April 30, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle.Article Synopsis – Scientists and urban planners have made a blueprint of how San Francisco communities can protect themselves from sea level rise and it includes “a ring of man-made reefs, rocky beaches and graded marshlands”. The idea is “to ...
Read More...April 29, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Lalo de Almeida for The New York Times.Article Synopsis – A new U.N. assessment has concluded that as many as one million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction due to human activity. This “biodiversity loss is projected to accelerate through ...
Read More...April 27, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: R Fresson for the Guardian.Article Synopsis – In coastal cities across the U.S. that are now flooding on a regular basis, migration to higher ground has already begun, and we are not prepared for it. “By the end of this century, sea level rise ...
Read More...April 26, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: ISTOCK.COM/BOBBUSHPHOTO.Article Synopsis – A new study has found that the waves in the Southern Ocean, already the largest in the world, are getting bigger due to climate change. According to study coauthor Ian Young, “The trends could be bad news for coastal communities, which ...
Read More...April 25, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Michael Ciaglo, Staff / Houston Chronicle.Article Synopsis – A new study has found that sea level rise has cost Texas homeowners $76.4 million in potential property value, with Galveston hit the hardest. “From 2005 to 2017, homes in Galveston lost $9.1 million in potential ...
Read More...April 24, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg.Article Synopsis – Washington state just passed a clean energy bill endorsed by Gov. Jay Inslee that will require utilities to be completely carbon neutral by 2030. The bill also requires utilities to use 100% renewable energy by 2045 and ...
Read More...April 23, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Source: FEMA.Article Synopsis – According to an analysis of federal data, taxpayer spending on the federal disaster relief fund is almost 10 times higher than it was three decades ago. “Three of the past six years have seen the highest federal spending on disaster relief ...
Read More...April 22, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new analysis of 22 different economic sectors has found that if emissions continue unabated, it could cost the U.S. $224 bln a year by 2090. The authors of the analysis go on to say that “only a small portion of the ...
Read More...April 20, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Graeme Mccrabb Handout/EPA.Article Synopsis – The leaders of the world that have the power to enact policies that could mitigate climate change are ignoring global warming to the point of criminal negligence. “It’s time to make sharp demands of our representatives, time to remove ...
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