Breaking News http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org daily 1 2007-04-26T13:46:53Z Green solutions worthy of attention 9-20-08 http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/climate/in_the_news/green-solutions-worthy-of-attention-9-20-08 Green solutions worthy of attention  by G. Richard Mode

Cheaper energy won't be found by expecting Big Oil to break America's addiction to oil.

]]> No publisher veronica 2009-09-28T14:03:38Z News Item Cornerstones: A Foundation for North Carolina’s Future by Southern Alliance for Clean Energy http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/climate/recent_reports/economic_benefits/cornerstonereport Cornerstones:A Foundation for North Carolina’s Future, SACE http://www.cleanenergy.org/images/files/CornerstonesReportFinal1.pdf

The first comprehensive blueprint for designing North Carolina's energy future.  It outlines how North Carolina can develop our clean energy future with 60% less global warming pollution. Cutting energy use, recycling wasted energy and increasing fuel economy accounts for over half the pollution reductions identified.

 

]]> No publisher veronica 2009-09-25T20:55:00Z News Item Climate and Church http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/climate/recent_reports/impacts/climate-and-church Climate and Church: How Global Climate Change Will Impact Core Church Ministries by Tyler Edgar and Lee Xu National Council of Churches USA.

http://www.pcusa.org/environment/pdf/climateandchurch.pdf

]]> No publisher Mindy Hiteshue 2009-09-08T20:17:06Z News Item Climate Change Policy as Economic Stimulus http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/climate/recent_reports/economic_benefits/climate-change-policy-as-economic-stimulus Climate Change Policy as Economic Stimulus: Evidence and Opportunities from the States (November 2008) The Center for Climate Strategies.

http://www.climatestrategies.us/ewebeditpro/items/O25F20494.pdf

]]> No publisher Mindy Hiteshue 2009-09-08T20:14:54Z News Item Green Economic Recovery Program http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/climate/recent_reports/creating_jobs/green-economic-recovery-program Green Economic Recovery Program: Impact on North Carolina (September 2008) Center for American Progress & Political Economy Research Institute University of Massachusetts Amherst.

http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/2008/09/peri_nc.pdf

]]> No publisher Mindy Hiteshue 2009-09-08T20:11:55Z News Item Extending 'Climate Rebates' To Include Middle-Income Consumers http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/climate/recent_reports/consumers/extending-climate-rebates-to-include-middle-income-consumers Extending 'Climate Rebates' To Include Middle-Income Consumers (February 19, 2009) by Chad Stone and Hannah Shaw Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=2650

]]> No publisher Mindy Hiteshue 2009-09-08T19:58:50Z News Item Size Thresholds for Greenhouse Gas Regulation http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/climate/recent_reports/economic_benefits/size-thresholds-for-greenhouse-gas-regulation Size Thresholds for Greenhouse Gas Regulation: Who Would Be Affected by a 25,000-Ton CO2 Emissions Rule (August 2009) by Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solution at Duke University.

*Study Shows Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards Will Apply to Few Businesses But Reap Big Benefits. Analysis found only a small number of manufacturers responsible for vast majority of industry emissions.

http://nicholas.duke.edu/institute/25Kton.pdf

]]> No publisher Mindy Hiteshue 2009-09-08T19:55:00Z News Item Measuring the Impacts of Climate Change on NC Coastal Resources http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/climate/recent_reports/impacts/measuring-the-impacts-of-climate-change-on-nc-coastal-resources Measuring the Impacts of Climate Change on North Carolina Coastal Resources (March 15, 2007) by Okmyung Bin Dept. of Economics East Carolina University, Chris Dumas Dept. of Economics and Finance University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Ben Poulter Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment and Dept. of Global Change and Natural Systems Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Germany, and John Whitehead Dept. of Economics Appalachian State University.

http://econ.appstate.edu/climate/NC-NCEP%20final%20report.031507.pdf

]]> No publisher Mindy Hiteshue 2009-09-08T19:00:00Z News Item Naturally Green Jobs http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/climate/recent_reports/creating_jobs/naturally-green-jobs Boosting the Economy and Conserving Wildlife: Naturally green jobs.

http://www.targetglobalwarming.org/files/Boosting_the_Economy_Fact_Sheet-072709.pdf

]]> No publisher Mindy Hiteshue 2009-09-08T17:20:00Z News Item Safeguarding Natural Resources http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/climate/recent_reports/creating_jobs/safeguarding-natural-resources Safeguarding Natural Resources from Global Warming: Creating green jobs for America.

http://www.targetglobalwarming.org/files/Pricetag_NR_coalition_factsheet.pdf

]]> No publisher Mindy Hiteshue 2009-09-08T17:15:00Z News Item 2008 Hunter/Angler Survey on Clean Energy and Global Warming http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/climate/federal_action/2008-hunter-angler-survey-on-clean-energy-and-global-warming 2008 Hunter/Angler Survey shows they want action on Clean Energy and Global Warming

http://www.targetglobalwarming.org/2008poll

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]]> No publisher Mindy Hiteshue 2008-09-19T21:15:14Z News Item Take the 1Sky pledge today! http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/newsItems/take-the-1sky-pledge-today 1Sky is a national campaign to pass meaningful national climate legislation in the United States by 2010. We are uniting Americans behind a clear vision and a simple platform for solutions at the scale of the problem. The 1Sky policy platform is designed to do what our best scientists say is necessary to stabilize our endangered climate, while delivering economic opportunity and energy security for our country.

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