NJ climate documents

"Middletown for Clean Energy" is a nonpartisan group of Middletown, NJ residents who support a Middletown transition to 100% Clean Energy.

(this is a working archive of all info; the site is obviously non-graphical; as time permits, this site will be upgraded using WordPress; a volunteer would be welcome!)

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How to switch to Clean Energy for your home or business

EXCELLENT REFERENCES:

UN IPCC report (global; 12 years to reduce 50%); National Climate Assessment report (US-specific); The Lancet Health Report (Health Effects); Global Carbon Budget 2018 (12/5/2018)- NYTimes review;

http://theyearsproject.com; http://climate.uu-uno.org/ ; 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/

Sierra Club "Energy Resources Policy"

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Feb, 2019 Central NJ Chapter, Climate Reality presentation

RECENTLY COMPLETED EVENTS:

Aug 23 Clean Energy tour of AT&T Labs
Sept 8 Monmouth County For Clean Energy, People's Climate March & Rally; All documents (march, rally, table script...)
Sept 7, 14, 20, 24, 28, Oct 10 NJ BPU "Stakeholders Meetings" for the 2019 NJ "Energy Master Plan". Details at https://nj.gov/emp (includes all public comments)
Sept 22 Middletown Day, 11AM to 5PM, Croydon Hall. table layout ; table talking points/script
Oct 2 Sierra Club RF100 training; Food&Water Watch- achieving 100% clean energy in New Brunswick: minutes

CURRENT ISSUES

Middletown has a Conpressed Natural Gas station which it plans to use to fuel increasing numbers of its fleet of 100 vehicles.
- 10/12/2018 letter to Mayor Kevin Settembrino, Ted Maloney, (Chief Engineer), and Tony Mercantante (Township Administrator) background explanation/references

MIDDLETOWN FOR CLEAN ENERGY (RF100) MEETINGS

June 7, 2018 Monmouth County Training
July 2, 2018 Agenda and Minutes Middletown for Clean Energy Team Meeting
Aug 7, 2018 Agenda and Minutes Middletown for Clean Energy Team Meeting; 7:30PM (1st Tues of each month)
(email for info: stevemiller@comcast.net)
Aug 15, 2018 Agenda (including minutes) to help publicize/organize the Sept 8 People's Climate March
Aug 19, 2018 Agenda ; Minutes publicize/organize the Sept 8 People's Climate March
Sept 4, 2018 Agenda ; Minutes; Middletown for Clean Energy Team Meeting
Oct 2, 2018 Agenda ; Minutes(html) ; Minutes (doc);
Nov 15, 2018 7:30-8:30PM Agenda; Minutes
Dec 4, 7PM to 9 PM "24 Hours of Reality Watch Party" agenda

"READY FOR 100" DOCUMENTS:

SustainableJersey.com supports all NJ "Green Teams"
"Path to Clean Energy" talk and script (all slides+script; ready to customize for your own town; contact author for the 2 video slides)
Climate Reality "Truth In 10" slides ; video (begin the 10 minute talk at ~2 min into this video clip)
All Cities/Mayors/Green Team contacts in Monmouth County (sources: SustainableJersey.com; Wikipedia.com; Municipal websites)
NJ Cities which pledged 100% Clean Energy (52 mayors; 59 cities as of 8/15/2018), signed clean energy pledges.
Sierra Club “Ready for 100” campaign “Ready for 100 Organizing Toolkit”; Mayor Pledge ; possible city Resolution for Clean Energy
Sierra Club 2018 Case Studies of 10 cities moving to 100%
March 10 kickoff core team meeting agenda
June 7, 2018 RF100 training for all Monmouth County volunteers

SITES:

"Climate" (this site)
"Electric" (electric index pdf file) - background, and instructions to switch electrical supplier to 100% renewable
"WhatYouCanDo"; templates to write letters to publications; elected officials and your local mayor and green team leader

NJ CITIES MOVING TO CLEAN ENERGY:

NJ Cities which pledged 100% Clean Energy (as of 8/2018, 50 mayors; 57 cities, signed clean energy pledges, including pledges by Council presidents)
- 8/2017 archive

Pledges/Declarations: Food & Water ; Climate Mayors ; Sierra-Club ; WeAreStillIn ; US Conference of Mayors (all energy resolutions; clean energy resolution); Sustainable Jersey ;

Historical: Sierra Club "Cool Cities" (~2006-2009) ; NJ Towns which signed climate agreement in 2008-2009;
43 Climate Actions that will help a city reduce emissions to "net zero"

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

Electric utilities need to configure residential solar systems to allow solar to be used in the event the grid goes down
This is the principle behind "microgrids"

PAPERS/PUBLICATIONS:

"What if a 500 Year Flood Happens in NJ?" - published LTE, Asbury Park Press
"Switch to Renewable Wind & Solar Electricity" - submitted LTE to Asbury Park Press
Switch electric to renewables, SAVE Money and ELIMINATE Pollution
"Climate Change - Our Current Understanding"
Review of "Drawdown -the Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming", edited by Paul Hawken
Jersey Sierran article "Decade of Clean Energy Campaigns" published Oct,2017 issue
Jersey Sierran article ("Decade of Cool Cities & Green Teams" submitted 8/11/2017 -not yet published)
Jersey Sierran Article "NJ Cities Increasingly Honor the Paris Climate Agreement" -published Apr-June, 2018 issue
Jersey Sierran Article "Please oppose a New Fossil-fueled Power Plan in North Jersey" - published July-Setp, 2018 issue
Contact Monmouth County Mayors and Green Teams ; use these points (& language); Sierra100% endorsement

Previous Presentations and Meetings

GREEN TEAM INITIATIVES

1/23/2018 Steve discussed energy Actions with Marlboro Green Team
Proposed Sustainable Jersey Energy Plan (8/2017 proposed revision of the Sustainable Jersey "Climate Action Plan")
Middletown Green Team energy actions ; Amy Sarrinikolaou 10/2/17 proposal to Middletown Committee (leveraged from Elihu Dietz summer, 2017)
"Direct Install" was approved 10/10/2017 during S.Miller's discussion with Mayor Scharfenberger, Dep Mayor Stephanie Murray, and Administrator Tony Mercantante
Presentation to Holmdel Green Team (aug 14, 2017)
Presentation to Marlboro Green Team (Jan 23, 2018)

CLIMATE REALITY 100% CAMPAIGN "Tool Kit"

PROFILE OF MONMOUTH COUNTY TOWNS - Middletown

NETZERO GLOBAL EMISSIONS (mouse over the following GIF to observe annimation)
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