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Monday, May 9, 2011

SPUR report: Why we need to start planning for climate change -- now

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On May 4 SPUR released a major report, "Climate Change Hits Home," that lays out what the Bay Area must

Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, sea level rise, sustainable development
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

A Gem of the Green Movement, Emerald Cities Published Last Week

- posted by Esther

In Emerald Cities: Urban Sus

Tags: climate change, economic development, green economy, Joan Fitzgerald, sustainable development
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Explore climate action activities with the San Francisco Bay Area Climate Action Portal!

- posted by Tessa
Climate change is a global problem, and the San Francisco Bay Area is especially threatened.
Tags: climate change, sea level rise, sustainable development
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Friday, December 18, 2009

Sea level rise, way worse than we thought (again)

- posted by Laura
A paper this week in what is arguably the world's most prestigious scientific journal, Nature, says that the last tim
Tags: climate change, sea level rise, sustainable development
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Coming soon: energy efficiency loan program

- posted by Laura

SPUR's analysis of the cost-effectiveness of various options for local government to reduce carbon emissions has gott

Tags: climate change, energy efficiency, solar, sustainable development
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Picturing climate change: special event!

- posted by Laura

This Wednesday, join the Alaska Conservation Foundation for an evening with National Geographic photographer James Balog. Mr.

Tags: Alaska, climate change, sea level rise, sustainable development
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Monday, October 26, 2009

This week at SPUR: world renowned climate scientist Ken Caldeira

- posted by Julie

SPUR is thrilled to welcome Ken Caldeira, head of the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University

Tags: climate change, Forum, geo-engineering, ocean acidification, SPUR Urban Center, sustainable development
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Sea level to rise 5 meters in 300 years

- posted by Laura
A climate conference in Oxford concluded last week that whatever we can do to slow carbon emissions, it won't be enough to stop accelerated
Tags: climate change, sea level rise, sustainable development
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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Moving Cooler

- posted by Laura

Transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are the fastest growing source of emissions in the U.S., and are currently responsible for almost 30% of the nation's total GHG output.

Tags: climate change, GHG emissions, land use, sustainable development, transportation, VMT
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

A Guide to California's SB 375

- posted by Laura
NRDC has just released a guide to SB 375, the nation's first legislation to link transportation and land use planning with global warming.  The g
Tags: climate change, regional planning, RHNA, RTP, SB 375, sustainable communities, sustainable development