Web resources:
Redefining Progress Newsletters
http://www.rprogress.org/index.htm
Redefining Progress partners with grassroots organizations, policymakers, businesses, labor unions, and educators to empower people and strengthen communities throughout the United States through unbiased research, innovative tools, and smart solutions. The organization’s newsletter provide updates on developments in sustainable and equitable economic development.
The Climate TechBook
http://www.pewclimate.org/climate-techbook
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change assembled [...]
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Climate Digest – June 16, 2009
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Climate Digest – May 12, 2009
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Web resources:
U.S. Climate Change Science Program Library
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/default.htm
The lead scientific body of the federal government charged with climate change research has a broad array of resources available on the likely impacts of climate change both for natural systems and human communities.
Forests for the Future: Indigenous Forest Management in a Changing World
http://dte.gn.apc.org/GNSCON.htm
Forests for the Future is published [...]
Climate Digest – April 15, 2009
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Web resources:
CVal: A Carbon Valuation Tool for Foresters and Private Forest Landowners http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr180.html
The CVal spreadsheet is a powerful tool that will help foresters, managers, and project developers work with private forest landowners to assess the economic profitability of participating in carbon markets. CVal provides a discounted cash flow analysis based on a full accounting of [...]
Climate Digest – March 10, 2009
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Union of Concerned Scientists’ Cap-and-Trade Backgrounder
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/big_picture_solutions/cap-and-trade.html
This piece provides a general overview of the cap-and-trade approach to limiting greenhouse gas emissions and combating climate change. Topics include how a basic cap-and-trade program works, key elements of a well-designed cap-and-trade program, lessons from existing cap-and-trade programs, and some reasons why cap-and-trade alone is not sufficient to [...]
Climate Digest – February 3, 2009
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Web resources:
Institute for Local Government
http://www.cacities.org/index.jsp?displaytype=§ion=climate&zone=ilsg
Web page provides information on the California Climate Action Network specific for local governments: cities and counties. Includes links to best practices for preparing for climate change; a report exploring climate policy at the local level; and more.
The Pacific Northwest Climate CIGnal
Issue #16, Winter 2009
Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington
http://cses.washington.edu/cig/outreach/newsletter.shtml
“In [...]
Climate Digest – January 6, 2009
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Equity Blog, A Community of Voices, A Movement for Change
http://www.equityblog.org/2008/12/23/stimulus-for-whom/?msource=MAILSTIM
Introduces a four-page analysis, “Stimulus for Whom,” which outlines how the U.S. Stimulus package could promote equity in the U.S.
United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Source Book: Green Stimulus Proposals
http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=IssueItems.View&IssueItem_ID=ce27babd-d579-40ce-91e9-7b41510d97d3
Downloadable testimonies heard by the Committee in December 2009, rural green jobs included.
Articles:
Western [...]
Climate Digest – November 25, 2008
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Forest Carbon Standards
The Forest Carbon Standards Committee for US and Canada has been announced and appointed, 40 people to “develop bi-national consensus standards to determine how carbon absorbed in North American forests will be measured and counted”
http://www.forestcarbonstandards.org/
Click on “Resources” and scroll to “Relevant Publications” for links to articles and reports on forest-sector projects [...]
Mini Climate Digest – October 22, 2008
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US Forest Service Strategic Framework for Responding to Climate Change
The US Forest Service has drafted a Strategic Framework for Responding to Climate Change, which outlines a vision, guiding principles, goals and actions for working toward the mission of the Forest Service in a changing climate. The Framework is designed to guide the Forest Service in [...]
Climate Digest – October 20, 2008
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Web resources:
climate.bna.com
http://climate.bna.com/Home.html
“climate.bna.com is a continuously updated, complimentary, multi-media Web resource with news and information from around the world on climate change issues.”
Includes World Climate Change Report – “Current developments on all climate change issues. This comprehensive collection of news stories covers climate change legislative and regulatory developments, court and administrative decisions, compliance, state policy, federal [...]
Climate Digest – September 30, 2008
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Sightline Daily – Northwest News That Matters –
The Daily Score Blog – Special Series Climate Fairness
http://daily.sightline.org/daily_score/series/climate-fairness
“Climate change threatens hardships for everyone, but the people and nations least to blame for causing it are most vulnerable. In this series, Alan Durning explores the issue of climate equity and looks at the enormous opportunity to [...]
