Students find obscure law that could make university fossil fuel investments illegal
Grist
MARCH 22, 2021
They also write that Harvard’s fossil fuel investments threaten its own physical property by exacerbating flooding and sea-level rise.
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You Can't Say You Haven't Been Warned
Green Market Oracle
DECEMBER 9, 2019
In 2006 the Stern Review warned us that we had to urgently reduce our emissions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. A 2019 IPCC report warned that we are seeing accelerated ice melt and sea level rise. In the last couple of decades scientists have added to these warnings.
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These scientists are trying to save melting Arctic ice
Grist
SEPTEMBER 29, 2019
Arctic ice levels are both a primary indicator of rising global temperatures and a key determinant of how bad climate change might get. Serious ice loss means sea levels rise, more heat is absorbed by the ocean and planet, and weather and ocean currents could change. Stopping Arctic melt is key,” Field says.
Cities need to act on climate adaptation now
Unsustainable
OCTOBER 21, 2019
In 2006, flooding in Surat left more than 75 percent of the city underwater, causing major economic and other losses. The city took a series of coordinated action so that the experience of 2006 was not repeated. And most of the cities, which are still rapidly expanding, are not prepared for it, although there are a few exceptions.
When Extreme Weather Reigns, Disinformation Pours
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In 2006, the DCI Group , a lobbying company employed by ExxonMobil , spearheaded a campaign to “suppress” connections between hurricanes and climate change in the public debate, Davies said. . Keith Berry looks down into flooded streets searching for survivors.
Want to prevent California’s looming flood disaster? Grow a marsh.
Grist
OCTOBER 9, 2019
But as sea levels rise and the islands continue to subside, the costs of fortifying and maintaining the structures may exceed the value of the land and agricultural production behind them, says Alf Brandt, counsel to the State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon.
‘How did we miss this for so long?’: The link between extreme heat and preterm birth
Grist
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Basu analyzed 60,000 summertime births — those taking place between May and September — from 1999 to 2006, across 16 California counties. On an individual level, Ojiaku advises her patients, as early as possible in their pregnancies, to keep cool, stay hydrated, and limit work-related heat exposures as much as possible.
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