Clean Air - Cool Planet Releases Report on ARPA-E: Offers a Roadmap to America's Energy Future

The report, ARPA-E: An Energy Future Transformed, was funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and authored by Dr. Jane A. Alexander, a former Deputy Director of DARPA and the first Deputy Director of the Homeland Security Advanced Projects Research Agency (HSARPA). The goal of the report is to help the Administration and Congress understand the specific structural needs, characteristics and skill sets that will be necessary in the leadership of the new agency.

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..

Tracking Change

Records of physical and biological seasonal events (e.g. ice-out, lilac bloom, snowfall and snow cover) point to changes already evident in the Northeast.

Find out what climate scientists say about our winters...

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.

Arctic Sea Ice Thinner and Younger

2007 was the year that broke the record for the least amount of sea ice in the arctic, but according to scientists, the ice cover during the summer of 2008 shows signs that the ice is younger and thinner than ever before. Read the article...

Current state of arctic ice from the National Snow and Ice Data Center

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.

Climate Impacts in the Northeast

A report published by the Union of Concerned Scientists documents current impacts of climate change on our region and examines future impacts under two different scenarios. This is the most comprehensive look at what climate change means "close to home" since the Northeast Regional Assesment five years ago. Download the report.

Symposium Examines Climate Change

CA-CP's Adam Markham joined many prominent speakers at the New York Botanical Garden Climate Change: Prospects for Nature symposium. You can read what fellow presenters - including Al Gore, Bill McKibben, UNH's Cameron Wake and Cornell's David Wolfe - had to say in this press release, or check out the webcast.

"Too Hot Not to Handle"

This documentary, featuring interviews with top climate scientists as well as some analysis of solutions, first aired on HBO on Earth Day and is available (free) for educators by request. Check it out.

Northeast Leading the Fight Against Climate Change

In August 2001 the landmark New England Governors’ and Eastern Canadian Premiers’ Regional Climate Change Action Plan – the first regional climate change plan in the nation - was signed, and it’ s now being implemented.

What’s in the Plan, and what do it and the new Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) mean for the Northeast? Learn more...

Clean Energy Incentives

An increasing number of new policies and programs support renewable energy and conservation. A resource to help you learn what grants or tax credits your project might qualify for: the EPA's guide to state and local clean energy programs.

California's Vision

California has raised the bar in US climate policy, setting out aggressive mandatory carbon cuts over the coming decades. Read more.