California Climate Change Toolkit
Browse the resources below for a deeper understanding of environmental issues and the necessity for achieving environmental justice.
Climate Change
Climate math visualized
A great infographic providing added perspective on the effects of climate change.
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math, Rolling Stone
A great explanation of the math behind climate change figures.
The Scariest Climate Change Graph Just Got Scarier, Mother Jones
A graph of temperatures over the past 11,300 years.
Climate Change – The State of Science
A short video clip summarizing several of the most significant statements in the IPCC's summary for policymakers published September 2013. This summary covers the physical science basis of climate change.
Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided, The World Bank
A report by the World Bank warning that we’re on track for a 4°C warmer world marked by extreme heat-waves, declining global food stocks, loss of ecosystems and biodiversity, and life-threatening sea level rise.
6 Scary Conclusions in the UN’s New Climate Report, Mother Jones
An overview of the new United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPPC’s) "Summary for Policymakers" of its Fifth Assessment Report.
Climate Change and Health, The World Health Organization
A World Health Organization fact sheet covering key health impacts of climate change.
IPCC Report on Climate Change, Summary for Policymakers
Part 1 (of 3) of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report on Global Warming. This is the Fifth Assessment Report completed by the IPCC. Part 1 provides a clear view of the current state of scientific knowledge relevant to climate change and the conclusion that global warming is a direct result of human activity.
IPCC Report on Climate Change, Technical Summary
Part 2 of the IPCC’s 5th Assessment reports. This section considers the vulnerability and exposure of human and natural systems, the observed impacts and future risks of climate change, and the potential for and limits to adaptation. The chapters of the report assess risks and opportunities for societies, economies, and ecosystems around the world.
How the IPCC Underestimates Climate Change, Scientific American
A look at how the IPCC has historically underestimated climate change—something to consider as we move forward with the latest reports from the IPCC.
‘Extreme Events’ of 2013 Tied to Warming Earth, UN Agency Says, Huffington Post
An article explaining the link between some extreme events of 2013 with climate change.
Crude by Rail
The Need for Locomotive & Rail Yard Regulations, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Crude Oil Train Boom Headed to California, Switchboard
Northern California
Bay Area Residents Call for an End to Crude Transport Through Communities, Occupy.com
Trains Carrying Fracked Oil Spotted in Bay Area, CBS SF Bay Area
Southern California
Locomotives & Rail Yard Pollution ’09 Fact Sheet, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice
The Wrong Kind of Green, The Nation
Crude Journalism: Chevron Bought a California Newspaper to Masks its Records on Safety Abuses, Vice
Fracking
Infographic: Fracking for Fuel, Nature
Hydraulic Fracturing in California, California Department of Conservation
California Sets New Rules for Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil & Gas Journal
California Plans Tighter Controls of Fracking, but Not Enough for Some, The New York Times
Drilling for Certainty: The Latest in Fracking Health Studies, ProPublica
Fracking’s Human Health Impacts, Sierra Club California
Fracking’s Most Horrying Health Risks, Salon
Infographic: Health Effects Associated with Chemicals in Fracking Fluid, High Country News
Hormone-disrupting Chemicals Found in Water at Fracking Sites, Los Angeles Times
Fracking is Depleting Water Supplies in America’s Driest Areas, Report Shows, The Guardian
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industry’s False Job Promise for Shale Gas Development, Food&Water Watch
How the Kings of Fracking Double-Crossed Their Way to Riches, The Daily Beast
California Offshore Fracking More Widespread than Anyone Believed, HuffPost Los Angeles
Offshore Fracking Battles Brewing in the Golden State, The Berkeley Blog
Keystone XL Pipeline
10 Reasons to Oppose The Keystone XL Pipeline, National Nurses United
The Keystone Pipeline Debate; An Alternative Job Creation Strategy, Labor Network for Sustainability
Nebraska Nurse Concerned about Health Impact of Keystone KL, National Nurses United
Nurses Oppose the KXL Pipeline – and All of Labor Should, Too, National Nurses United
Labor and Environmental Justice
It’s Not Easy being Blue and Green, In These Times
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industry’s False Job Promise for Shale Gas Development, Food&Water Watch
The Keystone Pipeline Debate; An Alternative Job Creation Strategy, Labor Network for Sustainability
Nurses Oppose the KXL Pipeline – and All of Labor Should, Too, National Nurses United
Tar Sands
Infographic: Tar Sands Extraction, NPR
Canada’s Toxic Tar Sands: The Most Destructive Project on Earth, Environmental Defense
Oil Sands Development: A Health Risk Worth Taking?, Environmental Health Perspectives
Tar Sands Pipelines Safety Risks, Natural Resources Defense Council et al.
Tar Sands Impacts à Here at Home in California Refineries, Communities for a Better Environment
Other Useful Resources
http://criticalenvironmentalism.org/
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/05/start-here/
Exhaustive information on the NASA findings and reports on Climate change