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5 Ways Congress Can Help Build Stronger and Safer Communites After Harvery

CAPA's recommended Action plan to protect the climate

A draft of a letter you can send to your Senator to oppose Trump's war on the climate.

Senate Bill Introduced by Michael Bennet to Rescind the Anti-Climate Executive Order: More Than 30 U.S. Senators Highlight Potential Threats to Economy and Environment

Trump’s Executive Order is the Opposite of Good Business Practices: Ironically, in private enterprise, the president has sought to protect his property from climate change.

Climate Progress with or Without Trump: No matter what roadblocks the White House and Congress throw up, the United States can meet the commitment it made in Paris Climate Conference.

What’s at Stake in Trump’s Proposed E.P.A. Cuts - What is at stake as Congress considers the E.P.A. budget? Far more than climate change.

Research article, 3/22/16: Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2 degree C global warming could be dangerous. James Hansen et al, (eighteen global scientists).

Dahr Jamail, “Unprecedented” Polar Melting Unfolds as Climate disruption Denial Goes Wild, Truthout, January 9, 2017.

Howard Marano and Cathleen Kelly, 3 Reasons Why Undermining the Paris Climate Agreement Would Be Bad for Business, The Center for American Progress, Energy and Environment, January 13, 2017.

Bill McKibben, A World At War: We Are Under Attack from Climate Change – and our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WW11, The New Republic, August 15, 2016

Amory B. Lovins, Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute: Closing Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Will Save Money And Carbon, June 22, 2-16

TomDispatch.com: Michael Klare, Welcome to a New Planet; Climate Change “Tipping Points” and the Fate of the Earth, October, 2015

Former FERC Chief Jon Wellinghoff Speaks Out on Grid Security and Distributed Generation, Chip Register, Contributor, February 9, 2015. (originally published in Forbes)

Energy and Environmental Science, 2015, Jacobson et al., Here’s what it would take for the US to run on 100% renewable energy. (Updated by David Roberts: June 9, 2015)

Most Americans Say They Back Climate Action, Poll Finds

Coral Davenport and Marjorie Connelly, NYT, January 30, 2015

Climate resources compiled by Chicago Area Peace Action (CAPA) and the CAPA Climate Group, a working committee.

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