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Coastal Impact Study:
Nation Under Siege
The Silver Bullet: A Moratorium on CoalThe one fossil fuel positioned to push the planet beyond 450 ppm, and trigger dangerous climate change, is coal.It has become common today to declare that there is no ‘silver bullet’ for solving the global warming crisis. This, in fact, is not correct. The one fossil fuel positioned to push the planet beyond 450 ppm, and trigger dangerous climate change, is coal. This fact, coupled with the fact that a coal plant built today has a life expectancy of 50 years or more, mandates that the time for positive preventive action is now, and that this action must be a moratorium on coal. 
Fossil Fuel Resources & CO2 Emissions Source: Adapted from J. Hansen et al.: Dangerous Human-made Interference with Climate, 2007 Unless the US initiates an immediate halt to the construction of any new conventional coal-fired power plants, gradually phases out existing plants, and then uses its global and economic influence to call for an international moratorium as well, our country and major population centers will be at serious risk. Those who invoke China’s emissions as an insurmountable obstacle to emissions reductions, fail to understand that the US, Japan and the European Union consume 78% of all Chinese exports, fueling China’s economic growth. If we collectively call for a global halt to the construction of any new conventional coal-fired power plants, China will follow to ensure its continued growth. |
Foreword Introduction Sea Level Rise Visual Imaging One Meter of Sea Level Rise... and Rising A Lesson Learned? Current Trends Timeline Fossil Fuels and Climate Change The Power of Coal Silver Bullet: Moratorium on Coal Replacing Coal The 2030 Challenge Been There, Done That Revisiting Katrina Conclusions Appendix Download the study:
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