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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.

Gangplank to a Warm Future — The New York Times

Op-Ed by Anthony Ingraffea. Many concerned about climate change, including President Obama, have embraced hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. In his recent climate speech, the president went so far as to lump gas with renewables as “clean energy.” As a longtime oil and gas engineer who helped develop shale fracking techniques for the Energy Department, I can assure you that this gas is not “clean.” Because of leaks of methane, the main component of natural gas, the gas extracted from shale deposits is not a “bridge” to a renewable energy future — it’s a gangplank to more warming and away from clean energy investments.