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Measure to Help Address Climate Change in Maryland Advances

3/9/2022 - By Brian White. ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A measure to help address climate change moved forward in Maryland on Tuesday to boost the state’s current goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from 40% of 2006 levels to 60% by 2030. The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee voted to send the… SEE MORE

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UN Report Paints Dire Picture of the Gulf of Mexico’s Future

3/4/2022 - By Rebecca Santana and Curt Anderson. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on parts of the Texas coast in 2017. Then in 2020, ferocious winds from Hurricane Laura destroyed homes across coastal Louisiana. Hurricane Ida hit in 2021, leaving the entire city of… SEE MORE

Mayor Wu is Turning Her Attention to East Boston’s Waterfront

2/28/2022 - By Christopher Gavin. As Boston braces for the anticipated impacts of climate change, with rising sea levels in its historic harbor, Mayor Michelle Wu is bringing to the forefront a focus on neighborhood resiliency, namely, how East Boston will prepare for the rising tide. On Wednesday, Wu’s administration announced its intention… SEE MORE

As Climate Change Costs Mount, Biden Seeks to Price Damages

2/27/2022 - By Matthew Brown. HARDIN, Mont. (AP) — In the coal fields of eastern Montana, climate change is forcing a stark choice: halt mining that helped build everything from schools to senior centers or risk astronomical future damage as fossil fuel emissions warm the planet and increase disasters, crop losses and premature… SEE MORE

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What NYC is Planning for the Next Decade of Its Waterfront

2/25/2022 - By Nathan Kensinger. The city is rolling out a new batch of climate resiliency plans to shore up its coastlines affecting more than 8 million residents living along 520 miles of coastline and hundreds of neighborhoods built on creeks, wetlands and islands. For the last three years, a team of… SEE MORE

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Whales and Climate Change: Big Risks to the Ocean’s Biggest Species

2/25/2022 - The impacts of climate change are intensifying locally and globally, significantly affecting marine life and ecosystems. We are already seeing environmental changes, including warming oceans, rising seas, ocean acidification, and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. The distribution patterns of many marine species are changing due to… SEE MORE

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UN: Wildfires Getting Worse Globally, Governments Unprepared

2/23/2022 - By Matthew Brown. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A warming planet and changes to land use patterns mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades, causing spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution and other problems that governments are ill prepared to confront, according to a U.N. report… SEE MORE

Measuring Climate Change: It’s Not Just Heat, It’s Humidity

2/3/2022 - By Seth Borenstein. When it comes to measuring global warming, humidity, not just heat, matters in generating dangerous climate extremes, a new study finds. Researchers say temperature by itself isn’t the best way to measure climate change’s weird weather and downplays impacts in the tropics. But factoring in air moisture along… SEE MORE

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New York Has Ambitious Climate Goals. Now It Has To Meet Them.

1/14/2022 - By Jon Campbell. Green activists hailed New York as a leader in the fight against climate change in 2019 when lawmakers approved the Climate Act, a landmark bill committing the state to cut its greenhouse emissions by 85% by 2050. Now comes the hard part. The state Climate Action Council, a… SEE MORE

Overwash of Cape Lookout National Seashore by large storm waves, North Carolina.

NOAA Study Assesses Vulnerability of Coastal Habitats to Climate Change in the NE

1/3/2022 - NOAA Fisheries and partners assessed the vulnerability of marine, estuarine, and riverine habitats in the Northeast United States to climate change. The findings were recently published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE. We found salt marshes, shellfish reefs, deep-sea corals, seagrasses, kelp, and intertidal habitats to be among the most vulnerable. The… SEE MORE

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