USEPA Climate Change Website

The USEPA has created a website to help folks learn what they can do to reduce their climate change impacts. The phrase 'climate change' is growing in preferred use to 'global warming' because it helps convey that there are changes in addition to rising temperatures.

Everyone releases greenhouse gases as a result of using energy to drive, using electricity to light and heat homes, and through other activities that support our quality of life like growing food, raising livestock and throwing away garbage. Greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced through simple measures like changing light bulbs and properly inflating your tires.

This USEPA site provides over 25 easy steps we all can take to not only reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, but also reduce air pollution, increase the nation's energy independence, and save money.

Use EPA's personal greenhouse gas emissions calculator and your household energy bills to estimate your household's annual emissions and identify ways you can cut your emissions.

Detailed information and resources are also available for state and local governments and businesses interested in learning what steps they can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. State and local governments and businesses play an important role in meeting the national goal of reducing greenhouse gas intensity by 18 percent by 2012.

The ways in which we dispose of our waste and manage our land for agriculture and other purposes can have a profound impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

Waste. Reducing, reusing and recycling solid waste can decrease the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases you release.

Agriculture and Forest Land. Different management practices for agricultural land areas and forest lands can affect greenhouse gas emissions. Find out more about practices and programs to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to these sectors.

USEPA Climate Change (www.epa.gov/climatechange)

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