Sierra Club - Climate Change Flyer

The scientific verdict is in: Global Climate Change is real and largely caused by human behavior. The average annual temperature in Chicago has already risen 2.6 degrees since 1980. How much worse can it get?

According to the Chicago Climate Action Plan, by the year 2070, Chicago could see summer temperatures reach 90+ degrees on more than 70 days and 100+ degrees on more than 30 days.

"Our health will be directly affected by more
very hot days and heat waves."
-Tom Karl, Director of National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

Fortunately, we can still save our City and our planet from the worst effects of global warming if we take the right steps today.

	Want to find out more how climate change will affect Chicago and the rest of the United States? Visit: www.globalchange.gov/usimpacts
View the Chicago Plan: www.chicagoclimateaction.org/pages/research___reports/48.php

Carbon Cutting Steps

	For Homeowners: Want to see if you're eligible for a federal weatherization subsidy to make your home more energy efficient? Check out Sierra Club’s Home Owner Energy Efficiency Resource Guide! www.tiny.cc/scetU
	For Renters: Learn green renting tips such as how to weather strip your doors and windows. www.lighterfootstep.com/2007/04/how-to-be-a-green-renter/
	For Businesses: Want to go green at the office? Take the City of Chicago Green Office Challenge! www.chicagogreenofficechallenge.org
	For Everyone: Want to save money while also helping the Earth? Take the City of Chicago's $800 Savings Challenge! www.tiny.cc/b77Zr
	For Suburbanites: All over North America, local governments are moving forward with innovative energy solutions that curb global warming, save taxpayer dollars, and create healthier cities. See how your suburb can join the Cool Cities program! www.coolcities.us

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Political Steps

American Clean Energy and Security Act
Call your US Representatives and Senators today and tell them to support
the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454) that will create
clean energy jobs and fight global warming!

Senators: Dick Durbin: 202-224-2152 | Roland Burris: 202-224-2854
Find Your Reps: www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd

Want to learn more about the American Clean Energy and Security Act?
View: http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adv_aces

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About Sierra Club

Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. We are the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. www.sierraclub.org

Join the Air & Energy Committee of the Sierra Club's Chicago Group
Be a part of the effort to make global warming and air pollution a thing of the past. The committee is taking a wide variety of approaches to solving air pollution problems and has fun while doing it, such as our Front Burner campaign to raise global warming awareness in the City of Chicago. If you are interested in joining the Air/Energy Committee, please contact A/E Chair Tony Fuller at arfarf13@sbcglobal.net. For more info: www.illinois.sierraclub.org/Chicago/airenergy

Sign-up to be a Sierra Climate Leader
Sierra Club is launching a Climate Leaders program that will allow us to identify, cultivate and grow activists who can get involved every day, week or month to meet the goals for The Climate Recovery Partnership: cut greenhouse gas pollution to prevent runaway global warming, prepare for climate transition, and strengthen natural ecosystems for climate recovery. For more info and to sign-up, visit:
www.sierraclub.org/climateleaders

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