TEEC
Temple Eco Energy Committee
Headlines
Temple's Renewable Energy Task Force is evaluating options for converting our municipal sector's energy usage to
100% Renewable Energy by 2030.
(Details on Renewables Task Force page)
Students March for Climate Protection
Inspired by Greta Thunberg, student activist -
students around the world are
taking a stand for climate action.
Video of worldwide marches at "News and Links"
2019 Has Been the Hottest Year
and Summer on Record.....
"Alaska had NO ice out to
150 miles
from the shoreline. None!"
https://mashable.com/article/alaska-sea-ice-melt-2019
See "News and Links"
"The Arctic has Entered an Unprecedented State that Threatens
the Entire Planet"
Report from a 50 year long study- 4/9/19
The Oceans' Absorption Rate of CO2
is at a Precipice -
a rate"faster than the worst case in the
geologic record"....impacting mass extinctions.
July, 2019 MIT Study
See News and Links
CO2 in the Atmosphere
has breached the safe limit of
350 parts per million.
It has climbed to .415 ppm....
"a level not found in 3 million years."
Details - see "News & Links"
The "Military Could Collapse Within 20
Years Due to Climate Change "
From a 2019 report commissioned by
the Pentagon
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.
"Urgent and Unprecedented Changes
are Needed."
"We Only Have 11 More Years to Significantly
Mitigate Catastrophic Climate Change"
12 Yr. Warning from UN (IPCC) - 2018
"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-
"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
More at "News and Links"
"Let's Make the World a Better Place!"
A book created by the 2017 class of 4th graders at the Temple Elementary School.
(See the Kids Corner page)
"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
The Paris Accord
The Single Most Significant Step
by World Leaders to Tamp Down Escalating
Climate Change
The Climate Could Hit a State Unseen in
50 Million Years!
(See "News and links")
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!
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-End-Of-The-Rally-Oil- Reverses-Natural-Gas-Trounced.html
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!
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 Military Powerpoint in "News and Links"
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- Thomas Jefferson
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