Methane (CH4) is a greenhouse gas that is 28-30 % more potent than CO2. That makes it a big concern. According to the UN’s Climate and Clean Air Coalition, “Reducing human-caused methane emissions is one of the most cost-effective strategies to rapidly reduce the rate of warming and contribute significantly to global efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C. “
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Rights of Nature: A Global Movement
Rights of Nature Law allows rivers, mountains, and ecosystems to have legal rights. The law addresses our dysfunctional economic system and the legal, social and political frameworks that are destroying people and planet. This movement changes our worldview from Nature as property to be owned to the right of Nature to be protected.
Climate Crisis is Affecting Us NOW
Transition Town Greater Media declared a climate emergency on May 18, 2023. By doing so, we hoped to galvanize our community into taking immediate and effective action. When we work together, we can achieve great things. TTGM has already proved that in the last 14 years.
The Shocking Hazards of Plastic Pollution
We have a plastics crisis. Our country is a leading producer of plastics and a major generator of plastic waste. We use more plastic per capita than any other country in the world. Plastics are harmful to our health and are major contributors to climate crisis.
Climate Heroes in Our Community
Our climate heroes are blazing a trail to adapt to and mitigate climate change, protect our green spaces, and reduce pollution from industry, plastics and pesticides.
Urgent Need for Rights of Nature Law
There is an urgent need for a Rights of Nature law. Did you know townships, boroughs and counties in Pennsylvania are prevented by state law to pass legislation that would […]