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Mayors `get it` on climate change
Ironically, the most ambitious US action in the fight against global warming is coming from big cities and their mayors. It seems preposterous on its face. Each city’s emissions are only a tiny fraction of the global pie. Cities can’t force utilities to shift to renewables, or make Detroit produce smarter cars. Nonetheless, some of the biggest US mega-cities are stepping up in a big way on global warming: In San Francisco: Mayor Gavin Newsome committed his city to reduce emissions 20% below 1990 levels by 2012 using everything from zero emission public transit to LED streetlights. In New ... |
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Gov. Schwarzenegger signs legislation for first green chemistry program
California reached another environmental milestone with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger`s signing of AB 1879 by Assemblymember Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) and SB 509 by Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), moving the state on the path toward a comprehensive green chemistry program to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals in products and the environment. `This bi-partisan package of environmental legislation propels California to the forefront of the nation and the world with the most comprehensive Green Chemistry program ever established,` Governor Schwarzenegger said. `It also puts an end ... |
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The first thing you’ll notice is the new graphic design. There’s still the blue of the sea, but we’ve brought out other colours, themes and images of ...
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