Clean Air-Cool Planet Supports Waxman-Markey

Clean Air-Cool Planet – the leading science-based, bipartisan non-profit organization dedicated to finding and promoting solutions to global warming – applauds Chairmen Henry Waxman and Ed Markey for their work to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act, a monumental piece of legislation that promises to transform America’s energy future and help tackle the global climate crisis. Read the full statement...

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.

Register now for Local Energy Solutions 2009

The hall is filling up for Local Energy Solutions 2009, Saturday, June 20th at the Grappone Center in Concord. Officials will be on hand at the conference to explain how some $75 million in funds will be made available this year to local communities.  Conference pre-registration is $20 for one, $35 for two people, and $45 for three, but pre-registration will end at noon on Friday, June 19th.  Admission at the door will be $30.  Find out more at www.carboncoalition.org/Conference.

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.

NH Senator Jeanne Shaheen to be Keynote Speaker at Upcoming LEC Conference

Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) has agreed to be the keynote speaker at the First Annual Local Energy Committees Conference on June 20th. Senator Shaheen, who is a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, will be speaking about local energy solutions for the state of New Hampshire. For more information, please visit http://www.carboncoalition.org/Conference.

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.