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GOVERNMENT AND FIVE COLLEGE LINKS
Books
Drawdown (100 Answers) – List of 100 Solutions (but read the book)
AT THIS TIME – WHERE WE ARE – Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’ 25 – State of Climate World Meteorological Organization 25 – Where Did the IRA Funds Went 25
2024 Massachusetts Climate Report Card | Mass.gov 25
Falter – Negative on prospects
45 Sustainability Resources – Great links with descriptions
314 Action – STEM folks into Politics
350 – CO2 reduction
475 High Performance Building Supply
Activists Global Witness (monitoringviolence against climate activists) 24
Advisor on Residential Electrification EnergySage 24 – Zero Homes 24
Acadia Center for Clean Energy Solutions 22
Activism 21 See Women – Champions of the Earth – UN 23
Adaption to CC – Global Center on Adaptation – More
African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative – AFR100 23
Africa – More – Africa & Climate Talks 23
Agriculture See also Farms – More –More – Regenerative 22
Agriculture U.S. Department of 22
Agrivoltaics – See Farms & PV Agrivoltaics – Raise Efficiency – Solar Parks – Crop Increase – Better Crops – Win Win – More & Better – Bees – Animals –Wine – Bright Idea – Trackers – Clearinghouse 21 – Promise 22 – NREL Report on PV US 22 – Upheld in Studies 24
Air Capture See Carbon Removal
Air Polution – Wildfires – Health – Years off Lives – Diesel – Poison in the Air – EPA 21 – France 22 – Agrivoltaics Funding 22 – Cows & Methane 22 – Air Quality Real-time Index Visual Map US 23 – Air Quality Index South Hadley, MA 23 – Air Quality by Zip Code 23 – American Lung Association 23 – Threat to Health 23 – Fine Particulates 23 – Air Quality Guidelines 23 – Air Quality Monitoring 24 – Millions with Bad Air US See the State of your Air 24 – Smoke Polution Ready Home 24 – Air Pollutants Led to Disproportionately – High Deaths Among Black Americans 24 – Clean Air Act EPA 24
Air Travel See Electric Vehicles Links
Agriculture U.S. Department of 22
AIA Urgent Climate ActionAI and the Digital Climate Revolution 23
Air travel see Electric Vehicle Links – Contrail Mitigation 22
Air Quality – See Pollution & Wildfires – Deaths – Compare Your Air- Spfld. MA to Boston 23 – 120 Million People 23 – Indoor Air Quality 23 – Air Now gov 23 – Air Quality & Wildfire Smoke 23 – Safety in Toxic Outside Air 23 – Worldwide 23 – Smoke 23 – Wildfire Smoke CA 23 – Air Quality Life Index 23 – US Risk Assessment 24 – MassAir Quality 24
Alan Betts – VT Climate Chance Activis
Al Gore See videos
Alliance for Climate Protection 23
Alliance for Sustainable Building Products 23
Alliance to End Plastic Waste 24
All In Energy – Equitable Distribution of Green Energy 23
American Cities Climate Challenge(Renewable Energy) 23
American Clean Power Association
American Climate Corps 23 – First Class of American Climate Corps 24
American Conservation Coalition 25
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Physics – Climate change
Americans for Prosperity (Koch Bros.) 22
American Resilience Project 22
American Society of Landscape Architects
Answers to Climate Change Questions NYT
API – American Petroleum Institute – Source Watch
Amherst’s Russ Vernon-Jones 22
Anxiety-Eco 22 – Anxiety on Climate 22 – Details 22 – End of the World as We Know it 22 – Anxiety on Climate 22 – Coping 22 – Nature’s Benefits 23 – Earth Sounds BBC 23 – Nature Sounds 23 – In Children 23 – Past & Present 23 – Climate-Aware Online Therapist Directory 23 – Understanding Eco-anxiety 23 – CC in the American Mind 2 – Manage Eco-anxiety 24 – Joyful Climate Action 24 – Climate Anxiety & the US Election 25
Architects Climate Action Network 22
Architecture – Bullitt Center – Top 10 – Wood & Tye Farrow 23
Area Medium Income (Need for some Incentives)- Fanie Mae 22
Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science 22
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education 24
Art for the Climate 24 – Open license art for local projects 24
Arctic See Oceans
Aquaculture 101 – 24 -See Ocean
Aviation See Electric Vehicles in Links
Axios Energy & Environment News 22
Banks See Finance
Batteries See Storage – Is a Residential Battery Worth It 24 – Enhancing Safety 24 – Questions Before You Buy a Home Battery 24 – Long-Duration Energy Storage 24
Bees (See Insecticide) – If All the Bees Died 23 – Toxic Pesticides 23 – Saving America’s Pollinators Act 23 – Bees 23 – Higher Fertilizer Use Reduces Pollinators by Half 25
Beneficial Electrification League 24
Berkshire Environmental Action Team 23
Bikes See EV
Biden Invokes Defense Production Act 22 – Washington Updates 22 – Executive Order 22 – Jobs Growth 24
Billions in Change – Water Energy Agriculture Health
Biochar – More – What is Biochar 23 – Carbon Removal 23 – Biochar CO2 Removal from Air & Walter 24 – Easthampton Inventor 24 – Biochar in Use 24 – Lasting Biochar 25
Biodiversity – WWF 22 – UN Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework 22 – UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) 22 – Biological Diversity & CC 23 – Biodiversity Threatened WWF Report 23 – Biodiversity for a Livable Climate 24
Center for Biological Diversity 23
Biomass – Forests – Springfield – More – Bioenergy 101 22 – Biomass Energy Overview 24 – Biomass (See Biomass) CDR pros & Cons 24
Biomimicry – Institute – Biomimicry Examples 25
Bioluminescence – Human Use 22
Birds 22 – Birds on the Brink 23
Blue Carbon 22 – More 22 – Blue Carbon 23 – Blue Carbon in Mitigation 23
Boats – More – More – More – More – Ship Kite 22
Books & CC – Tree to Me – The Society of Authors 23 – Society of Authors Begins Campaign 23 – Sustainability Industry Forum 23
Bronowski Jacob – Tragedy of Mankind
Brookings on Climate Change
Builders for Climate Action 22
Building See Passive House
Building Code – Decarbonizing – Energy Star 3.2 – 22 – Building Energy Code Mass 23 – Energy Code Updates MA 23 – Federal Building Performance Standard 23 – Washington Building Codes Requiring Heat Pumps 23 – Stretch Energy Code MA 24
Building Decarbonization Coalition 23 – Decarbonizing & COP 23 – Federal Blueprint to Decarbonize Buildings 24 – Better Built Homes at Any Budget 24 – Home Insulation Savings Installation 24 – Eliminate Carbon Emissions from Buildings 25 – Building Retrofitting | Project Drawdown 25
Building Electrification Accelerator 22
Building Buildings & Embodied Carbon – Tax Credits – Embodied Carbon – Breathaboard 22 – Buy Good Wood 22 – Reclaimed Wood 22 – Carbon Footprint 22 – Carbon Emissions 22 – Deep 22 – Prefab Cabins 22 – Material Circularity 22 – Reuse 22 – Insulation 22 – Wooden 22 – Stone 22 – Housing 22 – Building Electrification Accelerator for Home Rule 22 – Deconstruction 22 – Manufactured homes & Energy 22 – Green Building Supply 22 – Small Planet Supply 22 – Straw Bale House 22 – Council on Tall Buildings 22 – Skyscrapers Bad ? 22 – Built Environment Plus 22 – Building Emissions Accounting for Materials 22 – Electric Community 23 – Decarbonization 23 – Eco Homes 23 – Building Electrification State-Level Factsheets 23 – ENERGY STAR 23 – Federal Investments in Buildings 24 – New Building Code is a Green Setback 24 – Green Upgrade Calculator 24 – Earthship House 24 – Federal Policy & Energy-Efficient Housing 24 – National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building 24 – Hurricane-proof Community in FL 24 – Stretch Building Code in MA 24 – Green Builder Media 24 – Deep Energy Retrofits 24 – Builders Tackle CC with Wood, Lego-style Bricks, New Materials 25 – Buildings – Energy System 25 – International Energy Agency
Building Electrification Accelerator MA 24
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 22 – Saving the Old 22
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 23
Business and Sustainability – Maryville University – Pepsi – Pepsi – More – Apple – Oil – &Gov. – Start
Canary Media 22 – Clean Energy
Capitalism – Reimagined
Carbonauts See Videos in Links 24
Carbon Capture – see Video Links & Carbon Dioxide Removal below – More – More – Biden on Capture Carbon 22 – Band-Aid 22 – Climeworks – Carbfix – DOE 21 – More – More 22– On Trucks – History 22 – Carbon Capture NYC 22 – Carbon Capture Is ‘Band-Aid’ 23 – New Developments IPCC 23 – Growth in 22 — 23 – Why It’s Wrong 23 – Utilization and Sequestration 23 – Another Try 24 – Commercial Carbon Sequestration 24
C2ES – Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Carbon Credits 22 – Carbon-Credit & Carbon-Offset 22
Carbon Dioxide – Cost – 21 Level – 50% Higher 22 – Emissions by Countries 23
Carbon Credits 22 – Carbon-Credit & Carbon-Offset 22 – Buyers Guide to Carbon Credit Data Quality 24
Carbon Dioxide (See Emissions) – Cost – 21 Level – 50% Higher 22 – Emissions by Countries 23 – CO2 & Drylands Turning Green 24 – History of Carbon Dioxide Emissions 24
Carbon Fee & Dividend Citizens Climate Lobby 23
Carbon Neutral – See Net Zero – More
Carbon Offsets 21 – Tanzania 22 – Carbon Offsets Value 23 – Carbon Offsets – NRDC – The Guardian – Carbon Terms – Tracking – Best Programs 23 – Is Carbon Offsetting Greenwashing? 23 – Carbon Offset Problems 23 – Resetting Carbon Offsets 23 – Update 24
Carbon Pricing Bill Comparison on Capitol Hill
Carbon Pricing – see Citizens Climate Lobby and Carbon Tax – More – More – More – More 21 – BTU Tax 22
Carbon Removal See Biochar 44.01 Removal 22 – Remove Carbon Out of the Ocean 23 – Growing 23 – Climeworks: European CO2 Removal 23 – Soil & Carbon 23 – Ocean Carbon Removal 24 – Air Capture Research 24 – Carbon Dioxide Removal – See Carbon Capture Above – Washington Post – Realistic? – Tech. – More – More – Feasibility – More – More – Direct Air Capture 22 – Crop Sequestering 22 – Crop Sequestering 22 – More 22– More – More – Unavoidable 22 – Climeworks 22 – RMI 22 – Getting CO2 Out out of Atmosphere 22 – Soils 22 – Removal A Must 22 – Climate Math 23 – Energy Solution 23 – Projects Leap Forward 23 – Carbon Removal in Many Ways 23 – 44.01 Removal 22 – Remove Carbon Out of the Ocean 23 – Growing 23 – Climeworks: European CO2 Removal 23 – With Rocks 23 – Carbon Dioxide Removal to Ocean NOAA 24 – Ocean Carbon Removal 24 – Marine CO2 Removal 24 – World’s Largest Plant Opens 24 – CDR 24 – Emission Reduction and CDR (scholarly articles) 24 – Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) 24 – MA Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act (S.2096) 24 – Ocean CDR 24 – Greenhouse Gas Removal Removal Roadmap 25 – Carbon Dioxide Removal Advances 25
Carbon Removal Policy Tracker 23
Carbon Tax – China – Citizens’ Climate Lobby – EU’s Carbon Border Tax 23 – EU Sets Carbon Border Tax 23
Careers see Jobs
Carnegie Europe (Climate Action) 22
Cement See Concrete
Center for Biological Diversity
Center For Climate Change Communication 23
Center For Climate and Energy Solutions
https://www.umass.edu/engineering/organizations/energy-transition-institute
Center for International Climate Research 23
Clean Energy Corps At U Mass 22
Clean Energy Transmission Working Group MA 23
Challenge of Climate Change – Peril and Promise PBS series – We Crossed 6 of 9 ‘Planetary Boundaries 23
Children talk To & Teaching – NRDC 22 – Energy Kids EIA 23 – Climate Kids NASA 23 – The Green Team 23 – Learning and Teaching on Environment EPA 23 – ENERGY STAR Kids Page 23 – Books for Kids 24
Children Activists See Youth
Churches Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light 24 – Churches on Clean Power 24
Cities – Cities See Inflation Reduction Act – Cities – Recycling – Green New Deal – Chicago – Ithaca – Sprawl – Ithaca – MA 22 – National League of Cities on CC 23 – Cities – Cities (Clean) DOE Publications – Cities Sinking – No to Gas 22 – With Nature 22 – Wetlands in Cities 22 – MA Cities Banning New fossil Fuel Hookups 23 – Cities Sinking – Cities $ the Inflation Reduction Act IRA 23 – Cities & Rain 23 – Zero-emission Zones in Cities 24
Citizens’ Climate Lobby – Carbon Fee and Distribution Federal Law
Clean Cities (MA) Coalition Network
Clean Energy Center MASS (CEC) Benefits – Massachusetts Clean Energy & Climate Plan 22 – Buildings in the MA 22
Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship 22
Clean Energy States Alliance 22
Clean Energy States Alliance 23
Clean Heat Standard MA Explained 24 – Clean Heat Standard MA .GOV 24 – Clean Heat Standard To Speed Energy Shift 24
Clean Peak Energy Standard Review MA DOER 24
Clean Water Action 23 – Climate Action 23
Climate Action Against Disinformation 23
Climate Action Now – Western Mass
Climate Action Simulator EN-ROADS
Climate Anxiety Climate Psychology Alliance 23
Climate Cardinals Youth Language Interpreting 22
Climate Connections Audio Archives Yale 24
Climate Change and Development
Climate Change Future – Links – Cost – New England – Solutions to CC from Drawdown 24
Climate Change Graphics – 2016
Climate Change – Speed – 2021
Climate Change News – 55 Sources annotated
CC in the US : Beliefs & Attitudes 24
Climate and Clean Air Coalition 24
Climate & Clean Energy Equity Fund 22
Climate Defense Project (Lawyers & CC) 23
Climate Disobedience Center 23
Climate Group (Faster Action on CC) 24
Climate Interactive – simulation tools for Climate Change
Climate Investigations Center 22
Climate Jobs National Resource Center 22
Climate Justice Alliance 22 see Racial and Ethnic Injustice
Climate Justice see Racial and Ethnic Injustice – Yale Report on Climate Justice 23 – Supporters of Climate Justice 23 – Justice 40 Initiative Gov 23
Climate Migration See Migration
Climate Policy Resource Center US – World Resources Institute 23
Climate Reality Project – Grassroots Orgination Development
Climate Psychology Alliance 23
Climate Reality Leadership Corps Trainings 24
Climate Reanalyzer – Good Maps and Graphics
Climate Resilience – National Association of Climate Resilience Planners 22
Climate Resilient Schools Coalition 24
Climate-Smart Commodities | USDA 23
Climate System Research Center 24
Climate Trace Emissions Tracking 22
Climate x Change – Carbon pricing
Clothing See Fashion Cotton – More 21
The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education 23
Coal Decline – Wyoming – Adapt – Culture – Explosion
Coal See Fossil Fuels
Codes (See Permitting) Code MA Stretch 22 – Stretch Energy Code MA 22 – Building Electrification Accelerator 22 – Energy Codes (3) MA 23
College Students & Sustainability 22
Communities Responding to Extreme Weather 25
Community Involved In Sustaining Agriculture 22
Community Solar 22 – RMI 22 – Community Solar – National Community Solar Partnership DOE 22 – Community Solar 101 – 23
Companies and Climate Action See Greenwashing 23 – Not Living Up Pledges 23 – New Climate Institute (Co. Monitor) 23
Compost 22 – Composting 101 — 23 – Compostable Plastics Not True 24 – NYC & Composting 25 – NYC & Composting 25
Community Action (Energy Efficiency Programs Greenfield) MA 24
Concrete – X Prize – Conducting – Green – Low-Carbon 22 – Contractors 22 – Low-Carbon Concrete 23 – Carbon Capture Non-Cement Concrete 23 – Decarbonizing 23 – Sublime Systems Low Carbon Cement 24 – Clean Cement 24 – Low Carbon Cement Goes Commercial 24 – Investing in Green Concrete 24 – Clean Cement & Aluminum Byproduct 25
Connected Solutions Battery Incentive Program (MassSave) 22
Conservation Law Foundation 24
Consumerism see Shopping
Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (see Friends of) 23
Cooking See Solar Cooking, Induction and Gas Stove
Cooling Buildings– More – Desert – Passive – More 22
Cool Roof DOE (See Paints) – Cool Roof EPA – Cool Roof Technology 23 – Breakthrough Materials 23 – Really Cool 23 – Daytime Radiative Cooling 24
Cooling Buildings– More – Desert – Passive – More 22
Conservative Climate Caucus (Republicans on CC…..) 23
Conference of Parties COP26 UN Climate Change Conference – EV Emissions 21 – 7 Countries – Progress – India – Coal – Politics – Disapppointed – More 21 – COP27 UN Climate Change Conference 22 – Priorities 22 – New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance 22 – COP ‘Greenwashing’ 22 – Events Listing from WRI 22 – Cop 27 has 600 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists 22 – Goodbye to 1.5°C ? 22 – Loss & Damage Fund 22 – Hydrogen 22 – Food Security 22 – 1.5C Climate Goal Died 22 – Summary 22 – Events 22 – COP 101 23 – Cop 28 A Day at COP 28 (Conference of the Parties) 23 – The End Of The 1.5°C 23 – Outcomes and Next Steps 23 – COP29 Falls Short 24 – COP29 Outcomes 24 – COP29 Unhappy Results 24
Conservation Law Foundation For New England 24
COP See Conference of Parties
Corporations See Business above
Cost of Electricity (See Efficiency)
Only Half States Try to Cut Eneegy Bills 25 – MA Partnership with Utility Companies to Lower Costs 25 – Utility Rates 25 – Rates Recommendations in MA 25 – Rate Study MA 25 – Electric Rates – Will Brownsberger 25
Cybersecurity NREL 22 – Guide 22 – Energy 22 – Energy 22
Data – Pioneer Valley – World Trace – Risk – Mass – Energy – Energy – EV – Climate Watch Data – States – Climate Watch 22 – NREL 22 – Land & Carbon Lab 22 – Ice 22 – Land use 22 – World Population 22 – Price of Residential Electricity US 22 – Price of Residential Electricity US 22 – US Electricity Sources 22 – PV in US 22 – EV Worldwide 22 – Solar 22 – Risk Data 23 – Data For Good 23 – US CC Assessment 23 – Air Quality Life Index 23 – Charts for 23 – Solar Data 24 – Cheat Sheet 24 – Climate Data Platforms 24 – Renewables Progress 24 – Effects of Emissions Data 24 – Energy Charts by Country 24 – States Not Working on CC 24 – Don’t Blame Clean Energy for Rising Electric Bills 24 – Earth System Science Data 24 – Open Energy Data Initiative 24 – State Climate Policy Dashboard 24 – Crops Most Threatened by Water Shortages 24 – Clean Energy Transition, in 10 Charts 24 – Graphs of the Too Small Grid 25 – 2024 State of the Climate Report 25 – Where Did Billions in Climate Funding Go 25 – Renewable Energy By State 25 – End of (Presidential) Term Web Archive 25
Decarbonizing Building Heat in Massachusetts 23 – See Buildings – Decarbonize the U.S. Housing 23 – Decarbonization Consultations | Residential | Mass Save – House Deep MA Dishes Out $53M to Decarbonize Afordable Housing 24 – Decarbonize Big Buildings Without Disturbing Tenants 24 – MA Decarbonization Roadmap 24 – Decarbonizing Steel and Concrete: Urgency 24 – MA Decarbonization Roadmap 24
Decarbonization See Building
Degrowth – Post-growth or Degrowth 25
Deniers Plotting Against the Clean Energy 24
Depave 24 – Depaving Movement 24
Dept. of Defense Environmental Research Programs 22
Dept. of Energy Resources (DOER), MA 21
Dept of Energy 22 – Newsroom 22 – Guide to the DOE 24
Dept. of Environmental Protection, MA 21
Direct-air-capture Plant In US 23 See Carbon Capture & Videos – Direct Air Capture & Geothermal 24
Clean Energy States Alliance 24
Direct Pay 23 See IRA & Video Links- Incentives 23 – Direct Pay (Elective pay or Point of Sale Payment) 23 – Direct Pay & the IRA 23 – Local Gov & Direct Pay 23 – Local Government Incentives 23 – Dir pay IRS Release Guidance 23 – Tips for Local Gov. 24 – Integrating Elective Pay Tax Credits into Government Procurement and RFPs 24
Prepare for Natural Disasters For Seniors 23 (See Weather & Stores)
Disinformation During COP 27 23 – Disinformation & Threats 24
Distributed Energy Resources & Location (See Solar Links Page) 24 – Distributed Locational Value of Distributed Energy Resources 24 – DER & Storms 24
Divestment – Churches – Churches – Cities – Churches – College – Rugers – Campus – Law – Campus – More 21 – In 2021– More 22 – Colleges 22 – Harvard 22 – Divestment Year In Review 2022 – 22 – Legal Complaints Against Universities 23 – University Profiting 23 – Simple Legal Strategy 23
Drawdown Project – Foundations – Drawdown Roadmap 23 – Drawdown Climate Solutions Library 24
Drought see also Water & Heatstroke – CA – Dust Bowl – US West – Rivers– Maps – Indigenous – CO – Hydropower – Mega 22 – Cloud Seeding 22 – U.S. Drought Monitor 22 – NASA 22 – Dams 22 – 17 Countries 22 – NOAA 22 – Arizona 22 – Colorado River: Water Allocations 22 – Colorado River 22 – Up 29% 22 – Western U.S. – CC & Drought 22 – Extreme US 22 – MA 22 – New England 22 – EU Rivers 22 – Rio Grande 22 – Deforestation & Collagen 23 – Drought US 23 – Drought 101 24 – Texas 24 – Drought Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi 24 – National Integrated Drought Information System 25 – U.S. Drought Portal 25
DSIRE – Green Funding Listing by State 24
Earth 911 – Hopeful Ideas on reuse
Earthjustice (Lawyers for Climate) 25
Earth. Org 24 – EarthOrg CCVideos 24
Earth Wise – NPR radiio show
Earthworks – Ending Oil & Gas pollution 22
Economics See Finance
Ecotalk (@EcotalkMobile) / Twitter 22 – Eco Talk Students Communication 25
Education – see Jobs, Training & Youth – Career Path for Green Careers – Education 22 – Wind 22 – Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship 22 – Unity College, Environmental College 22 – EPA & Green Colleges 22 – The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education 23 – Sustainable Schools Project 23 – MTA Climate Action Network 23 – Continuing Education credits for AIA and GBCI 23 – Built Environment Plus Education & Trainings 24
Efficient Window Collaborative
Efficiency Next Generation Energy Efficiency 25 – Expanding Our Vision of Energy Efficiency 25
Electric Power Research Institute 24
Electricity Cost See Cost of Elecrticity
Electrify Everything – More – IRA for Home 23 – Renters Electrification 24
E&E News – Greenwire, Climatewire & Greenwire (some subscription)
Electrify Everything Lawnmowers, Chainsaws, & More 23 – Electrify Everything in Your Home (106 pages) 23 – Electrification 24 – Electricity Rate Reform MA 25
Electricity Cost Colorado and Connecticut Utilities Lower Bills 25
Embodied Carbon 101 – 23 – In Building MA 23
Emissions Tracking Climate Trace 22 – See Carbon Dioxide & Methane – Worst Nations 22 – New England 22 – US EPA 22 – Emissions Yale 22 – Carbon Bombs 22 – 100 Leading Companies 22 – – Calculations 22/ – Emissions 22 – World Emissions 22 – Emissions Gap 22 – Climate Breakdown 22 – Sulfur-Hexafluoride 23 – Emissions by country 23 – London Ultra Low Emissions Zone 23 – World Sources 23 – Fine Particulate Concentrations Globally 23 – 99% Breathe Dangerous Particulate Matter 23 – Wildfires & Ozone Layer Damage 23 – CO2 Emissions by Countries 23 – By State 23 – 1/4 of US emissions are from Public Land 23 – Cleaning up Steel, Cement and Chemicals 23 – Steel and Cement 23 – UN Emissions Gap 23 – Methane SAT Emissions Transparency 24 – Effects of Emissions Data 24 – Undercounting Emissions 24 – Municipal Light Plants in MA Emissions 24 – Reduction Rate Since IRA 24 – Vehicle Emissions Standards EPA 24 – Zero-emission Zones in Cities 24 – CO2 Increasing 10x Faster 24 – CO2 Emissions History 24 – Agricultural Emissions 24 – Chemicals and Climate 24 – Benefits of Emission Cuts 24 – Record High Emissions for 2023 _ 24 – Private Jet Flights 24 – Map of Methane Emissions 25 – Explanation of Why Methane over CO2 is Important Short Term 25 – Emissions Carbon Mapper Methane, CO2 Detection Satellite 25 – World’s Top 10 Emitters 25 – Half of Emissions from 36 Fossil Fuel Companies 25
Energy Audit – Mass Save S. Hadley residences must use IOU (Investor owned utility) – 25 C Program 23
Energy Audit in South Hadley – Self Audit
Energy and Buildings Journal 23
Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit 22
Energy Efficiency Advisory Council MA 24
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Energy Efficiency Resource 24 – Energy Efficiency 24
Energy Flows Diagrams & Decarbonization 23
Energy Information Agency (U.S.)
Energy Markets & Policy (Berkeley Lab) 24
Energy Mix Productions Searchable Site 22
Energy New England – MLP COOP 22
Energy Policy Simulator By State 23
Energy Research & Social Science 22
Energy Star (Efficiency) 22 – Overview 23
Energy Transitions Commission 22
Energy & Sustainability Commission | Northampton, MA 22
Energy Transition Accelerator 25
Ener-G-Save – Thermal imaging of homes. Not available in South Hadley
Engine Ventures (Funding Greener Industries) 24
En-Roads – CC Simulator
Environmental Defense Fund – Victories
Environmental and Energy Study Institute 23
Environmental Enforcement Watch 25
Environmental Justice – see Racism Below – We Act for Environmental Justice 23 – Environmental Justice Office 23
Environmental League of Massachusetts 23
Environmental Protection Agency – Data – More – More – More – Green – Supreme Court 22 – EPA is OK 22
Environmental Research Letters 22
Environmental Science & Technology Journal 24
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) 22 See Racial – ESG 23 – Value – See Finance ) 23 – ESG & US 23 – ESG Cautions SEC 23
Environmental Voter Project 24
Environmental Working Group 24
EquiSol – Clean Energy For All 24
Evaporative Cooling – AC with less cost
Exterior Foam Panel Insulation 23
Equity see Racism
Fake News See Talking & Fisinformation- Falsehoods on Renewables 24 – Disinformation 24
Falter – Bill McKibben
Family Forest Carbon Program 22
Famine See Food
Fanie Mae Area Median Income (AMI) 22
Farms – See Food & Sustainable Agriculture – Indoor Vertical – Soul Fire Farm 22 – Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations 22 – Cropland Expansion 22 – Beef Production 22 – Beef 22 – Vertical 22 – Vertical 22 – Less Fertilizer 22 – EV Challenges 22 – Manure-Eating Worms 22 – Factory Farming 22 – Regenerative Farming 22 – Diet for the Earth 22 – Simple Gifts Farm Amherst MA 22 – Stop Factory Farms 22 – Organic Farming: History 22 – Pause & Pivot Farm MA 23 – Farming, Forests & Food Systems 23 – Regenerative Farming (Small Scale) 23 – Agricultural Pesticides 23 – Improving Crop Yield 24 – Vertical Farming 101 24 – Agricultural Emissions 24 – Regenerative Farming, Forests & Food Systems Group 24 – Real Organic Project 24 – 70% Of US Farmers Are Open to PV 24 – Crops Most Threatened by Water Shortages 24 – Red Seaweed to Reduce Cow Methane Emissions 24 – ‘Forever Chemicals’ Used on Farms 25 – Farming & the Fate of Planet Earth 25 – Rice Paddies That Are Less Gassy 25 – Svalbard ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault & Climate-hardy Crops 25 – Prairie Strips to Reduce Erosion 25
Fashion Best Eco-Friendly Clothing 24 – Fashion Revolution 24 – Fast Fashion 101 24 – – Secondhand Clothing Market 24 – Slow Fashion 24
Federal Agencies Climate Guidance Report 23
Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) 22
Federal Register on Greenhouse Gas Emissions 23
Finance – See Investing & Green Banks – Mass. – Green Bank – More 22 – Individual 23 – Third Act – Stopping Dirty Banks 23 – Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns 23 – Equator Principles Association 23 – Banking on Climate Chaos Report 23 – BankTrack – Banks and Climate 23 – Transition Finance 24 – Green Bonds 24 – Banking on Climate Chaos 24 – Inflation and climate 24 – Clean Hydrogen Finance 24 – Investment in the Energy Transition 25 – Building Bigger and Cleaner Industries 25 – Climate Finance in 25 – Oil Is Unlikely To Be a Good Investment 25
Fires See Windfires
First Street Foundation (Weather Risk) 23
Floods – Flooding – Detroit – Europe – Costs – Gardens – Coastal Risk Maps 22 – In TN 22 – FEMA 22 – Insurance 22 – National Flood Insurance Program 22 – Houses in the Sea 22 – Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) DOE 22 – Mangroves and Coral 22 – Salt Water 22 – Kentucky Floods 22 – CA 22 – Southern US 22 – Compensation 22 – Flood Safety Manual – Flood-hit Pakistan 23 – FEMA’s Flood Buyouts 23 – 3.2 Million Leave High Flood Areas 23 – Flooding 101: All You Need to Know 24 – Map of Coastal Flooding Areas 24 – Flood Protection by Mangroves 24 – Vermont 25
Flying and Climate – More – More – More – More
Food and Land Use Coalition 22
Food – Famine – Potatoes – More – FEMA – Northampton 21 – Waste 22 – More 22 – Green Revolution 22 – Food Security 22 – Recycle 22 – Africa 22 – Food Security 22 – Bean New Deal 22/ – Waste 22 – Red Meat 22 – Eating the Earth 22 – Lab Grown Chicken 22 – Decarbonizing Food 22 – Food Security 22 – Food Catastrophe in Africa 22 – Food & CC 23 – Beef and Climate 23 – Mushrooms Near Trees 23 – Loss and Waste 23 – Food & Water Watch 23 – Cultivated Meat Approved 23 – Waste Facts and Solutions 23 – 25 Sneaky Names for Palm Oil 23 – Loss & Waste 23 – Grain Report 23 – Sustainable Chocolate 24 – Cultivated Meat 24 – Reducing Food Waste 24 – Protein Requirements 24 – Sustainable Fish Buying Guide 24 – More on Beef 24 – Waste of a Billion Meals a Day 24 – Eating for the Environment 24 – Project Drawdown Food 24 – Sustainable Seafood (Blue Food) 24 – Less Meat More Land for Crops 24 – Food Waste Reduction 24 – Food Waste Turned into Profit 24 – Food Waste Turned into Profit 24 – Greenwashing Beef 24 – Food Waste & Gleaning 25
Forest Fire See Wildfires
Forests For All – Forests also see Trees, Toilet Paper and Wildfires – Reforestation – Mass Woods – Fires – New Forests 22 – Declined by 60% Since 1960 22 – Forest Bathing 22 – Logging Old Growth 22 – Recovering Forests 23 – Forests Benefit Cities 23 – Causes & Cures of Tropical Forests Loss 23 – Wood Harvests & Carbon 23 – Wood & CC 23 – Timber’s Climate Impact 23 – Friends of Conte (Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge) 23 – MA Forests (Text in Center) 23 – Rubber & Forest Loss 23 – Rust Beetles & Whitbark Pine 24 – Wins 24 – Global Land Squeeze 23 – Threatened Forests 24 – World’s Forests Losses 24 – Wildfires Affect 24 – Trees & Land Failing as Carbon Sinks 24 – Forest Loss in 23 – 24 – Threatened Old Growth Forests 24
Forest Declaration Assessment 23
‘Forever Chemicals’ PFAS 22 – US Waterways 22 – Degrade Forever Chemicals 22 – Fresh Water Fish 23 – PFAS In Humans 23 – Destroy Forever Chemicals’ in Water 23 – In Your Home 23 – PFAS in Sewage Sludge Used as Fertilizer 25
FOSSIL FUELS
COAL
Coal – Coal – Coal in China – Coal Plans Scrapped – Gentle Phase Out – Down – Fire Under Ground – Open-Pit Mining 22 – China’s Coal 22 – Coal Workers US 22 – China Shapes Coal 22 – Renewables Cheaper than Coal 23 – Chinese Coal Boom 23 – China’s Coal 23 – Coal Phasing Out 23 – Toxic Coal Ash 23 – China’s Coal Down 23 – US Coal Down to 20% 23 – Last New England Coal Power Plant Closes 24 – Global Coal Plant Tracker 24 – Coal Increased 2% 24 – EPA on Coal Emissions 24 – Zombie coal plants 24 – Coal to Nuclear 24 – Powering Past Coal 24 – Wind and Solar Overtook Coal 24 – The Decline of Coal 24 – Uneconomic Coal Plants Hurt our Health 25
GAS
Gas – Gas – Gas – Gas – LNG 21 – Gas 21 – LNG 21 – Gas 21 – NYC Ban 21 – Health Costs of Gas Power Plants 22 – Liquified Natural Gas (Methane) 22 – Fracking 22 – Natural Gas & Hydrogen are NOT the Answers 22 – Carbon Capture 22 – Liquid Natural Gas 22 – Gas Bans in MA 22 – LNG Expansion 23 – NY Ban on “Natural” Gas 23 – Natural Gas Delivery Problems 23 – US Exporting More LNG 23 – Fracking 23 – LNG 23 – Renewable Propane Cost 23 – Phase Out Natural Gas In MA 23 – Gas Appliances’ Risks 23 – LNG exports By US 24 – LNG exports By US 24 – More LNG Terminals 24 – LNG Politics & Money 24 – Liquified Natural Gas 101 24 – Ban Gas in Mass 24 – Former Energy Sec. Pro Natural Gas & LNG 24 – Phase Out in MA 24 – LNG Export Terminal Approved 24 – Greenwashing Gas 24 – Gas Certification Greenwashing 24 – LNG in Texas Struck Down by Court 24 – MA Bill Passed to Reduce Gas Expansion 24 – Gas (Natural) Transition Allies 25 – MA DPU Trying to Shift Away from Gas 25 – Federal Judge Said Yes to Natural Gas Ban 25 – Attorney General on MA Gas Costs 25
OIL
Shell Co. – Court – Taken to task – Blows to Companies– Bankrupsy & Cleanup – Industry Deception – Shakeups – Peak Oil? – Exxon’s War on CC – Shell Co. – Big Oil – Courts Keystone – Exxon – Crimes – Frack – Oil Change International – Pipe Lines – Subsidies – Stranded Assets – Investigation Stories – Money –Congres & Subsides – Policy Delay – Woke Washing – Line 5 Pipeline – The True Cost – Econ. – Pro Oil – Testify – Oil Wells 22 – US Fracking 22 – Fuel Co. – Keystone – Exxon – Crimes – Frack – Pipe Spill – Econ. – More – Testify – Oil Bad 22 – Oil & Methane 22 – Exxon Mobil Corporation Lee Raymond 22 – Longest oil Spill 22 – Oil’s $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years 22 – PBS Frontline “The Power of Big Oil” see also Video 22 – Largest Oil Spills Since 1969 23 – Suing Big Oil 23 – Big Oil & PV 23 – Takedown of Keystone XL 23 – Oil Drilling in Alaska 23 – Peak Oil Debate 23 – Oil and Gas Auctions in the Gulf 23 – Peak Oil Update 23Oil Wells Abandoned & Leaking 24 – Prosecuting Big Oil 24 – Shell Says Yes to charging and No to Gasoline 24 – U.S. Crude Oil Exports in 2023 Reached a Record 24 – ExxonMobil Still Wrong 24 – Drilling In the Florida Everglades 24 – Senate Committee On Oil Disinformation 24 – Big Oil’s Big Money Influences Climate Research 24 – Big Oil’s Deception on CC House & Senate Report 24 – Shell Knew in 1988 24 – Oil Is Unlikely To Be a Good Investment 25
ALL
Subsidies – Subsidies – Bankruptcy – Subsidies – More – Flaring & Venting 22 – Beget Dictators 22 – Lifestyle Changes 22 – Tax Them All 22 – Fuels & Emissions US EIA 22 – Deception 23 – No Coal No Gas Campaign 23 – EPA Cuts Power Plant Pollution 23 – Cost Of Cleaning Up 22 – Fracking and Health 23 – Fracking 23 – COP28 Phaseout 23 – Oil & Gas Wastewater 23 – Carbon Bombs 23 – US Exports 23 – Not reduce Not abate Phaseout 23 – Renewables vs Fossil 23 – Highest Oil & Gas Production 23 – Federal Oil and Gas Auction in Gulf 23 – Social Cost of Carbon 23 – Volts (Podcast 23 – Against Fossil Fuels) 23 – Wood Pellets Not ‘Clean Energy’ 24 – Lies start in 1954 – 24 – Carbon Mapper Satellite 24 – Disinformation 24 – Fossil Fuel Industry Forget says about Climate Change 24 – New Rules for Utilities Emissions 24 – Sludge Fossil Fuels Newsletter 24 – Biden EPA Finalizes Rules on Coal & Gas Power Plants 24 – Corporate Disinformation 24 – Adopting Orphan Wells 24 – Methane Down A Bit 24 – Inefficiency of the Fossil Energy 24 – Wasting Energy with Fossil Fuels 24 – Department of the Interior Announces $775 Million to Plug Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells 24 – Fossil Fuel Companies Are Hijacking Our University Studies 24 – ‘Net-zero’ Banks Fund Fossil Fuels 24 – No Coal, No Gas In New England 24
Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative 24
Foundation for Environmental Stewardship – Canadian Youth 23
Fuel Cell Hydrogen 22 – Fuel Cell & Electrolyzer for Residents 22 – Fuel Cell 22
Funding Federal Funding Learning Series 23 – See Grants – Federal Funds Information for Local MA Gov. 24 – Government Grants & Loans 24 – Search Grants | Grants.gov 24 – Help in Solar Options & Funding 24 – EquiSol Funding 24 – Grants Offered by the Miller Worley Center Mount Holyoke College 24 – Federal Funding Slides 24 – Federal Funds & Infrastructure Office 24 – Federal Funds & Infrastructure Office Mass 25
Fusion 21 – Race To 22 – Breakthroughs 23 – New Possibilities 24 – Fusion – Bill Gates & Jeff Bezos 24 – Commonwealth Fusion Systems Milestone 25
Fusion Industry Association 22 – G20 Leads to COP28 – 23
Gardening Beginner Tips 22 – How to Grow Moss 23 – Gardening Tools Battery 24
Gas Natural See Fossil Fuels – Vs Hydrogen
Gas Stove Danger – Health Hazard – See Induction – Hidden Dangers – Asthma – More – Leaks 22 – Impact 22 – Methane Leaks – Linked to 12.7% of U.S. Childhood Asthma 23 – Gas Stoves Matter 23
Gas Equipment Rebates – Columbia Gas in MA
Gates, Bill – Get to Zero – Nukes
Geoengineering – More 5/5/19 – Study Only – A Really Dumb Idea – Marine Cloud Brightening 22 – More Brightening 22 – Bad Idea 22 – Latest Geoengineering 23 – Rogue Geoengineering 23 – US EU & Geoengineering 23 – Least Worst Climate Solution ? 23 – New Bad Ideas 24
Micrograms of Atmospheric Particulates Affect PV Generation 24
Geopolitics of Energy – WSJ – More 22
Geothermal – NREL – EERE – Ex Oil Workers Needed – Neighborhood 22 – NREL Report 21 – How Deep 22 – Definition 22 – Old Oil Wells 22 – DOE 22 – Mining & Geo. 22 – The Down Side 22 – Deep Geothermal 22 – IRA Incentives 23 – The Power of Geothermal 23 – Analysis Tool for Planning Geothermal 23 – DOE Funds 11 Community-scale 23 – Geothermal for Electricity 23 – History 23 – Impact on Environment 24 – Scaling Geothermal 24 – Geothermal Overview 24 – Project at Mount Holyoke College 24 – A Gas Company Goes Geothermal 24 – HEET Networking Thermal Energy (Gerthermal) 24 International Geothermal Association 24 – Next Generating Geothermal 24 – HEET Networking Thermal Energy (gas leaks to geothermal) 24 – Potential 25 – Enhanced Geothermal Systems (DOE) 25 – Geothermal & Tech Growth 25 – Progress 25 – Driller Transitions from Oil and Gas to Geothermal 25 – ThinkGeoEnergy News 25
Giving in Developing Areas – How to
Glacier See Ocean
Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature 23
Global Climate Coalition (Anti CC PR) 22
Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE) 22
Global Covenant of Mayors For Climate & Energy 22
Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (Data) 22
Global Efficiency Intelligence (Industrial Decarbonization) 23
Global Energy Monitor (Tracking Progres) 24
Global Stocktake Climate Assessment 23
Glossary Eco Terms A to Z 23 – Glossary of CC Terms 24
Goldman Environmental Prize 24
Grants 22 See Funding & Mass.gov – US Dept. Of Energy Grants 22 – Graphene Energy 24 – Climate Grant Viewer MA 24 – Grants for Environmental Justice 24
Green Bank See Finance – In California 22 – In Connecticut 22 – National 22 – IRA 22 – Green Bank EPA 22 – Building Upgrades 22 – Mass Community Climate Green Bank – Affordable Housing 23 – Searching for a Climate Friendly Bank 24 – Bank for Good 24 – Climate First Bank 24 – Green Bank Network 24
Green Building Council – Info on Leeds 23
Green Communities Mass. – How to Become One
Green Corps – UMASS environmental organization
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (MA) Reduction – More – More (MA)
Green Infrastructure – More – PVPC
Green Jobs – Training – Career Guide – Ten Types – MA Jobs with Justice – Jobs Network – Descriptions – 12 Million
Green Municipal Aggregation (GMA) In MA 22
Green School Works | MassCEC 24
Greenwashing – Oil 22 – Corporate Cases 23 – Greenwashing & Greenhushing 23
Greta Thunberg Trees – See Also Links Films &Videos – On CC – Interview – Greenwashing & Greenhushing 23
Growing a Greener World – Gardening
the Guardian – Articles
The Harbour (Youth Climate Action) 23
Hardiness Zone Map and Adapting Climate Changes 24
Katherine Hayhoe – see links/videos
Health and Climate Change – Black Outs & Heat – Gas
Heat (Weather) See Weather & Air Polution) – Heatwaves India 22 – Global Heat 22 – Heat.gov (Education) 22 – Temperature & Death 22/ – Hottest Day Ever 23 – Smog Map 23 – Projections in Cities 23 – 139 Degrees Killed a Taylor Swift Fan 23 – Deaths from Heat 24 – Dogs & Heat-Heatstroke 24 – Extreme Heat Resource 24 – Heat & Workers 24 – Heat Killed 50,000 in Europe Last Year 24 – Heat Dome Across the Southwestern 24 – Spike in Global Temperatures 24 – Hottest Year on Record 24 – Working Overnight to Escape Heat 24 – Heat Protections for Workers 24 – 2024 Hottest on Record and First Above 1.5°C 25
Heat Exchangers – Lunos Tru the Wall – HRV
Heating Assistance MA Eligibility Requirements 22
Heating Housing 22 – Clean Heat Standard In MA & RI 23 – Summary Future of Clean Heat MA 23 – Comparing Types of Heating Costs 24
Heat Pumps (Air) – Jobs – 101 – Mini Split – Home Prices – NY – Hot Air – New Buildings 22 – Good in Cold 22 – Cost 22 – In Cold 22 – Cold temp. 22 – Heat Pump Water Heaters – Passive Home – 120 Volt 21 – Why 22 – MassSave Rebates 22 – Cold-climate 22 – DOE Cold-climate 22 – Air Source & Air to Water Heat Pumps Incentives MA 22 – Federal Tax Credits 22 – Planning with Abode – Green Energy Consumers Alliance 22 – MA Installers and Advice 22 – In MA 22 – Heat Pumps in Maine 22 – Portable Heat Pumps 22 – Heat pump Incentives IRA 22 – Data IEA 22 – Heat Pumps for Cold Climates 22 – Mass Residential Energy-Efficiency Insulation Incentives 23 – Mass Residential Energy-Efficiency Insulation Incentives 23 – Heat Pump 101 – 23 – Cold Climate 23 – Green Energy Consumers Excellent 23 – Cold Climate Heat Pump 23 – Guide to Heat Pump Rebates from Energysage 23 – EnergyStar 30% up to $2,000 23 – Rebates and Incentives for Heating & Cooling in MA 23 – Commercial Retrofits Challenge 23 – Good for CC & Saving $ 23 – Micro Heat Pumps 24 – Window Heat Pump 24 – Benefits of Heat Pumps NREL 24 – Free Heat Pump Consultants from Mass Save 24 – IHRI # Qualified for masssave rebates 24 – New England States Get $450 Million for Heat Pumps 24 – Heat Pump Installation Cost 24 – Heat Pumps in MLP Towns 24 – Energy Skilled Recognition for Heat pump & Energy Audit Technicians DOE 24 – Skilled Recognition for Heat Pump & Energy Audit Technicians DOE 24 – Portable or Micro Heat Pumps 24 – Time of Use & Heat Pumps 25
Heat Pump Clothes Dryers 22 – Heat Pump Dryers 23 – Heat Pump Clothes Dryers 23
Heat Pump Water Heater 101 – 23 – Info. & Incentives 23 – Plugs into 110 volts 23 – Incentives 23 – EnergyStar 30% up to $2,000 23 – MassSave $750 to $1,500 23 – Heat Pump Water Heater Sales 23 – Advantages 24 – Lower Water Heater Temperature To Save Money 25
HeatSmart Alliance (Heatpumps Advice) 23
Heatstroke Symptoms and Causes 23 – Treatment 23
Heatwave 22 – See Drought & Cool Roofs – India 22 – Heatstroke 22 – US Deaths 22 – Globally 22 – Mitigation 22 – NASA & NOAA 22 – Long Term Effects 22 – EU 22 – New AC 22/ – China 22 – Financial Cost 22 – Texas Heat Wave 23 – How Hot Is Too Hot – Heat Threatens 75 Million 23 – Cooling Homes in Heat Waves 23 – Extreme Heat Projections in Cities 23 – Deaths from Heat 24 – We Passed 1.5 – 24 – Heat Dome Spreads 24 – First Year at 1.5 Degrees Celsius 24 – Cities & Heat 24 – Summer 2024 Was Hottest Ever 24 – January Was Hottest on Record 25
HEET Networking Thermal Energy (gas leaks to geothermal) 24
HERS Index 22 – HERS-Rated Homes Trends 24
History of CC 24 – Renewables Generated 40% of Global Electricity 24
Hitchcock Center for the Environment
Home Building – Factory Built – Healthy Homes and the Climate Crises 23 – Home Energy Updated 24
Home Energy Efficiency Team 23
Home Heating Tips – Efficiency – General 22 – Thermal Curtains 23
Home Rule in MA 22 – Home Rule Petition In MA 22 – Home Rule for Towns in MA – Home Rule DOER MA 23
Hope See Here – Ray of Hope 23 – Stories of Hope 23 – Experts Share 23 – Household Actions in solving CC 23 – More Action on Solar & Wind Power 23 – Reality Check 23 – Net Zero Roadmap 23 – Solar Doubles 23 – NREL Progress in 2023 – Good News from FridayAction 24 – FridayAction Hope Grounded in Action 24 – Renewables Up to 30% 24 – The Energy Transition 25 – Positive Tipping Points 25
How to fight CC – See What Can I Do
Hope – See also Here – Activism 22 – Hope 22 – Teaching Climate Hope 22 – Good Climate News 22 – Good Climate News 22
How to talk to people about climate change, See talking to people
Hurricanes Rapidly Intensify (see Weather) 23
HVAC – Cooling
Hydroflurocarbons – More – Hydrofluorocarbons & the EPA 23
Hydrogen – Fuel Cell – Storage – Transition – Supply Chain – Cost – Home – Home – Finance – Negative – Blue Hydrogen – Shot – Hype 21 – Not Green 21 – Airline Industry 21 – Steel 22 – Toyota 22 – Northeast US 22 – Basic – 101 22 – Trains 22 – Green Hydrogen Scaling Up 22 – “Artificial Leaf” & Hydrogen 22 – Hydrogen and RNG Not for Heating 23 – Hydrogen Aviation 23 – No On White Hydrogen 23 – U.S. Climate Policy 23 – Research 24 – Scaling Up ? 24 – Hype and Hope 24 – Clean Hydrogen Economy 24 – Progress 24 – Spread Across US 24 – Hydrogen Myths 24 – Green Hydrogen Far Pricier Than Projected 24 – Clean Hydrogen Finance 24 – The Five Dimensions of Hydrogen 25
Hydroponics 22 – Harvard 22 – UMass 22 – How it Works 22 – Markets 22 – IA & Energy Systems 24
Hydropower – Hydro Generation – Tidal – Water Supply 22 – Water Power Technologies Office Report 23 – Hydropower & Drought 23 – FirstLight Hydro Power 24 – Commonwealth Hydropower 25
Ice and Snow Data Center (National) 22
Ice (Glacier) See Ocean
Idling Gas Cars – School Buses – Law in MA 22
IHRI # Qualified for Masssave rebates 24
Incentives 22 – see Also Here – State & Federal Home Electrification Incentives MA 23 – Incentives General List 23 – All Incentives at a Glance 23 – Benefits + Savings All Items 23 – DOE on Incentives 24
Indigenous Ecuador 22 – Africa Best For Climate 23 – Net Perce Tribe Water Resources 24
Indoor Farming – PBS
Induction Cooking – How to 22 – 110 Volt induction stoves with Battery 22 – Up to $1,340 to switch from gas to induction 23 – Adapters for Non Steel Pots 23 – Induction Stove Rebate 23 – Induction 101 — 23 – Good Description on Using 23 – Induction Cooktop $300 23 – Induction Cooktop $386 – 23
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) & Taxes 22 – See EV Links – IRA Results 22 – H. R. 5376 22 – Tax Credits for Homeowners 22 – List 22 – Home Clean Energy Upgrades 22 – IRA Residential Incentives 22 – IRA calculator 22 – IRA Direct Pay 22 – Game Charger for Nonprofits 22 – Foley & Lardner LLP on IRA 22 – Homes 22 – Emissions 22 – Green Energy Consumers 22 – IRA & Vanadium Batteries 22 – Text of the Bill H. R. 5376 22 – IRA Heat pump Incentives 22 – 2024 Battery Requirements & Politics 22 – Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund EPA 22 – EPA Green Bank 22 – Electric Vehicles with Final Assembly in North America 22 – Induction Stove Rebate 23 – Savings Calculator 23 – Inflation Reduction Act Non Residential Links 23 – Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credits (IRS) 23 – Treasury Department on EVs 23 – Nonprofits 23 – C40 & Climate Mayors Guidebook – IRA for Renters 23 – IRA By State 23 – Home Energy Rebate Programs DOE 23 – Implementation As of 23 – Investment 23 – Energy Savings Hub DOE 23 – Rural Energy For America Program 23 – Elective Pay and Transferability Frequently Asked Questions 23 – Direct Pay Through the Inflation Reduction Act 23 – Home Efficiency Rebates Program 23 – Elective Pay Webinar for Local Governments 23 – IRA Municipal Projects 23 – Low-Income Household Incentives 23 – Direct Pay (Elective pay or Point of Sale Payment) 23 – Results 1 Year 23 – Implementation 23 – EVs 23 – Investments 23 – IRA Statistics After 1 Year 23 – Initiative for Energy Justice 23 – Cities $ the Inflation Reduction Act IRA 23 – Whitehouse IRA Guide (184 pages) 23 – Funding Programs List 23 – Federal Funding Learning Series 23 – Gov Releases Guidance IRA 11/23 – Savings Calculator 23 – Home Energy Rebates FAQ DOE 23 – Home Efficiency Rebates (HER) Home Electrification Appliance Rebates (HEAR) DOER 24 – IRA Can Make Resilience Affordable 24 – IRA Solar for All $7 Billion from Biden 24 – Median Income Tables DOE 24 – IRA Energy Community Tax Credit Bonus Map 24 – Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements 24 – Inflation Reduction Act Info. IRS 24 – Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Final Rule 24 – Resources for Accessing IRA Clean Energy Tax Credits 24 – NY & WI First to Use IRA Funds 24 – Funding by State 24 – Transferability Rules 24 – Trump Freezes IRA Funding 25 – IRA Where Did the IRA Funds Went 25 – IRA Credits and Energy Demand Continue to Drive Renewables 25
Insecticide (See Bees) Insect ‘Apocalypse’ – Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam and Clothianidin 23 – What’s Being Done to Save the Bees 24
Institute for Climate and Growth 24
The Institute for Energy Research 23
Insulation – Degrading – Spray Foam – Hemp – Weatherization Assistance Program DOE 22
Insurance & Climate 22 – See Risk – Threat To Home Insurance 23 – Florida 23 – Insurance Industry & CC 23 – Insuring Agriculture 23 – Insurance & CC 24 – Climate Risk 24 – Climate Insurance Crisis 24 – Catastrophe Modeling and Insurance Ratemaking 24
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – 2021 Report – IPCC Report 22 – Report-6 22 – IPCC Report 22 – New Developments 23 – Top Report Findings 23 – IPCC 23 – IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023 – 24
International Centre for Climate Change and Development 22
The International Passive House Association 22
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) 22
International Water Association 24
Investing 22 – See Finance – Breakthrough Energy Ventures 22 – Oil & Banks 22 – How much 22 – MUUS Investing 22 – 401(k) & Climate 23 – ESG Environmental, Social, and Governance 23 – Investment 23 – ESG 23 – Clean energy Investing 23 – Clean Investment Monitor 24
IPCC Report In Plain English 23 – Make-or-Break Decade IPCC Warns 23 – PCC Rrport 4/15/23
ISO – NE Consumer Liaison Group 24
Jane Fonda 22 – Jane Fonda Climate PAC 22 – Climate Action 22
Jane Goodall – Roots and Shoots
Jimmy Carter’s Environmental Legacy 25
Jobs Clean Energy Jobs 22 See Also Training & Education – Mass CEC 22 – In MA 22 – Green Jobs 22 – DOE Jobs Report 22 – Salaries 22 – More22 – Climate Jobs List 22 – Conservatives Take 22 – Resume Board | MassCEC 23 – NREL 23 – Electricians Needed 23 – DOE Grads Energy Fellowships 23 – Equity Workforce Planning and Capacity Grants MA 23 – Green Jobs 23 – Jobs Promise 23 – Electricians Needed 23 – Jobs for Miners 23 – More Workers Needed 23 – Massachusetts Jobs with Justice 23 – Solar Workforce Development DOE 23 – Careers DOE 23 – Job Board MA 23 – Clean Energy Internship Program for Employers MA 23 – 170,600 Jobs & the IRA 23 – Green Jobs 24 – Bridges to Green Jobs 24 – Where to Start NRDC 24 – Green Career Advisor 24 – EV Jobs Hub 24 – MassHire 24 – Clean Energy Pathways Program (internships) 24 – Jobs American Climate Corps 24 – Workforce Equity Programs 24 – MassTalent: Clean Energy | Mass.gov 24 – Jobs & Internships | ACEEE 25
Joint Center for Energy Storage Research 22
Journal of Energy Resources Technology 22
Justice see Racial and Ethnic
Katherine Hayhoe – see links/videos
Kids & CC See also What Can You Do – Teaching – Questions – What is CC – Class Room – Tech. – Mental Health
Lakes See Rivers
The Lancet Planetary Health 23
Land in Writing 22 – 4 Priorities for Managing 24 – New Rules for Public Lands 24 – CO2 & Drylands Turning Green 24
Law – Mass – Plastic – Divest – Lawsuits on CC Litigation Databases 23 – Global Climate Litigation Report 23 – Senators Urge Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuels 23 – Climate Crisis Is a Crime 23 – Youth-led CC Lawsuit 23 – Climate Law (Columbia Law School) 23 – Mann Defamation Lawsuit 24 – Chicago Sues 5 Oil Companies 24 – Swiss Climate Group Wins 24 – Climate Lawsuits Increasing 24 – Oregon County Holds Fossil Fuel Co. Accountable 24 – Baltimore Judge Tosses Climate Case 24 – Renters Right to AC 24 – Renters Right to AC 24 – Law Lawsuit Over ‘Recycling’ plastic Bags 24 – Indigenous Youth Are Suing 24 – Plastics Lawsuit 24 – CA Clothing Recycling Law 24 – Black Residents in Cancer Alley Try to Curb Toxic Pollution 24 – Rio Grande Water Suits 24 – Conservation Law Foundation 24 – Summary of 2024 MA Climate Bill 24 – Mass Laws and Incentives 24 – Fossil Fuel Companies Sued by New England States 24 – Biggest Climate Case Begins in The Hague 24 – Judge Rejects Attack on the RGGI 24 – A River Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights 24 – Carolina Town Sues Duke Energy 24 – National Environmental Policy Act 24 – Supreme Court & Environmental Law 24 – Youth Activists Win Montana Court 24 – Law Indigenous Youth Suing on CC 24 – Maryland Sues Gore-Tex Over Toxic PFAS 25 – NY Charges Biggest Emitters for Climate Damages 25 – CA – Exxon Sue Over Plastics 25 – Maine’s Climate Law 25 – 22 States Sue New York 25 – Turbocharged Climate Accountability Efforts 25 – Greenpeace Faces $300 Million Lawsuit 25 – Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay the Cost of CC 25 – Judges Order Trump to Reinstate Thousands of Fired Workers 25
Law Suits Farmers Suing the USDA 25 – Funding to Pennsylvania After State’s Lawsuit 25
Lawns see Xeriscaping
Lawyers for Good Government 24
LEAF Coalition – Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance 22
League of Conservation Voters 22
The Leap – Naomi Klein – Connecting CC Poverty Race Hunger Social Justice Economics
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 23
Lee Raymond Exxon Mobil Corporation 22 – Certification 23
Letter to the Editor – How To
Light Bulbs 226 – Ending Fluorescent Light Bulbs 23
Living on Earth – National Public Radio climate change program
LNG 23 (see Fossil Fuels) – LNG CP2 Project 23
Loans Mass Community Climate Bank 24
Lobbying 25 – Citizens’ Climate Lobby 25
Local Energy Advocates of Western Mass 22
Loops (See Tipping Points) Climate Doom Loop 23
Loss and Damage 22 – See Also COP 27- Loss and Damage WRI 22 – Loss and Damage After COP 27 22 – Flood-hit Pakistan 23 – Loss and Damage 101 – 23 – Low Income (See Racial) Zero Carbon Renovation Fund MA 23 – Pathways to Equity & Savings for Low-Income Households 23 – Low-Income Household Incentives 23 – Eight Issues 23 – Loss & Damage Who Emits Who Pays 24 – Fund Beginning to Languish 24 – Which Countries Should Pay for Climate Finance 25
LNG See Fossil Fuel
Marine Conservation Institute 24
Marine Energy See Wave Energy 23
Mass Clean Energy Center (See CEC) 23
Mass Clean Peak Energy Standard
Mass Climate Action Network – Grassroots organization
MA Climate Bill 22 – Mass Climate Bill S.2967 24 – MA Climate Bill 2967 24
MA Climate Change Clearinghouse – ResilientMass 23
MA Climate Change at Massport 23
MA Community Climate Bank (Decarbonizing) 24
Mass Department of Environmental Protection 22
Mass Dept. Of Public Utilities 24
MassEnergize – Energizing Communities 25
MA Energy Efficiency Advisory Council 23
Mass Federal Funds Partnership Past Meetngs 24
Massachusetts Forest Alliance 23
MA HER and HEAR Federal Rebates Straw Proposal 2
MASS Incentives 22 – Climate Law 22 – MA ‘Climate Law 22
MA Interagency (Electric) Rates Working Group 24
MA Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy 23
Mass Municipally Owned Electric Companies 23
Mass Office of Climate Science 24
(Decarbonizing)MA Office of Coastal Zone Management 23
MA Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Links to MA Programs) 23
MA Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience 23
Mass Power Choice (Local Aggregation) 23
Mass Save – IOU Rebates and Energy Audits – See Videos – Mass Save – MassSave Efficient Renovations and Additions 22 – Residential Rebates & Incentives 22 – MassSave Energy-Efficiency Eligibility 23 – MassSave Problems 23 – IHRI # Qualified for Masssave Rebates 24 – MassSave 3 Year Plan Public Comment MA Energy Efficiency Advisory Council 24 – Mass Save Three-Year Plan 24 – MassSave 3 Year Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization Plan 24 – Mass Save Over the Next Three Years 25
Massachusetts Smart Growth/Smart Energy Toolkit 22 – Links on Smart Energy 22
Mass State Wildlife Action Plan 23
Mass Extinction 22 – 5 Mass Extinction Events 23
MEI User Guide – Training
Methane – Threat – Slash or Die – Freak Out – Farm – Most Important – Farm – COP 26 21 – Oil & Gas – Underestimated 22 – Leaks 22 – Cows on a Low Methane Emissions Diet 22 – Hydrates 22 – Methane in Oceans 22 – NASA Satellite 22 – NASA Sensors 23 – Methane Cloud Over Wyoming 23 – 1,000 Super-Emitting Leaks 23 – Emissions From Dairy and Meat 23 – Composting 23 – Farms & Methane 23 – Methane In Landfills 23 – Methane + Sunlight + Catalyst = Emissions-Free Hydrogen 23 – Super-emitters 23 – Emissions 23 – Fast Mitigation 23 – Waste Tracking Map 23 – Beef Grass or Grain 23 – Beef Grass or Grain 23 – Short-lived Climate Pollutants 24 – Landfill Emissions 24 – Higher Leaks of Methane in Landfills 24 – Methane Emissions Worldwide Rising 24 – Methane Monitoring from Space 24 – Methane Levels a Record Rise 24 – Methane vs CO2 24 – Methane Emissions From Landfills 24 – NYC & Composting 25 – Map of Methane Emissions 25 – Explanation of Why Methane over CO2 is Important Short Term 25 – Smart Landfills Are Slashing Methan 25 – Reduce Methane from Agriculture 25
Microgrids Community Microgrids Kept Communities Running 25
Micro Plastics 22 – Everywhere 22 – Human Ingested Microplastics 24 – Microplastics Exposure Linked to Health Risks 25
Migration Driven by Climate Change – Global – CC – Stats – UK – Needs –Politics 21 – Water 22 – Relocate 3 Tribal Groups US 22
Miller Worley Center for the Environment MHC 23
Mining in Brazil’s Indigenous areas 22 – Rare Earth Minerals Enough to Fuel Green Energy 23 – Rare-earth 23 – Critical Minerals Canada 23 – Deep-Sea Mining & Tuna 23 – The Mining Issue 25
Disinformation (See Video Link) Misinformation & Disinformation Online (Prebunking) 25
Mission Possible Partnership (MPP) 22
Mitigation – Rich Nations – First Street Foundation CC risk Assessment – IPCC Mitigation 22 – Climate Migration 22 – Update the 1967 Refugee Protocol 22
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center 22
Music 7 Songs 22 – Neil Young After The Gold Rush 22 – Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell 22
NASA – Looks at Earth – Eyes on Earth – Fight Against CC – Trapped Energy – Monthly Newsletter 22
National Association of Climate Resilience Planners 22
National Center for Appropriate Technology – National Clean Investment Fund | EPA 24
National Center for Disaster Preparedness 24
National Climate Assessment US 23
National Energy Technology Laboratory DOE 22
National Energy Assistance Directors Association 24
National Geographic Environment 23
National Integrated Drought Information System 25
National League of Cities on CC 23
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA
National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium 22
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 22
National Resources Defense Council
National Virtual Climate Laboratory 24
Natural Resources Defense Counsel 23
Nature See Rights
Nature Climate Change Magazine
Nature Sustainability Journal 23
Net Zero Energy Buildings – More – More
Net Zero House – Alexi Arrango
Net Zero – Steps to – World – Emissions – More – MA Codes 22 – Building Ma 23
New Ecology Inc. – Community-Based 23
New England Grassroots Environment Fund
New England Sustainable Energy Association 23
New England for Offshore Wind 24
Nextrex Plastic Bag & Film Recycling 23
N.E. Sustainable Energy Association – in Greenfield
NextZero Info for Municipal Light Plant Towns in MA 23 – Net-zero Examined 23
NOAA’s National Ocean Service 22 – Cryosphere 22
Northeast Clean Energy Council 22
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships 21
Northampton MA Department of Climate Action 23
Northwest River Forecast Center 22
Nova – Earth from Space
Nuclear – Cost Debate – New Type – Renewables vs Nuclear – XEnergy 21– Terra 21 – First Light Fusion 21 – No 21 – DOE 22 – Declines 22 – NuScale Certified 22 – World Update 22 – Small Nuclear 22 – DOE is Big on Nuclear 22 – DOE is Big on Nuclear 22 – US Nuclear Industry in 2022 22 – World Nuclear Industry Status Report 22 – NuScale Got US Approval 23 – NuScale Power 23 – Cost Problem 23 – First US nuclear reactor in 40 years 23 – Vogtle 3 New Nuclear Reactor 23 – Terra Power – Renewables are More Profitable than Nuclear 23 – Divided Views 23 – World Nuclear Industry Status Report 23 – World Wide Nuclear Use 23 – Growing Again 23 – NuScale Reactor Approved 23 – Cleaning Up Research 24 – Small Scale Nuclear Problems 24 – Nuclear vs Solar 24 – $900M Green Bond to Fund Nuclear 24 – Vogtle Unit 4 Nuclear Power Plant Online 24 – The State of Nuclear 24 – Next Gen Construction in Wyoming 24 – New Nuclear Energy 24 – World Nuclear News 24 – Ultra Small Reactors 24 – Nuclear vs PV 24 – Reopening Shuttered Plants 24 – Amazon and Google Look to Small Nuclear Reactors 24 – Small Progress 24 – Project InnerSpace (Geothermal) 25 – Nuclear Power Plant to Restart 25 – Reopen Plant in MI 25 – Effects of Aging in Renewal for CT Millstone 25 – Restart of Three Mile Island Reactor 25 – First Small Modular Reactor 25 – Small Nuclear Power Struggles 25 – First Small Modular Nuclear Reactors 25
Build More Big Reactors Now DOE 24
Nuclear Fusion 21 – Nuclear-fusion 22
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reactors 22
NYT article on carbon capture – HOPEFUL
NYT Short Answers to Climate Change Questions
Oceana Protecting Oceans USA 22
Oceans – (See Wave Energy) – Protection – Sea Level Rise – Islands – NYC – Heat – Reefs – Heat 22 – Arctic Sea Ice 22 – Antarctic 22 – Artic 21 – Reefs 22 – Ocean Warming NOAA 22 – NASA 22 – Ocean Acidification NOAA 22 – WHOI 22 – EPA 22 – Oceana 22 – Rising 22 – 27 Centimeter Rise 22 – Wave Energy 22 – Thwaites Glacier 22 – Ecosystems 22 – Blue Carbon 22 – Acidity 22 – NASA Study: Rising US Sea Level 22 – Agreement on Protecting Marine Biodiversity 23 – Oceans UN Agreement 23 – Ocean Mining 23 – Marine Heatwaves 23 – Ocean Circulation 23 – Ocean Warming & El Niño 23 – Coral Reefs Hope 23 – Heating 23 – Kelp 23 – High Seas Treaty 23 – Carbon Storage 23 – Warmer-Than-Average 23 – Understanding Seagrass 23 – Ocean River Institute 23 – National Seashores 23 – Arctic Sea Ice 101 – 23 – Ocean Heat Content 23 – Gulf Stream 23 – Solutions to Climate Change 23 – Ocean’s Problems 23 – 7 Ocean-based Solutions 24 – Die-Offs 24 – Coral Reefs 101 – 24 – Ocean Critical Metals from Brine 24 – Ocean Cleanup 101 – 24 – Seafields Sargassum (Harvestng) 24 – Oxygen Loss in Bodies of Water 24 – Melting Glaciers 24 – Ocean Current Collapse Tipping Point 24 – Carbon Dioxide & The Arctic 24 – Ocean CDR 24 – The Busines Case for Saving Coral Reefs 25 – Deep-Sea Mining 101 25 – As Oceans Warm, Predators & Prey 25
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy | Department of Energy 23
OIL See Fossil Fuels
Oil & Gas Climate Initiative 22
Opinion on Climate Change – 10 Charts EPIC 23
Pace Energy and Climate Center
Paints for Heating and Cooling (See Cool Roofs) 23
Pascommuck Conservation Trust Easthampton MA 23
Passive House Resource – Design Principles – Org. in Massachusetts – Temperature Extremes – Passivhaus Modular Building 22 – PassiveHouse MA 23
PBS Frontline “The Power of Big Oil” 22 See Video – PBS Programs Celebrating Earth Month 24
Peaker Plant – Peaker Timing H2O Heaters 22
Permaculture Research Institute 22
Clean Energy Permitting (See Investing, Siting & Codes) 23 – Siting, Permitting, & Transmission Reform 24
Pesticides 22 – Pesticides 101 – 23 – Guide to Pesticides in Produce 23 – Agricultural Pesticides 23
Pet Sustainability Coalition 22
PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ 22 See Polution & Forever Chem. – Health and Environmental Risks EPA 23 – What Chemicals are PFAS 24 – In Fish 24
Phase Change Material 22 – Turning Up the Heat 22 – Passive-heat Storage 22 – PFAS in Bottled and Tap Water 24
Pioneer Valley Healthy Air Network 23
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission – 2021 Highlights 22 – 2021 Highlights 22
Pipelines – gas
Planet Worth – Migration – Water – Food
Plant Based Foods Association 23
Plant-Based Diet, and is it Healthy 23
Plastic See Law Plastic Waste in the Ocean – More – Enzyme for Recycling – Coalition – Recyccling & Big Oil – Rain – Micro – Production – Ocean Plastic – Pyrolysis and Gasificationore Law? – Recycle 21 – DOE $ to Cut Polution 22 – Bags 22 – Algae & Plastic Pollution 22 – Recycling 22 – Problems & Solutions 22 – Free The Ocean (Plastic) 22 – Plastic-Free Living 22 – Fight Microplastic in Garden 22 – Degraded by Worm Saliva 22 – Protein Evolution 22 – Not Recyclable 22 – Microplastics 22 – Beyond Plastics (Plastic Pollution) 22 – Plant-based Plastic or Bioplastic 23 – Recycling Myth Bioplastics 23 – Microplastics 101 – 23 – Recycling Problems 23 – “Advanced Recycling” 23 – Reducing Plastic Production 23 – Manufacturing & Types of Problems 23 – Exported Plastic Waste 23 – Nextrex Plastic Bag & Film Recycling 23 – Microplastics Are Everywhere 23 – Compostable Plastics Not True 24 – Mushrooms Break Down Plastic 24 – Manufacturing Increasing 24 – US Tackles Plastics Crisis 24 – Microplastics 24 – Bottled Water 24 – Plastic Pollution Coalition 25 – Plastic Industry and DOE Work on Their Problem 25 – Microplastics in Human Brain Tissue Rising 25
Population Growth & Emissions 23
Politics – See Biden – House Republicans 22 – Ecological Diplomacy 22 – Represent Us 22 – Unrest and Authoritarianism 24 – Jobs & Biden 24 – Al Gore Reflects on Fraudulent Fossil Fuel Claims 24 – Trump & Big Oil 24 – How Trump and Biden Compare on CC 24 – Election 24 & CC 24 – Weather & Food 24 – Oil Industry Asks Trump to Repeal Climate Policies 24
Pollution 22 – See Emissions – Manatees 22 – Lakes & Rivers 22 – EPA 22 – Air 22 – Cancer Causing Chemicals 22 – Forever Chemicals & Cancer 22 – EPA on Chemicals 22 – Environmental Toxins 22 – Particulate Pollution Indoors & Out 22 – US Clean Air Act: Summary andEPA 22 https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/improving-indoor-air-quality Impact 22 – House Plants & Air Quality 22 – EPA & Indoor Air 22 – US Clean Air Act: Summary and Impact 22 – WHO 7 Million Deaths (Air Pollution) 22 – DeSmog 23 – Cancer Alley Is Real 23 – Plastics-Based Fuel 23 – Unhealthy Air – Cities and Countries 23 – Toxic Coal Ash 23 – Dementia Risk 23 – EPA Cracks Down on Chemical Plants 23 – Light Pollution 23 – Nitrous Oxide 23 – EPA’s Power Plant Rules 23 – Burning Trash for Energy 23 – AirNow.gov 23 – Fossil Fuels Behind Forest Fires 23 – Plastic Pollution 23 – Allergys 23 – WHO Air Pollution Guidelines 23 – More – Fungi Turns Brownfields to Blooming Meadows 24 – Meatpacking plants & Pollution 24 – Dirty Dishwashing Soap Cascade 24 – Salt on our Roads 25
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) 22 – Unreported to EPA 22 – Breaking Down 23
Poverty 22 see Racism – Climate Poverty 22
Pre-cool See Supercool – How Pre-cooling Helps the Grid 23
Progressive Policy Institute 22
Project Green Schools K-12 – 24
Propane See Fossil Fuels – Gas
Protest – Fridays
Rachel Carson Council – Rachel Carson Camput Network
Rain Barrels Kits – More
Racial and Ethnic Injustice – See Community Solar and Green Bank – Racism – Electric Ind. – Justice – Energy – Movement – Resources – Books – Disasters – Initiative for Energy Justice – Ennvironmental Justice Bill – FEMA & Race – NAACP – Wells – Air– Funding – Mortgage – Heat – Transit – Cleveland –EPA$ – EPA$ – Equitable Policy – Climate Alliance States – Public Health – Global Witness – Diversity – Poverty – EPA 22 – Energy Transition Institute 22 – NREL 22 – River Valley Coop 22 – Air Pollution 22 – GreenRoots, Inc. Mass. 22 – Poverty and Climate 22 – SolSmart 22 – Environmental Justice Tool 22 – History 22 – Driver 22 – Rich Nations Harm Poor 22 – Weather 22 – Yale Center for Environmental Justice 22 – Earthjustice: Environmental Law 22 – Energy Equity 22 – Indigenous People at Risk 22 – Compensation 22 – New EPA Office 22 – Equity & Justice Roadmap 22 – EPA New Environmental Justice 22 – More 22 – MA New Funding 22 – Justice40 Initiative 22 – Environmental Racism EPA 22 – Green 2.0 22 – Justice 40 Initiative 23 – All In Energy 23 – All In Energy – Equitable Distribution 23 – Food Deserts 23 – Air Pollution 23 – Justice40 at EPA 23 – IRA Provisions for Disadvantaged Communities 23 – Environmental Justice Office 23 – Pathways to Equity & Savings for Low-Income Households 23 – Five Movements Forward 24 – Low Income & HVAC 24 – Clean Energy Investment (Low-Income Communities) 24 – MA Environmental Justice Table 24 – Workforce Equity Programs 24 – Air Pollution 24 – Clean Electricity Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Amount Program 25 – Tribal Energy Initiatives 25
Real Climate – Science oriented
Real Estate Agents who are Green – More
Rebates on Insulation from MassSave (Eversource Customer only in SH) 22 – Massachusetts Energy Rebates & Incentives 22 – Rebates & Tax Credits Energy Star 23 – Integrating Several Home Energy Rebates 23 – Home Energy Rebates FAQ DOE 23 – Home Efficiency Rebates (HER) Home Electrification Appliance Rebates (HEAR) DOER 24 – Home Energy Rebates Programs DOE 24
Recharge (Renewable Energy News) 24
Recharge America Grassroots Environment Fund 24
Recycling Is Beyond Fixing 22 – Recycle Batteries 23 – Recycling Center Search – Earth911 23 – Recycle Light Bulbs 23 – Recycle Glass 23 – MassRecycle 23 – Pizza Boxes 23 – Springfield Materials Recycling Facility 23 – ‘Chemical’ Recycling of Plastic 23 – Plastic Bags 23 – Metals Recycling 23 – NexTrex Plastic Bags Recycling 23 – A Guide to Recycling 24 – Upcycling 101 – 24 – Hampshire County Recycling by Town 24 – E Waste Monitor 24 – Battery Mineral Loop 24 – Valley Recycling for Unusual Items 24 – Recycling & 3D-Printing 24 – Old Wind Turbine Into a Tiny Home 24 – What Can I Recycle? Real-time Info 24 – Earth911 Recycling Center Search 24 – Keep America Beautiful Recycling 24 – Springfield Materials Recycling 90% of US Wind Turbines Are Recyclable 25 https://www.utilitydive.com/news/department-energy-wind-turbine-recycling-recyclable/736688/
Facility 25 – 90% of US Wind Turbines Are Recyclable 25 – Recycling Cloth …. A Start? 25 – Automated, Low-waste 99% Recovery Solar Panel Recycling Tech 25 – How & Where to Recycle | Mass.gov 25 – Paint recycling and drop-off locations 25
Regeneration International (Agriculture) 24
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre 24
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – Report 22
Regulatory Assistance Project 22
Religion Pope Francis 23
Renewables – Cost – By State 22 – Renewable Energy 22 – Renewables by State 23 – Renewable Energy in 2023 24
Repair Café US 25 – Repair Café International 25
Research and Development 20 for Clean Energy Tech. 24
Risk – Global Goal on Adaptation 24 – Resilience 24
Resilience Institute (Environmental) 22
Restoration 22 – Restore Our Ecosystems 22 – Prairie Restoration with Solar 23 – Coal Mine Restoration 23
Retrofit & Renovate – in Mass – NREL – MASAVE – RMI – Order of House Energy Refit 22 – Home Efficiency Rebates 25 – Retrofit Old Buildings … from the Outside 24
Rewilding the West 22 – Earth Welcome 22 – Rewilding 101 – 24 – What “Rewilding” Means 24 – Benefits and Risks of Rewilding 24
Rewilding Your Home 6 Tips 24 – Rewilding Your Home Tips 24 – WildLawn 24 – Native and Pollinator Garden Design Maine 24 – Guide to Chaos Gardening 24 – Native Plants 101 – 24 – Growing Wild Massachusetts 25
Rewiring America 22 – Calculator 22
Rights of Nature Movement 23 – Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature 23
Rise St. James: Battling Petrochemical Expansion in Louisiana 24
Risk 22 see Weather & Insurance – FEMA Flood 22 – FEMA More 22 – Risk 22 – CarbonCredit Investment Risk – CC & Insurance 23 – Risks for Property US 23 – First Street Foundation (Weather Risk) 23 – US Risk Assessment 24
Rivers & Lakes 22 – Endangered Rivers 22 – Rio Grande 22 – Rewilding 22 – Facing Pollution & CC 23 – Losing Trillions of Gallons 23 – Colorado River Deal 23 – Colorado River Breakthrough Proposal 23 – Climate Resilience 23 – River Flows Fell to Record Lows 24 – PV-driven Desalination System MIT 24 – 25 Countries Face Extremely High Water Stress 24 – Rio Grande Is Drying Up 24 – Rio Grande Water Suits 24 – Dam Removal Restore Northeast Rivers 25
Rocky Mountain Institute – RMI Annual Report 23
Roofs Stone-Coated Metal Roofs 22
Roots and Shoots – Children’s Program
The Schmidt Family Foundation (People and Planet) 23
School Buses – See Electric Vehicles – Rebates – Updates – MA – Health – Concord – Blue Bird – Slow Adoption – V2G Bus – Texas – Cost – Maryland – CA – CA – Biden – Air Pollution – Health – IV2G In Mass 22
Shave the Peak 23 – How to Help 23
Ships see Boats (sorry sailors) –Highland 22 – Decarbonizing 23
Siting See Permitting Commission on Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting 24
Skeptical Science – Misinformation rebuttal
Sludge Fossil Fuels Newsletter 24
Social Justice & CC – See Racial and Ethnic Injustice – Social Justice 101 – More NAACP – NIH – Energy Justice NREL 24
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project 22
Social Media & CC – Social Media “We Don’t Have Time” 24
Software – Shows How Various Climate Solutions Effect Fuel usage – EN-Roads
Soil Restoration 22 – Dryland Lichens 22
Solar Ovens 23 – Solar Cookers International 24 – Plans for Solar Cookers 24 – Activities for K-12 – 24
Southface Institute – Training Regenerative Builders 22
Springfield Climate Justice Coalition 23 – Resilient Springfield 24
States Climate Policy 21 – More 21
Statistics see Data
Steel Steel& Carbon 21 – Electrolysis 22 – Magnetite 22 – Green Steel 22 – Proven Tools 23 – Fossil-free Steel 23 – Need for Low-Emissions Steel 23 – Green Steel 23
Stop Private Jet Expansion Org 23
Storage of Energy by Pumped Hydro 22 – See Battery – Compressed Air 22 – Thermophotovoltaic batteries 22 – Gravity 22 – Hydrogen, Thermal 22 – Renewable 22 – Journal of Energy Storage 22 – Skyscrapers 22 – Batteries 22 – Gravity Sand Storage 23 – Pumped Hydro 23 – Home Energy Storage & Flow Battery 23 – Sand – Batteries for Homes 23 – Pumped Storage Hydropower Cost NREL 24 – Heated Sand Energy Storage NREL 24 – Water Pressure Storage 24 – Storing Renewable Energy Underground 24 – Massachusetts Town Uses Batteries to Help its Grid 24 – Stretch Building Code in MA 24 – Long-Duration Energy Storage 24 – MA Utility-scale Battery Projects 25
Students’ Guide to Global Warming – For Kids – More
Suing Legal See Law
Supercool (Pre-cool) Your Home to Save $ & the Grid 23
Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) 22
Sustainable Schools Project 23
Talk about CC See Glossary & Videos – Talk to Kids – Guilt – Confused Public – More – K. H. – 350 org 22 – The Pyramid of Conservation 23 – Public Opinion on CC 23 – Explain CC In Everyday Language 23 – Power Up Training: From Acts to Action 23 – Talking Points 23 – Who is Talking 23 – Tips for Talking 23 – Language of CC 23 – Changing our Message 23 – Naming and Shaming 23 – Six Americas 23 – Fake News 24 – CC Beliefs & Attitudes 24 – Links Between CC and Heat Waves 24 – Dr. Doom 24 – NASA Climate Kids 25
Tax Incentives see also Inflation Reduction Act – EU Sets Carbon Border Tax 23 – IRS Tax Energy Credits 23 – IRS Energy Maps 24 – Residential Clean Energy Credit IRS 24 – Energy Tax Credits IRS 24 – Clean Energy Tax Navigator 24 – Tax credit Federal Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit IRS 24 – Claiming EV, solar, heat pump tax credits 2024 25
TerraCorps Land and Community 23
Third Act – Stopping Dirty Banks 23
Time-of-Use Rates Unitil 23 – (Dynamic Electricity Pricing) –
Off-Peak Electricity Hours 23 – Eversource Variable Peak Pricing 23 – Off Peak Hours National Grid 23 – Time-of-use Incentive 24
Time See Tipping Points – Time Machine NASA 22
Tiny Homes – Tiny Houses & PV 23
Tipping Points – UN Report – Methane – Economists – Five Points 22 – Loops 22 – Climate Doom Loop 23 – Ocean Current Collapse Tipping Point 24 – Tipping Points Insriring Action 24 – Positive Tipping Points 25
Tips – House – Green Living – Green Habits – Home – Laundry – Pests – Travel – Kitchen – Home – Eco 22 – Tipping Points 22 – Time and CC 22 – Climate Clock 22 – Make Your Own Laundry Detergent 23 – Easy Actions 23
Toilet Paper 24 – Boreal Forest Flushed Away 24 – Procter & Gamble & TP 24 – Charmin is Rough on Forests 24 – Toilet Paper Companies More Sustainable 25
Trade and Climate Change WTO 23
Trainings for CC Work (See Education) Built Environment Plus 23 – Training Built Environment Plus US 23 – State Home Energy Contractor Training Grants 23 – Passive House Training 23 – Training Built Environment Plus 24 – Offshore Wind Professional Certificate At UMass 24 – Climate Corps 24 – Offshore Wind Professional Certificate At UMass 24 – Peer-Learning Cohorts NREL 24 – Built Environment Plus 24 – Federal Funding Opportunities 24 – Training Interest Form BE + 24 – NOAA Provides $60 Million Train Workers 24 – The Green Engineer Education 24 – Built Environment Plus 24 – Fellowships and Research Opportunities DOE 24 – US EV Training Programs 25 – Clean Energy Intern Program 25
Transparency Now (See NASA) 24
Trees – tree (see also Forest) – Tree Planting – Answer to CC – Action on CC – Biodiversity – Pros & Cons of Meneling – Interaction – Planting Trees – UMass – Hype? – NIMBY – Restoration – Coppicing – MA – Hemlocks Disease – Extinction Risk – New England – TP – Brazil 21 – Carbon Sink 21 – Protect 22 – Amazon Rainforest 22 – Amazon 22 – Plamting 22 – Amazon 22 – Controlled Burn 22 – Sentient 22 – Tree Planting in Cold Areas – Planting – Wisdom of Trees 22 – Amazon Deforestation 2 – LEAF Coalition Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance 22 – Planting 22 – Family Forest Carbon Program 22 – Northern US 22 – US Forest Service 22 – Forests & Water 22 – Fast Regrowth 22 – Comparison of Trees & PV 22 – Extinction 22 – Tree Planting Failures 22 – Save Massachusetts Forests 22 – Global Forest Watch 22 – Burning 22 – What Trees Can Do 23 – Protecting Large Trees 23 – Love Trees 23 – Tree to Me – The Society of Authors 23 – Silvopasture Trees & Cows 23 – MA Greening Gateway Cities Program 23 – MA Municipal Reforestation Act 23 – Opt Out of Junk Mail 23 – Climate Forestry Committee 24 MA – Wildlands, Woodlands, Farmlands & Communities 24
Tribal Rebates Program 23 (See Racial & Social)
UMass Clean Energy Extension 22 – Energy Transition Institute 23
UN Climate Change Conference See COP
Undaunted K12 Green Schools 22
Uninhabitable Earth (New York Magazine) – Why too negative – Podcast
Union of Concerned Scientists – Global warming
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 22
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 23
Unity College Environmental 22
University of Chicago Public Policy Institute– Events Recordings Good
UMass Amherst wind energy center 25
Univ Mass Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 22
UMass Clean Energy Extension 22
Univ Mass Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences 23
UN World Food Programme (WFP) 23
Urban Conversation – answers for cities
U.S. Climate Alliance (Governors) 24
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 22
U.S. Global Change Research Program 23
U.S. Green Building Council 22
Utilities – Utilities and Solar – Utilities Past Lies 22/ – Utilities Climate Foe in MA 22 – Power Companies Against the Environment 23 – Utility Blocking US Climate Action 23 – Utilities Doing Little 23
ValleyBike | Northampton, MA 24
Valley Green Energy MA 23 – Valley Green Energy Northampton, MA 24 – Valley Green Energy Amherst, MA 2
Valley Recycling for Unusual Items 24
Virtual Power Plant 101 (see V2G on EV Page) 23 – Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) 24 – Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) 24 – Virtual Power Plants 101 – RMI 25
War & Climate Change – More 22
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Water Heaters See Heat Pump Water Heaters
Water Power Technologies DOE 22
Wave Energy – Small – Slow to Grow – Marine & Hydrokinetic Toolkit 22 – Wave Energy Patented 22 – Largest Wave Energy 22 – Quantifying Wave Energy 23 – Marine Energy’s Capabilities 23 – IPCC on Energy 24 – Come Back 24 – New Investments in Marine (Wave) Energy 25
Weatherization See Insulation
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What Can One Do – about climate change See also Tips above – Action List – Home Tips – 16 Areas – Smaller Footprints – Carbonauts Plan – Thinking – Action – Codes – See Tips Above – By Profession
Wildfires & Emissions Records in 2021 (See Air Quality)
23 – Forest Fires Trends 23 – Smoke Affects 23 – Fires Forrest – CA – California Department of Forestry and Fire 22 – Fire & Burying Wires 22 – Wildfires (92) US 22 – Smoke Affects 23 – History & Statistics 23 – “Good Fires” 24 – Monitoring Wildfires 24 – Park Fire CA 24 – Technology to Reduce the Impacts of Wildfires 24 – Fighting Fire with Low-Carbon Buildings 24 – New Investments in Marine (Wave) Energy 25 – Urban Wildfires Toxic Smoke 25
Wildflowers See Rewilding
Wildlife Declined by 73% WWF Report 94 p.p. 24 – Wildfire Suppressants & Metal Pollution 25
Windows almost as Efficient as a Wall – at R5 not true but better than most windows – More – Solar Control for Windows 23 – Window Coverings 24 – Window Insulation DIY 24 – Energy Efficient Window Coverings DOE 24
Windows – Efficient Windows Collaborative
Winlet or Window Inserts – (winlet) interior storm windows – you can also DIY
Winlet – DIY
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