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• Another View: Column overstates controversy among climate change experts, May 2012

A recent op-ed from the Portland (ME) Press Herald, co-authored by our VP Brooks Yeager, reminds readers that scientific consensus on climate change is clear and overwhelming.

• Popular Campus Carbon Calculator Will Soon Be Available As a Web-Based Tool Supported by the Verizon Foundation, April 2012

Clean Air-Cool Planet has been awarded a $90,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to support the organization's program to streamline and improve carbon management for thousands of college campuses across the country. Read the story here. 

• U.S. will lead new effort to cut global warming from methane, soot, February 2012

The Washington Post reports again on how reducing soot and methane can help avoid short-term climate risks and impacts.

• 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.

• 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).

• N.H. Retail Politics Seen as Boon to Climate Change Issue, October 2011

Executive Vice President for Programs Roger Stephenson is quoted in this New York Times article about the role New Hampshire will play in setting the tone for the 2012 presidential election.

• A new way of thinking as sea levels rise, June 2011

Coverage by the Washington Post of CA-CP's adaptation needs assessment "Preparing for a Changing Climate."

• Climate Change Linked to Social Collapses in Greenland Since 800 B.C., May 2011

CA-CP Senior Fellow Rafe Pomerance is quoted in this article from Scientific American.

• Chevrolet deal drives Maine low-income weatherization, February 2011

CA-CP staff participated on the team that advised Chevrolet to invest in weatherization of low-income homes in Maine. Read the story from the Portland Press Herald.

• As Glaciers Melt, Science Seeks Data on Rising Seas, November 2010

A New York Times article on Arctic ice melt.

• The Vanishing Ice Sheets, September 2010

A Rolling Stone article on melting glaciers and their implication for the world's coasts.

• 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.

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.

Download a summary of Phase 1 (pdf).

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.

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)