Climate Change Advisory Committee (CCAC)
Climate Change Advisory Committee
Meeting Information and Materials
Upcoming Meeting Dates:
The following dates in 2012 for Climate Change Advisory Committee have been approved by the committee. All meetings are held in Conference Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market St., Harrisburg, at 10 a.m.
- Jan. 26, 2012
- Mar. 22, 2012
- May 24, 2012
- July 26, 2012
- Sept. 27, 2012
- Nov. 29, 2012
March 22, 2012 Committee Meeting
New materials:
• Alternative Fueled Public Transit Fleets (030912).pdf
• Alternative Fueled Taxicab Fleets (030512).pdf
• CCAC Agenda (032212).pdf
• TCHP (030512).pdf
• Draft CCAC Meeting Minutes for Jan 26 2012 (013012).pdf
• Draft GHG Inventory 030512.xls
• Nuclear Capacity (030112).pdf
• Power Plant Emissions Report 2010 (030212).xlsx
• Tailoring Rule Step 3 Fact Sheet (March 2012).pdf
January 26, 2012 Committee Meeting
Attachments:
• Agenda
• Minutes from September 15th CCAC Meeting
• Minutes from May 19th CCAC Meeting
• Greenhouse Gas Inventory Summary Chart
• Work Plan Status Chart
• Work Plans:
o Promoting Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
o Waste-to-Energy MSW
o Manure Digesters
o High Performance Buildings
o Building Commissioning
o Re-Roof PA
o Geothermal Heating & Cooling
o DSM Water
o Embodied Energy in Buildings
o Wastewater Treatment Plant Efficiency
o Alternative Fueled Public Transit Fleets
o Industrial Natural Gas & Electricity BMPs
Sept. 15, 2011 WebEx Meeting
Please Note: The time and location for this meeting have changed. This meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Conference Room 15A, 15th floor of the Rachel Carson State Office Building, Harrisburg. The meeting will also be available via WebEx. To access the WebEx meeting, go to https://copa.webex.com/copa/j.php?ED=145577372&UID=490809687&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D The call-in number is 1-877-668-4493 and the meeting number/access code is 644 523 547#.
July 21, 2011 WebEx Meeting
Please Note: The time and location for this meeting have changed. This meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Conference Room 15A, 15th floor of the Rachel Carson State Office Building, Harrisburg. The meeting will also be available via WebEx. To access the WebEx meeting, go to https://padep.webex.com/padep/j.php?ED=144650317&UID=1210834427&PW=NYzIzZDRIZDE4&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D. The meeting password is "Elephants5%". The call-in number is 1-866-469-3239 and the meeting number/access code is 643 263 934.
May 19, 2011 WebEx Meeting
Please Note: The time and location for this meeting have changed. This meeting will be held at 1 p.m. in the Delaware Room on the 16th Floor of the Rachel Carson State Office Building, Harrisburg. The meeting will also be available via WebEx. To access the WebEx meeting, go to https://padep.webex.com/padep/j.php?ED=143374937&UID=1204782962&PW=NYmY4NGFjYTc4&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D . The meeting password is "Giraffe3". The call-in number is 1-866-469-3239 and the meeting number/access code is 643 820 560.
March 17, 2011 Committee Meeting
Climate Change Advisory Committee Membership
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Climate Change Reports
Pennsylvania is responsible for one percent of the planet's man-made greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Change Act (Act 70) - signed into law on July 9, 2008 - included a number of goals, including the preparation of an action plan detailing measures Pennsylvania could take to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
The Pennsylvania Climate Adaption Planning Report - click this link
As a result of the Climate Change Advisory Committee's recommendation and Department of Environmental Protection's commitment to address climate change adaptation, the commonwealth has initiated the planning process for the development of adaptation strategies. A public kick-off meeting was held on March 24, 2010, to discuss how to better understand the challenges resulting from climate impacts. At that meeting four working groups, Natural Resources, Public Health and Safety, Infrastructure and Tourism and Outdoor Recreation were established.
A list of Adaptation to Climate Change Working Group meetings is available by clicking this link (pdf).
Prior to the publication of the Action Plan, the Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Report was published in June 2009. The report presented an assessment of the impacts of projected global climate change for Pennsylvania, including climate, human health, the economy and management of economic risk, forests, wildlife, fisheries recreation, agriculture and tourism.
FINAL Climate Impacts Assessment Report 060209 (pdf)
The Pennsylvania Climate Change Action Plan was published in December 2009 and will be updated every three years. Working with the Climate Change Advisory Committee, the department prepared the Climate Change Action Plan, which identifies 52 specific actions that would result in a reduction of approximately 85 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMtCO2e) of Pennsylvania's greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
Click this link to access the full report or individual chapters (pdf)
Please note, if you have difficulties opening a PDF file, you may have the new Adobe Reader 9, in which case you need to go into Preferences in Adobe Reader 9 to adjust the settings to allow opening PDF files in web browsers. Open Adobe Reader 9, enter the Edit menu, select Preferences, then in the left menu select Internet. Then make sure the top box in the middle of that screen is checked. It says "Display PDF in Browser." Then click OK and exit the program. You may have to re-boot the PC in order for this to take effect.
Sample of Climate Change Resources Available to the Public:
