12 Years Left to Survive the Severe Threats of Climate Change. Here's How to Win

Climate Change: How to Win - North Carolina Climate Solutions Coalition

February 25, 2019 Posted By Joel Segal According to the recent IPCC Report, we have about 12 years to survive civilization-threatening climate change. In short, in order to avoid the earth's temperature rising above 1.5 degrees centigrade, we must rapidly transition to 100% clean renewable energy in all energy sectors as fast as we can.

Southeast Regional Climate Center January 2019 Climate Overview Report

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Highly Unusual Upward Trends Rapidly Intensifying Atlantic Hurricanes

Highly Unusual Upward Trends in Rapidly Intensifying Atlantic Hurricanes Blamed on Global Warming by Dr. Jeff Masters | Category 6

Above: One of the most rapidly-intensifying hurricanes in recorded history: Hurricane Maria, as seen approaching the Caribbean island of Dominica at 5:17 pm EDT September 18, 2017. Maria intensified a remarkable 70 mph in 18 hours as it approached the Leeward islands, hitting Dominica as a Category 5 hurricane with 160 mph winds.

Chatham County North Carolina Earns National Recognition for Advancing Solar Energy

Chatham County News | Chatham County, NC

In January, Chatham County recently received notice that it earned the highest designation, a Gold Award, from the national SolSmart Program for making it faster, easier, and more affordable for homes and businesses to use solar energy. Chatham joins Asheville and Carrboro as the only local governments in the state that currently have earned the Gold Award.

Climate Change Could Leave Thousands of Lakes Ice-Free

Climate Change Could Leave Thousands of Lakes Ice-Free

Lakes that reliably freeze every winter Lakes that no longer freeze every winter Each dot represents one lake. Global warming is melting glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica, but for millions of people, ice is vanishing closer to home as lakes lose their winter cover.

Pittsboro, NC Residents Asked to Speak for the Trees

The Haw River Assembly (HRA) is spearheading a call for Pittsboro residents to join the Procession of Trees on Friday, February 15th from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Procession is designed to show Pittsboro and the Pittsboro Town Board of Commissioners that residents support saving more trees in Chatham Park. The procession will circle the Chatham County Historic Courthouse with puppets, tree costumes, and signs (bring your own signs and costumes if you like).

The Assembly is also asking residents to attend the Town Board meetings on Monday, February 11th and Monday, February 25th and to speak on the importance of saving more trees as Chatham Park is built.

Sign up to speak during "Citizens' Matters" and be brief and from the heart. Pittsboro Town Board meetings usually begin at 7 pm and are held at Town Hall. Agendas are posted by the Friday afternoon before the meetings at https://pittsboronc.gov/.

For more information read the Haw River Assembly's "Chatham Park - Where are the Trees" handout.

Why Trees Are Important:

• Provide shade and heat reduction and help with energy conservation
• Provide oxygen and absorb CO2
• Reduce wind, noise and glare
• Reduce water pollution, soil erosion
• Reduce stormwater runoff - and increase groundwater recharge.
• Provide wildlife habitat and food
• Provide refuge and beauty for humans

All new development must be seen in the context of how it impacts climate change.  Chatham Park will have a negative impact. 

Over 100 People Packed the February 04, 2019 NC Utilities Commission to Speak Strongly Against Duke's Dirty-Energy Plans

A Message from NC WARN

50 Speakers and Prominent Officials Urged Utilities Commission Monday to Reject Duke's 15-Year Plan for More Climate Destruction.  Please Add Your Voice!

Over 100 people packed the Utilities Commission public hearing Monday night on the 15-year plan by Duke Energy to greatly expand its use of climate-wrecking fracked gas and become only 8 percent renewable.

Thank you to the 50 eloquent speakers who testified about the disastrous climate, economic and health impacts of Duke's plan.        

Send a short email on Duke's plan: statements@ncuc.net

 

Tell the Commissioners to reject Duke's 15-year plan and force Duke Energy to stop blocking consideration of NC WARN's Clean Path 2025 strategy

Orange County Commissioner Mark Marcoplos read to the regulators a letter from 40 local government officials, calling for a rejection of Duke's 15-year Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). Watch Mark's testimony. Read his letter and see the list of signers here. If your local government leaders signed the letter, thank them for standing up for climate protection at this critical time (contact info here.

Dale Evarts, former director of the Climate and International Group at the Environmental Protection Agency, testified about the harmful climate, health and agricultural impacts of methane (fracked gas), and urged the Commission to send Duke back to the drawing board. Read his testimony or watch the video.

The Commission provided only this one public hearing on Duke's IRP, and has failed to rule on NC WARN's motion for an evidentiary hearing at which we and other intervenors could provide expert testimony and cross-examine Duke officials under oath.

Duke Energy has fought against such a hearing and against consideration of our Clean Path 2025 strategy for quickly replacing all coal and "natural" gas. Urge the Utilities Commission to at least hold an evidentiary hearing that makes Duke Energy openly justify its climate-wrecking plans.

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