When it comes to the outdoors, "some sportsmen like to say that they were the first conservationists in the United States," says Ed Zygmunt, a board member with the Pennsylvania’s Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs (PFSC), in this podcast with Heather Sage from PennFuture. Ed discusses the sporting community’s opinions on global warming, and the serious impacts on the hunting and angling in Pennsylvania, detailed in a national poll and Pennsylvania-specific poll recently released. The Pennsylvania sporting community recognizes that global warming is human-induced, largely resulting from fossil fuel combustion, and feel that action needs to be taken at the state and federal level.

Ed believes it is critical for sportsmen and sportswomen to voice their concerns to their elected officials, on topics such as mercury pollution and global warming. 

To learn more about PennFuture’s Cool Pennsylvania campaign, visit our web site or e-mail us at podcast@pennfuture.org. PennFuture offers an e-mail list serve for our Cool Pennsylvania Partners, with a weekly digest on timely global warming news of interest, and opportunities to get involved in supporting the efforts to reduce Pennsylvania’s contributions to global warming.