Wednesday, October 1, 2008

More iConservePA.org Elect To Conserve Coverage

Watch this special follow-up CNN* news coverage by Cooper Anderson 180 to learn how you can be part of a creative "special election" on the iConservePA.org website by voting for your favorite environmental candidates in the "Elect to Conserve" campaign.
Voters will be eligible to win a home composter or a rain barrel. The winning Pennsylvania environmental program will receive a $5,000 grant. (When did voting in a real election get you anything like that!)
To vote, visit the 2008 Elect To Conserve webpage.
Click here to watch more election coverage by CNN's Cooper Anderson.
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*Conservation News Network, of course.

Secretary Donna Cooper on PA Climate Change Initiatives

Secretary of Policy and Planning Donna Cooper outlines the steps Pennsylvania has taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and legislation Gov. Rendell is supporting to reduce the impacts of climate change during a press conference in Harrisburg on a new Union of Concerned Scientists report on potential global warming impacts in Pennsylvania.
Watch these other presentations from the press conference:
John Walliser, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Lance Pierce, Union of Concerned Scientists
Ray Najjar, Penn State University Professor of Meterorology and Geosciences
Shelby Fleischer, Penn State University Professor of Entomology

Prof. Shelby Fleischer on Impacts of Global Warming on Agriculture

Shelby Fleischer, Penn State University Professor of Entomology, provides a summary of global warming impacts on agriculture in Pennsylvania from a new Union of Concerned Scientists report at a press conference in Harrisburg.
Watch these other presentations from the press conference:
John Walliser, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Lance Pierce, Union of Concerned Scientists
Ray Najjar, Penn State University Professor of Meterorlogy and Geosciences
Donna Cooper, Secretary of Policy and Planning

Prof. Ray Najjar On Climate Changes Impacts on Weather, Forests

Ray Najjar, Penn State University Associate Professor of Meterorology and Geosciences, talks about the findings in a Union of Concerned Scientists report on potential global warming impacts on weather and forests in Pennsylvania at a press conference in Harrisburg.
Watch these other presentations from the press conference:
John Walliser, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Lance Pierce, Union of Concerned Scientists
Shelby Fleischer, Penn State University Professor of Entomology
Donna Cooper, Secretary of Policy and Planning

Lance Pierce On Global Warming Impacts in PA

Lance Pierce introduces a new Union of Concerned Scientists report on potential global warming impacts in Pennsylvania at a press conference in Harrisburg.
Watch these other presentations from the press conference:
John Walliser, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Ray Najjar, Penn State Associate Professor of Meterorology and Geosciences
Shelby Fleischer, Penn State University Professor of Entomology
Donna Cooper, Secretary of Policy and Planning