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The San Francisco Chronicle (May 24, 2007) notes that the Berkeley City Council has passed a measure aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050:

"While San Francisco, Oakland and other local governments in the Bay Area have approved policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Berkeley is the first to begin spelling out how people would be expected to reduce their carbon footprints.

Thousands of scientists and a hundred governments yesterday agreed, at least in outline, on plans to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, in an effort to avoid the worst scenarios for climate change. Meeting in Bangkok, a city vulnerable to even modest sea-level rise, the IPCC's third report of the year offered new insights and a perspective of hope for nations looking to cut their greenhouse emissions. [There is a link to the actual report the end of this blog.] The good news is that the effort's near-term cost is less than three-percent of global GDP.

While lightblueline focuses on generating public awareness and commitment to action against human induced climate change, we look to other partner groups to guide the way to a carbon-neutral lifestyle. Here are some links to organizations that are proposing measures you can do to help:
The Community Environmental Council has a "Fossil Free by '33" campaign with advice for companies and individuals:
Fossil Free by '33
The Union of Concerned Scientists have 10 personal solutions to global warming:
Ten Personal Solutions
The David Suzuki Foundation offers a range of actions you can take at home, at work, or to influence policy decisions:
Climate Change: What you can do
You company can become "climate neutral":
Improving the climate of doing business
L.A. Magazine has 25 ways to go Green:
Twenty-five ways to go green without going insane
General policy recommendations:
USA Today: 6 ways to Combat Global Warming
Wikipedia has a whole site on mitigation of global warming: from the planetary to the personal--
Mitigation of global warming
The National Geographic has a list of 10 things you can do:
Top Ten Tips to Fight Global Warming
The US EPA has a page on "What you can do" at home, at work, on the road, and at School:
What You Can Do

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