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TEEC
Temple Energy & Environment Committee
Headlines and Clips
See the "News & Links" page for details and links for the headlines & clips below
Temple's 100% Renewable Energy Task Force
is planning to request the reservation of a plot of available town-
owned land beyond the Rte. 45 ballfield and school parking lot for
a potential site for a 25 kW solar array to provide the electricity
for all town municipal buildings.
(See the Renewables Task Force page for more info)
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"China and the United States Agree
that stronger pledges to fight climate change
should be introduced before a new round of international talks
at the end of the year".
4/18/21
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Newly Appointed Chairman of FERC
(The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
"May Drive 100% Clean Energy Plan"
January, 2021 www.eenews.net
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The US Rejoins the Paris Accord
"The Single Most Significant Step by 197 World Leaders
to Tamp Down Escalating Climate Change"
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"Let's Make the World a Better Place!"
A book on ways to help our environment, created by the 2017 class
of 4th graders at the Temple Elementary School.
,,, (See the Kids Corner page)
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Climate Change News
The Highest Monthly Average of CO2 in the Atmosphere in 4 Million Years . . .
419 parts per million
was reported by NOAA for the month of May 2021.
Measured at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's
Mona Loa Observatory in Hawaii
Recorded by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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"Two-Thirds of the Birds in North America are at Increasing
Risk of Extinction Due to Rising Temperatures"
"389 Bird Species Are on the Brink of Extinction"
Reported by the Audubon Society in 2021
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"The Planet is Relentlessly Heating
with 19 of the last 20 years the warmest on record."
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NOAA Reports
"2020 Tied 2016 for the Hottest Years On Record,
Even Without the Warming of an El Nino"
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"One of The Highest Temperatures Ever Recorded on the Planet "-
130 degrees Fahrenheit,
was recorded at Death Valley, CA on August 16, 2020
and AGAIN on 7/9/21
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"The Highest Temperature Ever Recorded
Above the ARCTIC CIRCLE,
100.4 degrees Fahrenheit,
occurred in Siberia on June 20, 2020"
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Meanwhile
"California's Record Heat
exacerbated the region's most severe drought
in the last 1,200 years",
fueling the "most devastating, unprecedented wildfire season in CA history"
Reported by the CA Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection
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In 2019, "Greenland's Ice Sheet Melted
at the fastest rate ever recorded."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/01/25/ice-melt-quickens-greenland-glaciers/
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In Alaska, during the summer of 2019,
"The sea ice completely melted away."
"There was NO sea ice
within 150 miles from the shoreline.
None."
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"Alaskan Glaciers Melting 100 Times Faster
Than Previously Thought."
"From the Polar Caps
to the glaciers of Europe, Asia and South America,
global warming is melting the planet’s ice faster than ever,
and speeding the inundation of the world’s coastlines".
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​Support for Renewable Energy Grows
As Battery Storage Gets a Boost
The utility Southern California Edison to build seven lithium-ion battery
storage projects that add up to enough to power a small city.
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C:\Users\Owner\Documents\100% Renewable Energy slides.pptm
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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")
Climate Changes Already Impacting our Environment
"Our atmosphere is getting hotter, more turbulent, and more unpredictable."
https//climate.nasa.gov//effects/
"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,"
causing ocean acidification, leading to extinctions
July 2019 MIT Study
http://news.mit.edu/2019/carbon-threshold-mass-extinction-0708