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climate
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Regional Groups Partner for Waste Management Plan
The Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association and Northeast Recycling Council are joining forces to advance sustainable materials management.
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Why a Telemedicine Group Launched a Task Force on Climate Change
It may not sound immediately apparent, but telemedicine could have a major impact in fighting climate change in…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Al Gore and Public Health Group Revive Climate Meeting
APHA and former U.S. VP Gore—along with a number of other nongovernmental organizations—are racing to execute a replacement…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Actuarial Groups Launch Climate Measurement Tool
Last week, four actuarial groups in the United States and Canada introduced the Actuaries Climate Index, an online tool…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
World Biogas Association Looks to Battle Climate Change
The recently launched World Biogas Association plans to help organizations across the globe promote anaerobic digestion and biogas…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Canadian Medical Association Energized by Fossil-Fuel Divestment
At a time when the Canadian Medical Association is taking a tougher stance against climate change, the association…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Physicians Take Strong Stance on Climate Change
The American College of Physicians calls for action to mitigate climate change and urges doctors to make their…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
International Solar Alliance Earns Plaudits, But Draws Critics
The International Solar Alliance, a new organization announced this week at a major climate summit in Paris, drew…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Fossil Fuel Lawsuit Pits Energy Groups Against Youth Activists
Major industry groups have asked to join the federal government in a climate-change lawsuit filed by a youth-activist…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Canadian Medical Association Favors Fossil Fuel Divestment
In a move that many delegates admitted was largely symbolic, Canada’s largest medical association last month voted to…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Despite Opt-Outs, University Group Confident in Sexual Assault Survey
Nearly half of the members of the Association of American Universities will not participate in the group’s groundbreaking…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: A Transatlantic Flight to Combat Climate Change
The UN begins its climate change summit, and the airline industry is making its stance known. Plus: A…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
TV Meteorologists to Help Explain Climate Change
President Obama is asking TV weathercasters to help disseminate information on climate change. Recent research published by the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Groups Petition Supreme Court Over Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
Industry associations petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling approving the EPA’s regulation of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
What Associations Think of Obama’s Inaugural Policy Pitches
Barack Obama lists immigration, technology and climate change as his top priorities for his second term. Some associations…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
There’s an Association for Everything: Ice
In sometimes surprising ways, associations play direct and indirect roles in bringing the products, services, and activities of…
