Climate Urgency

Jim Hansen’s Letter to Duke CEO Rogers: A Plea for Leadership

March 25, 2008

March 25, 2008 To: Mr. James E. Rogers, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy From: Jim Hansen, Columbia University Earth Institute Subject: A Plea for Cooperation and Leadership Dear Mr. Rogers, I was glad to see you attend my talk on climate change in Charlotte last November. I …

North Carolina residents need straight talk from Duke Energy — Herald-Sun

February 10, 2008

Op-Ed by Jim Warren. Climate change is causing extensive damage at an accelerating rate. Oxfam International reports that weather disasters have quadrupled in 20 years with a quarter billion people impacted annually.

Melting Arctic Ice 2007 (Video) – The New York Times

December 1, 2007

Check out this clip from NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio.

Oxfam: Weather Disasters Soar, IPCC Demands Action – A Statement from NC WARN

November 30, 2007

The global scientific community just redoubled its warning that climate change is accelerating, and the world’s top experts are calling for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases.

African-Americans Hit Harder by Climate Change – Inter Press News Service Agency

July 23, 2007

Inter Press News Service Agency Eli Clifton WASHINGTON, Jul 23 (IPS) – The impact of climate change in the United States is felt disproportionately by African American communities, so that measures to mitigate the trend would also benefit that group more than others, says a groundbreaking new report. The study, …

Study on Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Issues in Women – The New England Journal of Medicine

February 1, 2007

Thanks to Dr. Zell McGee for providing the overview of this study. From the New England Journal of Medicine, 2007, “Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Women,” by Miller, KA and Siscovick, DS, et al. This study examined the health effects of fine particulate pollution …

Particulate Pollution Limits – Nature

November 16, 2006

Thanks to Dr. Zell McGee for providing the overview of this study. “The Politics of Breathing” by E. Marris has been published by Nature, 2006. Both sides in a US pollution dispute claim that science is on their side. Emma Marris explains how environmental laws have forced them into this …

Global Meltdown, Abrupt Changes: Dr. Richard Alley – The Guardian

August 30, 2006

Wednesday August 30 2006 The Guardian http://www.societyguardian.co.uk Global meltdown Scientists fear that global warming will bring climatic turbulence, with changes coming in big jumps rather than gradually Fred Pearce Richard Alley’s eyes glint as we sit in his office in the University of Pennsylvania discussing how fast global warming could …

The Prospect of Rapid Warming – Duke University Dean Schlesinger

August 24, 2006

N&O August 24, 2006 Opinion Facing the prospect of rapid warming WILLIAM H. SCHLESINGER DURHAM – Fossil trees in Antarctica show us that climate has changed greatly in the past. Suppose the current warming is just part of a longer trend that we can’t do anything about? It is worth looking …

A Ruinous Approach to Climate Change – News and Observer Oped by Jim Warren

May 25, 2006

News & Observer Point of View: Published May 25, 2006 Saved by nuclear power? No Jim Warren DURHAM – (The nuclear industry’s) hoax has persuaded some people who should know better that nuclear power is a realistic and indeed an indispensable solution to climate change. — Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain …

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