Tag: climate change
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Toxic Pipeline Proposed Through Triad
By: Clare Buchanan and Hailey Phillips Photo Credit: NO SSEP Action Toolkit According to the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, commonly known as “Williams,” has sent in an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend the transcontinental pipeline further into Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas. If…
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Through the Eyes of a Salem Student: Coal in Southern Appalachia
OLIVIA CHIPI *Editor’s note: The following is co-written with the help of Lilith Ward, a sophomore in ENVS 230: The Role of Coal in Society. In 2018, “about 687 million short tons of coal were consumed in the United States” according to the US Energy Information Administration. 687 million tons of coal is a substantial…
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Energy Independence Panel
SAV FRANZ On Nov. 16, the ENVS 230 class “The Role of Coal in Society” and the Creative Writing Department collaborated to host an energy independence panel discussing the current state and future of energy resources and use. The panel featured Jimmy Flythe, regional director for the government and community relations of Duke Energy of…
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New United Nations Achievements in Environmental Efforts
“The heat is on. Now we must act,” stated Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in response to the newly announced conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC, sponsored by the United Nations, declared human action to be the prevailing cause of climate change since 1950. Greenhouse gasses emitted into the air have amassed…
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