Global warming heating up, says wildlife group official

Patrick Sweet
Staff Writer
Feeling the heat this sum-
mer? You’re not the only one
to have noticed.
What many consider just
another brutal heat wave,
though, others are calling
signs of global warming.
The National Wildlife Fed-
eration is amping up global
warming awareness in the
wake of clean air and cli-
mate change legislation
dying in Congress. Swelter-
ing temperatures in Luzerne
County, they say, are a sam-
ple of what’s to come.
A Senate bill amending the
Clean Air Act and creating a
national uniform air pollut-
ant regulatory program for
electric utilities stalled when
it was sent to the senate com-
mittee on environment and
public works.
Ed Perry, an outreach
coordinator for the wildlife
federation, said the legisla-
tion charging utilities for
dumping carbon dioxide
would have been key to
sparking positive environ-
mental change.
“Once we put a price on
carbon pollution,” Perry
said, “there is going to be
innovation.”
The federal Environmental
Protection Agency released a
fact sheet regarding global
warming which classifies
burning fossil fuels, defores-
tation and land development
as the primary contributors
to climate change.
“Climate change is a real
and urgent challenge that is
already affecting people and
the environment worldwide,”
‘Once we put a price on carbon pollution,
there is going to be innovation.’
ED PERRY
Outreach coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation
the agency’s sheet stated. and 2006. On the upside,
The primary effect of glob- increased temperatures may
al war ming on Luzer ne result in fewer deaths from
County residents will likely extreme cold.
be heat-related illnesses, Per- “I think you are going to
ry said. see people in this town that
According to the EPA, heat don’t have air conditioning WARREN RUDA / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE
is the leading cause of weath- suffer,” Perry said. Ed Perry meets with
er-related death, with more The Citizens’ Voice edi-
than 6,300 cases between 1976 psweet@citizensvoice.com, 570-821-2117 torial board.

Percussionist holding free concert at River Common

Grammy Award-winning
percussionist Steve Fidyk
will christen the 750-seat Riv-
er Common amphitheater —
Wilkes-Barre’s newest enter-
tainment venue — with a free
concert at 7 p.m. tonight.
Fidyk will play with Wyo-
ming Seminary Performing
Arts Institute’s Faculty Jazz
Ensemble.
Fidyk, who has made more
than 30 recordings, is a drum-
mer with the Army Blues
Jazz Ensemble of Washing-
ton, D.C., and has toured and
recorded with Maureen
McGovern. Joining Fidyk
will be veteran musicians
Alex Noppe, Pete Johnson,
Kyle Vock and friends.
Noppe is an associate
instructor in jazz at the Indi-
ana University Jacobs School
of Music, where he directs
the Jazz Ensemble IV. He
plays with the Columbus-
Indiana Philharmonic, the
Terre Haute Symphony, and
the David Baker Jazz Ensem-
ble and has performed with
the Lansing Symphony, the
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010
COURTESY PHOTO
Steve Fidyk
Jackson Symphony, and the
Green Bay Symphony.
The concert will include
low brass chamber music
ensembles led by Michael
Parker.
Parker has been the tuba
player with the Monumental
Brass Quintet in Washing-
ton, D.C., since 2002. As a
member of the MBQ, Parker
is currently on the artist ros-
ters for Summit Records,
Washington Performing Arts
Society, Class Acts Arts, Liv-
ing Arts Pennsylvania, and
formerly with Young Audi-
ences of D.C. and Virginia.
The accomplished musi-
cians will perform at the River
Common as part of the PAI’s
International Summer Pro-
gram, which educates high
school students in music, the-
ater, and dance. Taught by
prestigious international fac-
ulty and conductors, this
intensive program prepares
students for conservatory
auditions by providing aca-
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performance experiences.
Joining the faculty per-
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Fleming (baritone horn) is
currently going into his soph-
omore year at Sherwood
High School in Olney, Md.
and has been selected as a
member of the Maryland All-
State Band.
Johnson (tuba) is a 2010
graduate of St. John’s Col-
lege High School in Washing-
ton, D.C. He won the Disney
World Solo Contest.
Gregory Townsend (tuba)
is a 2010 graduate of Marri-
otts Ridge High School in
Maryland and was awarded
First Chair Tuba in the
Maryland All State Bands
2006-2008, and 2010.
For information about this
and future programs, visit
www.rivercommon.org or
call 823-2101, ext. 128.
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cuss how to build a shelter and stay warm, find safe
water and food, start a fire without matches and sig-
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The next River Common program will be a free
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