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Op-Ed: Solar Energy, Carbon Fee and Nuclear Energy Are Topics for Climate Discussions

by Sylvia Neely and Dick Jones** Recently about 50 people, including local municipal and county officials, toured the solar installation at the University Area Joint Authority which provides wastewater treatment for five municipalities. Cory Miller, UAJA’s executive director, described steps that UAJA is taking to save energy, steps that are expected to create at least $7 million in savings over 30 years. The first phase of this project, consisting of 7,600 solar panels in a field in College Township as well as a 1.5 megawatt… Read More »Op-Ed: Solar Energy, Carbon Fee and Nuclear Energy Are Topics for Climate Discussions

Centre Climate: How local groups are making a difference, and how to join them

BY JONATHAN BROCKOPP Greta Thunberg, that inspiring Swedish activist, has received a lot of attention for her strong words on climate change. “How dare you!” she famously scolded world leaders at the United Nations, adding: “You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.” But locally, our children have been just as outspoken. I attended the “climate strike” on Sept. 20, where one young activist pointed out that they feel forced “to do the brunt of the work, because our older generations –… Read More »Centre Climate: How local groups are making a difference, and how to join them

October 2019

Monthly Meeting The State College chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 15 at 5:30 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at the end of Waupelani Drive in State College.  We will share what we have done since the last meeting, learn more about CCL and our signature bill, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, and plan future activities.  Please join us. News from our State College chapter –Lots of Constituent Letters One of the ways volunteers for… Read More »October 2019

Who is my neighbor when it comes to climate change?

by Dick Jones Jesus knew how to tell a story. He understood that none of the people listening to his parable—least of all the lawyer who asked, “Who is my neighbor?”—would have considered a Samaritan fit for that description. That was the whole point. He was showing his audience how to think outside the box. So who is my neighbor when it comes to climate change? To answer that question, I invite you to arrive at an understanding of neighborhood that goes beyond our street address, our… Read More »Who is my neighbor when it comes to climate change?

September 2019

Monthly Meeting The State College chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 17 at 5:30 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at the end of Waupelani Drive in State College.  Please note the change of meeting time.  We will henceforth meet on the third Tuesday of the month at 5:30. We hope that this change will make it possible for more people to attend.  Please join us to plan our activities for the coming year, to share news of our accomplishments, and… Read More »September 2019

UAJA solar project to create $7 million in energy savings

By DICK JONESSpecial to the Gazette STATE COLLEGE — The University Area Joint Authority’s solar energy project is expected to create at least $7 million in energy savings over a 30-year span. That’s what a group of 50 people, including municipal and county officials and members of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, learned during a presentation and tour on Sept. 22. Cory Miller, UAJA’s executive director, explained the finances, benefits, maintenance and administration of the solar energy effort, which is a public-private partnership between UAJA and New… Read More »UAJA solar project to create $7 million in energy savings

‘Something to be proud of’: State College residents go on tour of solar array

Melissa Manno, The Daily Collegian “But where is all of this energy coming from?” one audience member joked as a projector and lights were put on in preparation for the oncoming presentation. “All solar,” Cory Miller responded. “All of it’s coming from our solar grid.” The State College chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) sponsored a tour and presentation of the University Area Joint Authority solar array on Sept. 22 at UAJA’s Spring Control Facility. State College’s CCL chapter is one of 550 chapters worldwide… Read More »‘Something to be proud of’: State College residents go on tour of solar array

Op-Ed: Climate Change and the Constitution

By Sylvia Neely Climate change is a big problem and it calls for big solutions. No matter how conscientious we may be at reducing our personal greenhouse gas emissions, ultimately we need to find solutions at a national level to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. This effort must be bipartisan, for both practical and ideological reasons. Even if we imagine a victory by Democrats in 2020, giving the party most closely identified with climate change control of the House, Senate, and Presidency, it… Read More »Op-Ed: Climate Change and the Constitution

Renewable Energy Investments Needed

Letter to the Editor by Ken Riznyk I read with great interest the recent article in the CDT about states investing millions of dollars in flood control projects. Texas will spend $793 million, $15 million in Iowa, $10 million in Arkansas and millions in other states. The article states that a National Climate Assessment released by the White House warned that “natural disasters in the U.S. are worsening because of global warming. We can expect more frequent storms and storms of increased intensity in addition… Read More »Renewable Energy Investments Needed

Book Review: Carbon Capture, Howard Herzog

A review of Howard J. Herzog, Carbon Capture (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2018), 198 pp. Some solutions to climate change roam the earth looking for someone to champion them. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has few friends. Liberals think it is a figleaf over continued use of fossil fuels. CCS, they say, allows business as usual under the vague technological promise that CCS will someday remove what we are carelessly putting into the atmosphere now. On the other hand, conservatives seem to regard CCS as another… Read More »Book Review: Carbon Capture, Howard Herzog