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Connecticut Energy and Climate Change Information
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Check out the Connecticut Energy Profile, a
part of the Connecticut Energy Advisory Board's draft 2007 Connecticut Energy Plan. This document has Connecticut-specific data on energy use in Connecticut including: electric generation, renewable power, petroleum, and natural gas use.
The latest state data from the Energy Information Administration was released in October. Annual State-level energy consumption, price, and expenditure statistics through 2003 are now available. The State data are estimates of consumption for all energy sources by end-use sector beginning in 1960 and estimates of prices and expenditures for the same energy sources by end-use sector beginning in 1970. 
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"There is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we take strong action now."
~Sir Nicholas Stern |
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The Stern Report. Sir Nicholas Stern, a British economist published this report on the economic effects of Climate Change. The full report is 700 pages. The executive summary of his conclusions is a very readable 4 pages. |

The Stabilization Triangle concept and the Wedges Game came out of work done by the Carbon Mitigation Initiative at Princeton Environmental Institute. Students can choose from different strategies to reduce carbon emissions. For the full background, see the article from Environment, December 2004, Solving the Climate Problem: Technologies available to curb CO2 emissions.
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