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The Transition to Renewal Energy (Saturday Morning Physics)
Professor Adam C. Simon gave an engaging Saturday Morning Physics lecture on February 11, discussing the environmental tradeoffs required to transition to renewable energy.
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Housing and Transportation: What’s the Climate Connection?
Join us for a panel discussion Wednesday, February 22, from 6pm to 8pm at the Ann Arbor District Library’s downtown location, 343 S 5th Ave. Housing and transportation together account for 42% of our emissions. To achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 we need to dramatically reduce vehicle miles traveled and make our buildings more efficient.…
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WEMU: Achieving carbon neutrality in both housing and transportation in Ann Arbor and nationwide
WEMU’s David Fair interviews University of Maryland professor Reid Ewing about what cities need to do to achieve carbon neutrality in housing and transportation: https://www.wemu.org/show/issues-of-the-environment/2023-02-08/issues-of-the-environment-achieving-carbon-neutrality-in-both-housing-and-transportation-in-ann-arbor-and-nationwide
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Film & Discussion: The Human Element
We are excited to host a free screening of the new climate film, The Human Element on Wednesday, May 22. We hope you can join us! Date: Wednesday, May 22 Time: 7 – 9 pm Location: The New Center (1100 N. Main St., Ann Arbor) Description: In an arresting new documentary from the producers of RACING…
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Call Congress November 8
On Tuesday, November 14, 500+ CCL volunteers from all across the U.S. will be on Capitol Hill asking Congress to support Carbon Fee and Dividend legislation, a simple, fair and effective national policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. YOU can help amplify our message and demonstrate that the public wants #ClimateAction by calling Congress on…
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UM Art Students Create Climate Change Posters
In Winter 2017, University of Michigan students in Catherine VanVoorhis’ Drawing II class viewed the film, Before the Flood, a documentary produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. In this film, DiCaprio travels to five continents and the Arctic to witness climate change firsthand. The students then did further research about an issue that is featured…
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Ann Arbor City Council Unanimously Supports Carbon Fee Dividend Legislation
Tom Stedman During their meeting on August 21st, 2017 the Ann Arbor City Council unanimously passed a resolution supporting carbon fee and dividend (CFD) legislation. The passing of this resolution represents positive momentum for Citizen’s Climate Lobby whose primary goal is to pass CFD legislation on a federal level. It is also representative of the…
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Ann Arbor CCL is hosting a Solar Power Hour
Want affordable solar? Want to know more about Ann Arbor’s Climate Action Plan? Please join the Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby as we host representatives from the City of Ann Arbor for a special information session. We’ll hear about the City’s “A2 Solar Club”, a campaign to incentivize solar installations in Washtenaw County by simplifying…
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Bipartisan climate caucus is small step to restoring sanity, civility in politics
By Mark Reynolds They’re shooting congressmen now. That’s the level of insanity we’ve finally reached in our toxic political environment. Our nation prays for the recovery of Rep. Steve Scalise — still in critical condition with life-threatening injuries as of this writing – as well as the others injured in a hail of gunfire from…