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Peoples Climate Change Day will need volunteers for main event and for our own table

• April 29th at Friedman Park, time is TBD

Slab Cabin Initiative is developing a fundraising campaign to eventually buy easements

• If interested in helping to create a fundraising event, please email James at jhynes7@yahoo.com

Understanding your energy provider

• Creating whitepages and 2-pager to help individuals navigate PA powerswitch in order to choose a provider that will supply them the least expensive environmentally friendly energy provider
  • current great options are: Arcadia and Talen
• Eventually will design business cards and expand program information to other States

Source Water Protection Ordinance for Ferguson Township appears to be stuck in re-write committee due to challenges by FT farmers. Per Dave Stone, these farmers want the State College Borough Water Authority to handle the ordinance.

Supporting the Costello Resolution: https://costello.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/republican-climate-change-resolution-introduced-house

• Putting pressure on Governor Toomey through concentrated phone call initiative
  • currently working on message we will all use in those phone calls

Under 2 Coalition. Members Julia Ross and Eva Letwin have already been working on this. But they could use help.

• More information on the Coalition here: http://under2mou.org/coalition/

Research how to avoid the EPA cuts

• Researching the impact on employment in PA's DEP
• Researching who in state government deals with these issues—who would be our points of contact and who is in charge of funding.
• Everyone: research budget more thoroughly