In the second installment of Tides of Change, John Wolfe writes that alll facts all point to one unfortunate conclusion: Life on Earth is in serious trouble, it’s our fault, and we’re running out of time to do something about it.

Welcome to Tides of Change, encore’s grant-funded series that brings together a team of artists and actors, river-keepers and filmmakers, writers and editors, intent on bringing local climate change information to you in more ways than the printed page.

Save Sledge Forest has around 12,500 signatures on their petition which they will present at the County Commissioner’s meeting on Monday, October 6. “If I were a county commissioner, I’d think of it as 12,500 votes,” Castle Hayne resident Carrie Bogart notes.

Before WECT's 'To Drill or Not to Drill?' debate began, encore asked speaker Jean-Michel Cousteau two questions. His answers are published here in their entirety.