boston.com - 1/3/2009
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Boston Globe: Massachusetts is kicking off an innovative pilot program to defend the state's 78 coastal communities against rising sea levels and fiercer storms brought on by global warming. The state's Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs announced yesterday that seven ...
mass.gov - 1/6/2009
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mass.gov —
Massachusetts and 10 other Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states
have committed to developing a regional Low Carbon Fuel...
Standard in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fuels for vehicles and other uses, Secretary of Energy and Environmental ...
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Low carbon fuel standard to be implemented
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DrumBeat: January 3, 2009
The Oil Drum —
... Summers, then the deputy Treasury secretary, said at the time that there was a compelling scientific case for action on global warming but that a too-rapid move against emissions of greenhouse gases risked dire and unknowable economic consequences.
His view prevailed over those of officials arguing for tougher standards, among them Carol M. Browner, then the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and her mentor, Al Gore, then the vice president.
Mass. launches effort to protect coast residents
Massachusetts is kicking off an ...
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