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Mon, 2013-02-18 18:15 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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urbangreencouncil.org - February 2013

The greatest obstacle to a responsible approach to climate change mitigation is a sense that the problem is insoluble. Urban Green Council’s latest research report, 90 By 50, demonstrates that the emission reductions required are in fact possible using technologies that are known and in almost all cases currently available, and that the cost is manageable from a citywide perspective.

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Tue, 2013-02-19 18:24 — Kathy Gilbeaux

A sample of the energy efficiency measures proposed in the Urban Green Council's "90 by 50" report.  Urban Green Council

submitted by Albert Gomez

A shockingly simple blueprint for big cities to save the planet without wrecking the economy.

slate.com - by Will Oremus - February 13, 2013

Climate scientists have estimated that, in order to avoid runaway global warming, the world would need to cut its carbon emissions roughly in half by 2050. Since emissions in developing countries like China and India are still rising fast, meeting this target would require developed nations to aim for a figure more like 80 percent. . .

. . . Yet the report titled “90 by 50,” finds that New York City could slash its emissions by a whopping 90 percent by 2050 without any radical new technologies, without cutting back on creature comforts, and maybe even without breaking its budget.

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