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An Eco-Friendly Solution to Coastal Hazards

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 15 July 2013 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

Unfortunately for America’s coastal cities, Superstorm Sandy was not an aberration. The storm that left so many Northeasterners stranded in flooded homes without electricity was just the first of many to be expected as sea levels continue to rise due to climate change. Cities are constructing plans ...

Changing American Minds about Climate Change

Posted by 20minutesto9 on Sunday, 27 January 2013 in Climate Change

NATURE’S SIGNALS are changing American minds about the risks of climate change. But Washington’s minds are lagging, despite President Obama’s stirring call to action in his inaugural speech. The best hope for achieving the transition to a low-carbon economy is through innovation to reduce the costs...

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Climate Change No Longer a Hoax?

Posted by acox on Sunday, 27 January 2013 in Climate Change

(CBS News) Withering drought, vast wildfires, town-leveling tornadoes, fierce heat -- not to mention superstorm Sandy -- all made 2012 one of the worst years in terms of lives lost and property destroyed from extreme weather. Most scientists believe climate change is partly to blame for last year's...

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Mayan Prophesy Hard Lessons about Environment

Posted by Wolf on Friday, 21 December 2012 in Ecotourism

Through a clearing in the jungle, visitors catch their first glimpse of the ancient Maya ruins of Yaxchilan in Mexico's southern Chiapas state. Stubborn vines have penetrated the walls of the Maya temple of the underworld. Bats hang in the cool vaulted ceiling and spiders scurry around the structure...

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Bloomberg brings climate change out of the closet in stunning snub to Romney

Posted by bchristo on Sunday, 04 November 2012 in Climate Change

Mayor's endorsement could turn climate change into a serious election issue – and it might even embolden RepublicansNew York City's mayor Michael Bloomberg took climate change out of the closet on Thursday by invoking the issue in his endorsement of Barack Obama. "This November, vote for a presiden...

Does Hurricane Sandy Bring New Questions for the Climate Change Debate?

Posted by Angel on Sunday, 04 November 2012 in Climate Change

Hurricane Sandy is now a gauge of the region’s new fragility. Climate change and extreme weather are presenting government — and the public — with some overwhelming choices. The authorities must not only reopen the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, but also ponder whether to put up sea gat...