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It is a non-starter, and puts the entire state of WestVirginia and the coal industry in a terrible light. ” “To deny the mounting science of climatechange is to stick our heads in the sand and say ‘deal me out.’ ’ WestVirginia would be much smarter to stay at the table.”
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Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climaticchange. cents/kWh in WestVirginia—a 23.59 Even with the implementation of the smart grid it seems unlikely that we will all be able to buy our power from WestVirginia. in WestVirginia to $6.12
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Life cycle inventories have typically been presented at global, national, or regional levels—sufficient for understanding global processes such as climatechange and fossil fuel depletion, but insufficient for the analysis of local processes such as air pollution, according to the researchers.
Endless studies on the impact of pollution and climatechange on low-income families have all come up with the same general result: It is a very real and very serious problem. It should also be noted that those in poverty have a higher chance of experiencing the ill-effects of climatechange.
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Bill’s helping to create the largest ever civil-disobedience on climatechange in history. Along with Al Gore , Dr. James Hansen and Joe Romm , Bill Mckibben is one of the climatechange activists I admire most. I just got the email below from author/activist/environmentalist, Bill McKibben of 350.org
When I quit the Democratic party last summer the last straw for me was their total FAIL to take a stand and do anything about climatechange. Politico reported yesterday morning th at two senior House Democrats are on board for the crazy ass introduction of legislation to stop the EPA’s climatechange regulations.
When I quit the Democratic party last summer the last straw for me was their total FAIL to take a stand and do anything about climatechange. Politico reported yesterday morning th at two senior House Democrats are on board for the crazy ass introduction of legislation to stop the EPA’s climatechange regulations.
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