CLIMATE REALITY, Central NJ Chapter

Steve/Pat Miller presentation (http://climate.smiller.org/2018-11-29/agenda.html ), Nov 29, 6:00PM lM&E Engineers building at 26 W High St, Somerville, NJ 08876

REVIEW 

• ·Oct, 2018 “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” (IPCC) http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/ NYTIMES REVIEW
  see LETTER
• · Nov 23, 2018“National Climate Assessment” https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/ CNN "15 Takeaways"
  see LETTER
• - Nov, 2018 "Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report" (SOCCR2) https://carbon2018.globalchange.gov/

SELECT CITIES FOR 100% COMMITTED CAMPAIGN

• NJ Cities already pledged 100% Clean Energy (52 mayors; 59 cities as of 8/15/2018) - from 8 different NJ campaigns

BUILD ON EFFORTS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

• Join Sierra Club; join the RF100 campaign (in addition to the Climate Reality "100% Committed" campaign)
  • get more efforts by using both Climate Reality and SC "toolkits", and membership and activist lists
• Use activism campaigns from 350.org - i.e. ON-LINE PETITION to the new congress to take action on climate change

CREATE AND SIGN LETTERS and ATTACHMENTS

• 1st page is your LETTER to a named recipient;
• 2nd page is your ASKS: All Asks (on one page - to be separated into individual letters) for YOUR CITY mayor/committee/council; YOUR STATE gov/senator/assembly ; YOUR US Senator/Rep
• Identify Current NJ & US Roster & Maps
• Identify all letter recipients for a given city

MIDDLETOWN GOALS (TENTATIVE)

note to members of "Middletown for Clean Energy": one on one :meetings are enjoyable - ask folks who have joined us! We highly recommend attendance

• Meet with Middletown Committee members (one on one). Discuss activities of "Middletown for Clean Energy"
• Meet with other Middletown energy principals to discuss their energy goals:
  • Ted Maloney (Chief Engineer & DPW Director); Tony Mercantante (Administrator); Clean Energy stakeholders across Middletown ( solar vendors, Board of Education,...)
• Gather a signed letter from 200 Middletown residents
• Commit 50 people to pack a Middletown Cmmittee meeting where the letters and attachments are conveyed (give press advance notice - make a big splash!)

NEXT MEETING of "Middletown for Clean Energy": Dec 4 "24 Hours of [Climate] Reality" WATCH PARTY, 7 to 9PM (Pat and Steve's house ).

• TOPIC: Health and Climate Change. see 24hour schedule of countries