References
Have you found that some information sources are much more credible than others? Some are consistently more coherent, objective, readable and seldom require “BS Filters”?
While incredably accessible, our present web based social networks can tap into scientific reports, political news flashes, marketing hype, green and greenwashing content and provide a basis for almost any argument and counter argument on “hot” topics.
So we are concerned with finding reference sources with practical insights with a system-wide focus with sufficient supporting facts.
A starting list provided by Larry Gallup for the R4RD 2009 Huntington Beach Green Expo Booth
Water Education Foundation – Western Water Magazine
“Desalination: A Drought Proof Supply?” July/August 2009
http://www.watereducation.org/doc.asp?id=872#item_1
Aquafornia, a fresh daily review of water (Aqua…) in California. Sponsored by the Water Education Foundation
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) – Understanding and Preventing Greenwash, A Business Guide, July, 2009
Food and Water Watch, “Desalination An Ocean of Problems” – Jan. 2009
Among our candidate policy and applied research institutions we find the following list useful. PLEASE add your favorites and your reasoning to this list!!!
| State of California |
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Website Address |
| State Climate Change Action Team Portal |
ICE |
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| State Office of Planning and Research: Prime source of population growth |
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| State Water Resources Quality Control Board |
SWRCB Santa Ana RWCB |
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| California Ocean Protection Council |
OPC Coastal Conservancy |
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| State Lands Commission |
SLC |
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| California Coastal Commission Commission Meeting Schedules |
CCC CC Schedule |
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| California Energy Commission |
CEC OTC |
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| Climate Change ( Ocean Levels rising?) |
Climate Action Team Risks |
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| UC Davis Information Center for the Environment |
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| Legislative Analyst’s Office |
LAO |
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| Cal. Environmental Quality (CEQA Interactive Flowchart) |
Flow Chart |
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| Regional |
Southern California Association of Governments |
Energy-Environment Growth Forecasts |
| Local |
City of Huntington Beach |
City Council SEHB Environment Board Planning Department Planning Commission HB City Goes Green |
| Surfrider Foundation |
Surfrider myspace.com/R4RD |
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| SEHBNA |
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| Chamber of Commerce’s HB Goes Green |
HB Green Expo, Sept 20, 2008 Central Library |
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| Other Sites Related to the Water and Desalination (Please Click on the name) |
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| Aquafornia (Excellent Blog on Water and Desaliantion) |
California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) Dorothy Green and the C-WIN Principles |
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| Sierra Club |
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| Energy Coalition United States Water & Power |
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| HB Desal Facts Archive |
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| Building Service Performance |
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| Research Knowledge Bases |
UCB_erg RAND Energy-Environment EPRI EPRI-Carbon Constraints ICCP PEW Foundation_Oceans UCLA_Heal the Bay NIST_Manufacturing WHO_topics UCSB_brenNSF |
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