Yearly Archives: 2014

Ted Talk by Allan Savory on Desertification

Please watch this Ted Talk by Allan Savory Truly an astonishing talk! Dec. 6: Allan Savory of the Savory Institute Can we reverse desertification and sequester carbon through cattle herding? That’s the hopeful theory behind the work of our December

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Top PR Companies Rule Out Working with Climate Deniers

The Guardian describes how PR companies are refusing to work for climate deniers in this article.    

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Reap what we sow: Global Warming in E. Washington – Problems and Solutions

The following was researched and written by the Tri-Cities, WA Citizens’ Climate Lobby chapter: 1. Agriculture and food is a $49 billion industry in Washington, employing 160,000 people and contributing 13% to the state’s economy.1 It has and will face

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Washington State Climate Impacts Laser Talk

In the State of Washington it is clear that human caused climate change is real, is occurring and is set to have increasingly harmful impacts on the State and the broader Pacific Northwest, especially if we do not curb emissions

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Study Shows Positive Impacts of a National Fee-and-Dividend Carbon Tax

A nation-wide study commissioned by the Citizens’ Climate Education Corporation (CCEC) and Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) has now been completed by the Regional Economic Modeling, Inc. (REMI). They state: “The biggest take-home from this study is that there is no

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President Said to Be Planning to Use Executive Authority on Carbon Rule

President Said to Be Planning to Use Executive Authority on Carbon Rule President Said to Be Planning to Use Executive Authority on Carbon Rule By CORAL DAVENPORT President Obama’s proposed regulation to cut pollution from coal-fired power plants by up

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First Regional NW CCL Conference

Portland Or. Feb. 2014

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Climate effects on Wash. State

Here is the link to the UW Climate Impacts Group report on Climate effects on Washington State. http://cses.washington.edu/cig/

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About British Columbia’s Carbon Tax _in Five Charts

Sightline.org, published an excellent overview of the effect of BC’s Carbon Tax Shift on March 11, 2014. See the full article via the link below. http://daily.sightline.org/2014/03/11/all-you-need-to-know-about-bcs-carbon-tax-shift-in-five-charts/ The five main points in the article, supported by the charts are: 1) Pricing

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