At The Daily Athanaeum in Morgantown, West Virginia, there are some serious concerns being expressed about the potential impacts of climate change on the Allegheny Highlands. According to the article: Friends of Blackwater's Allegheny Highlands Climate Change Impacts Initiative present a series of regional public outreach and educational programs on the topic: 'Climate Change and the Allegheny Highlands: What’s at Stake, What's at Risk, and What are Our Choices?' Brian Bellew, a member of Friends of Blackwater, gave a demonstration of the organization's prototype presentation to the West Virginia University Sierra Student Coalition, a student branch of The Sierra Club -- the nation's largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization ... 'If carbon emissions aren't cut, we are on pace for an 11 degree Fahrenheit increase by the end of the century,' Bellew said. 'The climate-sensitive highlands ecology and...(Read Full Post)