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March For Climate Leadership – Announcement from NC WARN

October 29, 2009

A Call to Conscience on International 350 Day of Climate Action, Oct. 24, 2009.

Fossil Fuels’ Hidden Costs in Billions – The New York Times

October 20, 2009

Burning fossil fuels costs the U.S $120 billion a year in health costs, mostly because of thousands of premature deaths from air pollution, the National Academy of Sciences reported Monday.

NC WARN Legal Action Against Duke Deal for New Outside Customers – News Release by NC WARN

October 8, 2009

NC customers would pay higher rates to build Cliffside and nuclear plants so the power company can expand in South Carolina.

In Memory of Margie Ellison – An Announcement from NC WARN

October 7, 2009

NC WARN, Chatham County and the social justice movement have lost a veteran organizer, a true leader and a dear friend.

Duke Energy’s Cliffside Rate Hike – Announcement from NC WARN

September 11, 2009

Duke Energy is seeking an 18% rate hike this year for residential electricity customers. Over 13.5% would cover costs such as the Cliffside coal-fired power plant, now under construction west of Charlotte. Another 4.5% increase has recently been approved for rising costs of coal.

VIDEO: The Age of Megafires – CBS 60 Minutes

September 6, 2009

The Age of Megafires on 60 Minutes

Global warming is increasing the intensity and number of forest fires across the American West.

EIGHT SEPARATE FACTORS Proving Cliffside Isn’t Needed – Statement from NC WARN

September 2, 2009

Duke Energy has insisted it must build the $2.4 billion, 800-megawatt Cliffside coal-fired unit due to growing population and electricity demand in its service area. Various factors are being treated in separate dockets by the NC Utilities Commission. The Commission needs to connect the dots, and avoid decades of soaring power bills for Duke’s electricity customers.

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: More evidence of methane releases – Associated Press

August 30, 2009

August 31, 2009 Climate trouble may be bubbling up in far north By CHARLES J. HANLEY (AP) MACKENZIE RIVER DELTA, Northwest Territories — Only a squawk from a sandhill crane broke the Arctic silence — and a low gurgle of bubbles, a watery whisper of trouble repeated in countless spots …

Renewables Outpace Nuclear in US – Dept of Energy

August 28, 2009

For the second month in a row, renewable sources accounted for more domestic energy production than did nuclear power

Warming Effects on Crop Yields in the US – Michael J. Roberts and Wolfram Schlenker

August 27, 2009

An NCSU researcher reports on likely climate change effects on corn, soy, and cotton production. Too many high-temperature days drastically reduce production. Climate change projections predict lots more days with temps that reduce production.

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