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Climate solutions for the Florida Panhandle

350 Pensacola provides local support for the global 350.org campaign. We offer lectures, discussion courses, workshops and other activities to encourage people to examine their personal values and habits and develop strategies for acting on their commitment to a healthy Earth and sustainable future.

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Escambia County chemical plant continues to emit potent greenhouse gas

Chemical plant on Escambia River is nation’s largest emitter of nitrous oxidebut but has failed to meet its pledge to reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas Inside Climate News reports that a chemical plant on the Escambia River that is among the nation’s 25 top greenhouse gas emitters has failed to adequately reduce emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas many times more potent than CO2. More...

Climate Updates (Sept 2021)

Dear climate friends: We hope you’re enjoying the lovely fall weather. With summers in northwest Florida getting longer and hotter, we are loving the break from the heat and it inspired us to send out an update on local climate action. More...

IPCC AR6 Report

IPCC reports unprecedented, widespread, rapid climate changes due to human influence Without serious action now, impacts will become more severe and some will be irreversible A new report by an international team of scientists says climate change is widespread across the globe and the entire climate system. More...

Pandemic is mere blip on rise of CO2

Keeling Curve update shows Covid-19 failed to significantly slow CO2 rise The shutdown in response to Covid-19 had little effect on the rise in CO2 in the atmosphere as recorded at Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, according to the annual update by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. More...

Key departures in DC could impact future climate action

Former coal lobbyist named acting EPA chief after Pruitt’s resignation EPA administrator Scott Pruitt resigned on July 5 after 18 months of persistent dismantling of a slew of environmental regulations, especially those aimed at curbing climate change by reducing emissions from power plants and vehicles. More...

CLIMATE UPDATE – May 2018

Gulf of Mexico and its ‘stream’ are in the news…and it’s not good Weakening Gulf Stream could have major climate impacts   The Gulf Stream is weaker today than it has been in the last one thousand years, according to new research. More...