Global Warming and
Environmental Justice Websites
Faith and the Environment
- National Religious Partnership for the Environment
- The National Religious Partnership for the Environment is an association of independent faith groups across a broad spectrum: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches U.S.A., the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, and the Evangelical Environmental Network.
- Interfaith Power & Light
New York State Interfaith Power & Light
- Part of the Regeneration project, IPL is an interfaith ministry devoted to deepening the connection between ecology and faith. Its goal is to help people of faith recognize and fulfill their responsibility for the stewardship of creation.
Specifically, the Interfaith Power and Light campaign is mobilizing a national religious response to global warming while promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation.
- Eco-Justice Ministries
- Eco-Justice Ministries is an independent, ecumenical agency that helps churches answer the call to care for all of God's creation, and develop ministries that are faithful, relevant and effective in working toward social justice and environmental sustainability. Many suggestions for worship and preaching.
- Evangelical Environmental Network
- The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) is a non-profit organization that seeks to educate, inspire, and mobilize Christians in their effort to care for God’s creation, to be faithful stewards of God’s provision, and to advocate for actions and policies that honor God and protect the environment.
Carbon footprint calculators
Carbon offsets
Global Warming
- Stop Global Warming
- The Stop Global Warming Virtual March is a non-political effort to declare that global warming is here now and it’s time to act.
- UN International Panel on Climate Change
- The IPCC is a scientific intergovernmental body set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It was established to provide the decision-makers and others interested in climate change with an objective source of information about climate change.
In December 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. were awarded of the Nobel Peace Prize “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”.
- Climate Change in the Northeast
- Global warming is a worldwide phenomenon, but its impact is felt locally, in the places where we live. Find out what's in store for two key regions in the United States and learn how the choices we make today will determine the climate our children inherit.
- Pew Center on Climate Change
- Learn about Climate Change Basics, Science and Impacts, Technology Solutions, and Economics.
- The Heat is Online
- The latest news on the science and impact of climate change.
- Christian Aid: Climate Change
- Climate change is happening right now, and it's the world's poorest, those most blameless, who are paying the price. Learn about taking action now, both at home and abroad.
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Free educational guide; “About the film”. “Take Action:. “The Science” “Downloads”, “Reviews”, “News and Blog”
Advocacy
- Environmental Advocates of NY
- Environmental Advocates of New York is the state's government watchdog, holding lawmakers and agencies accountable for enacting and enforcing laws that protect our natural resources and safeguard public health. Environmental Advocates works alone and in coalitions and has more than 7,000 individual and 130 organizational members. The tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization is also the New York affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation.
Energy Issues in New York State
- NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
- Conserving, improving, and protecting New York's natural resources and environment
- Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
- The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, is a cooperative effort by Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions – a greenhouse gas that causes global warming.
Renewable Energy Sources
- Union of Concerned Scientists—Clean Energy Program
- By demonstrating that renewable energy solutions are sustainable both environmentally and economically, the Union aims to enact federal and state policies that support renewable energy, reduce barriers to the adoption of renewable technologies, and encourage all energy purchasers to use renewables.
We Are Running Out of Oil
- The Wolf at the Door
- The Beginner’s Guide to Peak Oil
General/Misc.
- Center for the New American Dream
- Live Consciously. Buy wisely. Make a difference.
- Environmental Defense
- Environmental Defense is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights are access to clean air and water, healthy and nourishing food, and flourishing ecosystems. Guided by science, Environmental Defense evaluates environmental problems and works to create and advocate solutions that win lasting political, economic and social support because they are nonpartisan, cost-efficient and fair.
Environmental Defense believes that a sustainable environment will require economic and social systems that are equitable and just. It is committed to the environmental rights of the poor and people of color. As an American organization, Environmental Defense will always pay special attention to American environmental problems and to America's role in both causing and solving global environmental problems.
