C'ng only offers energy derived from wind, solar, geothermal and biomass resources generated by local and independent energy producers. Cutting emissions negatively Oil lobby alarmists claim that curbing global warming as required by the 1997 Kyoto climate agreement would cost millions of jobs, boost the cost of consumer goods by 50 percent and raise the price of a gallon of gas by 70 cents. In the Fall 1998 Nucleus magazine, UCS Deputy Director of Programs Warren Leon points out that domestic actions to reduce the use of coal and oil can meet nearly all of the Kyoto Protocol's mandates for emissions reduction with zero or negative net costs. Recycling Exxon's Bucks A group of environmental groups including San Francisco BayKeeper and the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society sued Exxon after the company's Benicia, California, oil refinery leaked selenium into San Francisco Bay. This prototype could be the flag-bus of a new generation of urban transit.
All materials used in the building are, noncarginogenic and sustainably produced.
Wastewater is recylced through a Living Machine, a biological water treatment system installed under curving glass walls that employs communities of living orgsanisms to remove harmful bacteria. The system will eventually connect to a wetlands area outside the center. EarthAction's recent efforts include campaigns to save Venezuela's pristine Imataca rainforest and Indonesia's Yamdena forests. EarthAction volunteers have also penned letters in support of Russian nuclear whistleblower Alexandr Nikitin and the crusade to create an international criminal court.