Reducing CO2 Intensity of Fuels

Increasing Fuel Efficiency of Vehicles

What other states are doing:

Illinois: Climate Change Advisory Group, Transportation Subgroup (text of proposed climate change vehicle registration fee)

Reducing Need to Travel and Vehicle Miles Traveled

Focus Areas: Demand management, mode shifts, transportation planning, land use planning

Recent Developments:

California Bill Encourages Greater Land Use Density  
California S.B. 375 has been passed by both houses and is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Schwarzenegger.  The bill aligns three planning processes - transportation, environment and housing - and provides incentives, such as waiving air analysis studies, if development proposes increased density.  The initial target is for reduction of 2 million tons of CO2 equivalents through land use changes by 2020, in support of A.B. 32 which mandates a reduction of 169 million tons by 2020.
Text of Bill.
Analysis of Bill.

Paying Full Cost of Externalities

Insurance 
Pay as you drive insurance. 

Parking

Roads

Pollution

Location(s)

The World Peace Diet Lecture with Dr. Will Tuttle
Friday, September 5, 2008

Join Mercy For Animals for an informative lecture by Dr. Will Tuttle, who will present the main ideas in his groundbreaking and provocative book, The World Peace Diet. It is the first book to make explicit the invisible connections between our meals and our broad range of problems -- psychological, social, and spiritual, as well as health and environmental.

Dr. Tuttle offers powerful ways we can all experience healing and peace and contribute to a positive transformation of human consciousness.

Vegan snacks will be provided.

Where:     Cleveland Heights Library, 2345 Lee Rd. Cleveland Hts OH
When:       6:00 p.m. vegan snacks,  6:30 p.m. lecture begins

"Use The World Peace Diet as a guide to empower yourselves and others in making dietary choices that are powerful beyond what you can possibly imagine."  Julia Butterfly Hill, environmental activist and founder, Circle Of Life Foundation

"The World Peace Diet is one of the most provocative books I've ever read. This is a deep book, aglow with insights that penetrate and expose the complacency of a culture that has strayed painfully far from compassion."        John Robbins, noted author

"Will Tuttle brings a priceless perspective -- not only to the planetary crisis confronting us all, but also to powerful ways we each can affect it. This book is radiant with his learning and his compassion."      Dr. Joanna Macy, author, Coming Back To Life

"I am grateful for this powerful and cogent book. It has stretched my thinking (and heart) about animals, compassion, and our society."   John Mackey, founder, Whole Foods, Inc.

Visit www.worldpeacediet.org for more information.

The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol

"The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions. The GHG Protocol, a decade-long partnership between the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, is working with businesses, governments, and environmental groups around the world to build a new generation of credible and effective programs for tackling climate change."

The Carbon Disclosure Project

“The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organization aiming to create a lasting relationship between shareholders and corporations regarding the implications for shareholder value and commercial operations presented by climate change. Its goal is to facilitate a dialogue, supported by quality information, from which a rational response to climate change will emerge."

The Climate Registry

“The Climate Registry is a nonprofit partnership developing an accurate, complete, consistent and transparent greenhouse gas emissions measurement protocol that is capable of supporting voluntary and mandatory greenhouse gas emission reporting policies for its Members and Reporters. It will provide a verified set of greenhouse gas emissions data from its Reporters supported by a robust accounting and verification infrastructure.”

US EPA Climate Leaders

Document:
August 27, 2008 Climate Change Transportation Workgroup Presentation (2mb, PDF)