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'''Earth Policy Institute'''(EPI) is a U.S.-based environmental group that says its goal is "to provide a vision of what a sustainable economy will look like and a plan for how to get from here to there." <ref>[http://www.earth-policy.org/About/index.htm About], Earth Policy Institute, accessed February 2008.</ref>

EPI also critiques the impact of the U.S. environmental movement to date: "Since the publication of ''Silent Spring'' and the birth of the modern environmental movement, the environmental community has worked hard to arrest the deterioration of the Earth’s health. Many battles have been won, but we are losing the war. The Earth’s capacity to support the economy continues to deteriorate. The gap between what we need to do to arrest the deterioration of the Earth and what we are doing continues to widen." <ref>[http://www.earth-policy.org/About/index.htm About], Earth Policy Institute, accessed November 28, 2007.</ref>

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Lester RWith the record for 2007 now complete, it is clear that temperatures around the world are continuing their upward climb. The global average in 2007 was 14.73 degrees Celsius (58.5 degrees Fahrenheit)—the second warmest year on record, only 0.03 degrees Celsius behind the 2005 maximum. January 2007 was the hottest January ever measured, a full 0.23 degrees Celsius warmer than the previous record. August was also a record for that month and September was the second warmest September recorded.... Brown

On February 20, 2007, Australia announced it would phase out the sale of inefficient incandescent light bulbs by 2010, replacing them with highly efficient compact fluorescent bulbs that use one fourth as much electricity. If the rest of the world joins Australia in this simple step to sharply cut carbon emissions, the worldwide drop in electricity use would permit the closing of more than 270 coal-fired (500 megawatt) power plants. For the United States, this bulb switch would facilitate shutting down 80 coal-fired plants.... To read the rest of this article and to view a supporting dataset, please visit Earth Policy Institute at http://www.earth-policy.org/UpdatesIndicators/2007Temp/Update662008.htm  ===='''SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: More than 52,000 Europeans Died from Heat in Summer 2003'''====

===='''WIND ENERGY DEMAND BOOMING: Cost Dropping Below Conventional Sources Marks Key Milestone in ULester R.S. Shift to Renewable Energy'''====Brown

Lester ROn February 20, 2007, Australia announced it would phase out the sale of inefficient incandescent light bulbs by 2010, replacing them with highly efficient compact fluorescent bulbs that use one fourth as much electricity. If the rest of the world joins Australia in this simple step to sharply cut carbon emissions, the worldwide drop in electricity use would permit the closing of more than 270 coal-fired (500 megawatt) power plants. For the United States, this bulb switch would facilitate shutting down 80 coal-fired plants.... Brown

When Austin Energy, the publicly owned utility in Austin, Texas, launched its GreenChoice program in 2000, customers opting for green electricity paid a premium. During To read the fall of 2005, climbing natural gas prices pulled conventional electricity costs above those rest of wind-generated electricity, the source of most green power. This crossing of the cost lines in Austin this article and several other communities is a milestone in the U.S. shift to view a renewable energy economy.supporting dataset, please visit Earth Policy Institute at http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2007/Update66.htm

===='''COAL TAKES HEAVY HUMAN TOLL: Some 25,100 ULester R.S. Deaths from Coal Use Largely Preventable'''====Brown

Startling new research shows that one out To read the rest of every six women of childbearing age in the United States may have blood mercury concentrations high enough this article and to damage view a developing fetus. This means that 630supporting dataset,000 of the 4 million babies born in the country each year are please visit Earth Policy Institute at risk of neurological damage because of exposure to dangerous mercury levels in the womb.http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2006/Update52. htm

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