Headlines and Clips

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                    Temple's 100% Renewable Energy Task Force

  is planning to work with a charrette to plan a proposal for an afrdable housing​

   project combined with a solar array sized to serve the electricity needs of the homes 

   and Temple's municipal buildings, located on town owned land by the Rte. 45 ballfield.                              

                                       (See the Renewables Task Force page for more info)

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                                   The COP 26  UN  Climate Change Conference 

                                                        in Glasgow, Scotland. 

The summit's goal was to "bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change." But action and follow through is what will be needed.

"More than 100 countries have signed the Global Methane Pledge, which requires a 30 percent cut in methane emissions by 2030.There were also agreements on stopping deforestation, drawing down and ending dependencies on fossil fuels especially coal, and a China-US climate agreement. 

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                                                          32 Countries Join US

                                 in Pledging to Slash Methane Emissions

                 Since "methane is the second-largest driver of global warming after

      carbon dioxide emissions, scientists say the promised cuts could help avert

                                 the worst consequences of climate change."  

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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". 

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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

                   "Our atmosphere is getting hotter, more turbulent,

                                           and more unpredictable.”

                                                        https//climate.nasa.gov//effects/  

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                                         2021 -  So Far:

        Canada, Europe and the Middle East had their highest temperatures on record.

                                        US had its hottest summer on record.

                       And the Earth had its hottest month ever recorded, in July.

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                                                    Hurricane Ida 

      Hurricane Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast with 150 mph sustained winds                                                                     and 172 mph gusts!

           It broke hundreds of abandoned underwater pipelines and platforms in the                                              Gulf of Mexico, causing 300+ toxic leaks & oil spills.

     Then its tornados and historic flooding caused deaths and massive destruction

                                                  all the way into the Northeast.

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                  "Climate Change is Widespread, Rapid and Intensifying"

                 UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) latest report, Aug. 2021

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                                      "To preserve a livable climate,

               greenhouse-gas emissions must be reduced to net 0 by 2050."

                                                      https://www.un.org/climate-change

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                     In 2021 - NOAA Has Reported That the Amount of CO2 

                 In the atmosphere has risen to the extremely dangerous level of                                                                      419 parts per million                                                 

                                              during the month of May --

                               a level that last occurred 4 MILLION years ago . . .

                     in the Pliocene Epoch when the oceans were 78 ft. higher!                

                                   Recorded by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography

                        Measured at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's    

                                                        Mona Loa Observatory in Hawaii 

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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" 

         And 34 species of birds in Hillsborough County, NH are vulnerable to habitat loss.  

                                              Reported by the Audubon Society in 2021

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