Climate Change Action Plans

State and Regional Action Plans

• 2004 Massachusetts Climate Protection Plan (2 MB pdf)

• Massachusetts Office of Commonwealth Development
• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• MTC Summary of Massachusetts Climate Policies

• Connecticut Climate Change Action Plan (2005)

• New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers:
  • 2001 Climate Change Action Plan (pdf)
  • 2002 Report on Climate Change Projects (pdf

• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
  • August 15, 2006 -- RGGI Model Rule Released

Local Action Plans (Climate & Energy)

• ICLEI—Local Governments for Sustainability (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives)

• February 2005 -- Newton Energy Action Plan (web)

• July 2003 -- Somerville Climate Action Plan (web)

• Cambridge (web)
  • December 2002 -- Cambridge Climate Protection Plan (pdf)

• February 2002 -- Brookline Local Action Plan for Climate Change (web)

• October 2001 -- Medford Climate Action Plan (pdf)

• Boston Green Building Task Force (web)

• Northampton energy policy
  • http://www.city.northampton.ma.us/nhamptonenergy/policy.htm

• Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) Renewable Energy Project (web)
  • REGULATORY ASSESSMENT, A Review of Regulatory Issues Concerning Development of Small Scale  Renewable Energy and DG in the Pioneer Valley region (pdf)

United States Environmental Protection Agency

• Information on Global Warming and Climate

• EPA National & Region I Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP)

United States Department of Energy, Other Agencies

• Climate Vision

• Climate Challenge

• Climate Change Prediction Program

• Energy Information Administration Greenhouse Gases Programs

• U.S. Climate Change Policy (State Department)

Public Interest Groups

• Massachusetts Climate Action Change Network (MCAN)

• New England Climate Coalition

• Clean Air-Cool Planet

• Union of Concerned Scientists Global Environment
  • www.northeastclimateimpacts.org

• Conservation Law Foundation (CLF)

• MASSPIRG
  • A Blueprint For Action: Policy Options to Reduce Massachusetts' Contribution to Global Warming (pdf)

• Kendall Foundation

• Environment Northeast

• US Cities for Climate Protection Campaign (CCP)

• International Institute for Sustainable Development

• Resources for the Future
  • Weathervane
  • Resources for the Future Digital Forum on Global Climate Policy

• World Resources Institute

• Renewable Energy Policy Project Update on Climate Change

• Northeast CHP Application Center, CHP Emission Information

Academia

• MIT
  • Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
  • MIT Climate Modeling Initiative

• Tufts University Climate Initiative

• Harvard Center for Health and The Global Environment
  • ClimateChangeFutures.org: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions
• Harvard Magazine -- May 2006

International

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

News Resources

• Google directory of info on climate change policy

• ClimateArk: The Climate Change and Renewable Energy Portal

• Tiempo Climate Cyber Library

Articles (selected)

• September 2006 -- BP says transition from fossil fuels presents 'huge business opportunity'

• Climate Change Policy & Planning: Reports