Climate Urgency

On Thin Ice – Summer Arctic Ice Melting – The Economist

February 15, 2010

For the past three years, the vast cap of shining-white ice covering the Arctic has melted away in summer to an area that would have been unbelievable just a decade ago.

Watchdogs to Climate Expert: We’re Willing to be Persuaded About 4th Generation Nuclear Power – News Release by NC WARN

January 29, 2010

NASA’s James Hansen is calling for development of “next generation” power reactors as insurance against runaway climate change; it’s an understandable position that must be openly discussed Statement from Executive Director Jim Warren: In his new book, Dr. James Hansen further demonstrates that humanity has very little time left to …

2009: Second Warmest Year on Record – NASA’s Earth Science News Team

January 21, 2010

NASA: 2009 was tied for the second warmest year in the modern record, a new NASA analysis of global surface temperature shows. Southern Hemisphere, 2009 was the warmest year since modern records began in 1880.

Hansen to Speak at UNC, February 1 – The Carolina Curator

January 20, 2010

James Hansen will present a lecture, “Global Climate Change: What Must We Do Now?” at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall on the UNC Chapel Hill campus.

Leading Climate Scientist James Hansen on Democracy Now

December 22, 2009

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Leading Climate Scientist James Hansen on Why He’s Pleased the Copenhagen Summit Failed, ‘Cap and Fade,’ Climategate and More.

Warming Woes and the World’s Women – The News and Observer

December 7, 2009

As our leaders ponder climate legislation and work to construct a meaningful global agreement abroad, they must not lose sight of those most affected by global warming: women.

Orrin Pilkey: Rising Sea Levels in NC

November 29, 2009

A 3-foot sea level rise means the end of development as we know it on the 20 or so barrier islands that make up the 350 mile-long North Carolina coast.

Coal Damages Health in Many Ways – Institute for Southern Studies

November 24, 2009

A new assessment of coal’s health effects from Physicians for Social Responsibility – excellent article by Facing South – Inst. for Southern Studies

Climate change quickens; emissions must peak by 2015-20 – Reuters

November 24, 2009

26 experts urge action to cap rising world greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 or 2020 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Climate Change Speeds Up Since Kyoto in 1997: Associated Press article and response from Jim Warren

November 23, 2009

How climate change has accelerated beyond some of the grimmest warnings made in 1997. NC WARN Executive Director Jim Warren responds in a letter to The News & Observer.

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