Critical Decisions for NC’s Future: 
A broadsheet NC WARN published in regional newspaper: The story as yet untold by the NC media.  Click Here

• Severe problems, ready solutions.  Who decides?

• Why are scientists so concerned about global warming?

• Should new reactors be built at Shearon Harris and other sites?

• Won’t a growing state need big new power stations?

• Efficiency is the quickest way to cut greenhouse gases – and save billions.

• Can renewable energy handle the generation?

• If safe, economical energy is so practical, why isn’t it widespread?

• "Safe energy + democracy = JOBS"

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☼   Destruction from electricity generation is severe and increasing.  

Power plants are a major source of ozone and mercury pollution, acid rain, and nuclear waste — and produce 42% of the carbon dioxide causing global climate change.

 ☼   A sustainable energy future IS within our reach.  

Renewable generation technologies are now cost competitive and many excellent projects are underway.   Renewable energy could become the dominant source of electricity within a decade if the U.S. commits to move from polluting to clean energy.

 ☼  The VITAL bridge is reducing energy consumption.  

The only way society can transition from our present fossil and uranium based dilemma, to renewable energy, is by concurrently reducing electricity usage.  Energy efficiency is easy, feasible, and saves money.

Analysis of tree rings and ice cores suggests the last decade was the warmest in one thousand years.

Campaign Information:

Synopsis of recent scientific findings on global warming, March 2005 6 Easy Ways to Cut Air Pollution and Reduce Energy Costs Fact Sheet: The Alarming Truth about Global Warming, June 2004 Reducing Power Consumption: Inspiring Stories of Success Fact Sheet: Shedding Light on Compact Fluorescents Key Power Reduction Principles and How NC WARN Can Help   "The most effective climate-protection measures are things we should be doing for economic reasons anyhow... If everyone in the U.S. used energy-efficient lighting, we could retire 120 large power plants and save $30 billion a year in fuel and maintenance costs.” Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute

Press Releases

July 27, 2005
Cut Daytime Outdoor Lighting to Protect Public from Brownouts....Businesses Urged to Stop Pouring Electricity "Into the Sewer".   View release

May 3, 2005
Bill Introduced To Better Prepare North Carolina For Climate Changes & Global Warming ... Studies show likelihood of increasingly violent weather and the state's lack of advanced planning.    View release

April 26, 2005
A Critical Juncture in the State’s Energy Future 
New Report Calls for Major Reductions in Greenhouse Gases, a “Smart-Energy” Transition Within 10 Years, and Challenges Myths About Demand Versus Supply.    View release

March 2005
Global Climate Crisis: Surge of Evidence Demands Action
NC WARN urges media, state to act on this crucial issue.  View Synopsis 

Feb 2005: Letter to News & Record Editor: "Clean Energy Can Slow Global Warming" by Jim Warren 

Further Reading:

• Make Global Warming an Issue (Walter Cronkite)
• A Smart-Energy Plan North Carolina Can Live With (Matthew Huxley)
• Technology Is The Answer (But What Was the Question?) (Amory Lovins)
• North Carolina's Disappearing Coast (Jack Betts)
• The Ice Is Melting Much Faster Than We Thought (Michael McCarthy)
• Climate Change as Serious as Terrorism (Dr. Barbara Reynolds)
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