At 6:30 this morning, North Carolina residents locked themselves to bulldozers to stop the construction of Duke Energy’s massive Cliffside coal-fired power plant being built 50 miles west of Charlotte, NC. “In the face of catastrophic climate change, building a new coal plant is tantamount to signing a death sentence… Continue reading
Fairfield, ME – Volunteers with the Native Forest Network (NFN) staged a mock “Fossil Fool’s Day” awards ceremony today at the offices of the Plum Creek Timber Company to draw attention to the potential impacts of the company’s Moosehead region development proposal on the regional and global climate. If approved… Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2008 4:55 PM CONTACT: NRDC Craig Noble at 415-875-6100 (office) or 415-601-8235 (mobile) American West Heating Nearly Twice as Fast as Rest of World, New Analysis Shows Groups Say Western Senators Have Opportunity to Protect Region from Growing Economic Toll SAN FRANCISCO – March 27… Continue reading
Tucson Citizen Arizona’s temperatures rising more than the planet’s average The Arizona Republic Published: 03.29.2008 While the rest of the world has experienced a relatively moderate increase in temperature over the past five years, the American Southwest has begun to broil. The National Resources Defense Council and the Rocky Mountain… Continue reading