clean energy & global climate change cory berish, ph.d, acting deputy assistant regional...
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Clean Energy & Global Clean Energy & Global Climate ChangeClimate Change
Clean Energy & Global Clean Energy & Global Climate ChangeClimate Change
Cory Berish, Ph.D, Acting Deputy Assistant Regional AdministratorCory Berish, Ph.D, Acting Deputy Assistant Regional AdministratorTom Baugh, Energy and Climate Change CoordinatorTom Baugh, Energy and Climate Change Coordinator
US EPA Region 4US EPA Region 4
Cory Berish, Ph.D, Acting Deputy Assistant Regional AdministratorCory Berish, Ph.D, Acting Deputy Assistant Regional AdministratorTom Baugh, Energy and Climate Change CoordinatorTom Baugh, Energy and Climate Change Coordinator
US EPA Region 4US EPA Region 4
An Action Plan for EPA Region 4
Topic Area 1 – Energy Efficiency Strategies
Topic Area 2 – Energy Production and Supply Strategies
Topic Area 3 – Manufacturing, Industrial and Agricultural Strategies
Topic Area 4 – Transportation and Fuels Strategies
Topic Area 5 – Adaptation Strategies
Energy Efficiency Strategies
Energy StarChange a Light Campaign
TDECAlternative Fuels
Energy Production & Supply Strategies
• Host conference with partners on clean sustainable energy
• Identify workable technologies for utilizing agricultural manure or byproducts for energy production
Manufacturing, Industrial & Agricultural Strategies
Images from Augusta Chronicle
Adaptation Strategies
Southeastern Ecological Framework
Adaptation Strategies
Southeastern Ecological Framework
25 Feet Sea Level Rise
Adaptation Strategies
Southeastern Ecological Framework
Fort Stewart
SavannahNWR
Wassaw NWR
Ft. PulaskiNat. Monument
HunterArmy
Airfield
Blackbeard Island NWR
Harris Neck NWR
Adaptation Strategies
Southeastern Ecological Framework
Fort Stewart
SavannahNWR
Wassaw NWR
Ft. PulaskiNat. Monument
HunterArmy
Airfield
Blackbeard Island NWR
Harris Neck NWR
25 Feet Sea Level Rise
EPA’s National-Level Activities
Several Approaches• Managing voluntary greenhouse gas emissions
programs• Participating in U.S. Climate Change Science Program• Initiating the development of regulations involving
greenhouse gases• Developing the National Water Program Strategy:
Response to Climate Change
EPA Voluntary Programs Related to Climate Change
EPA’s National-Level Activities
• Describes potential effects of climate change on clean water, drinking water, and ocean protection programs
• Identifies actions that water managers can take to help adapt their programs to climate change and to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions
• Strategy document is available at: http://www.epa.gov/water/climatechange
National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change
National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change
Expectations Impacting Water Resources• Shorelines to move as a result of sea level rise• Changes in ocean chemistry to alter aquatic habitat and
fisheries• Warming water temperatures to change contaminant
concentrations in water and alter aquatic system uses• New patterns of precipitation to alter water supply for
drinking/other uses and to change pollution levels in aquatic systems
• More intense storms to threaten water infrastructure and increase polluted storm water runoff
National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change
Strategy has identified five goals:• Water program mitigation of greenhouse gases• Water program adaptation to climate change• Climate change research related to water• Water program education on climate change• Water program management of climate change