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Over 800 colleges and universities, K-12 schools, civic organizations and religious groups are participating in Focus the Nation, potentially the largest simultaneous teach-in in history. (READ MORE) |
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“Our
studies have shown that good house keeping practices in industries
can reduce 30 percent of waste and thereby 30 percent of the
cost of waste management.” |
[Sr. Sumith Pilapitiya,
Senior Environmental Engineer, World Bank] |
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| The Climate Group |
| http://theclimategroup.org/ |
| Proactive companies, states and cities around the world are demonstrating that cuts in greenhouse gases required to stop climate change can be achieved whilst growing the bottom line. Using the work of these leaders as a catalyst, The Climate Group works to accelerate international action on global warming with a new, strong focus on practical solutions. (website description) |
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| The Carbon Disclosure Project Website |
| http://www.cdproject.net/ |
| The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) provides a secretariat for the world's largest institutional investor collaboration on the business implications of climate change. CDP represents an efficient process whereby many institutional investors collectively sign a single global request for disclosure of information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions. More than 1,000 large corporations report on their emissions through this web site. On 1st February 2007 this request was sent to over 2400 companies. |
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| Industry Cover-up Operation: The Exxon Case |
| http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/ExxonMobil-GlobalWarming-tobacco.html |
January 3, 2007
Scientists' Report Documents ExxonMobil’s Tobacco-like
Disinformation Campaign on Global Warming Science Oil Company
Spent Nearly $16 Million to Fund Skeptic Groups, Create Confusion.
Among them, a University of Virginia climatologist Pat
Michaels, who first gained public attention in the mid-1990s
for challenging the now-proven link between chlorofluorocarbons
and the destruction of Earth's ozone layer, is one of the most
prominent critics of mainstream science on global warming. |
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| “Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process” |
| http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/business/29coal.html |
By Edmund L. Andrews, New
York Times (May 29, 2007)
Even as Congressional leaders draft legislation to reduce greenhouse
gases linked to global warming, a powerful roster of Democrats
and Republicans is pushing to subsidize coal as the king
of alternative fuels. Prodded by intense lobbying from the coal
industry, lawmakers from coal states are proposing that taxpayers
guarantee billions of dollars in construction loans for coal-to-liquid
production plants, guarantee minimum prices for the new fuel,
and guarantee big government purchases for the next 25 years. |
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| Clima 2007 WellBeing Indoors Congress. 10-14 June Helsinki,
Finland |
| http://www.clima2007.org/portal/ |
| Clima 2007 will be the
leading international scientific congress in the HVAC area in
year 2007. The 9th REHVA World Congress will offer scientists,
industry, building owners, consultants, engineers, architects
and policy-makers a platform for the exchange of scientific knowledge
and technical solutions. The congress will cover all the aspects
of HVAC technology including building automation in all types
of buildings. |
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| The Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI) |
| http://www.princeton.edu/~cmi/ |
The Carbon Mitigation Initiative,
a part of the Princeton Environmental Institute, is a joint project
of Princeton University, BP and the Ford Motor Company to
find solutions to the greenhouse and global warming problem. Together,
our researchers are developing strategies to reduce global carbon
dioxide emissions that will be safe, effective, and affordable. (web
description)
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