Sue Skinner of the EPA will be our guest speaker on Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. at the Methodist church. Come with questions.
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The Idaho Climate Action Network will host speaker Sue Skinner on “Environmental Issues and Legacies within the Portneuf Watershed - an EPA Community Based Perspective” at the First United Methodist Church, 200 N. 15th Ave., 7:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 25. Skinner has been the Community Based Environmental Protection Specialist in Pocatello since 2002 in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10 Office of Ecosystems, Tribal, and Public Affairs. She will include specifics on climate change as it relates to air and water quality topics in our area. The public is invited and questions are welcome.
The Idaho Climate Action Network, or Idaho CAN, mission is to educate the public about climate change and global warming. Simple actions such as what we eat, what we drive, how we build our homes, etc., have an effect on our immediate surroundings, as well as worldwide.
For more information about Idaho CAN, please contact Marv McCall, 232-9250 or visit idahocan.wordpress.com/.
Roger Boe, Idaho Climate Action Network member, retired pediatrician and medical consultant, will present “Beyond an Inconvenient Truth,” Monday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 200 N. 15th Ave. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.
Boe originally prepared and presented this topic for New Knowledge Adventures. Affiliated with Idaho State University, New Knowledge Adventures is a member-directed organization for adults to gain knowledge and explore new ideas in an informal, noncompetitive environment. Boe’s PowerPoint presentation takes the learner beyond the story presented in Al Gore’s Academy Award winning film, “An Inconvenient Truth.” He begins with “why the film inspires us,” examines the science of global warming, and explores the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Boe noted that fourth report for 2007 from IPCC will be published this month and he hopes to incorporate new information in his presentation. He based much of his research on information from the Union of Concerned Scientists, IPCC reports, and other resources cited in Gore’s film.
Carbon Offsets: conscience money?
Published May 29, 2007 Activism , Climate change news , Products 1 CommentDoes buying carbon offsets really help reduce your carbon footprint? Are they part of the solution to reversing climate change? The evidence and opinion are decidedly mixed. Here are three sites where carbon offsets are sold:
www.conservationfund.org,
www.carbonfund.org/site/,
www.carbontradewatch.org/
View Pocatello’s Step-it-Up photo!
Published April 16, 2007 Activism , Climate change news 0 CommentsWe were very proud to have had between 125-175 participants at our Step-It-Up.2007 rally (link to photo) on Saturday, April 14, 2007 to encourage congress to cut CO2 emissions 80% by 2050. Over 1400 rallies were held nationwide. Thanks to Jo Myers, Echo Schneider, Jan Seymour, and Marcus Gallo for organizing the rally. Thanks to Jessica McAleese, Bob Merle, and John Heckler for excellent music. Mayor Robert Chase of Pocatello opened the rally with an inspiring speech, and Peter Murphy (Idaho Climate Action Network) and Chris Jenkins (Wildlife Conservation Society) followed that up with some more information on global warming and avenues for personal and political action. We also ate excellent dutch oven food and sipped Portneuf Valley Brewery refreshments. The following organizations passed out literature at the rally: The Idaho Climate Action Network, The Eastern Idaho Group of the Sierra Club, The Caribou Water Coalition, Poky Free Bikes, Portneuf Greenway Foundation, and Portneuf Valley Bike-to-Work. Please visit their websites and contribute with time, money, ideas, or pedal power!
Call your congressman or senators and tell them to support the Sanders-Boxer Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Act. The numbers for our representatives (representing E. Idaho) in Washington DC are: Sen. Craig (202-224-2752); Sen. Crapo (202-224-6142); Rep. Simpson (202-225-5531). More information on this climate bill can be found on the Grist website, here and here. Here is a .pdf of an article in January from the Times.
More on Step It Up 2007
Published March 20, 2007 Activism , Climate change news , Step it Up 2007 Pocatello 0 CommentsStep it up 2007 Pocatello: April 14, 2007, Ross Park
Published March 19, 2007 Activism , Step it Up 2007 Pocatello 0 CommentsJan Seymour, Jo Myers, Echo Schneider, Marcus Gallo, Idaho CAN, and you! will be part of a rally at Ross Park beginning at 12 noon on April 14, 2007 to call our national and state leaders to take action against global climate change by reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050. Our rally, Step It Up, 2007! will be linked (through photos and information) to over 1300 rallies currently planned across the country, giving a kick-in-the-pants to our national leaders.
We will begin promptly at 12 noon with Mayor Chase, who has signed Pocatello on to the Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement. We will follow this with a rally, music, food, information, and enthusiasm! Come out and rally to stop warming, and meet others with ideas to counteract this problem locally and nationally. Step it up Pocatello!
Return to this site for more information on the rally as the date approaches. For more information on Bill McKibben, the organizer of the National Step-It-Up rally, read this interview with a journalist from Salon.com.
If you want to help with planning the rally, or have a speaker that you think would be appropriate, contact Echo or Jo at: echo.schneider or jolmyers at gmail.com.
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