Not Trusting FEMA Flood Maps, More Hurricane-Hit Cities Set Own Rules
"A growing number of cities are looking beyond the usual 100-year floodplain and requiring more homes to be built higher for their own protection. "
"A growing number of cities are looking beyond the usual 100-year floodplain and requiring more homes to be built higher for their own protection. "
"Faced with reservoirs less than half full along the Colorado River, federal authorities and negotiators for Colorado and six other Western states on Tuesday finalized a landmark plan to share the burden of voluntarily using less water as growing cities and warming temperatures deplete the supply for 40 million people."
"An eerie, thick fog settled over Nebraska and Iowa on Tuesday."
"The District of Columbia's top lawyer is preparing for a potential courtroom fight against one of the biggest oil companies in the world."
"Yak, reindeer and entire ways of life in the “Third Pole” and Scandinavia face new threats in a warming world."
"The United States joined Saudi Arabia to derail a U.N. resolution that sought to improve the world's understanding of potential efforts to lace the sky with sunlight-reflecting aerosols or use carbon-catching fans."
"Democratic candidate says other issues matter, but America cannot afford to have another leader who does not have climate change as their top priority".
"Protests erupted across the globe on Friday led by youth activists demanding governments take action to thwart the inevitable effects of climate change."
"Senate Republicans will bring the Green New Deal resolution to the floor as they try to jam Democrats on the progressive proposal."
"After Hurricane Sandy flooded Lower Manhattan and caused massive damage to the city’s financial center, climate scientists agreed it was only a matter of time before a new superstorm would bring the same kind of damage — or worse."