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No math needed: A look at global warming by the numbers
By Laura Elizabeth May
Green Right Now
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One degree Fahrenheit. On average, that’s how much the Earth’s temperature has increased over the past century, according to a report by the EPA. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted that during the 21st century the global temperature will increase by 2-6° C.
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Tags: · 350, 350.org, Barack Obama, cap-and-trade, Congress, EU, global temperatures, hurricane katrina, James Hansen, Polar Bears, Renewable Energy, science, sea ice, The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, Waxman-Markey, Wind energy
Steelworkers, environmentalists call for carbon cap
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Get ready for a new ad campaign pushing for a carbon cap. This one, though,  comes not from policy wonks in D.C., but is a direct appeal from the steel belt. And it will yank at your heart strings.
The United Steelworkers and the Blue Green Alliance, in partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund, have assembled four video spots featuring steel workers appealing for a carbon cap. Yes you heard that right.
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Tags: · Blue Green Alliance, cap-and-trade, carbon cap, Climate Change, Congress, Environmental Defense Fund, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, steel workers, United Steelworkers
25 percent renewables by 2025 would bring jobs, lower electric bills and rural benefits
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Shifting the U.S. toward more renewable wind and solar power would not only generate thousands of jobs and lower consumers’ electric bills, it would create new income for rural residents and vastly reduce carbon emissions, according to a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
The UCS released a study today showing that if utilities were required to obtain 25 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2025 it would:
- Create nearly 300,000 new domestic jobs
- Save consumers some $65 billion in lower gas and electricity bills through 2025; up to $95 billion through 2030.
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Tags: · clean energy, Congress, Electricity, Green jobs, power generation, renewable energy standard, RES, Solar Power, U.S. Department of Energy, Union of Concerned Scientists, Wind Power
PowerShift 09 youth vow to keep up the pressure for climate change laws
By Sommer Saadi
Green Right Now
Despite the white snowfall in Washington, D.C. this past weekend, the Capitol was deluged with green demonstrators who didn’t let the snappy weather chill their enthusiasm for fighting global warming.
An estimated 12,000 clean energy youth activists met in D.C. for PowerShift ‘09, a four-day summit to raise environmental awareness and lobby Congress for the passage of climate control legislation. Participants, most between the ages of 18 and 26, traveled from all 50 states, every province in Canada and a dozen other counties to take p art in the event.
Quashing any stereotypes that this millennial generation is unmotivated or unconcerned, the long weekend featured roomfuls of rapt young environmentalists at seminars and panel discussions concerning a range of green issues. (Check out their energy in this You Tube video. Global Power Shift.)
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Tags: · Activists/Authors, Brianna Cato Cotter, Climate Change, Congress, David Dix, global warming, Jessy Tolkan, Ken Salazar, Laura Comer, Lisa Jackson, PowerShift '09, Robert Kennedy Jr., Van Jones
Stimulus plan puts green into green; the details so far…
From Green Right Now Reports:
In a alert released this afternoon, entitled “Congress Gets It Right — Recovery Deal to Spur Clean Energy Economy”, the Natural Resources Defense Council praised the compromise stimulus package hammered out by Congress for the ways it steers the American economy in a greener direction.
“Congress really got it right with this economic recovery package that will deliver jobs and green infrastructure to America. The bill makes smart investments that will jumpstart the economy, help sustain future growth, and meet the challenges of the 21st century,”effused Wesley Warren, director of programs for the NRDC. “We need to put America on a path to a clean-energy economy, and Congress has taken a big step forward in heeding this call.
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Tags: · clean energy, Congress, green incentives, Green jobs, high-speed rail, Natural Resources Defense Council, NRDC, public transportation, stimulus package, Tax Credits, Weatherization Assistance Program
Automakers bailout should carry improved gas mileage requirements
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Remember when Congress passed legislation one year ago raising the bar on gas mileage? The law they passed required automakers to have a fleet average of 35 mpg by 2020.
Automakers, not just the U.S. Big Three, but Toyota as well, opposed it. They spent millions lobbying against the law, and to find out just how much they spent and whose wheels they tried to grease, see the Huffington Post story Big Three Promise Green Future But Spent Almost $50 Million Since 2007 Lobbying Against It
which dug out the actual dollar figures. (Just as good as the story are some of the bloggers responding, who have some interesting ideas for how to rescue the car industry.)
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Tags: · automakers, bailout, BarbaraKesslerBlog, Congress, gas mileage, Union of Concerned Scientists
No Child Left Inside Gaining Momentum
 By Kelly Rondeau
You’ve heard of No Child Left Behind. Now comes a new program with serious educational goals, but a different approach: No Child Left Inside proposes to re-invigorate environmental education by tapping into kids’ innate curiosity about nature. And communities across America are embracing the fresh, bottom-up concept by holding No Child Left Inside events.
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Tags: · Congress, Providence, Rhode Island, Schools, The No Child Left Inside Act
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