N.C. SURVEY: PUBLIC WOULD PULL PLUG ON DUKE ENERGY’S PROPOSED COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN CLIFFSIDE Survey of 600 N.C. Adults Shows Strong Preference for Clean Energy, More Conservation & Energy-Efficiency; About 6 in 10 State Residents Would Be More Likely to Support Political Candidate Who Opposes Cliffside Plant. RALEIGH, N.C.///April 22, …
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Climate Crisis, New Nukes & Progress Energy – News and Observer Op-ed by NC WARN
North Carolina faces severe challenges that require a new relationship between Progress Energy and the public. CEO Bill Johnson should help launch the massive national effort needed to avert an unprecedented catastrophe.
Melting Methane in Siberia, It’s Happening – Spiegel
MELTING METHANE A Storehouse of Greenhouse Gases Is Opening in Sibera By Volker Mrasek Researchers have found alarming evidence that the frozen Arctic floor has started to thaw and release long-stored methane gas. The results could be a catastrophic warming of the earth, since methane is a far more potent …
Forecast For Big Sea Level Rise: U.S. Media Fails on Another Big Climate Story – BBC
Sea levels could rise by up to one-and-a-half metres by the end of this century, according to a new scientific analysis. This is substantially more than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) forecast in last year’s landmark assessment of climate science.
Jim Hansen, the Big Ice Melt, and the U.S Media – Truth Out
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040908EA.shtml By Bill Henderson t r u t h o u t | Perspective Wednesday 09 April 2008 Imagine you have a choice between two scenarios on the future impact of climate change: Scenario A: Climate change is real and human-caused, a gradual increase in global temperature that we have …
Green Jobs Soar in Germany – RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Renewable Energy Jobs Soar in Germany By Jane Burgermeister RenewableEnergyWorld.com Tuesday 08 April 2008 Vienna, Austria – Renewable energy jobs in Germany shot up to 249,300 in 2007, almost double the 160,500 green jobs in Germany in 2004. According to revised government figures, as many as 400,000 people could be …
CO2 Levels Already 10% Too High – Hansen Team Study
See the full study, Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim? http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2008/TargetCO2_20080317.pdf See the one-page summary of this study: https://www.ncwarn.org/Programs/NewCoalPlants/TargetAtmosphericCO2Summary.pdf
Hansen to CEO Rogers: Energy Corps Using Big Tobacco’s Playbook – News Release by NC WARN
Citizen Action Coalition of Indiana NC WARN: Waste Awareness & Reduction Network News Release Contact: Grant Smith 317-205-3535 March 31, 2008 Jim Warren 919-416-5077 Climate Expert Says Energy Chiefs Have Stolen Big Tobacco’s Playbook New study says carbon levels are already too high; NASA’s Hansen urges Duke …
Jim Hansen’s Letter to Duke CEO Rogers: A Plea for Leadership
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 …
Greenville NC shows efficiency works! – The Daily Reflector
It’s official: Greenville Utilities Commission’s energy-efficiency program for new home construction actually works, and quite well. Faculty members in the East Carolina University Department of Engineering conducted a study, commissioned by ElectriCities, to examine the effectiveness of Greenville Utilities’ E-300 program.