July 01, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In some areas of New York City, managed retreat has “become a way of life, with residents voluntarily participating in government-funded home buyout programs”. These programs were put into place after Hurricane Sandy in an effort to build back damaged areas. Retreat ...
Read More...June 30, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a new law requiring public construction projects that rely on state money to account for rising sea levels and coastal impacts. Environmentalists have urged Florida legislators to take a more aggressive approach to climate change. On ...
Read More...June 29, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The market for heat (thermal energy) storage is more than three times the size of the electricity storage market, and includes industrial facilities that produce heat as a by-product of their operations. This thermal storage allows “polluting industries to clean up and ...
Read More...June 27, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new effort to map flood zones reveals that twice as many properties may be susceptible to flood damage than government estimates show. When developing the new maps, the First Street Foundation took into account “sea-level rise, rainfall and flooding along smaller ...
Read More...June 26, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New research has found that for the last 30 years, the South Pole has warmed three times faster than the global average. According to the study, “the South Pole warmed by 1.1 degrees F per decade over the past three decades”, which ...
Read More...June 25, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Two new studies have found that large-scale tree planting efforts may actually cause more environmental harm than benefit. “One paper says that financial incentives to plant trees can backfire and reduce biodiversity with little impact on carbon emissions. A separate project found ...
Read More...June 24, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In the ten years since the state’s first sea level rise assessment, North Carolina has “boosted its efforts to study and prepare for climate change”. Most of the adaptations have been “implemented at the community level”. That first report in 2010 received ...
Read More...June 23, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The latest Global Trends report issued by the U.N. outlines the role climate change plays in the increasing rates of global migration. In the past 10 years, 100 million people have had to flee their homes. According to the report, “increasingly hostile ...
Read More...June 22, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Scientists investigating the effects of geoengineering to reduce solar heating have discovered that such projects could weaken storm tracks in both hemispheres. Weaker storm tracks could lead to temperature changes and stagnant, less windy conditions, which would result in more air pollution. ...
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