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Hey Mary – it should be working now. Sorry about the hiccup.
Cement Story Published!!! announced about 1 year ago
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- Chris Amico will report on Bay Area Cement kilns and global warming
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If we reach exactly $350, then we will give money to: Chris Amico
- put this campaign on your site
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FOR DETAILS PLEASE SEE THE SPOT.US WIKI
Description: California has committed to reducing greenhouse emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. The cement industry is at the center of this effort. Making cement is one of the dirtiest industries in the state, and California’s 11 kilns produce about 10 percent of the total US cement output each year.
If plants leave or shut down, they’ll likely be replaced by kilns in other states with less stringent environmental laws, or by international competitors like China, which already produces half the world’s cement and more carbon dioxide than the US.
Can cement plants in the Bay Area cut emissions and stay in business?
Proposed deliverables: A 1,500 word feature on the tension between California’s efforts to curtail emissions and cement plants’ desire to stay in the state and in business, plus multimedia (vid Read More
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Hello Friendsters
David Cohn here from Spot.Us with some exciting news. Not only have we finally published Chris Amico’s story (which you all helped to fund) but it has bee republished in the San Francisco Sentinel.
(Apologies for the delay in publication – I take responsibility for this – Chris was actually right on time. The good news: If you haven’t checked out Spot.Us’ website since we launched, now you can!).
“How can California’s cement industry walk the fine line between regulation and innovation to keep this industry going?”
It is a tough question and Chris Amico did a brilliant job of reporting this story for us.
http://spot.us/stories/75
Together we helped to commission this work – so it belongs to all of us. Anyone is welcome to republish this work and can suggest others do the same.
So give yourself a pat on the back for helping to fund some serious journalism!!!
Sincerely,
David Cohn
David@spot.us
(310) 365-3600
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Hello everyone!!
*I just got off the phone with Chris Amico who is very excited to start reporting on cement kilns in Northern California and their attempt to curb C02 emissions.
*Specifically he told me to thank everyone and to say “I won’t let you down.”
*As for Spot.Us – we are super-amped and excited that we have another example of “community funded reporting.”
*Right now we are working our pants off to get spot.us up and running as soon as possible: http://blog.spot.us/2008/09/08/status-update-from-spotus-moving-forward/
THANK YOU ALL. UPDATES WILL APPEAR AT THE SPOT.US BLOG AND WE’LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THIS STORY IS PUBLISHED!!!!
Sincerely,
David Cohn
and the spot.us team.
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‘Curbing Global Warming Without Killing Business’ has reached the tipping point!
We raised a total of $350!
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*We only need to find 9 more people willing to give $10 each to make this happen.
*I know those people are out there. Yes – cement might not seem like a “sexy” topic – but Chris has me convinced this is an important issue and I know that there are 9 people in this world who would agree it should be looked into with more depth.
*We just need to find them!
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I’m trying to throw a little dough at this one but keep running into errors. What’s up?
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FOR DETAILS PLEASE SEE THE SPOT.US WIKI
From the wiki (link above).
Description: California has committed to reducing greenhouse emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. The cement industry is at the center of this effort. Making cement is one of the dirtiest industries in the state, and California’s 11 kilns produce about 10 percent of the total US cement output each year.
If plants leave or shut down, they’ll likely be replaced by kilns in other states with less stringent environmental laws, or by international competitors like China, which already produces half the world’s cement and more carbon dioxide than the US.
Can cement plants in the Bay Area cut emissions and stay in business?
Proposed deliverables: A 1,500 word feature on the tension between California’s efforts to curtail emissions and cement plants’ desire to stay in the state and in business, plus multimedia (video, slide show, or at least lots of visualized data).
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