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Airplot editor's pick
campaign by Greenpeace UK to stop further Heathrow runway expansion which would interfere with greenhouse gas reduction goals
Added: Jan. 23, 2009 | Rate It
Campaign Plane Stupid editor's pick
(3 votes)
A UK direct action campaign for an end to airport expansion, a ban on short-haul flights, and a tax on aviation fuel and tickets
Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It
Capitol Climate Action editor's pick
http://www.capitolclimateaction.org/
organizing tool for a peaceful demonstration at the coal plant providing electricity to the U.S. Capital to make the point that U.S. climate action is needed and coal-fired power plants are no longer welcome
Added: Feb. 11, 2009 | Rate It
Case Against Heathrow Expansion: A Briefing,The editor's pick
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/media/reports/the-case-against-heathrow-expansion-a-briefing
a Greenpeace UK report stating why unrestrained airport expansion will make it impossible for the UK to play its part in tackling climate change
Added: Jan. 23, 2009 | Rate It
Exxpose Exxon editor's pick
a campaign by a coalition of environmental groups that seeks to educate Americans about ExxonMobil’s efforts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, prevent action on global warming, and maintain America’s oil dependence; encourages action against ExxonMobil's efforts
Added: Jul. 24, 2005 | Rate It
Obama2Canada editor's pick
advocates action to prevent Canadian tar sand development from being sheltered from the greenhouse gas emission reductions to which other energy production are subjected
Added: Feb. 11, 2009 | Rate It
Oilwatch editor's pick
a resistance network that opposes the activities of oil companies in tropical countries, with members in over 50 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America
Added: Oct. 19, 2006 | Rate It
Peak Oil Crisis editor's pick
http://www.peak-oil-crisis.com/
a comprehensive news and resource site for those interested in the issue of peak oil, the point beyond which oil production declines
Added: Mar. 02, 2006 | Rate It
Reality - There is No Such Thing as "Clean" Coal editor's pick
http://action.thisisreality.org/
a campaign to increase the awareness of the facts about the coal-burning process
Added: Dec. 19, 2008 | Rate It
Stuck in the Tar Sands editor's pick
http://www.climateactionnetwork.ca/e/publications/stuck-in-the-tar-sands.pdf
a report that itemizes the ways that the Canadian government's climate change policies do not require reduced emissions from tar sand development and recommends strategies to reduce those emissions (pdf)
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
The Greenpeace Case Against Coal-Fired Power Generation editor's pick
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/files/pdfs/climate/caseagainstcoal0808.pdf
reviews the evidence and opinions of business and government leaders regarding the use of coal to generate power in the UK, including suggestions for meeting CO2 reduction goals by other means (pdf)
Added: Sep. 22, 2008 | Rate It
Transition Colorado editor's pick
http://www.transitionbouldercounty.org/
informal networking site for those interested in transitioning to life beyond fossil fuels
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
Transition US editor's pick
mission is to catalyze, inspire, encourage, network, support and train communities throughout the U.S. as they learn to deal with life beyond oil
Added: Jan. 16, 2009 | Rate It
Unconventional Oil editor's pick
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/unconventional_oil_final_lowres.pdf
report highlights perilous trends in the oil sector, where increased investment in unconventional fossil fuels, such as
Canadian oil sands and US oil shales, may dangerously contribute to climate change and cause local ecological disaster (pdf)
Added: Jul. 30, 2008 | Rate It
Record High 2010 Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Combustion and Cement Manufacture new
http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/emis/perlim_2009_2010_estimates.html
from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), a report that provides evidence for increases in carbon dioxide emissions from certain sources
Added: Dec. 26, 2011 | Rate It
2001 Fuel Economy Site popular
(7 votes)
find and compare the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks; as well as gas mileage tips and information on advanced technology
Added: May. 24, 2001 | Rate It
Global Roundtable on Climate Change popular
http://www.grocc.ei.columbia.edu/
(5 votes)
a stakeholder forum of leaders from industry, governments and NGOs, set up to discuss and explore areas of potential consensus regarding core scientific, technological, and economic issues critical to shaping sound public policies on climate change
Added: Mar. 08, 2007 | Rate It
A Roadmap for US-China Cooperation on Energy and Climate C
http://asiasociety.org/policy/task-forces/roadmap-us-china-cooperation-energy-and-climate-change
a report that addresses the unfolding global climate crisis and the critical roles that both the U.S. and China must play by cooperating to reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting from energy use, especially the continued reliance on coal to power our respective economies
Added: Mar. 09, 2009 | Rate It
"Dirty Kilowatts" 2007 Report Database
http://www.dirtykilowatts.org/
the Environmental Integrity Project allows you to search power plant pollution data in the U.S.
Added: Sep. 05, 2006 | Rate It
1 Sky
focuses the power of millions of concerned Americans on a single goal: bold federal action by 2010 that can reverse global warming
Added: Feb. 19, 2009 | Rate It
Airport Watch UK
http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/
(1 vote)
due to concerns with the impacts of aviation on climate change, communities and noise levels, opposes unnecessary, unsustainable or irresponsible airport expansion across the UK
Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It
Bellona CCS Web
provides information about CO2 capture and storage (CCS), a technology that can reduce emissions from power plants and factories
Added: Apr. 11, 2009 | Rate It
California Low-Carbon Fuel Standard
http://www.energy.ca.gov/low_carbon_fuel_standard/
first-in-the-world greenhouse gas (GHG) standard for transportation fuels; CA seeks to spark research in alternatives to oil and reduce GHG emissions
Added: Aug. 04, 2007 | Rate It
Carbon Commentary
http://www.carboncommentary.com/
a critical appraisal of issues in the move to a low-carbon economy
Added: Jul. 03, 2008 | Rate It
Climate Friendly Banking
http://www.climatefriendlybanking.org/
provides a calculator for determining the carbon footprint of several Canadian banks and a report by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) that describes how those banks impact the climate through their financing decisions
Added: Dec. 19, 2008 | Rate It