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Duke’s Toxic Coal Ash: Do No More Harm — News Release from NC WARN

Duke Energy’s recent coal ash injustice, a tragedy for nearby and downstream communities, has now expanded into an enormous toxic waste challenge… The goals should be to prevent further harm to people and wildlife; to detoxify the rivers, ground and groundwater; and to ensure that Duke Energy – not its customers – pays the full cost after poorly managing its toxic waste for so many years.

Duke Energy’s Coal Ash Negligence

The Alliance of Carolinians Together (ACT) Against Coal Ash is a statewide coalition working to hold Duke Energy accountable for its coal ash mess.

On January 14, 2016, ACT invited Governor Pat McCrory to have dinner with people living near Duke coal ash dumps and hear their side of the story.

Read more here.

Photo by Phil Fonville.

It’s abrupt climate change, stupid

This is not how it was supposed to happen. The standard climate change predictions said that people in the tropics and the sub-tropics would be badly hurt by global warming long before the people living in the temperate zones, farther away from the equator, were feeling much pain at all.

What’s In It For U.S. To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions? — NPR

In the coming decades, carbon dioxide emissions from China, India and other rapidly developing countries are expected to grow quickly … some people are asking why the U.S. should bear the expense involved in slashing its own emissions.