Headlines
CO2 at 411+ ppm
Highest Monthly Level in Human History....
https://scripps.ucsd.edu/programs/keelingcurve/the-state-of-climate/
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US National Climate Assessment: 11/24/18 "Climate change is here,
it's expensive, and it's deadly".
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/23/health/climate-change-report-bn/index.httml
With - "Dire Effects on Northeast Fishing and Infrastructure"
www.wbur.org/news/2018/11/24/national-climate-assessment-northeast
NH Senators Shaheen and Hassan respond to the climate assessment and list of NH's specific impacts:
See "News & Links" or the link below.
https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/shaheen-and-hassan-respond-to-findings-for-northeast-region-in-federal-climate-change-report
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"Urgent and unprecedented changes are needed."
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CO2 Hits 409 ppm - 9/2018
Highest Since Pliocene
https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/carbon-dioxide/
"Methane Drives Sea Level Rise for Centuries"
Washington Post, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/201/
7/01/09/methane-may-not-last-long-in-the-atmosphere-but-it-drives-rising-seas-for-hundreds-of-years/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3dd34950d544
"Climate Disruptions are Public Health Threats"
Physicians for Social Responsibility - See News and Links
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Temple Warrant Article approved!
To shift all municipal energy usage to 100% Renewable Energy by 2030!
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Students March for Climate Protection
Inspired by Swedish 16 year old student activist, students around the world are taking a stand for climate action.
Hear her speech at News and Links
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"The Public Engagement at FERC Act"
A US Congressional bill initiated by NH's Senator Shaheen and Congresswoman Kuster
to bring the voice of the public
into the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
proceedings for fracked gas pipelines!
More at "News and Links"
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"Let's Make the World a Better Place!"
A book created by the 2017 class of 4th graders at the Temple Elementary School.
Drawings and poems on protecting our environment!
(See the Kids Corner page)
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"WHEN RISING SEAS HIT HOME"
- a downloadable book
http://www.ucsusa.org/global-warming/global-warming-impacts/when-rising-seas-hit-home-chronic-inundation-from-sea-level-rise
And "NH Faces Chronic Inundation"
http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2017/07/when-rising-seas-hit-home-newhampshire-fact-sheet.pdf
From Union of Concerned Scientists
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The Paris Accord
The Single Most Significant Step
by World Leaders to Tamp Down Escalating
Climate Change
has now been signed onto by many states and US cities, including Portsmouth, Nashua, Keene and Lebanon, NH, in spite of President Trump's withdrawal of the USA from the Alliance.
We're encouraging our governor to sign on for NH!
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50 Million Years!
(See "News and links")
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MAP SHOWING EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HEALTH IN US
https://www.yahoo.com/news/map-shows-climate-change-affect- 154000068.html ____________________________
THE PRICE OF SOLAR ENERGY
WILL LIKELY BE THE LOWEST-COST OPTION FOR ELECTRICITY ACROSS THE GLOBE WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE!
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Job Growth and the US Economy Boosted by Green Energy Industries and Practices
Jobs in Solar Industry Outnumber Jobs in Coal and Oil Industries Combined!
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"Climate change poses an immediate threat to national
security, with increased risks from terrorism, infectious disease, global
poverty and food shortages."
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel stressed these warnings in 2014.
Link to Miltary Powerpoint in "News and Links"
