Al Gore calls for “100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.” What are our local governments doing to take this challenge and make it a reality locally?
This was originally a comment on a thread at OrangePolitics.org.
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of seeing Van Jones speak. He co-founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and is founder and president of Green For All. He spoke convincingly of a future of increased equality and how one of the roads to this future is green jobs. Green-collar jobs [...]
Another informative blog post from Tree Hugger. This one about the movie Garbage Warrior. WATCH this trailer.
What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you’re renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and energy-independent housing. For 30 years New [...]
Recently Duke Energy received permission from the State of North Carolina to build a new coal fired power plant in Cliffside, North Carolina. Despite the facts that this new plant could be a major polluter of CO2, mercury, and evaporate 21 million gallons of water each day. You can find all the details here on [...]
By now the bad drought the South Eastern United States is experiencing is old news. We are already in stage two [PDF] water restrictions here in Orange County, North Carolina. But today I found a map that blew my mind. North Carolina looks like the worst hit overall than any other state right now. Check [...]
Here’s a video about environmentally friendly electricity generation. I have some questions and ideas. Might you have answers? (Seesmic the video community is rocking pretty hard).
Smelled something odd this morning. Didn’t think anything of it. Then I got this email from the Town of Chapel Hill:
Smell smoke?
Due to the cold front passing through, the smoke from the Georgia wildfires has migrated to North Carolina. You may see a slight haze and smell smoke in the area from these [...]
Welcome to blogging Sierra Club NC. Tom Jensen is the perfect person to help you with this effort. Thanks for joining us. We shall be reading.
What is going on? Last weekend here in Chapel Hill it was 70 degrees. Now we have a light, but sticky, covering of snow on the ground. Is this extreme weather related to Global Warming? Is this the effect of a El Niño on Global Warming?
One respected climate scientist who has gone out on a [...]
Are we just more aware of environmental danger and report on it more or is there a real increase in dangerous environmental events? Maybe both?
Recent examples:
Mysterious dead birds prompt downtown Austin shutdown
Gas-Like Odor Permeates Parts of New York City - News of this odor is updating as I blog this..
Increase in disasters linked to environmental [...]
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