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Date: May 6, 2014 3:04 PM
Subject: How vulnerable is your power to global warming?
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| Extreme weather events like wildfires and flooding pose increasing threats to our nation's already aging and outdated electricity infrastructure. Read this issue on the UCS website.
www.ucsusa.org/publications/pulse/may_2014.html
 |  | | | | | | Dear Daniel, We all know that our current electricity system is a major driver of global warming. The irony is that the impacts of global warming are putting that very electricity system at risk. Extreme weather events like wildfires and flooding pose increasing threats to our nation's already aging and outdated electricity infrastructure. A new UCS report outlines steps utilities and power grid operators need to take to reduce the likelihood of power outages, use more resilient renewable energy, and reduce global warming emissions. —Karla |  |
| Science in Action |  | Urge your governor to create a more climate resilient electricity system.
Write your governor today and ask what your state is doing to prepare the electricity sector for the impacts of global warming. Urge your governor to conduct a state-wide vulnerability assessment that identifies the risks of extreme weather and climate change to the electricity sector and to increase your state's use of renewable energy and energy efficiency.
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| Ask a Scientist | | 
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Mike's blog >> | "Isn't the problem with wind and solar power that they can't reliably produce electricity 24/7 like coal-fired or nuclear power plants?" —D. Nicholls, Wellington, New Zealand Transitioning to an electricity system that relies on a higher percentage of wind and solar power would not, in fact, pose major challenges for the reliability of our power grid. Adding more "variable" energy sources to the mix may make things a bit more complex, but studies have found that larger contributions by solar and wind are technologically feasible and do not impose higher costs. And grid operators worldwide have already successfully integrated wind and solar energy into their electricity systems. READ MORE Share:    Do you have a question for UCS scientists? Submit your question today. | |
| This Just In |  | Confronting the realities of global warming.
Global warming is already having significant and harmful effects on our health, our environment, and our communities—and these consequences are going to get worse. Check out our many resources outlining the climate impacts we're already seeing today including wildfires, flooding, sea level rise, and drought. Read More Share: | | | |  | | | This "war on science" has thousands of casualties. Here's what you need to know. | | MORE |
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