Climate Change

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Norris's Handprinter.org idea for positive impacts reinforced by new exhibit

Last week BBC News published the first results from a year-long project launched at London’s Science Museum in March, 2013. The study found that people were more likely to take positive steps towards reducing climate change when presented with action steps in game form rather than in the midst of a deluge of gloomy facts and figures.
December 18, 2013
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Raab working with New Hampshire residents on SEC energy projects

The varied crowd meant Jonathan Raab, another consultant and facilitator, got sometimes conflicting results when he polled the gathering.
December 17, 2013
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Blackmer sounds note of pessimism on climate change

The Rev. Stephen Blackmer, a long-time environmental activist turned Episcopal priest, did not mince words about what he believes is coming, saying he draws a "distinction between optimism and hope." "I find very little reason to be optimistic that we will summon the will or the skill or the energy to prevent serious harm from happening to us," Blackmer told a crowd of about 50 people during the forum at the Exeter Congregational Church.
December 16, 2013
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Hansen talks about how far climate adaptation has come

Today, President Obama issued an executive order that establishes a task force on "climate preparedness and resilience." It directs federal agencies to begin dealing with the quandaries of planning for a world of bigger storms and rising seas. The order acknowledges that the impacts of climate change "are already affecting communities, natural resources, ecosystems, economies, and public health."
December 15, 2013
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Uhl organizes campaign calling for reduction of methane output by oil and gas industry

Ninety health, environmental and sportsmen’s groups asked the federal government Thursday to clamp down on the release of methane gas by the petrochemical industry, asserting that the United States cannot reach its goal for reducing heat-trapping emissions without addressing the issue.
December 9, 2013
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Callahan quoted on potential of rooftop solar in Los Angeles

"Combined with California's innovative climate policies, the LASER Atlas can impact how the region invests new state resources to address pressing environmental challenges while providing job opportunities in its most impacted communities," said Colleen Callahan, deputy director of the Luskin Center for Innovation. Read more
December 5, 2013
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Eaton's Sistema Biobolsa captured in photos in Mexico

“No Hay Desechos, solo recursos” reads the Sistema BioBolsa logo, there is no waste, only resources, and that is the heart and sole of Sistema Biobolsa, an organization working in 22 Mexican States, and 15 other countries to bring sustainable resources to agricultural communities. Here is the low down, a highly innovative membrane digester that processes animal waste (especially cow) into a useable methane rich bio gas, and an organic rich fertilizer called Biol.
December 4, 2013
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Dell co-authors op-ed saying Oregon needs to set example with climate action

Oregon has an opportunity right now to help tackle climate change and reverse the momentum of ever-greater carbon pollution and ever-riskier climate change impacts. Last month, Gov. Kitzhaber committed Oregon to the Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, a partnership to put a price on carbon and to promote shared climate policies with California, Washington, and British Columbia.
December 2, 2013
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Unabated Coal Use Will Break World's "Carbon Budget"

Coal contributes to 43 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, making it a major driver of climate change. In fact, a new statement released by leading scientists suggests that nearly three-quarters of fossil fuel reserves—especially coal—must remain unused if the world is to limit temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius.
December 2, 2013
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Wolf and Morello-Frosch sign fracking ban letter to Governor Brown

We believe that the process of unconventional fossil fuel development including shale tight oil and gas development in the Monterey Shale formation using hydraulic fracturing, acidization, and other forms of well stimulation will exacerbate many of these environmental threats, particularly climate disruption, local air and water pollution, and resource consumption. Thus, the decisions you make about the development of unconventional oil and gas production from shale in California will hold important consequences for California and the state’s future.
November 28, 2013