Global Warming
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| 9/24/2007 | |
| Raleigh--Environment North Carolina applauded Treasurer Richard Moore and corporate leaders for their participation in the Carbon Disclosure Project, but noted that much more aggressive global warming pollution reductions are needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. | |
| 9/19/2006 | |
| Raleigh-—This year’s unprecedented heat wave is part of a broader trend of rising temperatures in North Carolina, according to a new report released today by Environment North Carolina. | |
| 9/13/2007 | |
| Raleigh—A new study released today by Environment North Carolina and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) projects that residents in Raleigh, Wilmington, and Asheville will see bad-air days double by mid-century if no action is taken to curb global warming pollution. | |
| 8/30/2007 | |
| The maximum temperature in Raleigh was 2.0°F above average in 2006, according to a new report released today by Environment North Carolina. Environment North Carolina said this warmer-than-normal weather is indicative of what North Carolina can expect with continued global warming. | |
| 6/20/2006 | |
| Raleigh—Global warming pollution in North Carolina jumped 171% between 1960 and 2001, according to The Carbon Boom, a new analysis of government data released today by Environment North Carolina. The report also found that pollution increased more in the Southeast than in any other region over the four decades. | |
| 4/6/2007 | |
| Approximately 20-30 percent of plant and animal species are at increasing risk of extinction if the global average temperature increases by another 2.2 to 4 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a major consensus report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). | |
| 4/2/2007 | |
| Raleigh, NC—In a landmark decision in one of the most important environmental cases ever heard by the Supreme Court, the Court ruled today that the Clean Air Act gives the U.S. EPA the authority to regulate carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants from cars. | |
| 4/12/2007 | |
| Global warming pollution in North Carolina increased by 36% between 1990 and 2004, according to The Carbon Boom, a new analysis of state fossil fuel consumption data by Environment North Carolina. This is the first time that 2004 state-by-state data on carbon dioxide emissions have been released. | |
| 3/30/2007 | |
| On Friday, April 6, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the global body charged with assessing the scientific record on global warming, is expected to issue the second volume of its Fourth Assessment Report on global warming. | |
| 2/28/2007 | |
| Raleigh--In a move estimated to increase North Carolina’s global warming pollution by 3.8 million tons annually, today state officials approved construction of a new coal-fired power plant boiler at Duke Energy’s Cliffside Steam Station west of Charlotte. The commission rejected a second proposed boiler and required the energy company to make modest energy efficiency investments. | |
