Cornell experts and others say that reducing methane leakage and venting throughout the US natural gas industry is the quickest – and only – way to slow global warming in time. As Dr. Robert Howarth emphasizes, “The climate responds very quickly to methane”, a super-potent heat-trapping gas. So curbing methane is all-important.
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Jim Warren: First, renewables; later, nuclear retirement — The News & Observer
July was ‘absolutely’ Earth’s hottest month ever recorded — The Washington Post
As Climate Tipping Point Nears, Duke Energy Lags Behind Other Utilities on Renewables — WCHL
As Climate Tipping Point Nears, Many Utilities are Powering Forward with Renewables: Duke Energy, Others are Greenwashing Laggards — Note to Editors from NC WARN
El Nino is gone, but Earth’s record heat is sticking around — Associated Press
130 Groups Seek Investigation of EPA Methane Scandal — News Release from NC WARN
NC WARN sent the Inspector General of the US EPA a statement signed by 130 diverse organizations calling for an investigation into our June 8 complaint that scientific fraud and cover-up by agency officials has already wasted crucial years in slowing the climate crisis and has enhanced hazards for gas facility workers and neighbors.
Temperature Record Shattered Again in May per NOAA
The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for May 2016 was the highest for May in the 137-year period of record, at 0.87°C (1.57°F) above the 20th century average of 14.8°C (58.6°F), besting the previous record set in 2015 by 0.02°C (0.04°F). May 2016 marks the 13th consecutive month a monthly global temperature record has been broken—the longest such streak since global temperature records began in 1880.
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration Has Passed the Point of No Return — TruthOut
Anthropogenic climate disruption (ACD) has been speeding up with each passing year, Changes that normally occur over a matter of centuries are transpiring over decades. Read more.