Clean Air-Cool Planet Applauds Passage of
the American Clean Energy and Security Act
Clean Air-Cool Planet – the leading science-based, bipartisan non-profit organization dedicated solely to finding and promoting solutions to global warming – applauds the members of the US House of Representatives on passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (Waxman-Markey), a monumental piece of legislation that promises to transform America’s energy future and help tackle the global climate crisis. Read the full statement.

Regarding Maine's Energy Future:
New Law To Help Businesses, Residents
with Energy Efficiency and Conservation

The legislation, which takes effect immediately, establishes the new, independent "Efficiency Maine Trust" to administer programs for energy efficiency and alternative energy resources. There was sufficient support to expand efficiency projects beyond electricity to include natural gas and heating oil as well. Read a summary here.

The United States Global Change Research Program releases 2009 report on US impacts

The Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990 mandates that every four years an assessment of the impacts of global change in the U.S. be conducted by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The 2009 report, released June 16th, summarizes the science and the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future. Written in plain English, the report explains both the large-scale and subtle changes in weather, wildlife, drought patterns and agriculture in the U.S. Read more...

Agricultural fires linked to Arctic warming

A new report by the Clean Air Task Force detailing the role of agricultural burning in generating black carbon pollution in the Arctic has been released.  The report is the first compilation of research on the origins and means of deposition in the region, according to Ellen Baum, senior scientist of the Clean Air Task Force, Clean Air-Cool Planet’s partner in work to reduce the short-lived forcers black carbon, methane, and ozone. For more on SLFs, visit www.arcticwarming.net.

Health Impacts of Global Warming:
Four Fact Sheets Released by
Physicians for Social Responsibility

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) has prepared four fact sheets on the health impacts of global warming based on recent, peer-reviewed scientific sources. Download the pdf files below.

• Heat's Deadly Effects: Outlines current and projected impacts of extreme heat events. 
• Vector-Borne and Water-Borne Diseases How changes in temperature, precipitation, intense storms and flooding affect the spread of water-borne diseases and insects. 
• Shrinking the Food Supply How global warming damages crops, increases the risks of fires, insect pests and pathogens, and endangers food security.
• Vulnerable Populations, Environmental Justice  The disproportionate and discriminatory impacts that climate change will have on vulnerable populations.
  
  

The New Hampshire Carbon Challenge
Becomes Joint Project of CA-CP and UNH

The New Hampshire Carbon Challenge, a program enabling homeowners to identify and reduce their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, has become a joint initiative of The University of New Hampshire and Clean Air-Cool Planet. Adam Markham, CEO of Clean Air-Cool Planet, said the program “brings individuals into the climate action arena, which is vital if we are to succeed in reducing the threat of global warming.” Read the press release.

Visit the New Hampshire Carbon Challenge website.