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On January 1, a merger between CA-CP and the DC-based Climate Policy Center expanded the programs of Clean Air-Cool Planet. Along with ongoing work with campuses, corporations, and communities, CA-CP will now be providing expertise on national policy design and analysis. Find out more about the merger in our press release. To visit Clean Air-Cool Planet’s new Climate Policy Center, click here. Meet the staff of the Climate Policy Center.
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) has awarded $350,000 over 18 months to the Climate Policy Center of Clean Air-Cool Planet to develop recommendations for implementing ARPA-E, a recently-authorized agency aimed at changing the way we create and use energy; details here. Jane “Xan” Alexander is directing the project for CA-CP. For more details, see our news release.
There was a time when a staff meeting at Clean Air-Cool Planet could be four people standing by the mailboxes. But with the addition of the Climate Policy Center and a couple of new faces, our January “all staff day” exceeded 20 people, and not everyone was there (Pam Pearson, director of our European Office was excused for carbon emissions reasons!). Joining our staff in the Portsmouth, NH office...
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Featured events and initiatives
- Climate Change Backpack training at New England Aquarium, March 8"
- NACUBO webcast: Coordinating a GHG Inventory: What does it take? March 12, 1:30 pm EST (see "distance learning")
- Meet the Scientists" at Vermont Institute of Natural Science, March 19
- NJHEPS Spring Energy Workshop,
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008: 10 am - 3pm, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
- Cool It! Challenge deadline, April 18
- Wesleyan's "Feet to the Fire" Festival - Call for Exhibitors and Vendors, May 10
- 2008 Northeast Energy Efficiency Summit (NEEP), May 22
For more opportunities to get involved, visit CA-CP's website.
CA-CP is working with partner communities in southwestern New Hampshire to help towns in the region lower greenhouse gas emissions. The project, called "Cool Monadnock," encourages action on the municipal level. Read the article...
The Campus Program is offering new CA-CP Climate Fellowships, which will pair outstanding students with challenging, important projects that will propel the U.S. toward a low-carbon future. Learn more on our website.
CA-CP's program managers presented at the "Science and Solutions" conference of the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington, D.C. last month. The conference was an opportunity for dialogue with leading scientists, policy makers, industry leaders, and educators to develop comprehensive strategies to protect against the threat of climate change. Community Program Manager Christa Koehler, Science Center Coordinator Karin Jakubowski, and Campus Program Manager Jenn Andrews presented their solutions. Jenn's presentation was part of a partnership with the National Wildlife Federation (see story below).
A growing number of corporations are contacting CA-CP for help in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. In 2007, nine new partnership agreements were signed with CA-CP: Mohawk Fine Paper, Regency Mortgage, Lamey Wellehan Shoes, Giant Eagle Supermarkets, LLBean, Oakhurst Dairy, Dragon Products, Safe Handling and Harney Tea. Clean Air-Cool Planet helps corporations develop carbon management strategies and develop new institutional arrangements. Read more on our website.
New partners, new opportunities and a new staff member have fired up CA-CP Campus program recently. Among the new partnerships are the Berkshire School (our first formal secondary school partner, and a very exciting one), the National Wildlife Federation (see below), and CT-based firm Sightlines. Among those established partners with exciting stories to tell recently are the University at Buffalo (SUNY) and Duquesne University, both of whom recently completed greenhouse gas inventories. Read the campus news...
NWF’s Campus Ecology Program has been offering tools and resources for environmentally oriented campuses for nearly two decades, and recently began focusing exclusively on helping campuses lead society to a low-carbon future. CA-CP began working closely with the NWF team last year. CA-CP's campus program joined with NWF and the Colorado University-Boulder for a workshop at the National Council for Science and the Environment’s national conference in Washington, D.C. last month, and we are a co-sponsor of the second edition of NWF’s State of the Campus Environment: A National Report Card on Environmental Performance and Sustainability in Higher Education (McIntosh et al. 2001).
Through the work of the Carbon Coalition, voters in more than 160 New Hampshire communities passed resolutions urging their towns to take action on reducing GHG emissions. One recommendation of the resolution is for each town to form an energy committee. Read more...
Staples and Oakhurst Dairy are demonstrating how responsible energy and climate change policies are good business. They were named 2007 Climate Champions. Read more...
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