Resources and Links

California

California Assembly Bill 1493
Text of emissions bill.

Assembly Bill 1493 Briefing Package
Global Warming and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Motor Vehicles
Prepared by CalEPA, Acrobat .pdf file, 1.0 MB

Press Release, 7/22/02
Governor Davis News Release on Signing AB 1493

Maine

LD 845 (HP 622)
An Act to Provide Leadership in Addressing the Threat of Climate Change, Maine State Legislature signed into law 5/13/03

New Hampshire

Governor Announces Clean Power Strategy, January 10, 2001
Aggressive Strategy, Legislation Will Reduce Pollution From Three Fossil Fuel Power Plants

Final Version of New Hampshire House Bill 284 signed 5/9/02

"Clean Power Act just the start of protecting New Hampshire's air," Portsmouth Herald Editorial, May 13, 2002

New York

The New York Greenhouse Gas Task Force

In the News

"Power Shift - Looking for leadership on climate change" Special Edition of Grist Magazine, July 31, 2002

"Governor Calls on Northeast States to Fight Climate Change" April 25, 2003 press release from the office of N.Y. Governor Pataki

"The States Step Up - Washington state joins the growing number of states that are setting their own controls for greenhouse gases in the absence of federal action" by Derek Reiber, 7/29/03

"McCain-Lieberman plan - how is it playing?" Greenwire, 8/4/03

"The Climate must change - And reform must start with the America" The Guardian Leader, 8/6/03


Energy and Business Resources

U.S. Department of Energy - National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Greenpower Network

Business Council for Sustainable Energy

Energy Future Coalition

Cambridge Energy Research Associates

SolarAccess

Argus Global Emissions Vol. 2, Issue 8

Point Carbon - Carbon price forecasts and analysis

Maine Interfaith Power and Light

Local Initiatives Nationwide

California Air Resources Board

Chesapeake Climate Action Network

Conservation Law Foundation

The Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative

Greenhouse Network

Interfaith Global Climate Change Campaigns

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

Massachusetts Climate Action Network

The National Religious Partnership for the Environment

Northeastern States for Coordinated Air Use Management

Additional Resources

Center for Clean Air Policy

Climate Solutions

National Council for Science and the Environment - National Library for the Environment

National Conference of State Legislatures - Clean Air Program

Natural Resources Defense Council

Pew Center on Global Climate Change

 


State and Local Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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