Resources

Global Warming 101

The BBC's website features an in depth expose on global warming, entitled Planet Under Pressure.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) diagram of Greenhouse Effect.

 

Know What The Government Knows

Visit the EPA Global Warming website.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN organization that includes the World Meterological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), published an extensive report entitled Climate Change 2001. The reports include compilation os sources from around the world and is therefore likely the most comprehensive writing on the issue. Updated findings from 2005 can be found here.

 

Check out the Energy Star @ Home Tool

Use the Energy Star @ Home Tool to find helpful tips for saving energy in every room of your house.

 

See the Al Gore Movie

The Al Gore documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth, includes broad, easy to watch perspective on global warming and what we can do about it.

 

Watch the Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel is airing a piece hosted by Tom Brokaw entitled Global Warming: What You Need to Know, with Tom Brokaw. There are interviews with numerous scientists, including several former skeptics and "fence-sitters," and a section about what you can do to make a difference.

 

Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is

Below is a list of non-profit organizations that is working to effect change. Click on a logo to go directly to their donation page:

	World Wildlife Fund is a leader in the field of climate science and a persuasive advocate for emissions reductions and increases in the use of renewable energy resources and energy efficient technologies. Partnering with innovators in business and industry, WWF is influencing behavior and changing attitudes.
	Rainforest Action Network's Zero Emissions Campaign works to end America’s oil dependence, to reduce oil related conflicts and to stop global climate change by convincing the auto industry to dramatically improve fuel efficiency and to eliminate vehicle greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
	The Sierra Club Foundation fights to preserve wilderness and protect environmental quality worldwide through a powerful combination of education, scientific research, publishing and litigation.

 

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