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Nice Berk If You Can Get It Berkeley, Calif., goes all crazy with the green ideas		25 May 2007	Daily Grist
Nice Berk If You Can Get It Berkeley, Calif., goes all crazy with the green ideas Six months ago, voters in Berkeley, Calif., overwhelmingly approved a measure to reduce the city's emissions 80 percent by 2050. Now proposals have been laid out to accomplish that goal, including requiring builders to use green materials, making landlords provide free bus passes to tenants, informing reside ...
Topics: California, climate, climate change mitigation, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Global warming and the vision thing Concrete images of a greener society	Jon Rynn	21 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, energy, innovation, placemaking (all these topics)

Smells Like Progress As climate summit continues, fed-up mayors unveil actual plans		16 May 2007	Daily Grist
Smells Like Progress As climate summit continues, fed-up mayors unveil actual plans They cover 1 percent of the Earth's surface, but the world's cities spew 80 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions -- and 180 percent of climate-action plans. "Where national governments can't or won't lead, cities will," said Toronto Mayor David Miller at the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit in ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, news, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

The Big Yapple World's mayors gather for climate-change summit in New York City		15 May 2007	Daily Grist
The Big Yapple World's mayors gather for climate-change summit in New York City Gone are the days when mayors chomped cigars and handed out keys to the city. Today's civic leaders face a somewhat more monumental task: saving the planet. This week, mayors from more than 30 of the world's biggest cities -- from Bangkok to Berlin, Sydney to Shanghai -- are in New York City to compare not ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, local politics, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Another refreshing change: Taming the auto Cities find that people like not being killed by cars!	JMG	02 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: placemaking, cars, green living, climate, urban planning (all these topics)

Making sure the green wave lifts all boats New report from Apollo Alliance on good green jobs	Kate Sheppard	01 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: business, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, environmental justice, green jobs, placemaking, Van Jones (all these topics)

Six months to a trimmer footprint How to reduce your household energy consumption, easy-like	Charles Komanoff	01 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: carbon offsets, climate, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking (all these topics)

A refreshing change of pace: sensible policy Imagine: charging polluters to encourage the others!	JMG	29 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: cars, climate, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, London, placemaking, public transportation, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Brit's Eye View: Sustainable development turns 20 Happy birthday!	Peter Madden	26 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, placemaking, United Kingdom, urban planning (all these topics)

CO2's lowest hanging fruit? We're inside it	Kif Scheuer	03 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, green building, placemaking (all these topics)

See me in Seattle	Gar Lipow	26 Mar 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, green building, placemaking (all these topics)

IPCC got you down? Here are 11 things you can do You, yes you, can act to fight climate change	Kate Sheppard	02 Feb 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, energy, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

There's Always the Phone Norway launches carbon-offset program for officials flying abroad		03 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
There's Always the Phone Norway launches carbon-offset program for officials flying abroad World leaders like to kick off the year with stirring energy-related pronouncements (see: "addicted to oil"). But this New Year's Day, in a speech peppered with grand statements, Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg made a concrete pledge: the country will begin buying credits to offset the greenhouse-gas emissions of ...
Topics: climate, news, Norway, placemaking (all these topics)

Greg Nickels and global warming This climate hero may be more of a Forrest Gump	David Roberts	06 Nov 2006	Gristmill

Topics: climate, energy, placemaking, politics, Seattle, urban planning (all these topics)

On Your Mark, Offset, Go! A guide to offsetting your carbon emissions	Erica Gies	10 Oct 2006	Main Dish
Taking a vacation to the other side of the planet is the ultimate luxury, but it's one laced with guilt. On top of developed-country remorse, a new form of shame is beginning to stalk those of us taking "unnecessary" airplane rides: What about all that carbon dioxide spewing into the friendly but beleaguered skies? That's where the nascent carbon-offset market comes in, allowing individuals ...
Topics: climate, placemaking (all these topics)

'Cane Do Spirit Hurricane researchers unite in call to curb coastal development		25 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
'Cane Do Spirit Hurricane researchers unite in call to curb coastal development The media has made much of the disagreement among hurricane researchers about the effects of global warming on storm strength. So much, in fact, that it's starting to annoy the hurricane researchers. Yesterday, 10 prominent experts in the field -- who have disagreed among themselves about the climate question -- released a statement saying that the m ...
Topics: climate, news, placemaking (all these topics)

What's Your Price for Flight? European Parliament calls for jet-fuel tax to curb enviro impact of flying		05 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
What's Your Price for Flight? European Parliament calls for jet-fuel tax to curb enviro impact of flying The European Parliament has voted in favor of a jet-fuel tax to help offset the environmental impact of air travel. The consumer cost of the fuel tax would be up to about $75 per roundtrip flight within Europe. Also, as the European Union considers making airlines join the Union-wide cap-and-trade scheme for ...
Topics: climate, European Union, news, placemaking (all these topics)

With Our Tailpipe Between Our Legs U.S. cars are tops in CO2 emissions		29 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
With Our Tailpipe Between Our Legs U.S. cars are tops in CO2 emissions The U.S. boasts 30 percent of the world's cars and is responsible for almost half of global car-caused greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a new report by Environmental Defense. American-driven cars emit 15 percent more carbon dioxide per mile than the global average (meaning, in essence, they get worse gas mile ...
Topics: climate, Environmental Defense Fund, news, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Countries May Have Shifted During Flight China builds new airports; still not as pollutey as U.S.		10 May 2006	Daily Grist
Countries May Have Shifted During Flight China builds new airports; still not as pollutey as U.S. China plans to build 48 new airports in the next five years, spending $17.5 billion on construction and continuing expansion of existing hubs. The country is already the premier buyer of Boeing and Airbus planes, and has vowed to buy 100 planes every year until 2010. (For perspective: China's new hubs will bring its ...
Topics: China, climate, India, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Ford Too Shall TerraPass Ford teams up with TerraPass to help drivers offset emissions		26 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Ford Too Shall TerraPass Ford teams up with TerraPass to help drivers offset emissions Like the man said, the times they are a-changin'. Slowly, but a-changin' nonetheless. Ford Motor Co., manufacturer of all things carbon-emitting, is partnering with TerraPass, a carbon-offset company. Tomorrow, Ford is expected to announce a new "Greener Miles" program, where ...
Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Lights, Camera, Traction Al Gore and electric car star in films unveiled at Sundance	Dan Bree	02 Feb 2006	Arts and Minds
At 25 years of age, Sundance is the country's premier festival of independent film. But a lot has changed over that quarter century. Well, actually, one thing has changed: m-o-n-e-y. There's a ton of Hollywood cash spent at Sundance, and I could see it everywhere I looked last week. The "VIP" corporate parties on Main Street. The piles of free stuff for celebrities. The Moviefon ...
Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, cars, climate, electric vehicles, green living, movies, placemaking, renewable energy, Utah (all these topics)

Book Your Guilt Trip Today! British enviros curb flying to protest airplane emissions		31 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Book Your Guilt Trip Today! British enviros curb flying to protest airplane emissions A growing number of British enviros are quitting or cutting back on air travel, resisting the siren song of low-fare, no-frills airlines. "I just realized that all my other efforts to be green -- recycling, insulating the house, not driving a giant 4x4 -- would be totally wiped out by a couple of holidays by air," sai ...
Topics: climate, news, placemaking, United Kingdom (all these topics)

The World Less Traveled Greens shun cheap air travel, point to impacts of industry		04 May 2005	Daily Grist
The World Less Traveled Greens shun cheap air travel, point to impacts of industry A small but growing number of eco-conscious Brits are turning away from cheap airfares and looking to other means of transport or forgoing planned vacations altogether in hopes of reducing their personal environmental footprints. Overall, aircraft-related carbon-dioxide emissions make up some 5 percent of Britain's ...
Topics: climate, green living, news, placemaking, United Kingdom (all these topics)

You've Come a Long Way, Maybe Stats on how far we've come (or haven't) since the first Earth Day	Todd Hymas	22 Apr 2005	Counter Culture
Photo: NASA. 3.7 billion -- world population in 19701 6.4 billion -- world population in 20051 1,535 billion -- kilowatt-hours of electricity used in the U.S. in 19702 3,837 billion -- kilowatt-hours of electricity expected to be used in the U.S. in 20053 6.0 -- percentage of electricity in U.S. consumed in 1970 produced from renewable sources4 6.7 -- percentage of electrici ...
Topics: climate, energy, GMOs, oil, placemaking, population, solid waste treatment and disposal, United States (all these topics)

Today a Report, Tomorrow ... Well, We'll See Ford acknowledges global warming, but makes no big promises		31 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Today a Report, Tomorrow ... Well, We'll See Ford acknowledges global warming, but makes no big promises Pressure from shareholder activists is producing effects at large companies -- if not yet concrete proposals to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, at least notable signals that they're starting to take global warming seriously. The latest to hop on the bandwagon is Ford Motor Co., expected to announce today that it w ...
Topics: business, climate, news, placemaking (all these topics)

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