Topic – Climate Change
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Expert: US carbon emissions may have peaked in 2007
Climate legislation expected
Joseph Romm bases his analysis on a recent EIA report, which did not factor in peak oil or any climate change legislation.
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Transit-oriented cities are key to solving climate change
Must "roll back" sprawl
Cities must become walkable and transit-oriented while restoring nature and nearby farmlands, using tools such as transfers of development rights.
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Climate bill nears compromise in committee
Would ease some targets
The revised Wasman-Markey bill would call for a 17% reduction in greenhouse emissions by 2020 and create certain free cap-and-trade allowances for 10-15 years.
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US ranks first in wind energy capacity, production
Industry growing worldwide
Wind power installations worldwide increased by 29 percent in 2008, with the US leading in cumulative capacity and electricity generation.
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The future of mobility?
Focus on transit,urbanism
According to several transportation experts, the US transportation system will change dramatically by 2050, emphasizing transit and urban development.
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National Conversation on Climate Action 2009 - Earth Day
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EPA seeks to regulate greenhouse gases
Agency: gases are pollutants
The EPA proposed Friday to regulate six greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, declaring the gases' threats to public health and welfare.
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Warming like driving ‘toward a cliff in the fog’
"Intolerable consequences"
White House science advisor warns global warming might not be slowed fast enough, compares it to driving "toward a cliff in the fog"
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Australia may provide early look at climate change effects
Country faces droughts, floods
Australia, which is facing increasingly severe droughts, fires, heat waves, and floods, may be a harbinger of the effects of climate change.
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Worldwatch Institute publishes climate change guidebook
Pocket-sized reference book
The Worldwatch Institute has published a pocket-sized climate change reference guide for experts and novices alike.
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