Fact Sheet: Take the Offense on Energy

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News Budget

Story Package #2 contains the following articles:

• Main Article -- Energy: Time to take the Offense -- Lead article (2,000 words)
• The Writers, The Project -- credits box - (191 words)
• Price Spike City – and how to escape it -- Optional sidebar (777 words)
• Biodiesel – there’s fuel in those fields -- Optional sidebar (832 words)
• Sustainable cities – what it takes -- Optional sidebar (431 words)
• A Perilously Warm New England -- Optional sidebar (805 words plus graphic)
• Special Biofuels Addendum -- More information from the writers on biofuels.

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Contacts

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Resources

This is a sampling of groups pressing for greater New England commitment on the energy front. Go to the Best Practices or Resources area of our website for information on best practices, organizations and resources mentioned in these articles.

Indicators of Climate Change in the Northeast
http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/information/pdf/indicators.pdf (2MB pdf – 40 pgs)

“Biodiesel: Fuel for Thought, Fuel for Connecticut’s Future”
http://www.newenglandfutures.org/d/cceauconnbiodieselreport.pdf (500kb pdf - 57pgs)

New England’s Biofuels Pioneers - See Special BioFuels Addendum

The Universe of Biofuels – How They Work - Graphic
http://www.newenglandfutures.org/u/photos/nebiofuelschart.jpg

Bio-Fuels in New Hampshire
http://www.biofuelnh.org/index.php

BiodieselNow.com (New England Forum) http://forums.biodieselnow.com/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=1

“Smart Energy: Spark for a Better Boston Future?” (Boston Unbound report on energy)
http://www.tbf.org/tbfgen1.asp?id=1911