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    CLIMATE CHANGE AND AFRICA | CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE UUA | CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANIZATIONS | GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: NASA / EPA | FEDERAL LEGISLATION | UNITED NATIONS | CARBON FOOTPRINT / CARBON OFFSETS |

    RECOMMENDED READING


  • Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe
    Atria/One Signal Publishers (September 21, 2021)
    Hardcover: 320 pages
    ISBN-10: 1982143835
    ISBN-13: 978-1982143831

  • Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul Hawken, editor
    Penguin Books (April 18, 2017)
    Paperback: 256 pages
    ISBN-10: 9780143130444
    ISBN-13: 978-0143130444

  • The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
    Publisher: Back Bay Books (January 7, 2002)
    Paperback: 301 pages
    ISBN-10: 0316346624
    ISBN-13: 978-0316346627

  • The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich
    ASIN: B000EI3XOS
    Publisher: A SIERRA CLUB-BALLANTINE BOOK;
    19th printing edition (May 1, 1970)
    [Originally published as a paperback book in 1968 by Ballantine Books]
    Paperback: 223 pages

  • Understanding Climate: Explainers, factsheets, reports, and other resources (Climate.gov: Science & Information for a Climate-Smart Nation [NOAA])

  • Green Revolution (Wikipedia)

  • September 2022 Sermon UUs and Climate Change
    By Carol Hensel, guest speaker at Northwoods Unitarian Universalist Church | September 18, 2022 |


    Katharine Hayhoe TED Talk


  • The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it (Katharine Hayhoe)

    POLLING / PUBLIC AWARENESS


  • Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

  • Climate, Energy & Environment (Pew Research Center)


    HOLLYWOOD MOVIE


  • Soylent Green (Wikipedia)

    Sea Level Rise / Ice Sheets Melting


  • Climate Change: Global Sea Level (Climate.gov)

  • Global Climate Change Explorer: Ice (Exploratorium)

  • Global Climate Change: Vital Signs [Antarctica & Greenland Ice Sheets Melting] (NASA)

    The 2022 Hurricane Season [Jun. 1-Nov. 30, 2022] might be lively


  • The '800 pound gorilla' in the Gulf of Mexico that could supercharge hurricanes this season Forecasters see worrying signs for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
    By Justine Calma@justcalma [as seen on TheVerge.com | May 24, 2022 1:02pm EDT |

    QUOTE FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:
    "There’s also a troubling development in the Gulf of Mexico. The Loop Current, a current of warm water, has moved surprisingly far north for this time of year."

  • Bad news for the 2022 hurricane season: The Loop Current, a fueler of monster storms, is looking a lot like it did in 2005, the year of Katrina
    By Nick Shay, Professor of Oceanography, University of Miami [as seen on The Conversation.com] | Published: May 18, 2022 8.14am EDT |

    QUOTE FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:
    "Of the 27 named storms that year [2005], seven became major hurricanes. Wilma and Rita also crossed the Loop Current, that year and became two of the most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record."

  • Expert says the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season may look similar to 2005, the year of Katrina
    By Jerry Clayton, Texas Public Radio | Published May 21, 2022 at 1:44 PM CDT |


    Flooding: Cypress Creek Watershed | Effects of Hurricane Harvey in Texas | Cajun Navy |

    CLIMATE CHANGE AND AFRICA


  • Rich Nations’ Toxic Habits Bring African Refugees to Their Doors The number of African migrants trying to make it to the US southern border is on track to hit a potential record this year. By 2050, 86 million Africans will be displaced because of climate events.
    By Antony Sguazzin, Katarina Hoije, and Maya Averbuch, Bloomberg.com | June 1, 2022 4:00 AM UTC |

    CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION


    2006 Statement of Conscience: Threat of Global Warming/Climate Change [Reaffirmed in 2011] (Unitarian Universalist Assn.)
  • Create Climate Justice with Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray (April 18, 2019 video) [UUA president in 2019]
  • Green Sanctuary Program (Unitarian Universalist Assn.)

    CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANIZATIONS


  • Climate Mayors [Bipartisan, peer-to-peer network of more than 470 U.S. mayors. Current chair is Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner.]
  • Climate Justice Alliance: Communities United for a Just Transition
  • 350.org
  • Climate Central.org
  • Citizens' Climate Lobby (Nonpartisan Climate Advocacy) | The Woodlands-Huntsville Chapter | Carbon Fee and Dividend (Carbon pricing) |
  • Citizens' Environmental Coalition (Houston-Galveston area) | Earth Day Houston |
  • Ecosia Search Engine (Plant Trees While You Search the Web)
  • Houston Climate Movement | Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston |
  • Sierra Club: Lone Star Chapter: Houston Group
  • The Woodlands G.R.E.E.N.: The Woodlands GrassRoots Environmental Education Network
  • Office of Resilence and Sustainability (City of Houston) [Includes Climate Action Plan]

    GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: NASA / EPA


  • NASA: Global Climate Change
  • Artic Sea Ice Loss 1984-2019 (see video)[This page is titled "Weekly Arctic Sea Ice Age with Graph of Ice Age By Area: 1984 - 2019". Visualizations by Cindy Starr. Updated on September 30, 2019.] (NASA Scientific Visualization Studio)
  • The Drying U.S. West (NASA Earth Observatory) | NOTE: Texas is buffered by the Gulf of Mexico so our droughts have not been as severe. |
  • Climate Change (EPA)

    FEDERAL LEGISLATION


  • Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Wikipedia)

  • Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (SUMMARY) (US Senate Democrats)
    [Note: This package is being folded into the FY2022 BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL.]

  • FACTSHEET: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Opportunities to Accelerate Deployment in Fossil Energy and Carbon Management Activities [The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law] (Energy.gov)

  • Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. US Congress House Bill 3684. (US HB3684 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress) | H.R.3684 |
    Status: Completed Legislative Action Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0) Status: Passed on November 15 2021 - 100% progression Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
    President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (WhiteHouse.gov)


  • Economists' Statement on Carbon Dividends (As appeared in the Wall Street Journal) | Wikipedia article on the Statement |

  • Understanding the Infrastructure Bills: Bipartisan bill signed, Build Back Better passes House—what could happen next
    by Jim Probasco, NPR | Updated January 17, 2022 |
    CO2 Emissions by Country & Volume [NOTE: Scroll down to "CO2 Emissions by Region"] (OurWorldInData.org)

    UNITED NATIONS: Paris Agreement (United Nations Climate Change)


  • UN report paints dire picture of the Gulf of Mexico's future Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on parts of the Texas coast in 2017
    By Rebecca Santana and Curt Anderson, Associated Press | March 3, 2022 1:54 PM |

    UNITED NATIONS: Montreal Protocol ((United Nations Climate Change)


  • United Nations Treaty Collection:
    2. f Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Kigali, 15 October 2016

  • U.S. Senate votes to amend global treaty to curb climate-warming gas (re the Kigali Amendment)
    By Valerie Volcovici and Moira Warburton, Reuters.com | September 21, 2022 5:03 PM CDT
    QUOTE FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:
    The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 69-27 to ratify an amendment to the Montreal Protocol that would cut the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a major greenhouse gas, in a key step towards combating climate change.

    The so-called Kigali amendment calls for the phase-down of HFCs, gases used in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) that are significantly more potent than carbon dioxide in contributing to global warming.


    CARBON FOOTPRINT / CARBON OFFSETS


  • Carbon Footprint (Wikipedia) | Calculate Your Carbon Footprint (Terrapass.com) | Buy Carbon Offsets (Terrapass.com) |
  • Quick Carbon Footprint Estimator (Cool Climate.org) | Carbon Footprint [foot outline graphic] (BioNinja.com.au) | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (EPA.gov) |
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