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For the week of March 21, 2010

18,000
Number of deaths associated per year with fine airborne particulate exposure in California. [Says who?]

50
Minimum increase in number of premature deaths per year due to local CO2 emissions. [Says who?]

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For the week of March 14, 2010

43,400
Number of low-income housing units in California to be weatherized with Recovery Act funds between February 2009 and March 2012. [Says who?]

849
Number completed in the first 12 months. [Says who?]

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For the week of February 28, 2010

941 million
Metric tons of CO2 saved by 2020, by new national tailpipe emissions standard that takes effect in 2012. [Says who?]

793 million
Amount saved if the rules had been adopted by only California and 13 states that proposed it. [Says who?]

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For the week of February 21, 2010

12
Percent of the US petroleum diet consumed by tractor-trailers. [Says who?]

50
Percent of energy produced by standard semi-truck engines used to overcome aerodynamic drag at highway speeds. [Says who?]

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For the week of February 14, 2010

5,000
Cubic meters of snow trucked or flown in to the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games by the opening ceremonies. [Says who?]

45.1
Inches of snow that had fallen on Washington, DC by the same date (season record is 54.4 inches, set in 1898-1899). [Says who?]

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For the week of February 7, 2010

60
Percent of Americans who say they've heard "nothing at all" about cap-and-trade. [Says who?]

12
Percent who have heard "a lot." [Says who?]

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For the week of January 31, 2010

2.2
Pounds of CO2 exhaled by one person per day. [Says who?]

19.4
Pounds produced by burning a gallon of gasoline. [Says who?]

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For the week of January 24, 2010

15
Number of feet that California's largest reservoir, Shasta Lake, rose during six days of rain last week. [Says who?]

1.3 million
Number of people that amount of water typically supplies for a year. [Says who?]

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For the week of January 17, 2010

46
Current percentage of California's solar market owned by Chinese interests, in terms of supplied megawatts. [Says who?]

2
Percentage of China's share three years ago. [Says who?]

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For the week of January 10, 2009

5.4
Degrees Fahrenheit global temperatures are predicted to warm over the next century, according to the IPCC's intermediate emissions scenario (A1B) [PDF]. [Says who?]

.26
Miles ecosystems will need to shift to keep pace. [Says who?]

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For the week of January 3, 2009

2
Maximum global warming (from pre-industrial times) targeted by nations at the Copenhagen climate conference in degrees Celsius. [Says who?]

3
Degrees of warming likely if all nations keep to current commitments toward reducing greenhouse gases. [Says who?]

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For the week of December 20, 2009

2.5 trillion
California real estate assets at risk from extreme weather events, sea level rise, and wildfires, in dollars. [Says who?]

1.8 trillion
California Gross State Product for 2008, in dollars. [Says who?]

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For the week of December 13, 2009

3,500
Number of credentialed journalists at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen. [Says who?]

4,000
Number at last season's NFL Super Bowl [Says who?]

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For the week of December 6, 2009

20.3
Percentage of global carbon dioxide emissions that come from the U.S. [Says who?]

8.3
Percentage of U.S. emissions that come from California. [Says who?]

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For the week of November 29, 2009

17%
Proposed US emissions reduction by 2020, based on 2005 levels. [Says who?]

12.8%
Proposed EU target, converted to the same baseline. [Says who?]

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For the week of November 22, 2009

7
Percent of California's GHG emissions produced by all oil refineries in the state, combined. [Says who?]

39
Percent from transportation. [Says who?]

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For the week of November 15, 2009

$11.14 billion
Total of California's 2010 water bond. [Says who?]

20 million
Portion specifically devoted to climate change programs (less than 1%). [Says who?]

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For the week of November 8, 2009

16.5
Millions of acre-feet of water, to which parties to the Colorado River Compact are entitled annually. [Says who?]

13.5
Actual annual flow, averaged over 300 years. [Says who?]

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For the week of November 1, 2009

163,000
Number of extra light rail trips during two days of the San Francisco Bay Bridge closure last week. [Says who?]

1.8 million
Estimated pounds of CO2 emissions saved from not driving. [Says who?]

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For the week of October 25, 2009

2,787
Megawatts of installed wind power in California, as of September 2009. [Says who?]

3,053
In Iowa. [Says who?]

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For the week of October 18, 2009

1.5 billion
Predicted maximum population the Earth could support should temperatures increase by 5 degrees C. [Says who?]

6.8 billion
Current world population. [Says who?]

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For the week of October 11, 2009

15
Cents per kilowatt-hour that California utilities are expected to pay, in cash, for surplus solar power produced by small generators. [Says who?]

0
Cash amount paid now. [Says who?]

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For the week of October 4, 2009

821
Number of pages in the Kerry-Boxer climate bill, introduced last wee [Says who?]

1428
Number of pages in the version already passed by the House. [Says who?]

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For the week of September 27, 2009

7
Inches the ocean has risen along the California coastline during the last century. [Says who?]

55
Inches of additional rise that could occur by 2100, under severe warming scenario. [Says who?]

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For the week of September 20, 2009

33
Percentage of California's electricity required from renewable sources by 2020, by executive order. [Says who?]

13.5
Actual percentage in 2008 (excluding large-scale hydroelectric). [Says who?]

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For the week of September 13, 2009

41
Percentage of California's "usable surface water" used by agriculture. [Says who?]

9
Percentage used by cities and industry [Says who?]

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For the week of September 6, 2009

290
Millions of metric tons of CO2 released by U.S. wildfires each year (averaged). [Says who?]

314
By personal vehicles in the U.S. in 2004. [Says who?]

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For the week of August 31, 2009

10
The average number of hurricanes and tropical storms per year in the North Atlantic from 1850 to 1990. [Says who?]

18
Number in 2008. [Says who?]

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For the week of August 23, 2009

7
Inches the sea has risen along the California coastline during the last century. [Says who?]

200
Square miles of low-lying infill around the San Francisco Bay Area that could be affected by continued sea-level rise. [Says who?]

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For the week of August 16, 2009

11.8
Percent of California's total energy generation that came from renewable sources in 2007. [Says who? - PDF]

2.4
Percent for the U.S. [Says who? - PDF]

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For the week of August 9, 2009

4
Tons of annual CO2 emissions per capita in Mexico, as of 2006. [Says who?]

20
In the United States. [Says who?]

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For the week of August 2, 2009

4
Percentage of California Democrats who say effects of global warming "will never happen". [Says who?]

34
Percentage of California Republicans who say this. [Says who?]

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For the week of July 26, 2009

90
Percentage of Californians who live in regions that violate air quality standards. [Says who?]

75 to 85
Percentage by which the number of poor air quality days in California cities is expected to increase due to rising temperatures. [Says who?]

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For the week of July 19, 2009

150
Number of glaciers in Glacier National Park in 1850. [Says who?]

0
Number predicted in 2020. [Says who?]

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For the week of July 12, 2009

175
Average annual cost per household, in dollars, of the Waxman-Markey climate change legislation by 2020, according to the Congressional Budget Office. [Says who?]

1,870
The same cost, as calculated by the Heritage Foundation. [Says who?]

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For the week of July 6, 2009

8
Tons of greenhouse gas emissions from family of three flying San Francisco to Boston (2,700 miles/commercial airliner). [Says who?]

1.5
Tons for the same family traveling by car (3,100 miles/Toyota Corolla). [Says who?]

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For the week of June 29, 2009

55
Gallons of water saved per year by getting rid of one square foot of lawn in Nevada. [Says who?]

49,421
Square miles of lawn in the US. [Says who?]

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For the week of June 22, 2009

400,000
Years that atmospheric CO2 concentrations remained at or below 280 parts per million. [Says who?]

156
Years it took for CO2 levels to reach 380ppm. [Says who?]

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For the week of June 15, 2009

1975
Year the term "global warming" first appeared in a scientific publication. [Says who? - PDF]

34.8 million
Approximate number of results the term now generates in a Google search

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For the week of June 8, 2009

11
Percent by which the Sierra Nevada snowpack has decreased since 1950. [Says who? - PDF]

75
Percentage of water used in the Western United States that comes from mountain runoff. [Says who? - PDF]

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For the week of June 1, 2009

13
Percentage of Americans that suffer from hay fever. [Says who? - PDF]

60
Percentage increase in ragweed pollen if CO2 levels double. [Says who? - PDF]

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