“A newly released U.N. World Water Development Report warns that humanity is walking a dangerous path toward losing its most precious resource…. despite the stark warning, the report actually focuses on solutions. A global water crisis is only imminent if not addressed in time, and the good news is we already have a lot of the projects and initiatives we need to tackle the problem”.
April 2022 Global Climate Report | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
The global surface temperature for April 2022 tied with 2010 as the fifth highest for April in the 143-year NOAA record, which dates back to 1880. The year-to-date (January-April) global surface temperature was also the fifth warmest such period on record. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202204
NOAA monthly report predicts way above normal heat for summer. We are in the highest scorch zone.
What’s the State of YOUR Air?
For 23 years, the American Lung Association has analyzed data from official air quality monitors to compile the State of the Air report. The more you learn about the air you breathe, the more you can protect your health and take steps to make the air cleaner and healthier.
Read more…..https://www.lung.org/research/sota/city-rankings/states/new-york/orange
Climate Acton Council releases Draft Scoping Plan of Climate Leadership and community Protection ACt (CLCPA)…
US Sea Levels Could rise 10-12 inches
The US coastline is expected to experience up to a foot (30 centimeters) of sea-level rise by the year 2050, as much rise over a 30-year period as the previous 100-year period of 1920-2020, because of climate change, making damaging floods far more common than today, a US government study said Tuesday.
Read more….https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/sealevelrise/sealevelrise-tech-report.html
See where flooding is expected…https://coast.noaa.gov/slr/#/layer/slr/0/-8272882.729902666/5072536.016884262/14/satellite/none/0.8/2050/interHigh/midAccretion
What is the full price of widening Route 17?
OE President Emeritus Michael Edelstein, cited in this article, lays out the issue of of poorly controlled growth, inadequate planning and weak environmental reviews as the making of this proposed “need”. He recommends that any future widening proposals must be studied in much greater depth, weighing alternative solutions, the potential impact on air pollution and most importantly should consider climate change as a key factor in any widening studies.
Danskammer Appeals Air Permit Denial
And the fight for clean air and mitigation of climate change impacts in our region continues……
Danskammer Energy announced on 11/24/21 that it will appeal the NYSDEC 10/27/21 ruling that denied the required air permit for operation of the power plant in Newburgh.
In its denial, the NYSDEC stated “…..The proposed project would be inconsistent with or would interfere with the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits established in the Climate Act. Danskammer failed to demonstrate the need or justification for the proposed project notwithstanding this inconsistency.” Danskammer Energy says it disagrees with the denial saying the State DEC is holding them to “standards that don’t even exist.” The CLCPA was developed in response to the climate change crisis that mandates carbon emissions reductions. The law outlines goals of reaching 70 percent renewable energy by 2030 in New York, 100 percent zero-emission electricity by 2040 and an 85 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
The proposed expansion was the first large scale gas-fired power plant to be considered by state authorities since the 2019 passage of CLCPA.
Energy Storage Boom
The growth in energy storage is just getting started. Wood Mackenzie projects that new global storage capacity will increase each year, to 70 gigawatts in 2030.
Read article on the energy storage boom from Inside Climate News….
Danskammer Title V Air Permit DENIED!
One step forward in the fight for clean air in Orange County.