Welcome to the
Onondaga County
Democratic Committee
Welcome to the
Onondaga County
Democratic Committee
The Environment
Listed below are some things you can do to help the environment and reduce your carbon footprint starting today.
Contact Your Representatives
Call and remind your representatives that reducing greenhouse gas emissions will also build healthier communities, spur economic innovation and create new jobs. Encourage them to support a carbon tax for business that allow activities that pollute, and urge them to invest in renewable energy alternatives. Tell them fracking is a danger to the health of our environment and communities.
Click the representative below to contact them:
State Representatives:
New York State Senator Rachel May
District Office
333 East Washington Street
805 State Office Building
Syracuse , NY 13202
(315) 478-8745
Assemblyman Al Stirpe, Assembly District 127
Assemblymember Pamela J. Hunter, Assembly District 128
Assemblyman William B. Magnarelli, Assembly District 129
Federal Representatives:
Congressman John Katko, New York's 24th District
Syracuse District Office
440 South Warren St.
7th Floor Suite 711
Syracuse, NY 13202
(315) 423-5657
Senator Charles Schumer
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
District Office
James M. Hanley Federal Building
100 South Clinton Street
Room 1470 / PO Box 7378
Syracuse, NY 13261
(315) 448-0470
Easy Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint:
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Change light bulbs to compact fluorescents or LEDs.
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Unplug computers, TVs and other electronics when not in use.
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Wash clothes in cold or warm water, not hot water.
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Hang dry clothes when you can.
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Install a programmable thermostat.
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Ask your utility to switch your account to clean, renewable power, such as from wind farms. If it doesn't offer this option yet, ask it to.
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Look for the Energy Star® label when buying new appliances.
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Eat less meat (try to go vegetarian once a week.)
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Buy organic, locally grown food.
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Grow some of your own food.
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Compost kitchen scraps.
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Do not use plastic water bottles.
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Recycle paper, plastic, metal and glass.
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Carpool.
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For long trips, instead of flying consider greener options such as buses or trains.
"Like" New York Beyond Coal on Facebook
The Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign aims to replace dirty coal with clean energy by mobilizing grassroots activists in local communities to advocate for the retirement of old and outdated coal plants and to prevent new coal plants from being built.
Their goals include:
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Retiring one-third of the nation’s more than 500 coal plants by the year 2020
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Replacing the majority of retired coal plants with clean energy solutions such as wind, solar, and geothermal
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Keeping coal in the ground in places like Appalachia and Wyoming’s Powder River Basin
"The debate is over. The scientific community has spoken in a virtually unanimous voice. Climate change is real. It is caused by human activity."