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| Recycle Your CFLs at ACE Hardware Coloradans can now drop off used compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and mercury-containing thermostats for free recycling at any Ace Hardware store in the state. The spiral shaped bulbs contain a small amount of mercury and should not be thrown away in the trash. CFLs are also accepted in Denver’s Household Hazardous Waste collection program. |
| Press Release: Voinovich Proposes Legislation to Increase Global Warming Pollution for Decades FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tony Kreindler, EDF, 202-572-3378 or 202-210-5791 (cell)(Washington — May 2, 2008) Ohio Senator George Voinovich today proposed to address the rapidly escalating threat of climate change by delaying meaningful federal action to control greenhouse gas emissions, obstructing existing state programs, and allowing U.S. global warming pollution to increase for decades to come. “This proposal can be summed up in one word: bankrupt,” said Steve Cochran, national climate campaign director at Environmental Defense Fund. “It’s a detailed prescription for doing nothing. If you think climate change is a hoax, this is your bill."
The plan outlined by Senator Voinovich today postpones meaningful action on greenhouse gas emissions for at least twenty years, calling for weak, non-binding emissions reduction benchmarks – current levels in 2020 and 1990 levels in 2030 – while providing taxpayer-funded subsidies for favored technologies. If the subsidies failed to achieve their goal, the Environmental Protection Agency could establish a cap and trade system to reduce emissions – but it could be suspended at the whim of the federal government, and it would come with an astonishingly low $5 per ton “safety valve” – an artificial price control on emissions reductions.
In the meantime, the proposal would take away state authority – confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. EPA – to control global warming pollution. Dozens of states across the country, including California, Florida, and the Northeast members of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, have set ambitious emissions reduction targets.
Widespread scientific consensus holds that the U.S. needs to reduce emissions to roughly 80 percent below current levels by mid-century to help avoid the worst consequences of climate change. The U.S. can meet that target by reducing emissions by a manageable two percent per year – every year of delay will require steeper emissions cuts at a higher cost to the economy.
The Senate is expected to vote in early June on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (S. 2191), a bipartisan bill that puts an enforceable limit on pollution and puts the U.S. on a path to meeting science-based emissions reduction targets without harming the economy. The Energy Information Administration reported earlier this week that the bill’s mandatory cap and trade system would effectively reduce emissions without impacting strong long-term economic growth in the U.S.
“Senators looking for an environmentally effective and economically sound climate policy need to look no further than the Climate Security Act. Senator Voinovich’s proposal is just an escape route from credible action, and it leads to the same old expensive and ineffective policies that have already failed to curb emissions,” Cochran said. “It’s an attempt to block real action, and it’s only going to raise the price of fixing this problem down the road.”
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| Mayor Hickenlooper on Colorado Matters Mayor Hickenlooper is a guest on today’s episode of Colorado Matters - a daily production of Colorado Public Radio. With host Ryan Warner, he discusses details of the Greenprint Denver Advisory Council’s recommendations, shares his thoughts about the proposals, and examines next steps. Listen live this evening at 7 p.m. on KCFR 1340 AM, or [.] |
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| Press Release: Statement of Environmental Defense Fund Applauds Release of New York City DOT Sustainability Plan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Diane Slaine-Siegel - (212) 616-1267 -o or dslaine@edf.org (New York, New York – April 28, 2008) – Today, the New York City Department of Transportation released its strategic plan for 2008. In response, dslaine@edf.org (New York, New York – April 28, 2008) – Today, the New York City Department of Transportation released its strategic plan for 2008. In response, Andy Darrell, Environmental Defense Fund Vice President for Living Cities, stated:
"NYC DOT ‘s new strategic plan sets a fresh vision for the agency, with practical solutions to climate change at its core. All New Yorkers have reason to cheer more bus rapid transit, better bike lanes, public plazas, cleaner fuels and ferries. We look forward to working with state and city leaders to turn this vision into real on-the-ground improvements across the five boroughs.”
The plan outlines strategies for transforming the city’s streets into more livable spaces. For example, it includes commitments to: study and reduce congestion in 10 major traffic corridors; launch five initial bus-rapid-transit lines by 2011; expand ferry service; create new high-occupancy-vehicle lanes; and manage parking policy to reduce congestion.
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