January 08, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Cities across the country are experiencing sustained, record-breaking high temperatures with some areas rising 30 degrees or more above normal. The warming trend is due to a combination of a strong polar vortex and shrunken Northern Hemisphere cold pool, which are both ...
Read More...January 07, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: MIAMI HERALD FILE.Article Synopsis – In a new survey of South Florida real estate professionals, 35% said that “climate change would be the most pressing issue facing the commercial real estate market in 2020”. This was the first time that climate change has been ...
Read More...January 06, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Monika1607/Pixabay.Article Synopsis – The conservative author of this article supports The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019, which would impose a carbon fee and dividend. “In just 12 years this policy would reduce America’s emissions by at least 40 percent, while placing ...
Read More...January 04, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: James Ross/EPA.Article Synopsis – The fires in Australia have killed over half a billion animals, and dozens of threatened species have been left even more vulnerable. The bushfires have also destroyed habitat for nesting, feeding, hiding and breeding that will have far-reaching consequences for ...
Read More...January 03, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images.Article Synopsis – Under a new plan from the Trump Administration, Federal agencies would not need to consider climate change when assessing the environmental impacts of infrastructure projects. The new plan “could sharply reduce obstacles to the Keystone XL oil pipeline and ...
Read More...January 02, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images.Article Synopsis – “Smoke and ash drifting from the Australian bushfires have caused New Zealand’s glaciers to turn brown”, which could cause them to melt faster. This is due to the Albedo effect, which describes how darker objects absorb heat while lighter objects reflect ...
Read More...January 01, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Carl Juste/Miami Herald/TNS.Article Synopsis – The town of Surfside has started a Resilience Fund that can help pay for future buyouts and adaptation projects, and is funded in part by developers. “Surfside is also working with the American Flood Coalition to develop a high-tech ...
Read More...December 31, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Thomas Richter/Unsplash.Article Synopsis – Stanford researchers have developed a plan for “how 143 countries around the world can switch to 100 percent clean energy by the year 2050”. The researchers believe the technology already exists and the transition can be done without the use ...
Read More...December 30, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: ©Deborah Knuckey, 2019.Article Synopsis – Climate change predictions for this decade include the death of denial, the end of oil and gas exploration, and insurance will become more influential. Other predictions include a shift in capitalism towards green energies and products and renewed hope ...
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