Emission Reduction

VMT in CA

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http://next10.org/sites/next10.huang.radicaldesigns.org/files/2013%20California%20Green%20Innovation%20Index%20031913.pdf

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Total vehicle miles traveled (VMt) and VMt per capita declined slightly from 2007 to 2010 (-1% and -3.2%, respectively), though both increased compared to 2009 (Figure 34). 
Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation dropped by a much wider margin, with a ten percent drop in per capita emissions between 2007 and 2010, and a continued 
improvement since 2009 in both overall transportation emissions (-0.3%) and per capita transportation emissions (-1.1%).

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San Diego County: Towards a Reliable and Sustainable Public Transportation System

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Franco Boscolo
San Diego County: Towards a Reliable and Sustainable Public Transportation System

Engineers Without Borders: An Organization Working to Alleviate Poverty

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www.ewb-usa.org

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Engineers Without Borders: An Organization Working to Alleviate Poverty

This image gives the reader some basic information about Engineers Without Borders, an organization with active chapters all over the world. EWB employs engineers to design and implement sustainable projects in developing countries. There are chapters at both the university and professional levels.

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Development banks pledge $175bn for public transport at Rio+20

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Jonathan Watts
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Money will be invested in building transport systems that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The world's biggest development banks have made a fundamental investment shift from roads to public transport, under a $175bn (£111bn) initiative to promote buses, trains and cycle lanes that was unveiled on Wednesday at the Rio+20 Earth summit.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/20/development-banks-rio20-public-transport

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Climate 'tech fixes' urged for Arctic methane

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Richard Black
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An eminent UK engineer is suggesting building cloud-whitening towers in the Faroe Islands as a "technical fix" for warming across the Arctic.Scientists told UK MPs this week that the possibility of a major methane release triggered by melting Arctic ice constitutes a "planetary emergency."  The Arctic could be sea-ice free each September within a few years.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17400804

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Air pollution 'will become bigger global killer than dirty water'

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Fiona Harvey
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OECD report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050

Urban air pollution is set to become the biggest environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades, overtaking even such mass killers as poor sanitation and a lack of clean drinking water, according to a new report.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/15/air-pollution-biggest-killer-water

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U.S. will lead new effort to cut global warming from methane, soot

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Brian Vastag
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With global efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions stalled, the United States and five other countries are starting a new program to cut other pollutants — including methane, soot and hydrofluorocarbons — that contribute to global warming.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-will-lead-new-effort-to-cut-global-warming-from-methane-soot/2012/02/15/gIQAoYtUGR_story.html

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