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Policy and Testimony 

Press Releases 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 

Recent Articles and Features

• New York Times, October 16
  A Season a Tad Off Color, and Here's Why
• Boson Globe, September 4
  Area Emissions Control Urged
• New York Times, August 25
  Mayors Seek Regional Plan on Power Plant Gas Emissions
• AMC Outdoors, July/August 2005
  Hot Enough for You?
• Portland Press Herald, July 17
  Carbon Crusaders
• Boston Globe, July 2
  Unhealthy Haze Over Northeast's Wilderness (Editorial)
• E- The Environmental Magazine, July 1
  Salt Marsh SOS: From Maine to Mississippi, Tidal Wetlands are Degrading
• Bank Marketing International, July 30
  Barclays, BofA Show Green Qualities
• Portsmouth Herald, June 17
  Timberland Recognized
• EnergyWashington Week, June 15
  Senate Support Grows for Modest Climate Change Plan
• Electric Utility Week, June 13
  More Utilities See Climate Rules Coming…
• Maine Morning Sentinel, June 13
  Climate Champ
• Bergen Record (NJ), June 10
  Exelon Chief Says Utilities Must Halt Global Warming
• Environmental Finance, June 10
  RGGI Delays in Hopes of National Impact
• Reuters, June 10
  U.S. States Grapple with Carbon Reduction Plan
• Bangor Daily News (ME), June 10
  Baldacci’s Climate Efforts Honored
• PR NewsWire, June 9, 2005
  Bank of America Named Corporate Climate Champion
• Portland Business Journal, June 9
  BoA Wins Energy-Saving Award
• The Business Review (Albany), June 9
  Global Warming Group Honors Pataki
• GreenBiz, June 9
  Clean Air-Cool Planet Names 2005 Climate Champions
• US Fed News, June 8
  Gov Pataki Receives “Climate Champion” Award at 2005 Global Warming Solutions Conference
• New Scientist, June 4
  Cities Lead Way to Greener World
• Electric Utility Week, March 14
  New York, New England saw big climate change in past three decades, study says
• Lancaster Sunday News (PA), March 12
  Predicting the Climate in…2095
• Greenwire, March 7
  Climate Change: Enviro Group Warns of Changes to New England Climate
• Boston Herald, March 8
  Eco-Efficiency is Finding a Home on College Campuses
• Telegram & Gazette (MA), March 4
  Worcester Poised on Leading Edge of Cleaner Energy Policy (Commentary)
• Electric Utility Week, February 24
  US Court Affirms Army Corps’ Jurisdication Over Cape Wind, a Big Win for Developers
• Global Power Report, February 24
  Federal Court Upholds Construction of Tower as Part of 420-MW Mass. Cape Wind Project
• Asbury Park Press Fight Global warming with Card
• New London Day, March 9, 2005
  Global Warming: Clear and Present?
• Bangor Daily News, March 9, 2005
  Data Testify to Warming in the Northeast
• Portland Press Herald, March 9, 2005
  Temperatures in Region Rise, Study suggests
• New Haven Register, March 6, 2005
  Global Warming Has Some Chilling Effects
• New Bedford Standard-Times, February 19, 2005
  U.S. Government Opted Out of Kyoto, but Companies are Taking Note (op-ed)
• Burlington Free Press, February 20, 2005
  US Misses Opportunity on Kyoto
• Keene Sentinel, February 16, 2005
  The Kyoto Solution Begins Today
• Boston Globe (Globe North), January 13, 2005
  Car Incentive for Workers Clears the Air
• The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 7, 2005
  An Unsettled Forecast for Global Warming
• Exeter News-Letter, January 7, 2005
  Clearing the Air (Editorial)
• Northeast Assistance and Pollution Prevention News, Winter “05
  Interview with CA-CP’s Bob Sheppard, Northeast States Take Action to Address Climate Change in the official newsletter of the Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association.
• New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility, Winter 2004 Newsletter
  Clean Air-Cool Planet: Staying Competitive with Climate Change
• Associated Press, December 28, 2004
  Timberland Helps Workers Buy Hybrid Cars
• Portsmouth Herald, December 27, 2004
  Timberland Grant backs hybrid cars
• Syracuse Post-Standard, December 19, 2004
  Warming trend spells early arrival of spring
• Bangor Daily News, November 24, 2004
  Steps Urged on Global Warming with Maine Governor’s Challenge
• LA Times, November 9, 2004
  Briefs – Fading Fall Color
• Waldo County Citizen, October 27, 2004
  A Handful of Students Initiate Big Changes
• New Haven Register, October 14, 2004
  Science Community Looking for Ways to Get Climate Message Across
• Portsmouth Herald, September 18, 2004
  Students from CA-CP partner Middlebury College stopped in Portsmouth’s Market Square to educate folks about biodiesel, as part of their nationwide Biodiesel Bus tour.
• Boston Globe, September 5, 2004
  CA-CP urges community planners to think about long-term emissions reduction in local transportation infrastructure project.
• Albany Times-Union, June 2004
  CA-CP teamed up with Environmental Advocates of New York to separate fact from Hollywood fantasy in "The Day After Tomorrow".
• Democratic and Republican National Conventions, Summer, 2004
  2004’s Democratic and Rebublican National Conventions were perhaps the greenest conventions ever; CA-CP was part of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Conventions that helped make this happen. See the flier featuring CA-CP distributed to all attendees of both conventions, talking about one of these environmental initiatives - carbon offsets.
  Republican Convention: www.cerc04.org/pdfs/carbonoffset_nyc_flier_prnt.pdf
  Democratic Convention: www.cerc04.org/pdfs/cercoffsetflier_80604prnt.pdf
• Grist Magazine, January 2004
  What weight do environmental messages have in this election year, and how are they most effectively presented? Grist magazine looks to the work of the Carbon Coalition for some enlightenment on this issue.
• Portsmouth Herald, February 10, 2003
  Parrott Ave. library will lean toward the green. www.seacoastonline.com/news/02102003/news/12207.htm
• Portsmouth Herald, January 22, 2003
  SUV tax break makes ‘bad thing worse’. www.seacoastonline.com/news/01222003/news/8888.htm
• Portsmouth Herald, January 7, 2003
  Propelling gas prices higher. www.seacoastonline.com/news/01072003/news/6476.htm
• Portsmouth Herald, January 3, 2003
  Environmentalists at odds over ocean wind farms www.seacoastonline.com/news/01032003/news/5858.htm
• Mainebiz Magazine
  Cover Story on Clean Air-Cool Planet's Case Study Report
  
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Policy and Testimony

Clean Air-Cool Planet is often invited to testify on climate change issues in Washington and around the Northeast. Because each and every one of us is affected by climate change, CA-CP is non-partisan in our strategies and goals. Our testimony aims to increase the knowledge and decision-making tools among lawmakers who need up-to-date information on how global warming is affecting our landscape, agriculture, businesses, and families in the Northeast.

• CA-CP recently submitted a statement in support of Cape Wind project to the State of Massachusetts and Army Corps of Engineers.

• CA-CP Supports a Rhode Island “Clean Car Standard” November 16 th, 2004

• CA-CP weighs in with testimony to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, regarding a proposal in Maine to increase the number of zero emission vehicles and hybrid vehicles sold in the state as part of its broader efforts to meet the greenhouse gas reductions targets set out in the state’s climate action plan.
• State Efficiency Standards a Must for NH
  CA-CP’s Ned Raynolds testifies before the New Hampshire Senate’s Energy and Economic Development Committee, outlining the benefits of energy efficiency standards.
• CA-CP Applauds Passage of New Hampshire's Clean Power Act
  The new law sends a wake-up call to Washington and the rest of the nation. Read more...
• Maple Sugar Industry at Risk from Global Climate Change
  Delivering testimony to the U.S. Senate, CA-CP asserts that New England's sugar maple trees will disappear from the region with shorter winters and increasing droughts brought by global warming. Read more...
• New England Reacts to President Bush's Faulty Climate Plan
  While the President asserts that efforts to slow global warming will harm the economy, New England businesses and institutions are leading by positive example. Read more...
• How Will Global Warming Change the New England We Love?
  Preparing for Climate Change, The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, is a new report by scientists researching impacts of climate change on the New England region. Read CA-CP's reaction, and find links to the newly released report.
  

Press Releases

August 24, 2005 - Northeast officials ask Governors for strong regional policy on Global Warming Pollution

February 20, 2005 - New Tool for Reducing Campus Greenhouse Gas Emissions Unveiled: Clean Air - Cool Planet offers web-based resource

December 20, 2004 - Hybrids for the Holidays

October 22, 2004 - Kyoto Ratification Boon to Some

October 13, 2004 - Statewide Climate Education Effort Kicks Off at Yale

October 1, 2004 - Time to Stop Discussing an Issue Decided (Op-ed, cowritten w/The Climate Institute)

May 1, 2004 - Worldwide Climate Effort Launched with Help from the Northeast

April 2, 2004 - Statement from Clean Air - Cool Planet Regarding Rymes Oil's Sale of Biodiesel at Retail Pumps in New Hampshire

March 31, 2004 - Regional Climate Group Praises House Stewardship Bill

March 25, 2004 - Regional Global Warming Adaptation Conference Results in Recommendations for Agricultural Sector

December 15, 2003 - Case Study: Verizon saves $40 million and 500 thousand tons CO2 annually in climate-related efforts

December 5, 2003 - DVD to Help Individuals and Groups Take Climate-Saving Action

October 10, 2003 - Weeds, pests threaten crops, gardens in warmer, wetter climate, experts say

May 1, 2003 - New Englanders Help Build First Native American-Owned Utility-Scale Wind Turbine

April 27, 2003 - Carbon Coalition asking citizens to act to reduce carbon pollution

March 6, 2003 - York Hospital is the First 100% Renewable Energy Customer of Constellation NewEnergy and Maine PowerOptions

February 27, 2003 - Stamford residents, other Vermonters can help solve global warming through purchasing wind ‘offsets’.

February 13, 2003 - Bush Plan “Slap in the Face” To Those Making Real Reductions

January 13, 2003 - Green Mountain Power Launches New Program for Customers to Combat Global Warming With Renewable Energy Projects

December 9, 2002 - Millions in business energy savings outlined at industrial efficiency conference

September 10, 2002 - Governors Call on Higher Ed Sector in Regional Climate Change Plan

August 1, 2002 - Ben & Jerry’s and NativeEnergy Partner to Fight Global Warming

July 18, 2002 - Attorneys General Demand National Policy on Warming

June 26, 2002 - Legislation provides essential first steps to preventing worst impacts of global warming.

April 1, 2002 - Salons Get Savvy About Global Warming.

Attending the grand opening of Linear, an Aveda™ concept salon and spa in Boston, Clean Air-Cool Planet met Horst Rechelbacher (r), the founder of Aveda™, a global leader in the manufacture of environmental lifestyle products. Pictured also are, from left, William Moomaw, CA-CP board member and director the Tufts Institute of the Environment, and Katurah Mackay, former CA-CP Communications Manager.

March 13, 2002 - New England Environmental Group Tells U.S. Senate: Global Warming Poses Uncertain Fate for Maple Industry.

February 14, 2002 - New England Reacts to President Bush's Faulty Climate Plan.

February 11, 2002 - Timberland and Clean Air-Cool Planet Partner to Fight Global Warming with Winds of Change.

February 5, 2002 - Global Warming is Threatening New England's Ski Industry.

November 27, 2001 - Clean Air-Cool Planet, NativeEnergy and Stonyfield Farm Team Up to Help Consumers Invest in Clean Power.

September 11, 2001 - Climate Change Could Transform New England.

June 6, 2001 - Northeast Climate Champions Field Strategies To Fight Global Warming.

May 21, 2001 - My Week and Welcome to it: Five Days of Grist Magazine Diary Entries From Our Executive Director. (in new window)

March 26, 2001 - Shaw's Supermarkets Raises the Bar in Fight Against Global Warming - Partners with Clean Air-Cool Planet.

February 19, 2001 - International Report Finds Global Warming Effects in New England - Foresees Worse To Come.

August 30, 2000 – Climate Change Report Highlights Threat To New England Business, Predicts Widespread Disruption of Region's Natural Habitat

August 17, 2000 - Cutting Global Warming Pollution Could Bring More Than 40,000 New Jobs, $21 Billion Net Savings To New England By 2010

World Wildlife Fund article by Adam Markham (CA-CP) and Jay Malcolm (U of Toronto):
Speed Kills: Rates of Climate Change are Threatening Biodiversity (in new window)