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Climate Change

    arrow California's Changing Climate (scientific study)
    Executive summary from the Union of Concerned Scientists/ESA report "Confronting Climate Change in California: Ecological Impacts on the Golden State". Describes evidence, range of projected change, and likely impacts on California's industries, economy & infrastructure, public safety, ecosystems, wildlife, etc.

    arrow Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (international scientific organization) IPCC assesses the available scientific, technical and socio-economic information to better understand the risks of human-induced climate change. Site includes 2001 assessment report on the evidence, impacts, and mitigation; and other publications.

    arrow Cities for Climate Protection (environmental policy org) a global campaign of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). More than 475 local governments worldwide are participating, including over 100 U.S. cities. Information on the program and how to get your city to sign on; workshops, publications.

    arrow The Heat is Online This has the latest news, weather, science, and misinformation on climate change. It also includes the Report on World Energy Modernization that dispels the belief that any meaningful attempt to address the climate crisis will result in global poverty. Instead, the exact opposite is true. It proposes that a properly financed, public-private global transition to high-efficiency and renewable energy technologies holds the potential for an unprecedented worldwide economic boom.

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Air Quality

    arrow Bay Area Air Quality Management District (regulatory agency)
    BAAQMD regulates air pollution and air quality standards in SF Bay Area. Site includes regulations & permit requirements, reports and technical data, model ordinances for woodsmoke and other problems, reduced vehicle emissions programs; also info and links on indoor air quality, more.

    arrow Bay Area Monitor (publication)
    Sponsored by the League of women Voters, monitors decisions and actions of BAAQMD and other regional public agencies. (see contents of past issues for articles on air quality).

    arrow See also:Transportation: alternative vehicles

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arrowPattern Map for a Conservation Economy
This dynamic, inter-active website provides a nearly endless chain of captivating links about the economic issues of a sustainable future.

 

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