Orrin Pilkey: Rising Sea Levels in NC
- November 29th, 2009
A 3-foot sea level rise means the end of development as we know it on the 20 or so barrier islands that make up the 350 mile-long North Carolina coast.
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Coal Damages Health in Many Ways – Institute for Southern Studies
- November 24th, 2009
A new assessment of coal’s health effects from Physicians for Social Responsibility – excellent article by Facing South – Inst. for Southern Studies
Climate change quickens; emissions must peak by 2015-20 – Reuters
- November 24th, 2009
26 experts urge action to cap rising world greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 or 2020 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
Climate Change Speeds Up Since Kyoto in 1997: Associated Press article and response from Jim Warren
- November 23rd, 2009
How climate change has accelerated beyond some of the grimmest warnings made in 1997. NC WARN Executive Director Jim Warren responds in a letter to The News & Observer.
NC Commission Green-lights Duke Energy Expansion in South Carolina – News Release by NC WARN
- November 19th, 2009
… and hands NC ratepayers the bill for new plants. To avoid runaway electricity bills, the Utilities Commission and its Public Staff must hold the line against construction of power plants this state’s customers simply do not need.
Cloudy Days on the Climate Front – The News and Observer
- November 15th, 2009
Column by Gwynne Dyer: Patching together an inadequate climate treaty at Copenhagen just to avoid the stigma of failure would repeat the mistake of 1997.
Key Articles on Health Effects of Pollution – Dr. Zell McGee
- November 8th, 2009
FULL ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY REGARDING THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF POLLUTION_II
Zell McGee, M.D. Member, NCWARN, Physicians…
Cliffside Could Endanger Our Health – Oped by Physicians in The Charlotte Observer
- November 5th, 2009
Two prominent Charlotte physicians warn about mercury and other health impacts of a new Cliffside unit (from Jan. 08 but new to our website)
Commission Denies NC WARN Motion to Halt Construction of Cliffside Power Plant – News Release by NC WARN
- November 4th, 2009
NC Utilities Commission declines to conduct hearing, and signals that Duke Energy can keep building power plants to expand its outside customer base
Solar power from Sahara a step closer: The German-led Desertec initiative believes it can deliver power to Europe as early as 2015 – The Guardian
- November 1st, 2009
A massive solar project to benefit both Europe and North Africa — from The Guardian
