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Climate and Sustainability Resources to Empower Local Governments - Feb. 25, 2009

What's Inside:
Announcements From ICLEI: Join our workshop in White Plains!
Events and Trainings: The best regional conferences and webinars
Resources and Opportunities: Stimulus funding updates, regional grants
ICLEI Members in Action: The latest from Medford, Waterville, Westchester, Chevy Chase, and more

Announcements From ICLEI

Register Now: ICLEI Northeast Mid-Atlantic Regional Workshop
Don't miss a full day of interactive trainings, speakers, roundtables, and the chance to network with your local government peers. May 15, White Plains, NY

Wanted: Beta Testers for Clean Energy Toolkit
ICLEI is excited to announce the completion of a draft Municipal Clean Energy Toolkit. Help us test it!

Call for Energy Efficiency Examples
Send us your energy efficiency best practices or success stories to include in ICLEI's forthcoming Clean Energy Toolkit.

Call for Action Plans and Inventories
ICLEI is compiling action plans, inventories, and ordinances so local governments can learn from one another. Send us yours!

Events and Trainings

ICLEI Briefing: The Stimulus and Local Governments
Feb. 26, 1 p.m. EST; FREE conference call for members

Virginia Climate Protection Network Meeting
March 6, Charlottesville, VA; hosted by ICLEI

NESEA BuildingEnergy09
March 10-12, Boston, MA; special ICLEI member rate; event includes ICLEI workshop

EPA Recycling and Solid Waste Management Educational Series
March 19 and ongoing

Earth Hour 2009
March 28, 8:30 p.m. (the lights go out in cities worldwide!)

National Conversation on Climate Action
April 22, locations nationwide

Local Climate Leadership Summit
May 18-20, Washington D.C.

>> View All Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Events

Resources and Opportunities

Stimulus Funding Updates
ICLEI's current list of stimulus-funded programs and how to tap them

Massachussetts DOER Energy Audit Program
Energy audit grant applications due April 15, 2009

EPA Smart Growth Implementation Assistance
Grant applications due April 23, 2009

Chesapeake Bay Trust
Grants up to $5,000 each

Vermont Community Climate Change Grants
Applications due April 1, 2009

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Guide
New! ICLEI's latest members-only guide

Report: Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region
New report from EPA, USGS, and NOAA

NY Members: Get Climate Smart
New York State is encouraging local governments to adopt a new Climate Smart Communities Pledge.

ICLEI Members in Action

Wind Turbine Is Alternative Energy Source in Medford, MA
Boston Globe

Northampton, MA, Tops Commonwealth Capital Scores Again!
City of Northampton

York, ME, Will Soon Begin Carbon Inventory of Municipal Buildings
Seacoastonline

Waterville, ME, Hosts Community Catalyst Event
Seacoastonline

Bedford, NY, Hosts Environmental Summit
The New York Times

Westchester, NY, Official Heads to D.C. to Lobby for Climate Change Funding
Westchester County

Overall Excellence in Smart Growth in Silver Spring, MD
EPA

Chevy Chase, MD, Announces Chevy Chase Challenge
Town of Chevy Chase

ICLEI Member Center

Bookmark ICLEI's Member Center -- your portal to a wealth of climate action resources. Log in for peer networking, regional news and events, reports and guidebooks, and member forums. Username and password are both your e-mail address.
>> Log In Now

New Members

ICLEI welcomes its latest Northeast/ Mid-Atlantic members.

Abingdon, VA
Bowie, MD
Croton on Hudson, NY
James City County, VA
Lowell, MA
Marshfield, MA
Montgomery Township, PA
New Rochelle, NY
Rochester, NY
Somers, NY
York, ME

Members-Only Resources

icleiusa.org/northeast

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