20-Year Intense Downpours to Occur Every 6 Years By CLAYTON SANDELL, BILL BLAKEMORE and BARBARA PINTO June 19, 2008 — In Burlington, Iowa, the rain-swollen Mississippi has swallowed part of downtown. It’s the second record-breaking flood in the past 15 years and the second time Dennis Standard’s riverfront restaurant has …
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Oxfam: Weather Disasters Soar, IPCC Demands Action – A Statement from NC WARN
Preparing North Carolina for Climate Changes – News Release by NC WARN
UPDATE SEPT. 2009: State govt. still has done little on this front. Representative Pricey Harrison 57th District North Carolina General Assembly For Immediate Release May 3, 2005 Contact on the bill: Representative Pricey Harrison, (919) 733-5771 On the studies: NC WARN, Jim Warren (919) 416-5077 Studies show likelihood of increasingly violent weather …
Synopsis of Recent Scientific Findings on Global Warming – A Statement by NC WARN
Despite a well-funded public relations offensive by polluting industries, by 2001 scientific consensus was solid: Rising global temperatures are primarily caused by burning fossil fuels. Since then, evidence is mounting that 1) global warming is advancing rapidly; 2) rising temperatures are driving extreme weather; 3) the rate of warming is accelerating at a disturbing pace; and 4) we are rapidly approaching a point of no return.