Home How You Can Get Involved Neat New Stuff Picture Gallery Video Gallery Sponsors & Partners Great Books About Stonehaven Local Heroes Press Kit For Churches & Synagogues Climate Change Discussion Forum Contact Us		We are living at the dawn of a new epoch. Year by year, degree by degree, Earth is growing warmer... a legacy of the Industrial Revolution, population growth, and our addiction to technology, speed and power. Just as other generations spoke of a Great Plague and a Great Depression, our children will be compelled to endure The Great Warming - and find a way to conquer its consequences. Filmed in eight countries on four continents, endorsed by dozens of the world's leading scientists, this three-hour television series is the most factually accurate, visually stunning and wide-ranging production ever mounted about this complex, fascinating subject. Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA Friends of the Earth USCAN Climate Action Network Environmental and Energy Study Institute Climate Institute World Affairs Council of Connecticut The Climate Trust New York Climate Rescue Union of Concerned Scientists Earth Ministry The Association for Religion & Ecology We practise what we preach, and want to thank Sterling Planet for making every premiere of THE GREAT WARMING carbon-neutral. Sterling Planet is providing renewable energy certificates that offset carbon emissions associated with every premiere of the film. Sterling Planet's Renewable Energy Credits help provide investments in domestic clean energy and lessen our dependence on foreign fuels. Sterling Planet Additional Resources Connecticut Climate Change Initiative AOL - Focus on Global Warming
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	U.S. PIRG Outlines Steps for Reducing American Carbon Emissions Following on the heels of legislation introduced earlier this summer in Congress calling for significant reductions in U.S. global warming emissions, the nonprofit U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) last week issued a new report entitled "Rising to the Challenge" that lays out a roadmap for achieving the proposed cuts. Go to all articles - Go to this article
	2,500 Bicyclists Take to Streets on Katrina Anniversary Last Friday, in honor of the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina slamming into the U.S. coastline, an estimated 2,500 bicyclists took to the streets of 30 North American cities to raise awareness of the links between extreme weather and global warming. Activists from Critical Mass and Rising Tide North America organized the ride. Go to all articles - Go to this article
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	THIS WEEK'S COMMENTARY
	Rafting the Kennebec: White Water and Adventure Tourism The water in the Kennebec River looks a bit like root beer. That was just one of many thoughts that flashed through my head as I hurled through the turbulence known as "Big Momma" on a bright yellow raft supplied by adventure outfitters Northern Outdoors. By Jim Motavalli Go to all articles - Go to this article
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	GREEN LIVING
	Greening Up the Downline Multi-Level Marketing Comes of Age Since the 1950s, multi-level marketing (MLM) companies like Amway have sold billions of dollars worth of products to consumers through independent individual distributors, who take a cut on every sale they make as well as on the sales of other "downline" distributors they have recruited. These days, a new crop of green companies has adopted the MLM business model to sell various types of environmentally friendly merchandise. By Roddy Scheer Go to all articles - Go to this article
	CURRENTS
	Flooding the Grassroots Gulf Green Groups Assess the Damage-and Make Some Modest Gains Gulf Coast residents, already faced with some of the nation’s toughest environmental challenges, didn’t really need Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to emphasize their vulnerability. Environmental groups were also affected when hurricanes devastated these communities and exacerbated the alarming environmental threats. By Melinda Tuhus Go to all articles - Go to this article
	EARTHTALK
	Week of 8/27/2006 Dear EarthTalk: Would removing dams in the Pacific Northwest allow the wild salmon that used to thrive there return to their former abundance? Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that nothing really "biodegrades" in a landfill? Go to this week's EarthTalk
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