ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE-RELATED WEBSITE RESOURCES

Information provided by Conservation Advisory Council

ENERGY RESOURCES

Central Hudson Energy Efficiency Savings - $50 for fridge recycling, free lighting upgrades for businesses and public buildings, home energy rebates at: http://www.savingscentral.com/

Cornell Cooperative Extension: Provides Energy Efficiency and Conservation Information for Home, Business, & Municipalities: http://ccetompkins.org/energy

Green Jobs Green New York Energy Audits - Free or Reduced Cost Residential Energy Audit

http://www.getenergysmart.org/SingleFamilyHomes/ExistingBuilding/HomeOwner/GreenJobsGreenNewYorkEnergyAudits.aspx

My Energy Plan - a website collaboration that helps households reduce energy consumption, made possible by the NH Public Utilities Commission: http://myenergyplan.net/

NYS DEC: Energy and Climate Change Information: http://www.dec.ny.gov/60.html

NYSERDA - public benefit corporation that administers energy efficiency programs and funding and provides technical assistance with the aim of helping NYS reduce energy consumption: http://www.nyserda.org/

NYSERDA Mid-Hudson Energy Smart Communities, Patrice Courtney - regional coordinator for the Energy Smart Communities Program (E$C), provides assistance with NYSERDA opportunities: http://www.getenergysmart.com or pcourtneystrong@gmail.com

CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCES

Clean Air-Cool Planet (CA-CP) is a science-based, non-partisan, 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated solely to finding and promoting solutions to global warming. Their Community Catalyst Fund will support groups in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Grants range in size from $250 to $2,500: http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/smallgrants/index.php

 

NYSDEC Climate Change – Provides general information on climate change and NYSDEC programs: http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy.44992.html

 

Cornell Northeast Regional Climate Center: http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/

NYS Climate Action Council and Draft Plan (Nov 2010): http://nyclimatechange.us/

The Nature Conservancy Climate Change in NY Fact Sheets:

http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/files/new york factsheet 5.pdf

Sustainable Hudson Valley - a regional organization devoted to sustainable development, creator of the regional 10% Challenge: http://www.sustainhv.org/

US Global Research Program/Northeast Impacts: http://www.globalchange.gov. Provides information on the impacts of climate change in the Northeastern USA.

Washington State Extension, Climate Masters Program: http://whatcom.wsu.edu/carbonmasters/syllabus.html