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New York Times, October 16
A Season a Tad Off Color, and Here's Why
Boson Globe, September 4
Area Emissions Control Urged
New York Times, August 25
Mayors Seek Regional Plan on Power Plant Gas Emissions
AMC Outdoors, July/August 2005
Hot Enough for You?
Portland Press Herald, July 17
Carbon Crusaders
Boston Globe, July 2
Unhealthy Haze Over Northeast's Wilderness (Editorial)
E- The Environmental Magazine, July 1
Salt Marsh SOS: From Maine to Mississippi, Tidal Wetlands are Degrading
Bank Marketing International, July 30
Barclays, BofA Show Green Qualities
Portsmouth Herald, June 17
Timberland Recognized
EnergyWashington Week, June 15
Senate Support Grows for Modest Climate Change Plan
Electric Utility Week, June 13
More Utilities See Climate Rules Coming…
Maine Morning Sentinel, June 13
Climate Champ
Bergen Record (NJ), June 10
Exelon Chief Says Utilities Must Halt Global Warming
Environmental Finance, June 10
RGGI Delays in Hopes of National Impact
Reuters, June 10
U.S. States Grapple with Carbon Reduction Plan
Bangor Daily News (ME), June 10
Baldacci’s Climate Efforts Honored
PR NewsWire, June 9, 2005
Bank of America Named Corporate Climate Champion
Portland Business Journal, June 9
BoA Wins Energy-Saving Award
The Business Review (Albany), June 9
Global Warming Group Honors Pataki
GreenBiz, June 9
Clean Air-Cool Planet Names 2005 Climate Champions
US Fed News, June 8
Gov Pataki Receives “Climate Champion” Award at 2005 Global Warming Solutions Conference
New Scientist, June 4
Cities Lead Way to Greener World
Electric Utility Week, March 14
New York, New England saw big climate change in past three decades, study says
Lancaster Sunday News (PA), March 12
Predicting the Climate in…2095
Greenwire, March 7
Climate Change: Enviro Group Warns of Changes to New England Climate
Boston Herald, March 8
Eco-Efficiency is Finding a Home on College Campuses
Telegram & Gazette (MA), March 4
Worcester Poised on Leading Edge of Cleaner Energy Policy (Commentary)
Electric Utility Week, February 24
US Court Affirms Army Corps’ Jurisdication Over Cape Wind, a Big Win for Developers
Global Power Report, February 24
Federal Court Upholds Construction of Tower as Part of 420-MW Mass. Cape Wind Project
Asbury Park Press Fight Global warming with Card
New London Day, March 9, 2005
Global Warming: Clear and Present?
Bangor Daily News, March 9, 2005
Data Testify to Warming in the Northeast
Portland Press Herald, March 9, 2005
Temperatures in Region Rise, Study suggests
New Haven Register, March 6, 2005
Global Warming Has Some Chilling Effects
New Bedford Standard-Times, February 19, 2005
U.S. Government Opted Out of Kyoto, but Companies are Taking Note (op-ed)
Burlington Free Press, February 20, 2005
US Misses Opportunity on Kyoto
Keene Sentinel, February 16, 2005
The Kyoto Solution Begins Today
Boston Globe (Globe North), January 13, 2005
Car Incentive for Workers Clears the Air
The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 7, 2005
An Unsettled Forecast for Global Warming
Exeter News-Letter, January 7, 2005
Clearing the Air (Editorial)
Northeast Assistance and Pollution Prevention News, Winter ’05
Interview with CA-CP’s Bob Sheppard, Northeast States Take Action to Address Climate Change in the official newsletter of the Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association.
New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility, Winter 2004 Newsletter
Clean Air-Cool Planet: Staying Competitive with Climate Change
Associated Press, December 28, 2004
Timberland Helps Workers Buy Hybrid Cars
Portsmouth Herald, December 27, 2004
Timberland Grant backs hybrid cars
Syracuse Post-Standard, December 19, 2004
Warming trend spells early arrival of spring
Bangor Daily News, November 24, 2004
Steps Urged on Global Warming with Maine Governor’s Challenge
LA Times, November 9, 2004
Briefs – Fading Fall Color
Waldo County Citizen, October 27, 2004
A Handful of Students Initiate Big Changes
New Haven Register, October 14, 2004
Science Community Looking for Ways to Get Climate Message Across
Portsmouth Herald, September 18, 2004
Students from CA-CP partner Middlebury College stopped in Portsmouth’s Market Square to educate folks about biodiesel, as part of their nationwide Biodiesel Bus tour.
Boston Globe, September 5, 2004
CA-CP urges community planners to think about long-term emissions reduction in local transportation infrastructure project.
Albany Times-Union, June 2004
CA-CP teamed up with Environmental Advocates of New York to separate fact from Hollywood fantasy in "The Day After Tomorrow".
Democratic and Republican National Conventions, Summer, 2004
2004’s Democratic and Rebublican National Conventions were perhaps the greenest conventions ever; CA-CP was part of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Conventions that helped make this happen. See the flier featuring CA-CP distributed to all attendees of both conventions, talking about one of these environmental initiatives - carbon offsets.
Republican Convention: www.cerc04.org/pdfs/carbonoffset_nyc_flier_prnt.pdf
Democratic Convention: www.cerc04.org/pdfs/cercoffsetflier_80604prnt.pdf
Grist Magazine, January 2004
What weight do environmental messages have in this election year, and how are they most effectively presented? Grist magazine looks to the work of the Carbon Coalition for some enlightenment on this issue.
Portsmouth Herald, February 10, 2003
Parrott Ave. library will lean toward the green. www.seacoastonline.com/news/02102003/news/12207.htm
Portsmouth Herald, January 22, 2003
SUV tax break makes ‘bad thing worse’. www.seacoastonline.com/news/01222003/news/8888.htm
Portsmouth Herald, January 7, 2003
Propelling gas prices higher. www.seacoastonline.com/news/01072003/news/6476.htm
Portsmouth Herald, January 3, 2003
Environmentalists at odds over ocean wind farms www.seacoastonline.com/news/01032003/news/5858.htm
Mainebiz Magazine
Cover Story on Clean Air-Cool Planet's Case Study Report

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Press Releases

April 2, 2008- NH Electric Cooperative makes bold move toward greenhouse gas reductions with CA-CP partnership.

February 26, 2008 - Congressional Budget Office releases report on policy options for reducing GHG, supporting cap and trade with safety valve -- as favored by CA-CP.

February 7, 2008 - Dr. Jane A. “Xan” Alexander, a former deputy director of the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA), joins Clean Air-Cool Planet.

January 1, 2008 - Clean Air-Cool Planet merges with Climate Policy Center to strengthen push for climate change solutions.

August 24, 2005 - Northeast officials ask Governors for strong regional policy on Global Warming Pollution

February 20, 2005 - New Tool for Reducing Campus Greenhouse Gas Emissions Unveiled: Clean Air - Cool Planet offers web-based resource

December 20, 2004 - Hybrids for the Holidays

October 22, 2004 - Kyoto Ratification Boon to Some

October 13, 2004 - Statewide Climate Education Effort Kicks Off at Yale

October 1, 2004 - Time to Stop Discussing an Issue Decided (Op-ed, cowritten w/The Climate Institute)

May 1, 2004 - Worldwide Climate Effort Launched with Help from the Northeast

April 2, 2004 - Statement from Clean Air - Cool Planet Regarding Rymes Oil's Sale of Biodiesel at Retail Pumps in New Hampshire

March 31, 2004 - Regional Climate Group Praises House Stewardship Bill

March 25, 2004 - Regional Global Warming Adaptation Conference Results in Recommendations for Agricultural Sector

December 15, 2003 - Case Study: Verizon saves $40 million and 500 thousand tons CO2 annually in climate-related efforts

December 5, 2003 - DVD to Help Individuals and Groups Take Climate-Saving Action

October 10, 2003 - Weeds, pests threaten crops, gardens in warmer, wetter climate, experts say

May 1, 2003 - New Englanders Help Build First Native American-Owned Utility-Scale Wind Turbine

April 27, 2003 - Carbon Coalition asking citizens to act to reduce carbon pollution

March 6, 2003 - York Hospital is the First 100% Renewable Energy Customer of Constellation NewEnergy and Maine PowerOptions

February 27, 2003 - Stamford residents, other Vermonters can help solve global warming through purchasing wind ‘offsets’.

February 13, 2003 - Bush Plan “Slap in the Face” To Those Making Real Reductions

January 13, 2003 - Green Mountain Power Launches New Program for Customers to Combat Global Warming With Renewable Energy Projects

December 9, 2002 - Millions in business energy savings outlined at industrial efficiency conference

September 10, 2002 - Governors Call on Higher Ed Sector in Regional Climate Change Plan

August 1, 2002 - Ben & Jerry’s and NativeEnergy Partner to Fight Global Warming

July 18, 2002 - Attorneys General Demand National Policy on Warming

June 26, 2002 - Legislation provides essential first steps to preventing worst impacts of global warming.

April 1, 2002 - Salons Get Savvy About Global Warming.

Attending the grand opening of Linear, an Aveda™ concept salon and spa in Boston, Clean Air-Cool Planet met Horst Rechelbacher (r), the founder of Aveda™, a global leader in the manufacture of environmental lifestyle products. Pictured also are, from left, William Moomaw, CA-CP board member and director of the Tufts Institute of the Environment, and Katurah Mackay, former CA-CP Communications Manager.

March 13, 2002 - New England Environmental Group Tells U.S. Senate: Global Warming Poses Uncertain Fate for Maple Industry.

February 14, 2002 - New England Reacts to President Bush's Faulty Climate Plan.

February 11, 2002 - Timberland and Clean Air-Cool Planet Partner to Fight Global Warming with Winds of Change.

February 5, 2002 - Global Warming is Threatening New England's Ski Industry.

November 27, 2001 - Clean Air-Cool Planet, NativeEnergy and Stonyfield Farm Team Up to Help Consumers Invest in Clean Power.

September 11, 2001 - Climate Change Could Transform New England.

June 6, 2001 - Northeast Climate Champions Field Strategies To Fight Global Warming.

May 21, 2001 - My Week and Welcome to it: Five Days of Grist Magazine Diary Entries From Our Executive Director. (in new window)

March 26, 2001 - Shaw's Supermarkets Raises the Bar in Fight Against Global Warming - Partners with Clean Air-Cool Planet.

February 19, 2001 - International Report Finds Global Warming Effects in New England - Foresees Worse To Come.

August 30, 2000 – Climate Change Report Highlights Threat To New England Business, Predicts Widespread Disruption of Region's Natural Habitat

August 17, 2000 - Cutting Global Warming Pollution Could Bring More Than 40,000 New Jobs, $21 Billion Net Savings To New England By 2010

World Wildlife Fund article by Adam Markham (CA-CP) and Jay Malcolm (U of Toronto):
Speed Kills: Rates of Climate Change are Threatening Biodiversity (in new window)