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Reader recommended reports
Looking for new and notable information to help you dig deeper into an issue? Start with these reports recommended by our readers (send us your recommendation). To browse through our full selection of resources on Environment, use the topic links on the right.
The CARE roadmap: 10-step plan to improve community environment and health
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, June 2008, 17 pp.
Practical tool for communities to identify, prioritize, and address environmental health risks. The roadmap identifies steps to build community consensus and mobilize to take action to reduce the environmental health risks and impacts.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation sources in Minnesota
Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, June 2008, 44 pp.
Investigates transportation sector strategies to help meet Minnesota's goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The report focuses on three types of strategies: improving vehicle fuel economy, reducing the number of vehicle-miles traveled, and decreasing the carbon content of fuel.
A Look at community capacity to conserve open space in the Twin Cities area
Embrace Open Space, May 2008, 79 pp.
Results of a questionnaire that examined local government capacity to conserve parks and natural areas in the 11-county Twin Cities metro area. Provides a snapshot of current local government approaches to natural resource conservation and protection and the community conditions that may influence a community's ability to balance development and conservation.
Minnesota climate change advisory group final report: A Report to the Minnesota Legislature
Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group, April 2008, 107 pp.
Final plan from the advisory group charged with developing a comprehensive set of state-level policy recommendations to reduce Minnesota's emissions of greenhouse gases. The report includes a collection of existing and proposed actions that could contribute to greenhouse gas emissions reductions, an inventory of historical and forecasted greenhouse gas emissions in Minnesota, and consideration of costs and benefits of recommended options.
Air quality in Minnesota: Challenges and opportunities
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, January 2007, 20 pp.
Reports on the status of toxic air contaminants in Minnesota and analyzes strategies to reduce the emission of air pollutants. Includes an examination of future directions and challenges, particularly in the area of climate change related to energy production and use.
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