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  • Study: Simple measures could reduce global warming, save lives, January 2012

In Washington and on Main Street we’re showing how reducing short-term pollutants like soot and methane can have an important and immediate impact on climate change.  Get the stories from the Washington Post or NPR.

  • Heads in the Sand, December 2011

Clean Air-Cool Planet’s bi-partisan engagement efforts noted in National Journal. Read the full story, an assessment of GOP law-makers’ views on climate change, here.

  • Global warming experts paint a bleak picture of N.J.'s future, November 2011

Over 120 decision makers gathered first thing in the morning November 29 to begin CA-CP’s day-long workshop, “Preparing New Jersey for a Changing Climate” at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. Visit the conference web page for updates, photos, and more.  Or, download the story from NewJerseyNewsroom (pdf).

  • A Time for Action: Regional Efforts to Mitigate Climate Change, February 2010

This report by the National Association of Development Organizations, features Clean Air-Cool Planet's "all-inclusive" approach to solving global warming. Executive Vice Presidents Brooks Yeager and Roger Stephenson are quoted.

arrow Download a copy of the NADO Report here (pdf).

  • Press Coverage of the Hip-Boot Tour, October-November, 2009

Clean Air-Cool Planet organized a series of events in coastal communities where climate scientists discussed the impact of predicted sea-level rise.
See media coverage here
.

arrow Download a summary of Phase 1 (pdf).

arrow See the video on YouTube.


Press Releases

November 19, 2009 - New guide released for Historic District Commissions and others involved in preservation of historic homes and buildings.

June 25, 2009 - Local Energy Solutions Conference attracts more than 300 participants in Concord, NH.

April 29, 2009 - Arctic Nations announce agreement to limit short-lived pollutants at their meeting in Tromsø, Norway. April 29, 2009.

April 27, 2009 - ARPA-E for energy created. President Obama announces creation of agency within the Department of Energy.

March 11, 2009 - Scientists, policymakers focus on short-lived pollutants as key to reducing Arctic warming.

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.

Aveda photo

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)