[PAA-Discuss] September 13, 2010: Year On Track To Be Hottest On Record

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September 13, 2010:  
Year On Track To Be Hottest On  Record 

2010 is still on course to become the hottest year on  record. According to 
NASA's surface temperature data, _this year's January-August period was the 
warmest ever  recorded_ 
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OOVAK4fl/5TEvYHUKZmpIC9jy7KUX+p5) . 
_ICLEI-Local Government for Sustainability USA _ 
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5HPpr9Ju+eShVMXnNbqL6i9jy7KUX+p5) issued a  
statement _criticizing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for  their 
opposition to Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)_ 
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hS1mJxM9yl5Ioo2EEMnZgNOQafbDjNqi)  programs.  
The programs, which help home owners finance clean energy and energy  
efficiency projects with loans tied to property taxes, have been halted by  due to 
pressure from Fannie and Freddie. 
Governors Chet Culver (D. - Iowa) Don Carcieri (R. - Rhode Island) say  
_America's job-creating potential_ 
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LqmHDSe7e9TYAYZcYmptHC9jy7KUX+p5)  cannot be realized  without 
the passage of a national renewable energy standard. 
The Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program _makes the case 
for cap-and-trade_ 
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=/pzrt1m3iTnanmtsg9kfXi9jy7KUX+p5) . 
A Reuters special report examines the_ infrastructural challenges facing 
the mass adoption of  electric vehicles_ 
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WeFizcSifaHBmiUj6lvHNy9jy7KUX+p5) . 
Scientists say_ infusing yeast with genes from a fungus that can digest  
materials like grass and wood chips_ 
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bKvxD8cwdkX5fqTsvqs5zS9jy7KUX+p5)  could help make ethanol 
become  cost-competitive. 
Local Green: A pilot program that could cut Philadelphia's  electricity 
bill by 40 percent will _harness the energy of braking subway trains to power 
the  city's transit system_ 
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kFfCq6n4YNDxBMt1XmC8my9jy7KUX+p5)  and electricity grid. 
A new study from UC Berkeley's Center for Law, Energy, and the  Environment 
finds that ballot proposition 23 - which would suspend the  implementation 
of the state's global warming legislation - would mean _job losses for 
California_ 
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Lm5JjMomZ2oGIJdJbGrLhS9jy7KUX+p5) . 
A piece in the New York Times _profiles Texas's _ 
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ewe9iYv9aCn4lGu2WluBYi9jy7KUX+p5) efforts to 
become a clean energy  leader. 
--Christopher Greenspan 
Photo courtesy of _yeppiyeebo_ 
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AaDKYidl42kXJlfpeboALS9jy7KUX+p5)  
 
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