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John Podesta: Cities Respond to Climate Change

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John Podesta: Setting Efficiency Standards for Appliances

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President of the Center for American Progress and former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, John Podesta expresses the urgent importance of setting efficiency standards for electric appliances.

Podesta cites the fact that between 1990 and 2000 efficiency standards reduced consumer energy bills by 50 billion dollars, suggesting that further standards might be an even greater boon in the future.
John Podesta: Boosting Efficiency in Building Sector

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President of the Center for American Progress and former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, John Podesta outlines methods to green buildings. Building construction accounts 48% of US carbon emissions and Podesta tackles ways to lower this carbon footprint by using smart building design, implementing green building standards, and retrofitting existing buildings.
Podesta Backs Plug-In Hybrids, High Efficiency Standards

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President for the Center for American Progress and former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, John Podesta discusses ways in which we can begin to reduce our energy dependence in the transportation sector.

From plug-in electric hybrids to raised fuel efficiency standards, Podesta recommends lowering our carbon footprint by altering the auto industry.
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wolfheinl

Posted: 11.15.08, 05:07 PM

As an environmental scientist I can honestly say everyone should be very scared. Please check out 350.org or wecansolveit.org for more info on climate change. Or Audubon Society, GreenPeace, Sierra Club, the Pew Center, etc. etc, etc. Get involved and use your voices any way you can to catch the ear of the new administration. Also, please push for the President to attend the upcoming climate change conference in Poland. What good for the environment is good for America. Thanks from Western PA.