Web Resources
Coal-Watch groups in other states
ValleyWatch.net
Formed to protect the public health and environment of the lower Ohio River Valley." That is loosely defined as the Indiana/Kentucky border.
How you can Support Renewables
Buy Windsource from Xcel.
Make sure that whatever electricity you do use is generated by wind.
You must join the waiting list as the program is currently subscribed fully. Save this link. It is not easy to find on the Xcel web site.
Buy Green Tags:
There are many suppliers of green tags, but generally if you buy green tags you will be supporting wind projects somewhere else in the country.
Some options:
Native Energy
Supports tribal wind power as well as small farmers.
Energy Policy Economics
http://www.cdproject.net/The Carbon Disclosure Project is a questionnaire sent annually for the past four years to the world’s largest companies. It seeks information on the potential risks and opportunities that companies may face from global warming. This year the questionnaire was sent on behalf of 213 institutional investors with $31 trillion under management.
Global Warming
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The world authority on climate change consisting of more than 1,000 scientists from many countries. Issues periodic reports on the global impacts of climate change.
Climate Crisis.net
This is Al Gore's site, featuring trailers for the film "An Inconvenient Truth." Updates on global warming news.
Real Climate.org
Be a fly on the wall while climate scientists
debate climate change amongst themselves on their new blog site "...
a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists
for the interested public and journalists. We aim to provide a quick
response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes
missing in mainstream commentary. The discussion here is restricted
to scientific topics and will not get involved in any political or
economic implications of the science." Choice of 4 languages!
Global Warming International Center
The Global Warming International Center (GWIC) is the international body disseminating information on global warming science and policy, serving both governamental, non-governamental organizations, and industries in more than 145 countries. It sponsors unbiased research supporting the understanding of global warming and its mitigation.
Kyoto and Beyond:
US citizens' effort to "ratify" the treaty that has been rejected
by the US government.
The Climate Crisis
Coalition:
A broad coalition of organizations formed in 2004 to broaden concerns about
climate change beyond environmental groups. This is a daily newsfeed.
StopGlobalWarming:
The Virtual March on Global Warming; Laurie David's site.
Climate Action Network:
A worldwide
network of over 340 Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working
to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced
climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.
Climate.org:
A project of the Climate Institute, a leading international NGO of scientists
and policy leaders concerned with climate change.
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative:
A cooperative effort by Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states to reduce carbon
dioxide emissions.
Native Energy.com and Native Wind.org
Linked efforts to develop the vast wind resources of tribal lands in the Great Plains of North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. You can buy Green Tags to support Native Wind.
Clean Air and Coal
Clean Air Task Force:
Boston-based NGO working on a broad range of
clean air issues.
Citizens Coal Council:
Organized to protect the environment against mining damage.
General
USPIRG: US Public
Interest Research Group. Excellent information about Bush administration
coal policy and global warming.
Union of Concerned Scientists: Excellent
resource on global warming, air pollution, and the economic opportunities
in renewable energy development.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mer/contents.html
Monthly statistics on energy consumption by different types of energy source, provided by DOE Energy Information Administration.
