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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 4)

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires CARB to develop and update every five years a scoping plan that describes the approach California will take to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Climate Intelligence: The Digital Fabric for Climate Action

Better Ventures

Some of you may recall the boom-and-bust cycle of clean tech from 2006–2011. Aclima (Series B | $67M | $160M): hyperlocal air quality and greenhouse gas measurement to reduce emissions and protect public health. To date, insurance and financial organizations have relied upon predictive risk models based on historical trends.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

When fierce storms appear on the horizon, the children get especially anxious and the elderly worry, which has impacts on their health. Increasingly hotter global temperatures mean the sea ice, which would have formed a barrier to protect the island from storms, forms much later in the storm season and melts much sooner.

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Top 10 Women of Solar

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

After graduating, she hatched the idea to combine her experience in social work with her knowledge of engineering through GRID Alternatives, “an organization that could have real impact in low-income communities.”. in Maternal and Child Health from University of California, Berkeley. Mack Robinson College of Business.

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The Rise of the ‘Climate Friendly’ Cow

DeSmogBlog

percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. warming, we need to slash emissions dramatically – and at speed. In 2006, he famously challenged the methodology of the UN’s landmark Livestock’s Long Shadow report. At the last count, livestock production contributes 14.5

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The Transformation of Earth Day: What Has Changed and What To Expect – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

political arena as president, a period said to have a concerted assault on many green organizations. “ It took another 7 years before our changing climate was defined as global warming – the phrase did not appear in a peer-reviewed journal until 1975. George Bush came into the U.S. A 2014 study examined 191 U.S.

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Earth Day History: Transformation of a Celebration – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

political arena as president, a period said to have a concerted assault on many green organizations. “ It took another 7 years before our changing climate was defined as global warming – the phrase did not appear in a peer-reviewed journal until 1975. George Bush came into the U.S. A 2014 study examined 191 U.S.