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Ottawa, Ontario Green Partnership Program

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/environment/community/green/index_en.html
Description:
Green Partnership Program
Don’t wait until the deadline! Apply for Green Partnership Program funding today to start your new project! Completed applications are reviewed when received with funding awarded on an ongoing basis. Funding applications will be accepted until Tuesday, April 15, 2008.
As part of the Green Partnership Program, the City of Ottawa is providing $1 million to fund innovative projects that further clean and green our great city. You and your community organization, service group, business association or non-profit organization have great ideas that will improve upon what is already a great city. Enhance your community’s gateway, plant floral displays on common grounds, restore a natural habitat or create sustainable green spaces and gardens! These one-time cleaning and greening project ideas and more may receive funding under the Green Partnership Program.
If eligible for funding and your project meets our priority guidelines, the City will match your financial or in-kind contribution dollar for dollar and make your vision a reality!
Projects set on any common ground within the city of Ottawa are also eligible for funding. Priority will be given, however, to those projects that beautify and showcase grounds belonging to the City of Ottawa.
If your project goes a long way to improve City-owned lands and includes beautification, sustainability, co-operation with other community groups and public education programs, your idea might qualify as a hallmark project and be eligible for an increased level of funding.
Whether your project begins tomorrow or next month, fill out an application form and apply today! Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Projects will only be considered so long as there are funds remaining to be awarded. Funding is provided to cover project costs until December 31, 2008.
Category:Canada
Category:City Governments
Category:Green Business
Category:Ontario
Category:Ottawa
Category:Programs
Otter Tail County, MN Support for a Wind Project

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 6/27/06
Vote: Unanimous
Source File: http://www.co.otter-tail.mn.us/commissioners/2006/cb20060627.pdf
Text:
Otter Tail County Resolution No. 2006 - 52
Support for a Wind Project
WHEREAS, agriculture and energy are a major and integral part of Otter Tail County’s and
State of Minnesota’s economic security, and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota State Legislature has directed-electric utility’s providing service in
Minnesota to facilitate locally owned wind energy projects, and
WHEREAS, Otter Tail County recognizes that wind energy projects can and should play a
larger role in providing energy through locally generated wind projects, and
WHEREAS, Otter Tail County wind projects will contribute economically to Otter Tail County
by way of property tax payments, land lease payments, local ownership and ancillary
benefits, and
WHEREAS, localized wind energy projects support economic development, and
WHEREAS, wind energy development within the State lessens the State of Minnesota’s
dependence on the importation of electricity from North Dakota and Manitoba, and
WHEREAS, wind energy projects mitigate pollution generated by fossil fuel, an
WHEREAS, the mitigation of pollution supports recreational activities such as fishing,
hunting, and other outdoor activities, and
WHEREAS, PlainStates Energy has proposed a project consisting of 30 MW of wind
generated electricity, and
WHEREAS, the wind project will sell the wind generated electricity to Minnesota Power, and
WHEREAS, the wind project is currently known as the Bear Creek Wind Energy Project, and
WHEREAS, the project is located primarily in Woodside and Oak Valley Townships in Otter
Tail County.
BE IT RESOLVED, that Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners go publicly on record
supporting the wind project in Otter Tail County, being developed by Plain States Energy.
Category:County Governments
Category:Minnesota
Category:Resolutions
Category:Wind Energy
Overland Park, KS Smoking Ordinance

Type: Ordinance
Status: Adopted in January 2008
Source File: http://www.opkansas.org/Codes_and_Ordinances/Smoking_Ordinance/index.cfm
Description:
Note: To read the full ordinance text, go here
Smoking Ordinance
Indoor smoking is not permitted in the City of Overland Park. This includes all:
* Places of employment
* Restaurants
* Bars
* Hotel/motel sleeping rooms
* Meeting rooms and convention facilities
* Retail establishments (except those whose primary business is the sale of tobacco products).
Smoking also is prohibited within 10 feet of an entrance to a public place. This prohibition does not apply within the public right-of-way or within the outdoor seating area of an eating or drinking establishment.
Smoking will not be prohibited within:
* On outdoor patios of eating and drinking establishments provided reasonable efforts are made to minimize the amount of smoke entering the establishment
* Private residences not serving as an enclosed place of employment or enclosed public place
* Retail establishments whose primary business is the sale of tobacco products
* Onstage during a live theatrical performance where smoking is integral to the plot or storyline and the audience is given prior notice
* General Q&A on smoking ordinance
If you have questions or comments, contact the Community Planning and Services Division at health@opkansas.org or 913/895-6270.
Category:City Governments
Category:Kansas
Category:Ordinances
Category:Smoking
PFAS

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June 2022
PFAS - 'Forever Chemicals'
* https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-sets-new-advisories-in-forever-chemicals-crackdown/
2018
PFAS
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
PFAS is a class of chemicals that includes PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid), PFOS (perfluorooctanesulfonic acid), PFNA (perfluorononanoic acid) and PFHxA (perfluorohexanoic acid). 
What are PFAS?
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are very stable manmade chemicals that have properties that allow them to repel both water and oil. The different PFAS have different lengths and/or differ in their properties at one end, which can change the toxicity of the chemicals. The most commonly found and best studied PFAS are perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS).
Where are they found?
The fat and water repelling properties of these substances allowed them to be applied to almost any material to make it water, oil, and stain repellant. These properties were first used commercially in the 1950s, and they are used in a wide variety of consumer products, including carpets, clothing, non-stick pans, paints, polishes, waxes, cleaning products, and food packaging. Firefighters and the military use them in fire-suppressing foam.
PFAS do not readily breakdown in the environment and are water soluble. As a result, there are very low levels of PFAS in many areas of the environment. Higher levels can be found in water supplies near facilities that manufactured, disposed, or used PFAS.
* https://toxicsaction.org/issues/pfas-water-contamination/
* https://www.ewg.org/research/update-mapping-expanding-pfas-crisis#.W7jf8vkpBB0
Congressional hearings on PFAS / September 2018
U.S. House panel are beginning hearings on water contaminated by a potentially harmful category of fluorinated compounds known as PFAS chemicals.
Lawmakers on a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee heard from a panel of witnesses including Carol Isaacs, director of the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team. 
“Every family deserves to know the truth about what is going on regarding PFAS. It has been in the news and there is too little information about the health risks and ways to address it in the environment,” said Rep. John Shimkus, R-Illinois, who chairs the Environment Subcommittee. 
“With all the questions about PFAS exposure impacts swirling around, it’s critical that we investigate the facts, the real risks, and what it takes to protect the public and clean up the contamination."
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Category:Clean Water
Category:Environmental Protection
Category:Health
Category:Plastic Pollution
Category:Pollution
Category:Soil
Pacific Lutheran University, WA Green Cleaning Policy

Type: Policy
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.plu.edu/~fama/cleaning-services/home.html
Description:
Cleaning Services does cleaning support and trash pick up for all academic and residential buildings, common areas, office complexes, classrooms, and events. Cleaning Services is devoted in making our campus as sustainable as possible. Here is what we have done to help the initiative:
* Our toilet tissue is 100% recycled with a minimum of 20% post consumer waste.
* Our paper towels are a minimum of 40% post consumer waste. None of these supplies were manufactured through a bleaching process or de-inked.
* Our daily use cleaning products are Green Seal approved. They are formulated to lesson the impact on the environment. They are non-toxic, phosphate free, biodegradable, non-flammable, and do not contain any dyes or fragrances.
* We fully support the "Can The Can" campaign, which can help reduce up to 100,000 trash can liners from reaching our landfill each year.
Category:Cleaning Products
Category:Colleges
Category:Policies
Category:Washington
Pakistan

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pakistan
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* http://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan
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* https://www.lonelyplanet.com/pakistan
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Pakistan First NDC (2016 Archived)
Pakistan First NDC (2021 Abridged Version of Updated Submission)
Pakistan First NDC (2021 Updated Submission)
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
 INDC plan
* http://www.mapsopensource.com/pakistan?url=pakistan
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Category:Pakistan
Category:Asia
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Palau

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Palau
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Palau First INDC-NDC (2016)
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Palau's INDC plan (2015) - PDF
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Category:Palau
Category:Oceania
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Palo Alto, CA Community Gardens

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/depts/csd/news/details.asp?NewsID=457&TargetID=15
Description:
General Information:
Scattered throughout Palo Alto are plots of land dedicated to providing Palo Altans with a place to dig their hands into the soil and plant vegetables, flowers, and herbs. These open spaces are an oasis for gardeners, as well as visitors, who come to enjoy the beauty of the calendula blossoms, the corn stalks, the pumpkin vines, the sunflowers, and more, as well as the large variety of birds and butterflies. The community gardens are inviting places to walk and relax.
History of the Gardens:
The original Main Garden was created in 1970 as a model to demonstrate organic gardening, a return to older gardening techniques. It was originally part of the City's Nature & Science Department and volunteer gardeners were recruited from junior high schools, City staff, and people interested in gardening.
Over the years, demand for gardening sites increased and additional gardens were created. Today, the Palo Alto Community Garden Program resides within the Community Services Department and is the responsibility of the Open Space and Parks Division.
The Palo Alto Community Gardens continue to change and grow with the times. The gardens have expanded to accommodate a growing population, gardening policies have changed to embrace new technology, and future plans are under discussion. We welcome your suggestions.
UCCE Master Gardener Palo Alto Demonstration Gardens:
The Master Gardeners have a new field project at the Eleanor Community Garden where they are developing two gardens which will provide the community of Palo Alto and Northern Santa Clara County with new exposure to our organization.
The first garden, the demonstration garden, shows innovative approaches to edible landscaping. They present horticultural "best practices" for home gardens by using seasonally appropriate vegetable and fruit selections, illustrate the use of garden practices such as methods of trellising, staking, soil preparation, and the use of mulch materials. This area provides space to showcase new varieties, cover crops, companion planting, rare fruits, and flowering plants that attract beneficial insects.
The second garden is the Waterwise Nature Garden. It showcases California native and Mediterranean climate plants that require little or no supplemental summer water but provide food and shelter for beneficial insects, butterflies and birds. The garden is open to the public for strolling.
Garden Locations:
Main Garden: 1313 Newell Street
Located behind the main library branch, this garden is 60,000 sq ft, bordered by fruit trees and flower beds.
Edith Johnson Garden: 200 Waverly Street Located in Johnson Park.
Eleanor Pardee Garden: 1201 Channing Avenue Located in Pardee Park.
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Community Gardens
Category:Programs
Palo Alto, CA Zero Waste Operational Plan

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted on 9/17/07
Source File: http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/environment/news/details.asp?NewsID=897&TargetID=59
Description:
The City’s Zero Waste Strategic Plan, adopted in October 2005, identifies the key objectives and strategies needed to reach zero waste including both reducing the creation of waste through policies and incentives designed to eliminate waste at the source and maximizing recycling through expanded collection programs, processing facilities, education, outreach, and technical assistance.
Key objectives of the Zero Waste Strategic Plan, carried forward into the Zero Waste Operational Plan are to:
* Encourage all sectors to implement zero waste. The programs described in the Zero Waste Operational Plan have been organized around each generator sector including, residential, commercial/multi-family, industrial and self-haul.
* Develop infrastructure beyond recycling. The facilities described in the Zero Waste Operational Plan, primarily address maximizing diversion through recycling and composting. The proposed grant or loan program will assist reuse and recycling businesses to locate within the City, as will the designation of a Recycling Market Development Zone through the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
* Lead by example and advocate zero waste. The policies described in the Zero Waste Operational Plan include continuing the City’s advocacy for zero waste and working with regional partners in support of mutual goals. The City will also lead by example by maximizing diversion at City facilities and providing technical support in waste prevention programs throughout the City departments.
* Update waste data and develop a Zero Waste Operational Plan. The Palo Alto Waste Composition Study, dated May 2006 is included in Exhibit A and summarized in Section 1.3.
The Zero Waste Strategic Plan recommended the development of the Zero Waste Operational Plan designed to:
* Develop a waste composition study, comparable to previous studies prepared for the City, to identify the types and amounts of materials remaining in the City’s disposed waste stream.
* Recommend the programs that will be needed to meet the service needs identified in the Strategic Plan.
* Recommend the facilities that will be needed in the future and candidate locations for the facilities that will be needed once the City’s landfill closes in 2011.
* Identify appropriate policies, incentives and requirements that will be needed to implement the Operational Plan.
* Identify the cost of implementing the Operational Plan.
* Determine the funding and staffing that will be needed to implement the Operational Plan.
Read and download the complete Zero Waste Operational Plan
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Policies
Category:Zero Waste
Panama

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Panama
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* http://www.lonelyplanet.com/panama
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Panama First NDC (2020 - Spanish, Updated submission) 
Panama First NDC (2016 - Spanish, Archived) 
 
Panama NDC Cover Letter (Spanish) 
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 
* http://www.mapsopensource.com/panama?url=panama
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Category:Panama
Category:Central America
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Papua New Guinea

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Papua_New_Guinea
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* https://www.lonelyplanet.com/papua-new-guinea
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Papua New Guinea Second NDC (2020)
Papua New Guinea Second NDC Summary (2020)
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
 Papua New Guinea's INDC plan
* http://www.mapsopensource.com/Papua-New-Guinea?url=Papua-New-Guinea
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Category:Papua New Guinea
Category:Oceania
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Paraguay

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Paraguay
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* http://www.theguardian.com/world/paraguay
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* https://www.lonelyplanet.com/paraguay
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Paraguay First NDC (2021 - Updated Submission) 
Paraguay First NDC (2016 - Spanish, Archived) 
Paraguay Formal letter on submission of updated NDC (2021 - Spanish) 
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
 Paraguay's INDC plan (2015) 
* http://www.mapsopensource.com/paraguay?url=paraguay
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Category:Paraguay
Category:Asunción
Category:South America
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Park University, MO Climate Commitment

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted in 2008
Source File: http://www.park.edu/climatecommitment/
Description:
Advancing to the next step to a climate neutral campus, Park University President Beverley Byers-Pevitts, Ph.D., has joined more than 540 other college and university presidents in formally committing to sharply reduce and eventually eliminate the global warming emissions of their respective universities. President Byers-Pevitts also pledged to work with faculty to integrate sustainability into Park's curriculum thereby better serving Park's students, and fulfilling Park's obligation to help create a thriving, ethical and civil global society. The Commitment was made last June at a Climate Commitment Summit of higher education leaders in Washington, D.C.
"Global warming is a defining challenge of our time. The world's leading scientists have ended the debate: emissions caused by human beings are responsible for climate change that will threaten the planet's ecosystem, the world economy and the lives of millions," said President Byers-Pevitts. "Human activities are responsible for the problem, and working together, humans have the capacity to solve the problem. That means working to reverse global warming. Park University is committed to leading the way to sustainability for our students and our community. This world is in the hands our students."
Park will create a comprehensive institutional action plan to move the University toward climate neutrality. Even before the adoption of such an action plan, Park is moving forward to meet its commitment by building a 250 bed student residence hall to LEED Standards.
These efforts build on Park University's ongoing commitment to sustainability, including the requirements of the University's strategic plan, Explorations and Transformations 2012: Access to Excellence, that future development be undertaken utilizing planning principles that encourage a healthy, attractive environment based upon sustainable design principles; as well as the requirements of the new student housing design guidelines to select environmentally sensitive building materials.
Category:Climate Policy
Category:Colleges
Category:Missouri
Category:Policies