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Investing in a Better Chicago: 2011 Mayoral and City Council Agenda for Sustainable Development
By CNT. December 6, 201022 policy recommendations for the next leader of Chicago to create jobs and increase residents’ incomes that are fiscally responsible and protect the environment. Chicago’s next leaders have an excellent opportunity to demonstrate what CNT has long understood: that sustainable development is economic development.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Investing_Chicago_FINAL.pdf (343.9kb) - White PaperTransit-Oriented Development and the Potential for VMT-related Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction
By CNT, CTOD. June 30, 2010Center for Transit Oriented Development
Transit-oriented development-- a mix of residential and commercial development within walking distance of public transportation --can play a substantial part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/TOD-Potential-GHG-Emissions-Growth.FINAL.pdf (5,072.0kb) - ReportGreenhouse Gas Emissions in Chicago: Emissions Inventories and Reduction Strategies for Chicago and its Metropolitan Region
By CNT: Jennifer McGraw, Peter Haas, Linda Young, and Anne Evens. February 28, 2010A summary of the research methods and results CNT used to develop Chicago’s greenhouse gas inventory for the Chicago Climate Action Plan. NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Great Lakes Research.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/CNTversion.Great_Lakes_Journal.Climate.pdf (185.7kb) - ArticleCapital Bill signing by Governor Pat Quinn Remarks
By Jacky Grimshaw, CNT. July 13, 2009On July 13, 2009, CNT Vice President of Policy, Jacky Grimshaw, gave remarks at a press conference held by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. Grimshaw's remarks were in support of the state capital bill signed by Governor Quinn.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Grimshaw.RemarksOnCapitalBillSigning.071309.pdf (42.6kb) - TestimonyTestimony to the House of Representatives, Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
By Scott Bernstein, CNT. June 11, 2009CNT President, Scott Bernstein's, testimony on the proposed bill HR2336, the Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act of 2009 (GREEN Act).
http://www.cnt.org/repository/bernstein061109.pdf (1,005.6kb) - TestimonyChicago’s Guide to Completing an Energy Efficiency & Conservation Strategy
By Chicago DOE, Julia Parzen, CNT. February 1, 2009The purpose of Chicago’s Guide is to help cities and counties to develop a longterm and sustainable energy efficiency and conservation plan and maximize the opportunity for cost savings, environmental benefits, financial leverage and economic development.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/CHICAGOEECGUIDE4POST.pdf (1,191.5kb) - ReportSummary Report: Chicago’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Inventory, Forecast and Mitigation Analysis for Chicago and the Metropolitan Region.
By CNT. September 18, 2008This research was part of a broader effort by the City to determine the local ramifications of climate change for its citizens and for City operations In addition to CNT s work on emissions and mitigation strategies the City engaged researchers to examine climate-change adaptation economic impacts and the effects…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/CNT_Climate_Research_Summary_9.17.08.pdf (749.4kb) - Executive SummaryChicago’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Inventory, Forecast and Mitigation Analysis for Chicago and the Metropolitan Region
By CNT. September 18, 2008Commissioned by the city to help create its recently released Climate Action Plan, CNT conducted the emissions and mitigation-strategies research to reach the city’s emission reduction target of 25% below 1990 levels by the year 2020.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Chicago-Climate-Analysis-Final.pdf (30,613.6kb) - ReportTestimony on the Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act of 2008
By Scott Bernstein, CNT. June 11, 2008CNT President, Scott Bernstein's, testimony on the proposed bill HR6078, the Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act of 2008 (GREEN Act).
http://www.cnt.org/repository/bernstein061108.pdf (314.2kb) - TestimonyClimate Factsheet
October 1, 2006http://www.cnt.org/repository/Factsheet-Climate.pdf (419.4kb) - Backgrounder
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