{"id":155,"date":"2007-07-13T12:46:27","date_gmt":"2007-07-13T16:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/07\/13\/quote_northeast\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:40:37","slug":"quote_northeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/07\/13\/quote_northeast\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Week \u2013\u00a0July 13, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\nWhat is needed now is a strong, sustained, and well-coordinated effort between governments at all levels, businesses, civic institutions, and individuals to adopt policies, programs, and practices that accelerate the adoption of clean, efficient energy choices. The costs of delay are high. For every year of delay in beginning significant emissions reductions, global concentrations of heat-trapping gases rise higher and the goal of avoiding dangerous climate change becomes more difficult and more costly to achieve.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechoices.org\/ne\/resources_ne\/jump.jsp?path=\/assets\/documents\/climatechoices\/confronting-climate-change-in-the-u-s-northeast.pdf\"><i>Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast<\/i> [PDF 8MB]<\/a>, prepared by the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment Synthesis Team. July 2007.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the toll of global warming in the Northeast, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightglobalwarming.com\/page.cfm?tagID=611\">New York City page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is needed now is a strong, sustained, and well-coordinated effort between governments at all levels, businesses, civic institutions, and individuals to adopt policies, programs, and practices that accelerate the adoption of clean, efficient energy choices. The costs of delay are high. 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