Global Warming

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The WE Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection-a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis-in part through repowering America with 100 percent of its electricity from clean energy sources within 10 years.

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MICHELLE ROSIER and KATHARINA MOELLER

Sierra Club

After an extraordinary 2007 legislative session that set Minnesota on the path to a comprehensive plan for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the 2008 legislature encountered delays in implementing real climate change solutions. First, Governor Pawlenty's Office of Energy Security stalled release of the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group's recommendations for realizing the goals set in 2007.

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ON THE WEB!

Clean Energy Minnesota,
cleanenergyminnesota.org

Midwest Governors’ Greenhouse Gas Accord,
midwesternaccord.org

Read Up!

Unbowed: A Memoir, by Wangari Maathai, Anchor, 2007.

Seven Wonders for a Cool Planet: Everyday Things to Help Solve Global Warming, by Eric Sorensen, Sierra Club/Counterpoint, 2008.

Act Locally!

Sierra Club North Star Chapter
Minneapolis-St.Paul Region
612-659-9124
northstar.sierraclub.org

Minnesota Public Interest Research Group
Statewide; college campuses
612-627-4035
mpirg.org

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WILL STEGER

Will Steger Foundation

On March 29, 2008, the Will Steger Foundation launched its second Global Warming 101 Expedition, a 62-day, 1400-mile dogsled expedition across Ellesmere Island. Explorer Will Steger selected six young adventurers to join him in an effort to educate youth, inspire international cooperation and empower the next generation of leaders in environmental advocacy.

The team travelled in Canada's High Arctic, site of the last remaining ice shelves in North America, to capture disintegrating ice caps, retreating glaciers and the destruction of wildlife habitat.

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Act Locally!

Will Steger Foundation
612-278-7147
Minneapolis, MN
willstegerfoundation.org
globalwarming101.com

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NEELY CRANE-SMITH

Center for Energy and Environment

Thousands of Minnesotans are taking real, measurable actions in their homes to lighten their carbon footprints, save money and curb global warming.

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ON THE WEB!

Energy Challenge,
mnenergychallenge.org

Treehugger,
treehugger.com

Read Up!

Low Carbon Diet: A 30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds, by David Gershon, Empowerment Institute, 2006.

Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings (9th ed.), by Jennifer Thorne Amann, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 2007.

Act Locally!

Metro Clean Energy Resource Teams
Minneapolis, MN
612-278-7125
cleanenergyresourceteams.org

Minnesota Retired Engineers Technical Assistance Program (RETAP)
St. Paul, MN
612-624-1300
www.pca.state.mn.us
/oea/p2/retap.cfm

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AMI VOELTZ

Do It Green! Minnesota

Two ice shelves in Canada's far north have lost massive sections since August. The Wilkins Ice Shelf has experienced further break-up with an area of about 160 square kilometers breaking off. Researchers monitoring daily satellite images of Greenland's glaciers have discovered break-ups at two of the largest glaciers in the last month. Scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes.

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Sara Grochowski

Do It Green! Minnesota

Most people have a mental wish list of places they would like to see in their lifetime. Some are local and others may be halfway around the world. It may seem unimaginable to think that our global terrain would be so affected that some of these places may not exist when we finally visit the travel agent, but it’s true. Thousands of places are endangered by over-tourism, over-development, pollution, de-forestation and global warming.

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By Ami Voeltz & Sara Grochowski

Do It Green! Minnesota

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BRIAN MERCHANT

MN PostCarbon

We need to figure out how to live without fossil fuels for two reasons: First, burning fossil fuels remains the biggest contributor to greenhouse gases, the cause of global warming and climate change. Second, the world's supply of oil and natural gas will soon decline, which will result in increased prices. When the price of gasoline reaches $4 per gallon, the price of oil reaches $90 a barrel and natural gas levels off at $12 per million BTU, affordability becomes an issue for everything we do.

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Brian Merchant can be reached at MnPostCarbon@gmail.com.

Twin Cities Peak Oil Resource Guide
thenec.org/_uls/resources/articles/Twin_Cities_Peak_Oil_Resource_Guide.pdf

The Community Solution
communitysolution.org

Post Carbon Institute
postcarbon.org

Relocalize Now!: Getting Ready for Climate Change and the End of Cheap Oil, Julian Darley, David Room, and Celine Rich, New Society Publishers, 2007.

Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World, Richard Heinberg, New Society Publishers, 2004.

The Neighborhood Energy Connection
St. Paul, MN
651-221-4462
thenec.org

Fresh Energy
St. Paul, MN
651-225-0878
fresh-energy.org

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GREENGUARDIAN.COM

popular website

Global warming: it's a big topic these days, and people want to know what they can do to help. Most people don't realize it, but one way to reduce global warming is to recycle paper products. Paper recycling helps in the following ways:

Energy Savings-Pulp and paper is the 5th largest industrial energy consumer in the world! Production of recycled paper uses 65% less energy than paper production using raw materials. Reducing energy consumption reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Guardian Paper Recycling
greenguardian.com/throw2_rethink_paper.asp

MPCA Global Climate Change
pca.state.mn.us/hot/globalwarming.html

Global Warming and Climate Change in MN
pca.state.mn.us/oea/reduce/climatechange.cfm

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SUE ROEGGE

Climate Project

1. Install compact fluorescent light bulbs
2. Weather proof your home
3. Keep up proper car maintenance including checking your tire pressure
4. Eat locally, buy local grocery products as much as possible
5. Install aerators on water faucets
6. Use recycled paper products
7. Compost all food scraps and yard waste
8. Reduce your driving as much as possible
9. Unplug phone chargers etc when not in use
10. Set your water heater to 120 degrees
11. Buy and install an insulating blanket on your water heater