Commentary by Jim Warren. Global temperatures in 2016 are near the tipping point that could cause global warming to surge forward under its own momentum. The heating is happening much faster than scientists expected even a year ago.
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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.
Will Anyone Stand Up to Duke Energy? — NC WARN TV ad
Ads Press Gubernatorial Candidates to Stand up to Duke Energy, Help Slow Climate Catastrophe — News Release from NC WARN
Duke Energy shareholder meeting turns to green energy, environment — Charlotte Observer
Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good faced advocates Thursday at a shareholder meeting that has become an annual debate over the company’s environmental policies. Continue reading and see photos and video.
Journalists must Examine Duke Claims on Climate Impacts — News Release from NC WARN
Note to Journalists: Please scrutinize Duke PR claims – and those of its critics – as our society faces existential decisions about energy, climate and democracy. Duke Energy’s long-range business model relies squarely on the public not learning the basics of the Charlotte corporation’s massive expansion of methane-leaking natural gas as it pertains to the global warming crisis.