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Portland Program Uses Stimulus Money to Kick Start Retrofits
We’ve been writing about some of the ways that federal stimulus funding has been misallocated to projects that would increase greenhouse gas emissions and aggravate our addiction to gasoline.
But there is some good news from Portland. The City of Portland and Multnomah County in partnership with Energy Trust and Shorebank Enterprise Cascadia have created the Clean Energy Fund which will use stimulus money to retrofit 500 homes in the greater Portland area.
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Sightline In Montana
If you live in Montana and you just can't stop thinking about cap and trade and climate policy, then you're in luck!
I'll be speaking in Helena on Thursday evening. Here are the details:
Clean Energy and Climate Solutions: A panel discussion -- Join regional and Montana leaders in Helena May 7 for an informative roundtable discussion on how upcoming national climate and energy policy can build a more sustainable, healthier and economically viable Montana.
Gregg Small with Climate Solutions, Eric de Place of the Sightline Institute, and Gloria Flora with Sustainable Obtainable Solutions will share their expertise about costs of inaction, how a federal carbon cap works, and the complimentary policies needed to keep our economy on track in the 21st century.
Free and open to the public. Bring your friends!
WHEN: Thursday, May 7th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
WHERE: University of Montana – Helena, College of Technology Donaldson campus, 1115 N Roberts, Room 002
Sponsored by Montana Audubon, Montana Conservation Voters Education Fund, Sierra Club, Climate Solutions, NRDC, and Montanans for a Healthy Climate, along with the UM-Helena College of Technology.
