Climate change resources
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From our discussion of climate change, here are some resources that might be helpful.
News sites:
Pennsylvania
NPR's state impact website - https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/
Philadelphia Inquirer - https://www.philly.com/science/climate/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - https://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment
Pittsburgh independent news - https://www.publicsource.org/category/environment/
Philadelphia independent news - https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/category/environment/
National
Yale Climate Change page - https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/
Grist - https://grist.org/
Open Democracy - https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/tagged/environment/
Democracy Now - https://www.democracynow.org/topics/climate_change
Common Dreams - https://www.commondreams.org/climate
Mother Jones - https://www.motherjones.com/topics/climate-desk/
State resources
Penn Future - https://pennfuture.org/climate
Conservation Voters of PA - https://www.conservationpa.org/issues/fighting-climate-change
Sierra Club of Pennsylvania - https://www.sierraclub.org/pennsylvania
Penn Environment - https://pennenvironment.org/
Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light - http://paipl.us/
The Pennsylvania Council of Churches has useful links: http://www.pachurchesadvocacy.org/resources/
Fracking resources:
Fractracker - https://www.fractracker.org/
Cornell University group involved in fracking research - http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/howarth/index.php
Better Path Coalition - https://www.betterpathcoalition.org/
Major national organizations devoted to climate change advocacy:
Al Gore's group - https://www.climaterealityproject.org/
Bill McKibben's group - https://350.org/
Sierra Club - https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/low-carbon-diets-are-good-for-planet-and-your-health
Transition US Resilience - https://www.resilience.org/environment/
Natural Resources Defense Council - https://www.nrdc.org/issues/climate-change
Union of Concerned Scientists - https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/global_warming/Exec-Summary_Climate-Change-in-Pennsylvania.pdf
Climate Mobilization - https://www.theclimatemobilization.org/
Post Carbon Institute - https://www.postcarbon.org/
Sunrise Movement - https://www.sunrisemovement.org/
Extinction Rebellion - https://extinctionrebellion.us/
Union action on climate change - https://www.bluegreenalliance.org/
Six of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations - https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/12/2/20976180/climate-change-best-charities-effective-philanthropy
Chesapeake Bay Foundation - https://www.cbf.org/
Moms clean air force - https://www.momscleanairforce.org/resources/ethane-cracker-plants/
Justice for the coalfields - https://www.coalfieldjustice.org/
Other resources:
Hawken book and website mentioned in 2nd hour discussion
Drawdown: 100 solutions to reverse global warming
Our World in Data article on greenhouse gases - https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions
Democratizing the Green New Deal - https://thenextsystem.org/energydemocracy?mc_cid=f9b7109108&mc_eid=44d55f0ccb
From Founder's Pledge - comparison of personal lifestyle changes - https://founderspledge.com/stories/climate-and-lifestyle-report
Here is a related book mentioned in the current issue of Friends Journal: The Parents Guide to Climate Change
Local resources
South Mountain partnership - https://southmountainpartnership.org/about-us
Watershed protection groups within Cumberland County - https://www.ccpa.net/4628/Watershed
Agricultural Land Preservation Board - https://www.ccpa.net/106/Agricultural-Land-Preservation-Board
Cumberland County Conservation Collaborative - https://www.cumberlandconservationcollaborative.org/
Clean air board - http://greatercarlisleproject.dickinson.edu/listing/clean-air-board-of-central-pennsylvania/
Pennsylvania Environmental Council - https://pecpa.org/wp-content/uploads/PEC_Climate_Change_Roadmap.pdf
Quaker sites:
EQAT (Earth Quaker Action Team) - https://www.eqat.org/
from Eli Fishpaw from Baltimore Yearly Meeting's Friends in Unity with Nature - NEXT STEPS IN JOURNEY TO RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH CREATION https://nextstepsearch.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/next-steps-in-journey-to-right-relationship-with-creation/
Tools from FUN to calculate carbon footprint
For those of you who remember when Charles Eisenstein spoke at the meetinghouse, he has a new book out on climate change. Here is a link to a selection from the book:
https://www.utne.com/environment/beyond-climate-fundamentalism-zm0z18wzgsch