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Recent Events

April 26--27, 2010 Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Opportunities: Michigan and Beyond, a symposium on how cliimate change will affect Michigan and how the state can respond. (details)

April 23, 2010 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Stakeholder-Based Climate and Energy Actions: Economic Impacts of National Policies and Measures, Capitol Hill briefing, 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building (details)

CCS Events in Copenhagen

December 9, 2009 16:30 Is Low Carbon Economic Development a Successful New Paradigm? Thirty US States and Their Stakeholders say YES! (details).
December 10, 2009 11:30 Sub-National Climate Policy Development: The "How-to" of Climate Policy at the State and Local Level (details).
December 11, 2009 11:30 Sub-National Climate Policy Development: The "How-to" of Climate Policy at the State and Local Level (details).
December 11, 2009 16:30 National Scale-Up: Translate State and Local Success into National Law, Policy and Programs (details).
December 14, 2009 11:30 International Advancement of Sub-National Climate Action: US Collaboration with China (details).
December 14, 2009 16:30 National Scale-Up: Translate State and Local Success into National Law, Policy and Programs (details).
December 16, 2009 16:30 Is Low Carbon Economic Development a Successful New Paradigm? Thirty US States and Their Stakeholders say YES! (details).
December 17, 2009 16:30 Why Did Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Prime Minister Tony Blair and Wal-Mart Executives Conclude that a Low Carbon Future is good for the Economy? (details).

Other Past Events
November 17, 2009 Presentation of the Southern Governors' Association Climate Policy Report to the North Carolina Legislative Commission on Global Climate Change. 9:00am, 544 LOB. North Carolina General Assembly, Legislative Building. 16 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601. (details)

November 12, 2009 How to Manage Environmental Conflict in the Face of Climate Change; panel hosted by Environmental Change and Security Problem and Partners for Democratic Change. 2:00pm-5:00pm. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 5th Floor Conference Room, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 20004.

October 29, 2009 Southeast Climate & Energy Network Meeting with speakers Dr. Marilyn A. Brown, Professor, Georgia Tech; James Hoggan, President, Hoggan & Associates; Chair, David Suzuki Foundation; Jeff Wennberg, Senior Project Manage, Center for Climate Strategies; Michael Halicki, Senior Associate, Ahmann. 8:00am to 5:00pm. CARE International, 151 Ellis Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (details).

October 27-29, 2009 Midwest Transportation Air Quality Summit sponsored by the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois Center for Transportation and the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium. Lewison Lem, CCS Senior Transportation and Land Use Consultant, gave two presentations. Grafton, IL (details).

September 22, 2009 SA Transatlantic Perspective on Climate Change and Energy Policy Workshop Series. Energy Independence: A State and Local Perspective. 8:30-10:30am, Johns Hopkins University, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036, Room LL7. (details)

September 13^th-16^th, 2009 Long Views, Greater Vision: The California Model for Considering Climate Change in Federal Transportation and Land Use Planning Regulations. American Planning Association California 2009 Annual Conference, Lake Tahoe. (details)

September 1, 2009 State Energy and Climate Action: Efficiency in the Built Environment. Briefing on Capitol Hill 2:30-4:30pm, Russell 253. (details)

July 30, 2009 Tom Peterson spoke at the Forum on Earth Observations III: The Environmental Information Revolution held in Washington, DC as part of the session, "The Balancing Act: Managing Risk and Guiding Adaptation." http://www.forumoneo3.com/

July 22, 2009 Tom Peterson presented "Energy Efficiency Actions at the State Level" at the Legislative Summit of the National Council of State Legislators in Philadelphia, PA. http://ecom.ncsl.org/summit/

July 8, 2009 Agriculture, Forestry and Waste Management Climate Policies: State Lessons and Opportunities for Federal Policy Briefing on Capitol Hill 2:00 to 3:30pm, Russell 385. (details)

June 30, 2009 Agriculture, Forestry and Waste Management Climate Policies: State Lessons and Opportunities for Federal Policy Briefing on Capitol Hill 2:00 to 3:30pm, Russell 385. (details)

May 28, 2009 State Energy and Climate Actions: Lessons and Opportunities for Federal Policy. Briefing on Capitol Hill 2:00 to 3:30pm, Rayburn 2168. (details)

Whitman & Peterson: Climate Bill Should Top the Congress’ To-Do List
As Congress approaches the August recess, our economy, energy and environmental security needs still top the to-do list of the president and Congress. This summer the Center for Climate Strategies and the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition have outlined how Congress can put a national strategy in place that gets all three on the same page: by passing comprehensive national climate change and energy policy that reflects our best policy options for immediate action.

New Climate and Energy Policies Could Create 2.5 Million Jobs, Hold Down Energy Costs
July 22, 2010 -- New greenhouse gas emissions and energy policies at the Federal level could generate as many as 2.5 million new jobs and $134 billion in economic activity in the U.S. while keeping energy costs down, according to a new report from the Center for Climate Strategies, published with Johns Hopkins University.

Colorado legislature raises state RES, move seen creating jobs
A coalition of stakeholders who worked on the Colorado Climate Panel's were critical to the new legislation’s passage. Since investor-owned utilities supply 60% of Colorado’s electricity, this implements most of the Panel recommendation (adopted by the Governor) on renewable energy standards (RES).

Analysis Says Energy Bill would Boost GDP, Jobs
The Clean Energy Jobs Act, recently introduced in the Wisconsin legislature, can create jobs and improve the state's economy according to a recent Center for Climate Strategies study.
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