January 25, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Germany, which currently gets more than a third of its electricity from burning coal, is looking at phasing out the use of coal by 2038. The plan, which still needs government approval, “foresees billions in federal funding to help affected regions cope ...
Read More...January 24, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a new study, “rising seas have already cost Massachusetts homeowners more than a quarter of a billion dollars in lost property value, with much more severe losses likely to come”. The study analyzed 11 million real estate transactions and found that ...
Read More...January 23, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Newly released disclosures show how large corporations are planning to protect themselves from climate change, and even use it to their advantage. The vast majority of the 7,000 companies that reported to the CDP, a U.K.-based nonprofit that asks companies to report ...
Read More...January 22, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study shows that Maine lost about $70 million in appreciated waterfront property values from 2005 to 2017 due to increased tidal flooding from sea level rise. “The five hardest-hit communities in Maine in terms of lost real estate value were: ...
Read More...January 21, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – This article does a good job of succinctly explaining the difference between climate and weather, and how a warming world can lead to colder weather in some locations. In a nutshell: warmer arctic temperatures cause the jet stream to swing further south, ...
Read More...January 19, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – PG&E, California’s largest utility, has announced it will file for bankruptcy, becoming the first corporate casualty of climate change. The company cited “an estimated $30 billion in liabilities and 750 lawsuits from wildfires potentially caused by its power lines”. The PG&E bankruptcy could ...
Read More...January 18, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In order to achieve an affordable carbon-free energy system, along with wind and solar, we need to incorporate nuclear, geothermal, and fossil-fuel plants that capture and store their emissions. “It is much cheaper to include firm low-carbon technologies such as nuclear, carbon capture, ...
Read More...January 17, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to city officials, “rising sea levels are not only going to increasingly flood parts of Long Beach, but could leave the most vulnerable neighborhoods uninhabitable within a generation or two”. “Projections used by the city and the state show the region’s sea ...
Read More...January 16, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new report lists flooding as Canada’s costliest and fastest-growing extreme-weather challenge, with widespread financial implications. “Insurance payouts for catastrophic losses jumped from an average $405-million a year between 1983 and 2008 to a yearly average of $1.8-billion since 2009, with flooding accounting ...
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