"MIDDLETOWN FOR CLEAN ENERGY"
a nonpartisan group of Middletown, NJ residents who support a Middletown transition to 100% Clean Energy.

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2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

STATUS OF MIDDLETOWN ENERGY PLAN

MOST RECENT PRESENTATIONS:

How to switch to Clean Energy for your home or business

EXCELLENT REFERENCES:

Fundamentals https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/ ;
"EnROADS simulator" "learn by doing" to find most effective GHG reductions; watch 3 min training ; further explanation

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UN IPCC report (global; 12 years to reduce 50%); National Climate Assessment report (Nov, 2018; US-specific); 2018 Arctic Report Card, NOAA, Dec, 2018; Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, May, 2019; IPCC (UN "Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate", Sept 25,2019; Oceans and Ice Risks overview Oct 11,2019; The Lancet Health Report (Health Effects); Global Carbon Budget 2018 (12/5/2018)- NYTimes review;

http://theyearsproject.com; Jan Dash http://climate.trunity.org/; Phil Blackwood "Updates" ; NASA’s Climate Evidence Page; NOAA’s Climate Page ; Citizens’ Climate Lobby ; Climate Reality Project ; "How Renewables Work - A Practical Guide to Solar, Wind, and Geothermal"; HHMI earthviewer
NJ-specific climate info: https://climate.rutgers.edu/stateclim/ ; https://statesummaries.ncics.org/nj ; https://njenvironmentnews.com/ ; Phil Blackwood Climate News Updates 2018 ; 2019 ;
The Economist, 9/22/2019: "Past,Present,Future of Climate Change"

Goldman Sachs, 9/2019, "Taking the Heat" (34 pages)- relies on the IPCC (cited above) which has "the most comprehesive source of research on climate change" and discusses impacts of a massive move of cities to build resiliency.

Sierra Club "Energy Resources Policy" ;
"Science on Saturday" NJ Climate lectures 3/2/2019 and 2/2/2019 at Princeton Fusion Lab https://goo.gl/322EBZ ;

2019 climate reports: first group of 12 ; 2nd group of 12

2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS (also see archived events for details)

2018 ACCOMPLISHMENTS by Middletown for Clean Energy

LATEST SURVEYS:

Yale's new report "Energy in the American Mind" shows Americans across party lines are #ReadyFor100!

CURRENT ISSUES

LETTERS & TALKS TO MIDDLETOWN LEADERS AND OTHER POSTS

MIDDLETOWN FOR CLEAN ENERGY (RF100) MEETINGS

"READY FOR 100" DOCUMENTS:

SITES:

NJ CITIES MOVING TO CLEAN ENERGY:

EXCELLENT NYTIMES OpEd, 10/23/2017 "How to Keep the Lights On After a Hurricane

PAPERS/PUBLICATIONS:

PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS AND MEETINGS

GREEN TEAM INITIATIVES

CLIMATE REALITY 100% CAMPAIGN "Tool Kit"

PROFILE OF MONMOUTH COUNTY TOWNS - Middletown

"NJFRAMES" study of sea level rise in the 15 towns within "2 rivers" area. Current scenarios as of July 10, 2019. Public comments accepted until Aug 10, 2019 at https://tinyurl.com/NJFRAMEScomments .

ELECTRICITY FROM WAVE ENERGY
"SurfWEC" Electricity from Waves: an innovative project for synergy with offshore wind.
2019-4-22 Science Monday talk by Michael Raftery, VP, CTO of "SurfWEC"

ENVIRONMENT: brush/leaf pickup

RECENT TALKS

EXTRA CREDIT: (mouse over the following GIF to observe annimation)
NETZERO GLOBAL EMISSIONS
Assumes global emissions begin dropping in the near future
If the drop in emissions is not fast enough, the animation shows the required NEGATIVE emissions (in green) to stabalize to a desired maximum global temperature
Most of the net emissions would be high capacity carbon sequestration from the air (by a mechansm yet to be invented/perfected)

GHG-UN-curves