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Energy Efficiency: Engine of Economic Growth
Energy Efficiency: Engine of Economic Growth observes use of electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, and propane in six New England states, and predicts how the region can reduce energy use for each fuel type and pass on savings to consumers. |
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Economics of Energy Efficiency Economics of Energy Efficiency builds the case that investing in energy efficiency is a very effective, low cost means of reducing emissions while providing lasting benefit to consumers. |
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More Severe Heat Waves: Global Warming's Wake Up Call Extremely high temperatures are intesified in urban settings where asphalt absorbs heat and cooling vegitation is rare. Fortunately, the dangers of heat waves can be managed particularly for people with special risk factors. |
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The Green Justice Solution: A Win-Win Plan to Prevent Climate Crisis and Jumpstart An Equitable and Sustainable Economic Recovery In this Boston-centered look at climate change, swift community-based action can restore the middle class, create desirable job opportunities for Boston's poor and communities of color, and heal the environment. |
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Major Tipping Points in Earth's Climate System and Consequences for the Insurance Sector A 2°C rise in temperature from pre-industrial levels has been widely regarded as a tipping point for planet earth. Major Tipping Points in Earth's Climate System and Consequences for the Insurance Sector argues instead that sudden volatile transformations in earth's climate will occur long before this 2°C threshold is reached. |
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The Climate Gap: Inequalities in How Climate Change Hurts Americans & How to Close the Gap The Climate Gap focuses its sites on California to determine how vulnerable citizens across the United States will cope as the environment responds to climate change. |
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Boston Green and Healthy Building Network: Case Study The Boston Green & Healthy Building Network provides a platform for collaboration to promote green and healthy buildings for representatives from about ten Boston-area non-profit organizations and the City of Boston. This case study summarizes learnings and maps the evolution of the network's composition and dynamics since it was launched in 2005 at the initiative of the Barr Foundation. (Source: Barr Foundation) |
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Massachusetts 2008 Climate Act The Massachusetts 2008 Climate Act provides a summary of the major bill provisions of Massachusetts' Global Warming Solutions Act, signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick in August, 2008. |
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Boston Experiential Environmental Education Program Directory The Boston Experiential Environmental Education (E3) Program Directory is an online database created by the Barr Foundation at the request of members of Boston's E3 community. The directory contains a current listing of E3 programs offered for Boston's youth and provides useful information for E3 organizations, parents, prospective students, and teachers. (Source: Barr Foundation) |
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The New England Asthma Regional Council The New England ARC is a coalition of public agencies, private organizations and researchers in New England. ARC's members bring the diverse perspectives and resources of health, housing, education, environment, managed care and advocacy organization together to focus on asthma. |
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Promise and Challenge: Achieving Regional Equity in Greater Boston Commissioned by the Greater Boston Action Committee (GBAC), the report prioritizes policy opportunities in the region. It includes strategies to improve current policies and advocates new directions, such as the application of equity criteria to all publicly subsidized development. (Source: PolicyLink) |
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Green Guide for Health Care™ A best practices guide for healthy and sustainable building design, construction, and operations for the healthcare industry developed by Health Care Without Harm. (Source: Health Care Without Harm) |
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Introduction to Green Building Sustainable design is a comprehensive approach to constructing and renovating buildings that are aesthetically pleasing and comfortable, while optimizing the integration of building systems and minimizing the negative impact on public health and the environment. Sustainable design can impact a range of environmental and health issues, from energy and water consumption to indoor air quality, asthma and the depletion of natural resources. (Source: The Green Roundtable) |
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Sparking Boston's Climate Revolution In the atmosphere, concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are increasing. All over the Earth, temperatures are going up; sea levels are rising. This is global climate change. Everything that depends on air, earth, and water must adjust. This includes Boston. |
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Moving Cooler: An Analysis of Transportation Strategies for Reducing Green House Gas Emissions Transportation in the United States is a leading cause of climate change, but there are not enough timely, practical methods to reduce GHG emissions caused by transportation. Moving Cooler examines over 50 strategies for transportation reform. |
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Towards a Climate-Friendly Built Environment Towards a Climate-Friendly Built Environment makes the case that, while the United States has already made significant progress in reducing the energy and carbon intensity of its buildings and operations, there are still significant untapped opportunities for further reductions in energy use and emissions. |
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Understanding Cultural Competency in Experiential Environmental Education Programs In the spring of 2005, three Boston environmental education programs who were participating in a Barr Foundation-sponsored Experiential Environmental Learning Cluster decided to deepen their understanding of cultural competency by participating in the Cultural Competency Assessment Project. This report contains results from the assessments, recommendations for the environmental education field and a section on cultural competency metrics. (Source: Barr Foundation) |
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Mainstreaming Diversity from Paradigm to Practice Between November 2004 and August 2005, Mass Audubon commissioned a study on urban audiences and environmental education at two of their sanctuaries - Boston Nature Center and Broad Meadow Brook. (Source: Mass Audubon) |
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