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Reports and Factsheets Basics | Factsheets| Reports | Maps | Articles   Basics The Basics of Nuclear Power The Basics of Carbon Cap-and-Auction The Basics of Carbon Capture and Sequestration The Basics of Coal   Factsheets Clean Energy: The Engine of our Economy In the 2008 election, Americans chose change. Their demand for new answers to old problems has created the very real opportunity to transform our economy and become energy independent by investing in clean energy. Drilling Won't Lower Gas Prices We need sound energy policy, learn more with this fact sheet. Global Warming and Environmental Justice: The Burden on Vulnerable Populations No community should bear disproportionate risks of harm because of their demographics or economic condition - but that is what will happen with global warming if we don't take action. Destination Iowa: Getting to a Sustainable Biofuels Future Destination Iowa lays out steps to maximize the benefits of the corn-based bioeconomy, while preparing for the richer, cleaner, and more productive bioeconomy of tomorrow. A Time For Action Cars that go further on a gallon of gas, buildings and home that conserve energy, clean power from the wind and sun. Hybrid Cars - Driving Solutions Read all about the newest, most exciting cars on the road today - Gasoline-Electric Hybrid Vehicles. How Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Can Fuel Our Future: Clean Power Comes on Strong Discusses benefits of renewable energies (wind, solar, geothermal, biomass) and energy efficiency. The Biggest Single Step to Curbing Global Warming and Saving Oil Benefits of raising CAFE standards to 45mpg. Also discusses technologies available to reach that level. Ford Motor Company: Driving Up the Heat Read about how the Sierra Club is pressuring Bill Ford and the Ford Motor Company to build Cleaner Cars, and the successes we've already had. A Dangerous Experiment The United States is conducting the most dangerous experiment ever - global warming. By pump thousands of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year, we are forever altering the fate of the planet. Freedom Option Package Factsheet on available technologies that will boost the fuel economy of the cars we buy. 10 Things You Can Do to Curb Global Warming Read about the easy steps you can take to curb global warming. Arriving at the Tipping Point State action will soon force automakers to build cleaner cars for America.   Reports 12 Key Benchmarks for Achieving a Sound Energy Policy Lists and explains twelve policies that would create a sound energy policy. Compares the twelve proposals with what the Bush Administration is doing. A Balanced Energy Plan: Quicker, Cleaner, Cheaper, Safer Promotes efficiency measures, renewable energy, and cleaner and more efficient fossil fuel production. Myths vs. Reality about a 20% Renewable Portfolio Standard It can be economically feasible and efficient to impose a 20% Renewable Portfolio Standard by 2020 Driving Up the Heat: Global Warming and SUVs Discusses the effects of SUVs on the environment, energy security, safety, etc. Vanishing Wildlife and Habitat Global Climate Change will contribute to the extinction and dislocation of species Global Warming Impacts: Health Effects Addresses potential health effects, infectious diseases, extreme weather. May be part of Global Warming Overview factsheet. Glacier National Park is a Global Warming Laboratory Provides an example of global warming where glaciers have retreated significantly over the past century, with the majority disappearing entirely. Increasing America's Fuel Economy A background briefing on the history CAFE, how it works, and how raising CAFE would cut global warming pollution, increase energy security and save consumers money.   Maps Emissions Map See which countries are responsible for turning up the heat on global warming. (1.2 MB PDF file) Early Warning Signs This map illustrates the local consequences of global warming. Extreme Weather Map Scientists say global warming means more extreme weather. Has global warming begun? Feeling the Burn An interactive map from Mother Jones Magazine that shows recent effects of global warming.   Articles EPA's Environmental Report Leaves Out Global Warming The Bush administration deleted passages identifying global warming as a threat to the environment and public health. from The Planet Newsletter Finally, Progress on Fuel Efficiency: Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, mileage standards, and more. What we should be doing to curb global warming, and what we are. Beating the heat: What Sierra Club activists are doing to help curb global warming. A few degrees is all it takes to set off massive changes in our climate. Electrifying options: We can begin to clean up our atmosphere by cleaning up the way we produce electricity. Doing things more efficiently is part of the solution to global warming. from Sierra Magazine The Invisible Hand: As human activity warms the earth, El Niņo grows more violent. Are we doing this to ourselves? Heat Wave: If we continue to ignore the danger signs, the world of the future will be a hotter, poorer, deadlier place. Here's what it might look like. Attack of the sport-utility vehicles: Automakers reap enormous profits off sport utility vehicles -- but our environment is paying the price. Up to Top HOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | © 2008 Sierra Club