Yesterday, a coalition of environmental, scientific and religious groups in Pennsylvania launched a plan aimed at encouraging more climate change action.

The "100 days of climate action" plan intends to rattle cages by hosting meetings, town halls and other forms of community engagement to let politicians know citizens care about climate change and want to see action, said Gretchen Alfonso, a policy analyst for the Clean Air Council.

The launch comes on the heels of the federal advisory committee's draft report on the impacts of climate change, as well as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2012 climate summary. Reports agree that climate change impacts are evident and beginning to affect people's lives and health.

According to the Rev. Mitch Hescox, president and CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network, one goal of the campaign is to reframe climate change as an American issue as a whole (Sandy Bauers, Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 15). -- IP