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Matthew Yi at the San Francisco Chronicle (11/15/2008) writes about this new executive order. Something that will, no doubt, have impacts at the local level too.
Read the whole article here:
Governor tells staff to prepare for warming

Excerpt:
"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order Friday directing state agencies to study the effects of global warming and recommend how the state needs to adapt to such changes in land use planning and building new infrastructure.

Source: Programmable Web, February 26, 2008

Environmental Activists Discover Mashups

Excerpt below:
"Environment-related mashups cover a broad spectrum of topics, including pollution, hurricanes, climate change, industrial activity, and “green” hotels. There are currently 24 mashups tagged “environment” and 13 mashups tagged “green” on ProgrammableWeb.

Source UNEP: February 2008
Cartographer: Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Population, area and economy affected by a 1 m sea level rise (global and regional estimates, based on today's situation)

Citation:

The entire set of street maps are now up on the lightblueline Flickr site:

Santa Barbara Street Maps

The NASA data center at Columbia University (SEDAC) has posted a great new resource: maps of the 10 meter coastal zone (with urban and rural estimates) for large parts of the planet:

GO here to view the maps: LOW ELEVATION COASTAL ZONE (LECZ) URBAN-RURAL ESTIMATES

Summary:

This is how it looks on my driveway!

Wondering about your carbon footprint? Want to know how you can reduce this? Here's a calculator to get you started.
To use this calculator you will need to get your electricity bill and natural gas bill and figure out yearly use of these. But it's a great place to get a handle on your household impact on the climate:

Carbon Calculator

This is a screen shot of the PDF file, which you can get here:
Santa Barbara Seven Meter

This is a screen shot of the PDF file, which you can get here:
Santa Barbara Downtown Seven Meter

This is a screen shot of the PDF file, which you can get here:
Carpinteria Seven Meter