Posted tagged ‘Local Energy Committees’
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 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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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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September 2, 2010
Read about Saratoga Springs’ CFL Community Challenge and their positive reduction in carbon and energy use, funding helped by Clean Air-Cool Planet (www.localfunds.org).
Categories: Carbon Management, Climate, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, Fundraising, Global Warming, Planning, Research and Development, Solutions
Tags: Allerdice Hardware, CA-CP, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, CO2, Community Catalyst Fund, Community CFL Challenge, Community Planning, David Gershon, Energy Efficiency, environmental footprint, Fundraising, Local Energy Committees, Local Living Guide, NY, Saratoga Springs, sustainability, Sustainability Challenge Working Committee, Wylie Brown
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July 26, 2010
By Bill Burtis Manager, Communications and Special Projects, Clean Air-Cool Planet It doesn’t often happen that when you offer people money, they don’t show up. But that’s exactly the position we at Clean Air-Cool Planet find ourselves in, and we’re not going to take it anymore. So, you are going to hear from us. If [...]
Categories: Advocacy, Carbon Management, Climate, climate education, Community Action, environment, Fundraising, Global Warming, local energy, Planning, Solutions, Uncategorized
Tags: Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, climate policy, Community Planning, Connecticut, CT, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, Fund, Fundraising, global warming, grant, local climate intiatives, Local Energy Committees, Money, New Jersey, New york, NJ, NY, Overbrook Foundation, sustainability
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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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