"The Planet is Relentlessly Heating

with 19 of the last 20 years the warmest on record."

NOAA predicts

"2020 Is On Track To Be the Hottest Year On Record"

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"One of the highest temperatures ever recorded

 on the planet" . . .

130 degrees Fahrenheit

    occurred on 8/16/20 in Death Valley, CA 

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And

The highest temperature ever recorded 

above the Arctic Circle

occurred in Siberia on June 20, 2020 --

      1​00.4 degrees Fahrenheit!

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Meanwhile    

  California's record heat "exacerbated the region's 

      most severe drought in the last 1,200 years",

 fueling the unprecidented wildfire season in the US West.

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And 

 "Greenland's ice sheet melted 

   at the fastest rate ever recorded."

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 In Alaska

"The sea ice completely melted away"

 "There was NO sea ice

 within 150 miles from the shoreline.

None."

(Details in "News & Links")

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​Support for Renewable Energy Grows

Battery Storage Gets a Boost

The utility Southern California Edison to build seven lithium-ion battery storage projects that add up to an eye-popping 770 megawatts,

 enough to power a small city. 

(Details in "News and Links")

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Temple's 100% Renewable Energy Task Force 

is evaluating options for converting our municipal sector's energy usage to

100% Renewable Energy by 2030

 and considering the establishment of a Community Power Plan to gain greater local control and cost savings for the electricity needs of our entire community.

Inspired by Greta Thunberg, student activist -

students around the world are

taking a stand for climate action.

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"

https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/04/09/new-study-shows-the-arctic-has-entered-an-unprecedented-state-that-threatens-the-entire-planet/

The Oceans' Absorption Rate of CO2

is at a Precipice -

 a rate"faster than the worst case in the

geologic record" . . .

causing ocean acidification which leads to extinctions

CO2 in the Atmosphere

has breached the safe limit for life as we know it --

350 parts per million.

It has rocketed up to 

415 ppm....

"a level not found in 3 million years."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/13/we-dont-know-planet-co2-levels-hit-415-ppm-first-time-3-million-years?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuuqkvKqQ5A   https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/13/we-dont-know-planet-co2-levels-hit-415-ppm-first-time-3-million-years?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuuqkvKqQ5A

The "Military Could Collapse Within 20 

Years Due to Climate Change "

From a 2019 report commissioned by

the Pentagon

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbmkz8/us-military-could-collapse-within-20-years-due-to-climate-change-report-commissioned-by-pentagon-says

11/24/18

"Climate change is here,

it's expensive, and it's deadly". 

Producing "Dire Effects on Northeast 

 Fishing and Infrastructure"

NH Senators Shaheen and Hassan respond to the climate assessment and list of NH's specific impacts.

https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/shaheen-and-hassan-respond-to-findings-for-northeast-region-in-federal-climate-change-report

"Urgent and Unprecedented Changes

are Needed."

"We Only Have 10 More Years to Significantly 

Mitigate Catastrophic Climate Change"

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 

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 

http://www.ucsusa.org/global-warming/global-warming-impacts/when-rising-seas-hit-home-chronic-inundation-from-sea-level-rise

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!

THE PRICE OF SOLAR ENERGY

WILL LIKELY BE THE LOWEST-COST OPTION FOR ELECTRICITY ACROSS THE GLOBE WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE!