<img src="http://stateofthereunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Cayuga-power-plant3-1024x576.jpg" />The climate is going haywire, and politicians are bickering over what to do about it, or whether to do anything at all. But that’s only part of the story. Around the country, communities are taking matters into their own hands, publicly pledging to shrink their carbon footprints, then setting out to make good on their promises.<a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/ithaca-ny-power-to-the-people/" class="read_more">VIEW PHOTOS AND MORE</a>