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What's Hot In Washington & OttawaClimate legislation comes to a screeching stop: The bi-partisan climate change bill authored by Senators Lieberman, Kerry, and Graham is now in jeopardy as the Republican member of the group, Senator Graham, says he won't move forward due to frustration with the broader legislative agenda of the Democrats. >> Click Here
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Niche-Market Opportunities in Carbon
By Joseph Tohill, Green Collar Association Staff Writer The primary objective of carbon markets is to establish a more accurate means of accounting for the costs of carbon emissions. This is accomplished through setting a certain threshold for emissions – companies that surpass this threshold must purchase carbon-offsets to bring their emissions down. This also creates an excellent opportunity for the establishment of a niche market in the sale of carbon-offsets. Businesses can specialize in activities that reduce carbon concentrations in the atmosphere, and then sell these reductions to other businesses.
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What is HOMESTAR and can it make a home run?By: Anran Luo, Green Collar Association Staff Writer
The Obama administration recently introduced HOMESTAR, a program of consumer rebates for home energy efficiency retrofits that boasts a foolproof outcome. HOMESTAR will provide homeowners with direct rebates at the moment of purchase for various energy-saving renovations to their homes. The Silver Star Rebates provides 50% rebates up to $1000 – $1500 for simple upgrades for features such as insulation, duct sealing, water heaters, HVAC units, windows, roofing and doors. The Gold Star Rebates is valued at $3000 and rewards more thorough retrofits with the goal of reaching 20% energy savings in their homes; additional rebate are available for energy savings beyond 20%. >> Click Here
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Oh Canada?By: Victoria Biernacik, Green Collar Association Staff Writer Where does Canada stand in regards to reducing emissions, and showing the world that we are taking climate change seriously? What we know: Canada has also been warming at a much faster rate than other countries around the world, with serious implications for our Arctic environment, forests, coastlines, and general weather patterns. >> Click Here
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Aquaculture. What’s in a name?By: Paul Kleving, Green Collar Association Staff Writer Fish farming or aquaculture, has been around for centuries, but only in the last few decades has the practice of farming fish exploded into the global market place. Farmed fish accounts for over 25% of all fish consumed on the planet, but as the world’s appetite for fish increases, so does the environmental impact of farming. One major problem with fish farming is that there are few clear guidelines and regulations in place to ensure safe and responsible business practices. Farming is not technically fishing, therefore not subject to the same rules that the fishing industry must follow. >> Click Here
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Ledcor GroupThe Ledcor Group is investing $1.5 million to establish the Ledcor Group Applied Research Chair in Oil Sands Environmental Sustainability at NAIT. The institute will be matching the funding to create a $3 million endowment, which will fund industry-driven applied research. The Chair will develop applied, real-world solutions that can be integrated within current and future oil sands operations in the form of new processes and technologies. The decision on what research will be done will come from close consultation with industry. >> Click Here
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Ithaca CollegeThe Finger Lakes Project sustainability curriculum development workshop will be held at Ithaca College from Wednesday, May 26 - Friday, May 28. The focus of this year's workshop is on incorporating sustainability and social justice issues into curricula across disciplines. Through a generous grant to the "Commit to Change" program by the HSBC in the Community Foundation, registration for this 2-1/2 day workshop is only $50, which includes all workshops, meals and field trips. >> Click Here
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SAI GlobalISO 14001 is an international standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) through dedicated technical committees representing approximately 150 countries around the world. Its purpose is to enable an organization of any type or size to develop and implement a policy committing it to prevention of pollution, compliance with legal and other requirements, and continual improvement. The realization of this commitment will be a management system that recognizes and manages the primary environmental issues through awareness and assessment of applicable legal requirements, objectives for improvement, assignment of responsibilities, competent personnel, communications, procedures, controls and monitoring, emergency response capability, self correction and assessment, and internal reviews.>> Click Here
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UBC Continuing Studies Centre for SustainabilityJoin Erik Assadourian, influential editor of the 2010 Worldwatch report State of the World: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability, for a free public lecture and book signing at UBC Robson Square. Hosted by UBC Continuing Studies Centre for Sustainability, internationally acclaimed researcher Erik Assadourian will share his findings on how a cultural shift toward sustainability is not only possible, but how cultural pioneers within society's key institutions are already actively engaged in this global effort. >> Click Here
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UC BerkeleyDaniel Kammen Set to Advise U.S. Government on Energy Issues in the Western Hemisphere U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week appointed a UC Berkeley professor to serve as a new type of adviser on clean energy issues for countries in the Western Hemisphere. Daniel Kammen, a professor in the campus's Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy and the Department of Nuclear Engineering, will serve as one of three senior fellows for the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas. The partnership was proposed by President Barack Obama in April 2009 to encourage clean energy development. >> Click Here
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