Resources

Fact Sheets

Information on Global Warming

Global Warming: What You Need to Know

• View the Web version
  
  
• Download the print version

What's at Risk in a Warmer Planet (PDF)

Dirty Fuels Factsheet Series: Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Lignite Coal

Report: Climate Change Science Compendium 2009 - United Nations Environment Programme

Developing a Clean-Energy Economy

• Report: Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race? Growth, Competition and Opportunity in the World's Largest Economies (PDF)


• Executive Summary: Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race? (PDF)


• Factsheet: The Clean Energy Economy in the United States (PDF)


• Factsheet: A Strong Renewable Electricity Standard Makes America Stronger (PDF)


• Factsheet: The Global Clean Energy Economy at a Glance (PDF)


• Factsheet: Staying Competitive in the Global Clean Energy Economy (PDF)
  
  
• Report: Developing the Clean-Energy Economy that America Needs will Require Greater Investments in Renewable Energy Technologies (PDF)
  
  
• Chart: America's energy problems can't be fixed by simply drilling for more oil (PPT slide)
  
  
• Print Ad: The real cure: a new, clean-energy economy (PDF)
  
  
• Factsheet: Offshore Drilling and Ocean Impacts (PDF)
  
  
• Presentation: The Clean Energy Economy: The United States and its Position in a Competitive, Global Marketplace
  
  

Energy Efficiency

• Factsheet: Timeline of EPA's Climate and Clean Air Rules (PDF)
  
  
• Find out more about the auto industry bailout

National Security

• Report: Department of Defense Quadrennial Defense Review (PDF)

Sea Level Rise

• Warming temperatures, resulting in rising sea levels, are threatening coastlines. Read more about the following states (PDFs):
  Florida | South Carolina |

Global Warming Impacts on Individual States

• Colorado | Florida | Indiana | Michigan | Missouri | North Carolina | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | Tennessee |

Health Concerns

• "Health Problems Heat Up: Climate Change and the Public's Health," Trust for America's Health
  
  
• "Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health," Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
• Learn more about the human health impacts of global warming by state:
  AR | CO | FL | IN | ME | MN | MO | MT | ND | NH | NM | NV | OH | OR | PA | SC | TN | VA