The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard?
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The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard?
U.S. Climate Report Warns of Damaged Environment and Shrinking Economy
U.S. Climate Report Warns of Damaged Environment and Shrinking Economy
Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd: , our email newsletter. WASHINGTON - A major scientific report issued by 13 federal agencies on Friday presents the starkest warnings to date of the consequences of climate change for the United States, predicting that if significant steps are not taken to rein in global warming, the damage will knock as much as 10 percent off the size of the American economy by century's end.
US Senate Soon to Vote on Bill Passed in the House (196-180) to End Protection for Endangered Gray Wolves in Lower 48 States
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Congress trying to kill protection for endangered gray wolves!
The U.S. Senate will soon vote on the so-called "Manage Our Wolves Act" (H.R 6784), which would end protection for gray wolves in the lower 48 states by removing their Endangered Species Act (ESA) status.
Why 536 Was 'the Worst Year to Be Alive'
Why 536 was 'the worst year to be alive'
Ask medieval historian Michael McCormick what year was the worst to be alive, and he's got an answer: "536." Not 1349, when the Black Death wiped out half of Europe. Not 1918, when the flu killed 50 million to 100 million people, mostly young adults. But 536.
Who is Monitoring Chatham's Streams and Rivers to Protect Them from Clear-Cutting and Construction?
Curious about development and water qualty? You Asked. We Answered.🔍
Fearrington resident Dianne Birch has walked along a creek near her house for years. Over the past one to two years in particular, she and her walking-mate Ellen Roberts have noticed the creek's banks eroding quickly. The waters have become murky with runoff and silt, she said, and trees have begun to fall because their roots have no support system.
Who is monitoring the erosion and water quality of these waterways, and if the clear-cutting of trees for the Briar Chapel construction sites off route 15-501 have anything to do with these ecological changes. This article features the changes to the Creekwood Creek located in Fearrington Village and to the pond, which is called Beechmast Pond.
Indigenous Poets Read Urgent Climate Message on a Melting Glacier
Rise: From One Island To Another
Two indigenous poets - one from the Marshall Islands and another from Greenland - meet at the source of our rising seas to share a moment of solidarity.
14 Year Long Oil Spill in The Gulf of Mexico Likely to Become Worst in U.S. History
A 14-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could become one of the worst in U.S. history
NEW ORLEANS -- An oil spill that has been quietly leaking millions of barrels into the Gulf of Mexico has gone unplugged for so long that it now verges on becoming one of the worst offshore disasters in U.S. history.
New UN Climate Change Study Warns We Are Running Out of Time to Control Greenhouse Gases
Grim Forecast From U.N. On Global Climate Change
Some of the world's top climate scientists have concluded that global warming is likely to reach dangerous levels unless new technologies are developed to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
The State of Water in Chatham County - Learn More About Our Water Resources -- October 18, 2018 in Pittsboro
Chatham County Agriculture and Conference Center
1192 US-64 BUS, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Water is life – our bodies need it, our communities need it, and the larger environment around us needs it - so how are Chatham’s water resources doing?
The upcoming Chatham Conservation Partnership meeting will discuss the state of surface waters in Chatham County, focused on current research and planning for water quality and quantity in our developing watersheds. The topics include:
- UNC Nutrient Management in Jordan Lake: Steve Wall, Erin Riggs, and Joseph Delesantro, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- NC Nutrient Criteria Development Plan, Nora Deamer, NC Division of Water Resources
- Jordan Lake Regional Water Supply Partnership – Dan LaMontagne/Larry Bridges, Chatham County
- Top Threats to the Haw River and Jordan Lake - Elaine Chiosso, Haw River Assembly
- Jordan Lake One Association and Conservation Strategy Analysis - Leigh Ann Hammerbacher, Triangle Land Conservancy
Act NOW! to Save the Giant Sequoia National Monument Forest
Take Action: Don't let Trump Axe Giant Sequoia!
Logging companies are lying in wait, chainsaws ready, for Trump to chop the protections of Giant Sequoia National Monument. Don't let Trump give loggers free reign to fell majestic redwoods. Take action to save the world's biggest trees.
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