaver, Byron Park, Caitlin Stewart, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, Community Catalyst Fund, Community Planning, Diane Perley, Dorean Page, Emily DeBolt, Forest Preserve, Hamilton County, Hamilton County Cornell Cooperative Extension, HCSWCD, Indian Lake, Indian Lake Public Library, Jefferson County Cornell Cooperative Extension, Jerry Loch, Kristen Rohne, Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board, Lake George Association, Lake Pleasant Transfer Station, Local Energy Committees, Nancy Berkowitz, Nancy Welsh, New york, NYDEC, Project Action Tobacco-Free Coalition, Rebecca Manwaring, Rural Community Assistance Partnership Solutions, sustainability, the water cycle, Tom Colarusso
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October 29, 2010
By Olivia H. Farr Senior Vice President, Bedford 2020 The Bedford 2020 Coalition (B2020) is a private nonprofit, representing over 120 local partner organizations, formed in December 2009 to play a leadership role in the Town of Bedford, NY’s efforts to become a sustainable community. B2020 is charged by the town with assisting [...]
Categories: Advocacy, business, climate change, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, Green House Gas Emissions, local energy, Renewable energy, Research and Development, Solutions, sustainability
Tags: "Summit in a Box", B2020, Bedford Climate Action Plan, Bedford Environmental Summit, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, climate change, climate change solutions, Community Catalyst Fund, Community Planning, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, global warming, Local Energy Committees, NYSERDA, sustainability, The Bedford 2020 Coalition
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October 27, 2010
Gray Is Green and the Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut (AASCC) have partnered to help spread the concepts and practices of sustainable living to retirement communities and senior housing centers in Connecticut.
Categories: Advocacy, Carbon Management, climate change, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, environment, green jobs, New Generation, sustainability
Tags: AASCC, Agency of Aging, Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change, climate change solutions, Community Catalyst Fund, Community Planning, Connecticut, Connecticut Continuing Care Retirement Association, Dan Peerless, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, global warming, Gray is Green, green jobs, Green Teams, New Haven, Programs of National Significance, retired, retirement communities, senior citizens, senior housing centers, sustainability
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October 20, 2010
By Jennifer Andrews Director of Program Planning and Coordination, Clean Air-Cool Planet CA-CP achieved a milestone last week with the unveiling of the new online CHEFS tool, in Denver, at the annual campus sustainability conference hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). CHEFS, or Charting Emissions from Food [...]
Categories: Campus Climate Action, Carbon Management, Climate, climate change, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, composting, Energy Efficiency, environment, Food, Global Warming, local energy, organic food, Planning, Recycling, Research and Development, Solutions, student climate action, sustainability, waste
Tags: AASHE, ARAMARK, Campus Carbon Calculator™, Campus Climate Action, campus sustainability, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, Charting Emissions from Food Services, CHEFS, Claire Roby, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change, climate change solutions, Community Planning, community supported agriculture, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, Food, food and climate, foodprint, free webinar, global warming, green business, Jennifer Andrews, Local Energy Committees, New York University, sustainability
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October 18, 2010
By Anne Stephenson, Campus Outreach and Climate Fellows Coordinator Clean Air-Cool Planet A title of a great film, but actually the title should read “Postcards that Saved Me from the Edge”. This week I was the (seemingly random) recipient of two lovely postcards from Sue and Karen. Sue and Karen are the power-houses behind random [...]
Categories: Carbon Management, climate change, climate education, Climate Fellows, Climate Science, Community Action, environment, Global Warming, green jobs, Planning, Recycling, Renewable energy, Research and Development, Solutions, student climate action, sustainability
Tags: 350, acts of kindness, Anne Stephenson, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, climate fellows, Community Planning, environmentalism, fellowship, global warming, Governor's race, Julia Dundorf, Karen, Maine, outdoors, Pay It Forward, postcard underground, Postcards, Postcards that Saved Me from the Edge, renewable energy, Sue, sustainability, weather and climate
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September 22, 2010
By Bob Sheppard CA-CP CFO and vice president of the Corporate Program, Clean Air-Cool Planet This is the last full day of summer, and with the primaries behind us, all eyes are turning towards the November mid-term elections. Folks who have spent the last 15 months focused on building support for comprehensive climate and energy [...]
Categories: Advocacy, business, Carbon Management, Climate, climate change, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, environment, Global Warming, government planning, green jobs, local energy, oil, Planning, Policy, Research and Development, sustainability
Tags: Bob Sheppard, BP Oil Spill, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, climate policy, Community Planning, Conservation New Hampshire, elections, Energy Efficiency, environmental protection, environmentalism, global warming, green jobs, Ken Colburn, Local Energy Committees, Michael Dennehy, NH Primary, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Steve Marchand, Stonyfield Farm, sustainability, The Marchand Group, University of New Hampshire Survey Center, US Senate
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