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Carbon-Aware Resources

General Resources

  • IPCC special report on warming of 1.5 degrees: summary for policymakers, October 2018
  • IPCC special report on warming of 1.5 degrees: full report, October 2018
  • EPA's residential carbon footprint calculator
  • CoolClimate carbon calculator
  • In a World on Fire, Stop Burning Things by Bill McKibben, New Yorker, March 18,

More General Resources

  • UNEP DTU Partnership. Emissions Gap Report 2020
  • Fact sheet Union of Concerned Scientists: Extreme heat in New York's 17th district
  • NASA's Global Climate Change: Vital Signs for the Planet
  • Philipstown GHG Inventory Report, May 2020

Sustainable Westchester Resources

Understanding Your Con Ed Bill

  • The First Step to Energy Savings is Understanding Your Bill - Con Ed


Community Solar

  • Solar Energy Has Never Been Easier. Go Solar-No Panels on your Roof & Save Up to 10% on Your Bill


Heat Smart Residential

  • Air Source Heat Pumps & Geothermal: Lower Your Emissions with Fossil Fuel-Free Energy Efficient Heating & Cooling


Green Energy

  • What is Green Energy? Understanding the Basics


Westchester Power

  • Learn about Your Emissions-Free Community Energy Program - Making Renewable Doable


Clean Transportation

  • Hybrid/EV EZ Pass Green Pass Discount Plan, which offers a special 10% discount to Hybrid vehicles getting at least 45 miles
  • New York Plug-In Electric Vehicle Rebate Program-NYSERDA
  • Electric Vehicles Make a Positive Environmental Impact. Learn about Electric Vehicles & Programs

Con Edison Resources

  • 89 cent LED bulb offer!
  • Get $5,000 off a Dandelion Geothermal 3-in-1 system: year-round comfort without oil or gas
  • Get up to $6,500 to improve your attic
  • Charge off-peak and earn up to $500 with Smart Charge New York
  • Boost your home value with solar
  • Get your Sensi Smart Thermostat for just $49
  • Con Ed Electric Car Marketplace


NYSERDA Resources

  • Solar and heat pumps go together like peanut butter and jelly
  • Four smart things to save energy
  • Heat Smart: clean heating and cooling for your home
  • Electric Car Rebate

Hybrids, Plug-in Hybrids and Electric Vehicles

  • The Underestimated Potential of Battery Electric Vehicles to Reduce Emissions, Joule, vol 3, issue 6, June 2019, pages 1412 -- 1414 
  • Comparing the lifetime greenhouse gas emissions of electric cars with the emissions of cars using gasoline or diesel, A. Hoekstra and P. M. Steinbuch, Eindhoven University of Technology
  • The Ins and Outs of Electric Vehicles by Tom & Celeste Theis
  • EVs for residents from Sustainable Westchester
  • Is it just as easy to own an electric vehicle as a traditional gas-powered one?  NBC News, October 30, 2019
  • Con Ed's electric-vehicle programs
  • EV-Resource: a leading source of information and education on EVs

Electric School Bus Resources

 

(For 2022 Croton School Bus Campaign material, click here)

Introductory material

  • The Case for Electric School Buses, 2-page colorful brochure from Vermont Energy Investment Corp.
  • The Case for Electric School Buses, courtesy of Transfinder
  • Paying for Electric Buses, Financing Tools for Cities and Agencies to Ditch Diesel, Matt Casale and Brendan Mahoney, U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Fall 2018
  • Clean Bus Guide published by the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
  • Speaking Up for Electric School Buses, Jennifer Wallace-Brodeur of VEIC, School Transportation Online, June 2019
  • School Districts Rolling Out Electric Buses as Economics Improve: ‘It’s Time to Switch’, Justin Gerdes, Greentech Media, November 2018
  •  Vermont Energy Investment Corp’s fact sheet on electric school bus models, last updated year-end 2019
  • Croton100 presentation on electric school bus issues at Care for Creation Ministry, January 2021, click here to view recording
  • Croton100 presentation to the Croton Bus Electrification Task Force, December 2020

Funding sources

  • Croton100 cost analysis and recommendations to Croton Harmon School District, March 2021
  • New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program, There’s Never Been a Better Time to Upgrade Your Fleet to Cleaner Vehicle Technology (Implementation Manual PDF)
  • Charge Ready New York (NYSERDA program that provides funding for installation of charging stations)
  • ConEdison Smart Charge Program extended to medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles, John B. Rhodes, Public Service Commission Chair, September 2018 

Studies and experiences in various school districts

  • Accelerating the Transition to Electric School Buses, PIRG Report, February 2021
  • The Wheels on These Buses Go Round and Round With Zero Emissions, Brad Plumer, New York Times, November 2018 (report on use of electric school buses in White Plains)
  • Making the Case, Student Transportation News, October 2020
  • School Bus Emissions, student health performance and academic performance, Wes Austin, Garth Heutel, Daniel Kreisman, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, March 2019
  • Two commentaries on the above scholarly work: Brookings and Chicago Policy Review
  • Notes on National Conference on Sustainable Development “Electric School Bus Toolkit” webinar, Patty L. Buchanan, May 27, 2020
  • White Plains Electric School Bus V2G Project, April 30, 2020 by Ari Kahn, Con Edison
  • Facts About the Croton School District’s Mischaracterization of the White Plains School District’s (WPSD) Experience with Electric Buses

AFOLU / Food / Waste Resources

  • Note: AFOLU stands for "Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use"
  • Greta Thunberg connects climate, ecological, and health crises (5:18 video)
  • Bedford "Leave the Leaves" program
  • Ahara: Association for Health and Reversing Ailments (all about whole-food plant-based diet including free cooking classes)

Croton100 Master Plan, Presentations and More...

  • CURE100 Master Plan (draft v18) (pdf)
  • Croton100 Summary (v3) (pdf)
  • Croton100 Master plan (v20) (pdf)
  • October 24, 2019 Croton Library Event presentation (pdf)
  • Narrative for IRS non-profit application (v5) (pdf)
  • “Croton100 Mission” presented at Care for Creation on 01/12/20 (pdf)
  • Launch Keynote Feb 29 2020 (pdf)

Croton100 Carbon Playbooks

  • Notes for various releases of playbook spreadsheet (docx)
  • PlaybookMasterv19_10562 (xlsx)
  • PlaybookMasterv19_10520 (xlsx)
  • PlaybookMasterv19_10598 (xlsx)

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