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Why Energy Conservation Will Remain Crucial

Legal Planet

One reason to save energy is to limit carbon emissions from the energy we use. But energy conservation is important for reasons that go beyond the direct effect on emissions. If we switch to renewables, we won’t need to worry about saving energy.

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Stanford and Beyond

Legal Planet

A lot has been written about the efforts of universities to clean up their own carbon emissions. I couldn’t find anything that simply listed sustainability or environmental studies colleges, let alone assessing them in a systematic way. I want to begin by lamenting the lack of systematic information.

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How to Have a Green and Sustainable Holiday Season

Academy of Natural Sciences

Meats make up a big proportion of our carbon emissions, between preparing, shipping and storing. Most of them are shipped from across the globe, resulting in an increase of carbon emissions and industrial resources. In the U.S., millions of artificial trees are purchased every season.

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Building a More Resilient, Just City

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Department also has a dedicated team working on reducing PWD’s carbon emissions and making the utility more energy efficient to mitigate climate change. Their work is an important part of the City’s long term commitment to reduce citywide carbon emissions 80% by 2050.

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Land-use, climate change, and policy – Opportunities to act locally while thinking globally

HumanNature

Carbon emissions from land use and land-cover change. Farmers struggle to break into booming carbon-credit market. Environmental Science & Policy 13 , 785–792 (2010). Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5 , 72–77 (2013). . & Scale Carbon Emissions. Houghton, R. Gately, C.

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The Blueprint Foundation Receives Environmental Offsets from the Ecological Society of America

ESA

Large conferences leave a large environmental footprint – with air travel, accommodations, and production of single-use items all generating substantial carbon emissions and impacts on surrounding wildlife and habitats. Photo by Jason Stroman.

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The Blueprint Foundation Receives Environmental Offsets from the Ecological Society of America

ESA

Large conferences leave a large environmental footprint – with air travel, accommodations, and production of single-use items all generating substantial carbon emissions and impacts on surrounding wildlife and habitats. Photo by Jason Stroman.