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In the Spotlight: Climate Policy Stalled in D.C.
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In Case You Missed It: ICLEI Local Action Summit Presentations Now Available
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Just Launched: ICLEI Teams Up With Together.com
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Just Released: New Green Jobs Report
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In the News: Climate Policy and Fuel Prices
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 Senate Blocks Action on Federal Climate Policy…for now
Last Friday the Senate blocked the Climate Security Act sponsored by Senators Boxer (D-CA), Lieberman (I-CT), and Warner (R-VA). Climate change policy is expected to be high on the agenda for the next President and Congress. In the meantime, despite the final vote there is finally momentum and action in Washington after years of sitting on the sidelines and standing in the way. What is true for the first time: meaningful, comphrensive federal climate policy is within reach.
Learn More. Read a summary of what happened from our friends at Climate Communities.
Make Your Voice Heard. Consider submitting an op-ed to your local newspaper about the vote. ICLEI has drafted a template for our members.
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| ICLEI Teams Up With Together.com
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 Last week on World Environment Day, ICLEI’s Executive Director Michelle Wyman joined New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and others in Times Square to launch Together.com. ICLEI is the Founding NGO Partner of the campaign which unites brands, cities and non-profits to make it easier for
every American to fight climate change. ICLEI will be engaging 1,000 cities in the Together.com campaign. If you're interested in teaming up, please email annie.strickler@iclei.org. Read the press release and see photos or visit the Together.com site to learn more.
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| Presentations and Photos from the Local Action Summit |
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 Miss the excitement of the 2008 ICLEI Local Action Summit in Albuquerque? Or were you there but had to choose one great session over another? Not to worry. We've uploaded speaker bios, presentations, session notes and photos from the Summit.
Vist the event website
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 In late May
ICLEI partnered with the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern
Canadian Premiers to host the first ever U.S. Municipal Adaptation Workshop. For those of you not in the Northeast or unable to attend, we've made the event agenda and presentations -- on topics such as climate science, public health, freshwater and coastal impacts -- available on our website.
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| Staffing Changes – Who’s Who at ICLEI |
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 We’ve had some exciting developments on the staffing front at ICLEI USA that we want to share with you. Among our many new faces and transitions:
US Services Director: Kim Lundgren
Program Director - STAR Community Index: Lynne Barker
Northeast Regional Director: Angie Vincent
California Director: Gary Cook
California Regional Projects Manager: Alden Feldon
Northwest Manager: Amy Shatzkin
Check out these and all ICLEI USA staff bios.
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| New Green Jobs Report |
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 The Green Jobs for America campaign this week unveiled
a new report, “Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-by-State
Picture of Occupations that Gain from Green Investments.” The report, by the Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, examines jobs –
including existing jobs that would be
expanded and more secure – in 12 states in fields like building retrofitting,
mass transit, energy-efficient automobiles, wind and solar power. Read the
report.
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| In the News
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• Media coverage of last week’s Senate vote on climate policy
is bountiful – just do a quick Google News search. Or listen to the National
Public Radio story.
• Meanwhile, as the country bakes in record heat and floods, this
week’s New York Times takes a look at who is suffering the most pain at the
pump. Turns out rural parts of the country are suffering most, though it’s safe
to say at $4 average we could all use a little relief. Read the story.
• It's no wonder that the Washington Post has chronicled how these soaring prices are affecting everything from errands to vacations in an appropriately titled story: "Fuel Prices Challenge Cars' Reign." Read the story.
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Welcome to ICLEI’s newest members!
The ICLEI Network is growing rapidly – we’re up to 450 US members with more signing on every day.
Most recently we’ve welcomed: Brisbane, CA; South Gate, CA; Frisco, CO; Fulton County, GA; Bath, ME; Dakota County, MN; Helena, MT; Southampton, NY; American Canyon, CA; Goodyear, AZ; Ferndale, MI; Frankfort, KY; Monroe County, FL; Napa County, CA; North Liberty, IA; Rockland County, NY; San Luis Obispo, CA; and Sitka, AK.
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Software Training Opportunities
ICLEI is offering emissions analysis software trainings on June 25 and 26. Find out if you are eligible and sign up today.
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