Global Warming is Urgent

North Carolina is Pivotal

NASA’s James Hansen and the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, R.K. Pachauri, warn that global emissions must start downward by 2015 or the climate crisis will move beyond humanity’s control.

“Prayer is very good…like meditation.
But not enough…We need to take action.”
- The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet

The continuing dire news on climate change drives our priorities: to phase out all existing coal-fired power plants in North Carolina, and to press for a sharp North Carolina turn to energy efficiency and green jobs via the NC SAVE$ ENERGY campaign.

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NC Can, Must Phase Out Coal

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In this oped, Paul and Linda Gunter of Beyond Nuclear explore the potential for an equally catastrophic accident in the nuclear sector as the one we are witnessing with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf.

By Sarah Avery
News and Observer
The health risks of global climate change read like…

Public officials, watchdogs seek investigation after NRC ignores fire safety experts’ warnings about risks at operating plants; modeling failure impacts new reactors

Groups urge Feds to suspend nuclear licensing, loans; nuclear engineer says corrosion turns “passive” emergency feature into greater accident risk.

A Banner Year for Wind Power

A record 10,010 megawatts of new wind capacity was installed in the United States last year, according to an industry group’s report.

Climate, Coral and Sarah Palin

Climate scientists and meteorologists disagree on warming; coral reefs are dying around the world; and rising sea levels have claimed a small island in the Bay of Bengal.

As a state that depends heavily on coal-fired power, North Carolina currently dumps more climate-disrupting carbon dioxide pollution into the environment from burning fossil fuels than 186 nations.

For the past three years, the vast cap of shining-white ice covering the Arctic has melted away in summer to an area that would have been unbelievable just a decade ago.

NASA’s James Hansen is calling for development of “next generation” power reactors as insurance against…

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