Climate change: How do we know?
Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal. -Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Category: Citizen’s Climate Lobby
Antarctica’s ice is shrinking at an unprecedented rate that could imperil coastal regions worldwide
The Antarctic ice sheet lost nearly 3 trillion metric tons of ice from 1992 to 2017, and its rate of loss over that time tripled in West Antarctica, according to an international collaboration involving about 80 scientists.
The finding, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, reveals that the continent’s ice is shrinking at an unprecedented rate and could mean an even higher sea level rise by 2100. That would have serious implications for the environment and for people living in coastal regions around the world.
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Entertainment Activists & 36 Nonprofits to Duke Energy CEO: Help Avert Climate, Social Chaos before It’s Too Late for Us All — News Release from NC WARN
We urge the news media to help the public understand these key points, the scientific support for each being well established:
Urgency: Leading scientists indicate the climate tipping point is likely within five years unless dramatic actions are taken.
Duke Energy’s greenhouse emissions are rising due to methane venting and leaking from its massive expansion of “natural” gas from fracking.
Curbing such methane emissions is essential to slowing global warming – and can have immediate, positive impacts.
Clean energy solutions are cheaper, create far more jobs and are well-positioned to replace coal and gas-fired generation.
Duke Energy claims to be green – but is only 2% renewable in the Carolinas and plans to peak at only 7% years from now.
What We Learned in 2017
It’s impossible to say that any particular scientific development was the most important in a given year. But if we had to choose some highlights from 2017, we’d opt for these unforgettable events and findings.
Read More2015 Ozone Standards continue in force, thankfully
Another note from CATALYST, vol 17, Fall 2017, published by the Union of Concerned Scientists, this one is on p. 7 and confirmed by Aug. 3, 2017 NY Times: EPA’s Scott Pruitt on Aug 2 did NOT stop the implementation of stricter...
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Sidelining Science Since Day One – How the Trump Administration Has Harmed Public Health and Safety in Its First Six Months
Never in my lifetime would I have imagined national leadership would make the stupefaction of the people an overt goal. This administration is committed to obliterating knowledge and discrediting the human mind. The Union of Concerned Scientists is a focal point for battling the damage perpetrated on us all by this administration.
Read MoreKenya, and 40 other countries have taken the lead re plastic bags …
Kenya, another country in political turmoil, took historic action in August … banning plastic bags throughout the country. It took time, 10 years. They still have questions – what will people carry their food home...
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Trump gutted the Clean Power Plan, but Congress can still clear the air
lmost immediately after the Clean Power Plan was published, dozens of state attorneys general sued the Obama administration, alleging the rules were illegal. They were led by Pruitt, then the Oklahoma attorney general and the chairman of the Republican Attorneys General Association. Despite the Supreme Court’s finding that the Clean Air Act allowed the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide, they argued that this plan, the Clean Power Plan, was illegal.
Read MoreWhat do you know about the wood pellet industry in NC?
The Wood Pellet Industry In NC: Economic Boon or Climate Disaster? By DAVE DEWITT • NOV 23, 2015, WUNC.org DAVE DEWITT The growth of the wood pellet industry in North Carolina may impact global warming. Trucks carrying long logs...
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Asheville’s Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby hosting showing of “The Burden”
This information was taken from Highland Brewing Company’s website. [ecwd...
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US House Activity Excerpt
- H.R.3Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (12/12/2019 legislative day)
US Senate Activity Excerpt
- PN964Aurelia Skipwith, of Indiana, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, vice Daniel M. Ashe, resigned. (12/12/2019 legislative day)
- PN1232John Joseph Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Russian Federation. (12/12/2019 legislative day)
- S.Res.150A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it is the policy of the United States to commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance. (12/12/2019 legislative day)
- PN1267Stephen Hahn, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Scott Gottlieb. (12/12/2019 legislative day)
- S.1790National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (12/12/2019 legislative day)
NAACP’s Transylvania Together Podcast
- The Opposite of Addiction, with Jim Hardy
- Meals on Wheels of Brevard, NC, with Board Member Sasha Jones
- The Community Side of Recidivism - Meet Peter McKinney
- Meet Mark Burrows, Director of Transylvania County Planning and Community Development
- Meet Nicola Karesh, a Writer, Poet, Community Activist and a Playful Spirit
- Meet Kyle Tinsley, Graduate of Brevard High School and former leader of the Acceptance Club
- Meet Bobby Jones of Cedar Mountain, NC. His grandfather was Solomon Jones of Solomon Jones Road, the road to Pretty Place.
- Meet the founder of Transylvania Indivisible. David Williams.
- How the Affordable Care Act (ACA) helped Cedar Mountain, NC get a new cafe
- Meet Dal Davis, a student at Brevard College.