Clean Air Conservancy Blog

The Clean Air Conservancy (CAC) has partnered On the Edge Films, Inc, to erase part of the "Carbon Footprint" of this year's Banff Mountain Film Festival in Cleveland (April 9 -10).   -   Read More >>

How will climate change impact food security in the Pacific Islands?   -   Read More >>

Will Climate Change Increase Incidence of Civil War in Africa?   -   Read More >>

S-173, the Clean Energy Jobs and Amerian Power Act (Kerry-Boxer):   -   Read More >>

Press Release from Lester R. Brown at Earth Policy Institute   -   Read More >>

The National Hurricane Center at NOAA's National Weather Service   -   Read More >>

From the Columbia Center for Children's  Environmental Health   -   Read More >>

If you're planning an event, we can help you esimate your "Carbon Footprint" and then permanently retire high quality carbon dioxide emission allowances to offset the event. We can help you "offset" the impact of conferences, concerts, weddings, family reunions, etc. E-mail the CAC at michael.short@cleanairconservancy.org. Contact us today! We'll get you started.   -   Read More >>

From the US Global Change Research Program (june 2009)   -   Read More >>

The staff and Board of Directors of the Clean Air Conservancy are very sad to announce to our supporters and friends that David B. Webster, the founder of the CAC and its guiding spirit, died on March 13, 2009 after a courageous battle with cancer.  His sense of adventure and profound love of life has touched everyone around him, and we will all miss his inspiring light.      -   Read More >>

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The European Commission has just invited all developed countries, including the recommitted United States, to form a global-scale carbon trading scheme by 2015. They are also suggesting that some developing countries, such as China and India, join the global carbon market by 2020.  After a rather rocky start in 2005, the European Union now has a functioning carbon control and reduction program based on the "cap-and-trade" model first developed in the US as part of the EPA's Acid Rain Program. Although the total carbon reductions have been modest, the EU has ambitious plans to reduce emissions by 20% below 1990 levels by 2020.  We think that the legislation being drafted right now in the US Congress should include a very clear intention of linking to the EU carbon trading program and of joining this global "cap-and-trade" carbon market. What do you think?   -   Read More >>

  This is the seventh and final installment in the series on Obama's energy plan. Each segment focuses on one major section of his plan. This section analyzes his plan to reduce energy use and lower costs.Outline of Obama's Energy Plan that's discussed in this series, or view the comprehensive plan here (pdf).Check out our previous installments in this series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6).   -   Read More >>

  This is the fifth installment in the series on Obama's energy plan. Each segment focuses on one major section of his plan. This section analyzes his plan to promote the supply of domestic energy.Outline of Obama's Energy Plan that's discussed in this series, or view the comprehensive plan here (pdf).Check out our previous installments in this series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4).   -   Read More >>

  This is the sixth installment in the series on Obama's energy plan. Each segment focuses on one major section of his plan. This section analyzes his plan to diversify our energy sources.Outline of Obama's Energy Plan that's discussed in this series, or view the comprehensive plan here (pdf).Check out our previous installments in this series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5).   -   Read More >>

We do have a global impact and every time we all flick on a light, charge a cell phone, or start a car. We can collectively shape the future of people and places on the other side of the globe. Here's a sign: The Medical Journal of Australia now reports that Australia's Aboriginal peoples are the most vulnerable group to the rising temperatures and changing environment being brought by global climate change.   -   Read More >>

This is the third installment in the series on Obama's energy plan. Each segment focuses on one major section of his plan. This section analyzes his plan to create a secure energy future and create new jobs.   -   Read More >>

5 Easy things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint right now!   -   Read More >>

This is the fourth installment in the series on Obama's energy plan. Each segment focuses on one major section of his plan. This section analyzes his plan to make vehicles fuel efficent.Outline of Obama's Energy Plan that's discussed in this series, or view the comprehensive plan here (pdf).Check out our previous installments in this series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).   -   Read More >>

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Opinion from around the world   -   Read More >>

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Ferom the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale   -   Read More >>

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by Francis C. Moore at the Earth Policy Institute   -   Read More >>

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US House of Representative's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform   -   Read More >>

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Press release form the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat   -   Read More >>

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Bulletin from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)   -   Read More >>

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CAC and Eco-Patriots Press Release   -   Read More >>

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A coalition of European countries, a number of U.S. states, several Canadian Provinces, New Zealand and Norway have announced the formation of the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) to fight global warming.   -   Read More >>

America's Climate Security Act (ACSA) (S.2191) ....Read the Press Release    -   Read More >>

Former-UN Secretary General Kofi Annan launches the Global Humanitarian Forum   -   Read More >>

By the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the subcommittee on Global Change Research   -   Read More >>

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At mid-day on Wednesday, oil prices hit a new all time high of $89.00 per barrel in New York trading.   -   Read More >>

An innovative approach to reducing CO2 emissions by changing consumer behavior.    -   Read More >>

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Press Release from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (and short video!)   -   Read More >>

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A new plan in the US House to reduce CO2 emissions   -   Read More >>

"The Melting Arctic: Global Warming's Impacts on the Polar Region" and "Forging a Global Solution for Global Warming: International Perspectives"     -   Read More >>

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A  Monster 1 Megawatt Storage Battery   -   Read More >>

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According to a report form the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), the area of Artic Sea ice continues to melt at an alarming rate.   -   Read More >>

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A Collaboration Between the Clean Air Conservancy and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.   -   Read More >>

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From August to December this year, there have been or will be at least 5 major high-level international meetings looking at a response to global-scale climate change.   -   Read More >>

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A report presented by UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, to the more than 1,000 participants of the UN-sponsored that Climate Change Conference in Vienna suggests that an investment of more than $200 billion will be required by 2030 to stabilize CO2 emissions at current levels.    -   Read More >>

The Western Climate Institute, which now includes Arizona, British Columbia, California, Manitoba, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, has announced that its aggregate goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15% below 2005 level by 2020.   -   Read More >>

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Britain's third largest party, the Liberal Democrats, has put forward a plan to make the UK Carbon Neutral by 2050. This includes banning gasoline-powered cars by 2040!    -   Read More >>

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 Last week, the UN Clean Development Mechanism issued a record number of emission reduction certificates (CERs) with some 8.9 millions credits being issued to projects in Brazil, India, China and South Korea.  About 87% of the credits, approximately 7.7 million, were issued to three HFC 23 destruction projects in China and a fourth in South Korea.     -   Read More >>

The Natinal Snow and Ice Data Center reports that the extent Artic sea ice has reached the "lowest absolute minimum extent" ever recorded. On August 17, 2007, the extent of the Artic sea ice was 2.02 million square miles and breaks the previous minimum recorded in 2005 of 2.05 million square miles. The extent of the sea ice will  continue to shrink until the end of the annual melt period I September.   -   Read More >>

According to a letter from Deborah Platts Majoras, the current Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, to Representative Edward Markey, Chairman of the House Special Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, the FTC plans to hold a workshop to examine the rapidly emerging voluntary carbon market selling "carbon offsets" to the public.   -   Read More >>

According to a recent report from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, "The State of the UK's Birds 2006", the mild winters brought about by global warming is changing the species composition of local bird populations and effecting migration patterns.   -   Read More >>

In the second quarter of 2008, Massachusetts will conduct the 1st public auction of CO2 emission allowances ever issued in the US as part of the first MANDATORY greenhouse gas reduction program (RGGI). The CAC participated in the 1st SO2 allowance auction held by the EPA's Acid Rain Program, now wants to be 1st in line again at the Massachusetts carbon auction. With contributions from donors like you, the CAC will purchase carbon allowances at the auction and then permanently retire them so that they never be used by anyone as permits to emit. You can help! Please make a donation to the CAC's Special Fund today!     -   Read More >>

Oregon recently joined the growing list of states that have enacted laws to limit greenhouse emissions with passage of the Climate Change Integration Act. It commits the state to stopping the increase in greenhouse gas emissions by 2010, reducing emissions 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, and meeting the 75 percent reduction below 1990 levels by 2050. In the absence of any national programs, a total of 17 states have now set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets either through executive action or through the legislative process.    -   Read More >>

The CAC has partnered with Eco-Patriots in an important educational and fundraising program dedicated to increasing American consciousness of personal accountability in environmental issues.   -   Read More >>

Maine and Massachusetts are 2 of the 7 states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. This initiative, which is expected to begin in 2009, will be the nation's first mandatory program for reducing CO2 emissions. The proposed rules, which will apply to major electricity providers, describe each state's CO2 program for trading greenhouse gas emission allowances.       -   Read More >>

New York-based Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new 5-year Initiative on Climate Change Resilience that commits $70-million to assist help cities and towns around the world implement adaptation measures to mitigate the future impacts of climate change.     -   Read More >>

Scientists at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana report that the amount of Artic sea ice is now the lowest ever recorded. It breaks a record low set in 2005 and has occurred a full before normal end of the melt period in September.   -   Read More >>

In a speech recent speech in India, the Executive Director of the UU Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Mr. Jacques Diouf, predicted a decrease in essential crop production in the lower latitudes declining that could seriously affect developing countries. He said that "crop yield potential is likely to increase at higher latitudes for global average temperature increases of up to 1 to 3°C depending on the crop, and then decrease beyond that. On the contrary, at lower latitudes, especially in the seasonally dry tropics, crop yield potential is likely to decline for even small global temperature rises, which would increase the risk of hunger." He also predicted that "rainfed agriculture in marginal areas in semi-arid and sub-humid regions is mostly at risk" and  that "India could lose 125 million tons of its rainfed cereal production -- equivalent to 18 percent of its total production."   -   Read More >>

Japan is in the early stages of developing a national program for carbon trading that will allow private companies to buy and sell carbon credits. Although opposed by Japan's largest business lobby, the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), the Environment Ministry is expected to present a proposal for a national-scale a cap-and-trade plan scheme.      -   Read More >>

A group of Utah scientists from Utah universities and state government agencies has presented a draft version of  a new report, "Climate Change and Utah: The Scientific Consensus", to Governor Huntsman's  Blue Ribbon Advisory Council on Climate Change. The report concludes that climate is already changing and that temperatures will likely increase faster that the global average.     -   Read More >>

The Colorado Climate Action Panel (CAP) has finalized a report  with recommendations to reduce Colorado's contribution of greenhouse gases and reduce the state's vulnerability to climate change. The CAP is also recommending an ambitous plan to fight climate change that proposes targets even more aggressive that recent California measres.    -   Read More >>

As part of the Western Climate Initiative, representatives from several US western states (California, Washington, Oregon, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah) and Canadian Provinces (Manitoba and British Columbia) began a three day meeting in Vancouver to discuss further development of a joint carbon trading market.     -   Read More >>

Yvo de Boer, the Executive Secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, has indicated his support for national greenhouse gas emission reduction programs that feature cap-and-trade approaches over measures focused on global carbon taxes.   -   Read More >>

A gathering of national representatives will be held in September to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer.     -   Read More >>

The Greening of Court Street in Portsmouth, N.H.- A Project of Portsmouth Public Works and Osram Sylvania, Inc.(contact : Dr. Peter Somssich, Telephone 978-750-1633 or E-mail: Peter.Somssich@sylvania.com, July 30, 2007.    -   Read More >>

Beginning tomorrow, August 1, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly will open its first plenary session on climate change and seek to build a wider international consensus around a plan of immediate action.     -   Read More >>

 Stay informed! Check out our links to the candidates' issue statements      -   Read More >>

Cadbury Schweppes, the British-based food manufacturer, has announced plans to make substantial cuts in greenhouse gas emissions through packaging changes and energy efficiency. Their ambitious plan intends to cut their "net absolute carbon emissions" by 50% with 30% of the reductions coming from internal improvements.   -   Read More >>

US - A new report by Greg Holland of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Peter Webster of Georgia Institute of Technology concludes that over the last century, the effect of global warming on wind patterns and sea surface temperatures have almost doubled the average number of Atlantic hurricanes each year.    -   Read More >>

GE AES Greenhouse Gas Services, a joint venture of GE Energy Financial Services and AES Corporation, have established yet another standard for selling greenhouse gas emission reduction credits. They hope to generate and sell as many as 10 million metric tons of emission reductions by 2010. They are also planning release of the first consumer credit card intended to help consumers reduce their carbon footprints.     -   Read More >>

The Montreal Climate Exchange, which is a joint venture of the Montreal Exchange and the Chicago Climate Exchange, will start their carbon market trading platform for Canadian companies in late 2007. This new carbon exchange is also consulting with the Canadian Federal government to promote establishment of a national greenhouse gas emissions registry.   -   Read More >>

According to the World Watch Institute, worldwide electricity production using wind turbines increased by 26% in 2006 and exceeded 74,200 Megawatts.   -   Read More >>

The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation has established a subsidiary company called AgraGate Climate Credits Corp will trade in carbon credits from farmers that implement emission reduction programs, such as no-till farming or methane capture.    -   Read More >>

 The Bank of America will join the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and will purchase a 0.5% minority share of stake in CCX's parent company, Climate Exchange PLC.  They have agreed purchase some 500,000 tons of carbon "offsets" issued by CCX exchange over the next three years and will join the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange and European Climate Exchange    -   Read More >>

(From BNA, 7/19/07) - "EPA TOLD TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR FIRMS THAT REPORT PROBLEMS AFTER BUYING PLANTS"   -   Read More >>

Following recent hearings focused on the growing market in the US for voluntary "Carbon Offsets", Edward Markey, the Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, has sent a letter to the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to begin the development of guidelines to standardize the voluntary "carbon offsets" offered to US consumers and companies.   -   Read More >>

A new report issued by Environment Ohio confirms that 2006 was the hottest year on record in the United States and that Ohio was 2 degrees warmer than normal. The group confirms that the IPCC finding that global warming and climate are human-induced and urges states to take measures that would reduce CO2 emissions 15-20% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020 and 80% by 2050.   -   Read More >>

The UK will soon begin building large residential areas for the first time in 40 years. In these five of these new areas, called "eco-towns", all of the projected 5,000-10,000 new homes will be "carbon neutral". By 2016, ALL new homes in the UK will be carbon neutral.    -   Read More >>

Recent flooding in Britain has displaced thousands and threatens to destroy crucial energy plants.  After linking the  disaster to global warming, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged a £200 million increase in funding for related studies and technological advances.    -   Read More >>

President Rafael Correa of Ecuador proposed has proposed that developed nations pay that country $350 million annually in order to keep the 1 billion barrels under the Yasuni Rain Forest buried. The idea was taken from the current carbon offsetting trend.      -   Read More >>

At a National Governors Association meeting this past weekend on Lake Michigan, the assembled governors called for immediate state-led action on climate change.     -   Read More >>

A recent study analysing annual global rainfalls concludes that observations made around the world confirm the predictions made by various climate models and that precipitation patterns have begun to change.   -   Read More >>

The Australian Climate Exchange (ACX), which is a voluntary market program, began trading today (July 23, 2007). The opening price for the first day of trading of was A$ 8.50 (US$ 7.51) and the total volume traded was A$ 13,620 (US$ 12,024).   -   Read More >>

 160 CEOs from major US companies have signed a statement citing that they believe global warming is a serious problem and outlined suggestions for the U.S. government in order to reduce carbon emissions.   -   Read More >>

According to a Japanese study, the production of 1 kilogram of beef produces as much greenhouse gases as driving for 3 hours and leaving all the lights on at home.   -   Read More >>

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to meet with President George W. Bushtoday, July 17, 2007, to discuss, among other things, the future of  global warming regulations.  With the USA's involvement being crucial  to the effort's success, this meeting is intended to create "strong  political will" before a U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change  in December in Bali, Indonesia, where U.N. officials hope to launch  formal negotiations on a new treaty.   -   Read More >>

On Wednesday, July 18th, the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing examining the nature of carbon offsets being sold to consumers and companies through the expanding voluntary "carbon market" in the US.     -   Read More >>

Senator Barbara Boxer has introduced legislation intended to accelerate a decision by the EPA to grant the State of California with a waiver that the state requires before it can enact regulations that would cut greenhouse gas emissions for automobiles by approximately 25% and SUVs by 18%.  The state has been waiting for some 18 months for the US EPA to answer a formal waiver request. This EPA waiver could have national implications as at least another 11 states have committed to adopting the new California standards.    -   Read More >>

Addressing India's first meeting of the newly established Council on Climate Change, Prime Minster Manmohan Singh called upon committee members to develop comprehensive national energy and sustainable development plan by November 2007.   -   Read More >>

In Arkansas, State Representative Kathy Webb has been appointed to the State's newly formed climate change commission. She is only the 4th appointment thus far to what will be a 21-member commission that was created by Act 696. The commission, which will likely begin work in September 2007, has been assigned the task of developing a study of the global warming and to develop state-wide plan to address the issue.   -   Read More >>

Humans aren't the only ones feeling the effects of global warming.  Polar bears, verging on Endangered Species status, are being forced on to dry land to give birth. If warming progresses at the current rate, experts predict that the bears will begin to be stranded on the ice so far out that they cannot swim to land.    -   Read More >>

Currently Australians have to trade carbon emissions overseas, but next month, the first voluntary emissions trading platform will be established in the country. The Prime Minister has called for a national market by 2012.   -   Read More >>

A new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society (UK) concludes that the recent trend of global warming has no causal link to variations in solar activity and that the anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases that change the atmospheric concentration of CO2 is the main culprit.   -   Read More >>

Brief: This website is hosted by Classroom Earth. This website has lesson plans involving the environment that incorporates almost all subjects, literature, science, health, and social studies for all age groups. Before gaining access to this information one has to register. CAC Rating: N/A   -   Read More >>

Brief: This website is hotsed by the Department of Energy and the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. For grades K-12. These lessons meet Oklahoma state educational standards. They include online activities, teacher fact sheets, glossaries for each section and overheads for teachers and students. The website is broken down into 3 sections. K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 grades. They cover everything from defining air, to what students can do about air pollution. The early childhood lessons include literacy, i.e. children's books that are about environmental issues. CAC Rating: EXCELLENT   -   Read More >>

The prediction made by the Intergovernmental Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) back in the 1990's that sea level rise would likely have a severe impact on the small island states in the South Pacific is now a very real threat. Several low-lying islands and atolls, which are heavily dependent on tourism, are experiencing severe beach erosion, increased high tide flooding, and a disruption of critical ecosystems.   -   Read More >>

The largest carbon trading market in the world, the European Climate Exchange, has announced a major milestone. Since the beginning trading in April 2005, a total of one billion carbon dioxide credits, with a value of US$25.2 billion, have changed hands.       -   Read More >>

Florida Governor Crist will host a two-day ''Serve to Preserve'' Summit on Global Climate Change in Miami this week. Some 450 experts from government, universities, environmental advocacy organizations and business, along with some 100 journalists, have been invited. As Governor Crist announced, the summit will bring together ''the brightest minds to begin working on a plan for Florida to explore groundbreaking technologies and strategies that will place our state at the forefront of growing world-wide movement to reduce greenhouse gases."    -   Read More >>

Scientists at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) predict that rising average global temperatures combined with rising sea-levels  could have devastating effects on annual yields in the world's most productive rice growing regions. Scientists plan hope to counter these losses by increasing the plant's resilience to heat.     -   Read More >>

Ten major international banks involved in the "Carbon" markets, including ABN Amro, Barclays Capital, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, and Morgan Stanley, have agreed to adopt a single standard for greenhouse gas emission instruments being traded in the emerging voluntary markets.  The adopted standard is based on the system developed by the United Nations as part of Kyoto Protocol.      -   Read More >>

The International Energy Agency (IEA) projects a 2% annual increase in the world demand for oil until 2012 and predicts a continuous increases in prices and supply shortages.    -   Read More >>

Governor Corzine of New Jersey has signed the "Global Warming Response Act''. This far-reaching legislation for mandatory reductions of greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2050 and not exceed 80% of 2006 emission levels by 2060.     -   Read More >>

Although a new bill before the British Parliament appears "ambitious", according to many Members of Parliament, it falls short. The bill now under consideration proposes a 60% cut in carbon emissions by 2050, while scientist say there at least needs to be an 80% cut.   -   Read More >>

A government research institute in the Netherlands recently reported that in 2006, China surpassed the United States as the largest source of greenhouse gases. The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, called on China to join international efforts to make substantial reduction in greenhouse emissions.      -   Read More >>

The University of California and West Biofuels LLC have announced a coordinated research effort to develop a new type of reactor that will more efficiently convert cellulose waste into alcohol for use as a gasoline additive. The proposed new technology uses steam, sand, and catalysts, rather than microbial fermentation, to produce alcohol from the forestry, agricultural, and urban waste that is currently dumped into landfills.   -   Read More >>

A statement from the Conference of health experts convened by the World Health Orgainzation (WHO) in Kuala Lumpur says that climate change causes some 80,000 deaths in Asia each year. Increasing temperatures and rainfall is creating ideal conditions for spread of the mosquitoes that carry malaria and dengue fever in areas where they were not previously found. Delegates also discussed the climate impacts related to the severe storms, waterborne diseases, reduced crop yields, malnutrition and respiratory illnesses.    -   Read More >>

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