1 Secretary of Department of Defense U.S. public and political leaders Op-Ed in the Washington Post 2 Secretary of US Environmental Protection Agency U.S. public and political leaders Op-Ed in the Washington Post 3 Secretary of Department of Energy U.S. public and political leaders Op-Ed in the Washington Post 4 Policy Director of the International Red Cross U.S. public and political leaders Op-Ed in the Washington Post 5 Climate scientist from the Ohio State University people and political leaders of Ohio Op-Ed in The Columbus Dispatch 6 Leader of indigenous community dependent upon sea ice people and political leaders of Alaska Op-Ed in the Alaska Dispatch News 7 Economist from Tulane University people and political leaders of Louisiana Op-Ed in the New Orleans Advocate 8 Policy Director of WV Coal Association people and political leaders of WV Op-Ed in The Charleston Gazette 9 Policy Director of the Friends of the Everglades people and political leaders of FL Op-Ed in the Tallahassee Democrat 10 Climate scientist or economist from Your Institution. people and political leaders of Your State Op-Ed in your local paper 11 Community/NGO leader from your community people and political leaders of your State Op-Ed in your local paper 12 Student students at your school Op-Ed in the school paper April 11, Monday – Anthropogenic Climate Change Pre-class Materials Complete Climate Literacy Quiz Read “Overview of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States” from the U.S. National Climate Assessment Assign students to be ready to talk about climate change impact areas (individually or small groups, depending on class size) Widespread Impacts (Finding 4; pages 32-33) Human Health (Finding 5; pages 34-37) Infrastructure (Finding 6; pages 38-41) Water Supply (Finding 7; pages 42-45) Agriculture (Finding 8; pages 46-47) Indigenous Peoples (Finding 9; pages 48-49) Ecosystems and Biodiversity (Finding 10; pages Oceans (Finding 11; pages 58-61)
Climate Reanalyzer is a University of Maine project sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The website contains attractive graphics that describe current conditions, weather forecasts, and climate change analyses. April 15, Friday – Social Cost of Carbon Pollution Pre-class Materials Read and complete exercises in marginal benefit/marginal cost primer Read Cost of Carbon Factsheet Read McKinsey abatement curve study “Summary of Findings” (pages 7-8) Read Orzsag 2007 Read Pros and Cons of Policy Options Assignments webDICE Problem Set 2* Comparison of Policy Instruments Assessment April 18, Monday – Carbon Emission Policies in the United States Guests: Curt Gervich, SUNY Plattsburgh and Eric Leibensperger, SUNY Plattsburgh Pre-class Materials Read "The Principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities: origins and scope" Read “US Supreme Court Hears Climate Change Case” Read “Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.” Read “EPA Overview of CPP fact sheet” Read “EPA's CPP and the Role of States fact sheet” Read “State Specific CPP fact sheets” (students each select 2 states) Optional: Video: Ann Carlson of UCLA's School of Law describes the ramifications of the MA vs. EPA Supreme Court decision Optional: Video: President Obama’s introduction to the Clean Power Plan Optional: Read majority opinion of the Supreme Court in "Massachusetts vs. EPA, 2007" Optional: Read "Clean Power Plan. The Final Rule. Legislative and Regulatory Background for CAA section