We know that global warming threatens our way of life.

The impacts of global warming are now being observed nearly everywhere and experts predict changes in weather patterns, agriculture and sea levels will only get worse.  

Solving the problem won't be easy; we need to transform how we use and produce energy, changes that will affect our lives every day. We are going to need new technology and politicians willing to move us to a new clean energy future.  But while the scientists and politicians argue about the long-term solutions and haggle over politics, the one thing we do ois that we’re ready to start taking action now.

We have a lot of the tools to take the first big steps today.  Improvements to solar and wind make those technologies cheaper and better than ever before. We can transform a regular hybrid vehicle into a plug in electric hybrid that gets more than 100 mpg. We can build buildings that are so energy efficient they net energy rather than use any energy.

And we’re not just ready, we’ve already started.  On campus, students have been leading the way. Students at UCSC buy 100% of their energy from clean energy sources, ASU has solar panels dotting its roofs and chancellors at more than 600 campuses have committed to major reductions in global warming pollution.  

In Massachusetts, we have the ability, right now, to cut a quarter of our state’s global warming pollution in just 10 years.  And the way to get there is actually really simple.  We can get there by weatherizing our homes, expanding public transportation, using more efficient appliances, and increasing wind and solar power.  

We’re working to convince Governor Patrick to make Massachusetts a leader in the fight against global warming by cutting our state’s global warming pollution 25% in the next 10 years.  This spring we'll be educating students on our campuses, generating media attention, getting video petitions, and more - urging governor Patrick to cut global warming pollution by 25% by 2020.