Opposition to renewable energy law
Sue Sturgis at Facing South reports that North Carolina’s renewable energy law may be at risk in the coming year. Under current law, by 2015 12.5 percent of all electricity sold in state must originate...
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Spring arrives a week or so late
A few more nights below freezing in the mountains, but for ten days out temperatures throughout North Carolina are moderating back to normal. And normal is Spring. Much of North America is...
View ArticlePittsboro farming conference addresses climate change
The Abundance Foundation of Pittsboro will hold its 2nd Annual Farming Adaptation Conference in early February, to help small Piedmont farmers develop strategies for dealing with the effects of climate...
View ArticleDENR deletes climate change links from website
WRAL reports that links and documents related to climate change were deleted from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources website sometime in the last two months. A link to a resource...
View ArticleNews & Record: Now you see it…
We probably should have seen this coming. From day one, DENR’s secretary, John Skvarla, has approached climate change with tactful skepticism.
View ArticlePaying a price for climate change denial
Last paragraph on this National Journal article on the changing politics of climate change denial. But whether environmental groups can make Republicans pay a political price for climate denial remains...
View ArticleFlorida’s ‘climate change’ language ban? Ask NC what that’s like
While the nation scorns Florida's Republican Gov. Rick Scott for banning his Department of Environmental Protection from using the terms "climate change" or "global warming," it's important to remember...
View ArticleClimate change maps show NC views vary widely
Climate change opinion maps highlight the challenges for North Carolina policy makers, show influence of local impacts
View ArticleSaturday Evening Post August 10-16
Good evening, Welcome to the first, official Saturday Evening Post. We’re working on it. Weekend Reads U.S. & World • NYT — Excess in Iowa: 90°, a Butter Cow and Rides on Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleClimate skeptics? There’s an app for that
If climate change, global warming, sea level rise and related matters are among the subjects destined for a dinner table clash this Thanksgiving, you might want to go prepared.
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