December 14, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new analysis has found that Mississippi has lost more than $263 million in real estate values due to sea level rise in the last 12 years. In some of the hardest hit areas, home values have dropped by as much as ...
Read More...December 13, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate talks have agreed upon universal, transparent rules on how nations can cut greenhouse gas emissions and curb global warming.” While some progress was made, many environmental groups and countries felt the agreement was not ambitious ...
Read More...December 12, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Despite pushback from homeowners, the Pacifica, CA city council voted to move forward with a plan outlining their sea level rise adaptation strategies for the California Coastal Commission. The plan mentions managed retreat as one potential strategy, which has residents concerned about ...
Read More...December 11, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new report says sea levels in Maryland could rise by as much as 7 feet by 2100 and cause daily tidal flooding in coastal cities. Maryland has more than 3,000 miles of shoreline, which are all at risk from sea level ...
Read More...December 10, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Scientists who discovered global warming was the cause of Earth’s largest mass extinction event are calling for immediate action against climate change. The study’s coauthor, Curtis Deutsch, said that there were striking similarities between the extinction event during the Permian period and ...
Read More...December 08, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to the U.N. World Meteorological Organization, 2018 will be the 4th warmest year on record, and much more warming is expected. “Overall, the 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, with the top four in the ...
Read More...December 07, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The U.S. has joined other fossil fuel friendly nations Russia, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia in blocking delegates at the United Nations Climate Conference from publishing text from the most recent IPCC report. This move “raises concerns that the Trump administration is evolving from simply ...
Read More...December 06, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A group of 415 investors managing assets worth $32 trillion have called on governments and businesses to increase efforts to curb climate change and reach the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. The call to action has been endorsed by “financial heavyweights including HSBC ...
Read More...December 05, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Arctic sea ice has been experiencing unprecedented melting during the summer months, but according to a new report from NASA, the ice is also regrowing during the winter months at rates faster than in previous decades- though not fast enough to counteract ...
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