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What can I do about climate change? Part 7: Speak up
Connecting with others interested in finding solutions to climate challenges can help you stay motivated.
What can one person do about climate change? Part 6: Upgrade your home
Those measures will take time and money, so it’s important to plan ahead.
Fingerprints of climate change seen in Pa.’s hot summer days
Pennsylvania did not set records, but a new analysis shows it is still feeling the effects of climate change.
State amphibian may get another shot at federal protections
Forty percent of known hellbender populations have died out and more are shrinking.
What can one person do about climate change? Part 5: Shop smart
Buying fewer things, shopping second-hand, and repairing what you can all help reduce your impact on the climate.
What can I do about climate change? Part 4: Getting around
Transportation is responsible for about one-third of U.S. emissions.
What can one person do about climate change? Part 3: Dig in the dirt
Agriculture and other land use are responsible for between 25-30% of global emissions.
In Pa., climate change stresses old infrastructure. Stormwater fees are seen as a way to help limit flooding, pollution
Cities and towns have to fix rain-related problems, especially since there’s a federal mandate to cut pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. Many turn to stormwater fees to support costly upgrades. But people billed for those fees sometimes don’t know what they’re paying for.
What can one person do about climate change? Part 2: What we (don’t) eat
If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world.